Summer at Pier 1

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pier 1 for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I was just telling MM how it was beginning to look like spring/summer outside!  I hear birds singing, feel breezes blowing, and see the sun shining beautifully!  It's the time of year where I want to redo my back deck in preparation for summer barbeques!  We love grillling out, and we love sitting around the deck watching the children play! 

At Pier 1 there are lots of options for furniture and decor for your outside times!  If you visit Pier 1 Outdoor newsletter you can sign up for specials in store!

 

Something I've always wanted is a papasan chair from pier 1.  In looking over the website, I found that they have a double papasan now!  a great thing for my sweetie and i to curl up in while watching our blessings play!  The best part is that the various furniture is indoor/outdoor, meaning I can use it anywhere!  I could curl up in it and sleep inside, or curl up with a book outside...i love that!!

Besides the double papasan, they now have a swivel papasan, and a rockasan now too!  i love all those options...the rocker would be great on a front porch!

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Orlando: March 9th, 2011
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Atlanta: April 5th
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How are you planning on changing things up a lil in preparation for summer?

Busy busy busy...

some days, i'm too busy for my own good...and sometimes, those days turn into weeks! Last week I hurt my knee...so I've been on "robo-knee and be good" duty all week. yet still, in trying to be careful, i mopped the floor, supervised "home ec" day...more on that later, as well as all the other stuff i do all week.

yeah, home ec day. my girls (at least the older ones) know their way around the kitchen alright for their ages...so on friday, aj made bread alone, ar made a cake and frosting alone, and cm and cg were supposed to help me make cookies. we didn't get to the cookies...but this coming week we'll be making cookies again, so it's all good!

add to that yesterday was the gulf wars work day at the Axemoor encampment. yeah...we laid the shower floor (even miss v helped!...well, directed.) we put more pave stones in (and by we, i mean me, mm, rob, and alicia) yeah, we had a system...MM actually working the concrete in the forms, rob was mixing the concrete in the wheel barrow, and alica and i were shoveling the concrete from the wheelbarrow to the forms. now, i work out a good bit, and i've developed quite a bit of strength in my arms in the past year or so...and, i've never been one to get sore muscles, no matter what. however, when i woke this morning, my arms hurt! lol. lactic acid, yay!

so we got a lot done on site yesterday. i'm actually excited about war, despite the sheer level of work i'll be doing this war...i'm really happy! very excited. and my wonderful family is once again going to watch the children so we can go for the week alone! we are going with a "divide and conquer" motif this year...so my sister is taking three, and my in laws are taking two. lol.

yeah, no pics for this post, it's all jumbled up anyway...you'll have to wait for pics. :)

girls weekend

so this past weekend was a lovely girls weekend for me. went to mt friend Alis' house, and we worked the weekend away. we drew, painted, sewed, and even worked in a lil shopping. what?

we got coronation prep done, and i even got time alone for relaxation purposes. OH! and now, i totally have bathtub envy...she hs a whirpool tub that is to die for. i would post a pic, but then you would all have tub envy! (never mind that i can't figure out how to poszt from my phone, it is *not* the real reason!)

this is my first time trying to post from my phone...man, technology is the bomb diggity huh? (thanks rendy!)

Do not disturb....

This post brought to you by Hiltons of Branson. All opinions are 100% mine.

Yeah.  In a house with five daughters, I don't get much do not disturb time.  With owning our own business and homeschooling, romantic time together is seemingly nonexistent.  But every once in a while, I dream of being able to take a weekend...and do something crazy like hole up in a hotel room and not move!  Totally not MM's thing...but I'd love it!  So I day dream a bit about things like    Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing     In February, they have a whole romantic package put together for celebratory purposes!  Check it out....

During your stay, you'll enjoy:

Early check in or late check out upon request

In room sparkling wine or cider when you arrive.

access to hotel health club, pool, and whirlpool spa (where available)

Full Breakfast for two in room or at the hotel restaurant.

If you stay for more than one night, you get a buy one entree, get one at no additional cost!

 

This sounds like a wonderful vacation to me...  Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel   The Valentine's dinner sounds amazing...right down to the desert!

I have no doubt that MM and I would enjoy time spent in the quiet, alone...but we'd run out of things to talk about quickly!  Ahhhh, romance.  who doesn't love it?