Honest Tea

Has anyone tried Honest Tea or Honest Ade?

I just drank some today and really liked it. I wanted something different with my lunch, not water and not a soft drink. I went down to the new grocery store that is in my building and found this product. Not too sweet, not too many calories like soda and not boring like water. I normally drink water for lunch but today I needed taste and this was very yummy.

Very good.

The sign says it all

Spring has sprung.

Rewarding Weekend

Over the weekend I volunteered at All Dressed Up. This is the 6th annual event hosted by the Junior League of Madison. Where local high school girls can come and pick out a prom dress for free!!

We had over 3000 dresses for the girls to choose from. They could also pick out shoes and accessories as well.

It was a lot of fun helping them choose dresses, pick out colors and styles. It was neat seeing what looked good on them and then recommending color choices. I helped one girl choose a brown dress that she said she never would have tried on. She liked it so much and was all smiles leaving the dressing room.

What a fun and rewarding day!!

A HEAT WAVE!!!!

You know it has been a long and cold winter when:
1. You are thrilled to see the grass in your yard after 90 days of snow cover.
2. It is 45 degrees out and you feel like wearing short sleeves.
3. It is 52 degrees out (today) and you can hear your flip-flops calling.
4. While riding down the road in Illinois you swear something looks different. Then your husband says there isn't any snow here.
5. You can finally take your christmas lights off of the bushes. The snow is gone!!!
5. The lake is thawing out!!!!

5 states in one weekend!!!

How is this possible?

Well if you count the airport in Detroit and Minneapolis Sara and Mary saw 5 states in one weekend.

They came to Madison last week. We had a wonderful time. On Friday we had lunch, went to a winery, walked on a lake, saw the Statue of Liberty, ate dinner and went to a few places on State Street.

Yes, I did say we saw Lady Liberty. Only her head peeking out of Lake Mendota. Maybe she got tired of NYC and wanted to go on a road trip.

On Saturday we got up early and went to the Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque, IA and then over to Galena, IL. Dubuque and Galena were both really neat places.

We had a great time!!!

The end is in sight.....

I feel like singing, "I can see clearly now the snow is gone, I can see all snowflakes leaving my yard, the snow is behind me now and I'm so glad, its gonna be a bright, bright, bright bright snow free day!!"

Well I hope so. The past few days have been so nice...so sunny, so pretty but yet the snow is still here and it is still cold. But I will take 35 anyday compared to 25 or 15 or -30.

The days are longer. In fact Jimmy, Dash and I went walking on our 2 mile trail yesterday after work and it was still light outside when we got back to the house. I was silently singing the Hallelujah chorus as we walked.

I know we will still get snow and I know it will still be cold BUT the end of winter is in sight. I can just smell burgers on the grill, green freshly mowed grass and feel the ice cold salt rimmed margarita in my hand. Forget spring.....bring on summer!

Hi there!

I am falling down on my blog again. The beginning of each new year marks the start of my busy season at work. Things have been crazy here. My boss retired, we hired a new one, I started a new project at work and I am attending classes to get my leadership certificate....things have been crazy.

In the midst of all of this Jimmy turned 30, and we celebrated our 4 year anniversary.

Jimmy had a huge surprise birthday party. His dad, sister, brother and sister-in-law all flew in from NC. We met at the Dells' biggest indoor waterpark, The Wilderness. It was a blast. We rode rides, we partied, we ate, we went to a casino, we lived it up! It was a great surprise and Jimmy was happy!

We celebrated our 4 year anniversary yesterday. My how time flies! Jimmy bought me a beautiful necklace and some earrings.