Bethenny Ever After and Skinnygirl!

 Beth and I enjoyed watching Bethenny Ever After on the weekends. While I was in San Antonio last week I found a display of Skinnygirl in the CVS. To bad I could take some home.

Skinnygirl Cocktails was created by Bethenny Frankel, a renowned natural foods chef, mixologist, New York Times Bestselling Author, and star of Bethenny Ever After. When she found out just how high in calories restaurant margaritas were, she saw an incredible opportunity: give women a low-calorie version of the cocktail that didn't sacrifice the fresh, delicious taste. Now Skinnygirl Cocktails offers a variety of ready-made and premium low calorie spirits, including margarita, sangria, white cranberry cosmo, wine, and vodka.

 

For more visit: http://bethenny.com/products

Back on the road again.

I start the 2013 traveling season this Sunday with a trip to Chicago followed by a trip to San Antonio TX the next week. Looking forward to using my new Garmin Nuvi 1490 5" GPS with built in Bluetooth for hands free calling using my new I-Phone 4S. I love technology!

A bare house!

The house and neighborhood looks bare without all the Christmas lights but it was a pretty day to take them all down.

A great day for Marco

 His day started out by helping Beth check in frames.

 Then he got a new ball when I got home.

And finally he enjoyed a sunny winter walk and got to climb up his favorite rock so he could see the whole neighborhood and pretend that he was a mountain wolf!

All packed away.

Sadly it was time this weekend to take down and store away the Christmas lights for another year. I always seems it takes longer to take them down than it does to put the up! 

Beth and I are already planning for next years light extravaganza and a possible first place finish.

61st birthday 2012

 My Birthday Cake.

Had a great 61st Birthday with Beth and the pack! Lots of present and the cake was yummy!

New Christmas Lights for 2013 display.

Beth hit the after Christmas sales at Home Depot and found these additions to our 2013 Christmas display for my Birthday. What a wife, lol!!!

Christmas 2012

Gram's Tree

Beth looking good.

 Pete carving the roast beef.

 Marco waiting for his dinner!

 Gram's new cloths.

 Iron Man!

 Maddy at the dessert table.

Joe and Gab play video games.

Optique Atlanta 2

 

During my down time with CVS I helped Beth's sister's husband set up his second location of Optique Atlanta! In one week we went from four walls and a floor to a store ready to open.

It was great fun. Good luck Pete.

Clove Tree Lane Christmas Lights

 Our house.

 Dawn and Brad's house.

 Sam's house.

 Stephanie and Steve's house.

John's house.

Optique Christmas Party 2012

 No Mas Cantina

The staff of Optique gathered for their annual Christmas party at No Maus Cantina in Atlanta this year. Beth and I had an enjoyable evening of good food and friends.

For more visit: Optique Atlanta and No Mas Cantina

Homemade Cooking

Homemade Chilly

 Homemade Corn Bread

Homemade Rice Pudding

Yesterday was a cold rainy day so I spent it in the kitchen making some cold weather treats.

New Christmas Tree Ornament.

Found this cute Christmas Tree ornament at CVS yesterday and hung it with care!

Watching TV!

Marco and Eve enjoying an afternoon of watching "The Big Red Dog"!

Christmas decorations 2012

 Lighted front planter display.

 New lighted Santa, gift boxes, candy canes and snow flakes under the front yard tree.

 Added new net lights on the bushes and candy canes to the front porch lights.

Looking from across the street.