With another blog!

 She is a floral designer.  Her photographs and designs are so amazing.  I was a floral designer for 20 plus years.  She makes me want to be creative and pick up my real camera again.

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My brother Jeff always cracks me up.  I received this email last night.

Tonight in the Starlight Room at Brighton Gardens we featured Danny Beal on piano.

Three glasses of wine and mother had no complaints about Brighton Gardens whatsoever.

Looks like an exciting Friday evening.

How can you not LOVE a live cam on a Bald Eagle nest!

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I and many of us in Charlotte have a very good friend going in for surgery on Friday.  She is on both my tennis teams and I play Mah Jong with her every Tuesday. I collected well wishes from the Queen City team and created a giant tennis themed get well card.

Since her other favorite past time is Mah Jong I had to include it also.  The three combinations are some of the most difficult hands possible.  She always complains that she never has a joker so the top right hand includes all eight jokers!

At least they will give her a laugh

Today was the big city wide Tennis fundraiser.  Is was similar to last year in that it rained all night long. Fortunately again like last year we have five indoor courts.  It was a bit crowded but everyone had a great time.

Things were a bit damp in the morning. The sun came out and everyone was able to eat lunch outside.

The pros put on a tennis exhibition for all of the participants.

Great day!  We raised over $10,000.00 at just our club.

It was a ton of work but worth it after the loss of two of my good friends.

We went to Church this morning.  Mother’s Day is always a big deal at Elevation.  They give all of the Mom’s a gift every year and it is always pretty cool.  This year was no exception.

The 5,000 Mom’s received a handmade charm for a necklace or bracelet with a heart and the Elevation symbol.

You’ve got to love a case of tennis balls!!!  Always a Mom pleaser in our home.

The first book I loaded onto my new Kindle Fire?!?

“Heaven is Here”

I was a avid reader of the nienie dialogues way before she almost died in a plane crash.  She loves being a Mom, crafting and making a home.  All of the things I love myself. Stephanie was in New York this week with her family an appeared on the Today show and Anderson (who doesn’t love Anderson Cooper). On the same show Anderson also had his Mom Gloria Vanderbilt (pretty awesome).

Happy Mother’s Day!

My Awesome Maltese Twitter

No telling what she will be tweeting

And they sent me a coupon!!!  So of course I had to take advantage of the discounts

So we have a neighbor, that lives behind us, that leaves their dog outside pretty much 24/7.  I am not sure if they are new to the neighborhood or just acquired the dog a few months ago.  This poor dog barks constantly.  One of my neighbors came to our door to ask if the dog was bothering us.  Needless to say we have totally bonded over the barking dog issue.

I have talked to our neighborhood person that sends out emails from our neighborhood watch policeman.  Basically we were told to call 311 or keep a journal of when the dog is barking.

Clearly someone decided to take things into their own hands.  This is the best dog barking letter ever!!!

We had our Interclub Tennis end of season party Tuesday night.  I was exhausted, it was pouring down rain and I just wanted to show up come home and go to bed.  It turned out to be a blast.  I laughed so hard (even at my own stories).

The fact that we barely stayed in our division, has certainly brought us closer and more determined to do better next season.

The Captain handed out awards to everyone.

Very fun night!