Extreme Week-Over

The week is over but it was such a sweet one. These last days of Summer are perfect for enjoying a nice long drive in the country, buying some farm fresh produce & flowers or visiting a fun local spot...

...a place like the Second Street Public Market in downtown Dayton. Straight from the garden flowers...

...smell oh so sweet!

Delicious food treats...from vegetarian...

...to soup and sandwiches...

...to beautiful crepes.

Paired with a good bottle of wine. Perfect!

Then there is dessert...oh yes. Blackberry pies, chocolate fudge and Greek pastries...

Or, how about a made from scratch berry, creme and chocolate crepe?

And when you can't eat one more bite, indulge yourself with

some lovely scented soaps and lotions.

Or stop by the Humane Society booth & visit with one of the adorable

dogs and cats looking for homes.

We left the Market and drove into Beavercreek to see the Extreme Makeover house!

You will soon see this home featured on the new season of the popular series. Ty Pennington and crew were here recently and this is their finished product! I won't give away any secrets before the episode airs but it was a joy to see this family gifted with such a blessing. Here is your sneak peek...

We also spent a little time North of Dayton, in Urbana, Ohio. We had

to be in the area one day and we stopped by the Robert Rothschild Farm.

We picked up a few goodies...jams and oils...to bring home but I wish we could

have brought these sweet ones along too...

Whew...that was just a taste of our week's activities! I hope you enjoyed coming along with us! It is always a joy to share a little fun!

Tonight is game 2 for Grace so off to the football field we go!

I hope your weekend is treating you well and that you are finding lots to smile about!

Love and Hugs,

Susie Q

Rue, Sue...Sue, Rue...Sue, Sue...Sue, Sue...

See ladies? From the chin up only!

..and why? These two girls are just plain purty.

Really purty. Seriously. I'm just sayin'...

...Rue, Sue...Sue, Sue...Rue, Sue...Sue, Rue...and that is how they all met. Okay, So we all actually met online in this crazy, wonderful world of blog. But yesterday we got to meet, yes meet. In person, in full living color. I know many of you know Rue...and if you don't, why the heck not? Hmm...but Sue is newer to blogging so DO go over and introduce yourself. Just click on a name here in the first paragraph and you will hop on over to see these two remarkable ladies.

I knew they would be fun, gosh. I KNEW it. Was I mistaken? Not on your life baby.

We hugged, we laughed, we talked, OH how we talked...we ate, we smiled, we just plain had a good time. And I will tell you somethin' that neither one of them will tell you...lean in...ssh...come closer...closer still...they are both G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S. Uh huh. *I* felt like fatty mcfat fat schlumpo next to them but yet they allowed me to hang with 'em anyhoo. See how nice they are? Told ya!

I picked up Sue (Who we discovered lives about a whole 4 miles from moi) and we headed North to Urbana, Ohio. We had spoken to one another by telephone so meeting her was just like meeting someone I had known for awhile. We laughed all the way...especially when my retired Naval navigator husband's directions proved to be WRONG! ACK. Thank goodness for cell phones and Sue's GPS. So we get there and there was Rue...and then it was Sue, Sue and Rue. Or was it Rue, Sue and Sue? Or, Sue, Rue and Sue?

We began our adventure at Rothschild's Farm and Market. Oh the goodies, oh the free samples..oh the tasting... Click on the Farm name and you will be whisked to their online site. Mail order ladies! How about this wine? Cincinnati Reds players past and present...Homer Bailey, Barry Larkin and Ken Griffey Jr. immortalized as wines...Reds and Chardonnays...what's your pleasure? The tasting and sampling didn't fill us up so we headed over to Robert's On Miami for lunch. Click on the name and you can visit this sweet place for yourself! Greeting us at the entry...dear Luella the hostess with the mostess. I thought I looked a lot like old Lu here with a couple dozen more pounds of course. Lu agreed... How about this ceiling? I want one like it in my house! Love it! Wouldn't you guess that the group chubbo would choose THIS for lunch? Hey. I had had no breakfast and was famished. Really. I was...sheesh. And it was good. Uh huh. And the restaurant staff probably wondered about that table of ladies who kept taking pictures of the food...no worries people. I swear we aren't from the Department of Health. Really! Just crazy bloggers... The girls in front of the restaurant...chins up only! But I am tellin' ya'll. These ladies are P.U.R.T.Y. Oh yeah...silly, purty and fun. A peek at a couple of shops on the town square...

Sweet Annie's

Another cute restaurant...

A cute arrangement inside the Country Gentleman...

The pretty town square...and the blasted traffic circle...

It was a fun day, a sweet day, a great day. And we got there and back even WITH Bill's bad directions. (Did I mention enough times that he was a NAVIGATOR?) Thank you to two special ladies. Let's do it again real soon okay?

Love and Hugs,

Susie Q