My Magic Garden in the City...

Elephant Ear


Tomato Plant


First Morning Glory Flower

Sharig a few pics of my garden in the middle of the city! Enjoy :)

I know.. I have been BAD!

I have been M-I-A this week! I have been a BAD BLOGGER :( I promise I will be better! Really I will be better!!!

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The True Meaning of Paying it Forward....

Last weekend, I took a family trip to the beach. I took my 7 year old sister with me. On our way there, we stopped at a Wawa in downtown Philadelphia. I walked in there with $6 and change in my pocket. When I got to the door, a woman asked for food to eat. I told her to come inside with me and get what she wanted. My little sister got chips and I got a small coffee. I really wanted a large, but since I offered to buy this woman a meal I knew I wouldn't have enough. She asked me if she could get something to drink, I tell her 'yes'. Knowing I barely had enough to cover her sandwich, my coffee and my sister's chips. We got to the register, the total came to $7.42. I began to panic going through my pockets hoping that I had enough. By the grace of God I had enough to pay for her food with .97 cents left over! This really got me thinking about the true meaning of paying it forward. I have always helped others but this was one of the first times that I literally cleaned out my pockets for someone else. Later on that evening, at the beach a man in line behind me paid for my funnel cake when I left my change purse in the car with my .97 cents in it!

Tuesday Morning Suprise!

Imagine my suprise this morning when I checked my blog reading lis and saw that my Caramel Flower Necklace has been featured in Runako Designs Girls Night Out Blog as the Monday Night Mesmorizer! How exciting!

And the WINNER is.......

Special Thanks to everyone who entered my $10 gift certificate Blog giveaway. I was offering 3 certificates to randomly selected winners. There were five entries so I chose to give a gift certifictae to EVERYONE who entered! This is another way of me paying to forward to my followers! Thanks again and I will contact each winner today! Have a wonderful weekend!

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Under the Sea

I went to the Adventure Aquarium for the first time in YEARS! The last time I was thre it was called the New Jersey State Aquarium and I was a girl scout! I got a few amazing pics that I had to share!

Had to catch up on some sleep...

It has been a while since I've posted, I had to catch up on some much needed sleep! From the two birthday parties for my 1 year old son to my friend going into labor and my cousin's wedding, I was beat. No worries! I will be back in the next few days with some really fun posts including my latest vintage finds and my next giveaway! Stay tuned!!! Now back to sleep...

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