~Tea Time and Happy Hour~

I love tea.

Both herbal and caffeinated.

I try to slow down and have of a cup of tea now and then.

When I do, my favorite tea is Earl Grey

I just adore Earl Grey tea.

I also like Martini's.

I have a cute shaker and glasses and feel like such a retro house wife when I make and greet Manly at the door with a Martini now and then.

There is just something fun in the process of making one.

So, long story short, when I saw this following recipe, I knew that this was going to be my new favorite mixed drink.

And I was right.

In honor of the royal wedding tomorrow (or really quite early in the morning for most of us)

I am sharing this recipe.

~Earl Grey Tini~

1 whole lemon

5 Earl Grey Tea bags

8 ounces of your favorite dry British gin ( I use Bombay, but Hendricks would be yummy too)

4 ounces simple syrup (recipe to follow)

Get out your good Ol' Mason Jar and toss in the 5 tea bags and the lemon juice and 8 ounces of gin.

Let this mixture sit covered at room temp all day or overnight (about 8 hours)

To be completely honest, I made mine around noon-ish and was drinking cocktails at 6, so main thing is letting it steep for a few hours at least.

Once you waited long enough: put 2 ounces of gin mixture into martini shaker with ice and a ounce of simple syrup and shake then strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with a lemon peel twist,if you wish.

Toast to the Old Country and drink responsibly:)

It has been said that the Queen herself,loves a good martini, she enjoys hers with just gin and a lemon twist.

Simple Syrup

Simple Syrup lives up to its name.
Do not buy because it is ridiculously simple to make:

1 cup of water

1 cup of sugar

Put water and sugar into a sauce pan and bring mixture to a boil.
Boil for a minute or two, till sugar is fully dissolved.
Pull off heat and let cool to room temp. before using.

Now, lets enjoy some pictures of cute and unique martini shakers:

This one cracks me up, you can push a button in case shaking a martini shaker is just too much effort.

These one has to be my favorite:)

~~~Happy Easter~~~

~On my Nightstand~

Cramming.

I feel as if I am trying to cram as much reading in before the busy summer months begin.

I have a huge stack of books on my night stand.

But, I will only share with you the ones that I have actually cracked open the covers on...

This is a lovely book,and since I seem to have a lot of sock yarn lying around, I like the ideas in this book for making different items out of one skein of sock yarn.

Very interesting and informational.

Makes you look at your dog twice....

Buy it.

Read it.

:)

My sock knitting has distracted me from learning this knitting technique, but I just love looking at the pictures of what I dream of making someday.

An Addiction

I think I need to seek professional help.

My addiction is taking over my life.

I dont want to do laundry, clean house or cook,

or apparently even blog.

I just cant wait to get another fix.

Its all I think about.

And obviously I am talking about Sock Knitting.

I have two different pairs of socks started.

When I am not knitting the socks, I am looking online and in catalogs at delicious sock yarns and adorable little needles.

How do you ladies who also knit socks, do it?

How do you go to work or remember to feed your family?

I will read your responses later, right now my needles and yarn are calling me......

The Winner!

The Winner for the Giveaway is............ Jen from A View From A Brown Dog!

Congrats Jen!

I loved hearing all of your responses on your favorite movies.

Some I had not ever heard of and are going to look into and some of you reminded me of movies I hadn't seen in a long time!

I also met some new friends along the way! Thank you all for participating.

~ Pretty Porches and Giveaway Reminder~

These porches are very bright and pretty...

However,sometimes all you need to have a nice porch is a nice chair and a good dog

Just a reminder about the giveaway, you have till Midnight on Monday to enter in the giveaway. I will announce the winner on Tuesday. Have a great weekend!

A Humdinger of a Giveaway!

If I do say so myself.

In celebration of my 100th post and a year of writing my blog, I am having a giveaway worth 75 dollars!

First of all, is a Scentsy kit.

Scentsy is a Electric Wickless Candle product that I just LOVE.

(picture is of the warmer you will be winning:)

If you have not heard of Scentsy yet, all you have to do is google them:)

You will be getting a Warmer and 4 Scentsy bars, plus a Car Freshener and a Travel Tin (great for

Gym Bags or Stinky Lockers:)

The other item in the giveaway is Ree Drummond's new book Black Heels to Tractor Wheels!

All you have to do is comment on my blog telling me what your favorite movie is and in one week from today( April 11th ) I will randomly select a winner!

Best of Luck to you all!

Please make sure when you leave a comment to include your email or that your comment links you back to your blog, so I have a way of letting you know when you won:)

I will also be annoucing the winner right here next Tuesday,so stay tuned!