Tea Jar

While I was in Denver, my friend Jen and I went to Crate and Barrel. I had not previously been to one so this was a great experience! Crate and Barrel was slightly overpriced but contained a lot of great, unique, and beautiful items. I found exactly what I was looking for within minutes of arriving.I found a Tea Jar! A very large glass jar with a lid and a spout. With how fast Sam goes through sweet tea in our house, I have to keep it on hand at all times! I had a bunch of lemons and strawberries so I made some strawberry lemonade for a 'welcome to our family, now hold our delicious drinks' celebration.

To make homemade lemonade, you'll need water, lemons, and sugar.

I used about 10 lemons and probably about a gallon or so of water. Squeeze lemons into water and then throw the whole lemon inside the jar. You could use lemon juice from a squeezy bottle, but it wouldn't quite be homemade then, would it?! I also added about 9 strawberries to make it deliciously flavored. I put approximately one cup of sugar in the jar. I like my lemonade tart! ENJOY!

On a side note, I collect movie ticket stubs and concert stubs. I have collected all my stubs from the past ten years. I've been wanting to frame them all or hang them somehow, but could not figure out how to do it. I didn't have a big enough frame either. While at Goodwill a few weeks ago, I bought a coffee table for our living room to set drinks on. It is glass top and you can lift the glass to reveal a wood enclosure, like a shadow box almost. I decided THAT is where I would put all my stubs.

Sweet tea and stubs!

We are just sitting down from a long day. I bought a new pair of running shoes, Sam and I worked on the house a bit, and we went on a 3.5 mile walk/jog. We're going to watch Pirates of the Caribbean, At Worlds End. Yay! Here are my new shoes. They are fantastic.

There are little pockets of air in the bottom. Reebok claims these shoes will help tone your legs while you run. I think it's a bunch of bahooey, to be honest, but I liked the way they felt.

Back to work tomorrow! Hope you have a grand day!