Tie One On Tuesday

Across the pond my friends are celebrating the Diamond Jubilee. Of course I want to celebrate with them, I love a good party and there is no bigger one with more sparkles than the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration.

I'm pretty sure if I gave the guard of the crown jewels a few of these, he would let me borrow at least the tiara for one night.

Cherries Jubilee courtesy of  Acme
2 ounces Bombay Sapphire infused with Cherries and Vanilla (this can be easily done by taking cherries and vanilla beans, mixing with the gin and letting it sit for at least 24 hours)

1 ounce Lime Juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup
Dash Orgeat syrup
Dash Creme de Peche
Dash Grapefruit Bitters
Mix together in a shaker, serve in an martini glass. 


Ain't no party like the Diamond Jubilee party! Hey! Ho!

Jubilee Punch via Bar Magazine

2 parts Gin
1 part Dubonnet
1 part  Sloe Gin
½ part  Cherry Liqueur
½ part  Cassis
½ part  Framboise
A splash of Ginger Liqueur
3 dashes of Angostura Bitters
1 part Lemon Juice
4 parts Earl Grey Tea (chilled)
4 parts champagne
Build the ingredients in a punch bowl or jug and top with ice. Garnish with fresh seasonal berries and currants, lemon wheels and flowers. Serve with punch glasses or highball glasses.

During the Jubilee, even the martinis are extra fancy.

English Martini
1/2 ounce Chambord
1 ounce gin
1 ounce pineapple juice
Shake and serve in a martini glass.

Congratulations to the Queen! I have to love a woman who has an amazing flare for hats and loves dogs. Now, if she could just lend me her summer palace for the weekend, we would be besties 4 ever.

Feel Good Friday

from tumbler, unknown source, if it's yours, please let me know for some credit.

Not only is it Friday but it's the beginning of the month of PAM! That's right, my birthday is this month and I have decided to celebrate it all month long cause that's how I roll! 

There are a few reasons that I love this piece by LaWhimsy-first, that little girl is just too adorable and  second, look at that cute puppy! LaWhimsy has some mad stitching skills! Her lines are so clean and again, look at the cute puppy!

The Pie Face Game! The game to play with those jerk relatives and friends! Seriously, if someone gives this to you, it means they don't like you.

I'm pretty sure I need this table for my birthday. OMP better get his baking skills up to speed. He can get great tips from Amy is the Party. I want one of every party she has, please.

Are you kidding me? This is over the top! Seriously, I have watched this video a half of dozen times just today! 

Well, my cute little babes, I am going to head out to the garden and enjoy the sliver of sunshine. The pups are yelling at me and I really should listen to them-they can be so demanding! Enjoy your weekend and have ten tons of fun! 

I Can Relax!

OMP says that I can never just relax and sit still. I have no idea what he is talking about. My weekend was relaxing. Here's what I did,

I did a little embroidery...



I made a word bubble for Pete. I need to know that he's thinking...(please excuse our redneck dog dish. We have to lift Pete's head due to damage to his neck and throat from his bad previous owners)


I recovered the couch and the chair and made these pillows...

And I baked cupcakes, but I ate them. Insert collective "AAWWWWW MAN"

Oh wait, I also deadheaded the rhododendron, helped OMP in the front yard, planting new flowers and ran errands! Whew! Maybe OMP is right...HA! Yeah sure, OMP right, that's a good one.

Going Bananas

Last night I had a horrible nightmare. Now nightmares are scary enough, but trying to explain your nightmare is even worse! They never sound as scary and you just can't convey the fear you had. 

Me: I had a horrible dream last night

OMP: Oh, baby, what was it about?

Me: Well, there was a ghost in the house and he pinched my butt.

OMP: That was no ghost. 

Me: No! Seriously! It was scary! The scariest part was that the ghost shut the door and when I opened it, he was standing there and I was scared. 

OMP: What did the ghost look like?

Me: He was wearing a ghillie suit with a gorilla mask over it. 

Dead silence....

OMP: A ghost, in a ghillie suit and a gorilla mask.

Me: YES! I was scared! 

OMP: Again...a ghost, in a ghillie suit and a gorilla mask.

Me: I don't think you understand how terrified I was.

OMP: What were you scared of? That he was gonna steal our bananas? 

Me: You know how precious those bananas are to me.

OMP: Obviously...

(for the record, this is a ghillie suit)

Tie One On Tuesday

 via shorpy

I am planning a girls weekend with a few friends and you know there will be cocktails splashing around. I mean, c'mon...it's me and my best girlies! How could we NOT have a little drinky drink.

I'm not sure what my girlfriend LimeRiot is trying to tell me but she says this drink would be perfect for our girly weekend. I don't think I want to know what kind of weekend she has in store for us.

The Dirty Monkey

1 oz rum

1 oz creme de banane

1 oz creme de cacao

1 oz coffee liqueur

2 scoops vanilla ice cream

Blend all together in a blender and serve in a high ball glass. It should be a milk shake consistency. 

I don't think you can ever go wrong with the girls if you serve them an Appletini. They taste like jolly ranchers! They can't be that bad for you! Plus, the green really goes with my new shoes.

Appletini

2 oz vodka

½ oz Apple Pucker schnapps

½ oz sparkling cider or lemon/lime soda

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.

Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

I love my girls and any time I get to see them, it's always  fab! Here's to the girls' weekend. I know there will be tons of laughter, good cocktails, yummy food and best of all-my wonderful friends.

The Girls Weekend

1 oz peach schnapps

1 oz cranberry schnapps

1 oz  lime schnapps 

8 oz lemonade

1 oz grenadine

Mix lemonade with the schnapps and pour into a high ball glass. pour grenadine on top. 

I don't even care where I go with my ladies, as long as I have a good bottle of rum and something sequined! 

Feel Good Friday!

YAHOOOOO!!! It's Friday! It's a long weekend! Pammy is happy! How many of you have plans for Memorial Day weekend? Are ya gonna go camping? Maybe stick close to home and have a staycation? Whatever you do, make sure you give a big thanks to the men, women and animals in our armed services. My plans for the weekend include some pulled pork BBQ, some smooching on the OMP and lots of crafting! I'm so excited!

Okay, ready for some serious coolness? Check out what I got OMP! This is a custom piece from Jack B. Nimble.  Go over and cruise his etsy shop and if you don't see something that just hits you in the head, well then, you might be dead, or you might need to order a custom piece, like I did.

OH MY GAAAWWWD! It's a little Pam doll and they come in little Pam boxes! Yep, pretty sure I need one .Mirianata makes the cutest little doll brooches. I need them all!

Wanna know why I am so happy? Early morning dog camera!

I have no idea whose child this is, but I'm adopting her. She has the right idea for the perfect day.

Alright my favorite people in the whole world! I am off to do a little shopping, a little cooking and a whole lot of smooching! Have a great weekend!

Just Say No!

Do you have negative people in your life? The people who aren't necessarily nasty but just kind of always negative. If you say it's sunny and nice, they will complain about the heat or if you give them a piece of chocolate, they wonder why it's milk instead of dark. Do you know these kind of people? They don't break us down completely, but they chip away, each day, draining us of our happiness.

The problem with me is that I have tried in the past to fix these types of people. I have tried to make them happy and nothing ever worked. It was killing me! I tried jokes with them, moral support and even going to their pity part and you know what-nothing worked. I ended up equally as angry and sad. 

Finally, one day, I just gave up. I threw in the towel. I decided that their negativity was not for me to fix. It wasn't my job to show them my world. I had to love my life, enjoy my sunshine and be happy. See, I realized that in order to make the world a better place, I need to make me and my bubble a better place. I couldn't MAKE those negative nellies  happy, they needed to find it on their own. 

I had to decide at what level I wanted to be a part of the negative fan club. Did I want to be an active member or a visiting guest? I could be there for a shoulder to cry on, for an uplifting thought or two but I couldn't fix their outlook on life. Negative nellies have to fix their outlook themselves. No amount of cute baby animals, dirty jokes or uplifting motivational phrases are going to help them unless they really want it.

Once I let go of my notion to fix everything and make everyone happy, the weight on my shoulders disappeared. I knew that my smile was my own and if it made them smile too, great, if not, it's their problem, not mine. 

What I put out there is what I want to see in the world and I surround myself with others who feel the same way. Every day I give thanks to the happiness surrounding me. Some of those Debbie Downers may fall to the wayside and some may decide to see the world, even if for 5 minutes, through rose colored glasses, but I do know that it is their decision and not mine on how they view the world. 

How you see the world is how the world sees you. If you are always negative, then the world is a negative place, if you see the world as uplifting, inspirational and pretty damn great, then it will be. It is up to you.