Tea For Two-sday ~ Pumpkin Tea

Welcome to Tea For Two-sday! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend! Why not start today out right - with a steaming cup of tea? It's practically Fall you know! :)

Last year I had trouble finding pumpkin teas, but found one that was a red tea - very good though very mild. I hadn't even started looking around for pumpkin tea yet and saw this one at the grocery store last week. You better believe I grabbed it right up!

This Pumpkin Spice tea is a black tea blend. It does have a subtle smooth pumpkin flavor with a background of spices like cinnamon and cloves. I love the hint of cloves because my favorite pumpkin bread has cloves and I think it's part of why I like that bread so much. This tea would be perfect with my pumpkin bread! With a splash of milk and some sweetener, you might even feel like your tea is your dessert. I'll have to try it myself!

Have you tried any pumpkin tea? Or do you have a favorite Fall tea?

Have a lovely day my friends and another cup of tea!

Fall Nesting Returns

Fall Nesting Week is back at The Inspired Room! Last year, Melissa forced persuaded me to get with it and decorate for Fall during her Fall Nesting. It was my first attempt at any seasonal decorating other than Christmas. I'm still not a great decorator, but I am having fun with trying to decorate for the seasons (doing it as cheaply as I can is part of the fun!). So this year, I prepared even though the temp outside is in the 90's and the sun is shining bright. My family and friends that live around here have mentioned to me that it is in fact, summer according to the calendar and our weather. Not according to Melissa, I say!

Come on in and take a look around! The potpourri is simmering on the stove (recipe from Blessed).

And you might as well grab a Pumpkin Blueberry Muffin for a snack...

or maybe some Pumpkin Pudding!

Here's part of the living room when I decorated it for Spring/Summer...


and here's how I changed it a little for Fall.


Added some dark thrift store pillows & throw to the other couch.


I like to add fresh rosemary since we have a huge bush of it in the front yard! And yes, that's a pic of my chubby babe who turned 10 last month - sigh.

Gotta have some apples around!

I like to mix the orange with crisp white.

My centerpiece is still a work in progress. I was thrown off because the grocery store does not have pumpkins yet - you know, because it's *ahem* summer here.

It's about time I put out a little chocolate display! Let's pretend like I didn't write that sign in 3 seconds and that my "v" and "r" don't look exactly alike. :) While we're at it, let's pretend that those same chocolates will still be here next month.


Last year, I enjoyed the Fall fun so much that I hosted a Pumpkin Potpourri Week! It was such a hit that I will be having another Fall-themed week at the end of this month. It will feature Fall fruits - like pumpkin (yup - has seeds so it is a fruit!), apples, and either cranberries or pears. I'm still working out the details, but come back for the fun!

And if you enjoyed your goodies, then come by tomorrow (Friday) for Dessert Friday! I'll be sharing a recipe and letting you link up your yummy dessert posts!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope I've inspired you to try a little Fall decorating if you haven't already!

You must head over to The Inspired Room and look at all the Fall posts linked up - you will definitely get a Fall feeling!

Have a fabulous Fall day!

Stuff...'Cause Miscellaneous Sounded Too Formal

First, our prayers go out to all those affected by the hurricanes.

And now, it's Monday! Welcome to a new week! I don't normally feel very cheerful about Mondays, but this week I have the potential to accomplish a lot (Umm, I have that potential EVERY week, but it doesn't always work out, so this week can be a fresh start - LOL!).

What a great "Would You Like Chocolate With That?" we had on Friday! Thanks to everybody that linked up! I am trying to work on a graphic for it and add the announcement here and there, because I seem to have run into one or two ladies that like chocolate. :)

Here's your chocolate reminder, nice and early: Find or create a chocolate-themed post for this Friday. Please keep it family-friendly. It can be a recipe, a poem, a chocolate review, a taste test (this could be your excuse to go buy that new candy to try - you HAD to for the Friday chocolate meme), pictures, video, thoughts on chocolate, etc. - be as creative as you want! You can write something new or pull something from your archives. Though not required, I would appreciate it if you included a link to my "Would You Like Chocolate With That?" post. See you Friday with your chocolate!

Another reminder: A new theme week is coming next week, beginning Monday 9/22. In honor of Fall's official beginning, it's all about pumpkin. Pumpkin Week will have yummy recipes, pictures, pumpkin facts, opportunities to link up, and giveaways!! I am having a terrible time coming up with a name for my theme week and need one NOW so I can add the announcement in a couple of places. Can you help? Here are some I have thought of: Pumpkin Party Week, Pumpkin Pleasers Week, Pleasantly Pumpkin Week, Pumpkins On Parade Week, Pumpkinly Pleasant Week. Do you like one or do you have a suggestion? I appreciate your help!!

Hmmm...I guess that's all the stuff I have today.

See you tomorrow for Tea for Two-sday! (Did you know that I always post about tea on Tuesdays?)