Had Some Fun

 Went out with Uttra (my bff) yesterday for dessert and tea. We browsed our favorite stores.....Ikea (yeah...viva le Ikea!)..brainstormed for what to do with my balcony this year. She helps me decorate with different garden lights every year.. We live in a townhouse complex and I put up Christmas lights on my balcony each Dec. which she loves helping me with. A couple years ago I decided I wanted lights year round, so first year we played around with my mini-lights and kept my balcony lit all year till it was time for the Christmas ones again. Last year we put up these green leaf vine LED lights on my railing and the bars ( bought at IKEA) and it looked really cool in daylight and night. However the lights didn't last the whole summer. So. this year I need new lights and a new look.  I have an image to uphold in the complex now. Plus Uttra has the most gorgeous garden little sanctuary that's all done in perennials and once it's cleaned up in the spring she's all set.......so she sets her sights on my place and then there's no stopping her.  She's a little, teeny Fijian tornado of white energy and I've learned to not get in the way when she wants to help.  Fortunately we are super compatible working together,... both artistic, both Sagittarius and both OCD with a need to line things up just so and make sure things are even, so we don't drive each other nuts. She is my angel. She comes to my rescue (she'd say I do the same for her). But mostly she feels like my sister.I'm so blessed.