Thank Heaven For Netflix

I have been pretty miserably sick the past few days.  Fortunately I have Netflix to keep me company.  I have been sucked into the world of Monarch of the Glen, a show about an old troubled estate in the Scottish Highlands and a young {and dashing} Laird who is trying to restore the financially troubled estate back to prominence.

Why yes, wouldn't you love to help restore the place too?  I have loads of ideas for them, if only I could really live in a place like that.  You see, that's the lifestyle I was meant to be born into ~ the landed gentry.  Just ask my mom, even as a youngster I wanted to marry a farmer but hire everything out to be the "gentleman farmer" if you will!  And I'm still trying to convince my husband that we should purchase a country home rather than a cabin.  However, I think the trip to LBJ's ranch earlier this year is helping him see the merits of my idea. 

There is always something funny happening in the show.  I mean, you have to put up with crazy antics by these two for one thing:

 But the show is filled with quite lovely people that are really just enjoyable to watch:

This is the mom. I love it because she says everything with a smile on her face ~ and even things I would never be able to get away with saying!  :D 

I love looking at all the wardrobing choices though ~ I'm such a sucker for the tweeds, wellies and scarves they wear!  I also really liked this fun little outfit as a rainy day inspiration:

And of course, the dogs!  This lifestyle would be incomplete without the dogs!

I love seeing a dog that can roam and run around to their hearts content.  That's what our old chocolate lab always wanted to do.  She didn't want to be confined in our yard.  She always wanted to escape.  She was always happiest when we were out hiking, camping or hanging out by the lake ~ that's when I liked her the most too!

Anyway!  I have about 40 more episodes left to go!  This show has made my convalescence so much more enjoyable!  ;)  Thank heaven for Netflix!