Pinterest Day

Yesterday G came to visit since I'm sequestered here with Sam. It was nice. She brought her dog Ginger and we took the dogs swimming. I was a little nervous Sam was going to take off swimming across the lake but he did ok. Actually he absolutely loved it!

Today is July 4th and I'm staying home. Again. With Sam. The boys went to town for the 4th of July festivities. I do hate to miss that. We see everybody and its quite nice.

Watched Sahara Monday. I think I've seen it before but not all the way through.
Also watched the first Pirates of the Caribbean.

Being home I've made some Pinterest projects lately...

 these are the mod podge shoes i actually made

 this is a scarf i used after realizing the one i saw on pinterest was sewn that way... same effect~

Boho bag from table cloths

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Unplugged

Big storm came through Friday night...

No electric from 5pm Friday until noon on Saturday. If it weren't for the fridge and freezer I wouldn't be concerned. We finally took our fridge contents to a friend with a generator about 10pm. The freezer was fine for less than 12 hours. The more disturbing is how much I missed the internet/cable. No email or facebook or pinterest or blogging. I do this every morning in the summer. Soooo...

I cleaned out the fridge on Friday before the electric went out and the boys came home with groceries, of course, that's probably what triggered the storm :)
Saturday I cleaned out the food cabinets and spice drawer. Lots of expired food stuffs. Wiped it all down and put back.
I also sorted all my printed photos but I needed the internet to put them in order so I'm doing that today.
The boys and I watched I am Legend and Book of Eli.
At one point we all were outside, checking out the garden, brushing out the dogs... amazing what no cable/internet will do.

Sam has settled in and I'm getting tons done. I stayed home from church this morning because from what I've seen so far this guy will not be left alone outside or in. He is a rescue so I, of course, love him and I'm glad we are able to let this family go on their first family vacation. However, he is a rock head. Doesn't know commands. Doesn't recognize the garden. Or the carpet when his ball rolls under the couch. He is house trained so I can deal with the rest. He lays around 90% of the time. The other 10% he's a little neurotic. So 7 more days of being home on the porch, walking/swimming with the dogs, working on the house, scrapbooking etc. I don't mind being at home really. Just a little inconvienenced for church, the 4th and the wedding Saturday.

  

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46 More Days of Summertime 6 Weeks


You know how I was worried about the long trip to and from the beach a few weeks ago? Amazingly enough it flew. I had my phone, pod and pad loaded and had books and mags in my bag and barely touched any of them. The car conversation was great on the way down there. We chatted and moved cars around and I drove. It was great. Even on the way back we all talked the whole way. I barely got any reading at all done.

Yesterday as I was finishing Shades of Gray 2 on the back porch, Marina started barking so I got up to see what the problem was. Deer. Female in the back field. Not that far away. I quietly moved inside to get my camera and poof she was gone.

So 2nd Shades of Gray complete. Good one. The story line keeps me interested and I'm liking it. This one kinda dragged on though so I'm hoping #3 picks up. I need to get my hands on our book club book to get it read.

Getting ready for Sam's visit today. A coworker was talking about finding a place to board his dog while he and his family were on vacation. This was around the first of the year. I said I'd watch him. He acted like I volunteered to give my left lung. Finally I got the wifey's ok and Sam will be here today at 5. I'm excited. He's another lab who was neglected and saved. I hope they all get along.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower movie?!?! Better get to reading!

Recent goodness

Lots of this going on around here...

 A pinterest project. Take a blanket, scarf etc and wrap a pillow.

 Mine was too small to tie in a knot so I pinned it.

 Thrifting in SC turned up this cute set.

 Pinterest project modpodge shoes.

 Should of called this one slinky.

 Seashell crafting with my beach roomie.

 Mezmerized by Essie

 Another beach shot

 Pinterest hair

 Yesterday I went blueberry picking then to the farmers market in Milford.

 The dogs (and me) are getting lazy so we went for a good long walk.

 And then we didn't move for the rest of the evening.

 My consign dress from SC.

 Went to Snooty, Goodwill and Salvation Army with Ginger. Found some goodies. 2 dresses (one Spledid) for $1. and a Michael Simon shirtdress.

 Thrifted Michael Kors dress, vintage sweater, and a scissor shirt. Oh and those boots! I've been wanting a pair that are folded like that! I pulled a ball out of a bag and got 50% off. That made them $5!

Never thee mind

We are almost there. Back to focusing on catching up and then moving forward. Although we only have 2 student days left, we have another official day then a few more until my graduation duties. So another week really then I'm outta here.

I've fallen behind because, well, we've been busy...

took a field trip to the Rumpke landfill

 one of the last fires of the season

 hail storm in April

 the girls have fallen into a routine

Moving into May

Hub's was unable to make it to prom so a friend asked me to accompany him and our other couple friends. We ate at the fish house prior to prom then went to the club upstairs for drinks, music and dancing afterward. Good times.

 Bub's taking Stella's pics

 Another friend turned 30 and we christened a friend who is now DJing. 

 Mother's Day we ate at The Belgium Waffle place downtown and then I took in a show at the Aronoff- Les Miserables

 Bub's introduced me to CamWow

 Stella gave me a snuggle for Mother's Day

 the boys capped it off with coffee and donuts

 Bub's had a final quiz bowl of the year

 then bubs turned 14 and chose to eat at Terry's turf... goofy boys

 fried cheese? yes please!

 we went back to Yo's and the boys hung out in the hot tub while I visited with the visitors

 again with their favorite pose

 yesterday's wedding here at the lake

 and we ended the day taking Stella out for her first ride

 where she took her favorite spot

 today i spent the afternoon like such...

 never thee mind the problems of tomorrow as we wile away today