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So far it has been a cool summer, which leads to not too much swimming going on and our first trip to Dairy Queen in the middle of July.Though I think Shaggy got more ice cream than any of us...

 Zach and I did some shopping together and then headed over to Pizza Hut for dinner. 

Working out with Milt and loving it!  It's become a family affair with both Zach and Joel going...

The August Work in Progress kit?

With just returning from a wonderful summer get away and plans for more weekend getaways, this kit stole my heart.  
Besides for being a huge fan of October Afternoon, the colors are perfect and the embellishments are some of my favorites!
My vacation pictures should be arriving any day!  Looking forward to some creative time!

My weekend was spent working on projects big and small and attending a couple graduation parties.
First off my projects, one of them being painting all our wrought iron deck furniture.  I love our furniture but it was looking pretty run down.  So after 3 1/2 cans of black satin paint it looks like I have a brand new set.  One set down...

and two sets to go

I also worked on some...

Had a belated birthday celebration with my sister today, since we were in Hilton Head on my actual birthday.  She took me to lunch at Max and Ermas and then we had to check out Archivers, 
which was right across the street.
Here are some of the things I picked up which I plan on putting together 
at the crop, amongst other things. 
 Although it always...

Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states.  ~Carol Welch
For the past month Chelsea and I have been going to a trainer.  Once a week
 we meet with him and he tortures us for an hour!

He is awesome and since part of Chelsea's school is for exercise science and personal
 training it has shown me that you don't have to be a tough...

Remember just a few days ago when I did this post about my 45 favorite quotes and sayings and said it would soon be a mini book.  
Well here it is!

Using an acrylic album and the Work in Progress add on kit it 
was created in an evening.




The acrylic album was in a previous kit, and if you don't have one I just purchased my acrylic from Hobby...

Coming up soon my dear brother in law is moving to Florida.  It's a bittersweet though as we want him to do well and be successful with the opportunity he has and yet don't want him to leave all of us here in Ohio.  
 
I guess looking on the bright side it will get us to Florida/Disney a lot more often!
Yesterday we threw a surprise going away/4th of July party in his honor.  He has...

Hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th
Thanks to Val for pointing these out to me here

Edited to add:
After washing and letting strawberries dry I dipped each strawberry in white chocolate and then into blue sugar that I picked up at JoAnn's.  So easy to make!

Looking forward to the holiday weekend, fireworks, parties and fun!
 
The other night I went to a stampin up party and we made the cutest cards!  One we made using the square punch, circle punch, a piece of ribbon and a brad, we made these cute purses.

On July 1st this guy celebrated his 5th birthday

and of course I had to pick up the latest Rob Thomas CD!  Looks like it...

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 1.  1.  Not everything in life can be planned, some good things happen unplanned andsome  bad           things.
2.  Those things that frustrate you the most are thethings you laugh the most about later
3.  Don’t judge people according to their appearance
4.  Dreams may become reality if you believe inyourself
5.  The more I learn, the less I know
6.  If you don’t...