Manny Oh Manny!!!!

This just in...Manny Ramirez traded to the Dodgers?!?!?! I have a lot of mixed emotions about it all. I know he didn't have the best "work ethic", but, but...WOW!! We are all kind of in shock here. You know we hear this Manny talk each year get nervous and nothing happens. So we didn't really think he'd go this year either. I guess that's part of being a fan.

(I got the pic from Boston Dirt Dogs site.)

Parental Pause

Okay, this is going to be a short one. I just have to vent a bit. Tuesday C was wearing pants! It's hot. I asked her why she's not wearing shorts. "They are dirty." I just did laundry Mon. To make this short, she is down to 2 pairs of shorts, one of which needs to be ironed. I thought we just went to the store, bought pants. I know she doesn't have a lot of clothes, but she has enough. Where'd the others go...is she growing that fast...I don't want to go clothes shopping again...how can I budget that in, again...

On anothe note, our swamp cooler may be dieing. Yesterday, we smelled smoke (like a campfire). The cooler wasn't working right it got up to 85 in the house. I just turned cooler off. R came home did his magic and got it going again. Last night we smell it again. R says someone's grilling. I sure hope so. I do know that I am ready for it to cool down, so we can cool down. On any given day our house is 75 or more.

I was supposed to keep this short! Hi Michele!

Freebie

Who wants a freebie?? Monica Evan at Digi Keepsakes is giving out a Beautiful freebie! All you have to do is leave a comment and she'll pick a winner from there! Is that easy or what? Here's here link: http://digikeepsakesbymonica.blogspot.com/

Challenge

Do you want a chance to win this awesome kit? Do you love a challenge? Well, if you... Without further ado, Geri, one of the CT Members at Digi Keepsakes, has offered to host the challenge this week. This week it will be a quote challenge and Geri is hosting the challenge on her blog. You can find it here. The winner of this challenge will also win a free download of my Go Fly A Kite kit.

There will be a new challenge every Wednesday! I can't wait to host mine!!

Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Speed Scrap

Oh man! I just did a speed scrap at Scrap Matters. (a speed scrap is where the host tells you what to do, get 3 solid paper, etc, every 10 min for 1 hour. Then you have 15 minutes to post it.) Tonight was the hardest, except the first one I've done. However, I really like the results. We had to use complimentary colors. That was our main objective.

It's late I need to go!! Good night!

The count down is on

Though it's still hot, summer's almost over here. School starts Aug 11th. BUT for C & J it's Aug. 4th!! They are not happy about starting 1 week early, but I want to get a jump start. It's only one week.

Also, sorry I don't have any Tools For Tuesday for ya!

Hello Dolly

I know that I've already posted way too many times today! But I just took this and had to share it with you. A minute later it looked totally different. This is what we got of Hurricane Dolly.

Went right through the paint!

Man, I was putting away the groceries today, and went to take the few trash bags out and throw the box away to replce it with a new one, when I noticed it was all wet. One thing led to another. One of our concentrated cleaners got a hole in it! I don't know how long it was leaking but only after a few seconds the new trash bag box was all yucky and the paint was off. After cleaning everything off, wiping it down, I noticed that it ate through the paint on the selves!! I think I'm going to have to take the self outside a squirt it down. Every time I wipe it, it soaps up and more paint comes off. Had to throw away some food stuff and other items.

But I did good at the grocery store today, the sun is out, the heat it back (people were in pants and light jackets yesterday!!!). We got a lot of rain, but no flooding like a LOT of places aroung us! Thank God. I should go. Just thought I'd do a quick post.

Mmmm Monday

Welcome to Mmmm Monday, where I talk food!! From recipes, tips and yummy food stories, this is sure to satisfy your taste buds!

Today I don;t have a recipe, but I have a great free recipe source! Kraft Foods
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/registration/contextualsignuplogin?RegistrationActivityID=1237
If you go to this site you can sign up for their free magazine full of recipes that are kid friendly and down to earth. I have made many recipes from these mags. Some where hits others where not, but there is enough that you should be able to find what suits your family. The web site also is loaded with recipes and tips. Hope you sign up today!

Also, I just wanted to share with you what I spent at the grocery store yesterday. We only have two places to shop for food here, there's no double coupons, etc, so food shopping can be a pain sometimes. Anyway, I spent $25.02 on 3 gallons of milk, 2 cartons of strawberries, lettuce, 5 kiwi, broc, 24 eggs, 2 lb carrots, 2 pkgs hot dogs, 3 lbs apples, cabbage, 1 lb onions, 8 sm oranges, 2 lb bananas! I don't know about you, but that was a great deal! As everything has gone up, I am really trying to find the best deals. I had to dig through the produce to find good ones, but it was worth it!

Have a great day!

New LO's

Here are a couple LO's I've done recently. The first one I used "Go Fly a Kite" by Digi keepsakes. The second was for a challenge where you could only use paper no elements, etc. Credits here: http://scrapmatters.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=0 Can you tell I love green?

They got mixed up, the first is the second and vice verse.