Hello!
Hope you are having a wonderful
Wednesday!
Popping in to let you know Mr. Ken
will be heading out on an adventure
soon. I won't be blogging for a bit but
will post as soon as I can about our
adventure.
In other news I'd like to WELCOME
my new follower Pam. It's nice to
have you here at Dreaming!
I had two requests for the Pickle recipe:
Refrigerator Pickles
3 nice size cucumbers, peeled and sliced
1 C sugar or Splenda
1/2 C vinegar
1 C water
Mix together the sugar with the liquid
ingredients (well)
Add cucumbers, mix together
Seal and put in the fridge- 2 hrs
That's it! Enjoy!
I have made these for several years and
have changed things up . This year I
added approx. 1/4-1/2 tsp of dried dill to
them. Of course you could use fresh.
I have added (other times)
Red pepper flakes
Cracked pepper
Onions
It is a very versatile recipe.
See you when we return !
~Keep on Dreaming~
Hello!
Hope everyone had a great holiday.
Ours was fun as you will see farther
down.
One more reference to the garage
sale.
Mr. Ken in his stylish blue ensemble.
*SOLD* A friend bought this one.
Next was the garden hat.
I decided to keep this after all.
There is on more hat, it dropped out :(
of my post, I'll post it next time, one
you won't want to miss!
My bargain bag! 2 bucks, yes I said 2
bucks! We have a store here in Kansas
City that is a Reuse, recycle and restore
kinda place. They receive donations from
various companies and the community.
This was from a donation from Charming
Charlies. A jewery, bag and scarf store.
Love it.
Parade Highlights:
Driving with the big boys.
Spontaneous trip to see fireworks:
Drove to the local hospital parking
lot, able to grab a parking spot though
is was a happen' place and enjoyed
from a far and traffic.
A peek and our 4th decorations. It
came so fast my output was a bit
minimal.
Oops excuse the ear muffs. :)
Hope your summer has been nice.
Still fighting the heat as I'm sure you
are. It is supposed to cool down this
weekend!
~Keep on Dreaming~
Happy Wednesday!
Can you believe it is Wednesday
already AND the last week of June!
Where is the time going?
Well this time last week final preps
were going on for our sale, I can tell
you that I am happy we are not doing
that this week. It takes A LOT to put a
sale together.
Our sale was a SUCCESS! We weren't
even open Friday and made a sale. On
Saturday, we went to 1/2 price after
lunch and things flying off the driveway.
We have some stuff to take to charity and
I still am going through Mom's stuff. We
will prevail and find our garage again.
Mr. Ken has the next couple of days off
so some things will get done. (Hopefully)
On Saturday, I am going to a Scrapbook
Fair (no business going) with a friend.
It will be a fun day, will try very, very
hard not to bring anything home. :)
Fun times here in the big state of
Kansas. Oh yea, it is HOTTER than
heck here.
Hope everyone is surviving the summer
heat.
~Keep on Dreaming~
Hello and happy Wednesday!
Thanks for all your suggestions
last week in regard to all the
pictures we accumulate over the
years.
Since you all had such great ideas
for that question I have another
one for you.
What do you do with ALL the
greeting cards, thank you cards
etc that you receive?
I have my own thoughts but I
am curious to hear your thoughts.
As you know I am going through
my Mom's stuff and I found a
box with probably every card she
had been given. I think when we
had our fire in '93 the cleaning
company put them in baggies as
they were cleaning our things.
I will admit that I have a problem
throwing them away.
On another note, I am having
lunch with a co-worker. We
will be celebrating her birthday!
The Garage Sale is going done
come Friday. Things are continuing
to be organized, prepped and priced.
What does not sell will be donated.
Please pray that we have no rain
during our sale Friday and Saturday.
Hope everyone is well.
~Keep on Dreaming~
Hello, happy Wednesday!
As you know we are getting ready for
the garage sale of the season! Hopefully.
Doing so I have been going through A
LOT of stuff. I have run across many,
many pictures and photos.
My post today is really a question.
What do you do with ALL the pictures/
photos that you have accumulated over
the years? Besides the obvious.
Such as:
Your immediate family
Extended family
Other people and/or their kids
Vacation photos
Misc pics
Silly pics
You get the idea. We have sooooooo many
pictures, I have some in books but with
the digital age now they are on our phones
and on flash drives, which we back up.
I guess I just need to figure what to do with
the BAZILLION loose pics we have. I hate
shredding them but I don't want them
floating around the dump either.
I will be passing some on to family as they
are older pictures of family that are no
longer with us.
It is not a bad thing to have all these
pictures and such because they tell a
story but I don't need the multiples of
one pose. :)
As the saying goes:
"A picture is worth a thousand words"
~Keep on Dreaming~
It is that time...Garage Sale time.
We have had a storage unit since
my Mom passed in '07 and it is time
to empty it and move on. A lot of the
stuff is mine but some of is my Mom's
and I have a hard time going through
her stuff. Again it is time.
Our neighborhood has a sale organized
by one of the gals up the street from us.
So we have decided to join this year.
Purging on a large scale is happening
in our house along with the storage
unit.
Soooo currently I have spent my break
working on the sale, trying to get the
rest of our stuff back in our room and
working part time (T/TH) at a center
for children with exceptionalities for
three and half hrs each day.
I will have the last week of June off
and Mr. Ken will be home some of
those days. Then in July, I will be off
that last week and we are going out
of town for a couple of days. Once
we get home I will be off till school
starts. By July the sale will be over
and I won't have that to focus on.
As my cousin says (many times)
"How was your day Grasshopper?"
~Keep on Dreaming~
I'm back!
But the biggest news is:
SCHOOL'S OUT!!
So nice to have some time off.
Let's get caught up...shall we?
I don't know about where you are
but here in the KC area it has been
HOT! Pretty miserable. :(
Early in the month, Mr. Ken had a
day off so I took off too. We picked
up flowers at a couple of garden centers
and stopped at a public garden east of
the Country Club Plaza.
Such a beautiful garden. The
caretakers change the flowers
and plants for the seasons.
More fun for these two.
We went to the ballet and
watched the production
Peter Pan with the Kansas
City Ballet. So fun. Before
the performance the director
and one of the Peter's gave a
talk about the performance,
they talked about the music
and what to listen for, how
the characters were played
and what to watch for. So
glad we went in to hear these
"hints".
Before school was out one of
coworkers and a good friend
became a first time Grandma.
I made this lap blanket for her
beautiful granddaughter.
It is one of those no sew fleece
pieces. I saw this particular one
on Pinterest. I watched the video
several times before and during
the making process.
She loved it.
Going back two posts, I tried
the tip about using post as props.
Works really well. I painted a
board that I am using to make a
sign for our bedroom (which is
still in progress but will be done
soon).
That's it for now, hope everyone
is doing well.
~Keep on Dreaming~
Posting today instead of yesterday
because I was a little busy.
Last night I had the honor of being
invited AND attending the high
school graduation of a former
student!
This young man has Autism and
when he was in my class he kept us
on our toes. :) He loved fire hydrants
and could tell you where they were
located around the city, he went
through a Richard Scarry faze and he
could access a computer like nobody's
business.
Fast forward to yesterday, through hard
work, family and school support he
was able to graduate. I am soooo proud
of him!
Going to graduation reminded me why
I do my job, some days I wonder if I
still have the stuff it takes and last night
validated that I DO HAVE THE STUFF!!
What a wonderful event.
~Keep on Dreaming~
