It's been busy and I am behind. What's
new? Anyway, today we will have a
belated version of Wednesday Write
Up.
Starting with the pic above.
Several months age I bought the print
in the middle, hung it on one of the walls
in the family room and there it stayed.
I knew I wanted to do something fun with
it but wasn't sure until I ran across the two
clocks at a garage sale--then I knew what I
wanted to do. Before hanging the clocks I
set one to "local standard time" (left) and
one to "Daylight Saving Time." (right) Now
I really love the print.
I have been wanting to change things up
in our living for awhile but no inspiration
was "ringing my bell" until now--this is the
"before" pic and ...
this is the "after" pic. I had picked up some
blank letters at Michael's, decided to cover
them with paper and now they are above
our mirror. Other changes are in the wings.
Mr. Ken took a couple of vacation day last
week, so on Friday we did our "day tripping"
to Bonner Springs, Kansas.
First up: lunch.
We stopped at at a little and I do mean little
diner and had the most delish lunch.
I had the fries with my burger.
Mr. Ken and the onion rings with his burger.
This place is close enough to home that we
could hit the road and get a good breakfast sometime.
Oh yea!!!
Our trip continued to Moon Marble Company.
Got to see a marble making demo while
there. It is hard to see but she put a
Chinese dragon on a medium size marble--
go figure. Not in my ability to do this.
Very fun to watch.
THEN it was time to find my marbles...
they have tons!
You can buy tubes of marbles small and
medium--your choice of which ones you
like. Both of us got at tube of medium size
marbles 9 total in a tube. Plus we bought
4 large ones too. They also have games
and toys to purchase too. A great place
for kids little and big to go on a HOT day.
Here are two of the big kids out in the
heat!! Crazy kids!!
In the evening we drove to Weston, Mo for
dinner at an Irish Pub. The Weston Brewing
Company.
Mr. Ken had Bangers and Mash with a roll.
And I had Beer Battered Fish and Chips with
homemade sauce. For dessert (can't find the
pics) I had Chocolate Pecan Pie OH MY! Mr.
Ken had homemade Apple Pie with homemade
ice cream. I had a taste of it --yum! I'd say that
it was a pretty good vacay day all around!
I had seen on Facebook, Wine bottle Tiki
Lights and I wanted to make some. A
friend gave me two empty wine bottles
and I covered them with twine. They will
be weighted down, filled with oil, a wick
and lighted for outdoor pleasure of an
evening. Still have a couple of things to
purchase, but basically I had everything
needed.
Remember my deck "buffet"? This is
their home when not in use. Once the
oil is in the bottles they may "live some-
where else for safety purposes.
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Last weekend we went to an Open House
at Mr. Ken's brother and fiance's news
house. Fun, fun but another HOT day!
Tueday I had lunch with a former co-worker
we had a nice lunch and got caught up too.
Well, I hope I haven't tired you out but
we are a busy bunch here. More to
come and guess what???
I go back to school soon!!!!
~Keep on Dreaming~
Happy Monday AND
Merry Christmas!!!
Today is the official day of
Christmas in July.
(See I haven't lost it)
Today we are going to
have a "Christmas
in July" party!
First off--An "Ugly Tank Top
Contest"
Prizes for:
Worst design or saying
Ugly Color
Rips or tears??
Treats and beverages will be:
*Eggnog coladas-serve in Martini
glasses (Hopefully you can find
Eggnog right now)
*Christmas cookies and serve
chocolate milk with them
instead of hot chocolate.
*Make Smores with candy canes
in them.
Now showing--
*Christmas movie marathon
OR
*Sing or play Christmas music
OR
*Read Christmas stories
We will decorate our tree with a
beach theme and top with starfish.
Other things that we can do:
Turn pool noodles into
candy canes.
Have a balloon fight instead of a
snowball fight.
Build Frosty from sand instead
of snow.
Turn on your twinkle lights too.
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This idea came from the "Music
Choice" channel when they were
playing Christmas music. They
have a "Did you Know" spot with
trivia about the music they are
playing. This time they threw
in party ideas.
This could be a fun Summer party--
might help break up the monotony
of the Summer heat. Have fun!!
~Keep on Dreaming~
Well, hello from the HOT Midwest.
We are under an "Excessive Heat
Watch" until Saturday evening.
Aaaaaaa ! Really tired of it already.
I am feeling under the weather today
my allergies and the heat are getting
to me.
Hit another garage sale and found
several goodies. Two scarves a
cute wagon (will use in the fall for
decorating), a bell (love it, I put it
in the kitchen and ding it off and
on) there were two so we went
back the next day to see if it was
still there--Mr. Ken wanted that
one and guess what it was!!
I also got a bracelet and a "scarf
tail clutch" my term. It is the item
with the crystal on it.
We went to another sale and I
picked up some board and
card games.
It was "Christmas in July" at my house
Saturday afternoon. the postman left
a big box on my doorstep.
My blog friend Robin from Virginia
was so kind and sent me some
goodies for school.
Thank you Robin, we will put all of
this to good use!
Stickers, craft kits, holiday decor,
and Birthday certificates. Fun!
Fun!
I'll be away till next week, Mr. K
will be on vacation and we have
some daytripping to do.
Stay cool and hydrated friends!!
PS: if you missed my recipe for
Watermelon Granita just scroll
backwards.
~Keep on Dreaming~
Happy Sunday to Everyone!
Exciting things happening
around here today!
I am happy to announce that
this little ol' blog, that I have
enjoyed so much is celebrating
7 years with being my 1036th
post!!! Wow, that is amazing
to me.
As always I would like to say
"THANK YOU" to all
of you! I appreciate your
love and support!
In keeping with this celebration
Sunday Savor has a refreshing
recipe for you today.
So pull up a chair and relax.
This Summer has had some
interesting weather patterns
come through the Midwest
and we are about to have
another hot one come
through. AGAIN!!!
So I thought since it is HOT,
why not something cool and
refreshing.
Pioneer Woman is providing
us with this tasty treat.
Watermelon Granita
1/2 a whole seedless
watermelon cut into
chunks. Rind discarded.
(about 8 cups)
2 limes, juiced
1/3 C sugar
Place 1/2 of the watermelon,
lime juice and sugar in a blender.
Process and pour into a separate
bowl. Repeat the process and
pour into the bowl.
Transfer the mixture into a 9 x 13
baking dish. Freeze for 2-3 hours,
then begin the process of lightly
scraping the top, frozen layer.
Return pan to freezer with the
shaved ice on top; remove and
repeat the process a couple of
hours later.Repeat the process
until the entire mixture is shaved.
Store covered with plastic wrap
until serving time.
Serve in pretty glasses with a twist
of lime.
**NOTE: If you use a seeded
watermelon, lightly blend first
then push through a strainer
to remove the seed particles
and continue the recipe above.
Enjoy!!!
~Keep on Dreaming~
Good Wednesday morning to
everyone!
Well as you can see by the pic
above what is on my mind today.
We have storm clouds brewing
up above. Hopefully it a fast
moving storm with NO damage!
Here it comes!!!
More projects are getting
accomplished, I finished one
yesterday that just wasn't
working for me BUT I found a
nice solution and now I can
cross that one off my list.
Whew!!
I have been visiting with friends,
lunches, birthday and retirement
celebrations plus
a couple of pop in visits.
Reading , reading, reading.
Lots of KC Royals watching in
this house. So proud of our ALL
STARS last night!
Watching Christmas movies on the
Hallmark Channel. So fun!!
What is up with you??
Hoping this storm goes away soon,
DO NOT want any rain in our
basement!!!
~Keep on Dreaming~
The weekend has arrived!!!
Projects abound in our house and I
have been working fast and furiously
to get a lot of them accomplished
before I go back to school in ONE
MONTH and THREE days!!!
Unbelievable.
One project was to finish putting
away my garage sale finds AND finish
posting about them.
Above you can see a cute painted
bucket, a Fall towel (brand new with
tag still on it) a small three drawer
goodie holder and The Joy of A Peanuts
Christmas--50 Years of Holiday Comics.
The bucket and three drawer holder will
go in my sewing room. The best thing
about all the sales that I went too was
that everything was so reasonably
priced.
I also picked up these--they are made
of heavy duty cardboard--they are going
in my closet to hold my purses. Both were
ONLY a buck !!! Bargain, Bargain!!
Some of the other things that I didn't
take pics of are art goodies for school,
a new platter that will be perfect this
Fall, kitchen gadgets (brand new), a
cute little shelf with three cubbies,
and two little signs "FAITH" and
"LOVE."
My soon to be sister-in-law had a sale
last weekend and I came home with
two prints for our living room --pics
later, a microwave for my class--
another bargain, and a cargo tote for
the back of my car, it is from "31."
Sales are winding down here I guess,
haven't seen any this week. but I am
pleased with all of my goodies.
Picked up anything good recently??
~Keep on Dreaming~
Wow! These weeks are going FAST!!
This Wednesday finds me playing a
lot of "catch up" since we had the
holiday.
But I have found time to get some
Summer reading in. I think I have
read about eight or nine books
already with more to go.
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Below is some of our holiday decor.
The first pic is form last year but
I used the same place mats that I
made last year.
Of course, this post would NOT
be complete with out our city's
parade pics!
Mr. Ken is practicing his "model's
pose." As usual , we enjoyed our
parade, it seemed a bit longer this
year which was nice cause last
year's seemed short. Who knows?
On Saturday we took a small road
trip to Clinton, Mo to see Mr. Ken's
brother and fiance's new to them
house. Great time was had until
we got close to home and had to
drive the rest of the way home
in a raging rain storm. We were
very glad to get home that night!
On a sad note, over the weekend,
I found out that one of my co-
worker's husband passed away
suddenly--extra prayers for her
and her family would be
appreciated. Thank you!!
Take care, of it is HOT where you
are, stay cool and hydrated.
Edited: have no clue why this
posted twice???
~Keep on Dreaming~
