Holiday Weekend

 

Popping in to say:

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!

Mr. K and I hope that 

you have a fun weekend!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Old Glory

 

Good afternoon and Happy July!

Today let's chat about our flag. 

Some call it "Old Glory."

The information below is from the 

National Flag Foundation:

The current flag is the only one to 

have lasted for more than 50 years

There have been 27 versions of the 

American flag each with a different 

amount of stars.

As we know there are:

50 stars representing each state

13 stripes representing the original

13 colonies that became the first 

states in the Union.

History states that the colors of the 

flag represent:

RED--hardiness and valor

WHITE--purity and innocence

BLUE--vigilance, perseverance and 

justice

The flag always flies at the top of a 

staff above any other staff.

After a tragedy the flag is flown at 

"half staff" on land and "half mast" 

on a ship. This occurs for 30 days of 

mourning.

We have all been to a funeral at one 

time in our lives and I am sure you 

have noticed that if there is a flag, 

it is folded a specific way.

Correct? 

Military.com gives a great explanation 

of  the Meaning Behind the 13 Folds of 

the Flag. Most of this I did not know.

There is so much more that can be 

posted on Old Glory, so if you are 

interested ask your friend GOOGLE 

for assistance.

One way or the other my flags WILL 

get outside-hopefully the rain is 

FINISHED!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Something Yummy

 Hello!

Hope everyone is well.

Today I have an oldie but yummy recipe 

for you.

This is a good one for a small or large 

crowd.  Adjust ingredients as needed

for your group.

Veggie Salsa

2 15 oz cans diced tomatoes, drain well and 

reserve the liquid

1 med green pepper

1 clove garlic

1/2 C red onion

5 green onions

1/2 C cilantro

1 can shoe peg white corn

1 can black beans, rinsed and drained

1 can black eyed peas, rinsed and drained

3/4 C zesty Italian dressing

Finely chop all veggies. Combine all 

ingredients, adding enough reserved

liquid from tomatoes to desired 

consistency. 

Serve with tortilla chips.

Enjoy!!

This is a fave of Mr. Ken's!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Holiday Week

 

Well friends, here we are, the week before 

4th of July.

Time is flying, who is ready? Um...not me!

But beginning tomorrow things will start

happening. I am hoping to do several posts 

this week too.

Do you decorate for the 4th?

I do though not sure how much will get done

this year. Have tried to get flags outside but

that is usually when it decides to rain.

Hopefully we get a break from that.

I have several inside decorations that I would 

like to get out so we'll see.

Hope everyone has a great week!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Summer! WHAT?!

Happy Summer!

Popping in with a quick post.

A Summer bucket list. 

You will probably need to click 

on it to enlarge. Hopefully you 

will find something fun to 

celebrate Summer.

Here are some of the things I 

hope to do:

Go for a walk at night

Ride bikes

Go to the Lake (for the day)

Go to the movies

Swing at the Park  ; )

Have a picnic

Play games

Build a bonfire (in the firepit)

Roast Marshmallows (and  make

Smore's) 

We have planted veggies +flowers

We visit with our neighbors ALL

the time.

I will see my Cousins on Saturday

meeting them for dinner after a 

year of not being able to gather 

together!

What will you do this summer?

Most of this is geared for kids so 

have fun with the Grands or nieces

and nephews too. BUT don't let that

stop you, let us know what you may

do!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

 

Monday...

 

Good Morning, I hope your day

has started off well.

We had a great weekend ! 

Our neighborhood had it's annual 

Garage Sales, we did not participate

this year. I did go to some of the sales

though. One of my favorite sales was 

the . 25 sale my neighbor was having.

Everything except the large furniture 

was a whopping quarter.! Forgot to 

take a pic but I picked up a nice size 

universal calendar that you use a dry 

erase marker on, two very nice vintage 

tablecloths--yep vintage, some baking 

pans and a white porcelain like Holy 

Family.

BUT the BIG score for the day was that 

cutie in the picture above! Wanna guess

how much...I'll wait. FREE!! Yes, indeed

friends. I said FREE. It was on her curb

with a bunch of other stuff. I cannot tell

you how excited I am ! Looking forward 

to putting this on my porch this winter.

I did tease Mr. Ken that we might have 

"Christmas in July" just so I can put it 

out. He looked at me as though I was 

kidding. HA! HA!

This week will be busy around here. I am 

working at Bible School three days plus

getting ready for family to arrive on 

Friday. We are all going to the Royals 

game that night. On Thursday and Friday 

I will finish prep for them. Saturday we 

will do fun stuff and on Sunday we will 

all go down to my brother in laws to 

celebrate Father's Day.

Whew I'll need a rest on Monday.

Mr. Ken took some vacay time next 

week so who knows what will take 

place!

I hope to be back again but not sure

with this crazy schedule.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Random Thoughts

Happy Wednesday!

It is HOT here! I am not a fan.

Spring left very fast.   :(

We need some rain, getting a bit dry.

Ice Cream is becoming a daily thing.

Who gets a sore throat in June? I am

blaming the air conditioner and the 

heat.

I love 70's music.

Do not miss the early alarm to get 

up.

Salads are my fave in the Summer.

Told you it was random. :)

I'll be back soon with Part 2 of our 

Oklahoma trip.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Good Morning...

I have a little "life hack" for you today.

Keep one of these in your car and use 

it to carry multiple items. I use mine 

for groceries. Trips to Target, Wal-

Mart and I have even used it at the 

Garden center.

Saves on multiple trips back and 

forth and it helps my back too.

As long as I don't load it down. :)

There you have it, my nugget for 

the day.

Enjoy!

~Keep on Dreaming~

One of Those Fun Days

 Hello and Happy Friday!

Today is a big day! 

It is National Doughnut Day!!

Apparently the day was established in 

1938 to honor The Salvation Army 

Donut Lassies. These were ladies that 

served treats to soldiers during World 

War I. Traditionally celebrated on the 

first Friday of June.

Who knew??

I'll be honest here and say I LOVE 

DOUGHNUTS!!!

Chocolate covered ones

Long Johns

Crullers

Twists

Cream filled

Glazed

Cinnamon Rolls too

One of our fave places to get these 

yummies is at our local Quick Trip gas 

station. Oh MY! Love them from small 

Mom and Pop shops too.

How about you? What's your take on 

doughnuts?

Happy Weekend!

~Keep on Dreaming~

It's the Weekend

Hello!

Popping in for a quick post.

Well, I did it! I made it through this very 

long school year! Yesterday was my last 

day for a bit.

Looking forward to some much needed rest 

and relaxation with a lot of fun thrown in the 

mix.

As we enjoy our weekend ahead, let us 

remember those who served . Have a 

safe weekend.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Sunday Funday

Happy Sunday to everyone!

I hope it has been a good one.

I am so excited because our rose 

bush actually bloomed! Wasn't 

sure it had made through our 

weird winter.

So excited, hopefully more will pop 

out!

On another note, we have had soooo 

much rain here but was able to capture 

this beauty while out shopping one evening. 

Then...

 A rainbow popped out!

Three and a half days left of school!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Fun with Family-Part 1

Friday, May 7th. Going on a road trip! 

Here's our driver.

We have arrived! Still have a bit of a drive, 

almost to Oklahoma City. Arrived at Mr. 

Ken's sister's house, got settled, visited 

with my brother-in-law and nephew then 

we were off to dinner--Mexican! 

One of our niece's met us for dinner and 

then we went to the home that she and 

her husband purchased a year ago. 

Headed back and crashed for the night.

After a homemade breakfast on Saturday 

we headed down to Oklahoma City, to the 

Flower and Garden Festival at the Myriad 

Botanical Gardens.

The inside was closed for renovations but the 

grounds were where the vendors and such were. 

When Mr. Ken and I were dating we made a trip 

down and we all went here. So pretty inside.

This is an open area that they have concerts 

and other fun activities at during the year.

Lots of water. Ducks, geese, birds and fish 

hang out here.

A beautiful sculpted lawn by the steps which lead 

to area by the water.

Brother-in-law, Mr, Ken and our nephew.

Hope enjoyed your visit to the gardens.

Part two will cover Saturday afternoon.

Come on back for that adventure.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Big Celebration!

Today we had the pleasure of  celebrating a 

big birthday in the family!

Mr. Ken's Uncle (on the right) will be 90 

tomorrow! He is talking to Mr. Ken's Dad, 

the baby brother to the birthday guy.

This is Mr.  Ken's  Aunt Rozella, Dad's older 

sister.

The motley crew. Ha!!

Loren, Rozella's husband, Rozella, Mr. Ken, Dad 

and Uncle Arnie--the birthday guy.

So fun to see this portion of the family and to 

celebrate such a milestone. Uncle Arnie is a 

sweet guy.

Hope everyone is doing well. I have a week and 

half left of school and the some time off!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Let the Month Begin

 

Happy May!

Truthfully I never thought it would get here.

This has been a tough school year in a different

way than last and frankly I am D. O. N. E. I 

have 17 1/2  days left but if you want to get

technical, I have Friday off so I guess 16 1/2

days left in this crazy school year.

We had such great weather this past weekend, 

a lot of time spent outside. As you can see my

Iris' have bloomed! My neighbor gave me these

2 or 3  years ago and I plopped them in the 

ground hoping they would come back. Last

Spring I had some but this time around I have

more. Lucky me. Got a lot of my pots placed

in the front and back and then decided I needed

more so off I went to get more. Ha! But I 

was so busy cleaning, rearranging and updating

the deck for this season that I did not get them

planted.

We had new gutters put on the house and there

was some clean up form that, though they were

very good cleaning up their mess. Tomorrow

we get gutter covers!!! Mr. Ken will be a happy

guy then. It will be nice not to have to worry

about filled gutters.

We are going on a road trip! Yep, I said it ROAD

TRIP. We are heading to Oklahoma this Friday

to see Mr. Ken's sister and her family. We have 

not it seen them in a looooong time. We'll be 

hanging out at their house, so no hotel worries.  

Looking forward to getting away for a bit!

Hope everyone is doing well, able to get out and

about and feeling comfortable to do so. We are 

still a bit cautious but taking baby steps here and 

there.

Hopefully I 'll be back this week before we head 

out.

~Keep on Dreaming~