Help!

Someone please tell my garden that

ITS JULY!!!!!

and it's supposed to be huge and unruly by now, producing many crops, and providing me with lots of weeding, picking, and cooking opportunities.

But instead its small.

With small veggies hanging on for dear life.

Giving me very small nibbles to eat.

HOWEVER, if you like my super fabulous signage you must visit this etsy shop!

In Full Fig

A really great website InFullFig picked up my line of Baby Dots - woohoo!

They're really great for lots of reasons other than liking my clothes...

Like this 20% off your entire purchase coupon code - IFFFR13ND - good until August 15th!!



See all the details at their blog here.

Baseball Bliss

Last night's Springfield Cardinals game was maybe the best night so far this summer...

We sat on a blanket in the outfield grass, ate messy hot dogs & nachos, and watched Savannah crawl around and have so much fun.

Thanks Uncle A for Savannah's Cards tee!

Wowzer!

My $4.43 Target Trip



Here's how I did it:
(sale prices good through July 11)

Buy 2 Degree for Women Fine Frangrance Deoderant - $3.64
Use 2 $1.25/1 Degree coupon from the 5/17 RedPlum insert
Plus, use 2 $2/1 Target printable coupons here
$0.39 each

Buy 2 participating Kashi Cereals - $2.66
Use the BOGO Target printable
Stack with 2 $1.50/1 Kashi (IE or FF)
Free plus $0.34 overage

Buy 2 Kashi cereal bars - $2.50
Use $1/2 Kashi cereal bars here
Stack with 2 $1.50/1 Kashi cereal bars here
$0.50 each

4 Nexcare bandages (travel size) - $0.97
Use 4 $1/1 coupons from MoneySavingMom here
Free plus $.12 overage

Buy 1 Rayovac 4 pack AA batteries - $1.00
Use the $1/1 coupon from previous Rayovac battery package
Free

Hiland Whole Milk - $3.29

Viva Paper Towels 8 pack - $6.99
(I realized in typing this and looking at the receipt they forgot to charge me for these, so I'll be going back to Target - hurumph!)

Plus applicable taxes = $4.43

Thanks to MoneySavingMom.com for all the insider's tips!!!

I Smile!

First Bloom

I was just complaining to Chris that our crepe myrtles seem late to bloom this year. I say this EXACT SAME THING every year! I'm always anxious about it...and I'm not a very anxious person. The next day...tada...our first bloom on one of our 3 crepe myrtle trees!

God was listening.

You know what I LOVE about crepe myrtles? When all the rest of the summer flowers are starting to droop, look sunburnt, and get annoying by how much water they require, the crepe myrtle creeps in to brighten the rest of the summer with amazingly beautiful (effortless) blooms.

I'll call them...

SUMMERTIME'S SWEATY SMILE

Maybe one day I'll have an entire grove.



Or at least get to visit this one at the Dallas Botanical Garden and Arboretum when they're in bloom!

Pom Puffs

One last party project...

I found this project here and couldn't resist making them. You can also buy them as a kit here if you wanna shortcut. These were great for color and really easy on a cheap budget...the best combo ever!

- tissue paper
- scissors
- yarn

Step 1: get tissue paper in your color scheme (or use whatever you have in the wrapping paper closet...yes, I have an entire closet) and either yarn, fishing line, floral wire or anything you want to tie and hang with.

Step 2: Stack 10 sheets of tissue paper and fold accordian style using 1.5" folds.

Step 3: Tie in the middle. You can either round off the ends or cut a v shape to make a point. I did a little of both for variety.

Step 4: Carefully pull apart the sheets of tissue until perfectly fluffed!

Step 5: Repeat and enjoy :)

Freedom

Toot's Day!

Toot had a great birthday...

At home



At Chuck E. Cheese



And at her party