End of the summer....

First things first, the VERDICT is in:

NO SURGERY

but this will be our view for the next 6 weeks

while we are best friends with the boot

*****

My tomato plants:

They are producing slowly

Perfect amount to eat on a salad

or to slice and eat alone for a snack

I got some sort of pest on one of my 4 plants.

It pretty much killed half of it before I noticed

(even though I water them daily).

*****

Last weekend we hit up a Food Truck Gathering.

It was fab and fun and just a tad warm out.

Some of us had biscuits,

some of us had tacos

and some of us had the most delish cupcakes

*****

This "ugly bug" had a mock day today.

Nothing like practicing for 6th grade.

But who ever came up with it was

PURE GENIUS!

All of our little butterfly's are gone.

And we even have a new BFF

(her 5th grade BFF moved to another school)

Traditional Front Door Picture.

We'll have another photo shoot Monday

when the Granster joins her at school.

*****

Summer has been great but

I am ready for winter.

but I love my fireplace,

my double ovens,

my scarfs,

my boots

and

school time.

Tuesday night 8/2/2011...League Softball game in the rain.

Bill came home with a "pulled" calf muscle.

He iced it and elevated it for 2 evenings.

Last night...8/10/2011

Tonight....8/11/2011

Another Angle tonight

The preferred foot apparel by Orthopedic Specialists....

MRI...tomorrow to determine if his calf muscle is more than 50% torn.

Celebrating Life

With Cupcakes we Celebrated the day that you were born.

35 Balloons representing all the great years!

We cooked a meal that was fit for our king.

(blue cheese steak, sour cream mashed potatoes and texas toast)

And a grand party with friends, xbox, food on the grill, and your favorite

coconut cream pie cake (8 layers this year)

This year is shaping up to be the best yet.

We love you Bill for all your many talents,

your amazing work ethic,

your funny sense of humor,

your knack for knowing how to handle any situation,

and

for just being the best you that you know how to be!

Happy Birthday!!

Eating Bar

Minus another coat of sealer and a couple of trim boards,
my island is finished!
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT!
Our dining room table is officially on craigslist for sale.
It's okay...I know, it IS Awesome!

Saturday Snapshot

Look at my cute man enjoying his handywork. We really wanted a double deck chair so while this kids are swimming we can lounge in comfort. Everything we priced was more than we wanted to spend. So for around $250 we were able to make this ourselves. We checked a couple of books out of the library that had chaise lounges in them and Bill created this masterpiece. It is the size of a king size bed! I made the cover for the pad out of sunbrella and the otherside has pretty red and blue flowers on in. It reclines into 3 different angles and then lays flat also. It is awesome! We can fit everyone on it if we want.
Thank you Bill! It is great! You are amazing!

I couldn't resist this shot! We got up early this morning and it was just the three of us and so we decided to make rice krispie treats! James wanted to stir and the pan kept sliding so Billie walked over and grabbed the handles so it wouldn't slide. This team work at its finest!

Editors Note: Bill said these were the best rice krispies he has ever had! So here is my recipe to share for all. (and for me to remember how I made them).

2 bags of jet puffed marshmallows (not the mini ones)
1 stick of Butter (real butter for this girl)

Melt together in a big deep pan stirring constantly

12 cups of rice Krispie cereal waiting in a big fat thatsa bowl

The first thing I do is pour about 5 cups of the cereal into the mixture on the stove to "pre-mix" then I pour that all out over the rice krispies in the bowl and mix until all combined. I poured it into a 9 x 13 casserole dish and a square 10 x 10 tupperware container. To make it nice and flat and pretty I get my hands wet with hot water and press it down. (My hands are wet, not dripping, but wet) I makes the top nice and pretty and I don't have sticky hands. I have also used the butter wrapper to press it down. Enjoy!