This and That

I'm considering renaming my blog something about being a blog slacker...  However, I have learned how to transfer your blog into a bound book (for a small fee, : ) ), and because I am not a good scrap booker, this may be a good thing for me.  So I am going to try to do better, mainly for the sake of being able to remember our life 40 years from now!

What we've been up to...

a little bit of:

I've really gotten into the idea of re-purposing old furniture.  This desk I found on my first garage sale-ing morning a few weeks ago.  I was coached to always talk the seller down from the price listed... so I did!  I got this cute desk for $12, and re-painted/glazed it.  I'm still waiting to find handles for the drawers... so all-in-all, it was a fun project.

a lot of:

I was beyond excited about my latest cvs trip!  I got all of this for just about a $1.50! (it is just over a $40 value)


And a whole lot of this, this Fourth of July weekend!:

I love celebrating the Fourth!!  It was little bit different this year, because half of my family has left the country (see:  havedietcokewilltravel.blogspot.com), but we still managed to eat a lot : )  My bro and D. have quite a thing for HOT wings.  I mean HOt Hot hot wings.  So the boys were in charge of the grilling yesterday, and had to make some for me that I could actually swallow.  I should have gotten a pic of my bro dripping with sweat while eating these... I don't know what is pleasant about this.  I like to enjoy my food.

And watermelon...For D. it would not be the fourth without it. He enjoyed his watermelon this weekend!  He probably ate half of it all by himself.  For me, it would not be the fourth without homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream.  Which, I enjoyed all 3 bowls of it : )

And more than food, and hanging with the family, and being thankful for living in this country, I loved this quote from David Platt yesterday: "Let's live for the gospel to spread to all nations more than we long to be safe, secure, & satisfied in our own nation."