Fun Little Contest

On another blog I found.....don't even remember how now.....she made some sugar scrub & it looks awesome. She is giving away some & if you blog about it you get another chance to win. Go check her out I've enjoyed reading her blog. http://roselandfamily.blogspot.com/ is her blog address.

I think this would be a great little gift for all my co-workers at the school for Christmas. I know I won't have any children attending that school next year, but I will probably go ahead & give little gifts out from me. And this won't mess w/ anyones diet, lol.

Yummy Flip Flop Cookies

I saw some really cute cookies in the August 2010 edition of Family Fun Magazine. http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/sweet-sandals-907343/

Of course it was the first dessert I thought of when I invited a friend over to swim last weekend.

My mom came over the day before the swimming & I showed her the article. She thought it'd be cute to decorate in pink icing for a baby shower for a lady at her work. So off we went to buy all the supplies.

Here is My Moms Version on her blog. Mine are below.

I did use the sour gummy worms & since they are cut in half they aren't very sour tasting. I did try sticking the gummies on w/ icing like the magazine said, but found they were so sticky on the inside they stuck just fine to the icing on the cookie. (notice the one of the top left) I thought I had some graham crackers to crush up for sand at home but I didn't so I had no sand also.

Let me know what you think.

Don't have my groove on :(

I am normally a fairly fast scrapbooker when I do scrapbook, but not today. I just couldn't get into a scrappin' groove. Everything I started wasn't turning out like I had visioned. Then I try to use some brand new smooch spray & it wouldn't spray so that got me all sidetracked for at least an hour. Finally I decided to just do a layout like on a pack of stickers I picked up in the Target Dollar Spot about a week or so ago. I think that was part of my issues. I've never done really well w/ using sketches. (meaning it takes me forever even though it's all laid out for me) I normally just grab pictures & paper & end up w/ whatever I get. Not sure what you'd call that style of scrapbooking. Guess I should be happy that at least I did get 3 pages done today. One I'm not including in this post is of a little girl I used to babysit. It was finished in about 5 minutes, maybe 10. I had some ladybug stickers & used them & titled it "Cute as a" placed ladybug sticker.



Sorry the layouts are placed backwards.......trying new stuff in blogger. Apparently the layout on the right is barely showing, but if you click it, it should show up larger. Like I said I'm learning.

Cute plus more Dr. Appts

I've been looking for blog headers, or banners or whatever they are called to go on top of my blog. Found one I liked & Chris added the photos of the kids in for me, did you notice? Still haven't quite figured out how to make the green part in the back disappear. So you may have to deal w/ that for awhile folks. Look on the bright side though......you have two cute faces staring at you as soon as you log onto my blog now :)

Okay onto other cute stuff now. I found this while searching. So funny!!!



Chris had his post op appointment this morning & all is well. Still swollen (inside his nose). Has to go back in 6 weeks. We'll be back in school & he said I didn't have to go w/ him. Wasn't that sweet? Now when the time comes he just might insist I go w/ him & be there for moral support. Men.....

Birthdays & Bandages

I had a wonderful birthday on Monday. Went on a "hunt" for an outdoor clock. Found one marked down at Hobby Lobby. So I guess I got what I wanted for my birthday, even though I had to buy it. I baked cupcakes off on Sunday & the kids iced them on Monday. Chris, the kids & I went to dinner & enjoyed cupcakes at home for dessert. It was a really good birthday for nothing major happening.

Chris had his deviated septum nasal surgery this morning. He is being a good patient so far. Still having some "dripping" of blood which is normal. We are keeping the gauze changed really quick when that happens so it doesn't scare the kids. He goes in tomorrow morning to have the packing inside the nose removed. He'll be off work the rest of this week & all of next to make sure he's good & recovered. His philtrum (also known as that little dip above your top lip for all you non doctors out there...............& yes I googled it lol) is swollen & no longer dippish. He is still doing really well with not smoking & didn't even have his Chantix med's this morning because of surgery.

Rainbows & Stealth Bomber Bat-Birds

We've been getting ate alive sitting outside on the backporch this summer so today I bought some Citronella candles & holders for the liquid I have. Had to test them all out tonight of course. So Chris & I enjoyed some time sitting on the backporch w/ only one mosquito spotted. He went inside & I decided to enjoy the cooler temps & read a little bit. He came back out a few minutes later & spotted this rainbow off to the south. We'd been hearing thunder all around us but no rain for us as of yet.

While I am up on the ladder taking this picture I had a Stealth Bomber Bat-Bird small tiny bird glide over the top of the pool RIGHT AT ME!! It might as well been a real Stealth Bomber because it scared me. I screamed & jumped down off the ladder. I did manage to scare the daylights outta the little bird too. Although it kept coming back & made a couple stunt circling fly bys to see if the coast was clear from the maniac screaming lady. Chris asked me if I was just trying to break a leg when I climbed up to the 3rd ladder rung to try for a better rainbow picture.
He assured me that if the kids & I are in the pool it'll steer clear. I just hope & pray he knows what he's talking about. Stealth Bombing Bat-Birds aren't my idea of fun times, rainbow or not!!

Day 7 ~ Time to Go Home

Ocean on the right & ocean on the left. This also shows how far we are from the beach. The dune on the left behind the power pole is the dune we walk over to get to the beach. The house w/ the red roof is called Cloud Nine & the light blue house is named Risky Business. Empty lot between them that Cloud Nine owns & drives on to get into the parking under their house. Not sure of the name on the peach colored house right beside us. There is an empty lot between Risky Business & the peach colored house.
This is the view from the deck/balcony of the bedroom Chris & I had. You can see the waves much clearer than in these photos.

While taking the above photos, Chris & the kids were running up & down the stairs loading stuff in the car. I decided to snap this & I really like it.

We had a pretty uneventful trip home (thank goodness). Left a bit earlier than normal & got home a bit earlier so that was nice. On I-540 just before the Bobby Hopper Tunnel the fog was rolling in so I'm really glad that we got there when we did & not any later. This picture shows the fog just hanging in mid air.

Day 7 ~ Storms Yet Again!

A week just flies by when your at the beach. Even if you can't enjoy the beach. We knew that it was a possibility that we would have oil wash ashore & not be able to swim this week. We planned on taking advantage of the lower number of tourists in town & go to a few restaurants we've never been to before. Chris found Shrimp Basket that was good & became the boys day out place to go for lunch. Here's the link to the news station that showed up there while they were there. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec10/oil_07-02.html You can forward to about the 7:14 mark & you'll see Wallace in the back (blue shirt, red hat) & Logan. Chris's arm got it's 15 seconds of fame too.

Now to the storms...........we had rain all around us most of the week. Because of that we decided not to do the waterpark. Chris took this photo this afternoon of the storms clouds popping up. We never got any rain from it, but it poured right down the road.

I did get to enjoy a nice walk along the beeach tonight w/out many tarballs. So that was really nice. I love the feel of the soft, cool sand washing out from under my feet in the evenings.

Only 364 days or so left to our next beach vacation :)

Day 6 ~ Outlet Mall Shopping

No photos today.

We (Retha, Stephanie & I) spent a big part of the day in Foley shopping at the Tanger Outlet Mall. I managed to find a very picky Stephanie some jeans for school next fall. I took a chance on buying a pair of jeans for Logan (who wasn't w/ me) & I lucked out big time since they fit.

The boys (Chris, Logan, & Wallace) had a boys day out w/ very yummy all you can eat fish today so the girls had our very own girls day out shopping. While the boys were eating, a local news station showed up to interview the owner of the restaurant about how tourism was down 70%. They were sitting right behind the owner getting interviewed. So if we can figure out what channel/time it's on & if it's online I'll post it here.