Hey Peeps!!!
Happy TuTu Tuesday!! Hope all is well and that you are all responsibly shopping during Amazon Prime Days! It's easy to get influenced and think we need to buy all the good deals but let's be thoughtful about those purchases. I've made an order this morning and it was pretty much just replenishing things we will eventually need to purchase.
I did purchase two new oil diffusers because the one in my bathroom has been acting up for quite some time and then last week the one in my TV den started flaking out. I've had both for many years so it was probably time to think about replacing them a while ago. If you are interested, this is the small diffuser for my bathroom counter that I ordered. This is the one I ordered for the TV den, I hope they both work out but the nice thing is that Amazon has such an easy return policy if they don't.
Ok, moving on to the normal game plan. I don't have a ton of pictures because last Thursday Court arrived in town with Penny the dog and Luna the cat. Friday morning, the Merebear arrived and Saturday evening Court's hubby Match arrived and we just had a big time celebrating Hubster and Match's birthday. We missed our Abogg, AprilMayJune and Reygun and hopefully we'll get to see them all soon!
We got some tasty treats to sample from Pedigree (for free!). I just had to do a social media post and little Rouxby Sue was the perfect model. Chat GPT helped make the image fun too and yes, she and Reggie both LOVE the treats!
Ok, I'm going to show you something that I won't be able to wear for awhile but it's sooo cute!
I found it on Ebay after searching since Mardi Gras for one. I saw a lady during Mardi Gras wearing one like this and I had to go up and ask her where she got it. First off she was so thrilled that I shared her love with this character and said it was old and from Avara. That lead me on a hunt and I lucked into this one in my size on Ebay. 
When I was a wee girlie and would go to my Grandma and Papa's house we had a peach halve with 2 Oreo cookies for dessert so many times. It's surprisingly yummy but you have to dip your Oreo in that peach juice. Childhood core memory unlocked indeed! Also, it's so easy to make a syrup for your fresh peaches too and now that's what I'll be doing all the time when peaches are in season. Who knows, I might try to can some too.
I'm not 100% thrilled with those loungers but they'll do the job for a few years. They do have cup holders so that's a bonus!
Of course, we also had soccer on the TV whenever nothing specific was being watched.
The Pink Panther!!! Ya'll I was going to try and add the theme song audio to that picture but it was taking more time than I have right now. haha. This sweatshirt is so nice, it's not super heavy, it's cropped just enough and the pink panther has pink sequins on him. I will get some serious wear out of this fun thing and maybe one of these hot summer days, I'll find some old Pink Panther cartoons and watch them.
Ok, Moving on..... yet again.
Last Wednesday I had to run to a couple of grocery stores...I did a LOT of cooking last week so I threw this outfit on.
Shirt (S); Shorts (old-Target)
Here's the shirt close up
The necklace is a Prime day deal and it's very light weight if you are in the market for something like this.
So I have no clue what I actually wore on Thursday. I do know I had to make a morning run to WallyWorld to pick up a few things that Trader Joe's and Central Market didn't have but I did get a picture of dinner! Court was here so we had a Hello Fresh delivery of some vegetarian dishes.
The salad was also included in the dinner pack and ya'll this was soooo good!! It was just Hubster, Court and myself for dinner and there wasn't a bit leftover. I will definitely make these again!
Now, of course we needed dessert so I grabbed a couple of fresh peaches and make my own light peach syrup.
When I was a wee girlie and would go to my Grandma and Papa's house we had a peach halve with 2 Oreo cookies for dessert so many times. It's surprisingly yummy but you have to dip your Oreo in that peach juice. Childhood core memory unlocked indeed! Also, it's so easy to make a syrup for your fresh peaches too and now that's what I'll be doing all the time when peaches are in season. Who knows, I might try to can some too.
Friday was my sweet little one's birthday. She's a whole 1 year old now!
She got Chic-Fil-A nuggets for a birthday treat since we found out she has a beef allergy.
She did not complain!
We did get our new patio furniture in and assembled before the weekend fun began. Thanks to the hail storm our old furniture sustained some damage so the insurance company replaced it.
We had a double lounger that was made from PVC tubing in this spot. That lounger was from our condo many years ago and had seen better days so we replaced it with these fun chairs. These are over by the hot tub so it's a comfy place to sit and chat.
These loungers replaced the ones that got some hail holes in them during the storm. The others were a rattan so we opted for the HDPE poly wood loungers this time. The cushions were from the double lounger that we got rid of and the lumbar pillows are just new covers for the old pillows.
I did get all new outdoor rugs for the back patio area too but I don't have any pics for those.
Friday, we were hanging out at the house, our friends J&J from Louisiana were in town and stopped by to visit for a bit so thankfully I had gotten dressed that morning.
Ya'llllllll these overalls are soooo cute!! I rented them from Nuuly and wow..it's going to be hard to send these back. They are so stinking cute!
Here's the close up of the embroidery:
The brand is Driftwood and I see them in other patterns on the Free People
site but not the mushrooms. The girls agreed and thought that they should be keepers. haha Friday night we made homemade pizza's in the Ooni oven. I made cookies and two kinds of ice cream so I couldn't tell you what anyone ate for dessert because everyone just grabbed something when they felt like it.
I'll do a post on the ice cream and cookies sometime soon I promise because the ice cream is so incredible!
Saturday, Merebear, Court, Hubster and I ventured out to hit up a few estate sales. It was mostly a bust but we stopped for Insomnia cookies and I had a smoothie so it was fun. Also, the last house we went to was absolutely gorgeous.
My scarf is from FleaStyle, I picked it up last summer.
The necklace is a piece I inherited from Hubster's mom.
After we got home I changed into a dress because we were going out to eat with Match's family for a birthday celebration and of course I forgot to get a pic.
This is the dress (s) I wore, it's from my Nuuly rental. I wore these boots from Tecovas. They don't have these exact ones any longer, they are a couple years old now but they are perfection. It's Ostrich leather and they aren't cheap but taken care of, I'll have them forever.
We went to Uncle Julio's for an early dinner and the food and the company was FABULOUS.
sorry, no pics
Sunday was Father's Day and we celebrated our favorite dad all day. I was so busy cooking, I got no pics but let me give you a quick rundown of the Hubster requested meals of the day.
We started out with a Breakfast of Bacon, Vegan Sausage patties, Hashbrown patties, scrambled eggs and a fruit bowl.
I'm going to stop here for a minute and back up to the fruit. If you need an amazing fruit tray, order from Chick-Fil-a. It's through the catering link and I'm telling you, it is always fresh and perfect.
Of course that lasted long enough for me to clean the kitchen, run the dishwasher and get started on dinner. The dinner request were Brisket Burgers and Black Bean Burgers, Scroodle Noodle Salad, my mama's potato salad, Hello Fresh Lentil & Feta Salad, Vegetarian Baked Beans and for dessert my favorite Banana Split Pie. We were stuffed and sent the Mere bear home with some leftovers and we chilled the rest of the evening.
Monday morning Court, Match and the fur babies loaded up and headed back to Austin. I started on the mountains of laundry and mostly recovered from cooking all weekend and gave the doggies some extra attention because the roofing escapades begin on Tuesday and the dogs will be heading off to the kennel to avoid the unavailability of our entire yard. Monday night, we just ate whatever we felt like from the refrigerator whenever we were hungry.
Everything's old and nothing you haven't seen before
The solar panel removal company was here Tuesday morning to get everything taken off the roof. It was quick and minimally disruptive so we pushed the dogs trip to the kennel back to Tuesday evening. After I got the dogs settle in at the kennel I came home and finished up some cleaning leftover from the weekend, washed all of Rouxby Sue's toys and made dinner. We had Salad with some leftover black bean burgers crumbled on top and some toasted bread. We caught up on a couple of TV shows and hit the hay early because the roofers will start at 6 AM tomorrow!!! You guys, it's already pushing 100 degrees here and the humidity is crazy high for us so Lord, be with these roofers. I don't know how they do it.
Reading: Currently still reading John Grisham's The Widow AND still chugging through The GoldFinch on audiobook.
Watching: Everyone was watching His & Hers on Netflix - I saw most of it while I was cooking. It was pretty crazy.
Of course, we also had soccer on the TV whenever nothing specific was being watched.
That's it for today, stay tuned for roofing chaos and maybe, some new recipes!
Peace, Love, & Soccer!
