SammaSpot SnapShot: July 7, 2026

Happy TuTuTuesday Peeps!!

Well, I think all the major work on the house from the storm damage is pretty much complete.   They got the solar system up and working last week and we are producing energy again!  Whew, my electric meter was getting dizzy from spinning so hard.

Ok, let's jump right in today with all the usual tom-foolery that Tuesday brings us, shall we?

Let's jump back to last Tuesday night and we had Mexi-Bowls for dinner.

First I started by roasting up all kinds of veggies

Theres's some zucchini, onion, green peppers, jalapeno peppers and Serrano peppers along with some yellow squash and cherry tomatoes.   They just got a little olive oil and salt and pepper before going into a hot oven and roasting until yummy.

While that was cooking, I started some cilantro lime rice in the rice cooker.

There was some kind of beef in there but darned if I remember what it was.  In any case, it was just delicious!   It's topped with a little guacamole and some Trader Joe's taco sauce.

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Shirt (old) shorts (XS)

Wednesday, we had the solar folks here along with the guy painting the iron railing on our balcony.

For some reason I decided to put on regular clothing, I probably had grandiose plans of leaving the house but alas, I did not.   We also had leftovers for dinner so I failed to take any photos.  

Thursday must have been weird because I have no pics of dinner or clothing.  I did in fact leave the house to go to Central Market, Sam's Club and we did have Carne Asada Taco's for dinner.   I picked up the carne asada and veggies pre-marinated from Central Market along with the famous HEB tortillas because IYKYK.  Those tortillas are the bombastic. 

Friday, I was in a hurry because MereBear and Reygun would be at our house in the early afternoon so my clothing pic has me brushing my teeth.  Multi-tasking.   Hey, I did remember a pic!

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Birkenstocks (39)

I made a quick run to WallyWorld to pick up a few things we still needed and then I got home to begin the holiday weekend fun.

Friday night for dinner I made one of the recipes that we had previously from Hello Fresh, I didn't order it I had saved the recipe card.  

Crispy Southwest 3 bean burrito

Now, this is where things sort of go off the rails because I totally forgot to take pictures of pretty much everything so they'll be some explanations forthcoming.

I DID take a picture of the most unhealthy but delicious breakfast on Saturday morning.

I alternated little powdered donuts & strawberries to form the stripes then added a little bowl of blueberries in the corner.   We ate it all throughout the day and none of us are ashamed.

I also tried my hand at the viral Dot Cakes....it's cake people with a lot of sprinkles. We all agreed that it's fun but we'd just as soon just have the cake with a few less sprinkles.

Here's a shot of the kitchen island filled with all the non-healthy options for prime snacking.

We had some pool time and this swimsuit was from WallyWorld last summer.  I keep it packed in my holiday clothing box and NEVER in a million years did I think I'd post a pic of myself in a swimsuit but here we are.    

shirt (old)

This is an old t-shirt from a little boutique and it's the perfect swimsuit coverup for hanging out around the pool.  

Later after we got out of the pool I threw this little festive outfit on.

shirt (s) shorts (s)

The whole outfit is from Amazon and here's a close up of the shirt.

It's a really nice weight and washes and hangs dry and the shorts were an Amazon Prime Days purchase for less than eight bucks!   Full disclosure, I took these pictures on Monday because I forgot to take any on Saturday. I pulled them from the dirty clothes pile to try on and take pics.  

We had hotdogs, those amazing beans from Sam's Club, deviled eggs, some corn and there were plant based sausage dogs and vegetarian beans for the Mere bear.  There was also broccoli salad but I didn't eat that.   

Little Rouxby Sue had so much pool time, she had to sit in the shade for a bit to dry off before dinner.

Sunday- we all headed back out for some more pool time before the girls headed back home.

Rouxby is always the first one in the pool

and then she stole my chair

While we were in the pool a little rain shower came up and it was so hot that the Mere, Rouxby and I stayed in the pool.  Hubster and Reygun moved under the porch to watch soccer.

T-shirt (old) shorts (27)

After getting out of the pool and getting some food packed up for the girls, we sent them on their way and then later hopped over to The Lakehouse for a quick dinner with the neighbors.

I had the Texas BLT minus the cheese and it was absolutely delicious!  

Also, these clothes also came out of the dirty laundry pile for a pic.   At least I remembered at some point!

I totally forgot yesterday's clothing pic but everything was old and we had leftovers for dinner.

I had a cut up hotdog in the baked beans.   Honestly, I can't remember what Hubster ate.

I spent all of Monday, cleaning up the house, doing laundry and generally getting things back in order after doing nothing for 3 days.  

This morning I threw on the old shorts from Wallyworld and my old concert t-shirt from the Black Keyes.

I'm mostly bumming around, trying to get some desk work done and occasionally stopping to peruse some of the preview pages of the big Nordstrom sale coming up.  

This week is just a catch up week because next week is busy, busy, busy.  

Let's move on and do the wrap up, shall we?

Reading:  I'm currently reading the new Lucy Foley, Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel.  

It doesn't release until September 22, but NetGalley was kind enough to give me an Advanced Reader copy.  

In case you wondered, I'm STILL plugging away at The Goldfinch.

Watching:  We watched a few more episodes of The Bear, but soccer seems to be taking on a life of its own.  Do I understand it? Nope Do I still enjoy watching? You betcha! 

I also have watched a new Christmas in July movie and have a few more taped.  Nothing like a good Christmas movie when it's a hundred degrees outside!  haha

That's a wrap for today because I need to get my booty out of this chair for a few minutes and get some other things done around here!

Peace, Love, & TuTu's

Monday Musings, 7/6/26

Happy post 4th of July my Peeps!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend!  It was Texas hot for sure so swimming and snacking and watching soccer in the A/C was the game plan all weekend.    Now it's Monday and I'm cleaning up and getting all the laundry done and generally getting the house back in order.  When we have kiddos in town with us, all housework goes to the far back burner and unless a mess needs to be cleaned up, then there's no vacuuming. Sadly, I had to drag the vacuum out not once but twice!!  Two days in a row I broke a dish and the second day it resulted in a cut on the bottom of my big toe.    Weird spot and tender for sure but we press on!

I've briefly started perusing the preview sale items from Nordstrom and I'll spend a little more time tonight and over the next few days compiling my list.   I'm trying to not be influenced by social media peeps that I follow and fill my closet with things I need.  I'm looking at you blue jeans!!  Anywho, I'll keep you posted on this riveting escapade of mine.

We've got pretty much all the work done from the storm damage, we have an insurance/mortgage inspection Wednesday and hopefully they'll release the rest of the check from the mortgage company.  Our contractor ordered the new panels for the greenhouse so those should be here this week and Hubster can get it fixed although it might end up waiting for a bit of cooler weather.

My garden is already crispy and I'll probably start pulling a lot of things or cutting them back.   People always think we're crazy for planting tomatoes in March but around here, that's what you have to do because we don't get below 80 degrees at night any longer and those things are just tired by now.

Ok, I'll see you peeps tomorrow when we go through the food and clothing choices from the week.

    Peace, Love, & No Red Cards

                                                                                    

Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

Hey Peeps!!

I'm back with some honest to goodness recipes today!   I know color me surprised as much as you.   

I told you that a couple of weekends ago I made two batches of homemade ice cream and the Strawberry Ice Cream has been declared "one of the best ice creams I've ever eaten" and "the best strawberry ice cream" and the Coffee Toffee was "the perfect ratio ice cream".    I cannot take credit for the recipes at all, they come from this book. Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book

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This is the BEST ice cream recipe guide I've ever owned and it's literally less than $10.  If you make homemade ice cream then get it, you won't be disappointed at all.   And yes, the Cherry Garcia recipe is included and the initial reason I purchased the cookbook.  

Let's make ice cream and I should also apologize, I have few pictures because I wasn't thinking ahead. haha

Before we get started I'm going to tell you that the MILK you choose makes all the difference in the world.  It's whole milk- we're making ice cream not dieting here and you only need 1 cup for the batch so let's splurge a little.  Also, if you live in Texas then I cannot recommend this milk enough.  Their whipping cream is also incredible as in the orange juice and it all comes in glass bottles.  I return the bottles to the grocery and get cash back for doing so, just like the good old days of returning your coke bottles.  

The one on the left is the Strawberry milk and the one on the right is Cappuccino flavored milk.  As you can see, the strawberry milk is one that other folks will drink - not me, not a strawberry milk fan.  I'm actually going to divide that milk up into 1 cup servings and freeze it.   Those milk flavors are seasonal flavors for Vollmans and I'll be able to make the ice cream any time with the leftover milk plus then I can wash and return my bottles.  Also, you can use regular whole milk if you don't have those flavored milks where you are but I beg you....use a high quality whole milk!!  

Coffee Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream

4 original Heath Bars (1 ⅛ oz each) or 1 cup of Heath Bar chips (this is what I use because I keep them in the freezer so I'm ready any time) 

2 large eggs

¾ cup sugar

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 cup whole milk

3 Tbsp good quality freeze-dried coffee (I use Cafe Bustelo)- divided 

1) Cut the candy bars into ½ to 1 inch chunks.  You should have about 1 cup or measure out 1 cup Heath bar chips.  Place in a bowl and put back in your freezer

2) Whisk eggs in mixing bowl until light and fluffy; 1-2 minutes.  Whisk in the sugar, a little at a time, then whisk until completely blended.  Add the cream, milk, and 2 Tbsp of the coffee and whisk until blended.

3) Transfer mixture to ice cream maker and freeze following the instructions on your machine.

4) After the ice cream stiffens and a few minutes before it's done, mix in the candy and 1 Tbsp of the coffee.   (I do not add in another full tablespoon, it's more like an additional teaspoon since I used cappuccino milk )    Continue freezing until done.

Makes a generous 1 quart of ice cream.

Strawberry Ice Cream

1 pint fresh strawberries- hulled and sliced

⅓ cup sugar

Juice of ½ lemon

Sweet Cream Base:   2 large eggs.   ¾ cup sugar  2 cups heavy whipping cream     1 cup milk

1) Combine strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in mixing bowl.  Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

2) Make Sweet Cream base:  Whisk eggs in mixing bowl until light and fluffy, slowly whisk in the sugar and whisk until completely blended.  Pour in cream and milk and whisk to blend.

3) Mash strawberries to a puree and stir into your cream base.   I like to leave some of the strawberries chunky.

4) Transfer to ice cream maker and freeze according to directions.  

Makes a generous 1 quart of ice cream.

Now, let me tell you about these ice cream containers.  They help to prevent freezer burn and they help keep the ice cream a little bit softer.     I have two of them and I always use them when making home made ice cream.    I think they are well worth the money.

ice cream container

Ok, so that's all there is to it, so you are free to go and get your supplies to make some ice cream this holiday weekend!

That's all for today!!

Peace, Love, & Milk

SammaSpot SnapShot 6/30/26

Hey there my Peeps!!

Well, we have hit the DOG days of summer indeed!  All that glorious rain has ceased, the sun is out and trying to torch us and our electric meter sounds like a helicopter about to take off.   Thankfully today and tomorrow they will be reinstalling our solar system on the roof.   I've become so accustomed to doing the laundry, running the dishwasher, etc. all during the middle of the day to let the solar offset some of the electricity costs that I'm out of sorts on my schedule.   In case you wondered, we unfortunately, do not have a battery back up system for the solar so what we don't use just goes away so we run the dishwasher, washer/dryer, pool, etc. all during the day when the solar is taking the pressure off our electricity usage then at night, it's just about trying to stay cool.  Anywho, my heart is with those guys out there now, the new gutters are guards are going up and the solar guys are here unloading everything so they can start that bright and early tomorrow.  Oh, and the guy is back painting the fencing on our balcony upstairs and dear lord, that boy has got to be so hot!!   

Anywho, let's move on to the mess that was last week and the very few pictures I took because listen, I haven't left my house since Saturday, the 20th except to drive 15 minutes down the road to take the dogs to the kennel and another trip to pick them up so getting dressed in anything presentable has been futile but let's see what we got for ya!

Going back to Tuesday, the 23rd, I have no pictures of dinner but we had a big salad with broken up black bean burgers on top.  Easy, fast and yummy and that's where dinners are headed for this heat dome time of the year.  

Wednesday morning, bright and early at 6 am the roofers arrived to start.   The dogs, thankfully, went to the kennel last Tuesday afternoon because they would have lost their shizzle with all the noise.  I, however, got woke up by the roofers banging on the door but I crawled back in bed and a little before 9 Hubster comes in and wants to know how on earth I'm sleeping through the noise.  Just fine until you woke me up was my answer.  haha    Hubster had a dental appointment and I started cleaning the house.  I mean like the kind of cleaning where you pull all the couches away from the walls and vacuum everything kind of cleaning.   By about 7:30 pm I was tired, the roofers were still working and since Hubster's car was out of the driveway he ran to pick us up a pizza at Tony's Pizza & Pour House.    The roofers were here until after 9 pm!!!  

Here's some fun pics I took from inside the house because, well, you weren't getting out of the house!

From my front dining room window.  

Yes, they put tarps over a lot of the space. 

Driveway from my kitchen window.  

The number of roofing nails I found the next morning was crazy!

That's a lady and she was the hardest worker out there, she was on clean up crew. 

This is a pic from the back doors looking out to the patio.

Another one from the back door....see, no getting out of the house.

This is when you are really glad you put the dogs at the kennel.

Another from the front door.  

My pool is under there somewhere.  Yes, they did cover the whole pool and that's all my patio furniture out in the yard. 

Let's move on to Thursday shall we.  I spent the entire day combing the driveway and back porch picking up overlooked roofing nails and various roofing materials and sweeping all that crumbly stuff from the shingles up.   The roofers did an exceptional job cleaning up, especially since it was dark when they left for the day so I'm not complaining, it just comes with the territory of getting a new roof.

I did make dinner Thursday evening after I went and picked up the Fur Babies at the kennel.  

We had a Hello Fresh meal that we never ate when Court was here the previous weekend so we had Vegan Turkish Spiced Chickpea Bowl for dinner.   It was pretty yummy, Hubster said it just needed some meat to make it perfect. 🤣   

And Friday, the roofer sent us a drone pic of the top of our house with the new roof.

Obviously, there is no solar system or gutters but that's the new roof. 

And someone was still made at me for taking her to the kennel for two days.

Friday night we had Fish Sticks & Biscuits, yes, again!

Saturday morning Hubster and Reggie took off for the deer lease while little Rouxby Sue and I held down the home front.  I had things planned, ended up doing none of them but spent the afternoon with two of my neighbor lady friends out on the porch and in the pool.  We snacked on a cheese tray and a fruit bowl, hung out in the pool when we got really hot and chatted about all kinds of girl things.   

Sunday morning Hubster and Reggie got home so we all just hung out in the pool and had a lazy day.  Reggie got too hot at the deer lease so he hung out in the house all day but little biscuit was floating like the princess she believes she is.

I'm trying to find her a sun hat but so far everything is too small for her big ole noggin.

But never fear, she got under the porch when she'd had enough sun and there's a fan blowing on her in that chair too.  And yes, she sits wherever she deems comfortable, even if you are already sitting there. 

Sunday evening Hubster wanted a steak so he grilled those and I had a few leftover potatoes and made some Pioneer Woman's Crash Hot Potatoes.   

These two were so wiped out from the week that they crashed on the couch together.

It rarely happens but they were clearly exhausted.

Yesterday was a normal Monday of tidying up after the weekend and getting the laundry back in order but I did grab a pic as I had grandiose plans of leaving the house....alert:  I did not leave.

skort (old) T-shirt (old)

The skort is several years old from Lilly Pulitzer, it's too big in the waist but I love it so much I keep it plus the colors are the best!    The T-shirt is also an old J Crew with Aquarius on the front.  Obviously, I have not done anything to my hair and I desperately need a haircut and color.  

This morning the gutter folks were supposed to be here between 9 and 12 to start the gutter install, they showed up a little after 8 but they got done with the gutters today! whoop whoop.  The solar guy came and dropped off all the new solar panels and picked up the old ones, they will start tomorrow on those. 

I had some breakfast because I was starving...it's another balance thing.  This was a big bowl of greek yogurt with some mini chocolate chips, Golden Grahams cereal and honey.  It was pretty yummy but honestly I like the blueberries with Fruity Pebbles version the best.

I did leave the house today!!!  It's been 10 days you know!  I had an Amazon return to Staples, my Nuuly return to the UPS store, a package to mail at the post office and then I made a quick stop at the Dollar General to pick up some bug spray that Hubster needs for the deer lease so I did actually get dressed and put on shoes.  I have not yet washed my hair this week so I threw a cap on. 

shorts (s) shirt (s)

I was in such a hurry I didn't even edit the phot but it's the same Wallyworld t-shirt and shorts you've seen several times.    When I left the house, it was people and stuff everywhere, when I came home, everyone was gone.   Hubster is outside washing off the solar panels so the installers can get right to work in the morning.  His words "I'm tired of all these people being in and out and keeping us from being able to do anything and making so much noise."  Roof work is not quiet.

Let's wrap this up so I can go get dinner started!

Watching:  We started watching the final season of The Bear, we're only 3 or 4 episodes in and so far, I'm beyond confused.   We also started the new season of America's Sweethearts: DCC and it's the usual stuff but I love anything DCC so I'm there for it.    I watched the first episode of House of the Dragon but I need to rewatch it sometime when no one is around and I can turn on the closed captioning.  HBO really needs to do something, we can never hear anything on that channel plus it's so dark.

Reading: I finished The Widow by John Grisham on Sunday, I started one of my palate cleanser books All Roads Lead to Michigan, it's book 5 in the Wynn Harbor Inn series by Hope Callaghan 

And no, I haven't finished The Goldfinch! 

And finally, I'm going to be so sad when the World Cup is over, social media has been the fun space that it was for so long with all these countries being in the States and enjoying the things we take for granted.

Ok, that's a wrap because we're all a little hungry and I need to get busy with dinner.

Maybe we'll get those ice cream recipes up tomorrow in case you want to make some this weekend!

Peace, Love, & Gutters

                                                                                   

Monday Musings, 6/29/26

Hey Peeps!!

HOW on earth did we get to the end of June already??   I mean, this month is just a blur.

Hubster and the Reggie went up to the deer lease on Saturday morning while little Rouxby Sue and I stayed home.  I had grandiose plans of moving my office stuff back upstairs where it resided until the little monster puppy came along.   I was also going to pull out some Fourth of July decor and do a little decorating.   Instead, my tummy had a violent reaction to the new colostrum I added to my morning coffee and I was afraid to get more than 2 feet from the bathroom.   I finally chugged some Pepto because a couple of neighbor ladies came over late afternoon and we just sat by the pool, in the pool and under the porch for a few house just chatting and catching up.  We all needed a little girl talk time after a long week and the holiday weekend approaching. 

Speaking of that, the Fourth of July is Saturday and we just have the MereBear and Reygun coming over.  I need to do some serious meal planning but I'm gonna be honest, we're going to eat a lot of junk food because this girl is tired of cooking and heavy duty meal planning.   So swimming, junk food and probably some TV watching because we've officially hit the scorching heat of Texas summers.   

We have the gutters being installed this week, the new solar system getting installed as well as the fence guy coming back to do the railings on our balcony.  Hubster starts PT for his knee and then the holiday weekend so it's going to be busy, busy, busy again this week.  I'm sure the dinners will reflect that craziness again.   

What do you guys have planned for the holiday weekend?   I'll see you tomorrow with the normal Tuesday updates.  In the meantime, stay cool and stay hydrated!

Peace, Love, & A/C

                                                                                 

What I ordered- Amazon Prime Days

Good Morning Peeps!!

I slept so well last night, as you know the new roof got installed yesterday and the roofers arrived at 6:15 am (!!!) and left about 9 pm.   They finished in one day and while they banged away on the roof I took the opportunity of a dog-less house (yes, the fur babies went to the kennel) to clean like a crazy woman so I was exhausted come bed time and slept until 8:30 this morning.  It was glorious!!!

Now, remember I told you that you don't need to order things just because it's Prime Days and just because so & so on TikTok or Insta or wherever told you that this NEVER goes on sale and you have to have it.  No, you don't, you might want it but don't break your budget on things that you may or may not really want just because it's on sale.   Psst....it'll probably go on sale again.

With that said, I did take advantage of some of the sale to restock some household items that we were close to needing to replenish and/or will need to replenish soon. I've spent less than $150 and while there are some things I'd really like to order (looking at your red light therapy mask), I decided not to break the budget, I have the Nordstrom sale coming up that'll do that for me.  haha

First up, the only thing that has arrived thus far is this;

Pool Perfect + Phos Free

Hubster uses this every week in our pool.  It has made an amazing difference since we started being regular about using it.  1 capful, once a week that's it.  We have an ozone chlorine pool that's about 15,000 gallons for reference.

These are the items coming today:

Clorox Super Water Clarifier - Honestly, I should have ordered a couple of these.    This is one of those weekly chemical checks that is so helpful. Clarifier clings to the minute particles and lumps them together enough to get pushed into the filter system.   Keeps our pool water sparkling clear. 

Essential Oil Diffuser - Remember I said I had two diffusers that weren't working well any longer even after cleaning.  This is the larger diffuser I grabbed for the TV den.  

Small Essential Oil diffuser - This is the small diffuser I ordered for my bathroom counter.  The other literally died.  In my cleaning spree yesterday I threw both diffusers in the trash.  No need to hang on to them. 

Persimmon soap - Ok, full confession, this one I was "influenced" to purchase.  I had it in my Save For Later cart and when I saw it was on sale I moved it to my cart.  Let's see if I truly smell amazing after using this soap.

Collagen jelly eye masks - I had a ton of these from various FabFitFun boxes and I've finally used them all up.  I love the other Medicube products so I figured these were worth a shot.

10 in 1 Magnesium complex - I take two of these every evening, keeps things, ahem....moving. I've tried several magnesium blends but this is my favorite and even not on sale, it doesn't break the bank.

Medicube toner pads - Ya'll these toner pads are magic.....pure magic for your skin.  This was the product that hooked me on K beauty products.  My sweet AprilMayJune wanted these in her stocking for Christmas last year and I've been hooked ever since. 

AZO tablets - These weren't on sale but I was out.  I learned this last weekend that women over 50 get UTI's more frequently because of the way our bodies change.  Yay, another reason to love  menopause. 

Eye Serum with Peptides - I have used another version of this eye serum and I like it and am almost out so this was a no-brainer. 

Duke Cannon deoderant - Hubster uses this and he likes it and he likes to "stock up" so he got a couple of these in the order.

Duke Cannon body wash - He's also almost out of body wash so this got tossed into the order as well. 

I do have a couple of things I'm eyeballing before the sale ends but I'm letting them sit in my cart to think about before ordering.   I'll keep ya posted!

That's all folks, I've got to go finish getting the back porch cleaned up from yesterday's escapades and then go pick up the fur babies from the kennel.  They've only been gone two nights but I'm sure they are ready to come back home and rumor has it that Reggie will get to go to his favorite place this weekend with Human Dad, the deer lease so little bit and I will rule the pool on Saturday.  Girls day! 

    Peace, Love, & Prime Days

SammaSpot Snapshot; June 23, 2026

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.   

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

Shirt (S) Necklace

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.  

Crispy Southwest Three Bean Burrito 

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.  

Tall chairs

crab pillow

Umbrella

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. 

pillow covers

loungers

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!  

I did get all new outdoor rugs for the back patio area too but I don't have any pics for those.

overalls (s)

 

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.

T-shirt (s) Shorts (27) sandals (8) belt

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!

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