*~*A Great Motto*~*

I work at a middle school & think that this sign is pretty good advice for the kiddo's that come into my office.

Actually....these are pretty good words for all of us to live by!!

Always...."Just Do Your Best"!!

Welcome ~ Back to Work!!

Well....it was welcome back to work for me today!!

My summer break was great....just too short!!

I like my job....most days!!!

The thing that I don't like is having to be at work at 7:15am.

**I'm not at morning person**

My perfect day would be getting up around 9am & going to bed around midnight!!

I better get to bed!!

I've got to get up early!!

Always a "work" in progress!!

Do you ever feel like you are always so busy trying to keep up with the yard & house.....a little too busy to ever take the time to sit back & enjoy all of the work you've done!?!?!

I must be in a melancholy mood today!!!
Okay....I'm going to turn over a new leaf!!

When the weather is not to hot....I'm going to sit outside & enjoy the beauty of our backyard!!

....only if the skeeters aren't bitting!!
Sit back & enjoy the work that you've done!

Just a little project!

I bought this double Adirondack chair at a "Garden Party Sale" last summer.

It had chiped white paint on it.

I painted it red, but didn't sand or prime it like I should have.

Anyway, after a year in the weather it looked bad....not as bad as it does in the picture. My "sweet hubby" used the power washer on it.

I sanded it, primed it & repainted it.

Project completed!!

Yippy!!

My Furry Friends!

Isn't he cute!!

Freckels always has this silly look on his face!!

So far Freckels has been a "great" dog.

He still does that "wiggle~butt" pee thing when people come to the door.

We have started letting him go on outside to greet our guests.

That way his "dribbles" will be outside instead of inside!!

Jaycee will always be my "little princess"!!
She is never very far from my side!!

Daisy is a lover~girl!!

She lives up to her bred....a very loyal companion...& very sensitive.
My furry friends are very special to my family!!

More Beauty from The Ozarks

I promise this is almost the end of my vacation photos!!
Big Cedar has "neat" touches everywhere you turn!!
Isn't this phone cute!!

I think I could live at Big Cedar!!

More Vacation Photos!

I've been going to the Ozarks on vacation since I was a little girl.
I'm still amazed at It's natural beauty.
There seems to be rain almost everyday!!
That makes the flowers very happy!!

My "sweet hubby" & our friend Paul!!

We had just hiked up this beautiful path & went inside one of the lodges. I think that "big" animal is really holding them up while they catch their breath!!

This is just one of the "beautiful" water falls at Big Cedar.

Everywhere you look there are amazing plants. It made me want to go home & re-do all of my plant containers!!

Vacation 2008

We spent 5 Fun~Filled days at Big Cedar Lodge

What an amazing place it is!!

You feel just a little closer to heaven when you are in those Ozark mountians!
The weather was beautiful!!
** The Keeling Family**
** The Byford Family**
I'll share some more pics later!!

Food~Fun~Friends~Fireworks

We enjoyed many "F's" yesterday!!

I planned to get out my patriotic decorations, but always wait until the last minute....When I went up to the attic to get them.... Good 'ol Uncle Sam was all I found!!

We have all kinds of wooden stars, flags, firecrackers.... from our

"Home Grown Country Collectable"days!!

Better luck next year!!

We enjoyed some yummy Food on the Fourth with a few of our Fantastic Friends!!

Then we went to watch some Fabulous Fireworks!!

My "sweet hubby" grilled the burgers about an hour before our guests came over......We decided to try a trick we learned in the baseball concession stand. Mix warm water with some beef bullion, garlic salt, onion flakes & a little Soy sauce....put your hot off the grill hamburger patties in the crockpot.....pour mixture over the patties....when it's time to eat..... you have hot juicey meat ready to eat!!

~~Happy 4th of July~~

Don't you just love Independence Day!!

We truly have much to be thankful for. We are a blessed nation.

We got together this afternoon with my parents & some of our favorite friends!!
Have you ever played "Blitz"??

It's a card game you play with quarters & a deck of cards.

Fun!! Fun!!

We are off to a Red Hawks baseball game & some Fireworks!!

******Wanted****** Chinese Laundry Lady!

I'd rather scrub the tub or clean the toilet than do laundry!

I tend to put it off until I can't walk into my closet.

Most of my clothes are cold wash, gentle cycle & hang to dry......

Way to many steps for me!!

Not to mention that I have to fold, hang & put them away!!

My other bad habit is running a load & getting busy with another project......

Stinky ~~ Winky when I finally remember it.

Most of the time it has to be washed again:(

When I do get into the laundry groove I fold & make these nice neat stacks of clothes for my boys only to have them dump them into a big pile on their bedroom floor......I try not to go upstairs to their rooms very often.

I just get my panties into a twist when I do!!

I would much rather be having Fun in The Sun!!

I better get back to my piles!!

Sweaty Betty!!

This is where I spend a big part of my day!! I love working outside in the yard!!

These are few pics of our lower pond.

I would much rather be outside working in the yard than inside doing laundry!!
The down side to working outside is I turn into "Sweaty Betty"!!