STARTING THE DAY RIGHT

A BIG POT OF FRESH COFFEE HOMEMADE ITALIAN COOKIES

AND A TRIP TO THE BEACH WITH MY FRESHLY WASHED,FAVORITE VINTAGE BEDSPREAD/BEACH BLANKET :}.THATS ALL I NEED TO MAKE ME SMILE!!!

HAD A GREAT DAY WITH ANNE AND HER CREW!!!

TO MUCH OF A GOOD THING ;]

I THINK THIS IS MY BEST PIC EVER!!!!!!!!! THANKS MR SEAGULL! BILLY TRYING TO FIND A WAVE.THERE WASNT ANY ON THIS DAY WHICH WAS STRANGE!

HAHAHAHAHA POOR BILLY, HES SUCH A GOOD SPORT!! ALL THESE KIDDIES SLOWLY GATHERED AROUND TO BURY HIM.EVEN STRANGERS!!THE TODDLER WAS WHACKING HIM ON THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL AND LETS JUST SAY HE GOT MORE SAND IN THE FACE THEN ON HIS BODY.LUV YA BILL!

HERES THE TO MUCH OF A GOOD THING PART.I WAS LAZY WITH THE SUN BLOCK AND MY FACE GOT FRIED WHICH GAVE ME THE CHILLS LATER IN THE DAY:[ !EVERYONE WAS HOT AND I HAD ON XMAS JAMMIES A SWEAT SHIRT AND DRANK HOT TEA,LOL.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

OH SWEET SUMMER!

ME AND ANNE SCULPTING AGAIN ;] SOME OF THE CREW

ANNA BANANA

DOUGIE DIGGIN

HELLO MISTER CRAB,ECKKKKKKKK (SUDDENLY IM HUNGRY :} )

ACTION SHOT!

SITTIN LIKE LADIES,LOL

BOYS WAITING FOR THE WAVE (KYLE,BILL,GREG)

GOT ONE!

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THAT WAS FUN!!!

ILL ALWAYS BE A SOUTH SHORE GIRL AT HEART!!

SILLY VEGGIES-DRUMS-COOLLLL BOOK!

I TRIED MY GRAMS ITALIAN EGGPLANT BALLS TONIGHT WHICH CAME OUT JUST O.K BUT LOOK AT THE SILLY EGGPLANT I FOUND AT THE MARKET.ME AND ANNA HAD FUN MAKIN HIM EYES ETC TILL IT WAS THE DREADED CHOPPIN TIME :[. LOOKS LIKE SQUIDWARD FROM SPONGE BOB,LOL! HE WAS GREAT FOR HOLDING MY SUNGLASSES TO ;]

POP CAME FOR DINNER AND BROUGHT US SOME FARM TOMATO'S AND CORN.WOULD YA LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS CRAZY TOMATO(BY THE WAY THE TOMATO SALAD WAS YUMMY,LOTS OF JUICE TO SOAK UP WITH BAKERY ITALIAN BREAD,YUMMMMMM!)

CORN SHUCKIN TIME ;](I MAKE MY SERVANTS DO THAT!)

WE GET A LOVELY SURPRISE VISIT FROM UNCLE DAVE AND AUNT RIA .ANNA STARTS FEELIN FESTIVE AND PUTS ON A LITTLE MUSIC SHOW (CUTE!!)DAVE BILL &RIA HAD FRONT ROW SEATS;]

LET ME JUST SAY I COULDNT HAVE PICKED A BETTER JOURNAL MYSELF!!!

RIA GAVE IT TO ME AND YOU HAFTA FEEL IT TO APPRECIATE IT!!! ITS ALL HOMEMADE PAPER,VERY LITE AND ALMOST FUZZY TO THE TOUCH.ITS GONNA BE MY NEW DREAM JOURNAL OF SORTS .LOVE IT!! THANKS MARIA!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEE THE COOL TEXTURE OF THE PAPER??????????

HAPPY MONDAY! (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

SUMMER FUN

MY SIS IN LAW COURTNEY TOOK ME TO DINNER FOR MY BDAY.KNOWING SHES THE GENEROUS SORT I ORDERED THE "SURF AND TURF",HEEHEE.I STUFFED MY FACE WITH STEAK AND LOBSTER, IT WAS AWESOME!!!! THANKS LADY!

COOL TIDE POOL AT RESTAURANT BEACH

PERTY!

SEAGULL IN FLIGHT,DUHHHHH

WHERE THERE IS SAND ,BARE FEET FOLLOW ;] MY FIRST TOMATO OF THE SEASON :](MC DONALDS TOY FOR YA ANNE,HEEHEE)

AND DANCE BY THE LIGHT OF DA MOONNNNNNNN!!!

(IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT MOVIE THIS SONG IS FROM,YOU SHOULD!!!;] )(ILL GIVE YA A HINT"GEORGE BAILEY LASSOS THE MOON ":})

BINGO NIGHT - STOOL COMING ALONG

MY FRIEND ANNE WAS NICE ENOUGH TO HAVE MY FAM AND A FEW NEIGHBORS OVER FOR A PIZZA- BINGO NIGHT.THE KIDS HAD A BALL AND SO DID THE MOMMY'S;]!THANKS BUDDY!! WHAT SHE DID WAS PUT A BUNCH OF PRIZES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE AND WHO EVER WINS GET TO PICK THE ONE THEY WANT. THE WHOLE THING WAS ABOUT 2 HOURS(JUST RIGHT SO NO ONE GETS TWITCHY FROM THEIR KIDS )AND ITS MADE A HAPPY SUMMER EVENING MEMORY.IT WAS SOOOOOOOOO HOT AND HUMID OUT SO THIS WAS A NICE ALTERNATIVE TO BEING OUTSIDE!!!!!!

HERES MY STILL WET STOOL PROJECT.NEEDS TO DRY AND THEN I NEED TO NEATIN UP MY EDGES AND SLAP ON A PROTECTIVE COAT! ITS GONNA BE SWEET,HEEHHEE

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! :]

PLAY DATE AND CRAFT PROJECT

NOTHING LIKE A FUDGSICLE WHICH ANNAS PLAY DATE KINDLY BROUGHT OVER WITH HER.YUM! VERY WET DECOUPAGED STOOL TOP,LOOKS ICKY

DRY STOOL ( USED ALL ORANGE AND YELLOW OF DIFFERENT SHADES FROM MY MAGAZINES AS A BASE COLOR FOR

THESE ARE ADORABLE PICS THAT I CUT FROM MY VINTAGE COOK BOOK WHICH WILL GO ON TOP OF THE ORANGE YELLOW BASE.ILL TRY AND FINISH TODAY SO YOU CAN SEEEEE ;] ( oh sometimes if you click on pic it will enlarge,then you can see cute pics better ;] )

I USUALLY END UP ON THE COUCH AT 3 IN THE MORNING WITH ALLERGY PROBLEMS(DONT WANT SNEEZES TO WAKE UP HUBBY)BUT LAST NIGHT THE LITTLE MAMA TOOK MY SPOT.IN HER ROOM WAS LIKE A BAZILLION BABY SPIDERS WHO JUST HATCHED,RIGHT OVER THE HEAD OF HER BED :0!! NEEDLESS TO SAYYYY,EVEN AFTER DISPOSAL OF THE SPIDERS SHE WAS NOTTTTTTTTTT GONNA SLEEP IN THERE LAST NIGHT .CANT SAY AS I BLAME HER,LOL.

HAPPY FLOWER POWER ;]

THIS FLOWER IS JUST TO CHEER YOU ALL UP.ITS SO BRIGHT AN HAPPY! HERE ARE A COUPLE OF VINTAGE BOOKS I'LL BE USING FOR MY DECOUPAGE PROJECTS.THE PICS ARE SO SWEET AND I LOVE THE OLD MUSIC SHEETS!!

WOULD YOU LOOK AT LUDWIG,LOL. OH WHY IS BILLYS KNEE ALL RED?? ITS FOOD COLORING .HE CAME UP TO ME WITH A STAPLER IN HIS HAND PRETENDING IT WAS IN HIS LEG AND THE FOOD COLORING WAS THE FAKE BLOOD(THIS IS WHAT MY KIDS DO WHEN THEY'RE BORED:\ )

THE FLOPS ANNA PICKED OUT THIS YEAR TURNED OUT TO BE FAMOUS,HEEHEE.THEY WHERE IN ONE OF OUR MAGAZINES AS THE COOL FLOPS THIS SEASON(CUTE)

HERES MISS ANGEL STALKING THE FISHY :0

HOPE YA ALL HAVE A AWESOME DAY!! BE HAPPY!!!

STILL THINKIN ABOUT CHRISTMAS(ONLY 5 MONTHS AWAY PEOPLE,ECKKKK)

ABOVE PIC INSTEAD OF LIGHT BULB FOR AN IDEA,LOL

WELL IVE DECIDED TO NOT DO GIFTS WITH THE ADULTS THIS YEAR :[. MAYBE JUST A SMALL HOMEMADE GOODIE FOR MY LOVED ONES.STILL GONNA GET THE KIDDIES BUT THE OLDER ONES(TEENS) WILL GET SOMETHING SENTIMENTAL,HOMEMADE AND HOPEFULLY THEY DONT WANNA SMASH IT WHEN THEY GET HOME,LOL.IF YA HAVE ANY TEEN IDEAS THAT I COULD MAKE LET ME KNOW.IVE GOT 3 GIRLS AND 1 BOY IN THAT DEPARTMENT.I WAS THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF SOMETHING I CAN ADD TO EACH YEAR FOR THEM LIKE A SUPPLY OF SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR WHEN THEY MOVE OUT ON THERE OWN(GOD I CANT BELIEVE THEY ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT AGE :{ ).START CRACKIN ON SOME IDEAS FOR ME PEEPS :}.STILL GOING TO DO EVE PARTY OF SOME SORT???? WOULD LIKE TO SIMPLIFY THAT AS WELL AS FAR AS CASH ITEMS GO AND FOCUS MORE ON STARTING SOME MORE FUN TRADITIONS. THANKS !!!!

SLURP

OHHH HAPPY DAY :}! FRESH BATTERIES FOR ALL THE BAZILLION REMOTES IN THE HOUSE,2 COLORING BOOKS ANNABELLA MADE FOR ME,A FAVORITE MAG AND BLUE RASPBERRY -CHERRY MIXED ICY COLD SLURPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!(IM A SIMPLE GIRL;]) ANNA STAYING BUSY WITH PAINTING AND PRETZELS DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE,YUM!

WOULD SOMEBODY WALK ME PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!( POOR FRED!) HAVE A HAPPY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :]