Summerize

I decided that I needed to get some color in my house.

I love color.

I don't know why I don't use it very often in my home.

I shopped the house and put some summer into it.

This table was out on the patio.

It was black.

I spray painted it and brought it into the living room.

My husband said, "Isn't that the patio table?"

I said, "Yes, it is."

He said, "Isn't that kind of a redneck thing to bring your patio furniture inside?"

I said, "No, it's only redneck if you move your living room furniture outside."

What do I know, maybe it is.

Maybe I don't care.

I found a use for an old wood box I've had for a while,

I'm using it to hold my books.

An old end table was also brought in from the back patio.

In the kitchen, I spray painted a lazy susan that I had found at GW and now it holds what I use on a daily basis right next to the stove.

And cut flowers brighten everything up.

Have you changed up your house for the summer?

Side note:  Hey Larraine!  Your inbox is full again! 

Holly

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The Post Where I Talk About Food and Become Quite Snarky

Does this happen to you?

I go grocery shopping, come home hungry and can't find anything to eat.

No?

Oh, me neither then.

I'm in a food rut.

I buy the same old things week after week.

I'm never happy with my choices when I look for something to make for lunch.

I stare into the fridge believing that something exciting will materialize.

That leprechauns have come in during the night and stocked my pantry.

I get mad.

I only have myself to blame.

I do all the shopping.

So why do I keep buying the same boring stuff?

Habit?

Lack of imagination?

Fear of spending money on new food only to find it's grody?

I have no idea.

But today will be different.

I have a plan.

I'm making out my list this morning.

Going to buy the usual stuff.

Bread, milk, ding dongs, you know, the essentials.

And then I'm just going to find someone to follow and throw the same stuff into my cart that they do.

Daring, yes?

The problem is locating the right sort of person.

I don't want to follow her.

Because, like I said, I already have Ding Dongs on my list.

And I don't want to follow her.

Because obviously, she's only there for beauty supplies and I need food.

This guy may seem promising

but I'm afraid I would only come away with potatoes, okra, and chafing cream.

I'm on a mission though.

Drastic measures and all that.

I will be interested to see what ends up in my cart.

I'll keep you posted.

Holly

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It Ain't Right

So, I've done something wrong.

I changed my banner up above but it's all wonky.

Off Center.

Driving me crazy.

I've Googled the problem.

Because that's what I do in a state of emergency.

I Google.

And it gave me a lot of HTML stuff.

I don't speak HTML.

And I need help.

Because I can't just leave it like that.

I mean, come on!!

What will people think?

Suggestions?

Hello? 

Connie, you out there?

Can you save me?

Anyone?

*crickets*

*Update - Connie came to the rescue and fixed me this morning.  This is why everyone needs at least one smart friend.  Thank you Connie, I love you!

Holly

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Mondays with Max

Can you believe it's Monday already?

Did last week even happen?

I'm relatively sure that I got up every day last week and didn't just sleep through it all.

I vaguely remember May.

Anyway, it is Monday.

So we are back to the weekly series of Mondays with Max.

Dad is in the process of working on something very exciting.

That's all I can say.

You are all now very intrigued.

Stay that way for a while, okay?

Without further adieu

Cartooning is exhausting..

Holly

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Because You Asked

Because you asked, I will list some things about me that you may not know.


• I am sarcastic. I find sarcasm in others quite annoying.
  I don’t find myself annoying though.


• I work from home and never leave the house unless I absolutely
   have to because leaving the house requires me to shower and do
   my hair.


• My husband, Brian, and I have only been married for 4 ½ years.
  I like him a lot.


• When I was young I made a hit list. The only two names that I
   remember on it were Dave Killman (a rather large man who
   sat on one of our kitchen chairs and broke it) and Art Linkletter
   (because apparently my  mother met him once and he wasn’t very
    nice to her).


• I break out in hives on my arms and my eyebrows itch every time
   we go out of town.


• I am addicted to raspberry lemonade Chap Stick.
  I apply it at least thirty times a day.
  I have tubes stashed all over the house.


• I could live without a television.
  The only time I turn it on is about 5 minutes before I fall asleep.


• I would love to live in a cottage style house or a bungalow.
  I will never buy a stucco house again. Ever!


• I don’t sweat much in the summer;
   I sweat in the winter when I’m cold.


• Guacamole is my favorite food group.


• I have an aversion to blue ink pens.


• When I was young, my sister told me that if I went to bed
   with a moth in my room, it would sew my mouth closed while
   I was sleeping and I would starve to death.
   To this day, when I see a moth, I cover my mouth.


• I really want to like alcohol.
  I want to have a cocktail in the evenings every once in a while.
  It sounds fancy. Like on Bewitched.
  But I don’t like the taste of any of it.


• When I go back to Indiana to visit, my favorite thing to do
   as soon as I get off the plane is to rent a car and just drive.
   I don’t look at a map; I just drive down country roads
   and get lost. I never make plans to meet up with anyone
   until the following day because I never know where I’ll end up.


• When I was young, I wanted to be either a playground attendant
   or a Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.


• I may have lied a little; no one asked me for this list.

Holly

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A Job Well Done

If you remember correctly, we closed off our doggie door so the cat couldn't get out.

She is naughty when she's out.

Remember?

Dead bunny?

I won't show you the picture again.

You're welcome.

Anyway, she did happen to get out yesterday.

For five minutes.

FIVE MINUTES!

And she brought me this.

Unharmed.

I scooped up the precious little thing and ran outside to try to find the Mama.

Nothing.

Nowhere to be seen.

So I carried it around with me, knowing that Mama would return shortly.

Our yard is filled with quail all summer long.

After about half an hour, I finally let it go all by its lonesome in the backyard.

And about an hour later, I heard CarrotTop.

CarrotTop is a noisy feller.

He is the caller.

He sits on the roof of the house next door and watches our backyard.

When he saw the little chick yesterday morning,

he started calling out like crazy and within a few minutes,

I had Mama quail everywhere. 

I think they all wanted to claim little Aloysius.

That's his name.

He told me.

And here's the lucky lady that claimed him.

You can't see Aloysius because he was too little to climb up onto the concrete.

Nice job CarrotTop!

Holly

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And She's a Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered the drawing for the apron

and the stuff I found behind my refrigerator!

Let's not dilly dally.

I was planning on using Random Number Generator

but decided to go with my own extremely scientific  selection process.

I could explain it but it would take hours.

So without further adieu...

The winner is:

Rachel was the first one to comment on my giveaway post.

I've loved her blog from the very first time I ever read it.

Finding Joy

She is an amazing mother of SEVEN.

Please, go check her out!

Rachel, I'll be contacting you today to get your information.

Holly

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