Rhubarb, Marigolds and Michelob

 We haven't done much at our house this week-end.  It felt hot and sticky on Friday and I couldn't seem to kick the hot flashes that need to just go away.  I don't think they ever do, do you?  We didn't sit on the back patio until Saturday afternoon when it was a bit cooler and the sprinkles began to fall.  The pups were happy just to lie near us and give a tiny 'boof' from time to time when they thought some scary creature had crossed into our backyard.

They were mistaken.  No one crossed into our yard.

 It was nice.  Hubby had Saturday off from having to work, only because of a goof by the company he is contracted to this month.  We simply sat for an hour or two and enjoyed the view of our garden and these azalea bushes that bloomed much later than those at the front of the house.

It's not often we find the time to just sit together and chat about things we want to do, like adding a covered area over the basement walkout door,

what recipe to use for the rhubarb we found growing in the backyard,

where we should plant more flowers,

and maybe we should buy two more Adirondack chairs for the patio.  Just the ho hum things that couples talk about.

Hubby is not a fan of iced coffee, but it cooled me to sip a bit.

I should have gotten him some Michelob Ultra but forgot when I slipped off to the grocery store for other items.

Shame on me!  

I expect that today may be just as quiet around the home front and the weather looks as though the next 5-10 days will be providing more of the same cloudy times with bouts of thunderstorms here and there throughout our days and nights.

A simple, rather hush hush week-end.  

Planted sunflowers.

Planted hot peppers.

Planted marigolds to keep the bugs away from the garden.

And I still need to plant a few more flowers.

Anything should grow in THIS weather!

Fonts And Weeds

Not to name any names, because I would never consider doing that in the blogging world, it's not a dis mind you, just a reference to her thoughts about fonts.

There is indeed at least one blogger who's vision of the perfect blog is to use only Helvetica Font. 

BORING!

boring boring boring boring boring

SNoooze Fest... BORING!

Now mind you, it's a perfectly good font, strong, upright, easily read, and so what's not to love about Helvetica Font? Well, absolutely nothing.

I however use many fonts, especially when it comes to my headers because in my mind that's where we as bloggers should be a bit creative or eye-catching.  Or dammit, just for fun.  Sure.  If you want to always have the same look day after day, year after year, then I suppose that Helvetica Font is an okay way to go.  I'm just not such a purist or prude or Helvetica Font Nazi to tell people that they ALWAYS should use nothing but, Helvetica Font.

Life is too short and blogging is too much fun not to play with fonts and let your personality shine through.

Here are some free fonts if you are a total freak about it like I am.  FREE... 

Here's a link to the blog inspiredRD with 10 free font links.

Five free fonts on Bettina's Blog.

25 MORE free fonts.

Not interested in fonts?

Okay... then just move along... move along....

It's a passion of mine and they make me smile.

Or maybe it's the weed.

Put down the weed, Rowdy.  I'm tired of moving!

Jewelry Gift Certificate Winner

 So, I took this pretty little bowl,

 and I plopped all these strips of paper inside

 with your names on them,

and the winner of the Holly Lane Designs jewelry $30.00 e-gift-certificate is Jane of Blondie's Journal.

I know you will find a piece of jewelry that you love wearing, and congratulations on being the winner!

Wish you all could have won... I am rooting for each and every one of you the next giveaway I do.

XOX

Jiminy I'm Lucky

 Last week I clicked on an entry that a fellow Facebook friend had on her page and it took me to this very nice and funny lady's page.

I Have Stuff To Tell People, and she had a video about how she had purchased and used a Cricut cutting machine for craft projects.

I watched it, I laughed, and I commented and guess what?

I won a Cricut Mini from her and it arrived today on my front porch.

Jealous much?

I have wanted one of these for a few years since seeing what my stepdaughter's Cricut did to had pzazz to home crafts and also to spruce up our grandsons' scrapbooks that their mama had put together for them.  Memory books are what some like to call them.

It arrived today in a non-descript brown cardboard box just as 99% of shipments do, so I took out my favorite butcher knife and went to work opening it up and when I opened the box it was 'oh so pretty' with pink peanut packing and lovely white tulle tied in a bow.

Her sticker said, "Share The Happy".

Loooooook!

Bee yooo teee mus!

 And having something wrapped so nicely just adds to the excitement!

Thank you so much,

IHAVESTUFFTOTELLPEOPLE

Now I have stuff to tell people too!

I cannot wait to try this out!!!!

Now, wait and see what I gave away today!

I too love to Share the Happy.

Random 5 Friday With Nancy

Let's do a Random 5 Friday with Nancy.

mmmkay?

1.  I like nearly any food group wrapped up in a tortilla, whether it be a plain flour tortilla or a pretty green spinach wrap tortilla.  It just makes eating fun.

2.  I can't get enough of floral photography in the springtime.  Otherwise I'd have to call autumn my favorite season of the year.

3.  Seeing anything slimy or sneaky in the yard, like a salamander that runs out from under a bush, makes me look like this.

4. I like peeking through the trees and seeing what the neighbors are doing.  Call me Mrs. Kravitz, it's okay... my husband does.

5.  Did I mention how much I love eating wrapped foods?  Meat, cucumber, mayo, lettuce?  It's all fair game for lunch if it finds its way into my wraps.

Enjoy your Friday and go visit Nancy and her friends, or join in the fun at A Rural Journal... that's Nancy's awesome blog!