smiley sunday!

happy sunday bloggies!! i hope you have all enjoyed your weekend as much as i have!

i started my weekend on thursday afternoon at 3:00! i have a long weekend, and do not have to go back to hell,  i mean, work, until tuesday morn! ooohhh yay! i am loving life. (again, i reiterate...until tuesday morn gets here!)

i started out my weekend running around getting gifts for the birthday boy! (he had a birthday on friday!)....I LOVE YOU, HONEY! you are my best friend and every day is an exciting journey! i look forward to spending many more special days with you!)

 

 drinkin one of our favorite 'adult bevvies'.......

i did manage to lay by our pool for about a 1/2 hour......however, the sun has not been my friend lately. you are talking to a sun goddess who 'used' to tan in those 'cancer causing' beds.....lay out in the sun until my skin looked like fried bacon. i was always the queen of tan. the browner....the better.....AND if you can believe this one....i actually used to lay, when i was in high school, on top of our garage, on foil, lathered in BUTTER...and wait, thats not it....real lemon juice poured on my hair to get the 'au natural'.. sun kissed highlights. yes, true story. i think i have since learned that 'pale' is in.....or that melanoma is OUTIE.

but, as i was rambling, i still love the sun....but try to be smart about it. i now actually use sunscreen, and have given up tanning beds......but the last two times i have sat outside, i have developed blisters on my chest and tops of my legs. wth? its annoying. i dont know if the UV rays are that much stronger or what. maybe it's just that my poor skin has had enough.....so, now my friends, i am limiting sunning to minutes.....at a time......

ok, sorry i get off on my tangients....

back to smiley sunday! i wanted to post some pics that make me smile....i am on a smile kick again.....i think i will do this on sundays.....

how can this not make you smile?

i am OBSESSED with sock monkeys lately.....it has to do with a commercial that's out right now...i think  KIA has a commercial ......where the sock monkey is driving....so flipping adorable.

or how bout this???

this was at a little boutique i recently visited! it's a notebook.....but made me smile!

ok, blog land, i don't have much for you on this sunshine filled morning....i wanted to tell you ALL thanks for taking the time out to read my daily ramblings, AND thanks so much for all of your comments! i LOVE reading each and every one of them! it means the WORLD to me! blogging has become an outlet for me and even though i do not post everyday, i really try to keep up with reading all of your blogs! it's an obsession!

enjoy the rest of your day! one last question.....what's on your 'bucket' list for summer? is there something that you want to do, or accomplish before labor day?

love and hugs,

t

they're blooming!!!

hipppp hipppp hoooray!

lets all say, "t~you're a dork!"....yes, i think we have all already agreed on this general concensus (did i spell that right?)....or is it consensus?

sooooo not last year but the year before......the hubs decided he would trim the hydrangeas....let's say major hair cut for them....like trim them down to their bare A****. ouch. poor little pink hydrangeas.....yes, he cut them down, (in his defense, it was the end of the blooming season and he 'thought'....they should be hacked, errr trimmed down)....but apparently, he trimmed them so low that they never bloomed last season. yep. not one stinkin flower.....talk about major disappointment. i thought he has scarred them for life. i thought we would never see another bloom again.....until......today!

yes, i am excited. hydrangeas are my second fav flower. gerbera daisies being FIRST....

sorry the pic is a little blurry......but you get the idea! especially PINK gerbera daisies! they always make me smile! so fun and girly!

but look what also is blooming in my flower garden.......

my lavender!!! whooop! whooop! yes, and it smells so super duper amazing....remember my post about loving the smell of fresh laundry...esp. lavender vanilla fabric softener....delightful!

i also whipped up a sweet little summertime wreath for the front door~i try to make a new one for every season and holiday......(they are super easy with the help of a little ribbon and this little amazing thing called a glue gun.....

sorry the camera i was using was my phone and the lighting is not sooooo good! but again, you get the drift....just simple. thats how i have been living life these days. rolling with the punches, enjoying the summer dog days of summer (and yes, mother nature, any time you would like to give us some sunshine, and hot sticky weather, i am A-OK with it.)......

what have y'all been doing to enjoy your summer??? 

happy thursday! i am sad, our vacation is quickly coming to an end....boo. we do have some fun stuff planned for the remaining few days...will keep ya posted with pics very soon! xoxo