Hacks & Deals

My mom taught me a great hack this past weekend.
She got a huge seedless watermelon for us, and she must have sensed my lack of excitement at cutting the thing up. She asked if I had a gravy ladle and a knife.

First, you cut the watermelon in half.


Second, use the ladle to scoop out the edible portion of the melon.

It scoops out little balls. Sweet, huh?

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On my way to the grocery store I stopped at a yard sale and bought two chairs for $1 apiece!

Good grief! Ignore my crafting mess. Look at the cool blue chair! It is an early Ethan Allen chair. It still has tags on the underside. It is comfy too. I like the blue, while Kevin isn't so sure about it. I also liked the price.

Hope everyone has a great week.
~Karen

In Our Backyard

One sweet little girl. She's almost ready for us to remove her training wheels.
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Our future garden. Not looking so good, huh? I am hoping by Monday it will look a lot better.
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Look at Moe go!
He really is always happy.
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A super sweet dog...who really needs a bath!
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Last year, towards the end of summer, we were completely out of outdoor paint. Out of desperation, I colored the bricks with chalk, and let the kids use water and paintbrushes on it. Turns out that it makes a really cool paint that can be smothered all around. They like to do it, and it is pretty darn cheap!
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Our beautiful plum tree better produce some fruit this year. For the last several years it has not bore fruit. One year we got snow during April, and that seemed to mess the tree up....I am hoping this year we will have LOTS of plums!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!
~Karen