I know its been almost a whole month since last I blogged (has it really been that long?!?). This summer has been way more than just fun and games...well... except for this game...
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| Bucket ball anyone? Think Beer pong, but with Dollar Store plastic trashcan buckets and plastic baseballs. |
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| Cast party was a blast- I can't believe we agreed to host it though. lol |
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| My "sisters" and I in "Fiddler on the Roof." In case you didn't figure it out, I'm in the center. |
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| Also saw "Guardians of the Galaxy" among the week of the show, and loved it! But life just has been sooooo crazy this month- we had all the performances of "Fiddler on the Roof," my mom stopping by for a short visit, our cast party, me starting my new job (or at least getting more into the swing of it- I still have to work 2 hours a day at my old job till next week, then I'm 100% to the new digs!), starting rehearsal for another show, our wedding anniversary and overall- being social butterflies. |
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| 6th Wedding anniversary with the hubs. |
One of the big projects we've been working on was getting our backyard up to snuff for the big cast party.
We acquired a new pool (16 foot!), the hubs built a little deck thing for it- from 2 old picnic table tops and a drink shelf.
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| Hubs made this mini deck from 2 tops of picnic tables. |
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| He also made a little drink shelf to the side of the pool from the seat portion of the picnic table. |
We stained our deck too. Phase 1:
Phase 2 is painting the actual railings- but that takes a lot more time.
Recently the hubs has discovered new ways to get pallets and has been making a few projects for around the house.
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| pallets galore! |
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| A few easy cuts. |
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| a little spray paint. |
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| Tada! Final! |
He also created a little inset box for our trashcans, to kind of hide it from the rest of the yard (he still needs to add the top and the side door though.
He also created 2 window boxes for a friend of ours' German classroom- she wanted window boxes to add fake flowers to, adding some character to her classroom. She plans on staining them.
Eventually we are going to add a "carport" style shed to the side of the barshed, to put the lawnmower and bikes in, since it doesn't really fit easily in the side shed when the pool is up (we want to take that horrid metal thing down anyway).
Eventually we will also repaint our front steps as well (and resettle them as the one is loose). We finished re-painting our picket fence to be all pretty white (with the help of a few friends and some kids my friend was babysitting, lol).
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| Here is the finished white fence...along with a scary large spider who took up home there for a bit. |
I also made lots of headway on one of my bucket list items: Write a novel. I plan on working on it in co-op with my hubs (he's much better at dialogue writing than me).
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| The start of the prologue- very rough still. |
Other projects...hmm... Well, as part of my anniversary present from my hubs I signed up for some Subscription boxes to try- and will get rid of the ones I don't like, after the first month.
When I get my first box from each, I'll do a reveal/review of them, so stay tuned.
I'll be getting:
- Paper Pumpkin from Stampin Up!
- Baribox
- Ipsy
- Splendies
So stay tuned for some reviews of these subscription boxes. My mom is trying out a few others, so I'll let you know about the ones she tries too!
I found so much information on subscription boxes from this great website: http://www.mysubscriptionaddiction.com/
(I think I got my mom hooked! lol)
Lastly, I was excited to catch the season premiere of Dr. Who Season 8 in theaters with a good friend of mine. I totally had a blast!
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| fun before-show trivia |
Wendy cat says hi!
Have a great day!
-M
I'm glad to see you've been keeping busy and productive and having a great summer!
ReplyDeletethanks! Better to be busy than bored. ;)
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