Earworm* Toonsday

Chubby Checker ~ Limbo Rock

For some unknown reason I am constantly getting this song stuck in my head! Only… at work.
I have no idea why!

*Thanks to my friend Estelle for inducing me to the term "earworm!"

Farmer's Market Monday

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Awesome:
♦Amazing cakes...at Cake Wrecks
♦This story is cool. Their products are a-maz-ing. I wish I could afford them!
♦Fun tattoo
♦Nostalgia in photo booths.
♦"I has a sweet potato"
♦Great story, yet heart-breaking.
♦Misspellings, and grossest blindfold ever...
♦Is your dog stalking you?

A one corgi parade!

DIY:

♦Hanging beaded glass vases

♦Dog-fashion diy, a reflective bandanna for your pup

♦Flower pillow with fabric markers

♦How to make a tassel

♦Sort-of a diy...Bon Appetite's advice for going to the farmers market.

Fashion:
♦This lady is so inspiring!

News:
♦Caffinanted sea water

Noms:
♦Aunt Peaches's Armadillo Dip.
♦Peach pie
♦Heath Bar Crunch Mini Cakes
♦Make your own version of a Snickers bar
♦Peach pancake with cherry compote (If I had a larger skillet I would make this right now!)
♦Grilling dinners for vegitarians. (I am nodding at you Alli & J!)

Mental Health/ Self Care:
♦Having a toxic parent
♦The girls from Rookie are awesome; Food is not the enemy.

WTF:
♦"I keep crashing" FACEPALM
♦Giant cupcake poncho...and it cost $89!!!!

I found quite a lot of stuff for you this week. Hope you enjoy!

Flowers & Weeds

Quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer


How do you view yourself?

Are you a weed, or a flower?

(Hint: you are all flowers!)

Let Sleeping Corgis Run!

Happy lambs are so cute! Source

♥Had a great dinner date with Rasputin. Indian food (Tikka Masala) and Oreo blizzards. P.S. did you know they come in a mini size?
♥I actually got to see Raspi smile. (Its been a while since his injury.)
♥I found a cool (pun intended) SPF 40 shirt by Colombia. I would like to buy it, but I don't think I can justify the cost.
♥Fresh mangos yum!
♥I found a great quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer. (To be posted on Friday.)
♥I made fried chicken, and it turned out. (I am not very good at cooking meat.)
♥Frankie's arthritis seems to be doing better in the heat.
♥I was sweating buckets, but I got the the garden weeded.
♥Bud was running so hard in his sleep that he woke himself up. Poor boy was so confused!
♥Found some great info for training dogs.
♥Raspi found zero gravity chairs on sale (at a local store) for $35!

: )

Keeping Berries Fresh

My Raspberries are ripe, which is awesome. Keeping them fresh…isn’t easy.

Fresh summer berries + summer heat = mold.

Luckily I found a solution.

Take the berries out of their packaging(if they are store bought), and soak in a large bowl with 1 part vinegar, and 10 parts water. (Don’t put the fruit back in the original packaging, it can re-contaminate the berries.)

Remove the berries from the water and lay out on paper towels to dry.

Place in a clean zip-lock bag, or plastic container with lid. Keep refrigerated.

I actually use this to wash all of my produce. It works great.

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Unfortunatly I couldn't find where I found this tip out...sorry! If you google vinegar berry wash....Tada!

Obstacle Course!

Cat Vs. Human is spot on, as always!

Mwa-Ha-Ha-Monday!

A huge thanks to: Striking Truths!

Awesome:
♦I ♥ Twinkie Chan. Her stuff is so cute! I love the cupcake scarf!
♦Need a smile? Click here!
♦True kindness. Very heartwarming.

DIY:
♦Giant sunflowers. (Aunt Peaches is awesome!)
♦Fortune cookie favors. (Would be fun for a New Years party.)
♦Make your own recipe book.
♦Water-color fabric paint used on a pillow. (Aunt Peaches again!)
♦Do you sew a lot? Make a needle book.

LOL:
♦Marriage agreement

♦Beagle vs. Lemon

♦This job posting made me giggle. (MWA-HA-HA!)
♦The 18 worst things for lefties.
♦The cutest ear-hair I have ever seen. (I promise it's not gross.)

Noms:
♦Chocolate Rolo cookies
♦Candied ginger
♦Coffee S'mores pie
♦Espresso Pound Cake with Maple Bacon Icing.
♦Bacon corn hash.
♦For the broccoli haters: The “Amazing Incredible Broccoli Surprise Sauce”

Psychology, Self Care & Positivity:
♦An emotionally positive way to clean your closet.
♦Random Love Punches.  (Just go check it out!)
♦Or if you need a more disciplined motivation check out: Random Ass Kicks.
♦Manifesto A Day. (See photo at the top of this post.)

Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral

Milkweed pods

Wild Bergamot AKA: Bee Balm (top) and Wild Raspberry (bottom)

Tiger Lily

Fence Post

Cumulus clouds

Our new camera allowed me to get a much better shot of this barn. Yay!

This one is my favorite. My cute babies!

 

Enjoy the photos!

Greatful For Odd Stamps, and Naughty Kitties!

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♥Dr. Pepper Floats with Rasputin. (We both hate root beer. Yuck!)
♥Rasputin doesn't need surgery on his foot! (The MRI showed a tear in a ligament, but not severe enough to require surgery.)
♥I found a chipmunk perching on the raspberries, nomming away. (Wish I had gotten a photo!)
♥During a (failed) photo-shoot I would set the timer to take my picture. As I would sit on our couch Buddy would race in and sit on my lap, and be super adorable. Then after the camera was done he would race away. He is such a ham!  P.S. the photo-shoot wasn't a fail because of Bud, I didn't like the way I looked in the photos. He is always adorable!
♥Broccoli, cashew salad, with BACON. I love this stuff!
♥We got a letter from Grandma Honey. : )

Stamps from the left: 2c, 10c, 5c, 28c.

♥I love that Gramma has a weird collection of random stamps hanging around.

♥I found Rufus being cute/naughty. I had to take a picture:

That shelf is about 5 feet off the ground. Silly boy!

♥We had a really nice dinner with Rasputin's Dad, and his wife. It was fun to talk to them. Dinner lasted 3 hours!

Have a greatful week!

Tom Petty Tuesday

Tom Petty~Walls

I had this song stuck in my head and wanted to share it with you. : )

Other great Petty songs:

[Mellow ones]

Alright For Now

Wildflowers

Angel Dream

[Rockin']

I Won't Back Down

Runnin' Down A Dream

Don't Come Around Here No More (Love this video!)

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Refugee

Here Comes My Girl

And tons more....

doMino Monday

Linus is a cutie! I love his little pink nose.

Awesome:
♦Amazing Steampunk sweets!
♦United Shapes... Fun with the shapes of the states.
♦Hazel the corgi balances things on her head.
♦Starry Night done with dominos!

DIY:
♦Make your own galaxy painting. (Very cool)
♦Wood tree ring coasters
♦Like the look of gauged ears, but don't want the commitment? Here you go!
♦If you followed my tutorial for flower clips, and have leftover flowers...try a crown.
♦Super cute tutorial for a teddy bear heating pad.

Feminism:
♦Drink Like a Lady (Regan of Dances With Fat talks about how ridiculous this is.)

Funny:
♦Photos of dogs sneezing
♦This must be about my dogs!

Noms:
♦Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
♦Stuffed french toast

Positivity:
♦Don't like your job, Change it (without quitting)

WTF:
♦Crazy Gary Busey quotes!

“My dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons for kids’ parties.”

♦"Lies My Gym Told Me" ~ Dances With Fat gives you the facts, not commercial hype.

Have a great week!

Black Cat Day!

Happy Black Cat Day!

Make sure to give your black cat a hug, and some under the chin scritches.

: )

Greatful for Corgis...

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♥Katie's posts!
♥Red was a fun movie. (If you like spy/action movies.)
♥Two Lumps make me laugh!
♥I love when the cats sit down next to me, and their tails rest across my toes.

♥Finding a way to use the heat to my advantage. (I had a bottle of honey that had crystallized. I left it out on our deck in direct sunlight. It melted back into a nice jar of honey.)
♥This corgi makes me smile!
♥Speaking of corgis: I love that my kids think carrots are treats! Then come running when I cut up carrot sticks. : )
♥I like that Dairy Queen has a mini sized Blizzard. I can't finish a regular one!
♥I found a helpful post about food styling.

♥I Found a website devoted to being thankful

♥I am thankful for my readers!

Tail wags, and corgi kisses!

"Jersey" Girls

Not what you were thinking...right?

They have gotten so big!

Cute and curious girl!

Todd feeding the girls.

Queen Anne's Lace

: )

Tuxedo Cat Leads The Way

This helpful cat shows you how to train your human.

; )

Mellow Monday

Beware of little dog with big attitude!

This is so darn cute!

Awesome:

♦Alien Marries Predator...the cake?

Diy:

♦Make a rain chain. (I had never heard of a rain chain.)

Noms:

♦Fruit and Berry ice cubes. Fun. : )

♦Homeade Snickers Bars

♦Jalapeno popper dip.

Self-care/Inspiration:
♦You give others VIP treatment, how about yourself?
♦I want a secret reading room!


WTF:
♦Beauty products you don’t need. (I disagree with the lip exfoliater, mine are like sandpaper!)
♦This ad for permanent cosmetics is just ridiculous!
♦Bird poop facial?! Ewww!
♦Goofy new domain names...

Have a great week!

Floral Hair Clips

You will need:

How to:
•Remove the flower and leaves from the wire stem.
•Snip off as much of the plastic backing as possible from the blossom
•Remove the plastic center from the leaves.
•Cut a small oval from cardstock, or the back of a greeting card. (I like to keep the front part.)
•Glue the card oval to the top of the clip
•Glue leaves on top of the oval, then glue the flowers on top.

And voila! You have a flower clip.

Other ideas:
•Ribbons
•Tulle
•Gems
•Glitter
•Fabric
•Pipe cleaners
•Butterflies
•Stickers

They also look cool clipped on the collar of a shirt or jacket, on a head band, or hat.

Have fun crafting!

Greatful For Our Country

Valentine is such a cute girl!

♥Happy Birthday America!
♥So glad this story had a happy ending.
♥Rasputin had an MRI today, hopefully they figure out what is wrong soon. (Fingers crossed!)
♥Greatful that we have insurance!!!
♥Fresh peaches
♥Finding some cool lace headbands (On sale!)
♥Having an awesome cook-out with my Mother-in-law and her husband.
♥Super awesome bacon and cheese burgers. (Bacon and cheese mixed in the burgers, YUM!)
♥Shooting pictures of her cute cows
♥Seeing Rasputin smile while floating in the pond (at his mum's house)
♥Figuring out how to make inexpensive flowered hair clips (Tutorial tomorrow)
♥Finding the BMI Project (Its not what you think)
♥The Bloggess is so funny!
♥This cat is awesome!
♥Getting my hair trimmed. (I don't feel like a sheep dog with hair in my eyes)
♥So glad we have air-conditioning!!!

Happy 4th of July!

I found this adorable corgi to wish you a (belated) Independence Day!

Hope you had a safe and happy 4^th!

Keeping Cool!

Corgis in a Sprinkler!!!!!

Here are some fun videos of corgis keeping cool:

Swimming Corgis!

Corgi Flop

Corgi Snow Tunnels!

Melty-Monday

Cutie-pie shar pei patrol!

Awesome:
♦Terrible wedding cakes: What they ordered vs. what they got!
♦Super awesome beach cakes
♦I like the Bloggess's take on being child-free.
♦I don't normaly go for mushy stuff, but this proposal is pretty cute!

♦The F***ing Weather (funny, but obviously has swearing)

♦Eye bombing...cracked me up!

Noms:
♦To go along with the beach cakes, starfish cookies.

♦Rice noodles, with peanut lime chicken.
♦Potato chip brownies.

DIY:
♦Photo block art

♦Use an existing item to make a pattern.
♦Website that converts a photo into a cross-stitch pattern.

♦Make your own deodorant. (If anyone tries this let me know how it works!)

Feminism:
♦This is really irritating!

Self Care/Healing:
♦You're not perfect (What!?)Its OK, your human. (Warning: Some coarse language)

♦Another great post on how to choose a therapist.

Rest in peace, Nora Ephron:
♦Her Obituary
♦Aunt Peaches says good bye
♦An assortment of writers write about her
♦IMDB

Have a great week!