Dog Days

Woof!  It's too hot to do much of anything in Charleston.  We are laying around like lazy pups.

  I realized the other day that I have read more than 60 books since the Coronavirus outbreak began!  It's been a major outlet for me during such uncertainty.  Here's my most recent list:

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I made this for dinner the other night.  Both K and I liked it but I'll say it was a bit heavy for a summer meal.  I will probably file it away for the Fall. 

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Our tie dye project was fun!  It was hard to find precise DIY directions and I think I messed up by not letting them sit overnight before rinsing.  All of the dye sort of bleeded together and the color is pukey looking.  I think I am going to try again in a couple weeks.  

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I got this tiny little blue and white vase at an estate sale this weekend for fifty cents.  I'm convinced I'm going to strike it big on Antiques Roadshow one day.  That is our Monday night tv tradition.

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Have a great week.

Stay hydrated!

xLaura

Humpity Hump

Hump Day, yay!
We have just been trying to beat the heat around here lately.  

EB loves playing with my grandmother's clip on earrings:

Speaking of earrings, I picked these up last week:

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Our sweet Alfie was really sick last week.  Here we are at our second day of vet appointments.  They wouldn't let us come in with him due to COVID, which was heartbreaking, but luckily after a round of antibiotics and eating homemade salmon and rice for dinner, he's is back at it!

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Last night I did a breakfast hash for dinner.  It had roasted potatoes, turkey kielbasa sauteed with peppers and onions, and a sunny side egg on top.  Yum!

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This little girl sure makes a big splash!  She loves the pool.  

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That's a wrap.  We are doing tie dye this afternoon!

TTYL,

Laura

Fourth of July + More

We had a nice 4th hanging around the house.  

K grilled burgers and they were SO delicious.  

My favorite summertime meal.

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One year well check: Happy and Healthy!

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We inherited some old Post and Courier newspapers from K's grandfather and I found a few ads from the 60's to frame.  This is an ad from the hair salon in Belk at South Windermere.  I have SO many vivid memories of shopping here as a child.  It's where we bought our school shoes every year, had my make up done at Clinique for my "8th grade dance", bought my veil for First Holy Communion...very nostalgic for me. 

In other "home" life, we are going to be replacing our counter tops in our kitchen later this year.  This was on the shortlist when we bought our house, but we weren't able to do it, so I'm very excited!

We are also going to replace the sink, cabinet hardware, and window treatments.  I also think I'm going to frame a couple of vintage grocery ads to replace the flower prints that I've literally had for twenty years.  

Speaking of home projects, I feel like I've got a head full of commentary on the ridiculous consumerism filling my social media feeds lately.  Of course I choose to follow these influencers, but I think I may be changing my mind.  I'm a frugal person, so I'm not one to spend money anyways.  But My Gosh!  It seems as if it's growing on trees for some of these people...w don't even have jobs outside of instagram.  Luckily I'm old enough to know that it doesn't, but what about young people just starting out seeing this??  I got into this world of  blogging because of my interest in seeing the things some of my (mostly local) peers liked to do, eat, and yes, buy.  But it seems a few of these girls have since won the lottery!   I'll wrap this up so let me just say: Reality is (for some/most of us) saving up for new counter tops, NOT changing out already beautiful granite to marble because you didn't like a certain color swirl*  

Bye!

Note: I hate that this sounds bitter after reading it back.  I'm not referring to women with real jobs who are wealthy and able to make whatever purchases they want, whether frivolous to me or not.  I mean women who are constantly buying and linking on instagram, portraying a wealthy and carefree life, with no real job. That's what I call FAKE.

xLaura