I WON!

Can you believe it? I won the necklace below!!!!!! I love it and can't wait til I recieve it. When they said emy won, I just knew they were talking about a different emy. I went through all their comments to make sure there wasn't another emy. I will post pictures as soon as I receive it! Thanks to everyone at Flea Market Style!

Good Golly Miss Molly GIVEAWAY!!!

Just leave a comment on fleamarketstylemag.blogspot.com to win this...

Sweet and Easy Summertime Dessert

I LOVE desserts, I'm the girl that would rather eat something sweet than have a real meal. I could eat desserts all day everyday!!! Well, I have found a great dessert that is super easy to make.

All you need is cool whip, strawberries and angelfood cake.

Cut up Strawberries

Mix Strawberries in bowl with Cool whip (this turns the cool whip a light shade of pink, My favorite!!!)

Cut angelfood cake in the middle

Spread cool whip and strawberries in the middle of angelfood cake

Place top of angelfood cake back on the bottom

Spread cool whip and strawberries until the angelfood cake is covered

Keep cold and ENJOY!!!!!

Camera Critters

I love animals and like taking pictures of them. So here are a few of my camera critters...

Woodpecker in our backyard

Wild turkey we saw on the side of the road. I got out of the car to take a picture of it and it chased me back into the car...Turkey's are MEAN!

Owl that was living in a hole...same tree as the woodpecker.

One of my dad's cows. This pictures makes me smile every time I see it. I kind of feel sorry for the little fellow.

Monkey

For some reason it has always been hard for me to buy gifts for people. I must spend too much time thinking if the person will like it or not. My Grandmother's birthday was July 6th, my parents have always picked out her gifts but this year I thought it would be nice if I picked something for her. I went to Hobby Lobby to get some shrinky dinks and I found an American flag throw. My Grandmother LOVES red, white and blue so I thought this would be a great gift for her. AND it was 40% off! I didn't have a box to put it in and the only wrapping paper I have is Christmas. The day of her birthday our family went to her house to eat. I snuck the present in the back door and went to her "crafty" room to find a box for the throw. Guess what I found in her "crafty" room...An American flag throw. It wasn't identical to mine but still, I was a little upset that I got her something she already had. I know she liked it even though she already had one but I felt as if I had failed.

My sister came home to visit today so of course mom, sis and I went shopping. I live in a small town and there isn't many places to shop, however, some of the stores we do have carry cute things. One of my favorite stores is Sweet Tangerine. As we were looking around in Sweet Tangerine I came across the perfect gift for my grandmother. I know it's not her birthday anymore but I couldn't pass it up. It was a children's book called I love Monkey.

I know you're thinking how is this the perfect gift for your grandmother? Well, first my grandmother likes cute things like this (she was a school teacher). Second, I don't call my grandmother Nana, granny, grandma, gma, etc. I have always called her Monkey!

They say I was just learning to talk and Monkey had a book with different animals in it. She was asking me "where is the cow" or "where is the dog", I would point to the animal and say the name of the animal I was pointing to. When she asked where is the monkey I pointed at her and said monkey. From then on that's what I have called her. My sister, parents, friends and family all call her Monkey. Even when she taught at school all my friends knew her as Monkey. People think it's strange to call her "monkey" but I think it's strange to call her grandma or nana.

I gave Monkey her late birthday present today, I must say I was nervous to see if she liked it or not...She LOVED it. She gave me a huge hug and we stood there reading the book just like we would've when I was a little girl. Then she showed everyone around her and even read the book to some of her friends. She never put the book down, you would've thought we were 5 years old again.

So today I realized I'm not a crappy gift buyer...sometimes the perfect gift comes a little later than you had hoped for.

Love This Blog...

I've realized that it has been over one year since I signed up for this. I have only posted something one time and it was the day I signed up. I re-read my last post and realized it was very negative, my mind has changed a bit from my last post. I do think this is quite silly and know a million more things that I could be doing BUT here recently I have found a love for blogs that I never knew I had.

Isn't it funny how love will sneek up on you, not only with people but also with different things. I have found many "loves" this year...crafts, teaching, blogs, photography, history, the list goes on and on. Hopefully I will be able to blog more than once a year :)