Van Gogh

Hey! Too cool and fun. I noticed today that I could add a Van Gogh painting of that day to my blog! I happen to really like Van Gogh and post-impressionist paintings, so I added it. Hope you enjoy a pretty addition to my blog.

A few Bento Snacks

I have been going to the garden early in the morning, and spending 2-3 hours there. I have to feed the hungry beasts breakfast before I leave (Lauren on low-blood-sugar is NO FUN!) but they demand another snack before I am ready to leave. So, WHO-HO! I get to make more bento fun!



Here are two recent bento snacks I packed for the kids to take with them. Fresh garden cucumbers, grapes and a cheese stick in one, with some flower ice packs to help keep cold. Carrots, half a bagel with cream cheese and grapes in another.

My Bento Obsession

It is back to school time, or preparation time at least. We have one month till the start of school, but I am already getting back to my bento obsession! Just today I packed a snack for the girls to take to the garden with them - bento style! (They ate it all, btw - 1/2 whole wheat bagel and cream cheese, grapes, and carrots)

Today, while perusing some of my bento blogs I like, I ran across this, from my favorite Laptop Lunches folks. What a cool, cool way to help plan a weeks worth of healthy lunches!

Returned Clippers

For those of you that were following the great Fairy-Borrowers-Gypsy debate ... the clippers have been found.

hmmmmmm, does that help clarify precisely WHAT it was that took them for a week?

Mt Laundry Update

Washing Machine - 7
Folding and putting away - 10

How is that possible? Procrastination!


And guess what? I have more laundry to do still!! But probably only about 4 loads! Summer and those swim towels do me in! But it is worth the hassle; water is soooo much fun.

Mt. Laundry

And this is only one of several baskets. Guess what I am doing ALL day today? Yup, donning my O2 mask and conquering the elusive Mt. Laundry!

Here we go (maybe) again!

I must confess that this past May's no purchase foray was a good month to think about all the purchases I made. Can I get Bill to do this too? hmmmmmm More food for thought hee. School is coming up, and we need a few supplies. When does school start? Sept. something, so I could, in theory, wait until Sept. to purchase all the supplies needed. Or, today purchase backpacks and lunch boxes (oh, I might have a LaptopLunch already - gotta look into that one!) The girls need shoes, but I have to wait for Lauren's ortho visit first; the inserts make shoes fit differently, and she seems to think that her current inserts are too small.

Anyway - for now I am possibly not buying anything new nor going out to eat for the month of August!