Scrapbook Saturday

These pages are a little difficult to see since I photographed them with the page protectors on. Not th best quality. These are from 2015 when our AYM theme was about "lists"!

Friday Funnies AND Friday Frustrations!

You're only getting one "funny" today because this one is personal!!

For years, I have complained that Butch leaves doors open. He leaves the door open when he feeds the fish in our little pond. He leaves the door open to the garage. He has left the front door open when he gets the mail. He doesn't leave these doors open all the time, but often enough to drive me crazy! And the pantry! OMGosh, now that's a door he leaves open way more than he closes it. 

When I call him out about leaving doors open, he'll swear he doesn't! From now on, I'm going to take pictures. This is really the only proof I have:

While on our Route 66 trip, he left the door open while he went back in the fast food place to get some napkins. This one is really serious. He leaves the car door open occasionally--when he pumps gas, but often when he's geo-caching! 

The reasons I don't like it:

1. Either the heat or air gets out making it either hot or cold inside.

2. Bugs get in!

3. Smells get in. 

Yeah, it's a frustration for sure! Sort of funny--but not very.

Ten Things Thursday

How about some house renovations?

1. I don't particularly like dark houses. But I do like how this turned out. I like the blue door and the landscaping.

2. I love this one and the porch. I am partial to white. There could definitely be more landscaping and pots overflowing with colorful flowers on the porch.

3. This one seems kind of odd. Why was the front door offset to begin with. The after is definitely nice. Love the flower boxes.

4. The added gables really make a difference in this one. 

5. Again, love the white!

6. Nice porch.

7. The before photo looks almost exactly like my grandmother's house. The after looks amazing. The additions definitely make it look more inviting.

8. Omgosh--love the railing. It's a pretty shade of green, but a bit too dark for my taste.

9. This mansion almost looks like the White House.

10. This looks like the easiest renovation of all. Nice porch.

I think I choose #7 is my favorite. It looks like a cute little cozy bungalow.

Travel Tuesday

For anybody coming to Nashville, here are a few things you need to know.

Me on Monday

Happy June 1st! I can't believe we're in June and haven't even had a single pool day yet! We had planned one for Saturday, but it rained.

Well, we're home from our Route 66 road trip. Why is it that it takes a couple days to get things done to get out of town? Then, when you get home, it takes a couple days to "catch up" on all the stuff you weren't doing while you were gone.

To top off the chore list, our credit card was hacked the day before our trip. There was no way that we could get a replacement card that quick. Butch has AMEX, but he can't always use that. Then, he remembered that our Sam's card is also a credit card. We've had that forever. So, when we used it for the first time on our trip, we got a message. It looked suspicious since we've never used it before for anything outside of Sam's. Luckily, we got it resolved quickly--especially since we were going to be using it in 7 different states!! 

When we got home, I had to try to remember all of the places where I had my credit card linked for auto charges like: Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, PayPal, SWA, my travel agent/friend, Mary and several others. Now I just have to wait and see what notices come in that my card is not working. What a hassle! I just hope my "fingerprint recognition" has updated my info. I've been spoiled by that!!

It rained just about the entire week we were gone. For the most part, that has been good for all our flowers. So much has bloomed while we were away. Here's the new view from my bedroom window:

The Annabelle hydrangeas are in full bloom!

On the other hand, my "sucker" plant--the fuscia--is not doing so well.

I'm hoping that it's just water-logged and will recover. 

This is how it looked when we left 10 days ago.

Basically, I got about a week with it. We'll see what happens.

This was a surprise--none of this was in bloom when we left.

The water hyacinth has its first bloom. This seems pretty early.

Everything on the patio is looking good.

I have some pruning and dead-heading to do, but I'm looking forward to enjoying the patio! We'll sit out here every evening all summer long.

Okay, that's enough about me on Monday. Just a lot of work. But, I am seeing a movie today--The Breadwinner with Nate Bargatze (pronounced: bear-get-ze). Looking forward to it.

Scrapbook Saturday

Our AYM layout for April was "this family room."

This layout was from our trip to Paris last June.

I cut the title on my Cricut and put it on an insert.

This is the other side of the layout. The envelope holds our trip journal.

This layout is in Mindy's album and reflects her Christmas decorations.

One year, she had this elf paper made with their pictures--so cute!

I loved it so much when Jordan texted me about finally getting rid of "my" 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, I knew I had to scrapbook it!

When she turned 16, I gave her my car. She's had it for 15 years. Below is her text to me. I used her first line as my title. 

I was excited to scrapbook our trip to Costa Rica and did it pretty quickly when we got home in March. 

There is a folder on the left. The envelope on the right holds our trip journal. I printed the pineapple and then cut it out and used with a sticker I bought when I was there for the title.

My travel layouts are always very picture heavy! I don't want a lot of little books, so I always make the layout within the confines of one double-page spread. 

I already have my idea for Route 66 and can't wait to get started!

Friday Frustrations!

Well, I hate to end our Route 66 trip on a negative note, but I just couldn't believe my eyes!

We were sitting outside on a balcony overlooking a beautiful park and this cute cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico having a drink and an appetizer. 

Along came a woman with a cute black and white cocker spaniel. All of a sudden, that dog did his business almost next to that family sitting there. I was shocked! The woman scooped it up--although she left behind a turd. Still, I couldn't believe it! Why in the world wouldn't she get that dog away from where people were trying to enjoy their dinner. That was disgusting! And how thoughtless. It definitely would have ruined my dinner. The smell alone would have been intolerable to me!

Really, I have no words.