Friday Funnies

Five Things Thursday

Pretty Porches!

Love the mint green siding and then the pink--a beautiful shabby chic look. 

You can't beat lush greenery and hydrangeas for beauty and coziness.

Simple, yet stunning.

I could see myself reading and napping here.

Black and white always looks great. The navy floor is a nice contrast.

My favorite? It's a toss-up between 1 & 2. If I have to choose, I'd go with #2.

Words of Wisdom

These are so sensible! 

Tuesday Thoughts

I never actually said these things to my girls, but I hope they know that they can always come home!! Or, they can come to us with any problem! 

Our family is everything to us!!

Me on Monday

This apparent piece of junk mail came last week. When I turned it over, I saw this:

Now, this little Catholic girl was told in grade school by the nuns, that you can keep anything that comes in the mail if you didn't ask for it. Meaning that if something came you didn't order, you are under no obligation to either pay for it or return it. Nothing was ever said about money, but I think it works the same way. 

Then, when I opened it to get that crisp dollar bill, instead, I discovered two!! Jackpot!

It's from the Nielson rating people. It's not addressed to me but to: Brentwood Area Household. So they won't even know who it is who kept the money and didn't do the survey. That made me feel a little guilty, so I thought I should probably do it. How in the world can they afford to hand out $2.00 to god knows how many people?

I also thought it might be fun to participate in the survey. But, as I read further, you have to go online to do it. Also, if you do, you will get an additional $5.00 in the form of a gift card or cash to PayPal or Venmo. 

Okay, I'm not gonna' lie. That makes me a little suspicious. Obviously they would have to get information from me that I don't think I want to give. Yeah, I'm not gonna' do it. I'm just gonna pocket the money. 

Does that make me a bad person?

Something for Sunday

1. On Thursday, we left for Atlanta to spend a couple days with Sandy and Greg. Our first stop is always Starbucks. 

They were giving out free sleeves in honor of the World Cup. I sent this picture to the girls. 

I swear within 30 minutes, Mindy sent hers! She's not one to miss out on any special treats!

2. On Memorial weekend, Jeanne made this fruit flat for our family party. 

We caught little Theo just eating the marshmallows!! Great idea for the 4th of July coming up!

3. This past week, we got our yellow pages in the mail. Yes, you heard that correctly--in the mail! We usually get it dropped at the front door.

It's really kind of ridiculous--and a complete waste of money. It's about 1/2" thick. Ours went straight in the recycling bin. Everyone uses the internet to find anything they want. I don't know who is paying for this, but I'm sure it's us in some way shape or form. 

4. We stopped at Taco Bell for lunch on the way to Sandy's. Look what they have again!!

Although I have asked for a taco salad many times, they told me it had been discontinued years ago. Now they have a mini version--it was really good! But, I could easily have eaten another--just a bit too small.

5. I came across this sign on our Route 66 trip. To this I respond...

..."Well, okay, but I really only need 2!" 

Seriously. I'm sure they are trying to limit the number of napkins people take. It seems to me, that it would have made more sense to just say, "Please limit your napkins to 2 per meal!" Or 5 if they are really serious about people taking 5!! 

Scrapbook Saturday

In honor of finishing the project of getting Janet's layouts put in albums, I thought I would share the unfinished layouts that I finished for her.