Tuesday: TipNut.com

I've found a website that I just love! I signed up for the daily e-mails! I've learned so much already! Here is just a one day post! So many of things are just fun! Click on a few or check out their website. I think you'll like it too.
TipNut.com

12 Useful Things To Make From Repurposed Items

Recycle Magazines Into Gift Bows
Recycled Sweater Totes
Cashmere Patchwork Quilt
Spring Mini-Tote From Old Sweater
Lavender Sachets From Vintage Tablecloths
Denim Pocket Bulletin Board
Repurposed Light Fixture Into Birdbath: No instructions, but easy enough to figure out
Wine Cork Trivet & Board
T-Shirt Rag Rugs
Make Slippers From Old Wool Blankets
Knit Totes From Plastic Bags
T-Shirt Drawstring Bag
Also See These Goodies:
25 Things To Do With Old Jeans
10 Ideas For Recycling Pillowcases
10 Ideas for Recycling Old Towels
20 Things You Can Use Twice Before Tossing

Monday Mornings and Bug Bites

Busy Monday Morning!

Shelby and Reagan's Gamma Smith had cataract surgery this morning at 7:00 AM. I had to have Pop pop at the wound care center at 8:00 AM this morning and Christon had Reagan across the street at Dr. Coopers office at 8:00 AM this morning with this "impressive" mosquito bite! Apparently she is very allergic to mosquito bites! Great! He's going to cover it with an antibiotic because it's so "impressive" the Dr.s word! I had to go relieve Christon at 9:45 because she was still waiting to see the Dr. and had a 10:00 o'clock class at the college. So that meant I got to hold the screaming child so the Dr. could examine her! Not fun! If this is any indication of how the rest of the week is going to go, I'm not "impressed" or excited!

Perfect Love

Artist Del Parson

The Isaacs

"I Surrender All"

"Hero's"

Nathan and Me

It was so wonderful to get out of the house and to enjoy the beautiful music. These people are blessed with such awesome God given talents! I promise you want be disappointed.

A Rainy Night In Georgia

I braved tropical storm "Fay" last night and met Barney's friend Chris for a date to see the "Isaac's"! If we didn't have a foot stompin, hand clappin, head shakin, Amen, Praisin the Lord, kind of evening, then, I don't know what? If you ever get the chance to hear them don't pass it up! They are a bluegrass, gospel and country group. Our "cousin's" son, Nathan Fausett, plays the drums in the group. It was so fun to see Peggy and Nathan and the Isaac's again.

Weather update: Tropical storm Fay continues to hammer us. Schools have been canceled and we are under a tornado warning, not watch!! We lost electricity for a while last night but so far today we still have it. Sure hope we can keep it. Our big bridge is closed and roads are flooded. Stay home folks!

Update: kudo's to Echo, she guessed what my early and only present was! Nikon D-80!!!!

Better Early Than Late

74 days until the

US Presidential Election

74 Days until my birthday!

104 days until my 31st

wedding Anniversary!

126 Days until Christmas!

It's Christmas in August!

And I got my combined birthday, anniversary

and Christmas present early!

Bet you can't guess what it is???

Wordless Wednesday

Amazing!

"He's the eighth wonder of the world"
U.S. swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps poses exclusively for the August 25, 2008 edition of Sports Illustrated in this photograph taken in Beijing, China on August 17, 2008. This photo of Phelps, 23, posing with his eight medal collection, the richest gold medal haul ever from a single Olympic Games, marks Phelps' fifth appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Phelps has more SI covers than any other swimmer including Mark Spitz, who is second with three. The August 25, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated will go on sale on Wednesday. Photo taken August 17, 2008.

Tasty Tuesdays

There use to be a joke about not leaving your car doors unlocked during the summer because some one would leave bags of Zucchini in your car seat. To be honest, I'd love it if some one would leave me any vegetables in my car. Any way, when Prudy posted this recipe, I knew I wanted to try it. My carrot cake has pineapple in it, so I knew this would be great! Boy was it ever! So, so good. I ate a half a loaf and then gave the other half to Barney's friend Chris. I gave Amanda the other loaf. I just have no self control over sweets. I just have to give them away quickly.

Lightened Up Zucchini
and Pineapple Bread
3 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple
about 2/3 cup buttermilk
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
2-3 cups unpeeled shredded zucchini
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, if desired
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda, powder, salt and cinnamon. In a 1 cup measuring cup, drain , the juice from the pineapple. Add as much buttermilk as you need to make 1 cup of liquid. Pour into large mixing bowl. Add sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in dry ingredients being careful to not over mix. Add pineapple, zucchini, and nuts if desired. Pour into 2 greased 9 by 5 inch loaf pans and bake for about 45 minutes. Cool for ten minutes and remove from pans

Purty painted toes!

The day after Harry got out of the hospital a few weeks ago I went to the farmers market in downtown Brunswick. I wanted some fresh summer vegetables to cook for him since he had just had two weeks of hospital food. As I was mulling over the prices of the fresh veggies. I was thinking that they were high for the way the vegetables looked. Or otherwise I wasn't impressed with the quality for the price. I kept asking what the price of things were. $1.00 for two cucumbers, good price since they are going for .89 each at the store, I got two. $1.00 for one big zucchini, got it. 5 tomatoes for $3.00 got'um (although I really hated paying that price since we got a 5 gallon buckets full for $6.00 in Waycross just the month before, but I wasn't in Waycross and I wanted some fresh garden tomatoes.) I got a quart of shelled fresh butter beans for $4.00. Then I asked how much the cabbage was? A $1.50 for a small head of cabbage, I was thinking that was high and I was trying to decide if I really wanted it or not when the old man behind me said, " you lady's don't mind paying to have your toes painted those purty colors! But you want us to give you our vegetables for next to nothing!" and he went on, "and they all look alike! That must be the only color they make!" Well of course I look down at my freshly pedicured toes and couldn't really say anything. I bought the cabbage and picked up all my other fresh veggies and left. Now that's why my blog's name is Afterthoughts, after the fact, I always wish I would have said this or said that, or said something! But then you know what mama always says, "if you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all."

The King

"Elvis"

Today is the anniversary

of his death, August 16, 1977.

31 years ago.

Do you ever wonder what

could have been?

Gas Prices

This is pretty neat.

My mama sent this to me last week.

Just enter your zip code in the site below, and it will tell you which gas stations have the cheapest prices (and the highest) gasoline in your area - It's updated every evening. http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx

I checked mine last night and Flying J has regular for $3.53.9
Sorry, I don't think that this works for my overseas friends. Be a good neighbor and pass this along !

Hubby Shirt Saver

I saw this over on Vanilla Sugar's site.

I just loved it! Now that's a great idea!

Dress For Dinner Napkins
As seen on the Today Show! Even if the guy's dressed in his favorite old white tee shirt, with this napkin at his neck he'll actually look like he made the effort to get dressed for dinner. A great conversation piece at any party. There are 20 3-ply paper napkins to a package, 4 designs - 5 of each tie. Cello wrapped.
Price: $5.95

Order your's here!

Wordless Wednesday

YES!!!

School starts today!

Shelby will go M-F 9:00-1:00

Reagan will go T-TH-FR 9:00-1:00

They love their school and had

a wonderful time the other

night at open house.

Reagan didn't want to leave.