I have loved the time with Summer!
She's the daughter of my youth and the joy of my heart.
There's only 15 years difference in our ages so now we not only mother and daughter, but also best friends. Win! WIN!!!
She's going to stay here at the house while we are at the ranch this week and then in west Texas next week. The July heat has arrived and in 100+ degrees, my flowers would not last long without a daily drink of water.
We will be visiting Chandy and her family next week and I have been shopping for things to fix up her guest bedroom and bath. Speaking of 'fixing up' - that's exactly what they bought! A Fixer' Upper!! And they are doing an amazing job of it, too!
Summer found some things on a site called 'Offer Up' so we drove over to Dallas to pick them up.
On our way back, we stopped at a TJ Max and I found all the other things I wanted to get and then some! Like this sunflower bag!
And these!!! They are already hanging on my oven handle!
Oh! The coffee!!! That Brown Sugar Bourbon smells devine!!!
I'm not going to use the Pumpkin Spice one until September First - a mere 36 days away!
Love me some tea!
We stopped at QT while we were out and I ran in to get a super large tea for us to split since we already had our now empty insulated glasses - remember we are BIG gulpers!
The only tea (other than plain and I seldon EVER drink PLAIN!) was Black Mango!
Perfect! Poor Summer wasn't expecting that! Taste exploded in her mouth but she slowly got acquainted with it - especially as the ice melted and diluted it some!
After her double take at the first swallow, she said, "I should have KNOWN you wouldn't get plain tea!!"
I couldn't resist these tasty little crackers!
Frangrances for everyday and a special bottle of Sunflowers!
I'm all set to do spread a ton of sunflower decorations around here come August when I get back home.
We found all the bedding including 4 pillows and some towels and even a special candle for Chandy's guestroom! Summer and I stayed in touch with her as we shopped the store to make sure she liked what we were picking out!
This is what we picked up in Dallas!
Will use these as bedside tables.
And I bought this old weathers door for $20 and they delivered it!
Louis Dean will hang this up as a headboard for the bed.
I may sand it up a bit and possibly wipe on a universal stain to give it some gray shading since that's their color scheme.
You can see the gray walls in this pic of Chandy.
She was about to go out and paint the window trim outside.
Last night we watched a late movie together - Mr. Rogers.
The water gun on the table is for the cats!
Speaking of.....they will not be going with us to the ranch today.
Amber and the family came over and picked them up yesterday.
The kids will get to enjoy them for a couple of weeks before they go back to school.
Amber and Mike seem to get just as big a kick out them as the kids, though.
So now I need to close this journal entry and get dressed.
The truck is already loaded and we are about to head South on the Interstate!!
