Blog Hop Feature!!

Kristin @ Take it From Me contacted me yesterday with the great news that I was chosen to be a featured blog on their Welcome Wednesday Blog Hop. {Happy Dance!}

 Go check it out if you want to get in on the blog-hoppin' fun!! 

  

  

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Things Loved in July

1)Self Tanner

I'm normally as pale as can be but I like a little 'safe' color in the summer.  This L'Oreal Sublime Bronze tinted self tanning lotion is giving me a warm glow and even a little shimmer.

2)Garlic Infused Olive Oil

Yum!!  I bought this for a recipe that I haven't tried yet but we're using it for everything from roasting and sauteing vegetables to bread dipping oil.

3)Montreal!!
Our trip this month was definitely a highlight of our month (and year!)

4)Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred

OK, love might be too strong a word for this one but respect might be more like it. I'm on my second round of this workout series and it seriously kicks my butt. I seem to have less time to work out in the summer and these workouts are quick and to the point but CHALLENGING!

5)True Blood

Sooo good this season!

6)Lazy Days

Time to try some things from my summer to-do list....

Like teaching my kids a new card game.

(Spite & Malice)

or learning to crochet.

7)The Christmas Tree Shoppe
My impromptu shopping trip here was so much fun!

What did you love in July?

See what I loved in May and June.

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Garden Update

Due to the heat wave and dry spell we've had this summer, not to mention my laziness with watering it all, my beautiful spring garden has mostly shriveled up or been eaten by critters.

My container gardens are performing much better.

The pots on my deck steps look pretty good.

The flowers in this three-tiered planter that I made here are overtaking it.

Blue and white china planter on the deck (about a month ago).

And now, the polka dot plants have doubled in size.

These little potted impatiens are thriving in this thrift store basket.

We're also growing two kinds of cherry tomatoes - red and yellow.  You can't see any yellow ones in this picture but it's the plant on the left and they are delicious!

These gals must love the sun and dryness in the garden!

and my morning glories are starting to do their thing.

How is your garden doing? Hopefully much better than mine!

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J'♥Montreal! Part 3

To catch up, here's Part 1 and Part 2 of our trip.

Saturday we decided to SHOP right in downtown Montreal. What a great day for shopping, they close off Rue Sainte Catherine and all of the stores have sidewalk sales. It was like a huge, upscale flea market.

This one was in her element!

(I think it was BCBG)

I really wanted to go to Roots and the store did not disappoint. LOVE their reusable shopping bags too.

In the evening we went down to Old Montreal by the water to view the Fireworks Competition. It was Team USA that week, oh well.

You can actually stand on this bridge to watch them but we weren't quite brave enough for that.

On Sunday we used our Musee/Metro pass again and hit up two museums in one day!

First off the Montreal Science Centre. It was full of really cool, interactive exhibits. Here's me on the infrared camera taking a picture of me taking a picture.

Learning about leverage.

This huge bubble maker was so cool!

Lunch at another charming outdoor cafe (getting some cards in while we wait)

Look who trotted by!

How I kept busy while we waited for our food to arrive.

Loved this little shop!

Then it was over to Pointe-a-Calliere(Montreal Museum of Archeology and History). This museum is built right over an archaeological site of the city's birthplace. 

It was very interesting!  There was a special exhibit about Easter Island that we also toured.

to be continued.....

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