Summer Vacation 2011

Summer Vacation - Harrisville

I found this program that makes collages with your photos, which I want to use in my scrapbooks. I am still trying to figure out how to get rid of their website on my photo... It is a free program so maybe thats why its there, and there is no way to get rid of it?? I did one of our whole summer vacation which has around 200 pictures, and the logo is in the bottom right corner, so I could cut it off after I print in and would lose the bottom 1/2 inch of the collage. Still working on it, but thought it was a neat way to show a whole bunch of photos if I could get this figured out.

Update on our patio garden

Here is what our "garden" looks like now... the beans are doing very well, and lots of buds now, so I am hoping we get lots of beans. The tomatos aren't going to make it I don't think... they had a bunch of buds a few weeks back and looked great, but then the leaves started curling and getting yellowy. Nothing has happened since the buds fell off. Don't know if its root bound, or needs less water, more water, different soil or what. Open to any suggestions..


Beans


Carrots



Sweet green peppers and lettuce (came good after I replanted them. Probably was too hot earlier)



Tomatos

Tenting in the Living Room???

This is what our living room looks like right now haha. We are planning on tenting for convention next week, and wanted to make sure our new cots would fit in there, as well as the air mattress and leave room for our suitcases as well, so we put it up in the living room to try it out before we got there. Can you guess where the kids slept last night ;)

Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins

These were yummy and moist. The kids made them all by themselves! I found it in a magazine as a regular recipe, but for the flour I used the feather-lite mix. It worked well.

Pumpkin Muffins
2 1/4 cups flour (I used the feather-lite mix)
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 can pure pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
4 Tblsp butter melted
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs

1. Preheat oven to 375. Grease 12 muffin cups (I used the muffin liners, but found that the tinfoil ones work best... the paper ones, the muffins stick bad.
2. In large bowl mix dry ingredients.
3. In medium bowl, whisk milk, pumpkin, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs together.
4. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
5. Spoon into muffin cups and bake 25 to 30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

Our House in Mission, TX

Don't think I posted pictures here of where we are at now, so here are a few...

New Curtains

Here is what I have been up to lately... I made my curtains. Still not sure if I like the swags on top, but they needed something, and just wasn't sure what. My next project is to try and cover our rocker chair. I have never done that before, so could be interesting!





With help from Sammy :)


The lazy way of hemming :) No, thats not a fire (thats what I thought at first glance when looking at the picture), its the sewing machine light!


And when you hem that way, guess this is how you press the hem??? :)

Cheaper Contact Lenses

Just wanted to share this link that a friend shared with me. If you know your contact perscription (which is on every lens) you can order your own contacts online. Mine came to 1/2 the price it costs at the eye dr! Mine came in the mail yesterday, so it is a real site.


www.saveonlens.com