North Wildwood, NJ

July Style Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
summer fun, by Paula Kesserling
template, by Katie Pertiet
font, montepetrum

iced cappucchino

July Journaling Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
house blend collab, by Pink Reptile & Danielle Young Designs
espresso yourself collab, by Valorie Wibbons & Leora Sanford
candy flower, by Krista Sahlin
template, by Anita Designs
font, Oh Wonder; Deezy 3D ice ice baby alpha

July 4th::freebies::updated

*click image for printables*

Let Freedom Ring with These Free 4th of July Graphics

http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-4th-of-july-graphics

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http://www.nibblesskribbles.com/2017/07/celebrate-freebie/

*free July printables*

http://the-lilypad.com/free-july-printables/

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*updated*

for today...

outside my window... 64F & broken clouds
weather forecast - high in the 80s with thunderstorms, 97% humidity

i am thinking... June bugs still scare me, and I'm glad they're gone 'til next year!

i am thankful for... summer carnivals & county fairs,

and popsicles on a hot, humid day

i am wearing... blue jeans, white cotton tee & my blue Birkie sandals

i am going... food shopping, one of my least favorite things to do

i am currently reading... "Country Living" magazine

i am hoping... to visit the 'Soft Serve' for my first chocolate/vanilla twist of the summer

on my mind... gas @ $2.49/gallon, milk @ $2.99/gallon, sugar @ $1.99/4 lb

pondering these words... "You have to love a nation that celebrates it's independence every July 4th,

not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and

muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies

die from happiness.  You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism."

~ Erma Bombeck ~

from the kitchen... pimento cheese, shrimp pasta salad;

trifle: ladyfingers, strawberries & blueberries, pastry cream & freshly whipped cream

are on the menu from me, for the July 4th picnic

around the house... a new ladyfinger cake pan & freshly cut wildflowers

one of my favorite things...  the annual Hot Air Balloon Rally in Wellsville, NY

held the third week of July

i'm creating... the July challenges @ The Lilypad

a few plans for the week... 4th of July BBQ & fireworks

from my lens:

 * raindrops on tiger lily leaves *

you can join the simple woman's daybook where every day is a blank page, and participate in creating a list of the simple things and everyday moments of our daily lives.