4th of July 2016!

AAAAGHHH!!! 

I love 4th of July, sun, sand ,friends, fireworks, watermelon.... its the best. 

And last year some of use decided to decorate some shirts and they turned out like homemade shirts but we had oh so much fun!

Last year...

We had so much fun we are doing it again. 

Check out my pinterest page to see some ideas for all things 4th of July!

https://www.pinterest.com/byjblogger/4th-of-july/

Best Wishes

By -J

Post 4th of July

Well my plans for the 4th 

were simple. 

Beach with family. 

If I had time to do some 

baking or decorating it would be fun. 

I made some chocolate dipped Oreo pops

that turned into chocolate swirled Oreo pops, 

because the sticks were to wide for the Oreo

and the chocolate didn't melt fully. 

I had great reviews though. 

Compare below 

See, they were terrible!

But tasted delicious. 

Then we made some 4th of July shirts. 

I somehow managed to not take a 

picture of mine. 

So I'll tell you. 

I had USA in white block letters

on the front.

And behind it I had blue strips horizontally 

on the left hand upper corner, like the flag 

and red strips on the rest of the front, like the flag.

It was adorable. 

Anyway I also tried to make these firecracker cookies,

Sugar cookies with icing and Pop Rocks. 

Well the cookies came out lumpy and not 

circular, and not picture perfect. 

But they were gone before I could snap 

a picture so I guess that is a good sign. 

All in all it was a great day, 

possible my favorite holiday. 

I am still on vacation enjoying the beach

so I will catch up with you later. 

Best Wishes, 

By -J

4th of July

Basically my life is Pinterest. 

Well, I think it is but mostly its

the Pinterest Nailed It section. 

But I am hoping this weekend 

turns out pinterest perfect!

My very good friend and I are spending the 

4th together along with our families and

we decided to make shirts this year!

Our Pinspiration

We haven't decided to match or to 

each do our own, so we will see how it goes. 

I got all the supplies

shirts, paint, I saw one example used 

a cookie cutter to make shapes, 

so that is what I bought. 

Anyway I also got a TON of glow sticks. 

And now I have to decide if I want to make 

a dessert or snack of some sort. 

These are my options. 

Pop Rocks sugar cookies?

Chocolate Pretzels?

Chocolate covered Oreo pops?

Or chocolate dipped strawberries?

I want to do something simple. 

But they all have a measure of time consuming. 

Anyway those are my plans. 

A day at the beach with friends and family, 

yummy food, fireworks and DIY shirts. 

Best Wishes and Stay Safe!

By - J

Busy Bee

It is the time of year when everything 

seems to be happening. 

Students are ready to finish the semester, 

teachers plan recitals, parties, tests, and much more. 

I personally think we should divide all of 

these events up over the months but it tends to 

fall to just a few weeks. 

And then summer. 

I love summer! It is my favorite time, 

especially when I get to go to the beach. 

But now I have a job that doesn't take summer off.

So I have to put in for actual vacation days. 

It's strange getting old. 

And I'm taking an online class this summer 

so I won't be completely school free. 

But I'm still excited. 

I was going to talk about something completely different, 

its been on my mind for days. 

Remember the post about dreams

and how I figured I have sleep problems because 

I don't confront people in reality. 

Well I stumbled onto a situation that 

I felt had wronged me. 

After venting to my very best friend,

I decided not to confront that person. 

1. Because I knew that they simply would brush it off.

2. It would serve no purpose ruining a night 

just so I would feel better. 

I also figured that if they did it on purpose, 

I would only give them satisfaction over my reaction. 

So I'm trying to let it go, 

even though they did the wrong thing, 

I'm the only one who is hurt. 

Now that I understand my sleep problem

I'm better at addressing why I'm not sleeping. 

But that doesn't solve the problem. 

It's something I'm working on :)

Anyway I'm planing a trip to Texas with sister 

so here are some fun beach/summer pictures. 

Baseball-The American pastime.

My family loves the mountains so summer for me would 

include mountains. 

Disney- We live close and go to a Christian concert night 

but this year we are going to Texas instead. 

I've been para sailing twice now

and I love it!

I would love to go again. 

4th of July is huge for my family 

so I made this last year. 

So I covered like five topics. 

I hope you have a great end of the semester 

and start your summer planing soon!

By -J