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

Dinner Plans

Do you ever get so busy, 

the thought of doing something freaks you out?

I'm about 3 days away from that. 

Which is why I'm taking a few days off. 

Before I check out for the next week I thought I'd

share a recipe and some 4th of July stuff. 

I'll put the 4th stuff on a different post. 

Anyway I made my families go to dinner

the other night and it looked so 

good I wanted to share it. 

My family loves pasta!

So the meal obviously includes that. 

1 box of pasta ( I like penne noodles for this) 

3 small red peppers

2 chicken breasts or 4 cutlets

Fresh baby spinach

Easy ingredients. 

Cook the chicken in a large frying pan. 

Mix in the red peppers sliced. 

Cook with Olive oil or Grapeseed. 

These Grapeseed Oil's from Wildtree are yummy!

Especially the Roasted Garlic.

Cook the pasta. 

Mix in the spinach with the chicken and 

red peppers. 

You want the red peppers to be soft. 

Mix in the pasta, 

either in a bowl or in the pot. 

You might need to add more oil. 

Season with salt and pepper. 

I added some Italian Herb seasoning. 

And Parmesan cheese on top!

Yummy!

Best Wishes 

By - J 

Summer Camp!

I have never been to an

 overnight summer camp. 

Only day camps and only dance or VBS.

But I have always wanted to go!

I just watched "Camp Takota" on 

Netflix written by Mamrie Hart 

a pretty famous Youtuber. 

It was pretty funny. 

And I'm working a summer 

dance camp this week. 

The kids are pretty funny and fun to hang out with

I also get to hang with my Bestie 

so its pretty awesome. 

Summer so far has been full of school, 

work, crafts, and the beach.

Today though this little girl is playing 

and starts singing Les Mis.

"If the beating of the Heart, 

echos the beating of the drum, 

.......

People who will not be slaves again"

It was adorable. 

Happy Summer!

By - J 

Here is my hair today 

Canvas Inspiration

I think this is just turning into a blog 

about crafts. 

Who cares! Crafts are awesome!

My latest canvas piece. 

I found this really cool canvas art on 

Pinterest, where it was painted these awesome 

colors, then they put tape over it and spray painted

it gold. So the colors under came through when the 

tape came off. 

Anyway I am not patient enough to wait for it to dry so 

I just put tape down in different patterns

and painted over it. 

Start with a blank canvas (duh)

I was doing this on my bathroom floor because

I was also coloring my hair :) 

Added some tape and some paint. 

I used different size washi tape to mix it up a bit. 

Finished painting it, let it dry and 

then took the tape off. 

I don't really love the tape design I chose. 

I should have created straight lines and 

tried not to blend it on some parts.

 I also should have really squared the center purple. 

Now I am trying to choose a quote to go in the middle. 

A. "Life is better when you are laughing"

B. Quiet people have the loudest minds"

C. "When it rains, look for rainbows. 

When it's dark, look for stars"

D. "Today is the perfect day to be happy"

What do you think?

By - J

Summer Semester

Anyone taking summer classes?

Fun isn't it?

Yeah not really. 

First, I like to shut my brain down

 when summer comes but,

I need this class before starting college in the fall. 

But I am having some problems with my teacher. 

The "pace" is up in the air except for the first two weeks,

you have to have submitted 6 assignments. 

Which to me sounds like 6 lessons. 

Friday night week 2 I am ready to finish my last two 

lessons when the next three don't have submissions. 

Literally three lessons with 10-16 pages each and 

nothing to submit. 

Ridiculous. 

Mostly because the pace chart/syllabus   

says week 1: lessons 1.01, 1.02, 1.03

Week 2 :Lessons 1.04, 1.05, 1.06. 

But they want you to be on lesson 1.10 by week 2. 

It really is crazy. Then I finally get done with these

lessons and I'm ready for a test, but no. 

I have to write an argumentative essay. 

In a MATH CLASS!

I don't like math. 

So I write it and I use Prezi presentations, 

but my teacher says I can't use Prezi, 

even though the lesson said it was an option.
So I am not doing well in the class, 

But I do this talk to the teacher evaluation

and ace it. 

This is my problem.

I'm really good at (pardon the french)

BS-ing those type of assignments. 

So my summer has been filled with crafts, 

fundraisers, and terrible math classes. 

How is your summer?

Best Wishes 

By -J 

More Crafting and DIY

I've been on this crafting kick lately 

and I love it. 

I am also running out of space on my 

walls for all of my wonderful crafts. 

Anyway I bought a scrap booking paper of the USA 

(cause that's where I live)

and used my Hobby Lobby discount 

to buy some 12" by 12" cork tiles. 

I apologize about the terrible picture taking 

skills. I'm working on it. 

Anyway I bought the map paper and put it 

(using tape) on the cork tiles.
No trimming because they are they same size.

I put some pins in on the places I've been. 

I have a tendency to travel the eastern side. 

I told my sister that the west is settled now 

and we don't have to pack a covered wagon to travel. 

That's what I did today. 

I also am waiting for my brother to finish building 

me a shelf (its been six months, but I'm still hopeful)

anyway I am prepping my room for the bookshelf 

and its a mess. But I am usually a mess :)

Best wishes!

By -J