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Am I The Only One
who thinks it is sort of sad to wash the beach towels for the last time of the summer? Not sad that they’re clean, of course, but sad that they won’t be used again for awhile.

This summer the pool helped greatly with the maintenance of my sanity. And that isn’t an overstatement.

Am I The Only One
who thinks it is sort of sad to wash the beach towels for the last time of the summer? Not sad that they’re clean, of course, but sad that they won’t be used again for awhile.

This summer the pool helped greatly with the maintenance of my sanity. And that isn’t an overstatement.

Am I The Only One
who thinks it is sort of sad to wash the beach towels for the last time of the summer? Not sad that they’re clean, of course, but sad that they won’t be used again for awhile.

This summer the pool helped greatly with the maintenance of my sanity. And that isn’t an overstatement.

I Hereby Declare….
that everyone should allow themselves to have more chocolate on Mondays.

Just makes sense, right?

I Hereby Declare….
that everyone should allow themselves to have more chocolate on Mondays.

Just makes sense, right?

I Hereby Declare….
that everyone should allow themselves to have more chocolate on Mondays.

Just makes sense, right?

To Go With Your Friday Beverage

Spicy Pecans

2 T butter, melted
2 1/2 t. hot pepper sauce
1 t. chili powder
1/2 t. garlic salt
1/4 t. cayenne pepper
2 cups pecan halves

Oven at 200. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. In a small bowl, combine all ingredients except pecans. Stir well. Add the pecans and toss to coat. Spread them on the aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes. Cool. Enjoy.

These are also good on salads, mixed with other nuts, or chopped up and put in your favorite pimento and cheese recipe.

Happy Friday!

To Go With Your Friday Beverage

Spicy Pecans

2 T butter, melted
2 1/2 t. hot pepper sauce
1 t. chili powder
1/2 t. garlic salt
1/4 t. cayenne pepper
2 cups pecan halves

Oven at 200. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. In a small bowl, combine all ingredients except pecans. Stir well. Add the pecans and toss to coat. Spread them on the aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes. Cool. Enjoy.

These are also good on salads, mixed with other nuts, or chopped up and put in your favorite pimento and cheese recipe.

Happy Friday!

To Go With Your Friday Beverage

Spicy Pecans

2 T butter, melted
2 1/2 t. hot pepper sauce
1 t. chili powder
1/2 t. garlic salt
1/4 t. cayenne pepper
2 cups pecan halves

Oven at 200. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. In a small bowl, combine all ingredients except pecans. Stir well. Add the pecans and toss to coat. Spread them on the aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes. Cool. Enjoy.

These are also good on salads, mixed with other nuts, or chopped up and put in your favorite pimento and cheese recipe.

Happy Friday!

The First Day of School
All right. Here we have the obligatory first day of school photos. First up, we have #2 and #3 posing before taking off for school that first day.

Then we have these other two — action shots are the best we can do, with these guys.

Here is another of #4. It is his first day of kindergarten. Let us have a moment of silence for his teacher. I’m sort of kidding…sort of.

And here, again, at school. Doesn’t he look like he’s up to something?

Well, turns out that he WAS up to something. Seems that one pair of eyes wouldn’t do, for kindergarten, and so he decided to acquire another pair on his belly.

You don’t want to face kindergarten without your belly eyes. Nope, not an option, apparently.

So, I mildly asked him to keep his belly eyes to himself, gave him a smooch and dumped him in the classroom among all the doting parents with cameras and tripods and adoring looks at their little precious ones.

And that was the first day of school.