Beaches and Pumpkins

More bonus (don't know what I am doing)

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Chocolate chip peanut butter oat bars, MMMmmmmm

Bonus items

Me, my Mom and my Dad

Ketchup (I know)

Well, it has been a while. I have been sleeping good and blogging less. Naperville was glad to be rid of us, given the amount of people that showed up to ride us out of town! We are SO GRATEFUL for all the help! Eventually, I may even send formal thank yous if I ever find my addresses again. Still got a couple of boxes to unpack. May just wrap them and put them under the tree this year. The painting took forever. I think I really needed some friends to have seriously disuaded me from painting a place we were renting. WILL NOT DO THAT AGAIN! Our new home is already painted nicely. Better than I could have done with good colors. Not like Miami got sick like I did the old place. So after we broke free, Chris' Mom came the next week for Chris' graduation. Hooray! Now we are just trying to settle a bit. We love the new place and the new town. Oh, and we had a good time at the fair. I will leave you with some pictures and a recipe.

Just put it out there...

You know how Oprah always say you just need to send it into the universe. Your wants, desires, etc. (Obviously, Oprah says it much clearer and you probably could understand better from her.I think it was her episode on "The Secret." Pretend you know what I am talking about.) You just need to send it into the blogosphere. The dumpster fairy came. Several boxes were next to our dumpster all folded up nicely ready for a new job. Also my uncle called and offered us some more boxes. Yay! Now what, world domination, infinite knowledge, paint fairies? Paint fairies for now, world domination next week? Nah, too much work.

Next on the agenda...

Dumpster Diving! Tommorrow my Mom is coming up to help pack and I am taking her on a special mission. We have almost everything packed but I am a few boxes shy...so I will be taking Mom to some special back alleys of neighborhood businesses. She doesn't know this. She would be so embarassed. Good thing she hasn't figured out how to look at this blog yet. I think if I were to get caught my story is more believable if I have mother and young children in the car. On my own, it appears as though I would be looking for a free meal or other treasures. If you see me out, I would look the other way. My fondest diving memories, (oh yes, I have done this before), were working at the airport and my friend Marie who is quite tall could actually jump in the dumpster,(I know she loves I share this), and fish out Michael's 40% off coupons for us.(When she shared.) What a pal! If I got in there I wouldn't be able to get out. I would just be a ball of newspaper modge podged with the stickiness associated with Cinnabun. So, needless to say, I hope those boxes are on top. What is the phrase I am looking for...you can take the trash out of the girl but not the girl out of the trash???

Yours truely,

Diva Diver