summer blog snob.

obviously that is what i have become...

this is the first i have touched my blog in a week.
when i should be blogging i am out enjoying summer too much.
i am a summer-holic.

i can't help it, summer makes me a indoor slacker.
i want to be outside...every chance i get.
i don't care how hot it gets...i LOVE IT!

gardening.
walking.
driving with the windows and sunroof wide open.
sitting on the porch.
ballgames
block parties
the lake.
talking to neighbors.
i heart it all.

...and i have plenty of stuff to blog about...just too distracted by mr. summer & ms. sunshine.
i guess i'm just gonna have to start dragging my laptop outside more.

we'll see about that....it's gonna require a really long cord.
ok...i am distracted again...bye for now.

french fry pizza {re-create}

remember this little slice of heaven?

  how could you forget?

2 of the most fattening foods in the world,

together!

i was determined to re-create the goodness.

i couldn't just drive to texas everytime i craved it.

lucky for you, it worked!

here's what you'll need:

freschetta brick-oven frozen cheese pizza.

(it was the closet thing to wood-grilled i could find in just cheese)

shoe string french fries.

basil-chopped.

white truffle oil.

i found the oil at dillons...who knew?

kinda of pricey...$13.99

i have a feeling i'll be making lots of these so we'll

just look at it as an investment of my well-being.

don't follow the time on the box 

  preheat to 400*

bake the pizza for 12 minutes 

directly on the rack.

after the 12 minutes, remove and cover with foil.

bump up your temperature to 450*

then spread a layer of fries on a baking sheet.

 bake for 12 minutes.

drop temp back to 400*

spread fries over baked pizza.

 drizzle about 1 1/2 tbl. truffle oil evenly over fries

then sprinkle on basil.

put back in the oven and bake an

additional 4-5 min.

just so the crust is a tad blackened.

i never waited for the temp to fully get where it needed in between

the pizza and the fries.

i'm impatient like that.

 craig loved it.
i loved it.
miley didn't even get a crumb.

i have to say...it was pretty darn close to the real thing,
just smaller...i might have to make 2 next time.

enjoy!
i'm gonna go do about 200 sit-ups now.

boat golfing?

ever since i got home from texas last week, it has been raining.
not constantly, but enough that i haven't had to water anything.
honestly, i don't think my yard needs anymore.

my fish could swim out at any moment.
i think my neighbor lawson is hoping they will swim to his backyard.

and if by chance you were thinking of golfing at sand creek station in newton today,
i maybe would rethink that idea....

unless you know how to golf out of a boat.

this is the 10th hole...ummm, lake.

below if you look closely you can see the railroad tracks that run through the course.

normally, you can drive under them with your cart.

today you could scuba dive.

craig works there on the weekends.
not today...not for a while.

gotta love the parking lot...check out the fire hydrant.

i think we have had somewhere around 5 inches in the last 24 hours...and the ground was already saturated.
our local creek is flooding too, the bike path along it, is completely under water.
i really don't want a flooded basement either.
hopefully this rain business stops.
i really don't want to chase fish all over my backyard...it will just stir up those fish nightmares i have again.
at least i know a certain little boy who would come do it for me :)

canton flea market {what i got.}

if these words make your heart beat faster...

old, 

painted, 

worn, 

chippy, 

cupboard.

then you might want to sit down for this.

{my favorite piece from the whole market.}

my dad is probably shaking his head and asking...

did she really pay money for that?

I LOVE IT!!!

it needed a new back, but i had leftover beadboard sitting in the garage.

i would like to find a scrap piece of marble or granite to put on the top eventually,

 but for now it is just perfect.

(i love the little stripe of aqua paint at the bottom)

i bought it for the breakfast nook, but when i saw it in the backroom against my new

paint color, (what do you think?) 

i knew it would have to stay in there.

the best part about this piece...

they delivered it to me...in kansas!

 turns out they're from hutchinson (35 miles west)

so they met us at our walmart to pick it up!

it's a darn good thing too, there is no way it would've fit in my honda

once you see everything else i bought!

here's some snapshots of my stuff.

eco-shopping bags $4. tank shrug $25. silver ring $2.

soup mixes $7. polka-dot flip flops $9.

2 large picture frames

$2 each

vintage aqua fan (still works) $5

mirror $10

light fixture globe $1

mini muffin tin  25 cents

crown hook that i will paint white $2

                                       junker card 50 cents

                                       bell $3

                                       typewriter key bracelet $30

old metal letters $4 for all

                                           giant D $20 (i didn't care, i wanted it!)

                                           globe $9

                                           taxi light $15

more locker baskets

(this time they were BOGO!)

                                                           money bags...i am going to

                                                           make pillows out of them.

                                                           $5 for both.

fabric for the backroom curtains. 

$10 yard

                                       

                                        door hardware for

                                        the backroom cabinets.

                                           $3-$4

$5 chenille bedspread.

 

                          a ginormous roll of blue ticking $12

seriously...look how much is there!

i could make a cozy for my entire house!

i plan on recovering all my outside cushions, 

and making pillows for them.

                                                               map from the 60's  $1

                                                                (it had newton on it!)

hanging  flower baskets $4 each

i know...cheap!

2 metal hanging baskets with coconut liner

$2 each.

    ok, i think that's it!

                                                   i told you it was a very productive shopping weekend!

                                                     one last thing...if your a facebook friend you might

                                                 have heard me talk about the french fry pizza i had in texas.

                                                                                     i had it here.

                                                     tonyas friend elizabeth insisted that we have it.

                                                                 man, was she ever right!!!

                                                                    IT IS AMAZING!!!!!

                                           i don't even want to know how many calories are in each slice!!!

                                                 now i'm off to clean this ridiculously messy house,                                     

                                                            and make room for all my new goods!