A Tour of My Garden

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There is no better satisfaction to a gardener than seeing the garden in full bloom. There's lots of pictures here of some of the beauty my flowers have brought me this season.... enjoy!
















All the work.... it's worth it.

Linking to:

Common Ground  - Vintage Inspiration Friday
My Romantic Home
The Charm of Home
Jennifer Rizzo
Elizabeth & Co.
Share the Love 
Lavender Garden Cottage

Houndstooth on Vintage, Retro Beach Design & Share the Love Link Party... #71!

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Welcome to Share the Love Wednesday at Very Merry Vintage Style! Thanks to each of you who linked up last week, there were lots of great submissions. I'm featuring two blogs this week for your creative inspiration!


Chantilly Charm
First up... Houndstooth rocks this season's runway and now.... vintage furniture! This adorable telephone bench from Chantilly Charm was a curb find. With a bit of  TLC, a new paint finish and a beautiful fabric selection, it's been brought to new life as the star of a room. 




Lilies for Kate
This post is filled with lots of little details you will love. Click over to Lilies for Kate so you can see every bit of this pretty room. From the first picture in the post that features a crystal chandelier in the foreground as a beautiful frame, to the pretty vintage details tucked here and there, the styling on this post is just gorgeous!



I'm looking forward to this week's party to see what you have been up to. Link up, and please don't forget to link back within your post with a blog button (from my sidebar) or text link so that others can find the party.  If your post has been removed because there wasn't a link back, add the button below or a text link and link up again. Most importantly... mingle... click around the other links and find yourself some fabulous new blogs to visit!
Let the links begin!

UPrinting Giveaway Winner: Let's try this again

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This first winner never came forward so we are trying this again!

Thank you everyone who entered!  I hope to have a giveaway at least once a month, so keep checking for the next one.

The winner for the UPrinting Letterhead is....

patricia

I work with kids with special needs. I would use the stationary for notes home to parents

August 21, 2011 10:11 AM

 Congrats Patricia!
Please contact me via email within 24 hours or a new winner will be chosen.

Recipe: Spenser's Sloppy Toms

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This one comes from the Neely's on Food Network, and is a family favorite.  I usually add a little extra spice cos that's the way my family likes it, but it is an excellent recipe just the way it is, so I will give it to you exactly how it is written on Food Network.

This picture is from the Food Network website (all others are mine)

Spenser's Sloppy Joes

Recipe courtesy The Neelys

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook Time: 25 min

Level: Easy

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 cup barbecue sauce
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco)
• 4 hamburger buns, split
• Barbecue sauce, for topping

Directions

Heat oil in a large skillet with straight sides. Add the bell peppers and garlic. Saute until tender, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the ground beef to the vegetables. Stir and cook about 8 minutes, until the meat is no longer pink and fully cooked.

Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, barbecue sauce, Worcestershire, and hot sauce into the skillet. Stir. Simmer until thickened, about 10 minutes. Serve on hamburger bun with extra sauce.

Freebies: Kids' Fluids Chart

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After a recent check-up at the doctor's office we decided we needed a way to make sure Big Sister is getting enough fluids.  She drinks milk in/with breakfast, but drinks water the rest of the day.   I've never figured out a way to get her to drink more milk until I had the doctor tell her she needs to be drinking 3 glasses a day.  We worked out a chart to be sure she's getting enough of all the right fluids- 3 glasses of milk, 2 glasses of water, and one glass of juice.


Here's what we do:
Milk- one in/with breakfast, one with her afternoon snack, and one with dinner.
Water- at school- she takes a small bottle with her to school and refills it once she has finished it.
Juice- I make her popsicles from juice using the Tupperware popsicle mold.  Now, I know this is only 2 oz, but she usually gets a little juice at some point in her day, so I am not so worried about it.  She enjoys the popsicle treat, and I am happy it's not completely loaded with sugar.

Here's a chart I made to help Big Sister remember what she has had already.  I gave her an off on Sunday since we are usually pretty busy that day.

Fluids Chart


Enjoy!