Starbucks Refreshers

So I was looking at Starbuck's homepage and came across this ad. Since I'm off I'm going to drag the hubby and go get one. It sounds yummy!! Friday July 13 From Noon- 3 pm You can get a free tall Refreshers. Don't forget to go. I already set a reminder on my phone.

Gone Fishin'

Well, I can't believe it's been almost a whole month since I last posted...... ok I guess I can.  To be honest, there wasn't much going on during June that was interesting anyways. At work, we are working four tens. And we get every Friday off and have a three day weekend. It's pretty since. I've enjoyed being able to spend time with my hubby. The other good part is I had some time  I had to take off and so I took every Thursday off in June, so I have a four day weekend. Boy has that been nice.

Well, we went on vacation last friday to my Grandparent's house in Arkansas. They live out in the middle of no where on the White River. It's beautiful. It's nice and quiet and away from the big city. Just what we needed. We've been able to go fishing and we've actually caught some fish. I caught at least two and my mom, grandpa and hubby caught some too.

Every county in Arkansas is under a burn ban so there were no fireworks. :( It was sad. I missed seeing the fireworks this year. Since we live in the city, we don't get to play with them or shoot them off. So, when we come to my grandparents house, it's nice to do that.

Here is a few pics from our fishing trip yesterday.

The steps that take us down to the water. This is from their backyard.

Me taking my own picture before we get in the boat.

You can barely see my hubby's feet in the window. He said it was too hot and didn't want to go

out yesterday. So he watched from the window recliner.

Mom and Grandpa getting ready to go fishing.

Grandpa getting the boat positioned so we could get in.

Out on the lake. Boy was the view beautiful.

My life savor. Nothing better than 100 SPF. I burn like an water cooking in oil, but this 

kept me pretty well protected. I sat in the sun for 2 hours straight and nothing happened. That's rare.

Grandpa caught a fish. Mom and I were pretty excited.

We didn't have a net so he had to fling him into the boat.

Just another vacation, makin' memories!!

Homemade Szechuan Chicken Stir-Fry

Last night I made this chicken stir-fry. It was delicious. It's out of the Special Edition Cooking Light Ultimate Chicken Cookbook. Boy was it delicious. I also cooked the boil in a bag jasmine rice and that was a nice added feature. It looked like the picture when I was done. Dave said he'd eat it again. So I guess that's a winner in our house. :)

Decorating the house

Well, over Memorial weekend I went shopping with some girlfriends. We hit up Burkes Outlet, Hobby Lobby and a local Antique Mall. At the first two places I found some really cool things.  I found a metal key, some keys on a ring that looked vintaged, and this really cool laundry sign from Hobby Lobby. I want to paint it so it has the crackle affect.

Don't worry. We are going to take down the wall paper

and repaint it a green.

Later that afternoon my mother-in-law asked us to go to the Woodlands mall with them. So we drove an hour out there. After dinner before we came home, we stopped at their Marshall's Home Good Store. I found this really cool clock  on three legs. David really likes clocks and so I thought it would be really neat to have this on our buffet table in the entry way. Such a conversation starter.

Birthday Sweets

Over the weekend my friends daughter had her first birthday party. She went all out for it. She had it on the North side of Houston at a park by their house.

Well, the weekend before she had asked if I would take pictures. She said she was too busy to take pictures (since she is a photographer). I gladly agreed, since I know this will give me more experience. It turned out great. I loved all the pictures. She even had a photo booth which another friend took pictures of while I shot the whole event. She did a great job. Everyone had a great time using the props and acting funny for the camera.

Here are some pictures of the birthday party .

Here is the birthday girl and her momma!! 

This is the cupcake decorating station.

The tree of cupakes to decorate.

 Birthday girl decorating her cupcakes.

 Some of our desserts. (Homemade cake balls)

 Party favors

The food table. 

Me playing in the photo booth.

Some of the kids playing in the photo booth too.

High Five Friday

Yea, it's Friday. The best day of the week. Who doesn't like Fridays? They are warm, fuzzy, and reminds you that after you get off work you have two days of fun.

Today I'm linking up with Lauren at, From My Grey Desk.

Below is my High Five for Fridays!

What are your's?

Click on the picture to enlarge it.

Coffee Mug Swap pt. 2

OK, yesterday and today I spent after work shopping for a coffee mug for my new friend Tiffany. It's kind of hard to find a cup for someone you don't really know and hope they like it. So just in case she reads this post, this is all I can say (until I know she's got it. In which case, then I'll post a picture). :)

I bought it at Vera Bradley (who I just found out is a wonderful store).
I paid less than $20.
And I have no doubt she's going to love it.

I'm looking forward to what I'm getting. I can't wait. It's so great to get a present in the mail and to see what people choose for you.

While I was buying her coffee cup, I found this cool key chain thing. Not sure exactly what you call it, but it's cool. It keeps your keys together then you can snap the pink part around the strap and then you don't have to look in the bottom of your purse to find them.

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On a different note:
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I had to go to the Apple store after work. The lens on the back of my iPhone was all scratched up. When I would take pictures, it would show up blurry and faded. So $30 later, I had a brand new back cover. While I was waiting for the guy to come back with my phone, I found this really cool cover. For those who don't know, Speck is my last name (which in Italian, means Bacon).