It is the first Friday in July and I AM OFF TODAY!

To start the long weekend right, LB and I went to Panera.  We met with LB’s long time friend Wayne and his sweet wife Laurie.  We always have a great time together when we go out for dinner.  Going out for breakfast was something different, which is good.  Also different was the cold brew and Asiago cheese bagel that I ate for breakfast.  This was not my first experience with a bagel, but it was my first cold brew.  I liked it so much, I’ll call it my

Favorite # ONEVanilla Almond Cold Brew

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On Saturday Stephanie and Amanda came by to have lunch and enjoy some time by the pool.  While they were here, Stephanie helped me with my Poshmark account.

Favorite # TWO

POSHMARK

“A fun and simple way to buy and sell fashion”

Click here to see my POSHMARK Closet

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In addition to working on Poshmark, I managed to talk my girls into cleaning out their old toy chests.  I snapped a photo showing my

Favorite # THREE

Two girls cleaning.

I love it when my kids are here.

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We spent some time walking down memory lane which is my

Favorite # FOUR

There were so many papers from pre-K and Kindergarten.  This one reveals how Amanda imagined Santa to have a black mustache.  There were at least two examples of black mustache Santa in Amanda’s collection.

Amanda S. didn’t know much about Santa but she was pretty good at math!

Stephanie’s collection included a 1989 Christmas gift to MOM that had been forgotten.

Afterward the room was a huge mess… and I had a new project ahead of me.

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Favorite # FIVE

Rebuilding

Those old toy chests have had the hinges reattached several times through the years.

The broken hinges have been replaced and now these little trunks are going to get a new look!

Let the redesigning begin!

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