Scrapbook Sunday

What a wonderful treat I found on my doorstep yesterday!! A box full of scrapbooking goodies from my real life friend Joy Beadworks. I am so excited!!!!



I've not had any scrapbooking time this summer....but when the kiddies head back to school in September I plan on spending a lot of hours in my craft room being creative :) Thanks again Joy!!!

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Favorite Friday

This week I'm featuring CANDY on my Favorite Friday post. I've been trying to be good and not eat any and I've been doing great for a while now....until this week. Our candy stash has dwindeled since there hasn't been a candy holiday in a long time...and I hit a weak spot when I dropped my kiddos off at the airport on Monday when they went to visit my sister in Vail. 6 days with no kiddos!! Amidst blurry eyes from crying I drove right to the Dollar Tree by the airport and bought a bunch! I don't know what came over me...but I felt much better once I sat in my mom van and busted into the Milk Duds. And how 'bout those foot long vanilla Tootie Rolls?....I squeezed them and they are FRESH. My SIL called to see if the kids got off okay and I told her all about the candy I just bought, cause she's a candy addict too......and can you believe she bought THE SAME vanilla Tootsie Rolls the same day??? And we both freaked when we found out we found out we both squeezed them to see if they were fresh????

A little candy can make the Treatgirl feel better in almost any situation...is there something that picks you up when you're feeling down??? Let me know.....

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Slip and Slide Fun

We had so much fun at my real life friend Jennifer Junipers the other day on her gigantic slip and slide....that Cubby wanted to get ours out too...I don't totally rock like my friend Jennifer Juniper....check out her amazing slip and slide tutorial HERE ...but we have two that we hooked together on the slope on the side of our house.



He's got the attitude goin' on here..



And decided getting the sled out was worth a try to see if he went any faster.



But in the end, going down on your belly is the BEST :)

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Summer Corn Salad

Here is that recipe I promised you for the corn salad I made for our Soul Sisters get together last week. Super. EASY!!!!!

6 ears raw corn, kernels cut from cobs
1 cup diced celery
1 diced red bell pepper
1 small sweet onion, diced
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced
cilantro....chopped...I love it...so I put a bunch in :)
Italian dressing with cheese...I used Ken's Steak House Three Cheese Italian

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Toss to combine. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight. Makes about 8 cups.

I told you it was really easy!!!!

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Soul Sisters Summer Luncheon

Some of the Soul Sisters got together last week at Ms. Juniper's house...we were all in need of a little "sister time". Jennifer was kind enough to put it together and throw out her massive slip and slide for the kiddos to have fun on a sweltering 90 degree day.



Cubby had a blast and declared Ms. Jen "THE BEST!!!!"



We had salads.....Jennifer made a delicious tortellini, artichoke, chicken salad which I'm hoping she will post about soon so I can snag the recipe off of her...HINT*HINT!!
And I brought along a new corn salad which is a keeper!!! Super EAAASSSY!!! Check back here tomorrow for the how-to on that one.



And what is a Soul Sister get together without a yummy something from Marzipan?!! It was her daughters birthday and E. requested a Boston Cream Pie. Can you believe the Treatgirl NEVER had Boston Cream Pie????! I was soooooo confused, because actually...it's not pie, it's CAKE!



She assembled it on location, for obvious reasons and it was YUM.MY YUM YUM!!! Click HERE to see her post on it and to get the recipe.



We had a lot of laughs, got caught up on our summers, made a few plans for when the kiddos go back to school, and the whole gang also helped me with a few things that needed to be tweaked on my itty, bitty blog...



Voila!! A new summer look just for you! As always.....thank you so much Sisters...I soooooooo needed a little girlie time.

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