Five for Friday

Is it Friday? I love not knowing or caring. The only reason I might know anymore is because of baseball. How do most people work all year round? I can't imagine. If I ever bitch about my job, I need to go back and read posts from June and July.

Here's what I am happy for this week......

1. Lilacs. My neighbor has a bush. I MIGHT have borrowed a few blooms for my kitchen. Twice. I don't know what it is, but I swear their smell is heightened by 1000 this year. It fills my whole upstairs and I love it.


2. Curly hair. That's right.....I have been leaving my hair with it's natural curl lately and I cannot tell you how much easier this makes my life. I add product and I am done. I am using THIS product which has grape seed oil in it and I kid you not.... smells like a grape jolly rancher until it dries. Bonus! I let it dry naturally, rake a comb or my fingers through it and it looks good! When it was shorter the curls were all kinds of crazy. I am so glad I gave it a try now that it's longer and cut into long layers.


3. I am on a mission to get rid of all the fake flowers/wreaths in my house. Good Lord what was I waiting for? I bought this frame at HomeGoods the other weekend when we were in Lakeville for a baseball tournament.

A mirror is perfect for the entry of a home, don't ya think?

 

 

4. Chicago. Not only do I get to go with three of my besties in a few short weeks, but we are going as a family later in the summer too! WOO HOO! Nothing better than Chicago in the summer. I think when I retire I might have to have a house in Florida for a few months, a cabin in MN for a few months, and a condo in Chicago for the summer. Hmmm....might need another career for that to happen. Anyway, we will go to a Cubs game at Wrigley when we are there so I can't wait. What I can wait for....the long drive there. No flying that trip. Gotta stock up on movies and books.

 

 

5. The lovely retractable gazebo we bought a few years back was wrecked in a storm.

 

 

I loved that thing. I thought the retractable canopy would help this whole thing hold up with the wind we get back there, but it didn't.

So, we bought this.....

I am hoping it holds up. We had one similar once, but this one is studier.



Hope you all have a great weekend. My flowers have been loving the cooler, wet weather. Some heat in the forecast this weekend!

Peace out...
LB