Vintage Trailer Restoration - #2

We really want to go camping, but our trailer still has a long way to go.

So in order to inspire us to work on it faster I have made us a reservation at Yellowstone in August.

We bought a 1957 Honorbuilt Romer Trailer

And by August, it's going to be as cute as can be!

But we really have our work cut out for us.

My Patriotic Side

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays.

I get all nostalgic and sentimental thinking about this great country of mine.

Decorating for it is also pretty great.

Red, White and Blue! 

Last year I found some vintage Independence Day postcards on ebay.

They are from the 1920's, and they are spectacular.

I just taped them up in random places.

I used blue painters tape so the tape would peel off easily.

I taped one on my kitchen cabinets, one on my faux window 

and one on some empty decorative frames on my piano.

Sumer Survival

Having my kids out of school for the summer takes some planning.

Welcome to

Rachael's Summer Survival 101

We will cover 3 topics

Food

Responsibility

Fun

Food

My kids can really eat, so this is an important one.

When they are not in school they tend to graze all day long.... in addition to eating 3 meals a day.

It can get expensive, and it's not healthy.

In order to temper their snacking I have devised a plan.

I bought some snacks, which is exciting for them because

I never buy snack foods.

 If I buy a box of cereal (or cookies, chips etc.) it is eaten in a few hours.

Problem #1 it is too expensive to buy snacks when they don't last.

Problem #2 it is unhealthy for the boys to eat that much at a time.

So I have devised a plan.

I divided up the cereal, pretzels, crackers etc.

into appropriate portion size servings and put them into bags.

A Fishy Story

Chad went deep sea fishing in FL with his brother last week.

I don't think they had any fun. (*wink)

This fish is a Tarpon

54 inches over 50 lbs.

It pulled the boat a 1/2 mile and it took Chad 45 minutes to reel it in.

Sadly this is a sporting fish and he didn't get to keep it.

But at least he got a really cool-looking picture.

Ready for summer! I hope.

School is out!

I love the summer months,

My little guy finished kindergarten. That means that next year he will be in school full time.

(Kindergarten is only 2 1/2 hours long here.)

I am happy for him, but I am sad for me.

I will really miss having a little buddy with me all day.

And he really is so fun to hang out with.