Celebrate!

Happy Anniversary 

to my sweeties.

 The traditional first anniversary gift is one of paper.

While enjoying lunch at the Pepper Pod in Hudson I noticed that Sarah had on a new necklace. I asked her to take it off and let me see it thinking that she had been playing with beads. Then I saw that some of the colored "beads" were actually origami cranes smaller than a dime! Didn't my smart and cute SIL, Alex, select a perfect paper present for Sarah? This past spring I was trying to relearn creating the cranes for a novel my fifth graders were reading. Those large cranes would look like monsters next to these delicate miniatures.

After the celebration meal Alex and I had to take pictures of this quilt on the wall. If you are traveling through Colorado on I-76 and need to stop for a meal, stop in Hudson. Next time I'm having the Buffalo chicken fried steak! Alex let me taste his and it was fabulous!

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Delightful Daisies

Finally, I think I'll have some of the huge daisies in my garden. I keep trying, but I usually end up with little blossoms. Our local garden center is a good one, but small, so it doesn't always have the variety I want and I settle for something else.

Found these on clearance at King Sooper's yesterday for $1.50 each gallon pot!!

I'll get them in the garden in a few days when it cools off into the 90's. At least by October?!!

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Homemade Soap

I've been wanting to try the homemade laundry soap I've seen around. After buying the necessary ingredients three times, twice for Sarah, and now for me, I made it!!

I used the pink Zote soap, because I like pink!  The lavender pieces are Downy UnStopables, scented for a fresh smelling laundry.

I only used 1 container instead of the two in the recipe below as I prefer less scent. So far, it works in my HE washer.

Laundry Soap links:

http://www.stonegableblog.com/2012/04/stonegable-laundry-soap.html

http://www.sugarpiefarmhouse.com/my-homemade-laundry-soap-is-amazing

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