food, crochet, merriment
When my kids were little we made Chex Candy a lot–mostly on Sundays. It was very easy, very quick and the recipe made a ton. That meant it was pretty much the perfect treat for a family of seven.
As the kids got bigger we found it was also a great neighbor gift at Christmas time–for all the same reasons. So there are a select few of my children that only remember it as a treat for December. Kinda sad, when you think about it–considering it’s…you know…JULY…and I do have that stray box of Chex just laying around.
But I’m a clever girl….and not one to stand on convention.
Heh, heh.
Yeeeeaaah….
This is gonna give my boy an eye twitch.
December my foot.
Happy July!!
Note: Sweets Indeed Dye Free 4th of July Sprinkles can be found on Amazon
The first Patriotic Bunting that I made a few years ago was fine…cute even. But this one is soooo much better. Not so….
boring.
I particularly love the little white buttons. A lot more work but worth it.
I originally made the old one for me, before I knew any better. Then while perusing Pinterest one day I came across this pretty little pattern. I was smitten.
I promptly whipped one up for Dane because when he saw it, he was smitten too and asked me to make him one.
Then, Jillian said, “Well if that’s all we have to do to get you to make cool stuff for us, then I’m asking too!”
As you can plainly see…
it worked like a charm.
Original pattern design by Country Life In Crochet
Today was a local election day in Utah. I like to do these things right, so I studied the candidates and chose the ones that want to do what I want them to do. That’s how it works in my brain.
Then I started reading the “fine print” so to speak. It wasn’t really fine print but honestly it was a bunch of stuff I admit, I’ve never paid much attention to.
First, it said my signature was required. I’m good with that. I have the same signature that I’ve had since high school, so there. It wanted other sundry stuff–last four numbers of my SS# and email and phone. No big deal.
There is a ton of funny business going on in the world these days with reguards to who can and who cannot vote and about being able to mail in your ballot…that sort of thing. For some odd reason there seems to be a lot of controversy about it all.
If you just read the document, it says straight up–be who you say you are. Don’t vote if you have no business voting. To do otherwise is a FELONY.
They use the word FELONY a LOT.
Seems pretty clear to me.
Behave yourself and do it the right way. If you don’t you really can’t whine if you get in trouble for it.
The rules are pretty dang clear.
It’s simple.
Sheesh.
Now go vote!!
We attended the America 250 Freedom’s Melody event at University Mall on Monday night. It was so beautiful. Our sweet Jessica plays violin in the American Fork Symphony so it was wonderful to watch her.
The patriotic music will always get to me. Then they had the veterans stand and I nearly lost it. They were nearly all really older people which made it even more powerful. Standing for some songs. Hand over our hearts for others. Singing along when prompted and singing along anyway when we couldn’t help ourselves.
The kids marched around the pavillion and kids waved flags. I was filled with a deep, deep gratitude to live here in Utah where people don’t mind actually loving our country.
We are a patriot bunch and we will always be proud to be Americans.
What a beautiful evening.
Thanks Jessica for adding more culture to our lives!!
