Summer....

It appears I took another extended break from blogging--always unintentional, but I'm back, at least for the time being. So what's been going on with the Hunt's...let's see if I can recall.....

Bailey's been working and studying alot. He's had two different tests to take to get his appraiser's license. We've made day trips to Jackson for each one. He's also been working in the yard alot getting it nice and green and filling in the spots where there was previously no grass. (I'll try to get some pictures sometime...)

I have mostly just been lazy, enjoying my summer and pretty much staying indoors where it's cool. The only work I've done is on our entryway. As I've probably mentioned before, we bought a home that had been forclosed on and the people that previously owned it were apparently morons. I could go on and on about that alone, but I'll get back to the entryway. Well, it had one good layer of wallpaper on that we took down right when we moved in. Apparently the people that put that wallpaper up didn't remove the glue from the previous wallpaper or prep it the right way inorder to re-wallpaper (if that makes sense). Needless to say, the walls were covered in wallpaper glue and small pieces of wallpaper along with areas where it was down to the drywall. So....I got to work (well, a little here, a little there). I found some fabulous blue spray gel stuff that removed the glue. That was quite a task. Then I put on a couple coats of KILZ, puttied where needed and re-KILZed those spots. Then this week I finally painted it to match the living room and today I painted the trim. I'll touch up a few spots tomorrow but I'm proud to say it is pretty much done. I'm afraid I don't have any before pictures and have yet to take any after's.

We had a good 4th weekend. We spent that Saturday in Oxford with his parents visiting/shopping with his sister who is over there for the remainder of the summer. After lunch and a little shopping we went to YaYa's, a frozen yogurt place. It was soooo good. You go in, get your bowl, pick your flavor of frozen yogurt (I chose strawberry and birthday cake), get as much or as little as you like and then go over to the toppings bar. It had everything--fresh fruit cut up, nuts, cereal, candy, and of course, several different syrups. I topped mine with pecans and strawberries. Then you "check out." You place it on a scale and you pay based on how many ounces it weighs. When we left Oxford, we went to a friend's for a cookout that evening and watched fireworks. Sunday we cooked out with his parents and then went to my brother's to watch my niece and nephew shoot some fireworks. And on Monday we cooked out again with some friends at their place.

This past Saturday we went to a Redbirds game with Bailey's parents. They got some tickets from the rehab place that works with the school. We had all you can eat BBQ (sandwiches or nachoes), along with watermelon, and ice cream. Then we got to watch fireworks again, but this time with 3-D glasses. It was pretty cool, I must say. I have a couple pictures on my phone but need to upload them on here--maybe next time.

I have a few recipes to post that I've tried out but I'll get to those another time since I've rambled on and on.