I had a really nice, long holiday weekend and was pretty productive. I think weekends should always be 3 days. Just sayin. ;)
Friday I took Ruger for a ride to the vet. We just had to pick up his vetsulin and some more dog food, but he loves rides so much I decided to take him with me. We had just enough vetsulin for Friday morning, so that was my first goal of the day to pick up his new order. It has come in earlier but wasn't shipped on ice which ruins it. So the vet had another order placed and mailed overnight. Thank goodness.
When we go for rides I have to put my back seats down all the way. He won't stay in the "truck" of my car can't stay on the seats either. He learned this from riding in Jay's truck initially, and now especially since he can't see, I can't change things up on him. One time I tried to put him the "truck" to see what he would do, and by the time I closed the back and got in the driver seat, Ruger had already hopped over the back seats and had his face in mine. Haha it was hilarious! He may be blind but he's not dumb. Needless to say the seats went down and he was happy.
The rest of the weekend I spent cleaning and crafting and baking. I was on a roll! For Christmas last year, Jay bought be a menu pad to hang on the fridge. I used it pretty often, a few weeks here and a few weeks there. I liked having it and kept us better organized for dinners. But the pad of paper was too heavy and ripped off the magnets from the back. I tried to glue it back together but it never seemed to stay. Keeping it in the "junk drawer" was not useful for meal planning either.
I've been telling Jay for a while now that I was going to make a new menu board, and sure enough I finally made it this weekend. I'm so proud of the way it turned out. I took several ideas from pinterest but ultimately I used whatever crafts I already had on hand. I had a cork board that I cut in calf, leftover burlap {still} from our wedding, scrapbook paper, and contact paper. I had mini clothes pins but decided those were too small. So I ran out and bought regular size and some magnetic tape. I knew I wanted the menu pieces to be reusable, I didn't want to throw the paper away after one use. And I knew I didn't want pre-made menu items because we don't always have the same side with the same main dish. So contact paper made them dry erasable! I used the side of a cracker box to make the little box to hold a marker and a few extra laminate pieces.
Our bathroom closest has been a mess since we moved in. I couldn't ever figure out how to organize it but this weekend I was determined. I bought a couple plastic bins and used a few random boxes I had laying around to separate items. I used stickers to make labels! We have a pharmacy bin, travel bin, extras bin, a box for nails, and a box for all the random stuff, like all the soaps and lotions I've collected. I know, it's cheesy but I was so excited, haha! I sent this picture to Jay after I was done, he not near as excited as I was.
For July 4th, Ruger and I couldn't wait for our man in blue to get home so we could celebrate. I made a hot dog dinner with chili sauce, baked bbq beans and grilled asparagus. The weather was nasty most of the weekend and Jay worked, bleh, but I wanted to "celebrate" as best we could. Jay had a long day and was pretty tired so we didn't venture out to see any fireworks. We sure heard them though. And Ruger was scared of the booms. I've always enjoyed July 4th no matter what our plans are, because it's the anniversary of the day Jay first said he loved me. I'm a sucker for any kind of anniversary and will use any reason, big or small, to celebrate our relationship.
I also made some Nutella brownies this weekend - more on that in my next post!! ;)
