Favorite things....

I have several new "favorite things" these days...

1. Need to Breath CD "The Outsiders" - Cory got this for me for V-day and I am lovin' it. I think I have listened to the whole CD 30 times in the past month. Good stuff!

2. Laughing Cow cheese wedges - these little wedges only have 35 calories each! They have many tasty flavors but I think French Onion is my fav! Plus, I am in a weight loss competition (friendly competition, of course) at work so I am trying to find as many low-cal snacks as possible.

3. Oliver's Labels -- labels for Lincoln's "stuff." I saw these advertised on the Today show several months ago and saved the link to buy at a later date. I mainly wanted these for Lincoln's sippy cups for the church nursery and other events with several kiddos. I read several reviews on them and read nothing but good things. They last throw the dishwasher and wear and tear of a toddler. I just got them about a week ago and so far so good. I have the original lables in the "transportation" pattern.

4. Chick-fil-A/Heinz "Dip and Squeeze" -- It is NO secret that I am girl that loves me some ketchup. I am pretty sure my parents bribbed me to eat many a things growing up by putting ketchup on it. This nifty little new product allows you to either squeeze the ketchup out OR have a little container to dip your food in. I just think this is the greatest invention b/c there is never anything for me to squeeze out my ketchup on! So far I have only seen them available at Chick-fil-A.

Have any new favorite things??

Randomness.

I am L.O.V.I.N.G my summer of nothingness!! I have done some projects around the house, actually had time to stay on top of doing laundry and house work and just enjoyed the little things like getting to see Cory for lunch everyday!

This is what has been consuming the majority of my week last week. So good! This author is phenomenal. If you are looking for a good read -- I recommend it. It gives you a great glimpse into Afghanistan culture.

A couple of weeks ago we started the project of putting some shutters up on our house! The exterior of our house is BARE. It is naked and needs lots of help. We decided to start with shutter. Seeing as those are the cheapest way to get started on all the help it needs. We debated on the type of shutters but decided that the "board-n-batten" style seems to be in -- so we went with it. I decided on a chocolate brown for a little spark of something different. We took the shutters to Home Depot before we hung them up and put them in the color match machine so we could get a similar color to paint the front door. I think the shutters will look better once the front door is the same color (and once we get landscaping, gutters, a fence, and the list goes on and on!).

We also recently invested in a treadmill! We are loving having is since in our neck of the woods for about 8 months out of the year it is either 100+ degrees or there is snow on the ground. Nothing beats a walk outside with my neighbor Erin and her dog Annie but some days the weather does not permit. The only thing I don't love about the treadmill is its location -- our bedroom! But you gotta do what you gotta do!

This is about as exciting as the Calhouns get thus far this summer. I know -- fascinating!

We are very excited about the 4th of July weekend! I hope you all have a great holiday and be careful!!