It never would have occurred to me to call the local office of a national corporation and ask to take the discarded landscaping bricks, carelessly tossed aside at one of their locations of business, off their hands, so to speak. Thankfully, it occurred to Clarke, who did just that. For the price of the delivery of two pizzas to their office, we loaded at least a palette of landscaping bricks from the lot in question and unloaded them into the garden at our house.
Have you ever priced out landscaping bricks? They're expensive! Cha-Ching!!
For months, we had been mentally brainstorming a financially friendly way of creating walking paths through our garden. While landscaping bricks were at the top of our list, they were also at the top of our budget and we were exploring alternative ideas when this opportunity presented itself to my brilliant husband.
So the moral of this story is that it never hurts to ask. :)
Yeah, that's right big boy....show momma those guns...
Our goofy dogs find the most inexplicable pleasure in simply hanging out in the bed of Clarke's truck--especially when it's not moving. Crazy, stupid, wonderful dogs always think they're going somewhere when the tailgate is lowered and they're allowed to jump in. Its particularly funny when Clarke is just working in the garage or in the yard because those golden furballs will spend HOURS just sitting in the back of the truck, waiting to go for a ride.
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My boys....and my dogs.
after helping daddy to unload all the bricks, Brock exclaimed, "Daddy said I deserved an orange julius because I helped."
A few years ago we started making orange juliuses at home. They were fun, but we didn't really give into the addiction until last year. I'm almost ashamed to admit that we kept our second blender (yes, we had more than one. We actually had three) in our master bathroom so that we could blend up orange juliuses after Brock was tucked in bed.
I know, I know, I know...
Bad, fat parents. *blushes*
Here is the original recipe we were using:
1 cup sugar
6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate
1 tsp vanilla
12 ice cubes
1 cup milk
1 cup water
Blend until frothy. Enjoy!
The original recipe used too much sugar and we found the vanilla unnecessary, so we came up with: The See family version (makes about 5 servings):
1 large cup of ice (about 12-15 cubes)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup milk
1/4 can of frozen orange juice concentrate
For a delicous variation, add 1/2 a banana and/or 6 frozen strawberries
Blend ingredients until frothy. Enjoy!!
Have you ever priced out landscaping bricks? They're expensive! Cha-Ching!!
For months, we had been mentally brainstorming a financially friendly way of creating walking paths through our garden. While landscaping bricks were at the top of our list, they were also at the top of our budget and we were exploring alternative ideas when this opportunity presented itself to my brilliant husband.
So the moral of this story is that it never hurts to ask. :)
Yeah, that's right big boy....show momma those guns...
Our goofy dogs find the most inexplicable pleasure in simply hanging out in the bed of Clarke's truck--especially when it's not moving. Crazy, stupid, wonderful dogs always think they're going somewhere when the tailgate is lowered and they're allowed to jump in. Its particularly funny when Clarke is just working in the garage or in the yard because those golden furballs will spend HOURS just sitting in the back of the truck, waiting to go for a ride.
>
My boys....and my dogs.
after helping daddy to unload all the bricks, Brock exclaimed, "Daddy said I deserved an orange julius because I helped."
A few years ago we started making orange juliuses at home. They were fun, but we didn't really give into the addiction until last year. I'm almost ashamed to admit that we kept our second blender (yes, we had more than one. We actually had three) in our master bathroom so that we could blend up orange juliuses after Brock was tucked in bed.
I know, I know, I know...
Bad, fat parents. *blushes*
Here is the original recipe we were using:
1 cup sugar
6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate
1 tsp vanilla
12 ice cubes
1 cup milk
1 cup water
Blend until frothy. Enjoy!
The original recipe used too much sugar and we found the vanilla unnecessary, so we came up with: The See family version (makes about 5 servings):
1 large cup of ice (about 12-15 cubes)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup milk
1/4 can of frozen orange juice concentrate
For a delicous variation, add 1/2 a banana and/or 6 frozen strawberries
Blend ingredients until frothy. Enjoy!!
