Cool Flower - Day 134

I saw this flower that had a black stem with bright yellow petals. It looked fake-but it wasn't.

Sky - Day 133

Wispy clouds in the sky. If you haven't noticed, I love clouds.

New Plant - Day 132

Meet my new plant. We'll see if I can keep this one alive. Recall Day 70 of this blog....it was a picture of my beloved cactus that I stated "was the only thing I could keep alive". Yeah, it died.

Pandora - Day 131

This is a section of my Pandora charm bracelet. Exciting-I know.

VW Beetle - Day 130

This is my rental car while my car is being repaired. I hate this car. It's small and has horrible blindspots.

Kiss - Day 129

My cousin Sarah got married today! They had a candy table with all kinds of candy in the colors of their wedding (black and gold). The Hershey's kisses had their monogram and wedding date on them :)

Flight - Day 128

This was my view from the airport terminal in Myrtle Beach. As soon as I checked my bag, horrible storms rolled in. Needless to say, my flight was delayed.

Beach - Day 127

View of the beach from our beach house.

Sandcastle - Day 126

Awesome sandcastle on the beach.

Pier - Day 125

We walked down the the pier today. This is a view from underneath.

Footprints - Day 124

Footprints in the sand.

Storm - Day 123

So on my first day at Surfside Beach (vacation week two) we woke up to a downpour. This is what the skies looked like a majority of the day. The weather the rest of the week was perfect.

Dollar Bills - Day 122

On my last day with my family, we went to lunch at this great place in Myrtle Beach called Hamburger Joe's. Decorated dollar bills covered every inch of the place. The bacon cheeseburger was delicious too!

Dragonfly - Day 121

I walked out to the deck this morning to get my towel for the beach and spotted this sitting on it. Love the blue color.

Hushpuppies - Day 120

These are hushpuppies. These crispy treats are served at every restaurant at the beach. These were from a restaurant in Calabash, NC. These are the best dipped in the butter served with them. Can you think of a better appetizer???

Italian Ice - Day 119

This is the Sunset Slush cart that strolls up and down the beach all day. They sell refreshing Italian ice. Today I had cherry flavor.

Seagull - Day 118

Seagulls were everywhere on the beach. They would land right at our feet...thanks to my brother and father throwing pieces of their sandwich bread into the air.

Seashell - Day 117

A seashell on the beach.

Twins - Day 116

The day I got to Ocean Isle my family and I went to play putt-putt at this great course that has bullfrogs everywhere!

Dragon Boat - Day 115

Today was the Dragon Boat races downtown. My team, the NAMSA Navigators, finished 8th overall out of 41 teams. Not too shabby!

Pooty - Day 114

I had to take this pic while driving home from work tonight. I was cracking up because "Pooty" is my nickname for my dog Scooter.

Dock - Day 113

I had Dragon Boat practice tonight. I managed to snap this pic before it started to downpour. Needless to say we didn't practice very long.

Sushi - Day 112

I ate at Sakura tonight, a Japanese steak house. We ordered this sushi called a "spider roll". It was rice, cream cheese, cucumber, avocado, and soft-shell crab. It was delicious!

Scooter - Day 111

I gave the puppies a bath tonight. Scooter wasn't happy about the situation.

Shed - Day 110

Cute little shed with a table and chairs.

Fruit - Day 109

Today was my cousin Sarah's bridal shower. Someone brought a fruit salad and they carved out Sarah and Kraig's initials in hearts with the watermelon rind. Very cute :)

Black Beauty - Day 108

Well, I got rear-ended today. Hopefully Black Beauty (as I call my car) can be repaired. I also lost my favorite tennis racket today too.

Bachelorette Party - Day 107

This was the lovely name tag I had to wear for my cousin Sarah's bachelorette party. Good time had by all at The Barnacle....body shots, Karaoke, and dancing up on the bar...none of which I did of course :)

Neville - Day 106

Neville and his ridiculously long tongue. I miss this little booger...

Poop - Day 105

I got my doggies today! They get to stay with me for ten days.....this was Scooter's "I'm so glad to see you Mommy" gift. I think he got nervous....

Nectar - Day 104

This is what I call "the nectar"....also known as Diet Mountain Dew. Somedays this is what gets me through my day...

Steeple - Day 103

I took this pic on my way home from work today. I've always loved this church.

Busy Bee - Day 102

Ok, so I am cheating and using another pic I took yesterday. Oh well, it's too cool not to post.

Kaleidoscope - Day 101

In Frankenmuth there was this pot of flowers with a kaleidoscope over them. When I spun the flower pot and looked through the eyepiece this is what I saw!

Fly - Day 100

A gross creepy fly on a pink hydrangea.

Clouds - Day 99

Awesome clouds. I tend to take a lot of cloud pics, I think they're amazing.

Spider - Day 98

Cool spider in the sunlight.

Hot Summer Day - Day 97

Ok...so this is my thermometer on my sunporch. It reads ~86 degrees. That may not seem too hot, but what if I told you I just took this pic at 9:30 pm tonight. That's right...you know it's hot when the low for the evening is supposed to be 80 degrees. Thank goodness I broke down and turned on the AC last night.

Boating - Day 96

I went for a boat ride on Tim's boat today down the lovely Maumee River. It was really hot and now I have a crazy sunburn....the front of my legs are on fire!

Eclipse - Day 95

Yep-today was all about hot vampires. I went to see the movie Eclipse today-it was better than I expected. And anything that involves Robert Pattinson is worth my while.

Cheese Balls - Day 94

I went to a Fourth of July cookout today and my favorite part was the buckets of cheese balls that adorned all of the tables. Is there anything better than artificial cheese??

Sundown - Day 93

The pretty sky tonight as the sun was going down.

Cement Pineapple - Day 92

I spotted a cement pineapple statue today in front of someone's house. I so want a set of these for my house.

Lunch - Day 91

Lunch was Chicken Noodle soup in a bread bowl from Panera. Yeah, I ate the entire thing including the extra roll on the side.

Vino Sketch - Day 90

Ok, so tonight I was messing around with my camera's "sketch" function and it totally takes a picture you have already taken and turns it into a sketch drawing! That is the coolest thing ever....well at least I think so!!!!

Vino - Day 89

So I decided to take a picture of my current wine inventory. These are my favorites (types-not these brands in particular) in case anyone cares.

Mulberry Tree - Day 88

Apparently there is a Mulberry tree in my backyard that I never knew existed. Now I know where to head when I need a snack. They are so good and sweet. Now if I could only pick enough to make homemade jam...

Cupcakes - Day 87

Saturday is always a good day at Cake in a Cup (a glorious cupcake shop in Toledo). These were my picks of the day starting from the left...Cookies n' Cream, Black Bottom, Red Velvet, and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip. No- I didn't eat ALL of them :)

Full Moon - Day 86

There was a full moon tonight. Look at the detail...man I love this camera.

Vines - Day 85

I was outside in my backyard and took a good look at my tree. These vines just seem to take over every year.