Pool, Painting, and Panko

September is here!  Days are getting shorter but thankfully we're still keeping warm!

Last weekend Manny's youngest daughter Tina and her son Cooper from California came to visit. We met them for dinner on Thursday then attended a barbecue at Manny's oldest daughter Monica's house in Rose Valley. I made a huge, and I mean HUGE, batch of shrimp pasta salad along with layered taco dip. Big hits.

Saturday had a craft inspiration to attach metal using velcro to the inside of the cupboard then glue magnets to the spice canisters.  Hung them up and they looked great. Unfortunately,  when we came home later that evening, all the spices had fallen. Ugh. So back to the drawing board but first need to deal with all the magnets glued to my spice bottles!

Last Tuesday we went up to Sam's boss Brady's house for barbecue and pool. Great food and serious competition with the billiards!  Manny was in his element!

Jimmy has been storing his quad in our garage. He dropped it off the other day and I couldn't help but take a pic.

Whipped up a canvas painting then embellished it with bumble bees and Hazely for Jimmy and Lexii's baby to be.  Manny got to witness my whole acrylic pour process so that was something new to him.  He's more into sports than art.

Also made last week some Beach Broads using wire figures wrapped in clay. Unfortunately, they cracked so I made them older beach babes.  Painted bathing suits, wrapped their heads in balloons for swimming caps, then glued on pom-poms to give them that 60's vibe.

Manny and I have been visiting Willow Grove during the recent hot weather. During one of our recent trips I stumbled across an awesome piece of driftwood. Sprayed it with verathane, attached fake succulents, and created a waterfall and river with pool using crushed blue glass and clear marbles. Strung a few lights and added it to my front porch beach window box. Love it!

Speaking of Jimmy and Lexii's baby, Hazely Louann McCoy, 5lbs 3oz was born on Saturday September 3, 2022!  She is precious! Can't wait to meet her in person!

Today we ran an errand to Ridgefield and we realized neither of us had ever been in the city center of the town. We drove through it and if we blinked we would have missed it! Just underwhelming but it's now off our bucket list (Ridgefield was probably bucket list #2,472.)

Today is Jordan and Candy's 7th anniversary so we invited them for dinner. I made mustard-dipped and panko-crusted chicken breast, pesto and parmesan linguini, and for desert made a lemon cheesecake trifle decorated with chocolate hearts. All homemade! It was a great celebration and they enjoyed the dinner, of which I sent the majority of leftovers home with them.

The highlight of my day? I was carded at Walmart!!

Tomorrow is Labor Day so no work! Whoopee! Manny's playing golf early in the morning so I may just break out a new craft project.

Enjoy your Monday, fellow Diva's!!