Slices of Life

Another Tuesday, another link party! We had a lovely long weekend here in the states celebrating the 4th of July. And today my mom and I are headed out on our annual day of birthday shopping/lunch together. It's a tradition we started when my boys were young. My mother in law would watch the boys so my mom and I could have a day just us two and we've kept it going all these years. Truth be told I think both of us look more forward to the company, lunch (and dessert-- it is a birthday celebration, after all) than we do to the actual trying on of clothes/ shopping portion of it but we usually get some pretty amazing deals this time of year.   We had lots of great posts linked up at last week's party and I had a tough time picking just a few to feature. I try to always feature a good variety to appeal to a wide range of audience. I feel pretty confident that anyone can find some great posts to read. I can't wait to see what you all link up today!       The link wit...

 It's the first Monday of the month and time to link up with Andrea and Jill for Prime Purchases. I bought all of 6 items this month.    Our washing machine shredded our comforter so I bought this new one for our bed.   We haven't been able to find my husband's favorite granola in any of our stores (no he doesn't like my homemade granola!) so we bought him this case of 6.    I use these freeze dried strawberries in my homemade granola bars and can't seem to find them locally so I bought this 2 pack; hoping they'll last a couple of months.     Our yard is covered in ant mounts this summer so I bought a couple bags of this diatomaceous Earth natural insect killer.     I was looking for a yellow top to go with a pair of printed shorts I own and ordered quite a few; I kept these two tops even though they don't actually go with the shorts at all...I just really liked them! This yellow one is so cute with the lace detail...

We had such a fun June and it feels like the month just flew by! We did manage to pack a whole lot of fun into our month though.  1.  So thankful Ian took it upon himself to fix our front walk! A windy cold day but Ian worked on the front walk anyway and Evan and I headed out for hike. 11,449 steps.  in all honesty I covered up this shirt with a hooded sweatshirt in no time I set up my chair for the summer and had to try it out; if only for a moment 2. So thankful for a wonderful first day of vacation.  Alec, my husband and I headed to Southwest Harbor Maine stopping in both Kittery and Freeport Maine along the way. 9,961 steps.    3. So thankful for perfect biking weather (and the invention of ebikes).  After a delicious breakfast at our B&B we headed into Bar Harbor to pick up our ebike rentals for the day so we could explore Acadia's carriage roads and then the town before heading back to our B&B to rest and get dinner. 20,003 steps. ...