Hope Continually -- Psalm 71:14

 Today is the first day of our 2024-25 school year!   Yes, it is early but we have specific reasons for that.  We will be on a trip to Ohio Thursday- Monday to visit my parents.  August 14 - 20th, we will be on our family vacation to Disney World.  We want to stay caught up in our school schedule because this is Sierra's senior year of high school.  We want to finish her year on time by her graduation at Abeka Academy. So, that means today is our first day!   This will be our 17th year of homeschooling .   Sierra is 16 years old and a senior.   Summer is 13 years old and a freshman.  My last year with two girls homeschooling. :( I know it is going to go so very fast. We love homeschooling and Abeka and look forward to an awesome year!

  Wow.  Goodbye July!  July flew by. Dog-sitting and July 4th at home for the first week. I went with Eric to Akron, OH for a client appreciation event by Equity Trust. I went to NYC and New York State for the first time. Sierra and Summer went to church camp in Florida. Addie came back from Pensacola and her camp counseling job. Here's to some great things coming in August!

Friday, July 5 I love to start my mornings out on my patio.  Especially after a busy day. The rain and cloudy skies had cleared from July 4th! I took Cappie in for his recheck appointment at 10:30am.  Hilarious, see him sitting on his treats? :)  He is doing well! Eric and I went to the chiropractor. A few more photos of Addie working the gun range at the camp. A Christmas in July movie just felt right. :) My kitties enjoying the night with me on the patio. Saturday, July 6 In the morning, Eric put down fertilizer on the lawn.  It is looking really good this summer. After that, he joined me down at the pool.  We went from 10am-12pm and even though it was a Saturday, if you go early, you can still enjoy the pool and miss the crowds! I love to do my reading at the pool. Little Women - SO good!  If you have never read it, please do! My new baskets of flowers. The pests that are destroying my garden!! This fluffy butt!  She is crazy but she loves me. Sunda...

Happy 18th birthday to my niece, Kylee!   I hope you have a blessed day.

Autumn works as a nanny and her employer coupons at CVS.  I haven't couponed at CVS since Ohio because we didn't have a CVS in Oregon.  Autumn started doing some couponing deals and I decided to get back to it.   Just being in the store and doing my couponing  - wow, just a feeling of days past.  A good, nostalgic feeling. :) Scotts Toilet Paper $13.99 - Original price ($10.68 @ Wal-Mart) $10.49 - Sale price Coupon - $1 off 1 $9.99 for each 12-pack TP Old Spice Original Deodorant $5.19 - Original price ($4.47 @ Wal-Mart) $3.99 - Sale price $2 ECB earned $1.99 final price Colgate Optic White Toothpaste $4.69 - Original price ($4.97 @ Wal-Mart) $3.99 - Sale price Coupon - $7 off 2 $.49 each! Covergirl Eye Shadow 4 Kit $5.59 - Original price ($5.48 @ Wal-Mart) Coupon - $2 off 1 Covergirl Lipstick $6.79 - Original price ($5.62 @ Wal-Mart) Covergirl Foundation $8.79 - Original price ($7.48 @ Wal-Mart) Coupon - $2 off 1 Buy 3 Covergirl products - Receive $10 ECB...

Happy 4th of July 2024! Since the girls were committed to dog-sitting/house-sitting, we weren't able to go far or out of town.  The girls did get to come home around 11am for the rest of the day which I was glad. I spent the morning cleaning and making food for our meal. I just love my new patio set! Eric finished a couple honey-do's for me that morning. He installed our new flag pole on the front of our house. Here is my completed project for this part of the pantry.  I got these baskets at Dollar Tree.  Labeled them with my label maker. Keeps everything neat and together.  Easy to pull out and find one item.  And keeps the look more together. It decided to rain.  I was fine enjoying it from the inside. :) Eric also hung the hummingbird feeder.  We will see if it brings any hummingbirds to us. My front porch. :) We headed down to the pool.  It was very warm and the water felt SO good.  However, there were some larger families/groups and they...