Sunflower Smiles :) Dollar Store Shopping :) Ready for a cool movie night! :)

SPIRIT SHOPPING WILD!!! at the dollar store! :) oh my! :) oh boy!!! :) i went absolutely sweet shopping wild today!!! hehe! :) i am smiling and smiling! :) it's a day of NATURE, SHOPPING, TREATS, and SWEET MEMORIES!!! :) my dad and i were just outside earlier, and picked 2 handfuls of String beans! :) This day is rocking, and rolling! :) sweet reminising, about a very special memory with friends, this day, 6 years ago, our dear friends Tommy and Cynthia came to visit us, for a nice visit and tour of the garden :) i texted Tommy today, and said, "brother, i'm standing by the sunflowers, where you, Cyn, and i stood 6 years ago" :) awww! :) Lots of great memories! :) i have pictures from our visit, that i will re-post in my journal today :) it's a spirited saturday! :) i've become more and more energized, as the day has been going on :) my mom, dad, and i had an awesome time earlier, shopping at the dollar store :)There were some nice items i wanted to get, plus i bought some goodies, and treasures :) i am so very tickled happy, excited, and thrilled about all of the nice items i got :) guess what the dollar store has began to put on the shelves? HALLOWEEN STUFF!!! :) oh my! :) Spook-tacular!!! :) September, and October is coming! :) It's a really nice day :) i'm preparing a nice salad to enjoy this evening :) i love adding those fresh crisp string beans to the salads, mmm mmm! :) Garden harvest! :) our dear friend Holly and i are watching the classic, Ninja Turtles movie tonight :) my niece Alyssa treated me to an iced coffee :) it's very nice of her :) CHEERS!!! :) i've been enjoying some nature walks, and tending our plants today :) the sunflowers are spirit dancing in the gardens, with the golden summer sunshine, and lots of beautiful nature joys :) The bumble bees are all gathered around our snowball bush, i saw a beautiful butterfly visiting our garden today :) This is a wonderful day :) Tomorrow, my mom, dad, and i may travel to Rhode Island, Bess Eaton's donuts shop! :) if we go, i'll take lots and lots of pictures to share with everyone :) feeling excited, awesome spirited, and energized! :) tonight, movie night party is on! :) Whooo!!! :)
SUNNY SMILES, AND SUNFLOWER HUGS ACROSS THE MILES, FROM OUR HEARTS AND HOME TO YOURS! :)Hi angel friends! :) my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a beautiful day! :) We love the weekends :) There's lots of great things going on today :) i went shopping wild at the dollar store! :) oh my! :) They got halloween items on the shelves!!! :) i bought some really cool items today, including stocking up on some items i needed too, like 2 new toothbrushes, toothpaste, i even bought some tortilla wraps too :) i'm fixing up a sweet salad for this evening :) our gardens are growing wild, string beans growing all over the place! :) my dad and i enjoyed an awesome nature walk, when we arrived home from the store :) we picked 2 handfuls of string beans, we got a HUGE bowl of them in our fridge right now :) i'm gonna add some string beans to my salad, and gearing up for a fun movie night with our dear friend Holly :) it's a really spirited day :) Kayla and Taylynn went to Alyssa's place today, to hang out with Alyssa and the triplets :) they were there, while my mom, dad, and i went to the dollar store around the corner :)
i want to begin my journal today, with a special MEMORIES SHARED :) 6 years ago today, August 16th, 2008, my family and i had a very special day, it was a saturday, and we remember it like it was yesterday :) our dear friends Tommy and Cynthia, who were on DS at the time, came to visit us, from New York :) i remember them texting me, as they made their way here, using their GPS, and they said, once they saw the Sunflowers in our front yard, they knew it was our house! :) hehe! :) i remember Tommy and Cynthia, giving us a great big hug, and we shook hands, and we all went over by the garden, sat down for a while, talking, and had some donuts, and ginger ale for Tommy and Cynthia :) They brought us some nice goodies too :) We walked around our yard, and gardens that day :) it was so neat, as Tommy and Cynthia saw our sunflowers, and plants, we gave some peppers to them to bring home with them :) i remember us all getting our pictures taken, by the garden :) it was such a very special day, every August 16th, i think of that day, my mom and i were talking earlier, we remember it like it was yesterday :) Earlier today, i went outside, i was standing right where we got our picture taken in 2008, and i texted Tommy, i said, "brother, i am standing by the sunflowers, where you, Cyn, and i stood together, August 16th, 2008. Biggie Sunflower Hugs" :) Tommy texted me back, he said, "great memories, always" :) awww! :) In my journal today, i'd love to re-post, sharing with everyone, pictures, from that very cool day, where we got our pictures taken, right by the sunflowers :)
my family and i are having an awesome saturday! :) This morning, we had a beautiful new day, rising and shining :) Thank you all for your wonderfully heart warming comments, on our baking friday journal, and picture of the triplets :) We're very happy and delighted, everyone enjoyed viewing the picture, and also our baking friday adventure :) i think next week, we'll bake a nice string beans casserole, from our garden :) it's gonna be so nice :) We love those nice string beans :) very soon, we're gonna be getting into the wholesome, harvesting month of September/October, baking time, with apples, and many other goodies too :) It's incredible, how September is approaching :) This morning, i was very exhausted still, from the big week we had. i was so tired last night ,i almost fell asleep here in my computer room! oh my! This morning, i went out for my nature walk, then had some nice cheerios, and water, and my niece Alyssa came over, and brought me a nice caramel iced coffee :) it's very nice of her :) as the morning went on, i felt more and more energized :)
i knew going into the day, that we'd be going to the dollar store :) it's been a few weeks, since we've been there, i've been looking forward to browsign around, buying some nice gifts, goodies, and treasures, stocking up on some items :) Around mid-day today, we were gearing up to go out, for our super fun shopping adventure :) Kayla and Taylynn went to my niece Alyssa's place :) my mom, dad, and i cruised over to the shopping center,dollar tree store :) We arrived at the store, and parked our minivan :) i was feeling much more energized, and ready to absolutely rocked it!!! with my shopping :) We began to browse around the store, near the front aisles area, we noticed the dollar store, has began to put halloween stuff!!! :) WOW! :) This is so cool! :) and spook-tacular! :) i saw some halloween decorations, napkins ,oh YEAH!!! :) they are beginning to gear up, for September/October :) i can't wait to put together those awesome fun halloween trick or treats goodies/treasures packages in early October :) it's gonna be TRICK OR TREATING AROUND THE WORLD!!! :) one of my favorite traditions of the year :) i also saw some fall themed decoratives too :)
The dollar store, has added lots of cool new stuff :) We were enjoying browsing around, it wasn't that busy at the dollar store today :) i bought some birthday cards for friends :) i also browsed around at the candy aisle, the arts, and crafts aisle :) i bought some more 3-D stickers :) SWEET!!! :)they had lots of new varieties of stickers :) i love walking up the aisles, my mom and dad were buying some nice items too :) i bought 2 new toothbrushes, with soft bristles, and a new tube of aim toothpaste :) i like to stock up on items :) i also bought, a package of tortilla's :) i love to make nice tortilla wraps, during the week :) i found some really nice treats, at the dollar store :) it was very enjoyable shopping there :) once we were all set, we then went over to the checkouts, and checked out :) it went smoothly :) my mom, dad, and i checked out together :) We had lots of bags of items :) We then walked outside, and i felt an awesome sense of accomplishment :) i got some great items at the dollar store today :) 4 nice birthday cards for friends, i also got some sweet treasures :) my mom, and dad went into the shoprite grocery store for a few minutes :) i was hanging out in the car, i looked at the items i got, and also was texting our dear friend Holly :) once my mom and dad were all set, we then drove over to pick up Kayla and Taylynn at Alyssa's place, and we then made our way home :)
When we arrived home, i mentioned to my dad, that i really wanted to show him, the corn plants, and other plants. :)he said, "sure!" :) we brought our items indoors, our pups and cats were very excited to see us :) my dad and i enjoyed walking around our yard, and gardens, checking the plants :) We're so excited, to see the string beans plants growing wild, and the corn plants doing really well too :) my dad and i picked 2 handfuls of string beans, from the garden :) We also looked at our snowball bush, there's many bumble bees, enjoying the snowball bush :) it was a sweet nature walk/talk, about the plants. :) i took some nice pictures of our plants, and gardens today, to share with everyone :) it's a really sweet, and wonderful day, with the sunny weather, and a nice cool breeze :) These golden days of summer gardening, are some of the most wonderfully rewarding :)
We're enjoying a great day! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in good spirits :) it's a very nice sunny day :) i'm making my salad for this evening, i'm adding some chicken to the salad, with string beans, lettuce, cornbread croutons, and also some green olives, and chipolte ranch salad dressing : )i'm going to call our dear friend Holly tonight :) for our saturday night party night, we're gonna watch the classic, Ninja Turtles movie :) my family and i went to see that movie in the theatres, back in 1990 :) the movie night party is on! :) whooo! :) Tomorrow, my mom, dad, and i may go for a car ride, to Westerly, Rhode Island :) We'd love to get an iced coffee/tea, at the Bess Eaton's donuts shop, and driving around, sight seeing :) it's nearby where Barn Island is in Stonington, Connecticut :) if we go on the adventure, i'd love to take some pictures to share :) i'm feeling much more energized, as the day is going on:) it was awesome shopping today, got some really sweet items. : )i'm gonna write some more postcards, finishing up a nice new letter, for my lovely ds mum (Bloss), and also putting together a treasures package :) my family and i thank you all so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all brighten our days :) We're very thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP SUNNY SUNFLOWER HUG :) There's many more great things to look forward too :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a nice spirit soaring saturday, with family and friends :) nature, gardening, and shopping :) having a fun movie night tonight :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hello : )She says, "i hope everyone had a nice day" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :) We think of you all often :)
SUMMER SMILES! :) SWEET MEMORIES BEING SHAREd :) it's a beautifully sunny day :) lots of wonderful sunshine, a cool breeze, and the plants are flourishing nicely :) it's a very special joy, to see how well the plants are doing :) i love bringing you all right there with us in spirit, during our adventures in our yard, and gardens :) These golden days of summer, are so nice, wholesome, and enjoyable :) It's so special, the great memories being made :)
Today Marks, the 6th year, since a very special day, back in 2008, August 16th :) our dear friends Tommy and Cynthia, traveled from New York, to visit us :) We had such a cool and fun visit that day, and have kept in touch, over the years :) on this very special day, my mom and i love to think back to the awesome time we had visiting with Tommy and Cynthia, and showing them our plants, and gardens :) i remember Tommy and Cynthia taking pictures of our sunflowers that day :) it was so cool! :) We also got our pictures taken together, by the sunflowers :) We'll always and forever cherish and treasure these special memories :)
Our Sunflowers greeted our friends, Tommy and Cynthia, with sunny smiles :)


This picture, i took today while thinking of our dear friends Tommy and Cynthia, and all of our dear friends, all around the world :) always with us in spirit :) 

Spirit soaring, sunny summer, golden days of gardening season : ) We're in gardening season heaven! :)









The Bumble Bees love the snowball bush! :) This is BUZZ the bumble bee! :)

Cosmo flowers :) 


Corn plants :) 





Gourd plant growing wild! :) 

Blossoming Marigold! :) 

Snowball bush :) 

Hello Sunflower! :) Enjoy that sunshine! :)

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ddeadred
ddeadred

Lovely reflective journal with LOTS OF SUNFLOWER SMILES, dear Chris!!! I just love it when gardens help friends to get closer!!! Sunflowers are a smile of the earth and sun spring dance that BLOOM to SMILE AT THE SUN!!! As always your plants look GREAT, HEALTHY, AND VIBRANT!!! This is such a fulfilling time of year!!!

I was out in the garden but did not see goodies... I will be harvesting my elderberry bush tomorrow as it is mostly ready! Next is the first apple tree so I\'ll really give it a shake and see! Today is now a blur, but I did get some sweet potatoes scrubbed, baked, and scrapped for the freezer in 1/2 cup bags. Those will be for recipes in the coming months... Then it was dogz in and out then mail then baking of some new breakfast muffins. There are many more things I\'ll like to get prepared and frozen as well...

Love to you and Mom and Dad and everybody in CT!!! Have a relaxing Saturday whatever you do!!! xoxoxo Cj
CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family had a nice day and a great shopping adventure.Happy to hear you found some nice items at the dollar store. Enjoy them.The sunflowers are looking super as well as your other plants.Thanks for all my nice hugs today.Enjoy your movie tonight.Have a good evening. Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
1Patriciann
1Patriciann

I\'m so happy for your garden and sweet memories.
Butterfly85
Butterfly85

WOW, what a special, heartfelt journal, and wonderful memory of meeting fellow DS-ers from NY, how cool!!! :D I\'m so happy to see that you had a fun week, full of great memories being made with your sweet family, over birthday celebrations! Your pics of the sun flowers really warmed my heart!!God bless you friends, it is so nice to have a relaxed movie night planned after a busy day, a simple Summer joy! I hope and pray that we all have a safe and enjoyable Fall season, shared together all over world, through DS! I know that we\'re already looking forward to the beauty of Fall nature, and the nice Halloween season. Love and hugs, friend!
DeeTOOL13
DeeTOOL13

Hello my dear sweet guardian angel friend, great journal Chris I really enjoyed it =0) So glad you had such a good day. The dollar store sounds like fun, so cool that they have there Halloween stuff out.
Keep up the great work.
Love you bunches and bunches my nature and gardening loving friend
Hugs for all =0)
DCUK
DCUK

AWWW WHAT A WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL DAY YOU ALL HAD TODAY ;D IT WARMS MY HEART WAVEING OVER MY HELLO\'S TO YOU ALL ALONG WITH SUNNY MILE ACROSS THE MILES,

WOWWW ISNT NATURE TRUELY AMAZING BUDDY BOY ;D JUT BY GIVING IT SOME TENDERLOV N CARE [IT SURE REWARDS US PLENTYFUL ;D HOW COULD ONE NOT FEEL HAPPY N BLESSED!!! BY THE WAY WHAT AWESOME WORK YOUR ALL DOING ON YOUR LOVELY GARDEN [[GREAT THEAM-WORK]]...

PLEASED TO HEAR THE KIDO\'S HAD A PLEASENT TIME OUT TODAY BLESS EMMM! N HAT YOU ALL ENJOYED YOUR SHOPPING AT THE DOLLA STORE ;D HUGS N YOU GOT SOME NICE TREAURES TODAY HOW WONDERFULLY NICE TO BEABLE TO TREAT ONESELF [[I THINK THATS SO IMORTANT]] AFTER ALL ONE MUST LIKE N LOVE THEMSELF SO THEY MAY GIVE IT BACK IN TENFOLD ;D YOUR JOURNAL TODAY KEEPS MAKEING ME SMILE N THEN SMILE SOME MORE ;D [FOR A GOOD SMILE LIGHTENS ONES HEART N THINGS DONT FEEL SO SRESSFULL] IT GOOD TO REMIND ONESELF OF THAT...

TICKLED PINK YOUR DAY SO FAR HAS BROUGHT YOU ALL HAPPINESS CALMNESS N PEACE N JOY KEEP ROCKING MY FRIENDS HAPPY MOVIE NIGHT BUDDY BOY ENJOY YOUR DINNER SOUNDS LOVELY , IM HAVEING NOODLES N GREATED CHEESE LOVELY YUMMY ;D,

SAY HI TO EVERYONE FOR ME PL N HOLLY! SENDING YOU ALL MY HUGGLES N CUDDLES N GOD BLESS YOUR ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS N PRAYERS SENDING MUC LOVE TO ALL...
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hello Chris,very cool to hear that the Dollar Store has their Halloween decorations up. I love shopping there as well. Lots of stuff for just a buck!
Gorgeous sunflowers and a happy bumble bee enjoying the flowers.
So nice that two of your friends came by to visit and enjoy your garden.
You and Holly enjoy your movie tonight.
I am watching movies tonight as well...Noah and Cartel. Had a green tea frappe as well. Picked some more of my tomato\'s. So good! My jalapenos are still growing and some are beginning to turn red! Supposed to Hot here for the next two days. Will give my plants an extra watering. Our neighbor came by and gave us some apples and pears from their mom\'s farm. Yum. Have a great evening. Hello to your family and friends. Love you bunches too friend. & greenies
ZenEm
ZenEm

Just caught up on hour journals - such a lovely surprise to hear about the triplets!! Thank you for sharing a photo of them. Looking forward to seeing more of them over the years as they join in with the family festivities.,so nice for them to have joint birthday party with Taylynn. :))
I\'ve overdone my physical activity, and have had some stressful things going on, so I\'m taking today, Sunday to relax and try to heal. My muscles have gone into spasms today.
I did some baking yesterday, some gluten free cheese and herb muffins. They turned out really well :)
Sending love and hugs from Misty and me xxoo
Love4you
Love4you

Dear Chris, I am so happy you and your family had a great day! :-)
Your Garden is so beautiful! :-) love your sunflowers,they always
make me smile :-) The Tomato looks Yummy :-) My Denise loves
Tomatoes! :-)) Thinking of you,dear friend and your family :-)
Sending always best wishes your way! :-) and lots of Love! :-)

Hugs,Love&Blessings,
Maria