I love the month of July! First and foremost, it's my birthday month. Second, I really like the Fourth of July holiday for some reason. It always makes me so proud to be an American (slightly cheesy, I know, and I hope some of you were singing the rest of the song in your head with me) and so proud of my hubby and all the others like him that are serving our country. Also, let's be honest, I really like the food associated with holidays and there's nothing like some tasty barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs, potato salad and watermelon. Can't wait! Also, July always makes me really feel like it's summer. So, summer is here! Yay!
This past weekend my wonderful sister-in-law, Angela, came to California for a whirlwind trip. We managed to get so much done in such a short period of time. We worked on cleaning out the hutch in my parent's dining room that was full of a lot of stuff. For those of you that don't know, my mom collected salt and pepper shakers. She had SO many - 76 sets in total! We each kept a few of them, but also gave quite a few away. She had so many cute and fun ones. I kept a Christmas/Coke one that has Santa and a little dog standing by a fireplace, an set of elephants standing under a tree and a pair of London guards that Drew had brought back for my mom. I'm really happy about the ones that I kept. It was sad to go through all of her stuff and donate a lot of it; in fact, we actually dropped off some dishes at Goodwill and then I started crying on the way back home so we turned around and took some back. At least they didn't make me buy them back! I was so thankful that Angela was here to help me with this task. I couldn't have done it without her. Love you, sissy!
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