Happy Fourth of July!!!

I want to start by wishing everyone a wonderful Fourth of July!!! I may not be American but I appreciate the day and the country, and you can rest assured that today will mean more than barbecues and apple pie for my kids.....they will be told what this day is about and what it means to be an American.

There is no Tackle it Tuesday today, I'm ashamed to say that I really didn't have time to tackle any project, but I will have one for next week. You can however check out my Treasure Tuesday post below and look at the beautiful hand painted Ostrich Egg. :)

We're planning to have a nice BBQ at home, just for us. Will have some fun out back with the kids, let them jump on the trampoline or swing or whatever and then later head on inside for some soccer, I know, I know, you're probably tired of hearing me talk about it, BUT what can I say???
Today it's Germany vs Italy and then tomorrow I'm going to be a nervous wreck when I watch Portugal vs France. Talk about a nail biting game!!!!

I opened up my email program this morning, and was ecstatic to see an email from my SIL Lilian and one from my brother Bruno, with pics of my beautiful nieces and nephews. Aren't they just adorable??? I miss them sooooo much, can't wait to get there next summer :)

This is the baby of the family, Alyssa :) Just want to squeeze her :)

And this is Dylan and Taryn-Lee. Nothing like seeing all my babies to bring a huge smile to my face :)

Now tell me you wouldn't be rushing back home just to see these angels? :)

I finally got my menus up on my food blog and I've also posted a recipe for a Red, White and Blueberry Pie I'm making today, just perfect for the celebration. If you want a yummy dessert that will WOW everyone, but yet is so easy to make, be sure to go check it out.

I love celebrations but I HATE the added pounds. It's crazy, but this long weekend, I've found myself eating constantly, and not because I'm hungry, I doubt anyone is THAT hungry, ALL the time. I guess I'm one of those eat-out-of-boredom people, with a really cruddy metabolism. It grates on my nerves when I see people eat all sorts of stuff and still remain really thin, what's up with that?!?!?!? How unfair!!!
With me, food always tastes like MORE!!!

Know what I'm going to be doing today? Working on fixing my brake light in the car, then we have to take it to the Security Forces desk, and show them that it's working, they won't just believe us if we tell them. Not that I blame them, I mean, I could say it's fine and then drive around with it broken. BUT I wouldn't........ see I'm one of those kind of people that avoids doing anything wrong just for the fear of getting caught.

I was the geek in school who never skipped classes. All my friends would miss school or go smoke pot or drink, cheat during tests etc. Me???? I was the goody two shoes, always on time, never smoked pot, never tried drugs and the only drinking I did was after I graduated high school. AND here's something I don't tell many people.....are you ready for this???? *DRUMROLL* I was a virgin until I got married. Yep, 24 years old. Now you know a bit more about me, although maybe you didn't want to know, oh well, it's out there now. LOL

Well I better get going. Want to get the car fixed real quick, then bake my pie and get my meats marinated for the BBQ. I hope you're all having a WONDERFUL day, have tons of fun and don't do anything I wouldn't do...........ummm, well that would probably mean you would have an extremely boring day.

God Bless,