May Monthly Recap + Other Important Business

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I don’t know about you but I am pumped that tomorrow is the first day of June.  I’m a big fan of Summer.  Now if only the weather would catch on.  That is my first order of business.

Second order of business.  Ike is cute.  His current bandana is extra large.  We keep calling it his cape.  We’ve also renamed him Super Ike.  His super powers include fly catching and getting into the dishwasher.  His kryptonite is thunder.

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Third order of business.  The fine folks over at The Home Depot would like me to encourage you to sign up for the Garden Club.  I joined over a month ago.  I totally cashed in the $5 off $50 coupon.  They don’t send out a ton of e-mails and the ones I have received have been helpful.  What’s in it for you? Well, there is:
  • $5 off their your $50 lawn & garden purchase, just for signing up
  • Over $300 in annual email savings
  • Project ideas, how-to videos
  • Expert advice from the team at The Home Depot, customized to your region of the country
The other extra bonus.  If The Home Depot hits their sign-up goal of 500 email addresses, they will choose one participating blogger at random to receive (2) $1,000 gift cards - one for the blogger to keep and one to giveaway!  So, let’s help them reach their goal and hopefully help each of us win $1000.

Sign up for the Garden Club email list here using the code GCSweeps!

Let’s end this meeting with a recap of the month of May.  Did you miss a post?  Are you new?  Get caught up here!




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Big week-end plans?  Is Super Ike your new favorite super hero? Who's signing up for the Garden Club?

April Monthly Recap

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When did it become May?  Oh, 3 days ago.  Got it.  I’m having trouble returning to normal life after vacation. I still think it’s the middle of April.

A few random thoughts before I recap the month of April.

We are having a garage sale on Saturday.  I hate having garage sales.  But I do love purging junk.  I’ve become a hoarder.  It’s not my fault.  It’s hereditary.  I totally went nuts yesterday though and gathered things to sell left and right.  It’s supposed to be cold and rainy on Saturday.  Work with me, Iowa.  I need to rid my life of this excess.  Or something.

I have kicked Ike out of our bedroom for the next week.  I felt fantastic in Florida.  I come home and my sinuses and lungs are instantly inflamed.  My allergy testing came back that I am allergic to dust mites and dogs.  I am in denial about the dog thing.  Wire Fox Terriers are supposedly hypoallergenic.  But it doesn’t always work that way.  We’ve also had him for 6 1/2 years and my problems started about a year ago.  But people can develop allergies at any time.  My allergist recommended that he not sleep in our room (beings we spend a good majority of our lives sleeping).  He is ALWAYS in our room.  I think it’s actually harder on me than him.  We’ll see.  Part of me hopes that I still feel like crap after a week so we can go back to normal and have our naps together.  If it’s not the dog, then we have larger issues to tackle.  Like carpet.  But new hardwood floors aren’t all bad, right?

Nate and I are on a vacation craptastic food detox.  We have done super well at only eating things made from scratch.  I think the only “processed” food that ate this week was a small bun, a whole wheat English muffin and a little flour.  I even ate vegetables.  Weird.  Any great healthy recipes for me?

And now, April in review.  Maybe you missed something.  Maybe you want to re-read something.  Maybe you’re new (Welcome!).  Maybe you don’t care.

February Recap

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Where did February go?  And will it ever stop snowing in Iowa?  These are questions I do not have answers to.  All I know is that I think the groundhog is full of it.  And March is definitely coming in like a lion here in the Midwest.

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My birthday is on Monday. My incessant complaining about the weather leads me to believe that I will be turning 81.  Which isn’t too far from the actual 31 I will be turning.  Where is my AARP card?

I am, however, able to answer what happened on the blog in February.  This. 

If you are new around here, welcome!  You can catch up on what happened in January right here.  Be sure to visit our home projects page for even more DIY fun!

See you back next week.  I have a new living room rug, a black wall, and some crafts to talk about.  Whoa.

What was your favorite project on Decor and the Dog in February?  Big week-end plans?  Is March coming in like a lion or lamb where you live?