Stayin' Cool and Pinterest Challenge - July

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Last week Maggie and I hit a few spots nearby to help us stay cool. First - Splash Island on the west side. You may remember this is on our Summer Bucket List. We got there early and enjoyed swimming without a huge crowd ...

Unfortunately a storm came in so we all got evacuated. :( The positive was they handed out coloring books to pass the time!

Maggie often gets to ride a horse at my parents house, but BOTH Maggie and I got to saddle up and go for a ride this time! Natural Valley Ranch is a local farm where you can get horse rides, have a birthday party or just visit their animals.

Afterwards, Maggie got to enjoy visiting their animals.

And now for my July Pinterest Challenge ... you've been waiting right? :) I've lumped a couple together here. Since Ryan has been traveling so much, Maggie and I have to fill our time doing something. So we made some sand paper t-shirts. This was super easy and we only spent $1 on sand paper at the Dollar Store since we found some white t-shirts in our stash of used clothes in the basement!

Here is the progression ...

I thought they turned out pretty good.

I also have been into making some home-made cleaners recently.

The ant repellent (Dawn and water) seems to do the trick. The carpet cleaner (hydrogen peroxide and baking soda) works great. The Listerine (just pure Listerine in a spray bottle!) seems to help in our backyard. One not pictured - the Dawn and vinegar mixture put into a kitchen scrubber and left in the shower. Brilliant!