The S List

For those of you reading Meredith's blog- you know that she created the M list of her favorite things. All of her friends followed suit and now I am the last to jump on the bandwagon. But, since I have nothing blog worthy today. Here it goes- the S list. I don't have many things on it- but everything here I highly recommend.

Polarized Sunglasses

These are well worth the investment. I used to be a kind of girl with a million pairs of dollar store sunglasses. Now, I have invested in a good pair of polarized sunglasses and I can never go back. Get yourself a pair- your eyes will thank you!

This is the best lotion I have ever used. I use it daily. It is very light and doesn't have a greasy feeling to it.















This is the most high end addition to my list. They are my LG washer and dryer. I can't tell you how enjoyable they make laundry. These guys do everything except sort the laundry and put it away. I look forward to using them for years to come.









This is my food saver. I am not sure how I lived with out it. I love to seal things up. This particular model came from Costco. It came with bags and canisters. I love it love it love it. I have even created a sealing station on top of the washer.











This is V05 moisture milks- strawberries and cream shampoo. Now, I do not use this product on my hair- so I can't attest to that. It is however the yummiest smelling bubble bath. The best thing is it is only 79 cents for a bottle.

Happy Birthday Brady Boy

Brady celebrated his third birthday this week. Three is the magic age we have been waiting for. Every time we go to the vet they say Brady will mature at 3. I am very doubtful that this in entirely true- but during the times when he destroyed something precious to me- I would just keep telling myself- he will mature when he is 3. Well, on the third day that he was three years old- he destroyed the object on an earlier post. So, I don't know when this magic maturation will begin. So here are a few pictures of Brady and his birthday presents. The fish lost all of it's stuffing while we were out last night- but he is still dragging the unstuffed body around with pride.

And here- is Brady's new bed. Since he has reached the magic age of 3- we thought we would try again with a bed. Brady has had many beds in the past, but they have all suffered the same fate.
Now Brady has matured enough to sleep in the floor next to my bed, so I bought this nice new cozy bed. My thought process was 2 fold:

1) If he starts destroying it- I would hear him and stop it immediately.

2) He doesn't have access to it if I am not home.
So, we have made it thought night one. The dog is well rested and the new bed is still in one piece. Maybe he is maturing... or maybe he was just tired.

guess what

Can you guess what this was?
Can you guess what happened to it?

my decorating

After living in my house for 3 years and staring at a blank shelf area near the ceiling in the bathroom everyday- I finally found something to put there. I walked around the house yesterday and discovered the candle sticks in one room and the ivy in another. I think they go together nicely. I wonder what I will redecorate next.

I am back

After a refreshing and much deserved vacation at the beach, I am back to blogging. I had a fabulous time. The trip took about 4 hours. On the first day, we walked around on got our bearings. We had a 1 bedroom condo and I think it was furnished with the actual furniture from the Golden Girls. It was very quiet where we were and there was a little pool for our building which we had to ourselves most to the time. We also had the big resort pool to hang out in, and of course the ocean. On the second day, our dear friends came down. They proved what I always say- a vacation is just more fun with other people. We laughed so hard that my laugh muscles ached the next day. Our third day included lots of rest and relaxation. I dove head first into the online book club book and I am already 100 pages or so in. Today, we drove from one beach to another one- the one with the outlet mall. We hit the Bass Pro Shop and picked up our wading boots for the trip to Tahoe. I also picked up the most hysterical thing while I was there. Here is it- a Brady bobblehead!
I think it is so funny and I just laugh every time I see it. It looks and acts just like my crazy dog! So now I am back- and left with bags to unpack and laundry to do. I am so glad to have one more day off!

hiatus

Summary by Sandy is going on hiatus until Tuesday, July 24th. I encourage all of you to spend some time making your own blogs while I am on this break. I would love to read about all of my dear readers and the happenings in their lives. It could really be about anything. Before I even knew how fun blogging could be- I used to read a blog by a friend of mine about what he ate for breakfast everyday. For some reason it was mostly chick-fil-a. :) (hey-if you are that friend and you are reading- contact me and let me know if you have a new blog I can read!) If you are missing Summary By Sandy while I am on hiatus, please feel free to read the older material and check out the other blogs I am hooked on.

book club

If you are interested in being in an online book club started by my sweet sister-in-law Meredith- please check out the following blog.

http://titillatingtomes.blogspot.com/