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Hey Y'all! I'm Salinda. Welcome to my little piece of the South. I'm a sewing instructor and the seamstress behind PersonaliTy Children's Clothes. I'm crazy in love with my hubby and Momma to 2 spunky swimmers! I'm addicted to Sonic Cokes, my New Orleans Saints, and Jesus!

Crazy, crazy mornings!

School starts back on August 18th.
That’s only 22 more days!
This summer, I’ve worked with my 2 to create a morning routine that should cut down on the chores and craziness.  Basically, before they come out of their rooms in the morning (except to run to the bathroom), I ask that they: 
Make their beds,
Get dressed for the day,
Pick up any dirty laundry,
Put away any clean clothes that I folded and put in their rooms after they went to bed,
and be ready to be happy and obedient.  
They’ve about figured out the first 4 steps.  It’s that 5th one that’s a doozie!
With school starting out, I wanted to make something to remind them of these little steps every morning.  I spent a little time creating these:

If you like them, I’ve saved them as .pdf files that you can print too.  They are designed to print on regular printer paper and then to be trimmed down to 8 x 10 so they fit in a standard photo frame.
Enjoy and good luck with your crazy mornings!

Crabbing 101

We enjoyed some yummy boiled crabs on our vacation.

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They were super fresh. 

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How do I know?  We caught them ourselves!

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Here’s how you catch a crab—the Grand Isle beach vacation way!

Step 1:  You need a string, some poles, and a few turkey necks!  Walk out a ways into the gulf, IMG_2335string the string between the poles and tie on the turkey necks!

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Step 2:  Walk along the string pulling up your turkey necks. 

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Have the net ready because the second those suckers are out of the water, they let go.

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Step 3:  Toss back the female crabs with eggs.  Gotta let them grow to catch later.  How do you know if a she-crab must go back?  Check this out.

 

Step 4:  Walk back and forth along the string catching crab after crab after crab.

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Step 5:  Repeat step 4 until you have enough crabs to feed a small army.

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Step 6:  Boil those suckers.

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Step 7:  Eat and enjoy!

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The Great Grand Isle Get-away

Whoo Hoo!  Vacation!  I won’t bore you with 1467 vacation photos, but you do have to look at a few.

We spent the last few days with all of my family and a few wanna-be family members in Grand Isle. 


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We stayed on the beach.

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We played in the water.

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We caught hermit crabs,

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and blue crabs.

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We boiled crabs too!

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We ate well, we played hard, and we relaxed and rested

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We’ve been home for about 3 hours and we’re already ready to go back!

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(thanks to Mom and my sisters for sharing pictures!)

7 random facts about right now

1.
I.Heart.Pinterest
I’m happily ‘pinning’ all kinds of fun things.
Like this print…
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that I decided to purchase for my bathroom.


2.
I’ve discovered the joys of cleaning with baking soda. 
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It’s amazing.
Scrubs the tub even better than that smelly stuff in a green tube.
Takes random spray paint off a mirror that may or may not have been taped well.
Cleans the front of the fridge to a shiny white.


3.
I’ve started using CleanMomma’s Printables.
I’m hoping her checklists, forms and lists will help me get my act together. 
This is my household notebook (and blogging and etsy and kids’ school info…)
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4.
Ashley and I’ve teamed up to do lots of freezer cooking. 
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We are loving this book.
Basically, she makes two dishes and I make two dishes and we share!


5.
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Canning. 
Why do things need to be preserved when it’s 212 99 degrees outside? 
I’ve put up tomatoes, pickles and grape jelly.


6.
I’m stalking her website.
Yep.  After 2 widely successful Lisette patterns, Lisel is my new hero!
I can’t wait until she tells us about her new fabrics and fall patterns.
(edited 1:20pm, July 13:  She just blogged about new fabrics.  They are awesome!)


7.
Christmas is 166 days away.
Seriously.
Adriane and I are going to try to tackle it in pieces this year with the help of Organized Christmas,
We’re doing Holiday Grand Plan that starts in August.  We’ll see how it goes.


That’s it.  That’s 7.
I’ll tell you about my garden next time.