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Well fall is certainly in the air. We’ve had 40 degree weather in the AM around here. I wore a jacket to day {{{Gasp!!}}} and my mom has been turning on the heat…but that’s another issue.

This past Daddy day (what Peanut call’s daddy’s day off), after an early day in the homeschool room we headed out to pull down the tomato plants, cucumbers and beans and prepare for fall gardening. We piled up rich dirt in the yard and washed out pots for the next planting.

So what do we plant. Well I have my thoughts on Swiss Chard. I haven’t thought much beyond that. I’m supposed to be getting some Egyptian Walking Onions in the mail soon so I have to figure out where I want them to do their walking too.

But I digress because this is all about great link finds on the internet.

This week, in my search for what to do with my bunch of basil harvested when the tomato plants came down I landed upon this site called Life on the Balcony by Fern (I know another lady by the name of Fern too!). It’s a site all about container gardening in an apartment situation. While we’re not in an apartment we do container garden on a small balcony (neater, less buggy). Fern’s blog is award winning, offers practical tips to you can apply today (provided you have a few gardening implements on hand) and she is coming out with a small space container gardening book in 2012!!

So my Friday Link Love pick for the week is Life on the Balcony:

And some personal picks from the site are

• A great simple idea for growing some Kale at Life on the Balcony.
• 3 Ways to preserve your basil.(I picked number one)

Honey this post is detailed, thorough and my hats off to Kathy at Kathy’s Chatz for posting it on Ask Anna’s blog.

Now even though this post is about cleaning the dryer initially Kathy takes her dryer apart to make sure things are hunky dory. My dryer is not in need of dimantling (that I know of) and if I did have something go wrong with it I would yell , “Hey honey??!!!”" but just in case I was feeling extra DIY-ish the inspirational pictures of workbench and toolbox (I DO need one of those) would have me feeling comfortable tackling this task.

So without further ado..

Cleaning Your Dryer:  In a guest post from Kathy Chatz on Ask Anna Kathy shows how to get your dryer sparkly again.

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So to celebrate the upcoming holiday season Sweet Peanut has asked me to make her a fourth of July outfit.

So cute. She thinks mommy sews better than she does.

So I had a pattern and fabric for some cute pants (pic coming) although my brother-in-law did mistake them for pyjamas….

But I was at a loss for the top.

I still am at a loss but I happened upon some cute free tutorials that might help someone else out.

Makin’ it Immakulate: This was SOOO cute! I might try it later. I’m awed by her talent to just whip this up from one of her daughter’s t-shirts. Very cute and she makes it seem easy.

A Little of This, A Little of That: This is from last year but is so quick and easy you can make it in time for this year’s celebration.  A 4th of July t-shirt.

~Enjoy!

Yes I’m late with this. What else is new. With Father’s Day, gradauations, and vacations happening I’ve been ubber bizzy.

Okay so this week’s link’s are Father’s Day and Graduation crafts you can make in a jiffy and also some delicious treats to eat. I know you can make them in a jiffy because I did. So without further ado…

Door Hanger: Help dad find his keys in the morning. This easy to craft together door hanger organizer can be put together with a small amount of fabric that you may have lying around already. Make in an hour or so. I made three.

Scrapbooked Graduation Card: We attended a very special Homeschool High School graduation ceremony this week. Not being on the same page I made this card while my husband bought a card…what??!!! Anyway all were impressed. It is really very easy and looks quite nice. In the hands of the graduate right now and since it just dried as we were headed out the door. I’m sorry I have no pics.

S’mores Whoopie Pies: I need to lose 10 pounds and these are not helping. I’ve made these twice so far and they are delicious. I do use all butter and cut that back in the filling so as not to be overwhelming. The cookies are delicious by themselves but with the chocolate etc. yuuummmm!!!

My goal is to link to just a few nice sites I’ve visited and partaken of during the week. If you have some that you think I might like send me a note (contact) I hope you enjoy.

I found some great sites this week just in my regular browsing around the web. Hope you like ‘em.

Project Home Economics Year II: I found this through another site and fell in love. I found her manner of speaking encouraging and calming. It’s sort of like this encouragment to do your best in homemaking from a Christian perspective. If you want to start at the beginning scroll down a bit and on the right hand side you’ll see the blog archive. Find the February 13th post labeled Welcome and start there.

Raising Homemakers: This is a nice site for getting tips on raising those future homemakers. There are a few giveaways too. It’s a Christian site. Lots of good stuff so take your time.

If you’ve been getting the feeling like you would add more hours to your day. That you may be taking on too much. That you shouldn’t be so tired at 10am. Pick up a copy of 101 Time Management by Crystal Paine and Co.  Download in full color or a printable version here => 101 Time Management

First thank you everyone that has entered the Yoplait Smoothie and KitchenAid Blender giveaway.

Pssst! It ends tomorrow at midnight (my time).

Now as we all prepare tirelessly for Thanksgiving (my house) here is a new lovely printable more about the Thankful part than about the eating part.

Silverbox Creative Studios, customizing design, and creative beautiful photos for customers and such, has  uploaded a lovely printable to remind us to be thankful this holiday season. Print them off. Add your personal touch and use them to decorate your holiday dinner table.

These are very pretty. I like the craft paper. Have to see if I have some around. I would like to make the ring and use it as a centerpiece.

So lovely…

Download yours here.