{Remember last year while camping at Carlsbad State Beach when the squirrel got stuck in Dad’s BBQ grease catcher? I think someone in our family has a video of it; I’d like to track it down!}

Oh how I wish…that I wasn’t still sick. I really don’t know what keeps hitting me, but ever since Saturday night I haven’t slept well and my stomach has hurt again. Luckily, Tyler coaxed me into taking some Pepto Bismol last night after dinner, and needless to say I was feeling much better. Thank goodness for modern medicine. {I actually liked the first spoonful so much that I asked for a second, which I almost spit out it was so bad. Don’t be fooled by its relatively cool bubblegum flavor; the second wind doesn’t taste a thing like bubblegum.}

Something I found today on decor8blog.com, originally from http://simonehowell.blogspot.com/. Check out this lovely bench cover:

Isn’t it gorgeous? She really does have an eye for color and mixing patterns. I’d LOVE to have an arrangement of bright, festive colors in our home, but I’m terrified it will look more like a circus than anything coherent.