This is Genius!

 I finally tried the squirt water bottle to get Zoey to stop barking at the delivery guys and on the drive to run at the park every morning! What do you know! I only had to show her the spray bottle in the car and not a peep out of her. So much more enjoyable than the high pitch barks and whining! Amazing!!! I also had to spritz her a little this morning when the delivery truck was coming down the street and showed her the bottle when people walked by. It works! I also tell her she is a good girl when she doesn't bark. Genius! Should have thought of it sooner. It took over hearing a neighbor use it on their dog to get me to try it. Now all the dog owners are on board and trying it out. Should be a lot less dog barking all day long! 

I wanted to sit outdoors as much as possible yesterday. I was going to set up our tent, then remembered our two person hammock. We might have a lot of trees in the back yard, but they aren't placed in a great spot for ham mocking. I ended up tying one end to the fence post and the other to our tree. Perfect spot in the back yard. I'll leave it up all week since it's going to be nice and not rain all week. Steve came out and we both sat in it swing style. I can't handle any swinging motion so we just sat there enjoying the nice afternoon. 

This weekend, we took our happy hour to go cups to the local park on the Mississippi River. A perfect before dinner drinking place. Once we were home, we realized we should have just purchased food to go from the local restaurants. We ended up just picking up burgers from Culvers and sharing a chocolate ice cream with peanut butter cup concrete mixer. Delicious! 

We also went back to the St Paul Farmer Market. Picked up some purple Cauliflower and more large tomatoes to stuff with sausage and veggies. We didn't get our fill of them last week, so making more is a must do! 

Steve's parents came over and had dinner with us on the deck. Celina made BBQ ribs that were seasoned perfectly! Very tasty! His parents loved all the lights I put up the deck with the two table top fire pits going  , they said it felt like a restaurant. Exactly what I was going for! Of course we have been using the table firepit so much that we are once again out of propane.