Shark Attack

August 3rd was Philip's 35th birday party and we had some friends over for a nice day of burgers on the grill and beer. And I carved up this little bad boy.

Galveston

Caught this big daddy in a crab trap in Galveston a few weeks ago. Unfortunately he was missing his small claw and a few legs so we threw him back :o(

Philip and I recently took some fly fishing lessons and I took out my new salt water fly rod to give it a try in the bay. I had some nice casts and some not so nice casts. But didn't catch anything. I was feeling kind of nervous since I'm still learning so when people stopped to watch I got kind of shy and would sloooooowly reel in my line hoping they'd move along. Two guys drove over on their golf cart because they couldn't believe a girl was fly fishing. I told them I hated to disappoint but I was just learning so there sadly wasn't much 'fishing' going on. Once I practice some more I'll call them over to pay to watch my fishing skills next time!

A re-finished outdoor table

I've had several projects in the works and most of them are still incomplete, but I did manage to finish one. It's a table for our backyard that sits under an oak tree. It's perfect for hanging out in the evening or eating outside. We picked up the table for $30 from a garage sale store that had all kinds of junk in it. Philip was nice enough to let me bring it home to clean up. I'm sure he had his doubts but I made it happen. It was an old white-washed blue color and that just would not work for me, so I sanded, washed, sanded and sanded some more before i finally reached for the paint remover and made quick work of the job. Then I stained the top and proceeded to paint the legs. As luck would have it one of our neighbors down the street was selling four chairs for only $25 on our neighborhood facebook group. So I snapped those up and painted them too!