H.O.T. ...

You know it is to flippin hot outside ...

When even the ice cream truck melts!!!

Don't forget to vote for my blog before you melt in this flippin heat!!!

Who needs the GAP when you have a pair of scissors???

Every summer I go through my daughters drawers ...

And every summer I am stuck buying new tank tops and shorts because they are growing at the speed of light.

BUT ... their drawers are always full of t-shirts from previous activities they have done during the school year.

Basketball league shirts, volleyball league shirts, gymnastic shirts or dance academy shirts.  They seem to multiply every year in their drawers.  I sometimes wonder if they somehow got two shirts for the price of one with all of them that are crammed into their drawers.

So this summer ... I decided to put my Martha Stewart skills to use and come up with a way to get another use out of their t-shirts ...

That they will outgrow in no time flat ...

By making them "it is hot as hell outside" friendly!!!

I came up with a cute way to go from T-shirt to tank top in less than 5 minutes ...

First start off with a t-shirt ...

On a side note:

I have used t-shirts that are a bit to small ...

and a bit to big.

The ones that are a bit to big seem to work

just a wee bit better.

Cut the colar off of the t-shirt.

You can either cut right on the seam ...

or you can cut an inch or two below the seam.

Depending on how low you want the front to hang.

This one I cut right on the seam.

Next ... cut off the sleeves.

Again ... cut right along the seam.

Now comes the fun and cute part of the whole make-over.

Turn the t-shirt over and cut an "L" shape where the

sleeves "use" to be.

I have also cut the area in a "half circle" shape in

other t-shirts that I have done.

With the left over parts from the pieces that you have cut off ...

Cut 3 long skinny strings.

Let them "roll up" before you go any further.

Pull the back together with one of the rolled up strings.

You can do this in so many different ways

when it comes time to you tieing the two sides together.

Get creative!!!

I did this one by tieing many different knots

going up the back to secure it together.

You can even take some of the extra "pieces" and tie the shoulders together.

This one I tied many knots up and down the shoulder to match the

knots that I tied up the back of the shirt.

The options are endless on what you can do!!!

Perfection!!!

A cute new tanktop to add to the summer wardrobe pile ...

And I did not have to shell out $15 at the GAP for it!!!

Here is another option that I did ...

I braided the back together on this one.

Just a little something different than the knots.

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Summer vacation ...

When is the exact moment that I realize that it is summer vacation???

When my children begin to agrue over anything ... and everything.

I am pretty sure I heard them bickering over the air they breath a few moments ago ...

Or was that someone's ice cream bowl had more in it than the other one???

I am not sure because I was to busy tripping over someone's flip flops in the kitchen.

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Dear Diary ...

Dear Diary ...

Just moved to Kansas ! Now this is a state that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. It is beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

June 14th:

Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.

June 30th:

Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing the lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.

July 10th:

The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least, it's kind of windy though. But getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.

July 15th:

Fell asleep by the community pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

July 20th:

I missed Lomita (my cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning. By the time I got to the hot car at noon, Lomita had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag, then popped like a water balloon. The car now smells like Kibbles and Shits. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat. Good ol' Mr. Sun strikes again.

July 25th:

The wind sucks. It feels like a giant freaking blow dryer!! And it's hot as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the fritz and the AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he needed to order parts.

July 30th:

Been sleeping outside on the patio for 3 nights now, $225,000 house and I can't even go inside. Lomita is the lucky one. Why did I ever come here?

Aug. 4th:

Its 115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 85. I hate this stupid state.

Aug. 8th:

If another wise ass cracks, 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to strangle him. Damn heat. By the time I get to work, the radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!

Aug. 9th:

Tried to run some errands after work. Wore shorts, and when I sat on the seats in the car, I thought my ass was on fire. My skin melted to the seat. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and ass . . . Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried ass, and baked cat.

Aug 10th:

The weather report might as well be a damn recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do shit for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn state? Water rationing will be next, so my $1700 worth of cactus will just dry up and blow over. Even the cactus can't live in this damn heat.

Aug. 14th:

Welcome to HELL! Temperature got to 115 today. Cactus are dead. Forgot to crack the window and blew the damn windshield out of the car. The installer came to fix it and guess what he asked me??? "Hot enough for you today?" My sister had to spend $1,500 to bail me out of jail. Freaking Kansas !!!. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?? Will write later to let you know how the trial goes.

Just had to share this email that I got a few days ago.  I thought it was SO darn true for what we are all experiencing with this freaking weather.  Remember ... one click below ... and you will vote for my blog.  Now go and drink a margarita to stay cool!

Week 1 of summer vacation ...

Summer vacation = Sibling fights, wet swimming suites left on the floor, random flipflops in odd locations, every light on in the house and the "what are we gonna do today" questions.