I’ve been finding out lately that it’s the little things that I can do everyday that actually makes a big difference. It’s been so incredibly hot here. If it’s not a day where I plan to be all out sweating I have to outside stuff either early in the morning or at dusk. I decided to clean out my car and get a chore out of the way that I’ve been putting off for a long time.

I had purchased this CD holder ages ago and it’s just been sitting in my car empty. Yes, my sweet little hatchback has a CD player. I was so tired of the CDs flying around the car. I even had a little helper. It’s going to be so much easier for me to pick out what I want to listen to and not have the bulky cases to deal with.

If you live in the south I’m pretty sure you are having a fly problem. EVERY SINGLE SUMMER they are so bad. They love to congregate by the side door so when we walk in they can jet inside. I moved one of my oil diffusers outside and filled it with citronella, lemongrass and lemon essential oils. I’m not very fond of this diffuser because it doesn’t billow out the steam, but I could tell that it definitely kept the little suckers at bay. Tomorrow I’ll try it with one of my other diffusers.

That little helper I had earlier is also a climber. She climbed to the top of our shelves and when she did she knocked off my house hippo. Because it’s gradient shelving the poor hippo hit the shelf beneath him and broke.

I loved that little hippo. I was not going to give up on him. I decided I would glue him back together. One thing about me is I’m AWFUL at puzzles. They frustrate me to no end. The one puzzle I actually completed (with Donny’s help of course) is framed in our bedroom. I was, however, determined to fix this.

I had 2 small pieces left and neither one fit in that spot. I’m pretty sure they were part of the back. So I did what any normal person would do.

I glued a lip sticker on his butt. He needed a little fancying up anyway.

You can barely tell that his has a hole and is missing half his back. Just don’t look too close.