Today is Friday, August 2nd, 2024. Welcome to the Friday ~ Week in Review post! I will be doing these posts every Friday to update you all on what happened throughout the week, so everyone can get caught up on the things they may of missed!

Quote of the Week:

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where others see nothing.” –– Camille Pissarro

Reviews:

The Best Seashell Shell Collecting Bags for the Beach + Tips
ANUA Heartleaf Pore Control Cleansing Oil
BobBee Kid’s Bath Water Toy
Cuisinart Automatic Frozen Yogurt, Ice Cream and Sorbet Maker

General Posts, Recipes, Crafts and More:

How to Use Natural Fiber Mulberry Paper to Decoupage Seashells
Top Tips for Creating Stunning DIY Craft Videos
Barbecue Party Upgrades to Wow Your Guests
Home Canning Beef Vegetable Soup Recipe with Tips
Cuisinart Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe
Painted Rubber Duckie, Fish and Flamingo Clam Seashells Party Favors
Summertime Fun in the Backyard Pool
Home Canning Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots with Recipe

Can you believe we’re in the month of August now? Summer is flying by! I need to get busy getting the school shopping done as the kids go back a week earlier this year compared to last year. I hope I can get some good back to school deals!

Am I the only person in the world that hates chewing gum? I’ve always hated it…even as a kid! I find nothing exciting about putting a piece of “rubbery textured” goo in my mouth and chewing on it for hours. Ick, no thanks! I don’t care what it’s flavored with. I can suck on a Lifesaver or Mint if I need something flavorful in my mouth.

Today I want to gripe about chewing gum and how disgusted that I get when people don’t dispose it properly. I don’t understand why people think it’s okay to just spit it out onto the ground wherever they may be. Disgusting! Tramping into a wad of chewing gum is just as bad as tramping into dog poo! YUCK!

No one (that I know) likes stepping into chewing gum! It can be tough cleaning it off the soles of your shoes. No one like cleaning it off the wheels of a baby stroller or wheelchair either. The bottom of rollerskates, a skate board, roller blades, bicycle tires, scooter wheels, etc. Quit spitting it out onto the ground!!!

I know kids like chewing it on it and that’s okay…but Parents need to do their job to make sure it’s disposed of in the trash. Kids have a habit of spitting it out onto the ground and worse yet is when a child places a wad of it underneath a piece of furniture like a school desk. Oh yes, kids still do that these days! Janitors absolutely HATE scraping the gum off the bottom of school desks every year.

My husband has been a licensed HVAC Tech for the past 40 years. I can’t tell you how many times he’s went out on services calls for clogged drains and toilets due to people clogging them up with chewing gum! Seriously, who spits the wad into the sink? A toilet? Geesh. Not a cool way to get rid of it and it will cost you money in the end.

If you’re going to be chewing gum you need to be responsible with it and dispose of that nasty, sticky wad of gum properly. That means discarding it into the trash! Enough said.

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