good morning Girls ready to try some lemon balm tea today. pulling my lemon mint out by the handfulls. Did not get any time in the garden this weekend. started to power wash my very large wood deck last friday for painting on sunday. my powerwasher blew the paint off the wood. so spent all weekend scraping the peeling paint. Paints specks on the house and shed.and my plants I had sitting on the grass.Next weekend will get painted. spent Monday watering and weeding my large vegetable garden. So that makes Tammys wellness box going out today. After picking up our "old" car. decided if we are going to keep it , fix it up. Hope everyones day is sunny and fun.

Great job on the word unscramble Nicole! You are correct for all 3 answers.

Would anyone else like to take a shot at unscrambling 3 words? We have 6 words left.

Here are bingo words for yesterday and today:

Exercise

Detox

Aromatherapy

Relax

Previously Called Bingo Words :

Whole Foods

Exfoliate

Yoga

Stress Relief

Facial

Vitamins

Tea

Manicure

Pamper

Nourish

Massage

Flowers

Nature

Wellness

You Guessed It Questions for today:

#9 This plant nutrient has antioxidant properties, and has been linked to health benefits ranging from heart health to protection against sunburns and certain types of cancers It's the pigment that gives red and pink fruits, such as tomatoes, watermelons and pink grapefruit, their characteristic color. What is it?

10) This fruit contains nearly 20 vitamins and mineral and is high in monounsaturated fat, which helps lower bad cholesterol. What is it?

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday!

Hi I submitted three of the words for the word scramble in my above message did you receive👍Thanks, Kim

9. Lycopene
10. Avocado

For the you guessed it questions

Word unscramble for today

2. aromatherapy
3. cosmeceuticals
4. remodeling

Susan N ~ received the cute card, the chamomile and lemon balm seeds from park seed company!!

Thank you so much!!

Thanks for posting your answers to the unscramble Kim and Nicole.

Kim, your answers for the You Guessed It Game are spot on, great job!

Kim, #3 was answered by Nicole, so did you mean #5 instead? If so you are correct in that answer. #4 is not remodeling though. Do you want to give it another try. Hint: It is related to a spa treatment that reduces the appearance of cellulite.

I will be posting another set of words to unscramble that are related to nutrition soon.

Susan B I hope you enjoyed your tea. You are working too hard this month by the way...take some time to relax. I know in Ohio it has turned chilly, at least here in the North East. So we have a small window of time to get painting and other outdoor projects done. You are a worker bee I must say lol!

Bingo words for today are:

Spa

Aloe Vera

You Guessed It Questions:

#11 Blueberries, strawberries, lychees, acai berries and pomegranate have something nutritionally important in common. What is it?

#12 This vitamin is needed for absorption of calcium. Folks living up North are often deficient in this vitamin and have to take supplements. What vitamin am I speaking of?

I hope you are all having fun with the games.

Wishing you a thrilling Thursday!

Talk to you soon!

#11 Blueberries, strawberries, lychees, acai berries and pomegranate have something nutritionally important in common. What is it? (Antioxidants)

#12 This vitamin is needed for absorption of calcium. Folks living up North are often deficient in this vitamin and have to take supplements. What vitamin am I speaking of? (VITAMIN D)

Mailing out to Susan (skyblue) on Friday August 21st.

So sorry I have not been on. I have not been able to get on HOUZZ. Not sure why! Nicole and Kim have things under control....good luck to both of you.

Happy Thursday!!

Annie

Yes getting painting done. While at Lowe's picked up Pretty Perrine coral bells.

Mailing out Annie's today will post a pic, hope everyone has a great day!

Feliz (Happy) Friday everyone!

Nicole, you guessed it again! Answers to #11 and #12 are correct!

Susan, I love your coral bells. Lowes has great plants. I have not been there this year due to Covid. I am going to venture out and take a look soon though. I only have three coral bells and one is a plain green and the other is variegated green with white, and a dark purple one. I have a lot of hosta so I am going to try to amend the soil in a deep shad area of my yard and try to make a low maintenance shade garden with hosta and some stone paths and a bench or two and some large boulders. I always wanted a zen or meditation type garden but I have changed my mind about that. Going to try to go simple and low maintenance. Susan B do you know if the coral bells will do well in pretty dry shade? They would look so nice with the hosta. I need some ideas for what to plant in deep shade.

I hope you liked the You Guessed It game. I am closing that one out but will post more word unscrambles soon.

Annie, I was wondering where you were. Welcome back! I have had issues in the past with not being able to post and I had to use a different web browser for some time. It seems to be working better these days though.

Thank you Jeanne for the lovely card, recipes and seeds. I love 🍉 cucumbers 🥒 and mint. I look forward to trying the Kiwi mint water and watermelon smoothie. I just cut up a small watermelon 🍉 today so I may try that recipe tomorrow. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Thank you so much Susan ( skyblue52) for all the great wellness box, Lots of great info. Received some fresh yellow tomatoes that i will be saving seeds from. Also a mason jar filled with blue suede shoes tomtoes, veggie scrubber, Germx hand sanitize, supplement- turmeric curcumin, St.Ives oatmeal mask and 3 packs of seeds-sweet basil, watermelon radish, and triple curled parsley. Wow!! Is all i can say! What a great box!! Thank you so very much!

Tried to post a picture but it wouldn’t let me. Thanks again Susan.

Jeanne I mailed your box out yesterday. So it will be there in few days. Lot going on- Sorry i am late.

Tammy I knew an adventure in the different colors of tomatoes would be fun for you. The timing after a dry some spell was tough to because off The cracking on top. The Moms best jar would be a special gift for a canner.They only sell for $1 on the resell market now. I feel some day they may be a part of Ohio history. They were only made in the 70s. A lot of crafts are made with them to keep them around. I had 5 crack last year . So no more canning with the ones I have left. Just storage. I had fun trying to get this together. I wanted to rebox to put some herbs in. But was concerned about the jar getting broken. Turmeric is a great herb. I have a gardening friend in India that sells spices. He wants to send me fresh . I sent him seeds last year. If India ever gets out of lock down . people are starving over there because all commence out of the country is stopped till Dec. All businesses are shut down much like we had.He is going to start tomatoes and peppers to sell. So glad we have figured out how to get our businesses back open.

Yes! Susan it was the perfect adventure. Love all of it and the jar is washed and placed with my other vintage items on my cabinet top in kitchen. I tried again to post pics but it won’t let me.

Happy Sunday to everyone. Sorry I was MIA yesterday, time got away from me. I spent the day catching up on shopping and other errands. I decided to go to a nearby farmer's market where I found the freshest avocado, peaches and cantaloupe. I went to bed early and this morning I woke up feeling energetic.

Let's catch up on Bingo words:

Here are bingo words for yesterday and today:

Essential Oils

Health

Sleep

Vitality

Previously Called Bingo Words :

Whole Foods

Exfoliate

Yoga

Stress Relief

Facial

Vitamins

Tea

Manicure

Pamper

Nourish

Massage

Flowers

Nature

Wellness

Exercise

Detox

Aromatherapy

Relax

I will be tallying up points tomorrow and posting more word unscrambles then too.

Susan N ~ Thanks for the new bingo words. I need three more words :)

Isn't it fun shopping at the Farmer's market?

Hope everyone is doing well during our unprecedented times.

Bingo

Way to go Annie !!! hoping to get the deck done today. the paint is a little redder then the old paint. have to see how it dries. Hope to keep the rain showers in Cincinnatii.

Congratulations on BINGO Annie!

Susan, I hope you had a nice dry day for finishing up the deck.

I will be back later this evening to tally points so far for our other games and post some more word scrambles. This will be our final game since we are nearing the end of the month. I will also update status for send and received, so please post here if you haven't yet.

Have a marvelous Monday everyone!

Good evening, I hope everyone had a good Monday.

Here are the words for the unscramble game - these words are related to Nutrition, limit of 3 words per person per day can be unscrambled. This will be our final game. Good luck everyone!

1) UEPSPLTMENS

2) LOSCIREA

3) NAAIODNISTXT

4) STODCAARHRBEY

5) OANMI ASCID

6) LRNSAEMI

7) SENLLLWSE

8) AMIVSTIN

9) NMEZSYE

Great guide from the American Heart Association

Be well friends!

Download a PDF of this infographic.

The best way to get all of the vitamins, minerals and nutrients you need is to eat a variety of colorful fruits and veggies. Add color to your plate each day with the five main color groups.

Red & Pink

beets
cherries
cranberries
pink grapefruit
pomegranates
radicchio
red radishes
red apples
red grapes
red peppers
red potatoes
rhubarbs
strawberries
tomatoes
watermelons

Blue & Purple

blackberries
blueberries
black currants
dates
eggplants
grapes
plums
prunes
purple figs
raisins

Yellow & Orange

acorn squash
butternut squash
apricots
cantaloupes
carrots
corn
grapefruit
lemons
mangoes
nectarines
oranges
orange peppers
papayas
peaches
pineapples
pumpkins
summer squash
sweet potatoes
tangerines
yams
yellow apples
yellow peppers
yellow squash

White

bananas
cauliflower
garlic
Jerusalem artichokes
mushrooms
onions
potatoes
parsnips
shallots

Green

artichokes
asparagus
avocados
bok choy
broccoli
Brussels sprouts
celery
collard greens
cucumbers
green beans
green cabbage
green grapes
green onions
green peppers
kale
kiwis
leeks
limes
mustard greens
okra
pears
peas
romaine lettuce
snow peas
spinach
sugar snap peas
watercress
zucchini

heart.org/addcolor

#AddColor

Thanks Susan N for being a great hostess and luv the games/helpful healthy information for us!!

Unscramble words:

7) SENLLLWSE - Wellness

8) AMIVSTIN - Vitamins

9) NMEZSYE - Enyzmes

Good Morning! Happy Tuesday everyone!

Here is my day 2 unscramble guesses:

4) STODCAARHRBEY - Carbohydrates

5) OANMI ASCID - Amino Acids

6) LRNSAEMI - Minerals

1) UEPSPLTMENS - Supplements

2) LOSCIREA - Calories

3) NAAIODNISTXT - Antioxidants

Susan N. ~ I got the second part of the swap Today!!! thank you so much!!! I have a vitamix so this recipe book is going to help me out soooo much!!

Received Kim's "Be Well" surprise yesterday.....

*Hyssop Tea recipe along with Hyssop leaves and Hyssop seeds. Intereresting...cooled Hyssop tea is a cleansing facial rinse as well.

*Recipe/Directions for a small "Disposable Herb Pillow, using a napkin and herb leaves....put in your pillow case....dispose when no more scent. And she made me a little chocolate herb pillow and included some chocolate mint stems and leaves and a napkin to make my own. Cute idea....smells wonderful. I would assume one could make these little pillows with fabric scraps too.

*Night scented Stock seeds and Lettuce Mascara

Thanks so much Kim....very cool!!

Annie

So sorry I have been MIA. I had computer issues and I was not able to post. I think all is resolved now.

I am going to tally everything up and give you all an update soon.

Annie, sounds like a nice package. I think Hyssop is one of the best antivirals out there, perfect for tea in these scary times.

I hope everyone has been well this month and liked the theme. I have enjoyed hosting.

Be back soon!

Hello Girls I recieved Nicoles healthy package a couple days ago. She sent me cucumber, Lavender munstead, orange and lemon calendula, and chocolate cherry sunflower. these will be a nice additon to my garden next year. thank you Nicole. I
had a bad year with my "colored" sunflowers. the days are winding down and I gathered lettuce seed today. I let my petunias go to seed in the back yard. and of course tomatoe seeds are being dried. ready to cut my bee balm down and let the mums take over.

I have had a couple of very busy days here ladies. We have had some illness in the family, nobody in my household, but we were worried about my stepdaughter who had Covid symptoms. She had the rapid test and it was negative, but they sent her for the nasal swab to be sure. We are awaiting her results. I hope everyone has been well.

Here's the update on sent/received. I see lots of wonderful packages were sent and received. Jeanne please let us know when you receive yours.

Nicole -- sends to Susan B. - received

Susan B -- sends to Tammy - received

Tammy -- sends to Jeanne - sent

Jeanne -- sends to Kim - received

Kim -- sends to Annie - received

Annie -- sends to Susan N. - received

Susan N -- sends to Nicole - received

I tallied the points the other day and here are the results:

Bingo winner - Annie

You Guessed It

Nicole - 9 pts

Kim - 2 pts

Annie - 2 pts

Susan B - 1 pt

Word Unscrambles - cumulative totals Nutrition and Spa

Nicole - 9 pts

Kim 6 pts

Jeanne - 3 pts

Thanks to everyone for participating and I hope you all had fun. I had a great time hosting. I will be getting prizes in the mail Monday or Tuesday.

Have a great rest of your weekend!!!

Thanks for hostessing a fun month, Susan. I received Tammy's lovely package today. I'll post about it tomorrow when I can take a picture to add

Thanks so much for a fun swap!

Susan, hoping all is good with your stepdaughter. Thank you for a wonderful month of "Be Well".......informative and fun!

I'm back with a picture and another thank you to Tammy. You sent much more than I expected so an extra surprise!

Tammy sent a pink bath poof, Lavender & Honey Lip Butter, a Green Tea Face Mask, a pretty note card with a sunflower on the front, a planner/calendar, Cucumber and Sage facial cleansing towelettes, and lavender, cucumber and calendula seeds. Perfect for a spa day!

Hey all, I will not be able to host in November and hope someone can take it on for me. Please let me know. Sorry for any inconvenience. Margo

good Morning girls.. I am your Sept. host. I will post later today. Looking for a rainy day. Hoping been such a long dry time.

Jeanne so glad it got there. Enjoy!

Thanks Susan for hosting. I followed along even though i was too busy to get in on games. Hope everyone has a beautiful day.

Hi I can host November for you Margo it’s my bday month. Please put me down for November for OBF.

Thank you Kim. I appreciate this. Margo

Thanks again everyone. I loved hosting.

Susan, I received my BINGO prize....thanks so much!!

Wonderful month!!

Annie

Kim and Nicole I didnt forget about your prizes. I mailed them on Saturday. You should be receiving by Wednesday.

Take care and be well.

So glad you received it and that you liked it. Enjoy!

Thank you so much Susan for the wonderful prizes. I already put up the fall towel for my mom, she lives with me and is currently on Hospice care she loves it.