Falllllll Creation

This is ONE o my favorite things...it is a tree that I made and I decorate it for each season as the centerpiece on my table. Up until recently it was just some silver branches that i stuck in a vase. I have been meaning to make it look more tree like and it suddenly came to me one day when I was takin the trash out. "hey, this martinelli bottle is the perfect height! So I used a little creativity some paper mache and here is how it turned out!!


SO yesterday I was feeling the need for some fallage and so I went out and gathered some leaves for the tree.



And here it is. I promise it looks better on the table but I am no lighting expert when I comes to pictures.

PS I am back from AFrica...check out my fecebook for some safari pictures and such!!

Another super cute somethin somethin

These are just too cute and easy to make!!

Came across this picture on some ladies blog and FEll in love!! I think it is the most perfect picture momment. Anyways I thought the little girl was so cute.A girl in a CAPE! How perfect!! I am all about letting kids dress however they want and be as creative as they want.


SO I scrolled down to see some more pictures.... and came to this one, THIS one confirmed it...this way the kid I was supposed to have....LOL. NOte the shoes on the wrong feet and all!

Except this will probably be what my kid will be wearing in family pictures!LOL

IN case ya haven't already heard.....

I



AM GOING TO


AFRICA ...

AGAIN!!! ....THURSDAY!!!!

SO ya, incase ya didn't hear...I am leaving to Africa again on THursday. This time I am going East to KENYA!! Way excited. I signed on with the Neonatal Resuscitation Team with the church. So we are going over there to train village midwifes, healthcare people, nurses etc. I am sooooo excited. Leave thurs, return NOV 1st. OOOHHH so many good pictures to come!

OH the beauty!!

Found this lady's blog last night and was in AWE her ideas!!! And she loves old barn wood just like me!!! http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/
THis one she does a stepbystep on how to make your OWN!!!


Thought this was pretty creative and cute.


This I fell in LOVE with..I must have a fence on my wall.

HaLlOWeens Doings

I DOOO love Halloween the sad part is that no one seems to enjoy it for the same reaons I do.....trick o treatin, making cool scarecrows for your porch....

It is days like this I wish I had kids because they understand what fun is. When I mention making a cool scarecrow to adults you can bet nobody thinks it is a fun idea. I find the same results with trick or treatin. Growing up is sooo over rated. But I vowed to never let it stop me..so I made one alone...and LOVED it!!

Anyhow, this cool little guy cost me $2 for the mask. A WAY fun thing to do with kids. It will be a tradition in my house FOR SURE.

I created his eyes bug eye from some marshmellows and markers...but the best part can only be seen in the living room of the house.....

That is right...he even has a but crack!!!! This is my kinda scarecrow.

Recent DOingS

This was one o my fav new tablecloths I sewed. I LOVE it. By far my favorite.


A closer look at the fabric and you will know why


I figured this was so appropriate for harvest season and I kept it on my table for the last few months of summer till fall came.

Few more Halloween doings

I got this skull at Big lots for $8!! I immediatetly fell in Love with it because it is so anatomically correct for a decoration. The human body is amazing and this skull was the best I have seen.


This was a star my roomie Jillian Moge Poged with some craft paper. Also a fun kid project! I have seen them done for Christmas too and they are really cute.

ROOMIE NEEDED

THE HOUSE



KITCHEN


BASEMENT/FIRPLACE


LIVING ROOM



DINING ROOM


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ROOMIE NEEDED

Just Getting the WORD out that we have another OPENING in our HOUSE...ROOM MATE NEEDED. OWN big room....rent is cheap....$260 a month. Get the WORd out!

Demolicious Derby

So last weekend we made it to one of my fav events of the year...the BLACKFOOT DEMOLITION DERBY!!! Ya that is right, drive all the way to blackfoot idaho because it is the BEST derby. Here is a little message Chewy and I made on the fridge before we left to pick up good ol Apes.


It is a dream of mine to one day drive my own derby car and this arena will be it's final resting place. Here is just a small sample of what there is to behold...cars all a wreck everywhere and radiators blowing in every direction you look. It is a beautyfull thing.

Now how does this picture play into the role you ask? Well let me address that here
Chewy had a runny nose that suddenly took off from a run to a sprint in the car. We were in emergent circumstances. We had no kleenex of paper of sorts so I quickly grabbed the quickest rational thing for her to blow her nose into......A TRISCUIT! That is right...I made her blow her nose into a triscuit....made perfect sense to me. You can throw a biodegradable triscuit out the window when done but ya can't do that with a kleenex. There was some reluctance on her part and there was some demanding on my part... but all and all it turned out good.

Beloved Boat

This was our beloved boat..she served up so many good family memmories. Here are a few to list
"Yer burning daylight", Kristinas huge rope burn leg scar, countless air times and whiplashes, me drivin behind it in a car with only my permit to avoid being pulled over for expired license plates, the boat sherriff always pulling us over cuz we took it out when we were only 16, Dad s
arm being shredded to pieces, learning to sauder with Kris, being able to turn any boy into a wussy via tube wars, Waxing the bottom so we would go faster, me dropping the van keys off the dock into the lake, being stranded in the middle of the lake and paddling in with skis, learning to ski, tubin in freezing water or rain, "hammer time" and of COURSE the Many Many Many times we put it in the water without the plug!!!