Ok So I missed whatcha workin on Wednesday

I really was working jsut working TOO much.

I drug the old trunk in as I really want it to store some blankets and pillows for visitors. It is almost done. I am waiting for glue and paint to dry andw ill hopefully be done tomorrow.It had some damage at the bottom and I really wanted to fix it. I got some balso wood and patched over the bad spot. Then Spray painted it a dark reddish brown.

I did get my arrangement sealed and hung it but not sure I love it too much. I will photo tomorrow when I have some natural light.

The table I finished, I painted it India ink and now need to distress it . My son loves it and fits in perfect with the little milking chair I have had for years adn years.

Passing that by..

the oldest is at a midnight screening for Twilight the movie. Alhtough I have not read them I must say these books got her interested in reading again as she was as total non reader at a point. she loved the books and could not wait for the movie. She came straight home from school and went to sleep as she still has to attend school tomorrow. I imagine 2 am she will come rolling in. Not something I normally allow but she is an excellent student and does not ask for much so I decided to let her go ahead and go with a group of girls.

More to come tomorrow as I need years of beauty rest :-)

OMG I forgot this!

Or maybe I was blocking it out.
My daughter was getting a ride from school with one of her friends . We live about 20 minutes from school and the road is a very windy hilly and rural road.
I was minding my business doing some much needed grocery shopping and she called to tell me they had run off a cliff.
I thought she was joking and didnt believe her f or a good 2 minutes. Then I was sure she was exaggerating. I headed home and when I seen where they had run off I nearly threw up!
I didnt have my camera but will get pictures the next time I go over. They had swerved to miss a deer, overcorrected and crossed the other lane of traffic, went in to a spin nearly missing the guardrail and went down a 3o foot ( at least) embankment backwards. Luckily neither was hurt, car was a little bent up but they were both ok. I really know there must have been an angel on their shoulder today as they really got lucky!
3 more drivers to go uggh. does it ever get better ?

Wow So long since posting

I never meant to take this long between posts!
It has been crazy wild.
My same day surgery for my dad turned into a weeklong stay in SLC so in a sense I had a vacation from the kids but ended up being gone WAYYYY too long. His surgery was fine and turned out NOT to be cancerous.
Also had to help my mother with a 2 day Craft Fair that she does yearly it was a huge success for her and she sold out of nearly everything she took.
I ahve been filling candle orders fast and furious . Seems everyone NEEDS a pumpkin spice candle this week LOL.
My house is a curious blend or Harvest, country home and pumpkin crunch.
Gonna work on some things finally as My parents have the youngest for 2 days.
On my to do list ( pictures coming tomorrow)
I have this huge wicker trunk that needs some repairs and will try my best at that, and then I am going to paint it a dk red with some antiquing so I can store the hundreds of blakets they drag around lately.
A solid wood corner shelf I picked up at the thrift for 2.50 it is quite large..to either go in my craft room or my bedroom going to paint and distress it
I bought a 70's era solid wood end table I am paining white then black and then distressing it as well. Not sure where it is going but it is going somewhere
Then onto my laundry area. It is basically a spot in the hallway but I want to do something with the cabinets and walls to cover the ugly paneling.
I need to seal this HUGE dried flower arrangement I bought at the thrift for 2.50. It has some nice colors and ahte how it sheds so I am going to seal and bump it up a little. I am hesitant to hang it as I am going to be painting the living room SOON I want to go from winter white to a nice brown taupe color. I also need to get some new window treatments.
Ughh that is a huge list for jsut 2 days.

In the meantime Our Little BIG puppy is teething and spends a lot of the nicer daylight hours outside as she gets super hot. Well... She has decided she wants to start chewing on the footbaord to the new redwood stairs hubby just built. UGHH I put some bitter apple on them but she seems to get around it. Someone mentioned tabasco so I may try that next. I did buy her a HUGE bone today to gnaw on and I havent heard the omnious gnawing.
Hub is going to KILL me when he sees the step. It is just about a 1/4 inch of one inside corner but he is not gonna be happy.
Kids are all recuperating from the stomach flu and we will be glad to be back on point.
Bon-bon

Another day in dullsville...

Ok so very uneventful day. The usual up at 5 am, first batch of kids on the bus at 7 then the next run. She was gone at 8 am by then The youngest was up... AFTER he said " My dipoo cwooked" uhhhh.. that is never good news especially in bed, MY BED! He sleeps on about 4 layers of blankets and I had changed him at 5 when I woke up. By 7 am he had drenched through his diaper and about 3 layers of blankets. UGHHH. We are working on potty training now but not rushing it. He is 2 1/2. So at 7 :30 I was stripping my bed and washing blankets.

Had to run to town which is a 25 minute drive so he and I got going. After hitting the local thrift store ( he LOVES the thrift) then onto the big box store for dog food, milk, the usual. We were on our way back hom.

Stopped and picked up my 17 year old as she hates riding the bus. Funny thing is they jsut changed buses and it made it home before we did? But the new bus gives them 25 extra minutes in the morn and 30 in the afternoon so they are gaining almost an hour . YIPPEE i can give them more chores.

LOL.

Made an uneventful dinner. A chili mac as I was in a hurry and butternut squash that I had to BUY>>>> Our garden grew some wonderful hubbards but the butternut just were not doing well.

I cannot believe I had to pay 4 dollars for a squash. didnt realize till I had it already in the oven.

I ahve about a bushel of tomatoes that narrowly missed the frost . I ahve been leaving as many on the vine as possible in hope that they will ripen a little more. It was 36 when I woke this morning so the days are numbered for the others. The collards and other greens have had a sudden surge of some nasty little wormy things so , I am done with those. Yuk. We dont treat anything so we feed lots of bugs.

Our new Puppy ( which by the way is larger than my 7 year old shih tzu) is a terror and has decided my lawn,finally established last summer, Was the perfect place to practice her diggin skills. So I was washing patios and filling a few holes . This is a big dog mind you. We havent had a large dog for years and then they were working dogs and they didnt fool around much. She is a Bernese mountain dog and at 8 weeks is 25 lbs Holy toledo.... Her picture above was at 5 weeks!

I found some great Southern living yearbooks at the thrift today and cannot wait to try some out. I hope this week slows down so I can get into some recipes I have wanted to try.

Getting my Big Old kidmobile detailed tomorrow so maybe I will take that time to whip something up.

Sweet dreams!

The Curse of the clock...

First I have to comment on this kid and his smile.... Omg what a gomer. He really is having a smile crisis and cannot figure out how he wants to smile. It is usually eyes closed but..this one here is a new and strange one ...hmmm I need to ponder this one for a bit HAHA after I laugh a little.

Here it is again. the curse of the clock....That time when I know I should be sleeping as I MUST wake in 4 hours for the day and my body os not cooperating with me...

Why do they put all these shows on so late that I have to stay up and watch, It is now nearly 1 a.m. everyone in the house is asleep. 1 kid plopped in her favorite chair and curled up, the baby is in here with me in my bed and he keeps digging his toes into my knee .The 2 oldest FINALLY after all these years have decided they love their rooms and their beds. I couldnt get them to stay a minute in their beds when they were little now that is literally the only place they will sleep.

I even tried to have movie night here in my room on the big king sized bed. Popcorn, movies, card games, snacks and yummies. I thought we would all drift off to sleep like we used to when they all wanted to sleep with me. Nope, there was so much chaos, tthe touching, cant see over her foot, and teh GODFORSAKEN cell phones, test messaging the entire time. I think I seen 15 minutes and threw in the towel. They are all gone to their little caverooms and I am here wondering why I am still up. I had to see the end of project runway DUH! Then it will be off to my other sleep inducers..

In on the counter are caramel apples made the old fashioned way, a pan of caramel sticky buns and I feel NO urge to eat them. UUGGH. I so need to start working out.

My lardo butt needs to get some weight off. .. Thinkin I might go to the rec center and try that, if nothing else I can swim a lap or 2. Thats what I will do tomorrow if I can get the kids all figured out.

Dont you see clock ,, I have more to say and think. That clock keeps pusshing me on, nagging me at my shoulder. "DO YOU SEE THE TIME?" I see the time and I ahve more to think because clock , dont you understand that the only time my brain thinks above a 2 year old language ability is after they ALL go to sleep. So, tomorrow. off to the gym? we'll see... tonight I will close it down. The clock wins! Again......

I need to ponder Skykids new facial expressions and blubs he throws out. He is 2 and I asked him today if he liked his Aunt (name removed to preserve the guilty) ? His reply ? "No, I hate her." AGGHHH "What did you say?" "Where did you hear that word?" "Who said that to you?" He not worried or concerned at all is wondering off down the hallway...Sigh... Now yet another word that has to be worked on. Gotta call everyone and tell them to add HATE to their list of no no words. I am too old for this yes I am....