I'm A Blonde

So I know there was to be a new post everyday this last week and there wasn't. That is because I am blond and can't read the calendar... I can read a map but not a calendar... I know and you just thought I dyed my hair... Nope! It is all natural ditz.
So instead of going through and fixing it there will be new post next week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday...
If I can manage it there might be one on Monday and Tuesday too... Depends on how much help I get this weekend... Austin took my hammer away and has yet to give it back... Something about hanging ugly things and there not being enough room in the kitchen for another welcome sign... I beg to differ but whatever. Maybe when he runs to town for 'parts' I can find my hammer and get my stuff hung. I know he will have to run to town for 'parts' sometime today just because that is the way it works!
So now I am off to enjoy my weekend... starting by going to the store and hitting a few garage sales and goodwill and maybe even an antique store by myself... I'll be talking to myself by the end of the day don't worry...

10 Years Ago Today

Ten years ago today Austin and I had our first fight... our first fight as a married couple... over ice cubes... It is the same arguement we have had once a year since then... If he would just concede that I am right we could stop having the same arguement and move on already...

And This Makes Three

Do you see what I see?

You know, other than the fact that I need to vacuum and that Mason hides stuff under the table... Like the measuring cup for the dog food...

And my wonderful loving husband said to me "Stop freaking out it's just a little one."

and then

in his next breathe

he said

"I hope this snake doesn't bite me where my fingers stick out. Are you sure you don't know where my new gloves are?"

Austin was going to just pick up the snake and take it out, but I could see that going to wrong on so many different levels so I brought him this pitcher. Thankfully it is just a pitcher I use to water my tomato plant. Otherwise you know it would have to be burned.

We had to put another pitcher on top of it to keep the stupid thing trapped. The cream pitcher is just another plant pitcher.

I love when Mason dresses himself. I don't so much love when my husband picks out his own clothes... I've tried to throw these yellow things away but they end up back in his dresser...

We have given up on the pocket. Austin will tuck it back in and Mason will pull it back out.

Not a little snake!!

The dogs were running around the snake in circles deciding who would get to bite it first. We haven't heard buddy bark too many times and he is generally mild mannered but he was barking and growling and having a great time. He sounds HUGE when he barks and growls. No wonder the mailman won't get out of his truck.

Mason had to get in on the action too!

Mostly he just dug in the rocks and made little piles.

Although that one time he did put a little shovel full right on the snake...

And here it is striking at the shovel.

And that is when Buddy found the opportunity to attack. He did this a couple more times and he would actually throw it up in the air. Bad thing was you never knew where it was going to land!!

That is one dead snake. We laid it by the shovel to see exactly how long it was. It was by no means 'little'.

This is how we disposed of it. We just threw it into the ditch across the road from us. Where Buddy later went and got it and made it a snack... gross!

Just Another Baby Shower

Just this past weekend I went to yet another baby shower... I don't know why all my friends think they should be having kids but they do so I just keep making baby shower gifts.


This one was for a little girl. I love little girls stuff!! So pink and purply and fun!!

The blanket is a square yard. Butterfly flannel with green flannel backing. I did try this blanket with pink backing and it bled and stained rather fast so the green was the next best choice.

Burp rags. I decided to add some embellishing to these. I think they turned out cute.


I even made some bibs.

Bibs are so very easy to make. I cheat a little even.

First I cut out my template. I then pin it to my backing and insert material. I don't cut out my insert material that way it doesn't all shift around on me and I have something to grip while sewing.


Here it is ready to be sewn.

And now it is ready to be trimmed.

I know. It is just amazing.

To get my outer edges to lay flat after it has been turned the right way I just make little slits around the whole thing.

Pin the opening closed.

Top stitch around the outer edges making sure to get the opening stitched shut.

Add some velcro for the neck closure.

That is how I make cute little bibs.

For those of you that don't know how to sew or just don't have the inclination but would love to be able to give handmade cute little bibs my friend, Jess, makes and sells bibs just like these on Etsy. Check her out and send some love. She is even having a giveaway of two girl bibs or two boy bibs over on her blog.

If you keep up with my PictureMyEveryday Jess is the mother of the big sister and little sister that have made appearances. She is also the friend that feeds my addiction of fabric shopping. I'm sure our husbands are sorry we ever found each other... all we do is spend their money...

Ha!

Here it is another Friday and I'm no closer to that light.

We are going to enjoy a relaxing weekend at home. We might go to the Boone County fair but I doubt it. I'm going to hoist Mason off on his dad for most of the weekend because that little 3 year old is kicking my butt and I need some room to breathe.

I have some plans to do some things around the house and just generally be lazy. Hope everyone enjoys their weekends!! I'll be back Monday with some pretty pictures of some recent projects. I know what you're thinking but really there will post up Monday thru Friday and I can guarantee it because they are scheduled already. I know I could have posted them all today but then why would you come back. I know but it is called anticipation. I have been one busy lady!! I have the sunburn to prove it!!

You'll also want to check in on my PictureMyEveryday on Monday because there will be some new photos up there as well. I told you I had been busy!!

T G I F

I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel...

It's Friday. I'm in a better mood. The word 'mom' when screeched at the top of the little boys lungs has turned into a bad word. That when used just to get my attention or ask for juue (juice) gets him put in time-out.

This does not make me mean.

It is teaching him respect...

Daniel goes home on Sunday. Is it Sunday yet?

We have a busy afternoon planned. We are going to the post office and then to the park. When we get home I am making hamburgers for supper which I know will be protested by the guys in the house. I figure if they want something different then they can cook it!!

Tomorrow the guys are going to a birthday party and I am going to a baby shower. I will meet them at the birthday party when the shower is over. I am not going to hurry though. I am not stupid!!

I was hoping my husband would get off of work early today but I realized that wasn't going to happen when he didn't even leave the house until around 7:30. He was oh so thoughtful and woke up both little boys before he left though. Tomorrow though we are all sleeping in. Well the boys will be sleeping while I have fun with the husband. I'll gladly give up a little sleep for some morning delight. I just really wish Daniel wasn't such a night owl so I could sleep in too. We however don't need him going home with those kind of stories. My siblings would eat that up.

And on to the sibling front...

Both of my brothers have broken bones... Darin broke his collarbone in a dirt bike accident 2 weeks ago. Donnie Guy got his cast off of his left wrist the week before Darin broke his collar bone. Just this last Tuesday he broke his right wrist when he fell down the stairs at work. Those two are making this a long summer! I'm just thankful that neither was hurt any worse than they were. Darin somehow slammed himself up against a wall to set his collar bone. I grimace in pain every time I think about it. Donnie Guy broke his first wrist doing a trick on a horse that went wrong. From what I gather he was standing on Whiskey's back and something spooked him and when Donnie went to slide back down on his back his spur got him in the left rear flank and from there Whiskey started jumping. I've tried telling Donnie Guy that he is 41 not 21 or even 31... Deaf ears I tell ya. Which ironically just another sign of getting older... At least he hurt himself at work this time so he can get paid during his unemployment or get put on light duty...

I'm almost done with my shower gift for tomorrow. Little girl stuff is so much fun!! I have photos but they will have to wait until Sunday or Monday as the mother reads this little blog... But trust me they are cute!

And now to feed the little boys and get to my errands...

Perspective

I LOVE this site.

I don't think "love" is even strong enough of a word!!

MondayTuesday

Today might be Tuesday but it sure has felt like a Monday....

Mason and Daniel slept until past 10. I know!! How Awesome!! Right?

I was able to sleep and finish my bedside book and shower all before those two bright eyed, naughty boys decided to roll out of bed.

Then instead of breakfast we decided to have an early lunch. Then they decided they both needed to spend some time in time-out. I'm totally okay with time-outs. Three to eight minutes of silence... you betcha I can handle time-outs.

The unfortunate part is that what I was working on couldn't handle the time-outs.

I am making some cute, cute, CUTE baby bibs for a baby shower I am going to on Saturday. A girl baby shower!! You can tell on my top stitch exactly where the time outs were. O'well after a couple of washings no one will be able to tell. At least that is what I am telling myself.

And now I have to figure out something for supper... Isn't that always the question when the day winds down. I don't feel like cooking... So I am going to try to talk Austin into going into town for supper... Otherwise we are having hamburgers again...

Note to Self

# 306

Memory cards don't like to be dropped... even from my short height... it is still too far...

#307

Tweezers work good for emergency memory card surgery... Well that and a lot of wiggling and giggling... and a little bit of cussing helps too...

#308

Make sure kids are out of earshot before performing emergency surgery on memory cards...

Not Quite Fireworks...

The weather put a damper on the possibility of seeing any fireworks but we did catch this rainbow...

Austin went to let the dogs outside and looked up and saw this little rainbow. We could actually see the beginning and the end. If the clouds hadn't cleared off so fast we would have been able to see the whole thing.

You'll have to forgive me because this is a photo my husband actually took. I thought I was uploading one that I took but when it showed up I realized it was his. I could change it but am too lazy. All I have to say for this laziness is that spontaneous menstruation sucks. I am finding it hard to stay awake today and the cramps and crabbiness are totally off the bitchy scale. I feel bad that my boys have to be in the same house as me today. That is why I am taking the rest of the day to do nothing until we head out for fireworks this evening. They will thank me later even if it means they have to make their own lunch...

I'm H O M E...

It's been a week... I'm home... I'm tired... I brought a nephew home with me for 9 days... the house is a wreck... the laundry is backed up and I don't think I'll get caught up by the time I have to start in on the bedding... two trips into the grocery store... one very crabby 3 year old... BBQ and fireworks with friends tonight... Husband is off on Monday... *great*... One website that needs caught up... But really is 60some days really that behind???... I mean really? It's only 60some pictures that need edited and uploaded and dated and organized.... okay... so maybe 60some is alot... hmmm.... anyways.... maybe next week I'll see daylight... For now I'm busy doing laundry, washing dishes, making a baby blanket for a shower next weekend, and getting ready to go out tonight for a little adult interaction...
More on my week "vacation" later...