october 29 2013

the vacuum just quit..

...NO two week notice,

....NO letter of resignation.

No 'take this job and shove it' 

The thing just gave it up.

It sucked up its last dog hair 

....left me with only a broom.

Apparently I am now a retired housekeeper.

'no vacuum.... no cleany house'

Dog hair will start piling up and collecting in the corners.

It won't be long before it takes over.

We will try to cope but I predict two weeks tops and we'll be house shopping

and this place will be 

Perhaps we will move to the beach ?

DREAM

REALITY

Perhaps we will move to the 'assisted living' place?

that's a HOTEL isn't it?

..'assisted living' as in

 ROOM SERVICE?

...as in 

MAID SERVICE

SIGN ME UP!!!

and a special

to that dear sweet 

OCT 16 2013

This year's version of the pumpkin:

POLKA DOTS

painting mini pumpkins

...dots go on with the tip of pencil eraser

dipped in paint

I used flat paint on the pumpkins

 SO....

had to give them a few coats of 

....for the shine!

These pumpkins turn out looking like they are ceramic or glass

BUT

when Halloween is over

....there's no wondering where to stash and save for next year...

...these go into the 

OCTOBER 9 2013

Been enjoying the site 

FANCY.com

grandson Michael told me about it...

have made a couple fancy.com purchases

the latest

NORDIC Honeycomb pan

 how could it not BEE great???

fancy decals have recently shown up here

and even on HONDA LA BOMBA

now THAT'S what I call FANCY!

SEPTEMBER 20 2013 

I CAN'T BE THE FIRST 

TO THINK OF THIS

????

ALL IT TAKES IS TIME AND TIDE

ONLY TRICKY PART IS REMOVING THE LABELS 

AUGUST 4 2013

HOT AUGUST DAYS

BUT EVEN MORE 

IS MY NEW SLAPBAND BRACELET WATCH

from 

YOU WON'T MIND WATCHING TIME FLY 

ON A SLAPBAND WATCH !

HERE'S THE PROBLEM....

SHOULD I WEAR THE 

 

THE 

THE

WHAT IF I HAD EVERY COLOR AVAILABLE

...guess I'd be SLAP HAPPY !

JULY 10

..this just in from 

NOW WE CAN ALL GET BACK TO 

NORMAL 

JULY 9 2013 

WHERE HAVE I BEEN ?

...7 months since I posted here...

...well..... I'M BAAAAACK !

teapot madness

..saving every teakettle over the years had a purpose…or so I always believed but could not define until now…..

..these pitiful weathered dented pots were just waiting for the idea that woud give them a purpose…

Voila!…some paint and holes drilled in the bottoms made these into …

..planters for succulents …hinged/moveable brackets from Home Depot are perfect for hanging these mad teakettles…

..time for a tea party…