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…

Happy New Year!

The Rose Parade is on the TV

but

I can't stay focused on it

..too much commentator BLAH BLAH BLAH. 

Maybe I should try watching it muted...

Always wanted to go in person and see the parade

wished that we had taken Mom.

She would have been over the moon with it.

It was a favorite TV event for her.

Mostly I would like to see the pre parade stuff

how they build the floats.
Volunteers do all the work and that would be of interest 
I could do that kind of 'busy' work...gluing seeds, petals, etc.
Mindless...I am so qualified!

With the new year comes the issue..
removal of the CHRISTMAS TREE 
and ALL 
the decorations.

it kills me!!

I wish more people had seen it all.

But, it made ME happy.

The season just goes too fast...

it's back to the un-glitzed world way too soon.

december 22 2012

I succumbed today to another idea inspired by 

a NET tree

....a craft from the 50's!

Everyone had one of these. 

I made a green one with my mom 

and I think we might have sewed seequins to it.

...here's today's creation 

for instructions

http://www.wwvisions.com/craftbb/ornament/9144.html

The base for my tree is a piece of silverplate 

that I recently found at a thrift store

It's rather pretty and the filigree edge allowed me to attach

prisms..(my favorite thing)

maybe I will spray with adhesive and sprinkle on some

white glitter dust

but for now I'm leaving it alone....

This was so worth it..

the net was $1.99 a yd and I needed 3.5 yds

the dowel under $1.00

You don't need a fancy pedestal or prisms 

just build the tree and set it out for all to enjoy.....

December 15 2012

Just opened Dec 15th on my Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar

http://www.jacquielawson.com/advent/alpine

this years version is just the best...I wish I had a bunch of kids here to enjoy opening each day with me.

I have had a connection to Jacquie Lawson cards for years and years having first received one from my neighbor, Jo.  

I find it odd these days that the Christmas season is over in a flash.

How did that happen?  As a child it would take

FOREVER!

for Christmas to get here.

Now, I dread Dec 26.  All the lights and decorations put away...

it is so dull and ordinary without them.

I'm not so far gone that I need to keep the house Christmasy everyday of the year...

and surely that would tasnish the shine of it all 

BUT

I can understand that some people do that.

Maybe I should search them out and ask if I could drop by 

perhaps in July and enjoy a bit of holiday spectacle?

When I come across a Christmas themed store 

I so enjoy browsing 

no matter that it is springtime or 

middle of summer.  Entering into all that red and green and glitter and shine?

HEAVEN.

And, as for all the other retailers that have Christmas decorations out in October?

GOD BLESS THEM EVERY ONE