My elliptical and I have become friends again. For the past week or so I've been concentrating less on electronics and more on life, most importantly, my health.
UPDATES:
Sewing/Craft Room - tomorrow I'll begin cleaning out the dressers so we can remove them.
Snowy Owl - we're still trying to find a new place for him. We had to amputate a wing so he can't be released. You can read his story here. His cute little face is now my desktop background.
Jade Plant - I haven't killed it yet! There is hope.
It's been quite a weekend! Yesterday we went to Mom's for her birthday, then ran some errands. While I was there I started getting a sore throat. Oh no! I refuse to get sick! Everyone around me has been sick but I'm going to fight this all the way!
I got extra sleep last night and still woke up with the sore throat but nothing more has developed. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can fight this.
I didn't do too much of anything today because I really wanted to rest up before my work week. But I did finish my table runner. I'm so excited because it looks so pretty on the table! I have to edit all the pictures and write up the instructions, and it looks like you'll be seeing a tutorial here on my blog before the week's end. My next project will be a couple of black cat pin cushions for my sewing room.
Here are some updates on my craft and sewing room:
1. We ordered the kit to make the Murphy bed. This is the second step to making my craft room a reality. The first step was drawing up the instructions.
2. I bought some soft and comfy fleece to make Punkie a topper for her little bed. I put it on the big bed so she could get used to it and get her smell all over it.
Non-room related:
My Jade plant is still alive!
Off to visit my blogging friends. I hope you all have a wonderful week!!!
Images in the scrapbook page above are from my Sewing Room Graphic/Clipart Set that is available at Etsy.
This is a Jade Plant. One of our clients gave us a super big plant, and this piece fell off as they were bringing it into the building. I thought it would be fun to see if I can make it grow. It will be my little project. Now for everyone who knows me, you can all STOP LAUGHING RIGHT NOW! For those who don't know me, I have a reputation with plants and flowers. I tend to kill them.
Brian takes care of all the gardening here at the home front. His flowers are beautiful! They are around the pool, around the deck, and alongside the house. Then we get annuals to put various places in the yard as well. When Elyse got married (at Yosemite National Park, FUN it was!) we had her reception here at the house. We went out and bought lots of extra annuals so the yard would be super colorful with beautiful flowers. It turned out perfect because the day of the reception, the perennials were all in full bloom. Beautiful! Well, since I was in charge of caring for the annuals, they all died! Yep, I killed each and every one of them. But Brian went out right before the wedding and replaced them all. So it was beautiful after all!
He must have faith in me for this project because when I came home from work he had potting soil waiting for me in the laundry room. He even went out and bought that cute little pot so I wouldn't have to stop on my way home in this terrible snowstorm. He even left me a little note, but I'm not telling you what it said ;)
I can do this!
The designs for my sewing and craft room have been made! Brian told me to draw them up and he will make them a reality! OK, the measurements are not exact. They are close, but he'll figure all that out, he's the expert. Once I had the dimensions of the Murphy bed, all I had to do was figure out what else I want. The dotted line shows the space the bed will take when dropped from the wall.
Definite:
~I will store my fabrics upright using comic book boards.
~I will use glass jars to store all my colorful things like scribbles paints, embroidery floss, zippers, buttons, etc...
~The craft table (which I'm thinking will actually be bigger than in this plan) will have to be counter top height and must be able to easily fold down when guests stay, which isn't very often.
~I will be able to remove all my craft and sewing books from the closet and put them on the book shelves.
~My world pin map will be hanging to the right of the window.
~He will build a little bed for Punkie because she loves that room and I will make a cushy and comfy pillowtop for it. I haven't told him this part yet, but he reads my blog.
Below is an example of what the comic book boards and fabric storage looks like. I love it! It will make choosing fabric so much easier than my present system of dragging out the big Rubbermaid storage bins!
I'm taking more ideas so if you have any, I'd love to hear them!!!
We got through November, December, and the first half of January without more than a dusting of snow. Well, Thursday that all changed and we got more than a dusting. That means that the snowmobiles are out in full swing! Living out in the country means there is lots of space where the fields are now bare, and that means lots of space for the snowmobiles.
Last year some very RUDE snowmobiles cut through our yard to get to the road. There were two entry ways between trees that they were able to access our yard from the farm field behind. If you look at the picture above you can see where they crossed our yard. Look closer and you will see a shoveled path in the yard. That is the path that we shovel for Bubba (our tiny little yorkie) so he can go potty. See how the snowmobile cut across Bubba's path? That happened about 5 minutes after I brought him in from outside! I know this because I saw the lights in my backyard, then the path appeared. I was furious! I always go out with him because we do have wildlife that would probably eat him if they got the chance. But how would I stop a snowmobile? They would never see him out there.
So anyway, Brian and I went out there Saturday and pulled huge logs and branches across the entry ways (between the trees), posted NO TRESPASSING signs at each one, and stuck 10 (total) reflectors in front of it all. I hope that keeps them out. It's bad enough I have to worry about the coyotes!
Today we celebrated my incredibly awesome husband's birthday, next week we celebrate our wedding anniversary, and in one month, Valentine's Day! What better time to offer my blog friends a free graphic mini-kit? I created an add on to go with my "Love Is In The Air" graphic/clipart kit. It's my free gift to you in the celebration of LOVE! There are many ways to use these images. You can use them for your digital scrapbooking, card making, and crafting. If you don't do any of that, you can use them for your address labels. Just enjoy them!
You can pick them up on the freebie page at my website HERE, or at 4-Shared HERE.
Look what we got in today! It's a Snowy Owl. It was brought in with a broken wing. We are hoping to fix it and release it. We are all excited about this one because we don't see too many of them. This one is probably a female because the males are mostly white.
Snowy Owl facts:
20 to 28 inches in size
Wingspan about 4.8 feet
They like to eat rodents
In the wild they live about 9.5 years but in captivity can live up to 35 years
Here are a list of 10 laws that are for real. While doing research for this post I found a whole bunch of funnier ones but since this is a family friendly blog, I'm only posting laws of an appropriate nature. And yes, these are for real!
Pennsylvania: It's illegal to sleep on a refrigerator outdoors
Indiana: It's illegal to throw your couch at your neighbor
Illinois: It's illegal to fish while riding on a giraffe's neck
Minnesota: It is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head
California: It's illegal to drink cement
Florida: It's illegal to set off a nuclear bomb in the city park
Tennessee: It is illegal to gather or consume roadkill
Texas: It's illigal to dust a building with a feather duster
North Dakota: It's illeagal to serve beer and pretzels together.
New York: Man boobs are against the law (I'm still laughing at this one!)
Photo Above: An old photo from years ago. I think they were watching a bird.
I decided to start sharing more recipes with you. But I'm only going to share our tried and true favorites. I have so many ultra delicious ones that I feel the need to share!
Have you ever had Puppy Chow? It was popular about 20 years ago when I got this recipe from my StepMom (who is an incredible cook & baker) and it seems to be making a comeback because I've been seeing it around a lot lately. This stuff is so good and when you take it to a party, it disappears fast!
PUPPY CHOW
1 cup choc chips
1 stick margarine
1 cup peanut butter
8 cups Crispix cereal
2 cups powdered sugar
Melt first three ingredients together in a saucepan and pour over cereal. Put powdered sugar in a large plastic bag, add Crispix and toss well to coat evenly. Dry on foil and then store in an airtight container.
First off let me say that this was a wonderful Christmas. The best part wast the time spent with family. I had both of my kids home for the holidays which made it perfect!
Now onto perfect...my husband! Yes, he's as close as one can get. Not only did he spoil me with gifts (like a new sewing machine among several others), he also came up with the perfect gift on his own. He is fascinated with the fact that I sell to so many different countries in my Etsy shop and from my website, he decided to get me a map. It's on a foam backing and trimmed with wood, and it's gigantic. It comes with little tacks with little round heads that I can stick into all the different places that I sell to. For now he hung it in our home office but it will eventually end up in the craft room that he is building building me, to my specifications..
Did I mention that he was perfect?
