brace yourself

...for some SERIOUS color!

those of the words of Abbasgirl.

Once again, she has created an

 AMAZINGLY  ViBrAnT TREASURY

..yeah, there really aren't any other words to describe it...! Check it out!

thanks daffy!

nice things

...to cheer you up on a grey day!

Jolly Good Show

a huge thank you to KNEESUP for adding our pumpkin hat to her lovely treasury!

be sure to head on over and give it some love!

ok...

earlier this evening i got a VERY brilliant idea (see, this is where the trouble already began) i decided that it was time for me to make some of that ooey gooey jello popcorn stuff...actually, i've been dreaming about it for the last few days. its super easy and cooks up pretty quickly.

so,  i got the littlest one asleep, and i called my big sis to get the recipe, as my computer was occupied...

well, by the time i actually got to talk to her (we get interrupted quite often...believe me) i had changed my mind completely and decided to use my all time favorite secret carmel popcorn recipe. so, i started popping my popcorn while we chatted (between the calls of my children who were supposed to be sleeping and her 7 who were supposed to be eating dinner)... and my big boys (who stole my computer) munched on the plain popcorn that they really liked better.( oh, if you could only understand the joy of this beautiful chaos) everything was coming together splendidly!

i decided that this would be perfect blog material! well, it was...only not your normal, oh i made this glorious bowl of amazing popcorn and the dishes all washed themselves, type of blog material, but a  terry style blog material....

just look at that...

picture perfect, i tell you

see, i even used my cute orange pot...what could go wrong?

um, don't ask.

***

this is where it gets a little hairy...

um, yeah, its broken...VERY broken, and it broke at the last second.

INSIDE THE POT...

now of course at this point...

netlflix movie...over

should be sleeping toddlers.....are in desperate need of their 28th drink of the evening

sound asleep baby...not anymore

oh, and somewhere in there my sister and i had hung up the phones, due to another phone call....

so, where does this leave my bowl of fluffy white already popped and half eaten popcorn?

waiting....yes, just standing there lonely and waiting...sigh.

well,

i must say that this story really does have a happy ending, ...

 i started back at square one, and only dropped the digital thermometer in the pot once...

now, i'm sitting here and blogging about my beautiful bowl of carmel popcorn....

 and trying not to pull out any fillings

oh, wow. its good.

feast your eyes

HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THAT?

that's odd

.....and that's odd two.

what's that? and what's that two?

well, click here and click here two. you'll see!

knit happens!

....just ask elanknits! She created this awesome treasury... and included one of our totally loveable hats...

be sure to check it out and click and comment!

we've been featured!

Sending a HUGE thank you to

PiecesOfMePendants

at her

INDIE CRAFT CORNER

blog!

Be sure to stop by and give her blog a little bit of love!

jackpot!

i found them! my wedding photos!

its been nearly 4 years since i've seen them, they were burried in my basement!

i found my senior year scrapbook...

i also found photos of baby #3 that have been missing along with baptism cards and hospital bracelets...

the beginning of baby #2's scrapbook...

and a lock of baby #1's hair...aww...

hey, i even found twenty bucks!

hmmmm.... i wonder what else is in the box?

i dare you

...to try and find a tomato plant in this picture....lol!
how about some purple beans?

yeah, i'm a little behind on my weeding, but i am SOO pleased with how my garden is actually doing!

i picked my first zucchini today, and i'm sure there are about a million more to come! any ideas for zucch use will be greatly appreciated ;o)

also....

im not sure if it was meant as a cruel trick or not,

but i do get a little fright every time i glance out at my little jungle...

my dh and sons strategically place their practice target RIGHT next to it...

oh, and practice MUST be done from a tree stand, so guess who got to climb up in the tree stand to secure it?....

winter

...already?oh...please NOOOO....i refuse to think about it.

A nice man in a big dump truck came and dropped off 5TONS of this black stuff today :)

yes, its coal.

its how we heat our house in the winter.

red, white and blue

...treasury.
its so EYE POPPIN' beautiful,
i just had to share!

thanks jacjewelry, we love it!

dinner last night

a picture's worth a 1000 words...

'nuff said.

raspberry lemonade

...oh how i could use an ice cold glass of that right now! thanks to TBSCreations i can sit here and dream while i check out this beautiful treasury, which happens to include one of our softest, sweetest little hats.....
join me in a virtual glass of raspberry lemonade, and be sure to cruise on over to the treasury to click and comment!

just a little note

...i've removed my playlist from my blog.

this is for all of my followers who have dial-up. i don't want you all to miss out on the fun :)

yoo hooo....

...i'm baaaackk!

ah, no...that's NOT me...are you KIDDING?

(is that you gramma harv?)

We did just return from an amazing vacation...

but ours was more like this.....

and i wouldn't want it any other way... i'll keep my feet planted firmly on the ground, thank you!

maybe next year we'll let gramma try her hand at sailing, wha da ya think?