be back soon

I will be back to blogging soon...........in the meantime here is a picture that I havce been messing around with on Picasa..........just thought I would post.

Creating....

I have been busy trying to create some "things" that I might be able to sell.........Here is a quick look at the Canvas Print Wall Hangings that I have been working on.......

I love the look of shabby chic - I would love to serve my guests a drink from this bar!

I have an ETSY store!!

How exciting for me..........LOL. However, I am excited - so excited that I couldn't wait, so I opened this store and only have one item listed at the moment - but I will be adding more. Anyhow, here is a look at what I have listed and if any of you are interested, please let me know.
These are shabby chic tea towels that I will personalize however you like.

p.s. there is a very similar version of these - actually my inspiration for making them - at a store near my house they are asking $38 for them - yes!! $38 for a tea towel - I am offering a copy cat version and you will save $31!!!

I got a new camera

and I don't know a darn thing about it. I bought this camera..........

I also bought this book to help me learn more.......



Here is my favorite picture so far - my little neice Alexa, I think she is so cute it wouldn't matter what camera took her picture.

Valentines Day Treat

Me & Maddie (oh, she's not really a cowgirl, she just played one tonight at the 5th grade school production)

made these:


to pass out to her classmates............huge hit!!!


Thanks Tara for the idea.

1st Grade Blackmail

BFF's Sophia and Katie

This is a true story about my eight year old daughter Katie and her BFF Sophia.

This cracks me up!!!

Last year, when Katie and Sophia were in first grade together, they were inseparable, you know the way BFF’s are in first grade??? During class the teacher announced that they were allowed to sit wherever they wanted and so the story goes something like this:

Sophia: I am going to sit somewhere else
Kate: No, sit by me
Sophia: Not today
Katie: Then I am going to tell your Mom
Sophia: Please don’t
Katie: Thenyou have to give me $100.

Next morning at the coat cubbies:

Sophia: Here is the money (hands her a $100 bill)
Katie: (I am not sure what she said….but what I do know is she folded up the money and shoved it in her backpack).

After school Katie comes to me:

Katie: Mom, Sophia gave me a hundred dollars today.
Me: (on the laptop, not paying too much attention) okay, that’s good
Katie: She really did
Me: Okay………..(thinking……hmmmmm…….probably Monopoly Money)
Katie: She did
Me: Okay then……. let me see
Katie: (hands me a crisp REAL $100 bill) Here .(....pout pout - not sure if that was a guilty pout or a "damn" there goes the money pout).
Me: (looking up from the keyboard, jaw drops, trying to stay composed, should I laugh, should I cry??) Oh My Goodness - where’d she get that??? And why did you take it?

So Katie tells me the story………..I call BFF’s mom………thankful that she is a friend of mine and tell her the story………Katie and Me get in car, drive over, say sorry give back the "blackmail loot".

Remember Katie is the youngest of six kids - four of them teenagers. Of course, they get a kick out of the story.....

Later that evening oldest daughter arrives home from her waitress job, very giddy.

Oldest Daughter: (very happily announces) I made $50 in tips tonight at work.

Smarty Pants Teenage Son: So what! Katie made $100 in the coat cubbie at school today!