whatever

thrifty.

i scored today.
:)

i stopped in at one of our local antique stores just after my run...sweaty and stinky...ipod on.
and over an hour later.... i left with fabulous goodies.

 

 

 


perfect shade of yellow chenille...


 
pink baby quilt...for pillows


 
white dot chenille...for a bed or pillows.


 
daisy juice glasses.


 
doilies and embroidery pretties.


 

 
this hunting dog was just too funny NOT to get.
what an interesting thing to embroider....


 

 
a quilt....on final sale for $10!!!

vintage table cloth...it looks green here but it's gray, turquoise and yellow.
YES.



i have a craft planned for hankies....i am stock piling them.
 


this was my favorite find today.
a big galvanized ALL bucket.
i have never seen one of these before.  
it was so ME.
no clue what i will do with it yet....but it was one of things you just HAVE to bring home.

also got a table for $7 that will soon be turquoise.
and a big gold mirror for $15 that will soon be yellow.

somedays you find nothing.
somedays you have to stop yourself because there is SO much great stuff there.
this was one of those days.

i love those days.

 

the etc.

our local thrift shop is called The Et Cetera Shop.
the town i grew up in had one also so it's been part of my life for a long time.
i donate LOTS of stuff to it every year. (kids out grow out of clothes so fast!)

but i buy LOTS of fun stuff there too.

i stopped in yesterday for their grand re-opening after remodeling....ya know....just to peek.



i left with a box almost too big to take to my car myself.
oh my.

this seriously heavy duty fish shaped bottle opener could not stay there all alone.
it needed me. 
it was lonely....it had traveled all the way from Moses Lake, Washington!


 
a little spray paint....
a little oxi clean....
maybe some RIT dye for the chenille...

another chalk board.
i just can't resist them!

and if they have a green painted chalk tray....forget about it?!!! 
it must come home with me.

talby came home and said "what does thrifty mean?"

thrift·y/ˈTHriftē/

Adjective:	(of a person or their behavior) Using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully
Synonyms:	economical - frugal - sparing - saving - economic

 

craig may disagree that i am "thrifty" BUT at least i enjoy a bargain when i find one. 


pottery in the perfect shade of turquoise....
teeny red cardinal salt and pepper shakers to be saved for a craft someday...
a silver dish to hold bracelets in my bathroom....

and a handmade blanket that screams "happy valentines day!"


 

 
a weathered globe....
and a yard of sweet heart fabric.

it was a fabulous day at the thrift shop.
i love those kind of days.

we are painting this after school...because....it's pretty!


(source...)

and i can't wait.
it looks completely relaxing to paint that.
pattern and color over and over.....ahhhhhhh.

 

do you have big valentine's day plans?
i will be honest with ya'll....i don't celebrate Valentines.
i don't decorate.
i don't make treats.
i buy the $2 box of cards for my kids to take to class...with Victorious and Angry Birds.
i am sure if craig was one of those guys that went nuts with gifts and flowers for valentines i wouldn't object to that but seriously i just don't really care.

i know i am loved everyday.
and my kids know it too.
 
here is my ode to valentines....from the Lord.

thank you Lord for that kind of love.
amen.

:) 

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monday monday.

what a full month this has been already so far.
sports for five.....craft weekend....craft fairs...family visits....anniversaries....
and coming this week...BLOG SUGAR.
i am getting excited but nervous.  (i sang a song called nervous but excited.....)

what if i trip?  what if i say the wrong word?
(once my friend said organism instead of organization during a presentation. it could have been worse......)
what if people don't listen?
what if i forget what i was going to say?
what if i cry?   how much will i cry? 

i am wearing some fabulous shoes....


and right now....that is all i know about the entire trip.
don't know what i will wear.
at all.
nothing matches glitter shoes.
tomorrow i WILL find something....right??? tell me i will.  i need to be reassured.

i picked up my barn treasures this weekend that i bought last week at craft weekend.....


 
a dirty OLD cabinet with glass knobs and doors and RED chippy paint!!!


 
did your heart just skip a beat?  
red chippy paint does that to me.


so does white chippy paint.  :)




on sunday morning i woke up in my happy place.
:)
after a loooong night of POURiNG rain for hours on end...scary storms...got up in the night to check the weather.
we got to enjoy the pond full of that fresh from rain loveliness.
and go fishing in the morning!
we've never done that.
it was all girls except mike.

 

 

teeny baby frogs were so fun to catch.


 "i need mo' woooooms"


 

 

talby caught one and macy caught two but neither two made it out of the water....they pulled free just as she was about to lift them out of the water.
no fish for annie or maya.
annie was talking quite loud all morning and one point shouted
"WHY DID GOD MAKE PATIENCE?!! IT"S SO HARD!!!" 

so true.

i went to see The Help AGAIN.
loved it as much as the first time.
cried through 6 kleenexes.
that is a good thing....

i had pictures last night.
love this one.....

 
life.
plain and simple.

hope your monday is fabulous.
i ran this morning and that really helped my day start well.
yay.

 

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our hallway is done!
come over and read about how we did it with Glidden paint.


i want to share each of our CRAFT WEEKEND sponsors with you.
come see who i like today!

gatorade is teaching me about being a sports mom.... :)
come see how i am doing. 

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three things.

1.  i listened to an entire justin bieber song in the car today alone.
     because i like it and my kids don't.
     they are on the "justin bieber is lame" bandwagon.
     annie is on the fence.
     she says yells "GUYS!  it's OKAY if you like justin bieber....it's OKAY! i don't but it's not bad if you do"

     (she may have heard it many times from me...maybe....but it's true!  it IS ok) 
    
     even if you are 35.
     it's just catchy. 

2.   please enjoy this video that makes my heart nearly burst with so many feelings.
      so proud of her....
      so sad to lose my baby officially....the last one to learn to read.
      so happy that she can do this....
      so proud to be her mom.

3.  yesterday i went antiquing with kimberlee.
     look what i found.

awesome green suitcase with fabulous wear and tear.....


but wait....there's more.  
inside it had ROLLER SKATES!
 

i lived in skates growing up.
i wore out our neighbor's driveway on my roller skates wearing my gray sweater with colorful stars.
i was going to win the grand champion roller skater....something i made up in my head....but i was going to win.



they are even my size.

for reals!!!!!
 
i see some shoe lace pom poms and knee high socks in my future......

 

 

craft weekend.

lots and lots of pictures from the weekend.

three of the girls flew to kansas...two from california...one from alabama.
two of the girls drove from oklahoma.
the rest of the girls were local within 30 minutes.
three of us went to the airport to pick them all up...there were even some tears of joy upon meeting in real life. 

craig is a super star and took all of our kids to his mom's for the weekend...with the stomach flu.

all the blogger girls stayed at my house.
i have lots of beds....a little known fact apparently.
everyone had their own mattress. 
we must be mattress hoarders. 

my dining room that turned into a game room decided to become a craft retreat lodge this weekend.
we fit in there so well!
all the sewing machines were on the pool table!
it was like the room was made for it.


on friday night we made our first craft led by julie.
we used this tutorial by little miss momma.

they turned out so cute.
almost everyone chose a different color.
you need to make this!


kimberlee didn't have on lipstick so we had her use her necklace for lipstick.




lots and lots of chit chat while we were crafty.
and i see waffle's paw at the bottom left corner of this picture.
he was by our sides every minute....loving the the attention from the ladies.



there was so much good food.
cindy made breakfast on saturday.
we got to sleep in....a requirement made by me.
don't you hate going places for a "retreat" and then have to be at breakfast by 7:30 am??


 
there was even a sweet little baby in attendance!



after cindy filled us with crepes with fresh fruit and quiche we loaded into a 15 passenger van to go antiquing.
we debated about decorating the van with bunting......


so fun.
we are any stores DREAM.
a van pulling up with 10 women to shop???
we were met with big smiles.




9 out of 10 ladies left with new found treasures.


cole with his mama picking out all the best doilies.




i took them to my favorite antique store...Bearly Makin It.
so much to choose from.
if you are in kansas....you should go.


heather found silverware for her party planning business.
a total score!


anyone need a milk jug???


loving the sunshine!    


all the ladies took turns holding sweet baby cole.
it was our pleasure.
he hardly made a peep the whole weekend. 
and everyone had envy of julie's gorgeous hair....it is soooo pretty.

on saturday in kansas we had a really odd extremely warm day.
we were so grateful for it.


can you guess what i bought from all these goodies?  ha ha ha




after a sonic happy hour run we made it back to my house for more crafts.


the ruffle pillow tutorial heather taught us with is here.


3 women had never sewn on a machine before.
they ended up being ruffle making rock stars!
they did fantastic.
ashley's machine made the best ruffles...we all waitied for our turn on her machine.
no one knew what the secret was....but it worked....no gathering required.


i love being around people who love technology as much as i do....


threading a needle....


the third craft was embroidery hoop art.
we were given lots of examples that we could make or we could make our own design.


amy's was amazing.  


we stayed up crafting and listening to frank sinatra on pandora and eating tiramisu until 2 in the morning.


kimberlee made breakfast on sunday.
there was frosting involved.

YUM.



another great thing about crafty girls weekends....women clean up.

always.

there were cameras everywhere.
and fabric everywhere.

dreamy.
and my brass lamps from the thrift shop.  :)


there is a peek at amy jupin's ruffle pillow.
i am in love with the ruffle pillows...i want to make a hundred of them.
and her turquoise flower necklace is also in the picture.

these were all of our hoops together...not all finished but all together.
mine is the one right 
here under these
letters.      

trying to set up our cameras for a group shot....caught kimberlee being silly.


                                                  jana (no blog....yet) and amy jupin.


                                                             jess  and  julie.


                                                                  ashley and cindy    (also no blog....YET).  
cindy came with ashley so she didn't have to drive alone and show up to a house full of women she had never met and be trapped with us if she didn't like us...
turns out we LOVED them both!
very much.


                                                                    heather, cole and me.


                                          amy   (my neighbor) and  kimberlee  (my cleaning partner)

and that was that.
they went home with their suitcases full of new crafts, antiques, julie's messy flowers and full tummies.

and i haven't stopped smiling since.

God gave me blogging.
He gave me a gift that i get to continue opening when i meet new friends from all over.
God is so awesome.

my mind feels full of creativity.
my heart feels full of love and friendship.
my body feels too full of cinnamon rolls and cheesecake.

the retirement center has been missing me.

my bloggy friends left just in time....we are snowed in here and it's FREEZING.
my house has never been this cold.
i am bundled up in a blanket with many layers and hot coffee and i am still frozen. 

around the house today.

  
 




 
i made it home and got some good sleep last night.

i got to see scott's last game of his basketball tournament yesterday...they won!  
he was so happy.

i am gearing up for craft week.
day one is in an hour or so....still undecided on what we are doing.
but whatever we do i will share it with you.

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