whatever

fridays are awesome.

first off....i really wanted to go back to bed today.
bad.
my running clothes weren't clean.
i was tired.
it was cold.

but i went because my friends were waiting....thank goodness for them.
i would have slept my morning away otherwise.



WE RAN SIX MILES.
with only one quick bathroom break at mcdonalds (thank you body that birthed five babies....)
it was hard.
but we did it!!!!!

31.5 out of 100 miles.  
rad.


i went back and finished the baby doll quilt.
there was a commenter that said "she won't ask for a doll quilt for much longer....you can always make pillows."
that was the clencher.

 

 

 
it is so precious.
i looooove it.
and so did annie.  :)
 

i came back to the farm house and there were a bunch of trucks and a huge fire!

 
i guess today was the perfect day to tear down an old shed that was here at the farm.
it was pretty dangerous the way it was so it's probably good that it's gone.



kind of exciting to get off the bus to a giant fire in your yard!!



yesterday i followed talby over on her second round of feeding the neighbor's chickens. 

enjoy! 

what are you doing this weekend?

i think we are doing some swimming,,,,some soccer...some volleyball...some basketball....
that sounds relaxing right?

not.


 

monday monday.

YOU ARE TOO AMAZING!!!

$2060???
wow.
don't you wish we could go and GIVE them their stoves?
smile so big and say THIS IS FOR YOU! and give them a hug?!!

what a fabulous thought.

THANK YOU to every one of you that gave a stove.
we helped 103 women so far his week in a BIG huge way!!!

that makes me want to cry tears of joy.

together we can change things!
thank you. 

the fundraiser is open through january 31....so no reason to stop now.  :) 

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i have some pics of my craft room.
i was sewing some curtains in there today....finally able to move with out knocking something over! 

it's not big....that's it....wall to wall.
it's packed FULL of everything i would need to craft my heart out.
it's mix matched of lots of well worn furniture and crazy storage and color.
it's not finished being painted....and probably never will be.
but oh my goodness i love that room so much.

and for now....it's cleaned up.

i have to practice all my craft weekend crafts and get them all decided and work out the details.
and now i have some room to do that.

 

c o l o r

 

 

school supplies ROCK.

:)

 

which color is your favorite?

mine is yellow green and wild strawberry.

 

chalk paint...check it off the list.

i love when my kids surprise me.
i thought all summer that most of my kids were too big to care about chalk paint. 
i was wrong.
sean and annie had friends over.

i finally whipped some up while they were  fighting swimming. 

it's so easy.

the recipe is equal amounts of cornstarch and water.
and food coloring.
that's it.

it's thick to stir up at first but easily doable with a whisk.
i tried using my mixer and it worked better with a whisk and muscle.

 

i took a moment to admire my tiny patch of garden that did not FRY up on vacation....
the zinnias make me happy.
i should just plant them everywhere and not worry about anything else.  :)

i took it outside thinking "they won't even care but whatever"
and they came out of the pool and painted until it was all gone.
it looks clear at first and dries REALLY bright.

this is my favorite picture...his masterpiece of splatter paint.



kids jumped in the pool and they were clean.



and this morning it rained....and it's all gone.
simple as that. 

 

our summer list had 45 things on it.
we have done 27.
school starts tuesday.....we'll see what happens.

:) 

 

rainbows

i wanted to show you some happiness.

i asked craig if i could do the back stairway like this....he said yes....i think i might have cried a little.
i bet he doesn't remember saying yes.  :)


i am not a big fan of mouth piercings....but i love the hair!  
can you imagine if i had this hair???  
do you think kids would still come to my sunday school class?


pretty. 




happy room.


hmmm......


love this....makes me want to make stuff.


and this too!  
i really want to get messy with paint!

yummy.


really yummy.



i want to go to a rainbow party.
i want to have a rainbow party....for me!

and that is all i've got today.
i am sleepy.
and busy.
and have grumpy kids that are making me a little cranky.

 

this week....

remember when i partied in my cardigan?
that was for my sister's birthday.
well that was almost a month ago....and i just got her gift to her....really late.

(if you know me in real life....that is the NORM for me...)



but i think her gift was worth the wait.

this is my favorite necklace in lisa leonard's designs.  (i like it all but i really love this one)
it's simple and classic.
you can get printing on both sides.
it goes with everything.
it's my fave.

my sister loved it.
yay.
lisa makes giving gifts so easy!  a few clicks and it's all done.  love that.
 


on friday my three youngest came out of school with reading reward coupons for free ice cream cones.
i drove them straight to the source.
they were very surprised and happy.

talby pulled out her brand new book that was published from her ELP group. 

i swooned over it. 

 
it was adorable.

i don't know what this was about.....i can't recall....but annie made this face twice in ten seconds.
i caught the second one.


what a goofy girl.

we hit the park.

the sunshine was so needed.
i felt so much lighter.

and it was still so nice friday night that we had a campfire in the back yard!

today....it hailed, sleeted and snowed.
weirdorama.

 
so....this week:

i really want to get my shop opened!

wish me luck.

before i die in a freak pillow collapsing accident in the craft room.....
 


don't worry there will be no surprise shop openings.
i will give you lots of warning.
i promise.

also....i have a five more rainbow hoodies!
woo-hoo.