Saturday Salad Bar

What not to let your husband and son do on a Sunday afternoon after watching the NASCAR race!



This was a lightning storm we had one night a couple of weeks ago. Yeah, I know, not the smartest thing to do. But it was more like heat lightning. And it just keep going. I've never seen it lightning so many times! It was so beautiful. The whole nighttime sky would be lit up like daytime. This picture was taken at about 10 pm.



This is Dane & Alichia last weekend in Mobile. If you read a previous post about all of us staying with my best friend Rachel aka: Martha Stewart, then you will understand why Alichia is already being the perfect little hostess!

Chinese Beef and Snow Peas

A quick little layout I did yesterday for my recipe book. "Chinese Beef and Snow Peas", it's super easy and yummy! I started working on it and remembered that I had picked up a vintage Chinese cookbook at a yard sale. That's the images of the cows in the snowpeas. It also has a section in the back with the symbols and names, so I made a little tag with the name for beef (Niu Jou) and snow peas (Wan Tou Chia). Then I
wanted to add a little fortune so I grabbed my stash of foutunes (I always keep them!) and the very first one I pulled out read: Now is the time to try something new. Thought that was perfect. As for the background paper, I played with all my pp for awhile then remembered that I had a vintage children's book about a Chinese boy. I pulled it out to look at all the pictures and this is the end covers of the book. So I stopped at Staples yesterday and made a color copy.Super easy. I can't believe I finished this so quickly. It usually takes me DAYS to finish! I'm going to try and do another one today. Dane isn't coming home until Sunday so maybe I can do one a day :0)

I have to go to the post office today. I joined a book club called Paperback Swap.I had heard of it before, and then Bonnie Rose posted it on her blog, and she got points if I joined and used her as a reference. I've already had three books requested, so I have to go to the p.o. and mail them (you pay to ship them, but when you request a book from another person, THEY pay for shipping, kinda like a wash). I've already requested one book, it should be on the way. They even have it where you can print out a shipping label for your printer and wrap it around the book and mail it!! Pretty cool ! Check it out and if you join, use me as a reference-Thanks!!!

FIrefox is Hot

The clouds this morning on my walk.
I don't know why I keep taking pictures of clouds, but I love all the different formations they make.
Every day they are different. Today, it looked as if this was the front of a line of rain clouds moving in. Very pretty.



A quick update to yesterday's post about downloading Firefox. Yesterday was DH off day, so he usually sleeps in late. After finally waking up, he was asking me what all I wanted to do (since Dane is in Mobile, we were thinking about going out to eat at a fancy resturant or a movie. Instead we stayed home, ordered a pizza and watched a DVD-man we're really living the single life !!!!) We chatted for a few minutes, then I carefully started telling him that I was still having problems w/ blogger & pics and that after searching on blogger, they too recommened Firefox. He starts to tell me to "go back" on the computer to when everything was working right & so on. So I took a deep breath and said"Well, I already downloaded Firefox." He just looked at me shaking his head. He said " I knew you were going to." Man, does that man know me or what LOL! He then just asked me if that seemed to help and I said yes. So, that went alot better then I expected. Then this morning, I received an email from FlyLady titled: What Browser are you using? We love Firefox! Can you believe that! I love it when things like that happen. Coincidences. Yea, I am easily amused.
Ciao for now...

Weekendd Recap & ATC Book #2

Another little ATC book I made. All in one afternoon. I'm sending this to my friend, Laura. Her challenge about Make, Create & Inspire prompted me to make a set of cards and I owed her an ATC anyway.

I tried all day yesterday to upload this pic, but blogger wasn't letting me do it. So I check out Firefox like Audrey said and sent a link to DH (he has forbidden me to download anything until he checks it out). Well, as I was telling him my dilemma w/ blogger he starts with " Well, you never had that problem before yada yada yada....So I went to bed. And this a.m. guess what I did...downloaded Firefox :0) Can't wait to hear it now. Can I come stay with somebody for a few days? :0) Men!!

Recap of this past weekend. We left for Mobile on Thursday night. Spent Friday visiting with my grandparents. On Saturday, My MIL & I went to an antique show. I'll post pics of my finds later. Saturday afternoon, my best friend Rachel asked us over for dinner. Both of our DH's were going out to play cards, so the girls were just going to hang out. We ended up with 7 kids and 5 adults spending the night at her house. In the morning, she fixed everybody french toast and juice. Then for lunch she fixed slow-roasted chicken on the grill with coleslaw, baked beans and macaroni & cheese (homemade). Yes, let me say now, Rachel is "da bomb". Love ya girl {{hug}}

ATC Book

YEAH!!! I made this cute little book to put all my ATC's in.


Thanks so much to Audrey. She's the Creating Queen :0) If you get a chance, check out her blog. It's full of wonderful goodies.





I'm trying to pack for the whole family. We are going to Mobile for the weekend. I had a small list of To-DO's before we left, but now it's turned into this HUGE thing. Why do I do that to myself. I've really been trying to keep up with my weekly chours. I've even made a list of things to do each day and I check them off as I go. This has helped me so much. Because I open my journal, look to see what day it is and right then I know what's to be done. Yes, I know some of you might not have that problem, but visit Fly Lady and you'll find out that I'm not alone :0) Thank goodness.
Anyway, I had just a few simple things to do, but then I started adding to them.
I've washed DH's car, been on the computer WAY TOO LONG, washed more loads than I needed to, worked on my ATC book (good thing) and alot more little things. So I guess on that note, I'll sign off for now. I'll try to post over the weekend.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

ATC Swap-Children With Party Hats

These are a few of the ATC's I've done for a swap with Audrey . The theme is children with party hats. The one on the left is actually a pic of my mother. Isn't she cute? (sorry about it being blurry :0( It says: I see the moon and the moon see me.



And the one below is my mother-in-law!!! Both of them are going to die when I show this to them. They are both very quite ladies. But I kinda think they'll get a kick out of it. We are going home this weekend, so I'll give it to them then.



I made sets of fours of each of these cards. One for the swap, one for me and one of each for the ladies.











I also have some more cards done, need to put some finishing touches on them along with a few other thing I'm working on. I'll post the rest tonight. For now, I need to run some errands.
Hope you have a good day!! :0)

Saturday Salad Bar

Dane's new truck! His daddy couldn't wait any longer. I don't know who's more excited, Dane or his dad :0)

No pigeons were harmed in the taking of this picture.





A hand made sign in Monticello, Fl.

You order-we serves

Make, Creat & Inspire

A set of ATC's I made based on a challenge from Laura, Make, Create & Inspire. Each card has a quote using each word in it. I had alot of fun making these. Thanks for the challenge Laura! Not sure if you can read each one:
Pig: To be given the chance to create is the meat & potaotes of life. ~Bette Davis
Girl: If I don't make art soon, I'm going to have a hissy fit!
Butterfly: To succeed you need something to hold on to, motivate you, inspire you.

On this one, I make a little chipboard heart and covered it with fairy dust aka:glitter. I used a pot dot to attach it.
To cover the backs, I used a sheet of paper from K&Co. Brown and green polk dots. It blends in really well. Now. I'd like to get some pre-made stickers for the backs to fill in all my info.
Have a great day!
p.s. My friend Audrey isn't feeling too well. Say a little prayer for her :0) Thanks!

Saturday Salad Bar (LATE)

SATURDAY SALAD BAR (late)

My new shower curtain. I found it at Big Lots. I really like the way it helps pull out the red in the countertop. I wasn't sure if I wanted a floral, but after sleeping on it, I thought it would be fine.







My little "finds" from the Dollar Tree...ancient Chinese artifacts :0)





And now for a formal introduction...Meet Tito. The newest member of our family!!! My DH had played with a ferret awhile back at the animal shelter. Then on Father's Day, he informed me that he wanted one. But the one at the shelter had already been adopted. So we went to the pet store. At $99, w/out a cage, he said "no way." Then, the other day, out of the blue, a couple of friends of ours asked if we wanted a ferret. Someone they knew was getting rid of theirs and they really couldn't keep him. So they gave us everything, the ferret, cage, food all of it. I guess sometimes it does pay to have a little patience.

Also, last night we went to see "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby". It was really funny!!! If you go, don't leave when the movie is over, there are out takes afterwards and they are just hilarious!!

I found this leaf on my morning walk. At first glance, it just looks like a heart shaped leaf, but a closer look it shows black spots and rough dry areas. I thought of how much it was like us. Things in our past that are dark and rough. All of this makes up who we are and yet sometimes we wish these things had never happened. But we have to remember to learn fro these things and move forward. You never know when this experience will come in handy to help someone else who is in need of it. Okay, enough "Kristalism" for today :0)

I'm still working on some ATC's. Went to the office supply store and made photo copies of old photos. Then I don't know what happened to the rest of the day. Hopefully, I can get more done today.
I want to go back to Big Lots. Yesterday I found a beautiful shower curtain for the bathroom. Had to think on it, but I'm going to try it. DH hasn't had a chance to finish the bathroom yet still need to few more finishing touches.
The computer keeps shutting off on me, so I'll end now.
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SOUP OF THE DAY:
Find those places inside that jump for joy and do things that bring out your best, most magic self.
~Sark
DESSERT OF THE DAY:
Mingle some breif folly with your wisdom.
~Horace

Morning Walk

This was my view yesterday morning as I started my morning walk. I'm not sure what you call these kinds of clouds, but I love it when the sky looks like this. The sun was just coming up..it was beautiful.

In the last few days, I've meet some very interesting people on the internet. Because of my previous ATC fiascio, I've been prowling around trying to find some other people to swap with. One person, Kristy had some ATC's to swap, so I emailed her. She is going to swap with me, but she was on her way out of the country. So she sent me a link to someone who was hosting another swap. That lead me to Audrey. Not only does she also live in Florida, but her work is Amazing!!! I can't wait to do this swap!
I also met Laura who is hosting weekly sbing/ATC challenges on her blog. She sent me a link to a crafting website Craft Swap. I've already met two really nice people, Maggie and Michelle.
So, since I had all this going on, I need to purchase some supplies. I have lots of sbing pp, but I want some vintage photos. I knew I had seen someone on ebay, so I went back to check. She had so many wonderful goodies, I could figure out what to purchase first. I noticed that there was a link to a Yahoo group, so I clicked and joined. There was only one other person, the owner of the ebay site...and her name was... KRISTAL!!!! I've only met one other person that spelled their name exactly like mine!! Of course, I had to send her an email, and I think we both got a really big kick out of it! I know who I'll be ordering most of my supplies from :0)
I'm working on some cards today, hopefully I can post some pictures later.
Ciao for now!