Didn't get too many pics it was too hard trying to keep a group of 20+ together.

12th Anniversary

It was our 12th Anniversary of being together. Go figure, one of these years we will get married. We went to the Big Foot museum that Chris had been wanting to visit and then I got to go to any thrift store I wanted. I didn't find anything special but we did have hot chocolate on the pier. Which in it's self sounds totally romantic, but when you add the element of fishing to it, it kinda changes things. None the less we are still in deeply love with each other and cherish these crazy moments we call life.

Beach Time

We recently took Kiah and Grandma Marcie to the beach. It was a short visit but still a lot of fun. Both Kiah and Chris went body boarding ( is that what it is called?) There was dolphins in the water when Chris went out in the surf a bit. I kept seeing something but couldn't tell what it was.

Good Housekeeping Dec. 1927

I found this magazine at a sale at the nearby antique store. It was only $3.00. After I paid for it another lady kept telling me, "oh, my it is so beautiful, I wish I would have bought it". Guess I picked a good one.

Flea market Finds

We went to the Branham High Flea Market on Saturday. Chris and I had never been there and we just barely made it there before it closed. It was hot as hell and Kiah kept bugging me for video games. Which he knows I'll never buy them from a flea market or garage sale. You know they won't work. In the short time we were there I managed to find some really cool treasures and only spent $3.00 on them. Quite a few items were free so that was a double score. Next time around I might try to get a space to sell some stuff. I am tired of giving everything to Goodwill, only to have them mark it way up. We'll see how that works I'll probably buy more than I sell.

I need a vacation from my vacation

I can't believe it is already July 22nd. This month has left me exhausted and it is not even over yet. We went up to Orleans, Ca in the beginning of the month.

As soon as we got home my Grandmother who has dementia wondered and was brought home by a sheriff.

Since then everthing is just a blur of social workers, daycare kids, karate, swim lessons, and phone calls.

And to top it all off I have lost my mojo and have't been able to produce something worthy in almost a month.

Stand-Up Spangled Stars

This was another quick and easy project we did this week. You want to cut out stars that are equal in size. Decorate. Next on one star you want to cut a slit through the top of the star point to about the middle of the star. With the next star you want to cut through the bottom in between the two star points til you get to the middle. Fit them together and they should stand on there own if not you can secure them with a little tape on their sides.

Tie-Dye disks

We made tie-dye disks today. The kids had a lot of fun.

To make them you poke a hole in the middle of a coffee filter. Then have the kids make a series of lines and dots or anything they want for that matter all around the filter . With another coffee filter rip off a long piece and roll it together to make a wick to stick through the hole in the middle of the colored filter. Next you want to have a cup of water, place the wick in the water and balance the filter on the top of the cup. The wick will draw the water up through the fibers of the filter making it a cool tie-dye effect.

Kiah stuck in the brambles.

Every summer this kid is out in the back trying to pick and eat as many blackberries as humanly possible.