TEACHERS

You gotta love em!!!  Who else would put up with our little darlings day after day, week after week. 

I’ve always been one to try and give a little something at the end of the year as a thank you and my daughter’s have continued on with the tradition. 

Bekah called me yesterday with a request for help with a present for her  girl’s teachers. Of course school ends tomorrow. She does like to challenge me but that’s okay. I work best under pressure.

She’d seen this saying somewhere and wanted to use it. Soooo, this is what I came up with.

I hope they like them.

SUMMER

I got the Summer letters done. So they are up and ready.

I hope you like them.

They are kind or a whimsical mixture

They are $25.00 a set.

Leave me a comment or email me if you would like some.

AND LIBERTY FOR ALL

Here are my latest letters for sale.

I really love this time of year. I was born Canadian and married an American so I eventually became a citizen. I have always admired the patriotism  of the USA.

My husband is a Veteran and is now working in Iraq. I have one son who served a year in Afghanistan and is in the Army National Guard. I also have another son who is in the Air Force Reserves so we try and do our part.

This is the first of several patriotic things that I am going to make to sell.

 

 

 

They are $25.00 a set so leave me a comment or email me if you would like some.

A REAL WRINGER….

 

Look what I stole. Well, rescue is more like it. My neighbor was going to take this to the dump!  It was all in pieces and in their trailer and it sat there for a few days along with all sorts of other junk. I had glanced over there several times and  thought… What the heck is that?  Then it hit me. I know what that is. We used to have one when I was little. (Yes I am that old.)

Can you believe it? Some people have no appreciation for the finer things in life.

 

 

Well I grabbed it ant put it all back together…..

 

 

I added some gravel and potting mix…..

 

 

Then some plants and flowers…..

 

 

And now I have a new planter…. 

A REAL WRINGER!!  ( get it????)

WHAT'S BUGGING FRANKLIN

Franklin has reached that stage that all little boys do….

A fascination with bugs!

So of course I had to make him a BUG HOUSE.

Where are the bugs Mugga? (That’s what he has called me since he was very little and I love it)!

Over there?

Okay, here I go...

The other day while shopping at our local grocery store I found butterfly nets that were 4 for $5.00. What a steal. I bought a bunch to take camping but no one can wait for that. I wish I had a picture of our little boys and girls chasing butterflies through our field but alas it never happened. Instead we caught a water bottle, some precious rocks, an otter pop, a screwdriver and lots of heads.

THE VARIOUS KINDS OF LOVE.

 

A friend of mine ordered some of my LOVE LETTERS for her daughters for Mother’s Day but she didn’t want them in all red.  So I made them with some green and gold and red.

A fun idea if you want them to be up all year.

THESE ARE MY DAUGHTERS, I AM SO PROUD OF THEM!

Does anyone remember a movie with Dolly Parton in which she introduces her son by saying in a very monotonous voice,  “This is my son, I am so proud of him.”

Well my husband an I thought it very hilarious at the time because we had a son going through a bad spot  and it took all we had to find something about him that we could be proud of. I think it was just what we needed to teach us to laugh rather than cry, so it has kind of become a private joke.

Anyway, I took my daughters to dinner for a belated Mother’s day dinner and then we did out traditional trip to Ross’s where they try on all sorts of outfits and entertain me with their antics.

Here are the results…

Kind of different from the pictures in my previous post huh.  Oh how I love my girls and yes I really am proud of them!

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

To my beautiful daughters .  They have become the best Moms ever!!!

And to my dear Mom who is no longer with us. (Yes that is me!)

I love you all so much!

A WONDERFUL TIME.

Women’s Conference was wonderful as usual. Such a spiritual, uplifting time. Here are a few pictures.

Lots and lots of women!

 

Vickie and me.

 

Riding the shuttle.

 

This is  ECLIPSE.  They are an acapella group that are absolutely fabulous.

 

A little culture.  That is a harpsichord.

 

Elder L. Tom Perry, our concluding speaker.

I’m already anticipating next year!

IN LIVING COLOR

 

As promised,   (in this post)   I have done my picture blocks in color.

Mother’s Day is coming fast and Father’s Day will be here before you know it so get your orders in early.  They are $4 per block plus shipping but I will give discounts for larger words.

Think of a special word and what pictures you want to use and you will have a one of a kind gift.

I’VE BEEN BUSY

 

My SPRING letters have taken off like crazy and I just want to thank all of you who ordered them and then told your friends and your friends told their friends and so on.

I think I ended up making at least 20 sets!

I still have a couple if anyone is interested.

GRADUATION DAY

The chicks are out of the bathtub!

My son Josh built me a chicken coop for the newest members of the family.

We are all about using recycled wood and whatever we have laying around so this is what he came up with.

When I built my deck last year from pallets (see this post) I saved all the leftovers. The only money I spent was on a box of screws.

He made a door that swings up on the side so we can access their house.

He is going to put wheels on it so we can push it around in the yard and they can eat bugs and stuff and fertilize the grass.

They love their little house but are not too sure about the coop part.

They like their roost.

And of course they like to poop! EUWWWE!!!

Brooklyn is giving them lessons on climbing their little ladder back up to their house. And she has named them…

SALLY, BAILEY, FUZZ WUZZ, SMOOTHBERRY and BROWNIE.

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

Anybody going?

I am soooo excited and can't wait.

In the LDS (Mormon) Church we have the wonderful opportunity of meeting as sisters from all over the world once a year at BYU for

Women's Conference.

We have classes that inspire and teach and wonderful service projects. We are entertained and fed well both spiritually and physically.

It is a tradition for my dear friend Vickie and I to go together. Several years we have stayed in the dorms and a couple of years we stayed in my Motor-home. This year we will be staying in the dorms. I am giddy with anticipation.

MOM for SALE

SHHHHHH! Don’t tell my girls about these but I had to post this now

in case you (yes, all 2 of you) wanted to order some for Mother’s Day.

These are blocks with your own personal pictures on them with whatever letters or words you want. I’ve done these in black and white and sepia because I like that look but they can also be done in color. Each block measures 3 1/4 x 4 1/2. I will try and get some more samples made but the possibilities are endless.

I am charging $4 per block plus shipping but will give discounts for larger words. You just need to email me your digital photos and I will go from there. (If you don’t have digital photos, you can mail me your hard copies and I will return them with your order.)

If you would like some, just leave me a comment and we will go from there.

Thanks. Janis