tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20952890619418784552024-03-18T00:02:24.729-07:00Yakiddy Yak Yaktamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-54303072954253824092009-04-03T16:27:00.000-07:002009-04-03T19:48:00.654-07:00Nothing but classs...You know You Want it!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Good afternoon Kids, and welcome to another fun filled edition of </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>"Free Friday!"</strong></span></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Take a seat, grab a snack and a cool drink</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>~lets get started!</strong></span></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Remember this all comes off of the "Craigslist Free adds"</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>The add reads:</strong></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#6666cc;">This chair is nothing but class. Gold/orange/yellow striped. Rocking, swirling, moves whichever way you want it to! I love this chair and you will too</span></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Nooope pretty sure I won't! Ha!</span><br /></span></span></strong></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdaltfJBeoI/AAAAAAAAAkU/fU1OmjLCYiM/s1600-h/jclassy+gold+chair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320622210656860802" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdaltfJBeoI/AAAAAAAAAkU/fU1OmjLCYiM/s400/jclassy+gold+chair.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">Remember the movie "Animal House"?</span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">Add:</span></strong></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;"><strong>Free couch. Its ugly but a really nice couch. Nothing a nice blanket can't fix. Not worn down at all.<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">(lol get a clue!)</span>Looks like a cat got at it on the left side a little but its not bad at all. I don't have a cat. </strong></span><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;"><strong>So maybe a hungry roommate<span style="font-size:100%;color:#6666cc;">.</span></strong></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">(a scary thought!)</span> </strong></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;"><strong>First come first served. Will not hold it for anyone. I'll take the post down when it's gone.</strong></span> </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Huh? What? You mean it when you say you wont hold it for anyone? Darn!</span></strong><br /></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdaltL-uoDI/AAAAAAAAAkM/Pek7pgllmpQ/s1600-h/ifree+couch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320622205513408562" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdaltL-uoDI/AAAAAAAAAkM/Pek7pgllmpQ/s400/ifree+couch.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>The next couch didn't have anything written about it. But I think the photo says it all?</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>I was imagining the furniture store might have been called</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>"Frank's Funky Town Fine Furniture."</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">I do think if you wear your 3~D glasses it could even be a spiritual experience! LoL!</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/Sdals1Dxv4I/AAAAAAAAAkE/fgf8JC3VFU4/s1600-h/hblack+funky+couch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320622199360569218" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/Sdals1Dxv4I/AAAAAAAAAkE/fgf8JC3VFU4/s400/hblack+funky+couch.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pure elegance huh? :)</span><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Ummm are these people trying to hide something or </span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">are they just very messy?</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>And</em> there is something sticking out under the middle cushion!</span></span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>Holy crap Batman</em> maybe there is a <em>dead body</em> hidden in there-</span></span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">That's it now I am frightened!</span></em><br /></span></strong><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/Sdals9KTeiI/AAAAAAAAAj8/RT88BqB7b_w/s1600-h/gplease+come+and+get+it.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320622201535429154" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/Sdals9KTeiI/AAAAAAAAAj8/RT88BqB7b_w/s400/gplease+come+and+get+it.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>And then we have this one-</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>such cleaver selling points don't you think?</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;"><strong>‘50s Early American Kitsch sofa. Cute & Comfortable Perfect for Apartment</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">~Or just a suggestion...the dump!</span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/Sdals0MxHlI/AAAAAAAAAj0/lm6dq5niKRs/s1600-h/fcute+sofa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320622199129841234" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/Sdals0MxHlI/AAAAAAAAAj0/lm6dq5niKRs/s400/fcute+sofa.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">For our last couch for the day...</span></strong><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;"><strong>Free Comfy Couch... quality made, good condition, solid wood ends with horse and barn theme upholstery. Colors are cream, rust, orange and brown.</strong></span> </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">OOO Baby they got me considering it for a second with the barn theme!</span></strong></div><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdalBgHo77I/AAAAAAAAAjs/rZUqpH_J8mg/s1600-h/ecomfy+couch.jpg"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320621455005249458" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdalBgHo77I/AAAAAAAAAjs/rZUqpH_J8mg/s400/ecomfy+couch.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#6666cc;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#6666cc;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Hmmm what can I say about the next one???</span></div></strong></span><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdalBrboFKI/AAAAAAAAAjk/jCEckQmELbk/s1600-h/dbent+lamp.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320621458041869474" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdalBrboFKI/AAAAAAAAAjk/jCEckQmELbk/s400/dbent+lamp.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Someone was banking on the word "free" of wiping out any ability for a person to comprehend that this one is broken! </strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Add:</strong></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;"><strong>This does not work. It broke down making a humming noise about 2 years ago. I thought I'd take it apart to see if it was something I could fix but I realize that is a task I will never get to. We took off a small plastic tab (thing) on the bottom of the metal filter to fix my parents' ionic breeze so that part is missing. It's free. </strong></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>I am so glad they clarified what the plastic tab was! LoL!</strong></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/Sda3LEcg7YI/AAAAAAAAAkk/ymKMgPLpsAU/s1600-h/cionic+breeze.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320641410584604034" style="WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/Sda3LEcg7YI/AAAAAAAAAkk/ymKMgPLpsAU/s400/cionic+breeze.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Need some wheels??? Handy with the tools? </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Got a reallll bargain here for ya-hey it's "free!"</strong></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdalBeMz9QI/AAAAAAAAAjU/1SJl7OMmt60/s1600-h/bmotorhome+frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320621454490072322" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdalBeMz9QI/AAAAAAAAAjU/1SJl7OMmt60/s400/bmotorhome+frame.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>And if that didn't excite ya well girls hold onto your skirts-</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>this one will! Not! LoL! Notice the size of this thing...</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>This add is priceless:</strong></span></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;">The wife says either this goes or I do. Today. First come first served.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdamRrErkVI/AAAAAAAAAkc/zqGlXwE8yD0/s1600-h/acaptain+kirk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320622832335163730" style="WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 196px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdamRrErkVI/AAAAAAAAAkc/zqGlXwE8yD0/s400/acaptain+kirk.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">I have just a few questions for ya fella...</span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">A. Did your wife know you had this in your garage before she married you?</span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">B. Can the marriage be annulled?</span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">C. Did you mean it when you said this deal was just for today? </span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SdamRrErkVI/AAAAAAAAAkc/zqGlXwE8yD0/s1600-h/acaptain+kirk.jpg"></a></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Dang! Now you know it is going to be a man who wants this life size Captain Kirk-I would love to be the fly on the wall listening to that guys wife when she sees it for the first time! LoL!</span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">I hope you all enjoyed this weeks edition of "Free Friday"!</span></strong></div><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#333399;"><em>Have an awesome weekend Blogging Buddy's</em></span></strong></p><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#333399;">~B<em>eam</em> M<em>e uP</em> S<em>cotty</em>!~</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#333399;">~<em>T</em>am!~</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#009900;">:</span><span style="color:#ff6666;">)</span></span></strong></div><div align="center"></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-12689764242352469062009-03-20T14:53:00.000-07:002009-03-20T19:01:16.381-07:00FREE Friday!!!<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;">You all know how much I love a bargain. </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;">And I did find my wonderful FREE "Big Project" antique oak cabinets on craigslist. </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;">That was a terrific freak of a find! LoL! </span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;">So ever since I have been surfin craigslist in hopes of another great find if you will. (Hey it could happen!)Well that has turned into something my husband and I get a kick out of doing and has become a silly form of entertainment for us. Lol~Yes I know we have <em>way too much time</em> and need a new hobby! </span></strong><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Here is how we play the game come along with me to see some of the "FREE" finds on craigslist for this week.</span> </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;">As we are scrolling through the listings every time we see a free couch we look at the picture. </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"><span style="font-size:180%;">The idea is to find the ugliest couch listed.</span> You heard it right! Trust me it can be quiet funny at times. Some of the other things listed are a crack up too. You just wouldn't believe what people will put on there. <span style="font-size:180%;">Lets get started shall we...</span></span></strong></div><strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"></span></strong><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;">Look at this beauty, and this is the best of the bunch!</span></strong></p><strong><br /></strong><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0zUdA-XI/AAAAAAAAAic/K_nc59Su-m4/s1600-h/free+couch.jpg"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431516472408434" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0zUdA-XI/AAAAAAAAAic/K_nc59Su-m4/s400/free+couch.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a></p><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">And if your decorating taste is</span> </strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">GrOOvy GraNNy</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">here's the perfect couch</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">for you...</span></strong></span></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0zUQmAZI/AAAAAAAAAiU/xPhid8MQUEg/s1600-h/free+couch+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431516420309394" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0zUQmAZI/AAAAAAAAAiU/xPhid8MQUEg/s400/free+couch+2.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong>And this is what the listing for the next one said...</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#336666;"><strong><span style="color:#333399;">FREE grey couch. Well loved but still very comfortable. Has a small hole in the cushion cover and a big burn mark on the arm, but it is FREE for pick up!!!!</span></strong><br /></span></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0zG0POPI/AAAAAAAAAiM/s9n3mHN8VSI/s1600-h/free+couch+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431512811714802" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0zG0POPI/AAAAAAAAAiM/s9n3mHN8VSI/s400/free+couch+3.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;"><strong>Can you just imagine yourself relaxing </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;"><strong>in this sweet baby...</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">(</span><span style="font-size:130%;">Don't mind the stains, BO and um use you imagination smells</span><span style="font-size:180%;">)</span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;color:#330033;"><strong>*GaG*</strong></span></span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0yw8lQ4I/AAAAAAAAAiE/_5TXs00TTnY/s1600-h/free+couch+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431506941133698" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0yw8lQ4I/AAAAAAAAAiE/_5TXs00TTnY/s400/free+couch+4.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;">And my favorite FREE couch, <em>drum roll please</em>...</span></strong><br /></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ5aF2qqBI/AAAAAAAAAik/B8OxH0zSclI/s1600-h/free+orange+couch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315436580614875154" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ5aF2qqBI/AAAAAAAAAik/B8OxH0zSclI/s400/free+orange+couch.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Yea you know you were <em>totally diggin</em> on that orange velvet dream!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">And lets take a look at some sweet freebies other then the couches...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#333399;"><strong>Upholstered swivel rocker. Needs a good cleaning. Ugly, but comfortable! At least 30 years old. FREE!!!!!!!</strong></span> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;">("free" makes any <em>ugliness</em> not matter~Right?)</span></strong></div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0y9IEXZI/AAAAAAAAAh8/T1COklEh9fk/s1600-h/ugly+green+chair.jpg"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431510210534802" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0y9IEXZI/AAAAAAAAAh8/T1COklEh9fk/s400/ugly+green+chair.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></a></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">I actually didn't think that chair was the worst </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">I've seen posted but,</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">I just love how they listed it!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">This next listing I found interesting...</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><strong>We have quite a few free snails. They are smaller in size but grow rather quickly so we have more than we need. Please email if you can pick up this weekend and are interested. Thank you.</strong></span> </div><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0f5XMQlI/AAAAAAAAAh0/CQ3B6Gwv9Xo/s1600-h/free+snails.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431182782710354" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0f5XMQlI/AAAAAAAAAh0/CQ3B6Gwv9Xo/s400/free+snails.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"><strong>Aren't we usually trying to get rid of snails?</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663366;"><strong>Okay and here's a real humdinger...</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="color:#333399;">I am leaving this in our driveway in front of the garage door. I will delete the posting as soon as I notice that it is gone.</span><br /></span></strong></div></span><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0f7tw-gI/AAAAAAAAAhs/UjgyAxO5Orw/s1600-h/cat+litter+box.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431183414262274" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0f7tw-gI/AAAAAAAAAhs/UjgyAxO5Orw/s400/cat+litter+box.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663366;"><strong>What The???</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;">I think that posting is gonna be there for a while-what do you think?</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;">I mean come on people have just a teeny tiny bit of pride would ya?<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Here's another fun one...</span></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><strong>Picture says it all. First come, first served.</strong></span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0fhGSJeI/AAAAAAAAAhk/FjSXQuvzrz8/s1600-h/light+fixture.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431176269342178" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0fhGSJeI/AAAAAAAAAhk/FjSXQuvzrz8/s400/light+fixture.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Awww yea they got that right! LoL!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;">I have two more for ya, and the next one~well I will let you be the judge of this listing...</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;">free good shape-</span></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"><strong>(Okay but ummm what is it? </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"><strong>And how do I know I want it if I can't tell what it is?)<br /></strong></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0fgDvH7I/AAAAAAAAAhc/qXc2gyZZj_A/s1600-h/free+good+shape.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431175990222770" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0fgDvH7I/AAAAAAAAAhc/qXc2gyZZj_A/s400/free+good+shape.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong>That last one had ya stumped huh? Me too! </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;"><strong>This next one, my last one for today just takes the icing off the cake!</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;">...<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">I must have been tanked, but I lost the left shoe somehow, somewhere. Anyone interested in just the right K-Swiss Classic Black. Find a use!</span> </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;">(Dude~like hey man what size is it?)</span></strong></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0fVwgDeI/AAAAAAAAAhU/hJVa1vtGWJg/s1600-h/just+the+right+shoe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431173225188834" style="WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ScQ0fVwgDeI/AAAAAAAAAhU/hJVa1vtGWJg/s400/just+the+right+shoe.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Don't bother to rub your eyes or blink~</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">you saw it right!</span> </strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong>Listen pal if you are drinkin that much maybe best to go barefoot next time or stay home! LOL!</strong></span></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong>I hope you had as much fun as I did? I have wanted to do a post on this for a while now. So if it is popular enough I may continue to do a FREE Friday post again. Probably not every Friday, nope just when the urge hits me! </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;"><strong>Have a HAPPY, </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;"><strong>Fun filled, Sun shinny, Glamorous weekend kids! </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">~Much Bloggy Love, <span style="color:#ff6666;">Tam</span>! <span style="color:#33cc00;">:</span><span style="color:#ff6666;">D</span></span></strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: minor-bidifont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11;" ></span>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-59585094667609828562008-12-23T21:56:00.001-08:002008-12-23T22:26:38.361-08:00Drum Roll Please..................<p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQozDlnqI/AAAAAAAAASg/_P0PndnWXY8/s1600-h/fudge.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283233237200903842" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQozDlnqI/AAAAAAAAASg/_P0PndnWXY8/s400/fudge.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">And <em>Yes </em>what is this? Why it <em>IS</em> Fudge! <em>I did it -</em>I really did-finally I made a successful batch of fudge!!! </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Thank you to those that sent me recipes and tips-they worked!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">I thought for a second I heard Angels sing? </span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">And then we have -Kooky Star Sugar Cookies...<br /></div></span><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQotkz_5I/AAAAAAAAASY/elYPC29K2o8/s1600-h/star+cookies.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283233235729645458" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQotkz_5I/AAAAAAAAASY/elYPC29K2o8/s400/star+cookies.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><br />Christmas Trees, Snowmen, and more...</span></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"></span></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQoTmBEfI/AAAAAAAAASQ/3OJdOByjPVY/s1600-h/tree+snowman+tree.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283233228755374578" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQoTmBEfI/AAAAAAAAASQ/3OJdOByjPVY/s400/tree+snowman+tree.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"> Bells, Angels, Blue Moons, more Trees, Snowman and Scottie Dogs...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><br /></span>=<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQn5MZqJI/AAAAAAAAASI/CKHZqqnUR4g/s1600-h/bells,+angels,+moons+and+more+cookies.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283233221668612242" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 331px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQn5MZqJI/AAAAAAAAASI/CKHZqqnUR4g/s400/bells,+angels,+moons+and+more+cookies.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><br />Jared and Emily had a great time decorating the cookies and eating some of them too! LoL!<br /><br /><br /></span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQQtBSUoI/AAAAAAAAASA/oeIKUELRndw/s1600-h/emily+and+jared+decorating+cookies.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283232823263777410" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQQtBSUoI/AAAAAAAAASA/oeIKUELRndw/s400/emily+and+jared+decorating+cookies.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Amber did a nice job on this Scottie Dog</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">He is cute in his green sweater and pink collar-don't ya think? </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">...<br /></p></span><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQQImmqII/AAAAAAAAAR4/CywsstY18FA/s1600-h/scottie+cookie.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283232813488187522" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 277px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQQImmqII/AAAAAAAAAR4/CywsstY18FA/s400/scottie+cookie.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Amber also decorated an ornament cookie...<br /><br /></span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQP3ht5-I/AAAAAAAAARw/1ECpUXD2C4g/s1600-h/amber+decorating+cookies.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283232808904288226" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 369px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQP3ht5-I/AAAAAAAAARw/1ECpUXD2C4g/s400/amber+decorating+cookies.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Great job flooding the icing Amber!<br /><br /></span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQPgCBjGI/AAAAAAAAARo/WqpL0i_Y_A8/s1600-h/ornie.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283232802597342306" style="WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQPgCBjGI/AAAAAAAAARo/WqpL0i_Y_A8/s400/ornie.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">And a bunch of <em>mixed </em>up Christmas cookies!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">That pan is full of <em>fun</em>! Some of those cookies got a little <em>psychedelic </em>on us! <em>LoL!<br />Tomorrow</em>-Chocolate Chip, Criss Cross-Peanut Butter and Drop Cookies!</span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQPrhDVlI/AAAAAAAAARg/YWLGaN815O8/s1600-h/cookies.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283232805680272978" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVHQPrhDVlI/AAAAAAAAARg/YWLGaN815O8/s400/cookies.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-12715594253316794422008-12-23T13:56:00.000-08:002008-12-23T14:17:34.048-08:00One More day and one more stocking...<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVFe73YO5SI/AAAAAAAAARY/58mGnVTqCiQ/s1600-h/IMG_1537.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283108220453184802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SVFe73YO5SI/AAAAAAAAARY/58mGnVTqCiQ/s400/IMG_1537.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Little Emily Jean needed her very own special little girl stocking. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sooo</span> Grammy got out some fabric and <em>whipped</em> up a stocking in a hurry! <em>Whew!</em> We took a photo in the snow-yep it's still here! But I like it! <em>No I love it!</em> It has warmed up a tiny bit today and we have a little break just for today. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">forecast</span> calls for more snow tonight-tomorrow and Friday!!! Then Saturday it is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">suppose</span> to warm up a bit -enough so that when it rains the snow goes away. But <em>wait</em> that won't last long because everyday next week-Snow again! I have never seen this much snow at one time in the 9 1/2 years we have lived here in the burbs of Seattle! </span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">I have to say I am excited to have a White Christmas! Today we are going to get a ton of baking done. So I am putting some good music on, stoking the fire, making some hot coca and getting my apron all floured up! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Yay</span>! And not to mention-FUDGE! Fudge attempt number two-lets see if I can do it right this time? I got a new candy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">thermometer</span> and I'm ready to rock! Of course I will take photos to share-gosh I hope I don't mess this batch up! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">LOL</span>!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Tonight maybe I can get gifts wrapped so I can just relax tomorrow? </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">I hope all of you girls out there in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">blogland</span> are having as much fun as I am today?!?! Leave me a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">msg</span>. and tell me what you are up to?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">And now I am off to the kitchen-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">wheeeee</span>! Look for a new post tomorrow-bye for now!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">~<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">sMiLeS</span>~Tam!</span></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-25622353735907968742008-12-20T01:16:00.000-08:002008-12-20T01:54:59.141-08:00Sweet Saturday...A Special Cake for a Special Girl!<p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUy5NyIogoI/AAAAAAAAARQ/KtKcr6NUAag/s1600-h/IMG_1476.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281800109446169218" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUy5NyIogoI/AAAAAAAAARQ/KtKcr6NUAag/s400/IMG_1476.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong>Three years ago December 18, 2005 our family was blessed when our daughter had our first grand baby-Sweet Emily Jean!
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<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tomorrow we will celebrate with a Birthday Bash!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Old Grandma and Grandpa will be there-and I do believe Tinkerbell is going to make an appearance!</span></strong></span></span></div>
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<br /><span style="color:#663366;">This gorgeous cake was baked and decorated by Emily Jean's very talented Mommy (my daughter-Amber) <em>Isn't it sooo pretty?</em> Yea I know I think so too! Amber had such a great time making this cake for her little girl. Brings back some great memories!</span>
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<br />tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-46335217701812446692008-12-19T01:16:00.000-08:002008-12-20T11:26:58.671-08:00I feel sooo cool! Yep I do!<u><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"></span></u><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUuIt9hqE9I/AAAAAAAAAQw/RRtX70QPjmw/s1600-h/butterfly-award-for-the-coolest-blo_aka_moose_loving_mama.png"><span style="color:#663366;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281465311213261778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUuIt9hqE9I/AAAAAAAAAQw/RRtX70QPjmw/s400/butterfly-award-for-the-coolest-blo_aka_moose_loving_mama.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#663366;"><br /></span><div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">You want to know why I feel sooo cool? because my dear bloggy buddy Valerie over at </span><a href="http://valeriegail.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">http://valeriegail.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"> Game me this SuPeR CooL Award! Thank you Valerie-you awesome girl you! She was so cute because this was her first blog award and I remember how excited I was when I got mine! I think Valerie's blog is pretty cool too! And now I will pass this sweet award onto some other very cool blogs-please give these wonderful blogs a visit. These are just some of the coolest ever blogs that have visited my blog and left wonderful comments and been such nice blogging buddy's! I would like to say thank you to all of you for your comments and support-mean so very much to me! So I am giving this bloggy award to each of you bloggy buddy's! I know it is not conventional-but oh well it is what I want to do. </span></div><div><span style="color:#663366;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I am having problems with my computer either that or my Internet-I don't know but my blog kept freezing or shutting down! I know-not good! Is anyone else having problems trying to post?But I have tried to enter and re-enter everyone over again. 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href="http://bittersweetsoap.typepad.com/bittersweet/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">http://bittersweetsoap.typepad.com/bittersweet/</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Pam... </span><a href="http://antiqueornot.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">http://antiqueornot.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-87841850379217027052008-12-14T21:45:00.000-08:002008-12-14T23:10:18.511-08:00Holiday decorations...or should I say... re-decorating! LoL? Or Just a Simple Christmas in the Woods...!<p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXyEX6OYOI/AAAAAAAAAQg/AOVJHlKzNzg/s1600-h/IMG_1389.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279892295113400546" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXyEX6OYOI/AAAAAAAAAQg/AOVJHlKzNzg/s400/IMG_1389.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#336666;">Welcome to our home. Suddenly Saturday the kids decided they were in the mood for decorating. So we drug a couple of boxes into the house. The plan was to keep it simple which equals easy take down after the holidays. We had put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving. It has been decorated, <em>un-decorated</em> and <em>re-decorated</em> I don't know how many times! Our little granddaughter <em>Emily Jean</em> has been hard at work-she just can't control her creative urges when they come upon her! <em>LOL!</em> So take a close look at the tree-which we had put up on an old chest thinking it might detour her from her mission-keyword being <em>might</em>-didn't happen. <em>Usually it is just the cats we have to keep from going after the bulbs!<br /></em></span></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXyD6UedpI/AAAAAAAAAQY/5wavJqYCA2A/s1600-h/re+decorated+christmas+tree+2008.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279892287170442898" style="WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXyD6UedpI/AAAAAAAAAQY/5wavJqYCA2A/s400/re+decorated+christmas+tree+2008.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><em>Did you see all of those bald spots and then the clump of bulbs at the bottom of the tree? She is partial to the red bulbs-she kept taking all of the other colors off! </em> Emily Jean just stands there and says' <em>"Oh Grammy it's soooo beautiful, it is the most beautiful thing in the world!" as she puts her arms opened up.</em> She should be an actress when she grows up-she is something else. <em>She would also be great on a demolition team! Haha!</em> Of course we all adore that little angel beyond measure and this is just one of many sweet holiday memories with her. Now we tried our best to re-decorate again-lets see how long that last? </span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">Take a look <em>quick</em> ...<br /></div></span><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxgYqVbEI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/l2s3bSJjjrc/s1600-h/christmas+tree+2008.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279891676839898178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxgYqVbEI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/l2s3bSJjjrc/s400/christmas+tree+2008.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">We were going to go cut down a real tree from the forest. The permit is only $10.00 and the kids really wanted a real tree. But me being such a hippy dippy girl I hate the idea of cutting a tree down! LOL! yea I know come on Tam-but hey also I didn't want to be one of those people you see on the news that got lost in the woods! Just think with this wild weather-it could happen! I do love the way a live tree smells but where we live all you have to do for that is step outside-it smells like Christmas everyday of the year! Okay...</span></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">Lets move onto the next photo-</span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">These nice figurines are always on that buffet-I just like they way they look with the light on-see how they glow? <em>I know for a grown up-heck a grandma even-I sure do get awfully excited about the smallest things-don't I ?</em> Oh well-just how I am-have to make life fun-and why not? I have a close up of the frame that sits on that buffet right over on my side bar-it is one of my favorite scriptures as a Mother/Grandmother.<br /></span><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxgIuzgzI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Mt2rGZ8Y_7I/s1600-h/buffet+for+the+holidays.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279891672563680050" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxgIuzgzI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Mt2rGZ8Y_7I/s400/buffet+for+the+holidays.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><br />Well the mantel has been re-decorated more then um twice. But that is only due to the lights burning out. Every time we think we have gotten all of the burnt out lights changed, another one burns out. On try number three-we gave up on having lights twinkling there. The garland looked so perfect the first time-somehow it got changed in its design concept-plan and ended up all wrapped around my berry garland that is on the mantel all year long. I like the JOY-good reminder of what I can experience this holiday amongst the craziness. I am working on minimizing that craziness and hope I can have everything done and ready. I still have to go gift shopping and bake goodies-yep I left it to the last minute-Blaaghh-shame on me! We also have a birthday to celebrate this Saturday. UUGGH and then just enough time to prepare for Christmas day <em>(Now lets not forget I still have work to do on my Big Project-LOL).</em> <em>I can do it! I am super Mom/Grandma after all! Nooo problem!<br /></em></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxf7hvEGI/AAAAAAAAAQA/4xEWuX9Txec/s1600-h/joy+holiday+mantel+2008.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279891669019201634" style="WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxf7hvEGI/AAAAAAAAAQA/4xEWuX9Txec/s400/joy+holiday+mantel+2008.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">A close up of that "JOY" :D Gotta just smile through it All!<br /><br /></span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxfrXpLgI/AAAAAAAAAP4/UPY-knezAyw/s1600-h/close+up+joy+holiday+mantel.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279891664681905666" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxfrXpLgI/AAAAAAAAAP4/UPY-knezAyw/s400/close+up+joy+holiday+mantel.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">Our little Victorian village on the library table-this gets re-decorated too!<br /></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxfErM-FI/AAAAAAAAAPw/-yKtZ85DbfU/s1600-h/victorian+village+2008.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279891654294960210" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXxfErM-FI/AAAAAAAAAPw/-yKtZ85DbfU/s400/victorian+village+2008.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><br />Emily insisted on her Barbie house being apart of the holiday cheer! Look at the candle in the window, and wreath on the door-topped off with lights! She loved it! My Grammy heart swells when that little girl squeals with delight!</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwRfvy5gI/AAAAAAAAAPo/ySH_weydONw/s1600-h/Barbies+house+all+lit+up.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279890321532184066" style="WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 352px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwRfvy5gI/AAAAAAAAAPo/ySH_weydONw/s400/Barbies+house+all+lit+up.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><br />This little tree used to be on my entry way table-It's Emily's lil holiday tree for now. For some crazy unknown reason she hasn't tried to re-decorate or un-decorate this tree? UUMm at least not yet, I should be careful what I say!</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwRALHSnI/AAAAAAAAAPg/Qyz9xLFKy7M/s1600-h/lil+Eamily%27s+tree.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279890313056832114" style="WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwRALHSnI/AAAAAAAAAPg/Qyz9xLFKy7M/s400/lil+Eamily%27s+tree.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">Amber had a decorating idea and put old ornies in this big jar and popped a pretty bow on top. I looks cute with the vintage snowman next to it. They sit on top of some books in the living room.</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwQ-li4_I/AAAAAAAAAPY/6lb1pB22Rj4/s1600-h/IMG_1404.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279890312630821874" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwQ-li4_I/AAAAAAAAAPY/6lb1pB22Rj4/s400/IMG_1404.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">This was a fun craft project I did with gals from church years ago when our kids were little. I re-did the names and added Emily. I think it is a fun and cute idea-the kids always did love it! And we kind of used it as a way to get them to go to bed on Christmas Eve. We said once you put that plate out for the night on Christmas Eve then Santa's coming soon so you have to go to bed and sleep. It worked...sometimes! Of course in the morning the reindeer had eaten their carrot and Santa had gobbled up all the yummy cookies and the kids had presents under the tree!<br /></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwQ7wqaOI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/B63FA-jqMAg/s1600-h/sant+weve+been+good.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279890311872145634" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwQ7wqaOI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/B63FA-jqMAg/s400/sant+weve+been+good.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">I wanted to make this Santa pillow and had the idea-so Saturday I whipped him up! I think I like him-he came out just as I visioned him. And he was easy peasy!<br /></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwQh4lavI/AAAAAAAAAPI/lfzx5hlPQy0/s1600-h/santa+baby.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279890304926051058" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXwQh4lavI/AAAAAAAAAPI/lfzx5hlPQy0/s400/santa+baby.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="color:#336666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;">Well there you have it-very simple Christmas decorating at our house this year. I like simple!</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">May you all have a magical, wonderful, memorable Christmas! Thank You for you constant kind words and for visiting my blog-I am truly grateful for all of your friendships!</span></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#336666;">See you around blogland...Happy Blogging!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#336666;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">~Tam :D</span><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-53590392161510410722008-12-14T20:26:00.000-08:002008-12-14T21:17:37.408-08:00SNOW!<p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXe7vT6biI/AAAAAAAAAOY/A3R5JcBBteY/s1600-h/welcome+home.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279871256055410210" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 368px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXe7vT6biI/AAAAAAAAAOY/A3R5JcBBteY/s400/welcome+home.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">Look what we got this weekend-SNOW! Hooray! It sure looks like Christmas around here. You can't see the lights on the house-but they are there! We dodged the high winds-somehow-whew! Well our little snow bunny sure didn't mind the white fluffy stuff at all! She was very happy to go out and play in it. Isn't she cute? She was so funny in her snow suit-she could hardly move at first- it was pretty funny. When her mommy got her dressed she couldn't get up with out help. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LoL</span>!We all had a good laugh! Her third birthday is this week, one week before Christmas to the day. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><em>She was the sweetest Christmas blessing ever!</em><br /></div></span><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXe7Yu_eyI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/RTLckwDZLQY/s1600-h/lil+snow+bunny+dec+14+2008.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279871249994971938" style="WIDTH: 352px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXe7Yu_eyI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/RTLckwDZLQY/s400/lil+snow+bunny+dec+14+2008.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#336666;">We live right on a corner -this is what it looked like today...</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#336666;"><em><span style="font-size:130%;">It can be tricky coming around that corner!</span><br /></em></span></span><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXe7eSmctI/AAAAAAAAAOI/5953xFIQV8w/s1600-h/our+street+dec+14+2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279871251486503634" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXe7eSmctI/AAAAAAAAAOI/5953xFIQV8w/s400/our+street+dec+14+2008.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#336666;">I like this next photo the way the light comes down through the trees-it is magical -I think </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">This photo doesn't really capture it as good as it was in real life. </span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">Don't ya just love those giant cedars?</span><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXe7MJMX9I/AAAAAAAAAOA/WpD5ijrLKF8/s1600-h/december+14+2008+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279871246615207890" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXe7MJMX9I/AAAAAAAAAOA/WpD5ijrLKF8/s400/december+14+2008+1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#336666;">If you look carefully the snow on the moss going up the big tree, to the right there, it looks really neat!</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#336666;">Almost looks like God sprinkled us with powdered sugar.</span></span><br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279871246867731682" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUXe7NFZlOI/AAAAAAAAAN4/bzTueEzxPgM/s400/snow+dec+14+2008+in+the+side+yard.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="left"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#336666;">At least the snow wasn't too bad- yet. Although we are suppose to have temperatures drop even more this week and may be get some more of the white stuff. I don't mind it at all-in fact <em>I love it</em>-as long as I don't have to drive in it! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">LoL</span>! We have lived here in this state for nine going on ten years and this Southern California girl is still not used to driving in snow! But when I can stay home, throw some wood in the fireplace, light it up why I am a happy girl! I do really Love living in the forest! I will be posting some Christmas decorating or re-decorating-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LoL</span> at our house, so be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">lookin</span> for it! You will see what I mean in the next post. What is the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">weather</span> like where you all are?</span><br /></span></span></p>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-21761436281835904192008-12-10T22:41:00.000-08:002008-12-11T01:30:08.377-08:00Holy Cow-I have been Tagged again!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUC21vc3EHI/AAAAAAAAANA/rvXtm468DSQ/s1600-h/tag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278419797665058930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SUC21vc3EHI/AAAAAAAAANA/rvXtm468DSQ/s400/tag.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wooo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Hoo</span> Tagged again!!! How exciting is that?!?!? This time by Valerie over at </span></span><a href="http://valeriegail.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">http://valeriegail.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> She is a new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bloggy</span> buddy and I am having a great time getting to know her. Go on over to visit her blog I know you will enjoy it as much as I do!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I am a little slow at getting this posted sorry Valerie(a day late). I have been <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sooo</span> busy with my projects especially tiny clothes for dolls. I won't make dolls that small again -cute as they are! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">LOL</span>! I promise I really will get a photo of them posted soon. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Well</em> this is where I state my 7 random/weird facts about me. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">HHMMM</span> let me think...<em>how much do I want to share publicly?<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">LoL</span>! </em></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>1. <em>The house I grew up in</em></strong>, in the foothills of northeast Los Angeles, California-was <strong><em>haunted!</em></strong> Yep it was-really! Lots of crazy stuff happened in that house. It was built in 1910 and was a very cool house. I never really appreciated it until my family moved out after 20+ years! I couldn't wait to grow up and get out and then once I did I just wanted to be able to go back there forever! Isn't it so crazy how things like that happen?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">2.<em><strong> I am the oldest kid of my family and the only girl.</strong></em> It was rough let me tell ya! My brothers could be brutal! I was the only one that was fair haired and light eyes. Even my mom and dad had brown eyes and very dark brown hair. I didn't match and stood out like a sore thumb!<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">LoL</span>! My brother's liked to tease me and say I was adopted-brats! I do have two half sisters that I met when I was all grown up. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Blaaggh</span>- (Long story)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><strong>3. I used to be quite the crazy adventurous, daredevil growing up</strong> </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>(big surprise I know)<strong>.</strong></em> I ran track, biked, speed skated, roller skated, surfed(Yea Baby!) and so much more. Somehow I survived although a little beat up but not too many scars luckily! I am <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">sooo</span> lucky to be alive! Now since having children I have lost my courage and am a big wimp! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>4. I want to live to be 103.</em></strong> I don't know why the random number but it is my goal at least! <em>Hey it might happen!</em> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>5. I have a 36" inner seam-yea I know I am an amazon!</em></strong> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">LoL</span>! I hate trying to find anything long enough. I usually have to special order or sew it for myself. I always wished that I could be average height... big sigh!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>6. My favorite perfume is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Crystalle</span> CHANEL.</em></strong> I LOVE~LOVE~LOVE that fragrance-it is the best! I have worn it since I was 15 years old (1976~Yea I'm getting old Darn it! and who cares 40+ is the new 20+~right?) That was just year after it came out, and now they are going to discontinue it. What the? Those crazy you know what's over there at CHANEL what are they thinking?!?! I am currently buying a bottle every so often to stock up before it runs out so I have enough for the rest of my life-it is my signature scent what can I say?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>7. I can be a bit of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">germafobe</span>.</em></strong> No I am not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">OCD</span> just grossed out on picking up what other people leave behind. I try not to touch even the handles of the bathroom doors with my bare hands even in the finest restaurants-yuck! Or even read magazines at the doc's office. The way I see it if it is getting left behind-can't be anything good-right? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">LoL</span>! <em>I know what a kooky girl! :D</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>8. I prefer not to eat at restaurants.</em></strong> I guess it is the germ thing again-God knows what these people are doing with their hands before they touch my food-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">eeewww</span> gross man!<em> Now come on admit it you know you all have thought about that too at some point! :P</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yea I broke the rules and put an eighth question-so what get over it! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">LoL</span>! The funny part about that is at the beginning of this I wasn't sure I could come up with seven! <em>Oh maybe I should do a number nine-I like to break the rules sometimes!!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Haha</span>! Oh and here's a tenth-I am a comedy junky and I love stand up! I took drama for five and a half years and improv was my favorite to do. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Oh my I did it again~Told ya I like to break the rules~What a shame I know.</em></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">Alright girls you know what happens next-yep that's right I get to tag some of you lovely <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">blogger's</span>! I can't wait to hear what you write! I think it is so cool learning more about you all!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">So hey have fun with it-be creative, don't be shy! Just read the tag for the rules.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">I am going to go into tag mode now (I'm in a bloggy trance) and make my list of lucky <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">blogger's</span>!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">1. <em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><strong>Brenda</strong></span></em> at </span><a href="http://countrydreamsandcreations.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><strong>http://countrydreamsandcreations.blogspot.com/</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"><strong> </strong>She has a lot going on you just have to check her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">blogS</span> out! She just started two other blogs for her handmade creations which are darling. And one for recipes~Yum!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">2. <em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><strong>Pat</strong></span></em> at </span><a href="http://backporchmusings.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><strong>http://backporchmusings.blogspot.com/</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"> This girl can decorate let me tell ya! And she is as sweet as can be! Scoot on over check her blog out and say hello you won't be disappointed!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">3. <strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">Claire</span></strong> at </span><a href="http://ethel-loves-fred.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><strong>http://ethel-loves-fred.blogspot.com/</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"> Claire is such a cool blogger and she is quite a crafty girl too! You just have to go visit her. I really love the name of her blog too-one of my favorite shows was I Love Lucy and I laughed at the name the first time I saw it and knew instantly I would like her blog! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">4. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><strong>Merrie</strong></span> at </span><a href="http://wheretheblackbirdssing.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><strong>http://wheretheblackbirdssing.blogspot.com/</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"> She is another very talented girl and is into prim-you should see what she has posted on her blog it is darling! Not to mention what a nice girl she is!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">5. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><strong>Darlene</strong></span> at </span><a href="http://darlenesdays-darlene.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><strong>http://darlenesdays-darlene.blogspot.com/</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"> This gal has her home decorated so cute for the holidays-you should see her collections! Oh and she also is a crafty gal as well-you won't want to miss her blog!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">6. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><strong>Angela</strong></span> at </span><a href="http://cottagemagpie.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><strong>http://cottagemagpie.com/</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">OOO</span> what a pretty blog she has! yummy recipes, beautiful decorating, so many girlie things we all love! She visits my blog and leaves such nice comments. And your mouth will water when you see the pictures of that tasty food-so don't pass her up!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">7. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><strong>Cherry</strong></span> at </span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://cherrysjubileehome.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#009900;">http://cherrysjubileehome.blogspot.com/</span></strong></a> Wow her blog is so adorable and cottage chic I Love it! And she is another sweet blogger who visits my blog with nice comments. Her blog is filled with beautiful photos of her gorgeous holiday decorations and much more! Cherry is another very talented crafty girl-I always enjoy visiting her blog!</span><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;"><em>Crap who needs to pay for magazine subscriptions with all of these beautiful blogs! </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;"><em>Huh? </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;"><em>Did I just say that? okay ~correction~ I still have a hard time passing up my magazines! LoL!</em></span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#009900;">And just a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">lil</span> message to my long time dear friend <strong>Teresa, (she is one of my Yakkers)</strong>-yea you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">sista</span>! Would ya please finish getting your blog set up already so I can include you in all the fun-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">sheesh</span>! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Teresa</strong> and I have been friends since <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">aaaa</span> I think we were 15-she knows way too much about me! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">LOL</span>! </span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><strong>Mouth zipped Teresa!</strong></em></span></span></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;">Well girls it was a tough but productive day around here. No I didn't get to work on my "Big Project" darn it! But I did get to work some more on the dolly clothes. My gosh I am never making dolls that small ever ever again! Have I said that enough yet? Even if it is a very cute size! These dolls are just some felt dolls I made the pattern up myself-including the clothes patterns. I have old lady hands and sometimes making that small stuff is just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">buggars</span>! They are going to be cute-only made three boys, and five girl dolls. I hope they are well liked-I am going to set up an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">etsy</span> shop (hopefully). Of I course will be making and selling more items. But right now with the holidays and my "Big Project" I haven't been able to work on sewing like I want to or need to! I also especially love to make little fancy ~I call them church dresses, as well as casual dresses, dress coats(One of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">fav's</span>) and of course baby items of all kinds and who knows what will pop up in my head to create! I have had many family member's and friends tell me, bug me actually to get my own boutique going. So as soon as I can get my studio finished set up and fill up my fabric, and notion supplies-LOOK OUT~ I will be knocking things out like a freight train! Right now I feel like I am in limbo and it is so frustrating!!! I just want things to be done and ready~ I am raring to go baby!</span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><em>So enough of my rambling on. Thanks to all of my sweet <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">bloggy</span> buddy's you are all so awesome and I truly love hearing from you! Your comments and friendship means a lot to this girl. Any of you that already sells items and have tips feel free to help me out-please!</em> </span></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;">We are expecting a big crazy storm this weekend like we sometimes get in the winter months here in the Pacific Northwest. I hope and pray we don't loose our power this time and fingers crossed no downed trees or power lines at our house either! </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;">I hate to go without being able to use my blow dryer, straightener, sewing machine oh and hot showers just to mention the few most important!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;">Hope you all have a wonderful rest of your week!</span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;">BLOG ON <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">SISTAS</span>!~Hugs & Smiles~Tam!</span></em></strong></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-4899149184619739972008-12-09T20:18:00.000-08:002008-12-09T20:36:57.045-08:00Up-Dates and more Up-Dates!!!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ST9EO1BoZbI/AAAAAAAAAM4/YYltxkSim_4/s1600-h/IMG_1333.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278012309844288946" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ST9EO1BoZbI/AAAAAAAAAM4/YYltxkSim_4/s400/IMG_1333.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ST9EOcrUj5I/AAAAAAAAAMg/bR07lPL0Snk/s1600-h/IMG_1332.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278012303308263314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ST9EOcrUj5I/AAAAAAAAAMg/bR07lPL0Snk/s400/IMG_1332.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278012291527961858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/ST9ENwyrbQI/AAAAAAAAAMY/oKUfQOOYUzs/s400/IMG_1330.jpg" border="0" />A little up-date to my </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"> “Big Project”</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;">A lot of my bloggy buddy’s have been asking about it, so I thought it is time to up-date blogland on it. It is sooo close to being done. Of course we have to deal with the cold weather working on it in the garage. Which doesn’t help with the paint and stain to dry in any decent amount of time. Guess I picked a bad time of year to do a project like this-being winter weather and the holidays. But hey that won’t stop this girl! I took some photos to share and let you see. I have gotten the top piece stained one coat, and painted one coat on the inside of the sides. I think it came out a little dark but hey it’s not done yet so we will see how it looks once I sand it and put another coat on. I think the clear coat will help show the grain better too. The photos don’t do it justice-the grain on this is gorgeous! We discovered that on the bottom piece in the middle it had been turned into a freezer of some sort. There was a metal casing with a drain in it. Around that there was about an inch and a half of cork used as insulation. We got all of that removed and it is pine on the inside of that part, so it will be painted. You can tell that there used to be cabinet doors that are now missing. The sections on the ends of the top piece are also pine on the inside and will be painted as well. It appears that this cabinet has been re -constructed just a little bit. But most of it is a gorgeous red tiger oak. The drawer handles are brass and I love them they are sooo cool! It was such a major job getting all of the green or aqua paint off of it. I have no finger nails and I had so much saw dust on me it was in my ears! LOL!<br />You should have seen this girl decked out in safety goggles, a mask, knitted cap to protect my hair, and gloves. Of course the guys insisted that I wear all of this stuff but they wouldn’t do it for themselves-the stinkers! I felt like some character from a scifi movie! LoL!<br />We used a blow torch to burn and scrape the paint off. That was kind of fun actuallyJ. And we sanded like there was no tomorrow. It has been really hard work, shivering in the cold garage, but it will be so worth it. I haven’t been able to get as much mileage on my bribes to get more time working on this from my guys.<br />I am sooo darn excited to get my little sewing crafting studio set up. I can hardly wait to get her done-she is going to be beautiful and wonderful to use! And it will make working on all of my little projects so much easier too. We have only been able to work on it at night sometimes during the week, and on the weekends. I am trying to push to get this done and set up by next weekend-lets see what happens? Mamma the motivator will be in fifth gear to get it done!<br />Then I will need to shop and get a little more fabric and supplies to completely fill her up-Don’t ya just love it!?!? I know me too! LoL!<br /><strong><em>Now as for the blogging magazine</em></strong> -man is it a nice magazine. I have really enjoyed reading it a little bit here and there in between everything else. LOL! There is some really good info in there. I haven’t forgotten that I plan on sharing some of it-so be patient I will get a post on that soon! </span></div><div><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Fudge recipe-</em></strong> Thanks to all who sent me recipe's and tips you are all so awesome! I will be making fudge for Christmas. I tried to make fudge for Thanksgiving well, using the recipe from the back of the whipped marshmellow jar. I think I invented spoon fudge-LoL! I was well into making the fudge when I went to use the candy thermometer discovered it was broken! So I tried to finish it imporvising-but it never did get really firm. The same problem I had years ago-darn. My 15 year old son absolutely loved it and said it was the best he ever tried. He sayis I should make it and sell it-silly boy! So I need to get a new candy thermometer and I will be good to go! I will take a photo and let you all know how it came out.</span></span></span><em><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffffcc;">I hope you all are having a wonderful bloggy week! Thanks for visiting and... I always love hearing from all of you in blogland</span></strong></span><strong><span style="color:#ffffcc;">!<br />Smiles~Tam!</span></strong> </em></div></div></div></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-32024063401429185762008-12-03T23:48:00.001-08:002008-12-04T01:18:45.324-08:00Just a lil teaser!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/STeMfix1jKI/AAAAAAAAALw/j4qzkFYDSZs/s1600-h/mag+pkg3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275839962027494562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/STeMfix1jKI/AAAAAAAAALw/j4qzkFYDSZs/s400/mag+pkg3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffffcc;">I got it!!!</span></strong> </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I did-today late in the afternoon, my kookie mailman comes late a lot of the time. He is lucky I didn't tackle him! Lol! <strong><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Look how cute Martha decorated the package-sooo fun! Thank You Martha!!!</span></em> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">My granddaughter had to have the stickers and I carefully peeled them off for her-the little monkey. Except I did adorn my lap top with a piece of the darling tape. Please do go visit Martha on her fabulous blog</span> </span></span><a href="http://missvandroo.typepad.com/miss_vandroo/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">http://missvandroo.typepad.com/miss_vandroo/</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"> she is a very sweet gal! Oh I bet you are wondering about the magazine-aren't you? Of course you are!<strong> <em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well it is absolutely gorgeous! The pages of Artful</span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> <em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Blogging are so nice and thick, the photos in this magazine </span></em><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">are amazing! </span></em><br /></strong>Now I don't know if you girls are anything like me when I get one of my magazines in my hot little hands well... the world fades out around me...I get kind of in a silly trance and I look at each page one at a time so slowly and carefully taking it all in before I begin reading. I am one of those dorks that sometimes, not every time mind you, but sometimes I look from the back first-then I read from the front to back-sooo silly I know! You would think I found a missing artifact of some kind the way I look at my mags! And the fact that I actually won this one-how cool is that!?!?<br /><strong><em>It truly is a feast for the eyes and soul.</em> </strong>I need a little time to completely read this sweet baby and then I shall choose some favorite articles to share with you- I wouldn't leave my <em>Yakker's</em> out of the loop-oh no! I will tell you right now -<em>I am gonna love </em><em>this magazine!</em> It is so nice it is almost like a book! I would recommend you pick one up for yourselves or go to </span></span><a href="http://www.stampinton.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">www.stampinton.com</span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> to subscribe. At the very least take a look at one the next time you are in a book store-you won't be<br />disappointed! <em>I have to add this to Santa's list -and believe you me I definitely </em><br /><em>HAVE been a very good girl this year...well...most of the time. </em><em>Hehe!</em><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Although I am only two months new to the blogging world I am loving it. I am very grateful for the sweet bloggy buddies I have made-you are all so wonderful and kind to me! Thank you for participating in my blog-I adore each and everyone of you and your great comments! I always look forward to checking my blog everyday!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I have been a busy girl sewing up some cute little dolls and their clothes-hopefully soon they will be ready for their premiere. Oh and of course on the weekends I have been working on my "big" project-it is coming along very nicely-I can't wait for you to see it. Hopefully I will be getting the finish on it very soon. I will have an official post for that! I also need to get started soon on a wool dress coat for my Emily Jean-her third birthday is coming quickly and not to mention Christmas-oh I have sooo much to do and so little time! But I am going to take a tiny break and read my new beautiful magazine. </span><br /><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"><strong>So toodles for now...I will be back soon with a new post!</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">MUch GrOOvy BloGGy LoVe to You All! ~<span style="font-family:georgia;">Tam :P</span></span></strong></span></em></span></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-24739334688953675932008-12-01T22:57:00.001-08:002008-12-01T23:51:59.148-08:00Have A Happy Merry SITSmas!!!<p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/STTgymS4e6I/AAAAAAAAALg/rOPj__pYCh8/s1600-h/99967x-012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275088223435520930" style="WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/STTgymS4e6I/AAAAAAAAALg/rOPj__pYCh8/s320/99967x-012.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/STTcy_GK9cI/AAAAAAAAALY/b-7y9X17yVw/s1600-h/Santa,+Emily+Jean+and+Amber+2007.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">H</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">aVE</span> <span style="color:#cc0000;">a</span> <span style="color:#cc0000;">H</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">aPPy</span> <span style="color:#cc0000;">M</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">eRRy</span> <span style="color:#cc0000;">SITS</span>mas <span style="color:#cc0000;">!</span></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#33cc00;"><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Dash</span> on through the NET</span></em></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><em>and head on over to...</em></span></strong></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://thesecretisinthesauce.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">http://thesecretisinthesauce.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;">Don't forget to visit all your <span style="color:#cc0000;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">SITSa's</span></span> and leave some <span style="color:#cc0000;">H</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">oliday</span> <span style="color:#cc0000;">C</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">heer</span>!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;">Now here is all the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">fabulous</span> details to share with all of you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Bloggy</span> Buddies...</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#33cc00;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Grand Prize for tomorrow's </span><a href="http://thesecretisinthesauce.blogspot.com/2008/12/welcome-to-merry-sitsmas-decorating.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Merry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">SITSmas</span></span> </span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">is:<br />YOUR Blog Featured as Friday's Favorite on Their website and....<br />A $200 Target Gift Card!</span></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"><em>(How cool is this? Yea I know -now go and join in the fun!)</em></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;"><br /></div></span></strong><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;"></span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-56204527139449422792008-12-01T19:42:00.000-08:002008-12-01T20:55:19.263-08:00I'm A Tagged Girl!!! Who will be next???<span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;">I have been tagged by <span style="color:#006600;">Lynette</span> over at </span><a href="http://lynetteslam.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">http://lynetteslam.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><br /></span><span style="color:#993399;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><strong>Thanks Lynette!</strong></em> It was fun to read her 6 random things we don't already know about her. I never would have thought she would be the tattooed type! LoL! Go on over and check it out-you are sure to be in for a fun time.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">~<em>Rules to this Tag</em>~</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">1. Link to the person who tagged you</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">2. Post the rules on your blog </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">3. Write 6 random things about yourself </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">5. Let each person know they been tagged and leave them a comment</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">1. My little toe on my left foot is what I call my "ugly toe". LoL! because it is permanently fat and crooked from stubbing it and breaking it so many times.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">2. I have</span> <span style="color:#33cc00;">green</span> <span style="color:#ffffcc;">eyes with a</span> <span style="color:#333399;">blue</span> <span style="color:#ffffcc;">ring around the outside...But they photograph blue</span> <span style="color:#ffffcc;">for some reason and... <em>my husband says he can see the devil in them!</em></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">3. I am a recovered pack rat...<em>Sure wish I still had all that fabric I gave away!</em></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">4. I am a neat freak... <em>my family most definitely is not!</em> <em>They say I am a perfectionist(I am not)</em></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">5. I don't like scary movies...<em>they give me bad dreams...always!</em></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">6. I have never gotten a tattoo and as wild as I was when I was younger I have never had the desire to... <em>Although my ears are pierced I rarely wear earrings anymore...and NO nothing else is pierced either-Lol! OOOps that makes 7 huh?</em></span></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">OOOkay here are my six picks for this game of tag. I am first off going to get some of my newest Yakkers in on the fun!</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#006600;">1. MiMi ...</span> </span><a href="http://www.womenchangingtheirworld.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">http://www.womenchangingtheirworld.com/</span></a></em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#006600;">2. Jadehollow...</span> </span><a href="http://jadehollow.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">http://jadehollow.blogspot.com/</span></a></em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">3. Cheryl...</span><a href="http://blueberrybuttons2008.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">http://blueberrybuttons2008.blogspot.com/</span></a></em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em><br /></span><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">4. Barb...</span><a href="http://babbler-slimyslugfriends.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">http://babbler-slimyslugfriends.blogspot.com/</span></a></em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">5. Kristen...</span><a href="http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/</span></a></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">6. Jerseygirl in D.C. ...</span><a href="http://beachyinthecity.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">http://beachyinthecity.blogspot.com/</span></a></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;">I am looking forward to learning six random things about these fun blogger buddies!</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ffffcc;"></span></em>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-32175724876334944522008-11-24T11:56:00.000-08:002008-11-24T12:35:18.937-08:00I Won! I Won! I Won My First Bloggy Give Away!!! YAY!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SSsJAh-MJLI/AAAAAAAAALQ/14XO2wkyc7U/s1600-h/artful+blogging+mag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272317693491160242" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 372px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SSsJAh-MJLI/AAAAAAAAALQ/14XO2wkyc7U/s400/artful+blogging+mag.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#33ccff;"><a href="mailto:L@@K"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;">L@@K</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#333399;"> What I won from Martha over at</span> </span></span><a href="http://missvandroo.typepad.com/miss_vandroo/"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://missvandroo.typepad.com/miss_vandroo/</span></a><br /><span style="color:#333399;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">***WoW***</span> I am <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">sooo</span> excited it is my very first give away win and her first give away-How cool is that!?!?! I didn't even know this way cool magazine <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">existed</span> until I saw it on her blog-where have I been? I have a confession to make...I am a magazine addict! Ha! I know what a terrible thing to have-but I really love magazines! And I have been having a blast blogging so what more can a girl ask for then a magazine about blogging! I can hardly wait to get it! Well you all need to go on over to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Martha's</span> blog and give her a visit -she has a very nice, fun, cute blog!<br />Thank You Martha I am doing the most <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ridicules</span> happy dance while I sing and shout right now! My dog and cats think I'm crazy-my kids and husband already know I am-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">LoL</span>! Have you ever seen so many !!! In a post before? Nope I bet not-I am a happy giddy girl today-one of the side affects of being me! *Thank You *Thank You *Thank You *Martha-You are so awesome!</span></span></span>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-77535312677870922182008-11-18T14:08:00.000-08:002008-11-18T14:38:19.448-08:00I need some fudgy bloggy help-please!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SSNDoKqQq4I/AAAAAAAAAK4/BPun7LrI_cc/s1600-h/fudge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270130346289048450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SSNDoKqQq4I/AAAAAAAAAK4/BPun7LrI_cc/s400/fudge.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#003333;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">OK Girls I need your help! I am trying to plan what goodies will be made and I want to make fudge this year for Christmas. I have my usual expected cookies and candy I make but I have a hankering for fudge. I haven't attempted it for many years because as I remember it the last time I did it didn't turn out so well. And I said <em>"I will never make fudge again!"</em> Well you know how the saying goes<em>-"Never say never!"</em> So here I am with some recipes but I don't want to have to try them out to see which one will be the best. So I am asking for you to send me your tried and true <em>best and easy</em> fudge recipes please. <em>And any tips you can give me will be greatly appreciated.</em> I am a fantastic cook and baker but fudge for some reason just didn't work out for me the year I tried to make it anyway. It didn't set up right mostly. And it was many years ago -I am much older and, ehhhemmm wiser now, so maybe it will work out this time. [You can send them to my email</span> <a href="mailto:tamgirl0@msn.com">tamgirl0@msn.com</a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">and put fudge recipe in the subject box so I know what it is for in case your email ends up in my junk box.] <em>I am sure it will be a great fudgy success with my blogger buddy's help! Thanks Girls!</em></span></span></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-33256783345554997732008-11-13T19:11:00.000-08:002008-11-14T00:55:27.707-08:00Another Fun Award!!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRzs0ziEn6I/AAAAAAAAAKo/1Ajls5nVQTw/s1600-h/bookworm_award.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268346056047108002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRzs0ziEn6I/AAAAAAAAAKo/1Ajls5nVQTw/s320/bookworm_award.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">My cool Blogger Buddy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tardevil</span></span> over at<br /></span><div></div><a href="http://confessionsofa40-somethingmamaqueen.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">http://confessionsofa40-somethingmamaqueen.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#663333;">Has given me this really fun award! It is called "The Book Worm Award." Thanks <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tardevil</span></span>!!! Go on over and check out her wonderful blog she is a very fun girl and I have had a great time getting to know her! :D</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">So here are the very interesting rules to this one.<br /></span><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">1) Open the closest book to you, not your favorite or most intellectual book, but the book closest to you at the moment, to page 56.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">2) Write out the 5Th sentence, as well as two to five sentences following.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">I had just finished reading "A New Earth" By <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Eckhart</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tolle</span></span>. I love this book, and it just so happened to be on my nightstand still on top of a stack of books. I really like to read and can go through a book pretty fast. So here goes...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Whatever they had identified with, whatever gave them their sense of self, had been taken away. Then suddenly and inexplicably, the anguish or intense fear they initially felt gave way to a sacred sense of Presence, a deep peace and serenity and complete freedom of fear. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">This Phenomenon must have been familiar to St. Paul, who used the expression "the peace of God which <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">passeth</span></span> all understanding." It is indeed a peace that doesn't seem to make sense, and the people who experienced it asked themselves: In the face of <em>this</em>, how can it be that I feel such peace?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">And I will be in contact with my blogger buddy's that I'm passing this award onto!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">My winners of this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">fabulous</span></span> award are~</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"><strong>Kristen at</strong> <a href="http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/">http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"><strong>Claire at</strong> <a href="http://ethel-loves-fred.blogspot.com/">http://ethel-loves-fred.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"><strong>Merrie at</strong> <a href="http://wheretheblackbirdssing.blogspot.com/">http://wheretheblackbirdssing.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"><strong>Amber at</strong> <a href="http://whiskerpalace.blogspot.com/">http://whiskerpalace.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#663333;"><strong>Barb at</strong> <a href="http://babbler-slimyslugfriends.blogspot.com/">http://babbler-slimyslugfriends.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">I can't wait to see what these girls have been reading!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">recommend</span> you go to their fun blogs and check them out-I know you will enjoy getting to know them as I have!</span></div><div></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-43570873352916323142008-11-12T01:14:00.000-08:002008-11-12T01:28:00.802-08:00Check out this give away!!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqfZytqFUI/AAAAAAAAAKg/laZz9BlZGsQ/s1600-h/TulaPinkNest1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267697979622036802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqfZytqFUI/AAAAAAAAAKg/laZz9BlZGsQ/s320/TulaPinkNest1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This quilt is just one of three-yes <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">that's</span> what I said three quilts that will be given away!!!</div>They are all absolutely beautiful!!!<br /><div>Just pop on over to <a href="http://oldredbarnco.blogspot.com/">http://oldredbarnco.blogspot.com/</a> and see how to enter.</div><br /><div>How fun it this? Good luck to all! (especially to me-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">lol</span>)</div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-68756930126981559342008-11-11T23:23:00.000-08:002008-11-12T00:38:38.903-08:00An Up-Date on the "BIG" project!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGpTUKovI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Yq2vw7QM1F0/s1600-h/IMG_1269.jpg"><span style="color:#003333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267670758280831730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGpTUKovI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Yq2vw7QM1F0/s320/IMG_1269.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#003333;"> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>Hello Blogger buddies!</em></strong> Here is the latest on the <em>BIG</em> project. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">WoW</span>! The bottom cabinet is almost ready for the final sanding prior to staining and finishing. We used a torch to heat the paint and then scrape the old many, many coats of paint off. That was really something and made paint <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">removal</span> go fast! But we were very careful not to burn the wood. There were a few spots that had me concerned but it sanded up just fine! Oh and~Yes we wore masks and goggles, but it still stunk pretty bad. Bet our neighbors were wondering what the heck we were up too! Then we got busy sanding. Started out sanding by hand and then pulled out the electric sander and some 80 grit paper. That's when we really made some good progress. Good thing I don't have my acrylic nails done right now-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LoL</span>! But I will be getting a new set after we are all done-<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">that's</span> for sure! I will need a day of pampering! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">LoL</span>! Of course I will have to do something special for my guys helping me. :)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;">I am not sure yet what color of stain I will use yet-any suggestions? </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;">The photos don't do the beauty of the wood justice. You can sort of see the "tiger" in the oak. That will show up much better once it is stained. It is definitely going to look distressed no matter what we do-but that's okay I like that. I want all the "character" of the many years this baby has been around to show. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;">I am <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">sooo</span> excited-still even after the hard work it has taken three of us ~so far haven't lost my humph to keep working on it. But I must say we have accomplished a heck of a lot in just two days. I am the type who will push and about kill herself and then crash and burn to recoup. It is worth it- I want this thing done! I have lots of sewing projects waiting for me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;">I think the top might be harder just because of the inside. Also I am hoping that it was truly made at the same time and that the wood looks as good as the bottom does. I am pretty sure that they<em> were</em> built at the same time.</span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#003333;">I will have to use the heat gun on the glass doors and cross my fingers I don't brake the glass. I really don't want to have to take the glass out. Oh and the pulls on the drawers look like they are brass-so cool! Anyhow I will take more photos as we get along on the top <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">piece</span> and of course when it is all done and in my home. It will be fun to compare the "old" and the "new" look. I can hardly wait to load this gal up with all my stuff!</span></span></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#003333;">It kind of reminds me of something out of an old fashioned general store and I love that.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#003333;">My husband and youngest son have been really wonderful helping me get this done and that means a lot to me. <em>I couldn't do it without their help!</em> </span></span></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#003333;">Well kids thanks for stopping by and reading my up-date! I haven't been online like usual so if you all haven't heard much the past two days -it is because of this project. <strong><em>Hope you all have a wonderful week!</em></strong></span><strong><em> </em></strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGpAvsENI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/at0ffU4oDLs/s1600-h/IMG_1261.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267670753295995090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGpAvsENI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/at0ffU4oDLs/s320/IMG_1261.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGpPlUo0I/AAAAAAAAAKI/-NQzjuMGCuo/s1600-h/IMG_1264.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267670757279048514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGpPlUo0I/AAAAAAAAAKI/-NQzjuMGCuo/s320/IMG_1264.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGDnLwZ3I/AAAAAAAAAKA/Jazjs1oCQgU/s1600-h/IMG_1266.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267670110779238258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGDnLwZ3I/AAAAAAAAAKA/Jazjs1oCQgU/s320/IMG_1266.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGDpBvO8I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/cbYI5yEL5O0/s1600-h/IMG_1268.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267670111274089410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGDpBvO8I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/cbYI5yEL5O0/s320/IMG_1268.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGDW06giI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Pvw1vkKvVyM/s1600-h/IMG_1263.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267670106388464162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGDW06giI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Pvw1vkKvVyM/s320/IMG_1263.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGCtSu5tI/AAAAAAAAAJo/VMFZV7fqSPU/s1600-h/IMG_1260.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267670095239243474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGCtSu5tI/AAAAAAAAAJo/VMFZV7fqSPU/s320/IMG_1260.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGCXs5SgI/AAAAAAAAAJg/8lFf1UmCUic/s1600-h/IMG_1259.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267670089443396098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRqGCXs5SgI/AAAAAAAAAJg/8lFf1UmCUic/s320/IMG_1259.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-65176868419201915182008-11-10T14:01:00.000-08:002008-11-10T14:21:17.354-08:00An Invite to all of my Blogger Buddies...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRix51xxKII/AAAAAAAAAJY/8iIY7t0z_Wo/s1600-h/IMG_0492.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267155371456276610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRix51xxKII/AAAAAAAAAJY/8iIY7t0z_Wo/s400/IMG_0492.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#003333;">Hello blogger buddies! I would like to invite you to visit my daughter Amber's new blog. Yes she is the one in my "this is not my dad" story!Amber is our only daughter as a matter of fact and the mommy of our precious grand daughter! She is doing a blog on pets and tips for pet care, and exchanging fun pet stories~ etc... She works at a veterinarian office and thought it might be a nice idea to share some tips-and more fun stuff! She is a lover of animals just like her ole mom. :) So if you have a pet, would love to have a pet or just plain enjoy furry little creatures pop on over and say hello to her! She is a pretty fun and cute girl(of course she's my daughter after all-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LoL</span>). And please do join her blog! You can find her here</span>~</span><a href="http://whiskerpalace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://whiskerpalace.blogspot.com</span></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#003333;">She is just getting started and could use some blogger buddies! Thanks~ </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#003333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#996633;"><span style="font-family:arial;">And I will get back to ya again for some up-dates on my "large green shelf's". I have been working on them and they are coming along pretty nicely-what a job it is though! Thankfully my husband and #2 son are helping me out with that! Hope you all are having a marvelous Monday! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">LoL</span>!</span> </span></span></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-66438627682105968782008-11-08T20:58:00.001-08:002008-11-09T13:02:17.690-08:00The Coolest Thing EVER!!!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRZus31no8I/AAAAAAAAAJI/pBvh3hln31M/s1600-h/green+shelf2.jpg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266518531438519234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRZus31no8I/AAAAAAAAAJI/pBvh3hln31M/s400/green+shelf2.jpg.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRZusy-GazI/AAAAAAAAAJA/WEppbLTIFoI/s1600-h/green+shelf+3.jpg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266518530131913522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRZusy-GazI/AAAAAAAAAJA/WEppbLTIFoI/s400/green+shelf+3.jpg.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRZusjqU2bI/AAAAAAAAAI4/IUZAHc3YlWM/s1600-h/green+shelf.jpg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266518526022441394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRZusjqU2bI/AAAAAAAAAI4/IUZAHc3YlWM/s400/green+shelf.jpg.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">OK maybe it's not <em>the</em> coolest thing<em> ever</em> but... <em>it is still pretty neat! </em>Alright I guess the coolest thing might be winning the mega lotto or owning your dream house or something like that. I know it looks ugly now but soon it will be beautiful!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">A week ago I had spotted this beauty on Craig's list~for FREE! Yep that's right free! They were closing their shop after many years and needed it gone. I was thrilled because I have been looking for something to get all my sewing and crafting supplies organized. I had been checking every week for something that could work and stay with in my shoe string budget too. One day right before I logged onto Craig's list I said OK this just has to be the day I find something! And wouldn't ya know it that was the first thing on the list!!! It was posted less then an hour before I found the listing too! So I emailed back that I was interested and where and when can I pick it up. However there was no reply, and it had been removed from the listing. So I figured that once again I must be a dollar short and a day late. Although I felt pretty sure the universe had intended that to be mine~<em>really it just felt like it-I can't explain it</em>. I was sooo disappointed but accepted that it wasn't to be until...this morning (a whole week later) I got an email asking me if I was still interested in the "large green shelves". I squealed with delight and called for my husband-I'm not so sure he was as excited as I was. In fact I know he wasn't. He knew what getting it meant.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I replied to the email and said absolutely I would love to have the "large green shelves" They called us told us where to pick it up and away we went down to China Town- Seattle! Once there we realized the enormity of this beauty~but because my family loves and adores me so much and I batted my eye lashes just right and did the puppy dog eyes with a gentle smile and told them it would make me the happiest girl in the world and it was just the most perfect thing for all my "stuff"~they said no problem we will get it for you as they hung their heads, shook them and sighed a big sigh! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I guess they are used to my little adventures? Good thing they love me so much! I do make some pretty darn good thank you cookies after all!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">So ~We had to rent a 14 foot moving truck and go back with tools to take it apart and move it. They needed it out of there today! The plan was to get it apart in as few whole pieces as possible. It came apart in two pieces-top and bottom. But it was 12 feet long and 7 feet tall! Wow! It has all of the drawers and the sliding glass doors too!!! How freakin cool is that?!?! I know! And I also discovered that the back side middle panels actually have a mirror that has been painted over. Don't know for sure how the mirrors are going to look once we remove the paint?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">While my #2 son and husband were working on getting it apart I admit I was feeling a little bit guilty~it was no easy task! But we were already committed and there was no turning back at that point. Poor guys were really straining themselves to get that thing onto the moving truck. It is solid wood and very heavy. There was a very nice man there that helped us as well.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">The 14 foot moving truck was not really 14 foot at all and the darn thing stuck out a few inches or so. They tied the thing down and couldn't shut the door. We drove all the way home like that and made it! Whew!Now this monstrosity that I happen to be so in Bliss with is in two pieces in my garage (I didn't realize it was really as big as it turned out to be).</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">We discovered as we removed the top from the bottom in the shop that it was actually oak and looks like it might even be tiger oak! What luck is that??? I know I am so darn excited!!! So now I have to get this thing stripped of the 60 years of paint it has on it. That's right it was in that old shop for 60 years! Why it's only ten years older then my husband~it's an antique! Imagine all the people who have passed by that? How cool is that? I know! Anyhow I just had to share my wonderful FREE find!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">My 15 year old son says hey mom what if it is haunted? I said oh well then so be it because it is mine now! The folks at the Asian shop called "Kong Sun Co." were very kind to us and I am a very blessed girl to have such a fantastic find! I am so thankful to them for giving me this beautiful "large green shelf" as they called it. I actually think it is more blue in my opinion~OK maybe aqua? And it is more like a cabinet then a shelf~but who cares~right?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Anyhow it will soon be back to it's natural state to show off the oak~ that is if the paint comes off nicely. When I first saw it online I thought of painting it a nice creamy white or even a distressed black~the aqua wasn't going to match my decor at all. But then when I discovered it is solid oak I thought it might be sac religious to paint it??? We will see what happens as the refinishing project gets under way.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Boy do I wish I could have had the chance to clean out my garage before I put the"large green shelf" in there! Not much room to move around with all our other junk in there . Anyhow~ I will take some photos and share the process with you all. Luckily I have vaulted ceilings in my sewing room and a wall long enough to house it. But getting my guys to help move and change that room all around after refinishing it is going to be a new challenge in it's self! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Awww what a long day but so worth it! I feel like I just returned from a long journey for some reason. Crazy to get this thing and start such a big project-maybe? Having my guys happily move it~priceless! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">But that's just how I am, and if this girl makes her mind up she's gonna do something~you guessed it~it gets done~one way or another!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Some girls get excited over diamond rings-hey I'm easy~just give me a piece of furniture to refinish that will make me happy. Well truthfully yes diamonds do make this girl happy! I cannot lie about that one. LOL! But this really is just as good as a new diamond ring~to me anyways.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Thank You Universe! I think the law of attraction really does work. I am a very blessed girl!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">And thank you to my husband and son's for all of their help!!! And for loving a kookie mom like me! I will have those thank you cookies for ya tomorrow sometime! :)</span></div></div></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-76147488648579316342008-11-06T19:08:00.000-08:002008-11-07T20:41:25.585-08:00What a lucky girl I am L@@K what I got today!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRO1kJPJY1I/AAAAAAAAAIg/QDUJHdVZaEw/s1600-h/AutumnFriends.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265752021885608786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 196px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SRO1kJPJY1I/AAAAAAAAAIg/QDUJHdVZaEw/s400/AutumnFriends.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc6600;">I got this cute award from Lisa at</span> </span></span><a href="http://cranberryflats.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">http://cranberryflats.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="color:#cc6600;">Go on over to her cute</span> <span style="color:#cc6600;">blog and say hello! She has fast been becoming one of my favorite new blogger friends!</span></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;">Thanks Lisa!!! Well here is the name of the game for this one. I need to list five things I always wanted to do. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">HHHMMMM</span> I'm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">thinkin</span>... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">aaa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">thinkin</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">lil</span> more........<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ok</span> I've got it!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">1. Write a book</span>-I think? Pretty sure-<em>yea I do!</em></span></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">2. Travel around the US and afar</span> like Germany, and Ireland to name a couple. I am afraid to fly though-I do it when I have to. But if I am ever going to get to do this one <em>I better get over that huh! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">LOL</span>!</em></span></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">3. See Led <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Zepplin</span> in concert</span>-(so get it together Robert Plant!) They were my favorite band as a teen oh and they still are. And this rock and roll girl has seen a lot of bands but the Hammer of the Gods I missed-<em>unbelievable I know!</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">4. Learn to read music again</span>-I forgot how! <em>Crazy yes!</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">5. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Build</span> my forever self <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">sufficient</span> solar powered dream house on some acreage with a view of the coast!</span> Yea baby! <em>Hey it could happen!</em></span></span></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;">Now keep in mind that is only five of the things I want to do! This girl has so much more!!!</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">It was fun thinking about that question!</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I will be soon contacting three of my blogger friends to pass this fine award on to!</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;color:#003333;"><strong>Ok here are my blogger friends that I am passing this fun award on to-and hard as I tried I just couldn't choose only three! These gals all have some wonderful blogs-go have a <a href="mailto:l@@k">l@@k</a>... And thanks for being such great friends bloggy buddies!</strong></span></em></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;color:#003333;">Nikki @ <a href="http://nikkicrumpet.blogspot.com/">http://nikkicrumpet.blogspot.com/</a></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;color:#003333;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Lynette @ <a href="http://lynetteslam.blogspot.com/">http://lynetteslam.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Kristen @ <a href="http://something-about-nothin.blogspot.com/">http://something-about-nothin.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Tardevil @ <a href="http://confessionsofa40-somethingmamaqueen.blogspot.com/">http://confessionsofa40-somethingmamaqueen.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Lea @ <a href="http://farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com/">http://farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Megan @ <a href="http://cottagebluebird.typepad.com/cottage_bluebird/">http://cottagebluebird.typepad.com/cottage_bluebird/</a></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Barb @ <a href="http://babbler-slimyslugfriends.blogspot.com/">http://babbler-slimyslugfriends.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;color:#003333;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;color:#003333;">Cheryl @ <a href="http://blueberrybuttons2008.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#336666;">http://blueberrybuttons2008.blogspot.com/</span></a></span></strong> <div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></span></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Girls if you read this post you know how to play the game-have fun! I'm looking forward to see how you answer the question!</span></span></span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span></div><br /><div></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-29986434845574686072008-11-04T23:02:00.000-08:002008-11-04T23:08:14.020-08:00Holy Freakin Crap!<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#993300;">Anyone know where I can buy a bomb shelter-<em><strong>CHEAP</strong></em>?</span>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-78654009828341209722008-11-01T23:39:00.000-07:002008-11-02T00:23:22.677-07:00Ok-Another funny one or two!<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#663333;">Good Morning! I thought you all might need a few good laughs. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sooo</span></span> I have a couple of stories from my life to share. Pretty sure you are going to get a kick out of them??? Here goes...</span><br /><span style="color:#996633;">#1</span><br /><span style="color:#996633;">SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON-Sort of?</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#996633;">Our youngest son who at somewhere between one and two years old embarrassed me at church one Sunday. It can be quite adorable when your cute little toddler shows you just what he has learned.<br />At Church right in the middle of prayer he was sitting on my lap facing me. He was so proud to point out and recite to me. He says, getting louder with each body part touching me.<br />Mommy, eyes, nose, mouth, ears……<br />(his hands reaching out squishing) BOOBIES!”<br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#996633;">The entire chapel full of people stopped looked at us and laughed for what seemed like an eternity before bowing their heads and returning to the prayer. I was horrified to say the least! I wanted to get on my knees and crawl out!<br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#996633;">I sure did get some real friendly smiles and a few snickers for the remainder of that day.<br />My husband by the way was the one who got in trouble for that one!<br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#996633;">If any one thinks their toddlers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">aren</span></span>’t paying attention to what you are doing-think again! Dad thought it was so funny to do that to me once, imitating me teaching his son and I guess our son thought hey why not do what daddy did? He was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sooo</span></span> proud of his little self! I’m sure everyone laughing at him made him feel he had done something pretty neat!<br />And dad was a little more careful what he did in front of his kids (thank Heavens).</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;">#2.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">BIG GULP!<br />I have been called among other things by my kids, mother earth. Because I have such a love of animals and, try to teach them to respect all living things. They say I am such a dippy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hippy</span></span> sometimes. Oh well whatever I am a child of the sixties after all!<br />One summer day I was in Mother Nature, dippy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">hippy</span> mode I guess.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">So happy to have one of those summer days when everyone is home and we are outside enjoying life. I was at the time a Cub Scout leader and really enjoyed working with kids. Seeing them learn about nature with all that wonder in their eyes. I was the type of mom who <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">didn</span></span>’t kill spiders (most of the time) I taught my kids they are important and have a purpose. That, they eat the bad bugs so, we should learn to live with them. I would make them catch the spiders in the house and release them outside.<br />There were no scouts over that day, but we did have a lot of toads around the yard. Where we lived at the time, during the summer months all of the toads would come out of hibernation. It was common to see them hopping across the lawn or driveway. Our youngest at the time, a real manly, nature, outdoorsy man that he was, really enjoyed collecting bugs, rocks, sticks and toads. It was pretty common for me when I did the laundry to find these things in his pockets. Sometimes I forgot to check the pockets before I put them in the machines-yea yuck!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">On this particular day our five year old son decided he <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">otta</span></span> keep one of the toads he found and had become fond of. He had this toad in a big giant plastic cup-a big gulp cup as a matter of fact. And he had a name for him “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">froggy</span></span>” All the toads were named <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">froggy</span></span> to this kid. Just like all crickets were named “B<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ambi</span></span>”. But that’s a whole other story!<br />I tried to tell him it really was a toad and that there is a difference. He asked me “mommy can I please keep this one for my very own pet he is so cute” And he looked at me with his adorable big blue puppy dog eyes of his. I said, “no honey this toad”, he said “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">froggy</span></span>” I said, “whatever – look” I said, “he has a family I am sure.” “And this toad is a wild animal he belongs to nature and needs to be free and live outside.” I explained the toad would never be happy stuck inside our house. Our little boy says, “but, mommy I will make him a really nice home.” So I went on to further explain, “he might be a daddy toad and how his little children toads would miss him and his toad wife would miss him something terrible if he kept him.”<br />So I said, “you see honey we really need to let him go free-it’s the right thing to do.” After a little coaxing and explaining he said he understood and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">wouldn</span></span>’t want the “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">froggy</span></span>” (he <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">wasn</span></span>’t gonna budge on his name for the toad) to be sad. So he reluctantly began lowering the big gulp cup to the ground as if to gently pour out the toad.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">We had a very cute little Beagle <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">doggie</span></span> in our neighborhood that came over for a visit just then. Her name was Lucky and we all loved her very much. Lucky enjoyed coming over to play with the kids. So, just as the toad was released to the ground and began to leap-well you guessed it Lucky dog snapped it right up! Yep she ate it right before our eyes! Oh my gosh our son was so upset! I was astonished myself! I mean I really just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">couldn</span></span>’t believe it! But it happened I saw it.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Well our little son grabbed lucky quick and began shaking her upside down. I was horrified and somewhat shocked at what had just happened for a number of reasons.<br />Our son was shouting, “cough it up right now lucky spit out my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">froggy</span></span> now -Lucky!” And he squeezed and shook that dog let me tell ya!<br />He shouted, “hold on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">froggy</span></span> I will save ya I will get ya out!”<br />Our son went on to say, “I mean it Lucky you let that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">froggy</span></span> go!”.<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I was so sadden to have to tell my son, “honey it’s a little too late for the toad ” and he said looking very heartbroken at me with his little lips all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">pouty</span></span>,” <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Froggy</span></span>!” I said, “okay <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Froggy</span></span> whatever-put Lucky down she’s not going to spit the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">froggy</span></span> out I’m sorry!”<br />He says “it’s all your fault mom!” “If you would have let me keep him he still would be alive- It’s not fair!” And he goes on to say, “and now what about his family they are going to miss him-they will be so sad!” I was thinking to myself oh here we go again! So then I knelt down next to my son, apologized that the “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">froggy</span></span>” had gotten eaten. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">And then I explained about how it is survival if the fittest in the wild and that this is how nature is. That Lucky <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">wasn</span></span>’t a bad <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">doggie</span></span> she was just doing what came naturally to her. He looked at me with his sweet big blue eyes all filled with tears and my heart nearly melted as he said, “but mom I loved him.” And he also said he understood kinda what happened but that he <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">wasn</span></span>’t happy about it!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Oh and he also said he still loved me-whew! We did exchange some good mommy son hugs and kisses, and the wiping of tears too.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">This is just another one of those things in our family that we every so often have a good laugh reminiscing about. </span>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-25677074199889297082008-10-31T13:47:00.000-07:002008-10-31T14:16:04.767-07:00GOLD!!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SQt1QY4Lb0I/AAAAAAAAAHs/ADuFr60dfo0/s1600-h/IMG_1250.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263429513928994626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SQt1QY4Lb0I/AAAAAAAAAHs/ADuFr60dfo0/s400/IMG_1250.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc6600;">Look what our big beautiful maple tree has left us! And we just cleaned up leaves last weekend. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc6600;">I love the way it looks when my yard and deck are covered in leaves! I think I will just let them be for a while. This year they didn't get much orangey or red color-lots of gold. Unfortunately it is pouring down rain and may be a wet trick or treat for all the little ghouls and goblins tonight here in the Cottage Lake area. </span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SQtvU0gB1PI/AAAAAAAAAHc/m2gDZxRg8eg/s1600-h/IMG_1251.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc6600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263422992993604850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sEiNjnlkB1U/SQtvU0gB1PI/AAAAAAAAAHc/m2gDZxRg8eg/s400/IMG_1251.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc6600;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc6600;">Such is life in the forest </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc6600;">of the Pacific Northwest! I have a terrible yucky flu bug and am taking myself straight away to bed. Someone else will be answering the door tonight if there are any brave enough to go out in this mess.</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc6600;">Of course I will have my trusty lap top to cruse the Internet when I get bored. Or maybe I will catch up on some crocheting? Or even some much needed extra sleep-awww yes that sounds so wonderful!</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc6600;">Lucky girl I am my hubby is home today and is caring for me. I will have endless cups of herbal tea with my lozenges and meals delivered to me in bed. What more could a sick girl wish for?</span></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"><strong>Wishing you all in Blogland a Happy Halloween and a fabulous weekend!</strong></span></div>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095289061941878455.post-56778028382028732412008-10-30T14:20:00.000-07:002008-10-30T14:32:23.648-07:00And we have Winners!!!<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#996633;">This was a tough one I have met so many wonderful blogger friends and it was hard to find some who hasn't received this award already! I would like to thank those of you who have been so kind to me in my new adventures here in blogland. It has been a blast getting to know you all and see so many talented people who inspire me! Sooo without further adue here are the winners of the friendship award... </span><br /><span style="color:#cc6600;">Lisa at</span> </span><a href="http://cranberryflats.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">cranberryflats.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3333ff;"> </span><br /><span style="color:#cc6600;">Jersey Girl in D.C. at</span> </span><a href="http://beachyinthecity.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">beachyinthecity.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color:#cc6600;">Cheryl at</span> </span><a href="http://blueberrybuttons2008.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">blueberrybuttons2008.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color:#cc6600;">Penny at</span> </span><a href="http://lavenderhillstudio.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">http://lavenderhillstudio.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color:#cc6600;">Pam at</span> </span><a href="http://antiqueornot.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">http://antiqueornot.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color:#996633;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Okay girls you know how to play the game it is your turn to answer the questions below and find some fine blogger friends to pass this fun award on to. Have fun! :)</span> </span>tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821594262805907663noreply@blogger.com5