Pictures of Altered Projects

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I have finally taken pictures. Now, can you see how much fun I've been having? I've been altering everything I can get my hands on! :) LOL

Top Row:

• Wooden Flower pot; this will hold bulky tools like my dymo labeler.
• Card Box; this was the box that a gift set from Bath & Body Works came in. Now I'll keep "blank" cards/env that will be used to make cards with later.
• Food Tin Cans; Pen, Scissor, ruller, etc... holders :)

Bottom Row:

• Wooden hinged box; I think I'll put cards that I've made and are ready to be sent, or either special cards that have been given to me in here.
• Bulletin Board; This was on clearance at Michaels for only $5!!! It's supposed to be used in the kitchen (I covered up the Italian guy holding food). This will hang by my workspace so I can pin up layout ideas, quotes, inspiration, etc..
  
• Wooden Tea Box; This has one big open spot and two small sections inside this. I think I might use this for my Paints and foam brushes.

This was so much fun! I'm going to post these over at 2Peas, where I'll add all the detail information. :) I found 3 of these containers at a yardsale for a total of 45 cents!!!!!
Edited to add: I added links to each item at 2peas.

Happy Memorial Day

I hope you all had a great Memorial Day.

We had plans to go over to our friends house, but it got cancelled Sunday afternoon because their daughter came down with chicken pox (her brother had it last week...so next week their other daughter might get it - I hope not though).

So, Bobby slow grilled a pork shoulder on the grill with mesquite (however that's supposed to be spelled!) :) LOL - Oh it was so good! :) We went to an Art Festival and had a good day. Since PA isn't where any of our family lives, we weren't able to go place flowers for loved ones that have passed away. I wasn't sure if that was just a southern thing or not, but I was happy to see lots of people at cemeteries around here with flowers.

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We were driving back home and saw a huge cloud of black smoke eerily close to the direction of our home. I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach as each road we turned off, the smoke still appeared as it was coming from our neighborhood. Thank God it wasn't our house or in our development...but later we drove around (once we knew we wouldn't be in the way of rescue crews) and found the house...it was a total loss - the fire started in the garage, according to the news the family got out of the house, they didn't hear the smoke detectors over the tv, but the dogs warned them. Thank God they were all safe.

My family lost our house to a fire when I was 8 - it's such a scary feeling & such a tragedy to loose everything you have, some things are just so irreplaceable! I say this from experience, as I only have a few pictures of me as a child. So, you'd think that I had a fireproof box or safe deposit box at the bank to hold pictures and things huh?! Well, I don't....I really need to do something about that!

BTW, the neighborhood helped out that family that lost their house - they have lots of support thankfully. (The fire was less than a mile away - too close for comfort)

The Friday Five for May 27, 2005

The Friday Five for May 27, 2005
Breakfast Anyone?

1. What was your favorite breakfast cereal when you were a kid? Cap'n Crunch w/berries

2. What is the best toy/prize you ever got in a box of cereal or because of sending in UPC’s? A divided bowl (from Nerds it was a short lived cereal - you know like the candies...it was great, there were two bags - one pink one blue (or whatever) and in the bowl you could put the pink cereal in one side, the blue in the other pour in the milk and have "two" bowls of cereal....or you could release the middle and they'd be all mixed up.) it was the coolest think my 7 year old eyes had ever seen! :) LOL

3. How do you take your eggs (scrambled, over easy, egg beaters)? Scrambled (although I haven't eatten eggs in over a year - darn Atkins diet!)

4. What is your favorite breakfast meat (bacon, ham, sausage)? Bacon :)

5. What is your favorite spot (local or chain restaurant) for breakfast and where is it located? Can I have 2? Bob Evans & Cracker Barrel (My husband prefers a little local restaraunt but I can't remember the name - you get a huge breakfast for little money!)

Altering Projects

Okay, so I've been altering my heart out!

I'll be sharing pictures soon! I turned some plain jane boxes from last weekends yard sale into some gorgeous finds! :) Every free minute I've had, I've been up at my table working away! :) LOL I'm loving it!

Cherishing the time we have now

Being a Mother to young girls is so wonderful!

• You get hugs all the time
• Your kiss can heal any boo-boo
• Often you're told that you're pretty
• You get to hear lots of secrets
• You receive beautiful crayon drawings
• They look up to you and think you know everything

I know all of this won't last long so I'm cherishing these and many other things while my girls are still young and I'm the center of their world!

I hope that they will always feel comfortable and close enough to me that they'll always come and share their life with me.

Hugs for all you moms with teenagers - I hope you all have a close relationship with your daughters (& sons too!) ;)

Grocery Store

Okay I'll admit it, I don't like going to the grocery store - not for a quick stop or for the big shopping. It just isn't fun, and I've never liked it you can ask my mom! :) LOL

1. All the "good for you food" is so expensive!
2. Over $4 for a box of cereal - I don't think so!
3. Isles are never wide enough (especially with those cardboard displays in the middle of the isle
4. I almost never remember to bring my list that I've carefully planned! LOL
5. Bagged groceries never fit back nicely in the cart (especially when using one of those race car hybrid shopping carts that the kids love riding in!

Now, if you ever saw my groceries lined up on the conveyer belt - you'd see that I'm making it easy on the person who has to bagging. I send forth all my heavy stuff (watermelon, soda, milk, etc) first, then all my canned goods, followed by my boxed goods, then my frozen goods, meats then cold items followed up by fresh produce & bread. Sounds organized right?

So all my canned goods should be together in the bags, and so on, right? Well you'd hope so anyways! But they never are! This erks me to no end, absolutely drives me crazy! Why oh why would anyone think it's okay to throw a bag of fruit on top of meat? Why? That is so gross it makes me angry!

Today was no different from any other trip. The bagger was new according to his "In Training" tag on his apron. I didn't say anything when he "threw" my graham cracker pie crust into a bag with other goods (I just removed it myself and put it in the bag with other "soft" baked goods like marshmallows & coconut) but I couldn't believe it when I had to request him to remove my bread from the bag he just bagged (in it was a few cans, a box of something and my bread. He removes the loaf of bread - I hold back the sigh I want to release at an audible level and politely ask him to remove the hot dog buns as well since they would get crushed too.

Hello - isn't this just common sense? I realize that this guy is new but hasn't he ever helped his mother bring groceries in from the car - with her reminder to not to crush the bread? My 2 year old knows this! It's exhausting is what it is!

Okay, I'm done ranting and raving now. Please tell me about your shopping experiences. Do you enjoy going? Is it a treat for you? Or do you dread it?

I hate complaining so now I'll share something good! :)

The one saving grace is that my two kids are close to perfect in the store. I really don't mind taking them. They are so well behaved. They throw out suggestions for the fruit to get, they ride along in the car portion of the car and wait so patiently. They always get to pick 1 snack each (with my approval of course) and this makes them happy so they don't beg for everything that they see. I'm really lucky or else just smart (LOL) because we started this little "tradition" at an early age!

What a Wonderful Weekend!

Yassou! That's Greek for Hello. We enjoyed ourselves at a Greek Festival this weekend. Their food is just so delicous! Gyro's, Baklava, etc... yummy!

Before engorging ourselves at the GF we went to a huge yardsale. I got several wood boxes to alter to hold my scrapbook supplies. I found an awesome white enamel tray/box thing with a lid (much like this one on ebay )

I'm thinking of using my MM foam stamps and stamping something on the side with my Staz On ink pad. The dish's lid is scratched up and the inside isn't perfect either. So it's not like I'm ever going to make anything off of the piece I found for $2 - so I might as well have fun with it right? The older pieces had words on them, for example the bread box said bread - Soap boxes said Soap, etc...

Last night I started altering them. I'm not done - but I've got a good start on them. :) I'm really pleased with how they're turning out so far. I'm "itching" to get back up and work on them some more! Yesterday afternnon Bobby went fishing with a friend so that's when I played! :) Catherine & Abby helped me paint and glue - they had fun helping me...it made me nervous - but sometimes you just have to let them! :) As a perfectionist I have a hard time letting them near my stuff. Isn't that terrible?

Oh, at the yardsale - I got a bag of Disney Dress up outfits & gowns. Abby is in and out of them every 30 minutes. She's having so much fun with them!

Now to switch subjects

I've really enjoyed the season finalle's on all the shows I've been watching. They were all really good this year! I can't wait for TV this fall! I wonder what I'll do without "new" tv to watch! LOL - Yes, I know I'm pathetic - but you already knew that! :)

Bobby and I have been really enjoying ourselves with our deck nights already. The weather's been great - still a little cool. Here it is the end of May - and we're still having to put on sweat shirts at night. This morning I had a bowl of Quaker Oats - I make mine with brown sugar and Grape Nuts - I like the crunch in there to mix up the texture a bit - yumm! :)

I hope you all had a great weekend!