Thursday, August 8, 2013

Rummage Sale Jackpot!

It's no secret I love facebook. I've mentioned before, how I love to correspond with my 5,777,443 facebook friends, without ever having to fix my face, do my hair, clean my house or bake a cake. Love it! But, there is something else I love about facebook. Our little town an a few other nearby towns, has a little rummage sale page. Here I have purchased many toys for my daycare at super fabulous prices, and sold many household items that might have otherwise taken a trip to the local boys ranch. It's a wonderful page. A couple of days ago, I purchased an item for myself. It was a super cool jean jacket. I loved it because it had a fun and pretty embroidered and blingy (gotta have a little sparkle!) emblem on the back. Check it out.

 
Now, how cool is that?
The price?
$15
I know!!
Incredible, huh?
 
BUT WAIT!!!
Here's the best part.
Tucked underneath the back collar,
a little tag was sewn on,
with the words...
 
 
ATTEMPT THE ABSURD
ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE
 
I love facebook. I love rummage sales.
And I love my new jacket.
 I'm sorry, but I have to tell ya...
You will never, ever see this jacket on the rummage sale site.
It has my name on it.
ABSURD and IMPOSSIBLE.
Yep. That's me.
It you don't believe me,
ask my husband!
 
 
 

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Dumont Saints

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If you're gonna go to a Saint's game....ya gotta have a Saint's hat!
 
Landon had already bought his cap a while ago,
but they caught their grandma at a week moment and she sprung for Jack's cap! 

Candy Crush Cousins

My cousin Debra had an awesome idea for the three of us cousins,  to surprise our Aunt IdaMae, with pictures of us in "straightjackets" as she had told us that the paddy wagon was coming for us because we seemed to be addicted to Candy Crush. (Not at all! ha!) It went off without a hitch and as you can tell from the comments, yes indeed....she was surprised!
Love a good laugh and a good laugh was had by all.
 
 
 
 
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Debra
 
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Carol
 
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I haven't a clue...
 
 
Here are a couple of IdaMae's comments when she found the pictures...
 
OMG OMG ... now I just laughed so hard the tears are running down my leg ! ! ! Debra and Carol, they're probably commin' for you cuzin's next...LOCK THE DOOR! OMG...
WAY WAY TOO COOL !
 
I JUST FOUND THIS ONE...YOU GIRLS REALLY ARE TOTALLY NUTZ! ! ! AND THIS OLD AUNTIE LOVES IT ... HOW DID YOU ALL SWING IT...BEST JOKE EVER PLAYED ON ME !
 
 
 


Look What I Made!

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Landon went to the fairgrounds to check out a little 4-H class that was going on today. He came back with a frame/chicken coop wire/ hanging board he had made. I was happy too as I love chicken coop wire. When I asked him where we should hang it, he replied....
"Mom. We aren't going to hang it anywhere.
It's the perfect top for the rabbit cage I'm going to build!"  
  (We don't have a rabbit, but we have lots of wild ones hopping around....)

Give A Boy A Hammer

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One rabbit cage, coming up!
 
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The Big Kid

Photo: This is what happens when you let the "big kids" get involved. Remember the nice little chicken wire frame (It's in the lower right hand corner of the picture here) that was "suppose" to be the cover for the bunny cage? Well, it's about four sizes too small now!
This is what happens when you let the "big kids" (Tim) get involved.
Remember the nice little chicken wire frame
(It's in the lower right hand corner of the picture here)
that was "suppose" to be the cover for the bunny cage?
Well, it's about four sizes too small now! 

All Done!

Photo: All done!
 

Fat Cat

Photo: This is fat cat. Years ago, my mom sent him to me in the mail for my birthday. I love him!!
 
This is fat cat.
 Years ago, my mom sent him to me in the mail for my birthday.
 I love him!!
 
 
His normal home is tucked under my ladder of quilts,
but I always thought he deserved something better than that.
 So, I had a brainstorm and decided to send out a ISO (in search of)
to all my facebook friends to see if they might have an old birdcage.
 
Yep. I said, birdcage.
Almost instantly, Janette Schmidt replied with this picture,
 and said I could have it if I wanted it. Did I want it? You bet I did!!
 It was perfect!! And the best part was it had a stand too!
 






Tim made the mistake of stopping by the house this morning. I only have three little dc girls today who all adore Tim. So, I hollered, "You're in charge!" to Tim as I flew out the door with my two cans of spray paint and did the world's fastest spray paint job ever! He didn't mind having his ego boosted for a few minutes and the girls were thrilled to have his undivided attention.


Sigh....I can sense trouble already....
Lucky seems to think there might be room in there for him too!
Thank you, Janette Schmidt!! It's perfect!!
 Now, I just need a little feathered birdie to set on top of the cage....
Anybody got one of those??


Wild Kingdom

July 26th
This morning as I walked through my darkened living room, half awake, headed towards my beloved coffee pot....I spotted Lucky and a hairball laying on my brand new carpet. With a sigh, I bent down to pick up the hairball (As a mom and dc provider, I've picked up worse and it was 5:30 A.M.) .....and the hairball MOVED!!!! Lucky's foot shot out and pinned that live hairball to the ground. It was a b...aby mouse!!!! In the 15 years I've lived here, I have always had at least two cats and I have NEVER even seen a mouse! I wasn't prepared. I have never screamed so loud in my life. Not when the blackbirds flew down my chimney, into the basement and into my face when I opened the basement door. Not when Landon put live frogs in his pockets for me to discover when I did his laundry. Not even when he chased me through the house with those said frogs. My screams brought both Tim and Landon out of their deep sleep and to my rescue. Landon thought it was soooooo funny and Tim thought it was "nothing." I beg to differ. I think the street workers last night must have stirred up something out there. That's way too big a price to pay for a little bit of blacktop. I'm awake now.
 
*Update
I am VERY happy to report, that our "baby mouse," was actually a mole, and he appears to have been an orphan with no visiting friends!!!
 
August 7th
This morning as I walked through my darkened living room, half awake, headed towards my beloved coffee pot....(Sound familiar?) I saw Lucky stretched out in the middle of the floor as usual. Suddenly, I saw something tiny, about the size of 2 Cheerio's, JUMP three feet up in the air, which made Lucky jump three feet up in the air, which made me scream a few naughty words, and go flying back up the... stairs to the safety of our bedroom. I made it about half way up the stairs and had barely gasped out the word, "frog" , when I saw a blurry vision that resembled a child, fly past me, yelling, "Frog? Frog? Where's the frog???" It took Landon a few seconds to find it as it was so tiny, and it was the same cream/tan colors as our carpet. (Clever little bugger he was!) Lucky was even still hunting him down. Landon found it, hauled it outside where it belonged, and saved the day! I hugged him, kissed him, (and told him to wash his hands!) then told him to go back to bed, as it was still very early. As he headed up the stairs, I heard him giggle and say, "wuss." It's probably the only time he will ever get away with calling me names, because it's true. When it comes to mice and frogs, yes indeed I am a wuss. I am so not cut out for this Wild Kingdom, living room living. When I retire, I'm moving to a condo on the beach, on the 125th floor!

 

The Champs!

Photo: The Champs!!
 
The Champs!

Walmart's Finest!

Photo: Who says you can't have fun at walmart? :)
 
Who says you can't have fun at Walmart?