How does your garden grow?

With a white puppy, lavender, johnny jump-ups and rocks. That's how my garden grows!

One Million Giraffes

So this lady has decided to collect 1 million hand drawn giraffes....sounds like something I'd do! I thought to myself "Self, you can prolly draw a pretty recognizeable giraffe, no? You've got sticky notes to spare....DO IT!" and here's what I came up with. Meet Franky, the studious giraffe. The artist in me needed to rearrange Franky, of course!

Sporks, they hold your dinner!

Spork: the combination of a spoon and fork; the plastic variety are often received with fast food meals.

Sporkish Thoughts and Feelings:

What’s weird is when you go to take a bite and the food has slid off your spork because the tines are too short and there isn’t anything to put in your mouth. ~Cody (Nephew)

Nobody, I mean nobody can use my special star handled spork but ME (unless I'm in a sharing mood)! ~Wraylee

I’m a big fan, but it’s a little hard to eat soup with them. ~Lindsay (Sister)

The spork is the greatest contribution to efficient eating since the sandwich. It is a spoon, a fork, and in some instances, a knife. Not only does it eliminate the need for multiple utensils while eating, it decreases the amount of time, water, & soap used while cleaning the dishes. Finally, if one were to travel, the spork is a convenient & space-saving way to include all necessary instruments. In short, the spork is an efficient time-saving, resource-saving, space-saving instrument and we should extol its virtues from the rooftops! ~Angela (BFF)

My Pet Peeve! I hate them! ~ Pam (co-worker)

I'm Just a Young Cowboy

I'm just a young cowboy. I'm just starting out,

With a yip and a holler and a bodacious shout!

I want a PRETTY Apron!

When my best friend, Angela, bought her home the ugly curtains were the first thing to go. Oh, but some of those curtains were not wasted! I took one panel of particular *ahem* beauty home to repurpose into an apron for Angela to wear as she was nesting in her new abode. The style of the apron turned out very well, even if the pattern was....overbearing....to say the least. I'm proud of Angela for wearing it (even though people might see her on occasion). Granted the story is GREAT, but the pattern is GARISH.

Being a good friend means you can't let your BFF travel about her cute cottage style home in some unruly, makeshift, joke of an apron. NO, this can not be! Alas, I've created her a new apron~ one that screams ANGELA! This is an apron to wear proudly inside and out!

Behold~ The PRETTY apron!

OMG! A Hannah Montana Cake!!!

Happy Birthday Trisha, #1 Hannah fan!

Hard to believe you are 7 years old!

Progress!! A pictorial

Before (apparently I really don't like this shed as this is the only shot I could find!)

Shingle bundles (don't worry Mandy, we are saving all of them for siding the future chicken coop)

The right side had shingles on it yesterday.....


Jason got all the shiplap off the left side


Looking at the house from inside the shed

Poppys....poppys will put them to sleep

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The conversation went something like this:

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w- "Babe, what are these things growing in Cody's grave?"

j- "I dunno."

w- "They aren't thistles are they?" (said I, knowing they will take over the pastures and having an aversion to thistles)

j- "I dunno. I could spray them."

w- "Nah, let's just wait a few days and see what they are!"

j- "Whatever."