I found stuff!

I needed to look for stuff for the Pink & Green swap, so I decided to stop at the thrift where I found the quilts. I guess they dont have the auctions anymore, but they had a ton of stuff, including two more quilts. I didnt get either, but one had large arrows on it, and the other was Sunbonnet Sue.

What I did get, was Jadeite! I almost jumped for joy! Lol. I have never seen this stuff anywhere locally, except for antique stores, and I am not paying those prices.

I also found an old glass insulator.

And this old Budweiser crate! Mike always says I never get him anything, so when I saw this I knew I wanted to get it. It's the first time I've found an alcohol crate. So far I have soda & fruit crates.

I was pretty sad when I looked at the back of it and saw this:

But I decided to get it anyway. For $2, why not? It will probably just be put on display anyway, and that's the back, the front looks fine.

Here's a shot of the shelf in my living room where I have the insulators.

Have you found anything good lately?

Randomness...

... from my world today. I dont have anyhting too exciting to share, but I'm blogging anyway, lol.

I hate to say it, but this tv has been sitting right there, in our kitchen since December. I am beyond ready for it to go, but Mike is afraid that once we get rid of it, one of the other tvs will die. While it irritates me, the two boy kitties (Possum & Hisser) really enjoy watching it. (check out the glowing eyes in the tv screen!)

I really have to get my butt in gear for Layla's party. I spent today & yesterday getting Easter & her gifts finished up. Now I've just got to finish getting things ready. I plan on making hibiscus flower lollipops & little flip flops out of these candy melts.

And I really need to finish the soapsicles.

I also need to finish these two projects I'm working on for the Pink & Green swap.

We are doing a garden again this year. We've planted green beans, onions, tomatoes,green peppers, basil, oregano, black-eyed peas, corn and strawberries, and we need to get the butternut squash in the ground. We just planted this past weekend, and the green beans and onions are already popping up.

Cute shot of Morgan with crusty milk mouth.

And a little something I whipped up for her. I had a pack of plain white onesies and decided to do something with them. I have a couple yards of this Alexander Henry fabric I have been wanting to do something with. Since I still havent messed with the sewing machine, so I thought I would go the no-sew route.

It kind of seems like it needs something. Maybe not? I thought about a blanket stitch around the fruit, but that would be tricky up there where the stems are. Any other ideas? Or should I just leave it alone?

End of Week Fun

So I didnt really follow through with the plan to do a different activity each day during sprink break. But I tried, that counts for something, right? lol. It was rainy and grey here yesterday for most of the day, so I didnt feel like running to the store, and we never got the Easter stuff out. The kids had asked to go see Monsters vs. Aliens, and we told them we would think about it. Mike came home early, so the kids & headed to the theatre.

Yea, it felt pretty odd carrying a camera to the movies, lol. But the kids really enjoyed the movie, it was cute! Layla killed almost half that bag by herself.

That was really all we did yesterday. But today, we headed over to a Hydroponic U-Pick strawberry farm that we saw advertised in the paper.

Lots & lots of berries!

A close up of the bushes.

Sorry, a little blurry.



Picking away... even though she wont even try them! She also got "lost" at one point, she's shorter than the bushes!









The haul. Might not look like much, but trust me, it's quite a bit. Four pounds of berries for $4. You can't beat that price! Now I just need to decide what to do with them all. I'm thinking about trying some jam. Not sure what else though. Anyone have any good strawberry recipes?

Have a good weekend!

One Month

We interrupt this regularly scheduled Spring Break posting... because HOLY CRAP, Morgan is a month old today. How is that possible?? One month ago, right now, I was sitting up in the hospital bed, waiting for Pitocin. I swear it flies by.

One month.

Of bottles. Of diapers. Of interrupted sleep. Of sweet snuggles. Of tiny laundry. Of total cuteness. Of watching a brother & sister create a bond with their new sister. Of wondering how she sleeps through her LOUD brother & sister. Of cries. Of washing bottles. Of seeing a tiny baby cuddle with her dad. Of dreading going back to work. Of sitting on the couch together. Of a messy house (well, not the whole month). Of a time I will never forget. Of time I will miss terribly.

One month.

Of getting to know Morgan.

It's pretty easy to see, we all love her dearly!

As for the Spring Break activities, I was lazy today. But it's Spring Break, that's allowed, right? I'm pretty tired today and didnt plan well. We never got around to getting the Easter decorations out yesterday, so I figured we would make cupcakes so I can try out a frosting recipe. Well, when I checked the pantry, the cake mix was expired, lol. So I guess today is just for relaxing. Have a good one!

Spring Break... Day 3

Just a cute picture of Morgan, cause I havent shared any in a few days. Happy April Fool's Day! I saw a cute idea in the new Family Fun that came, so I thought I would try it on the kids this morning. You put a couple drops of food coloring in the bottom of the cereal bowl. Add the dry cereal. And then when you pour the milk in infront of them, it changes color!

Unfortunatly, my daughter is TERRIBLY picky about her food, and this was her reaction:

It was later I realized she thought I had put STRAWBERRY milk in her cereal. Poor thing, lol. Blake didnt want cereal, so I guess the joke was on me.

So for today's activity, we made butter! The directions I found online seemed simple enough. And they were! Of course, the ones I found said to use cream without carrageenan or any other additives, but that's all I could find. It still worked.

Some of these are blurry, but you can still see the changes happening in the cream:

And we have seperation!

Squishing the butter together:

Butter!

And buttermilk!

Check out the eyes, lol...

Now it's time to wash the butter.

Layla seems to be miss happy homemaker. Blake didnt really seem to interested in today's fun.

Check out the end result!

That's it for today! Blake had an appointment at the dermatologist and I need to work in the garden some. Not sure what tomorrow holds yet... I'm thinking maybe fabric covered eggs? Have a good one!