Chocolate Tsunami

One day, a package arrived on our porch for Jillian. A mysterious package from a faraway land…

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sent to her by a dear, sweet friend in England. Not an ordinary package–oh no.

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It was obviously a most wicked, dreadful, dangerous package. Needless to say…we were terrified. Shaking even.

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We…

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got…

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over…

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it…

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pretty…

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dang…

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fast.

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We spread it all out to look at it.

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We thought about inviting people over to share.

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There was, after all—so much fabulous stuff!

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But then a really strange thing happened.

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One by one, all the beautiful melty chocolate and sweets started mysteriously disappearing.

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Not exactly sure what really happened. It was like a whirlwind or tornado or hurricane sweeping through the place gobbling up all the gooey, sweet, yummy…I mean…it just…we couldn’t….sorta…

rats.

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I swear. We did try.

 

 

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The County Fair

We found another one…

a County Fair, that is…

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complete with a cow girl on a horse showing us where to park…

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lovely Elsie and Bossy the cows…

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and sleek, sleepy sheep.

Say that three times really fast…I dare you.

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I found a small smackeral of trimmed wool on the ground and I needed it.

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Baby Chompy wanted to play the rubber duck game…and she won…

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an amazingly cool stuffed wolf.

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We saw a pink tractor…

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and an oddly groomed llama.

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We ate fair food…

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saw blue ribbon vegetables…

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gorgeous quilts…August 16 057

beautiful preserves…

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and amazing artwork.

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Oooooh—slow down summer…

we aren’t finished with you yet.

Mr. Giggleface

So, how would it be…

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to be little again and to find something as simple as poking an empty hot dog bun with a fork—

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to be so dang funny—so hilarious even,  that you couldn’t stop laughing…

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no matter where you were or who was watching or how much sense it did or did not make,

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because the laughter was coming from so, so, so deep down in your guts, that you couldn’t stop if you had to?

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But you don’t have to, baby—

so keep on, Mr. Giggleface.

Remember laughter–

and life will always, always be good.

Easy Summer…

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Summer is the time when one sheds one’s tensions with one’s clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit.

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A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all’s right with the world.

~Ada Louise Huxtable

Road Trip Treasures

Took a little road trip the other day with some of the kidlets. We visited–and fell in love with so many cute shops along the way. That’s always the best part of adventures like this–the serendipitous goodies that insist on coming home with us.

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Found an adorable “bubble” pattern for the baby chickies. That’ll be coming soon.

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Discovered some pre-punched baby bibs–one for each baby. All I have to do is trim around them and crochet some scallops or somthing. I’ve never tried it before–so this could get interesting. I’m game. If it’s ugly–I don’t have to show you. ha!

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This is a quilt pattern that I’m sure will look so much better in prettier colors. Of course, since I’ve never made a quilt–perhaps it will actually look better if I get someone else to make it. haha

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Found these sweet little file folders in the close-out corner in a tiny fabric shop–while I was wandering around…touching stuff.

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This is a felt pattern for holiday felting. Sorry the picture is blurry. I’m sure it’s because I was so excited to show this to you–I couldn’t hold still. Don’t you just love Christmas stuff?

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This should help with my SQDD. You know…Severe Quilting Dysfunction Disorder. If not–oh well. It was only 50 cents.

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Last and certainly best–we found a used bookstore that had a huge 1/2 off sign in the window. Ohhhh…game over. The bald kid and I nearly got lost–never to be seen again. The titles are a bit blurry–camera hands trembling with joy again, no doubt.  We found both volumes of “Sherlock Holmes”–by Doyle, “Ruby Holler” by Creech, “Esperanza Rising” by Ryan, “The Dark is Rising” by Cooper, “Peter Pan” (our next Family Book Club Choice) by Barrie, and “The St. Nicholas Anthology,”–by a huge raft of famous writer’s. Summer could be over tomorrow and I’d still be happy. New stuff. Old stuff. Cool stuff.

I’d put it all away, but I just have to leave it stacked up for a while…you know…

so that every time I walk past…

I can stare at all my treasures–

and giggle.

 

 

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Week #18 Food Storage Prompt: 10lbs. sugar