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

Harry Potter and the Family of Wack

No, no…it’s not the newest Harry Potter book.

The “Family of Wack” well,

that would be…

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…us.

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Yeah. We really get into this sort of thing.

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The crowds…

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the costumes…

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Voldemort

even the scary guys…

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and believe it or not–the lines turn out to be an event.

Yes, a new Harry Potter movie is coming out–TODAY and quite frankly, I keep forgetting which number this one even is.

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But seriously, who cares? Life is more interesting and fun where there’s something to look forward to. In fact, by the time you read this–we will have already stood in line and caught the show with all the other Harry Potter Wack-jobs.

Our only defense…

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we love this stuff!

Stuff I’m Loving…

…right this minute—

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Low fat animal cookies to share…

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Yard flowers pretty enough to be wallpaper…

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New stationary to write to my far-away boy on…

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The perfect grin and a chicky with attitude…

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The new, handsome man in my life…Truman the Treadmill…

yeah, we’re tight…

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My sister’s backyard in the rain…

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A crabby, old dude…

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AND having two legendary characters under one roof–Big Foot and Tinkerbell—just imagine…

Tie all these up in a big knapsack and my life would be complete…

Ok, fine. Leave them all where they are and my life can be nearly complete and everyone will be happier…

and less crowded.

Sheesh.

Shop Hop (part 2)

Home again, home again…jiggety-jog.

But ohhhhhhh—

…the winding highway we cruise-controlled…

…the quaint cottages we coveted…I mean, wished we lived in…wait…is that the same thing? Oh, whatever…

…the silky fibers I couldn’t keep my hands off of…stopped trying, actually…

…the amazing baby versions of the ABC song we sang…

…the basket full of prizes we get to keep…hee hee hee…don’t worry, I’m not trying to rhyme…

…the hollyhocks we sniffed–that is, until a bumblebee the size of a seagull showed up…

…the “finger-dancing” we did to all the 70’s music we could stand…

…the peaceful river we rested by…being careful not to disturb the residents…

…the fabulous old, old stuff that I sincerely tried to keep my hands off of…alas, in vain…

…the pretty porches we got to play on…I’m having one of those someday–I tell you…

…the 300-ish miles of people-less land we drove through…I mean, around…

…the millions of quilt-y things we took pictures of–for inspiration—which by-the-way, still look really hard to make…

…all to end up here—at this most beloved and sought after door…

…to turn in this card filled with a million stamps proving that we have driven around the world 3 times in the last couple of days…and now…

…will be resting these for a while as we dream of all the stuff we will most certainly win…

that…and about getting a touch up on the Iced Cranberry polish.

It’s time.

Joy In the Journey

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“This is our one and only chance at mortal life—here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now.”

Thomas S. Monson