Tolentreasures

I find myself saying "What was I thinking?" and even more times my dear husband has said "What were you thinking?" This is one of those times. I have always wanted to do a home show, you know don't haul your stuff anywhere just show it in your house. All sounds good in theory, in reality....I need HELP! My dear husband, who has signed up for another 5k, thought that dragging all my stuff out of the attic would count for a work-out tonight and it did apparently, he was sweating when he was done and while I am glad that it is all downstairs, in my grand plan at this point all my regular stuff would be upstairs....NOT! What a mess I have. I did get a few areas arranged and they look nice. Everywhere else is mass chaos. I'd like to say it will all be better in the AM when Shawnee shows up to help, but Gracelyn and Kendall are coming with her, really, will we get anything done? There is stuff that needs finished, stuff that needs glued, stuff that needs ...

If anyone is looking for a road trip this weekend...or thinking of one, here is a suggestion. Our Open House is not the only event in the area. Check out these websites. The Christmas Open House is in Smicksburg, Pa this weekend, and Bev from Tymes Past will have her shop open. She is cleaning out a house filled with antiques and goodies. I will have directions to her place at my house. I would love to meet some of you from Blogland! All of these events/places are about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh. A great place to spend the day and the weather should be perfect! http://www.smicksburg.net/ http://www.smicksburg.com/ http://www.tymes-past.com/ http://tymespast.blogspot.com/2009/10/antiques-liquidation-sale-spread-word.html

Just as a general disclaimer, some of this might have influenced the following pictures. Aunt Shelby on the swing with all four kids. This is a very hard shot to get, all four of them in one shot. The lollipops might have helped. "Are you really sending me out in public in this get-up?" Final touches for the garden gnome. Mario would have no part of a moustache. But Tyler/Luigi loved his! Kendall/Mermaid Girl got her first lollipop this year. She LOVED that! Her little tongue was moving so fast to lap that up. And after the costumes came off...Hey, Hey I Wanna Be a Rock Star. The pics are blurry, there was that much action. The big kids were fighting with the little kids for the "toys". And at midnight when they all left, Tyler was asleep in our bed and I said,"Just leave him here, I'll bring him home in the morning." This shot is about 7:30 in the morning after we have watched Tom and Jerry, read all four I Spy Books, played with Play- Doh and now...

Finished up these tags this morning. They are just tags from Staples and I am not sure what I am going to do with them yet. More of the candy canes finished up also. If you have never made these, they are so easy. I find the candy canes at yard sales. These are wrapped in my old living room curtains first and then scraps of fabric. A little bit of greenery and some stars or jingle bells, sprinkle with Diamond Dust and they are finished, A few smaller ones. I had Kendall all day and the boys in the morning. They played with the Play- Doh for quite awhile. They really enjoy that. After the boys left, I took Kendall to see her Mom at school and take part in their Halloween party. The kids all loved having her there and it was nice for me to see Shelby's room. I had not been there yet this year and she has a new classroom since last year. I painted this tree this evening. It is for Hallelujah Night at our church. The game is to knock Zaccheus out of the little openi...

They just seem to go hand in hand for me. I wake up with all these ideas and I have to get up and act on them. I feel pretty sure that I will be feeling the results of this about suppertime. I painted these quite awhile ago and never got them finished. Finally fired up the glue gun this morning in an effort to stay in the basement and not wake John. Some stuff that has been laying around and did not escape the glue gun this morning. And these pumpkins that I picked up last week at Michaels for .99 each. I have three more that need finished. I found all these crows in my stash, never know what you even have until you dig. And now for my gross story of the day. John and my MIL have these friends from where they used to live...used to live in something like 40 years ago. There are not many of them left, thank goodness, but the ones that still come to visit can be real characters. Sometimes their visits are quick and painless, other times they just leave me shaking my head. Y...

Sunday evening was spent "helping" Gracelyn carve her pumpkins. Her favorite words of the evening were" ooey -gooey" and "happy day" SHE did not mind sticking her hands in the pumpkins. Bath and five more readings of Put Me In The Zoo, after arguing for The Cat in The Hat and losing that argument, she was off to bed. Yesterday morning, I took the morning off from work to take Tyler and Logan to get their pumpkins. Loading them both in the car, when they INSIST on fastening themselves in takes forever! Where do they get the independent streak so early? Six pumpkins, two mini pumpkins, a bag of apples, two candy necklaces, chocolate candy, a gallon of milk, two stops, Logan telling everyone he is going to be Mario (no one else really understands him) and an argument with Tyler over how I was not going to buy him lottery tickets as he tries to grab just one little dollar for a ticket, we got home, brought all six pumpkins in to the basement and Tyler...

Just some more items, finished for our open house. I am in the usual, "how much can I get done at the last minute" stage that I always got to before a big craft show. The paint is flying and my mind is working overtime. There is a whole box of these 2 x 4's cut in the basement. They are leaving rapidly! And all these pieces of scrap 1/4 inch plywood. These still need jute glued on them. And another snowman door. I am still doing some knitting. I have a few scarves started and finished a hat for Kendall and am starting another one because I don't think that the first one is going to fit her. Movie Critic Corner: John and I watched the movie Gran Torino last night. It is a Clint Eastwood film and I am not a huge fan of his movies. I wanted to watch Mamma Mia for the 5th or 6th time (he has not seen it yet and refuses to...I think if he could be guaranteed no one would ever find out he would...but then I would post it here and...well I digress) If you can ...