Happy Birthday Party...

Happy Birthday, Little Lawly!!!



This past week was our little Lawton's 3rd birthday. I think the last time I blogged about him he was a newborn.

 His mom threw a great party. We had all the taco salad and tacos we could eat. Afterward, we had cookies and cake with little Lawly being the center of attention.

 He loves Mickey Mouse, so of course, that was the theme of the party.

Blogger won't let me upload anymore pictures, so

Have a great rest of the week!!!

 

 

 

My Camino (pt. 3)...

I celebrated my 59th birthday on the Camino. Friends we met the first night cooked spaghetti and we

 had a "party".

They gave me a shell for my present with their names on it. It was a really nice gesture. One of them met me as I was coming into town and carried my backpack the rest of the way. Believe it or not carrying my backpack was the best present I could have received.

I ate mostly frozen pizzas, oranges, and yogurt. When I eat tuna I have to doctor it with lots of  Miracle Whip and apples, so the first time I was given tuna salad I thought I would pick the tuna out and just eat the salad. I was shocked. The tuna was delicious! I ate it every chance I got after that. When I got home my husband looked it up and turns out they eat a different kind of tuna than we do in the United States. We tried to find it, but decided they don't sell it here.

   This stand was on a hill in the middle of nowhere. It was a pleasant surprise to say the least. You took what you wanted and left a donation.

The "Iron Cross" one of the highlights of the walk. You are supposed to bring a small rock from home and leave it at the foot of the cross. Supposedly you are leaving your troubles behind.

 More examples of the pathways.

Miles and miles of roads to walk.

Coming into town. The wisteria was beautiful.

This flower was really gorgeous, but I never found out what it was called.

To be continued...

Winner of the GYB giveaway...

Have been waiting on the two week mark since the GYB post. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and to those who decided to follow. I visited many, many blogs and hope to visit more in the future. I will reveal the winner at the end of the post.

I've been babysitting two of my grandkids a few days a week since Christmas while mom and dad work on the building of a new house. They are four and two. Four is a very fun age. They can say the cutest things while being perfectly serious. One evening I told them, "Let's go to the kitchen it's suppertime." Fuzzy, the four-year-old, threw his arms in the air and shouted, "Yes, it's suckertime. I love suckers." When I told him I didn't say suckertime he said, "Next time say it's foodtime and I'll understand." Luckily, I just happened to have two suckers, from Lord knows when, in the pantry, so it all worked out. I also learned something about myself. According to Fuzzy, I look better with my glasses on. I thanked him for the tip and wondered silently if pulling my glasses on and off in public was a good idea or not. Here is a "selfie" taken on his mother's phone and sent to me as they were driving home.

Selfie

 

The two-year-old had to have glasses last week. While I was keeping him I noticed his eyes were crossing. After his mother picked him up she called and said she had noticed it too. It was rather severe. She immediately called for an appointment with a pediatric ophthalmologist.

 

 

 

After a few days of wearing them he refused to let his mother take them off when it was time for bed.

 

WINNER OF THE DRAWING IS:

ALEXIS BOORSBOOM

 

I will contact via email.

 

Thanks again to everyone who visited.

Have a great week!

 

 

Amigurumi Finally Complete...

Here is a previous post from February 9, 2014.

 

I discovered these cute little crocheted animals while browsing Pinterest. I ordered the pattern from http://www.etsy.com/shop/TinyAmigurumi.

After starting over numerous times I think I am finally happy with all the parts, and now it's time to sew them together.

Here is a picture from the website of what it should look like.

 

I said I would post the finished product, so here it is.

Have a great week!!!!

Antiquing Again...

My friends and I went antiquing again this past Wednesday. It was nine and a half hours of rummaging paradise.

I snagged a Case pocketknife, literally from the box of an old man that had come in to sell a few things to the dealer.



Then for nearly two hours we sifted through the contents of an old tub full of thousands upon thousands of buttons and broken costume jewelry (to be used for a future craft project).

A sampling of my treasure trove.

 This print called my name the first time I laid eyes on it on January 9th. I couldn't get it out of my mind, so when I went back I was on a mission. I talked the lady into keeping the ugly frame it was in and selling it to me for half the original price. My friend named him Samuel. I think that's a proper name, don't you. The real secret is, I would have paid full price. I mean who could pass up that adorable little face?



Last but not least, I added to my sock monkey collection.

Meet Mr. & Mrs. Sock Monkey.

Our time was well spent.

Have a great week!!!

Eight Hours On The Road...

When I left home this morning the weather was perfect, I had a room reserved, and was in no particular hurry. This was a good thing as every antique store in my path called my name.

This is a child's viewing coffin used in the movie "Lonesome Dove." A little too creepy for my tastes.

I liked this treed coon, but I didn't like the $75.00 price tag.  

 My favorite kitchen store in one of my favorite towns.

 At the end of the day I netted two old books, a green depression glass pitcher, an old paint scraper, buttons, a small cookie press, two pie birds, and some odds and ends.

It was a good day.

Hope you had a good day too!

 

Flat Stanley...

Flat Stanley goes back to school this week. If you aren't familiar with Flat Stanley then let me enlighten you. Flat Stanley is a book written by Jeff Brown in 1964.

Stanley Lambchop and his brother Arthur are given a bulletin board by their dad. Dad hangs it on the wall over Stanley's bed. During the night the board falls, flattening Stanley. Other than being flat Stanley is fine, but with one advantage, he can now visit his friends by being mailed in an envelope.

Teachers use this book as a social studies resource. They have each student color their own Flat Stanley and mail him to friends and relatives asking them to show Stanley a good time, keep a record of his adventures and eventually mail him back to the school.

I received my first Stanley about 14 years ago from my third grade niece, 3 years ago from my 2nd grade grandson, and now from another 2nd grade grandson.

Here are some of Stanley's adventures:

He arrived on October 31st.

He had to go trick-or-treating, of course.

He accompanied us on a cruise and enjoyed suntanning on the beach.

That meant he had to have his own passport.

 

He had a great time with Crazy Hair's PawPaw and MeMaw

and is on his way home to Mrs. Mazza's 2nd grade classroom.

 

I had a great time with him too.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and thanks to my blogging friends for helping me get my pictures posted.

Driving The Blue Ridge Parkway...

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. My last post was on August 10.

Hubby and I are on a road trip. We are in Waynesboro, Virginia. For the next three to four days we will be driving the Blue Ridge Parkway through Northern Virginia and into North Carolina. The fall colors are supposed to be spectacular. I'll try to post as I go, but for now here are a few pictures I captured off the internet.  

Have a great week!!!

The Spa Treatment...

This is going to be one lazy week. I hope I don't gain 10 pounds.

I am being totally pampered and this includes back massages, someone to prepare the meals, snacks offered every few moments, a chair to prop my feet upon, a large comfy couch complete with blanket and pillow, hugs and snuggles, and sno-cones prepared especially for me.

Where am I? 

At an exclusive spa, perhaps?

In Beverly Hills, maybe? 

On a Caribbean cruise? 

No, I'm staying with the grandkids while their parents are away.

Brown Hawk gives the best massages around and he cooks! He made chicken Taquito's for lunch and a cherry sno-cone for dessert.

He says he's making chicken nuggets and pizza rolls for supper

 while Moon Daisy makes brownies.

Crazy Hair can eat more snack food than ought to be allowed by law, but always offers to share.

Yes, I can tell this is going to be one lazy week.

And I can't wait.

Hope you have a great and lazy week too!!!

It's A Boy...

Saturday was the big day. We gathered at my daughter's house. Her hubby grilled hamburgers and hotdogs. Afterwards we cut the cake.

Anticipation

It's a boy!!!

Even our son in Utah was able to participate.

It was blue inside, so if the good Lord's willing we are going to have our 5th grandson. Our only granddaughter just turned 13, so most of us were hoping for a girl, but we'll certainly take another precious little man.

Jesse Lawton is due November 16, 2012.

Have a great holiday week!!! 

Very Entertaining...

Today was my first day alone in 10 days and I can tell you entertaining a seven-year-old doesn't leave much time for blogging.

Endless games of Skip-Bo,

Chess, Scrabble, and Boggle,

 coupled with hours of "Adventure Time" cartoons, popcorn, cosmic brownies, and

coffee, cause that's what you do when you come to Memaw's house,

 Blizzard's from Dairy Queen, burritos from Mexico City Cafe, and

balloon animals

can cause one to forget about blogging altogether.

And while feeding the giraffes at the zoo was a hit,

all three of us squeezing into one kiddie car was an even bigger hit.

He chose rocks for his souvenir

and played ninja in the Pampas grass.

We ate at Cracker Barrel and went to see Jaws on the big screen.

I didn't have time for blogging this week, but had a lot of fun with my little Crazy Hair.

Have a great week!!!

Carlsbad Ain't Bad...

Just returned from a wonderfully, fun and quick trip to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. It's about six hours from home. We left Saturday morning and returned at 3:30 today. Approximately three-thousand people went through the cavern on Saturday and another three-thousand or so Sunday.

Luck seems to run in spurts for us and this weekend Lady Luck was hiding behind every nook and cranny. To start with we arrived at the cave before it opened making us one of the first to go down. The elevator signs warned you might have an hour wait to get on one when you were ready to come up out of the cave. We walked up to an elevator got in and rode to the top-no problem, but when we got out there was an enormously long line waiting to get tickets to go down. The sign for the elevator had been changed to say you would have an hour wait. People were literally everywhere. Moral of the story-get there early if you plan to enjoy your tour without fighting the crowds.

Here are a few pictures from the trip.

Down, down, down.

How would you like to climb down this way?

Or this way?

That's how they did it in the 20's.

Looking up from just below.

I've visited this cave at least a half-dozen times and never get tired of it. If you feel up to a 3 1/2 hour slow walk then put on your walking shoes and visit Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday.

Enjoy the week ahead.