Still a work in progress....

Remember the post about the window picture frame? Well it's been painted but we finally got it up on the wall yesterday. The sconces are from Partylite.
Frame is still not finished but I figured it would be ok to hang it for now. I need to order the pictures that I'm going to put in it. I have yet to decide if I will do all 6 window panes in pictures or put something else in them. I have seen it both ways.

Before...

After...

STAR WARS IN CONCERT

Isn't he just the sweetest thing ever? And he had a little baby too.


When I first learned of this show from a co-worker that it was coming to town I just knew my husband had to go. He is really into Star Wars. I actually do like the movies, I'm not turned off by anything Star Wars and I grew up with it. I am always amazed when I hear of someone my age that has never seen any of the movies. I do prefer the older ones to the newer ones but they all have a story and you actually should see them all to understand the full story.

I went ahead and bought us a couple tickets and surprised my husband with it. Well, he was less then enthusiastic about it when he looked it up online. Which let some wind out of my sails. Orchestra concert...not his idea of cool. But sometimes it may be better to not have any expections and be pleasantly surprised. Which he was. We soon learned that there would be characters there before hand to see and also props on display. He is really into the props and making stuff like that for sale. He owns a black Stormtrooper outfit (you can see him here) and he would have loved to have wore it last night to the show beforehand and be part of this local group that was there. He eventually is going to sign up and be part of "The 501st Legion". Some day we'd like to make it a family thing and all dress up. The group goes around to charity events in the area and puts smiles on hundreds of kids faces. How cool is that!

Here are some pictures of our evening...





Here is where our seats were at.

I think I'd like to go as a SnowTrooper. Looks totally comfy.

Here is part of the show...

Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland Costume Set GIVEAWAY!!!!

Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland Costume Set GIVEAWAY!!!!

Go check out this giveaway! This is some true talent! I love the
Queen of Hearts costume and with the Alice in Wonderland movie
coming out soon I'm sure that will be a popular costume.

Pumpkin Patch 2009

Is it just me?

Or do you all have probems with this? This guy is a regular at this offramp. He has a dog, of course. One day we drove up this offramp and there were several people standing here. But usually it's just this guy. I always wonder what breaks a person to go this route? Or do they have more money in their savings account then I do? As I was sitting here pondering all this about this stranger in front of me the light turned green. The SUV in front of me had their hand out with some green showing. He sure spotted that very quickly and seemed very appreciative to the lady driver.

When I came back by this area I saw 2 children standing by talking to him and petting his dog. Girl and a boy, they were like maybe 9 and 7? The boy was younger. Then I saw the boy reach out and give the guy a hug as he was sitting there. All that made me wonder more about this stranger on the street corner. Were the kids walking by? Did they jump out of their families car while their light was red? It was all very odd. Did they know each other? Was that their Uncle Hal? All questions that I may never have the answer to.

TRADER JOE'S

I forget how much I love this store. I always forget about going here but when I do I always find such unique items. Also neat entertaining meal ideas. Today I found my favorite Honeycrisp apples. At our local grocery store they are $2.99lb and to buy three of them is almost $4! Here I found a bag of them for $3.69. Can't beat that price! And what I also love is you don't see the standard name brand items. I really need to go more often.

Diesel got his 1st haircut!

I finally got Diesel in for his first Schnauzer cut. And no I didn't keep a lock of his hair! I think she did a great job but I really didn't recognize him, he looks so different. I attached a before picture but that was taken a month ago so you can only imagine how much scruffier he was getting. I still like him all messy but the new clean cut looks good too. The lady said besides being afraid of the loud noises he did very well.

After

Before

25 years

Congratulations to my brother Randy and his wife Dena. They celebrated 25 years of marriage this year.
Here they are with their sons Tony and Tim. Also Rachel, Amanda and their granddaughter Paisley.

Reality Star Sighting

So here near where I live we have the Roloff family who are on the TLC show Little People Big World. The other day I was driving by a place and saw a 2 man film crew filming someone and it was the father, Matt Roloff. Of course I drove slow just to see if I could get my car in the shot. ha!
I saw their 2 older kids in a muscle type car with their Mom and they were headed out of the parking lot. The camera crew got in their van and followed and then the dad got in his car and whipped around and followed behind. If I had been pointing in the direction they left or not on my way somewhere I may have followed them. But I know where they live which is a bit of a distance from where I was and my luck they were probably driving home.

Diesels First Boat Ride

I'm not sure what was going on here but Diesel looks like he has no desire about coming in the boat. I don't blame him.

Kypton from the Bachelorette

Look who one of my best friends ran into this evening. Bachelorette runner up Kypton! My friend lives in Carlsbad, CA and so does he. She was at the Del Mar horse track this evening and there he was. Actually her husband spotted him first. My friend Gabby actually told him that 3 of her friends bet on who Jillian would pick and Gabby told him that she had won because she picked him. And he asked how did that make her win and she said because she had picked the one that went the farthest. She said he laughed about that one. When her husband asked if he was going to be the next Bachelor he could not confirm. He said something is in the works but it hasn't been determined.

But she said he was very charming, funny, very polite and had girls all over him. My friend was even a little giddy when she called me about it. I seem to recognize his shirt from the show and it seems a lot of celebs are wearing that shirt these days.

She has also met Andrew Firestone and recently when she was here in Portland she met Timothy Hutton while he was here filming. She cracks me up!

Overly Airbrushed?

Yes I admit. I follow Celebrity gossip. Depends on what it is of course and this article caught my eye. People are apparently saying that all Kelly Clarksons curves were airbrushed off for the cover of Self magazine. The above picture is a recent picture of her on good morning america. And below is the September magazine cover. Self magazine admits it did airbrush the singer, but no more than they do every other cover model. The editor-in-chief argued, "Our picture shows her confidence and beauty."

Man, I certainly wish I could be airbrushed to look that good!

Window Picture Frame

On my way to grab lunch last week I walked by an antique store and saw a couple old style farmhouse windows for sale. When I saw them I instantly wanted to put pictures behind them and hang on the wall. I went back 2 days later to buy 1, maybe 2, and here is what I came home with. I'm very excited and I can't wait to see how it turns out. I can't decide if I'm going to keep it the way it is or paint it a fresh new color. Stay tuned.

BIG BUMBLE BEE!

This picture doesn't do this bumble bee justice. He was one big mondo bee! There were a lot of bumble bees on the other flowers but they looked like flies compared to this one. I even tried to catch him in my daughters bug container but I got him in there and of course panicked before I could slide the lid shut.

Local Fair

I took this picture yesterday of a young girl showing her cow. I grew up on a farm and I joined 4-H in the 6th grade and showed beef cattle through my senior year of high school. It was a lot of hard work, dedication and discipline but it was also a lot of fun, I made a lot of friends and I learned a lot. I think that is why I love being around the barns and animals more then anything when I go to the fairs.


Walking through the aisles of the barns I saw these 2 young girls sitting by their cow. We used to do this too. You're there all week and you're caring for your animals who you truly love. It's a very comfortable seat.


Super hot day and these 2 pigs we're trying to keep cool the best way they could.