TEACHER GIFT!

This was my first time ever using Polymer Clay.. It was pretty fun.. I can see why this is addictive! All I bought was the clay.. I didnt buy any of the "tools" they say you need. I just walked around the house and found things I could use..

shoot me now!

om gosh.. someone PLEASE shoot me!
so my friend calls at 9 last night.."come sit with me in the ER"
3:45 am.. I roll into the house.. to find hubby still up.. proclaiming hes been waiting up for me... my reply... "then who will be up with Josh all morning since we are both up all night?" he says " well we have managed to sleep so far.. WEEEEE will figure it out!" HA .. WE HAHAHAHAHA.. so here I am.. with a migraine.. dead to the world.. sore throat.. tummy ache.. Logan be bopping around.. josh proclaiming to be healed! and Cody is fast asleep.. WE sure did figure it out! lol OY...

My latest project!!

started this stupid things weeks ago then with josh and life.. it just got put off..
then I discovered.. AFTER my first sketch was drawn and the wood cut.. It was not going to be what I wanted..
so I sketched again.. went and had more wood cut.. only to discover.. it cant be built like that! (this is where a carpenter would laugh his buns off at me)
so 3rd sketch and a tetris of sorts of the cut wood.. this is what I have.. it was suppose to be a wall of cubes.. like a cubed book shelf kinda thing.. *coughs* well.. maybe in my next project..lol
this also was suppose to STAND..lol but when I asked hubby to hep me assemble.. he crabbed the warped wood.. so its the leaning tower of paper now.. which is FINE.. he helped.. so I don care! it can lay just as easy as it can stand!!
but this will hold ALSMOST all my 12x12 papers..lol yea.. hubby is not thrilled at my amount of stuff gather again.. but I tried to show him.. I've been taking things out of where they were so I can SEE them..
so I think my next project is to make myself a desk/work table.. and then attempt those darn cube things again..lol

Another wild hair...

So I was looking around today at all the Fall sales and stuff.. and saw some pumpkins that I really liked.. so I came home and made something KINDA like them.. I dont like the large base but it was too easy to tip without.. and I didnt want to cut a new base so I grabbed a scrap I already had laying around.. Had many people email and ask.. WHATS THIS MADE OF?? Its a end cut from a 2x4!~ I had a scrap laying around and went to work carving and cutting..

how cool to have caught this!!

I think I will always treasure this image! Im very lucky to have such loving boys. They are eaither kissing or huggin or they are arguing.. but SECONDS after a fight. its back to the love. I cant wait until they are adults... so I can give this image to them!

not your TRADITIONAL Halloween "Jack"

Here in New Mexico we like to do things a bit different..lol

The boys just sat and watched this fella have his share of the halloween goodies and the bird feed. Im thinkin he booted the cottontails out and has made home in our overgrown shrubs!

SK8R DUDE

Here is my SK8R DUDE!!!
This is the first parts of a new kit Im working on!
Its inspired by one of his new school shirts!

GET TO KNOW ME!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? yes.. Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?Last Monday after sparing
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING Sometimes-alot of people like it tho
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?Ham
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? 2 Logan 8 and Josh 7
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDSWITH YOU? YES.. I rock as a friend.. least I think so..
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? They say I do
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS kinda.. I had them out but they grew back
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? HECK NO!
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Capt Crunch PB one
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No, but always re tie them to put them on
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Ive been told I am.. but often wish I wasnt
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Cold Stone Cheesecake Fantasy
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? shoes-it says alot about a person
15. RED OR PINK? red
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? fat
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST My Grandpa
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? if they want
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? no shoes.. foot is still really swollen and black and blue.. and brown shorts
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? bourbon chicken
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? some movie cody has on
22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? not sure.. maybe silver!
23. FAVORITE SMELLS? fresh cut alphalpha
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THEPHONE? Cathy
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yeppers
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? hockey or football
27. HAIR COLOR? brown
28. EYE COLOR? hazel
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? nope
30. FAVORITE FOOD? Lasagna
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Harry Potter
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING baby blue
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? SPRING
35. HUGS OR KISSES? Kisses
36. FAVORITE DESSERT? cheesecake
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I don't know
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? don't know
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? I dont read books
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? water spots
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T. V LAST NIGHT? fly boys
42. FAVORITE SOUND? baby laughs
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? neither
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Michigan to New Mexico
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? several
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? St Joseph MI
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? anyone

TAGGED!!

So both Lynn and Darlene tagged me.. sheeeeeeeeeeeeesh ladies!

7 THINGS ABOUT ME

1. Ive never done anything but get a hair cut(no perms or dyes)
2. I have a brother that is 10 years younger then I am.
3. I married my HS sweetie and we just celebrated our 15th year of marriage June 20th.
4. I dont eat condiments (ketchup, mayo.. that kinda thing.. Im a plain and dry kinda gal)
5. Ive lost 15lbs in the past 2 weeks just by cutting my calorie intake and upping my excersize.
6. I grew up on a ranch and was a cowgirl.
7. I am a clearence addict

TEACHER GIFTS

So we have NO money right now and it slapped me in the face this morning that tomorrow is the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
and I have yet to get something together for the boys teachers..
well its hard to give a GOOD gift.. because Logan has 2 teachers and 3 EAs in him class then Josh has 1 teacher..
so this is what I came up with..lol went Target this morn for laundry soap and saw they had these freezer mugs on sale for 79 cents each.
then thought ok now what..? so kept walking... and saw some gum ...lol and went OH EXTRA.. I know its cheezie..lol but hey..
butt poor = cheap..lol

but I think they are CUTE!

The teachers get 3 packs of gum..lol

and the EAs get 2!

PICTURES IN THE PARK

Here is a new QUICKPAGE I made using my new kit

PIKNIK.

Thought it worked well with the pictures!!

how about a silly survey??

check out where I got this survey from !

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Yes, Miss Kitty off Gun smoke

2. Morning person or night owl?Night owl.. as soon as the sun starts going down im UP!

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Sometimes

4. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? 2 boys

5. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? DUH!

6. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? well yes.. but only because some grew back

7. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? not a snowballs chance on that one

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?Capt crunch!

9. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Sometimes

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Dont really like Ice Cream, but if we do go eat it.. its from STONE COLD CREAMERY! or if its store bought, anything with choc and PB!

11. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?SHOES! you can find out all you need to konw from someones shoes!

12. RED OR PINK? Red

13. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I can only pick ONE? hmm... my body! lol

14. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My grandpa.. we were just a fit.. ya know?

15. FAVORITE SMELLS? fresh cut grass or feilds and pastures

(its the whole growing up on a ranch thing)

16. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Football

17. HAIR COLOR? brown with WHITE (eeks) highlights..lol

18. FAVORITE FOOD? italian food

19. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? depends on my mood.. cant their be booth on one??

20. SUMMER OR WINTER? SPRING! lol

21. HUGS OR KISSES? Kisses

22. FAVORITE DESSERT? CHEESECAKE!

23. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? BOOK? hahhaa.. who has time to read? lol

24. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?we are watching all the smallvilles that are out on dvd so far.. starting with show 1 till the last.. weve been watching for days!

25. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SOUND? babies giggling

26. HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?If I tell ya id have to kill ya..lol

A funny on ME.. literally!

So we all know yesterday was V-day.. It snowed here so there was no school..
So today enough snow has melted that school is a go. The boys both had to take drinks to class for the party (I'm assuming they are going to do their parties today)
I have double bagged drinks for each boy. I ask them.. CAN YOU CARRY THESE? They both proclaim YES MOM!!! I'm thinkin GREAT! I don't have to get out and go to their classes.. I can just drop them off!! (if I was going to have to take them I was going to go to a different place then where I go to drop off)
So we get almost to the front of the drop off line and they both proclaim.. WE CANT CARRY THESE!!!!!!!!.. OOOOK.. so I pull into the LAST parking spot and out we get. I notice.. that the snow was plowed.. but the ice was left. just a random thought at this point. I load myself with 50+ juices and off we start. slipppp.. I bobble.. and save myself.. I think to myself. THANK YOU KARATE!!
step step step. slippppp. bobble bobble SAVE! wheeeeew!
step step step.. going good now! step step.. slipppp.. bobble bobble SWOOOOSH! another one bites the dust.. yeppers.. MAN DOWN!
As soon as I hit the slushy ice.. I hear from a DISTANCE.. are you ok mom? at this point I'm so embarrassed because I just did this in front of everyone dropping their kids off.. all the kids (everyone single one of them seemed to know me today.. ) and all the staff out front.. which I know all of from working there.. I look behind me to make sure the boys are safe and behind me and not in the road.. they are facing the OTHER direction acting like they have no clue who I am.. LOL which makes me start laughing..
the 2 dads, armed with snacks and kinder kids.. don't know if I'm crying or laughing. .and have arms full and cant do anything but ask me if I was ok. I reply.. yes. and am trying to make my hands and knees come some what close to my body. The duties in front of the school are screaming.. ARE YOU OK MINDI?????? so of course all the people that had no clue I was down.. are now looking! so I'm yelling.. IM FINE IM FINE!.. meanwhile. the boys still don't know me. but keeps asking.. are you ok?
so I'm trying to get up.. but I'm in the middle of what seems like lake Michigan. I cant get any grip.. I still have bags of juices in each hand. so now I've decided.. I HAVE to get up. I'm dying here.. so I CRAWL to dry land..lol get up.. and it was like EF Hutten was talking.. not a car moving.. not a person walking.. all eyes on me.. I'm wishing I had fallen in a hole.. but NO! that would be too easy! so I finally get to my feet.. with no help from ANYONE..lol the boys still are about 50 paces behind me.. going.. man that looked like it hurt..lolol.. I get them both half way and proclaim.. IM DONE! and they could carry their own juices the rest of the way.. and to much of my surprise.. both grab a bag and say.. NO PROBLEM and are off and running..lol

lesson learned today: If you think your child is being a smidge lazy and your pretty sure they can do something by themselves. .just make a goober out of yourself in front of their school.. and watch them snap too and do the job even faster then you had wished!

now I'm off to bandage all my boo boos..lolol