Last Day

Today is Jamie's last day as a 10 year old....


I'm kind of sad, but I'll glean the good from it  and savor every moment ;)


He sleeps with our golden retriever Every Night...one growing boy and one big ol' dog in one itty bitty bed!   I don't know how one doesn't end up on the floor, but they never do! 

(Mmmmmoooommm.....what are you DOING?!?)

Happy Last Day of 10!!!   what?!?

Gotta Love that boy!

Happy

Yesterday the wind was a howlin'....but the sun was out and so were we ;)


I planted my flower lady flowers, divided up some old flowers...made a mess of Jim's perfect mulch...felt the burn last night for sure!  Why is it that Hostas are SO Stinking Hard to divide up?!?  They've probably been in that spot for 100 yrs and their roots were Thick!   All that hard work only to find out that it was supposed to frost last night...hopefully I didn't ruin them, but whatcha gonna do...stupid IL may weather!

My lilac bushes are finally starting to bloom so I took full advantage of their fragrant awesomeness!


I Love the smell of lilacs!   I'd have them everywhere..but poor Jim was sneezing up a storm when he came home this morning.   

(the top picture was taken with my canon...I really need to name her...and the bottom with my phone..I love my new camera!!!!)


A good wife would be sympathetic to his needs...


but....


I really like them...


they make me happy...


and if Momma ain't happy, nobody's happy ;)


(we'll see..if he's too miserable I'll toss them...or make him take some allergy meds!)

Catchin' Fleas

My little sister and I headed out to the Pec Thing today.... a more appropriate name would be the It's Stinking Freezin I Should Have Stayed In Bed Thing!


First stop (after the gross-o potty) was this tie dye guy....took a picture for you Joyce ;)



Here's another picture for Joyce....PINK PINK PINK! 


This really isn't an accurate color for the blue...it was lovely turquoise...and I loved it!  (in fact I bought one of those telephone pole glass thingamabobs....got no idea what I'll do with it, but it made me happy!)


Rebar Heaven!


My Grandma is trying to get rid of some old chairs with no luck---maybe this would help sell them!


I bought this mirro for $5...it's about 2.5 ft high by 18inches wide...a lot darker that the cruddy cloudy pic..but that wont matter once I paint it ;)


My sister and I went in on this for my mom's mother's day present (yes it's late....they were out of town)....super happy because her's got broken in a freak ping pong accident.....super happy until I got it home and in better light saw the huge crack glued on the spout....DOH!!!  Trying to think Christ like thoughts but I'm kind of miffed at the lady.......


We happened to notice that my favorite flower lady was having a plant sale...so this lessened my anger...a bit ;)   Karan, I love you and your flowers are awesome!!!!!!


Crystal  and my mom are having this put something crazy in your yard fued....a 25 cent flamingo sprinkler was perfect!


So far, no one's the wiser at the 'rents house!  hehehehe!


So, ya win some, ya lose some at the local flea.   We have lots of ideas on things to look for, but think it might be a better idea to actually go to an auction instead of paying flea market pricing ;)