book list: for the SAKE of blogging

In a fit of defiance and strength, I abandoned my family for ONE WHOLE HOUR!!! ha ha! I was a little little peeved because I cleaned up the kitchen for an hour after dinner (from a whole days mess) while they ALL played. So I told them I was going to go play for an hour while they cleaned up the front room...I really am trying to keep it clean :)

ok so, I ran away to Barnes and Noble and browsed the books and tables of promotional books, and bargain books, and craft books, and interior designer books and did it REALLY fast because I did have only an hour. I made a list of all the lovely books I thumbed through and thought I might like to read or buy or lift (j/k). Here it is for your browsing pleasure...all 5 of you that read my blog LOL!

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez I've heard about this book a number of times and I think I would like it??? Any input?
Summer: A User's Guide by Suzanne Brown So cool! It's direction and recipes...basically a how to for summer...It includes directions for throwing a clam bake, using a boogie board, and entertaining kiddos. It was totally cool! Go look!
The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation by Paulo Coelho from the writer of "The Alchemist"
The Boy Mechanic Makes Toys I have "The Boy Mechanic" but this one looks fun too! I love vintage book reproductions!
Get a Hobby!: 101 All-Consuming Diversions for Any Lifestyle by Tina Barseghian Do I need to say anything else? Instruction/informational book about how to start 101 hobbies... I'd get this but I know I don't need any more hobbies
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The description for this book swept me away. You can read an editorial version part way down on the linked page...totally magical...at least I hope so! If I BUY one book this summer it will be this one.
The Personal Organizing Workbook: Solutions for a Simpler, Easier Life I liekd this not only because I am on an organizing kick lifestyle change, but because the photos were so great!
Knitting for Peace What a great book! A list and info of chafrities to knit for, plus it's super cute too!
Creole Thrift: Premium Southern Living Without Spending a Mint decorating book w/ a biut of Southern Ed. Really a lovely book. I especially loved her remodeled and beautifully decorated pigeonnier similar to this one. I WANT A PIGEONNIER!!!

Blogging for myself

We went and saw Pirates yesterday. loved it and hated it...anyways, I forgot to frink my gigormous soda that hubs bought me, so I started chugging it through the credits (stay unitl they're over to see part of why I hated it!) Well movie upset and a chugged coke did not make for a happy tummy, so I was sent to be early (is it bad that no real dinner ever was made and my kids survived the night on the gobs of candy they ate during the movie?) Anyways again, I went to bed at 8 and slept restfully well until 7 this morning. And they are still all in bed, and it's so lovely and quiet (like the night) w/o me being tired (unlike the night) and in a few short minutes I must wake them to dress and set out our yard sale...but it has been so sweet and lovely this morning.

Something Old is New Again

Over a year ago, I made a huge score at the libraries clearance sale, bringing home 4 bags of vintage books for $8. I put all my keepers on my bookshelf and stashed the others away for projects. It's been on my mind lately to get it done, and yesterday saw Kerry's post about her altered vintage books. I figured what better time then right now! (to look like the copy cat I am LOL!)

Mine's different though. I dissected a couple of 3 ring binders so I could keep the spines intact. The one titled "Birds in Our Lives" is for a special scrapbook about our friends and families. The "America's Wonderlands" will be a travel journal for any trips we make this year. I'm not very good at travel journaling, I get too wrapped up in the moment, so I think this will be a nice collection of many single paged but thorough road trips.

s'more

Less is sometimes better than more, but s'more is always better than everything else...

I'll just sum up real quick that my weekend was mostly not good, with a very fun dinner one night, and that today followed suit of being really not good with a bunch of good mixed in...I just want a break! LOL!

My day of goodness and it's evil conterparts;

Decided to declutter my counter:::had to stop before I finished to pick up "sick" C-bug from school
Cleaned off fridge and front of cabinets:::someone sprayed shaving cream all over the bathroom counter and cabinet
Made a healthy yummy dinner:::B threw 2 handfuls of uncooked rice all over the kitchen
Made s'mores for everyone:::stepped in something blue and sticky on the previously cleaned kitchen floor

Sooooo I made myself 2 extra s'mores...I feel better :)

Lucky Me

I did not have a good day...not a bad day, just not a good day...just a bit of a pregnancy blood sugar crash, some church needs that came up that are big, just exhausted me.

However I had bunko to look forward to. I feel like a traitor, because it's not MY game group, in fact it's a group of "them," "you-know-who's" or "those girls." ;)So I thought "muhahaha!, I'm infiltrating 'the group.' I'm gonna hit 'em low and hit 'em hard! They won't even see it coming!"

So I picked up these "lucky 7" charms that I actually made for no reason at all, constructed a quick necklace and long story short, I ended up with the highest score, the highest bunkos, AND traveler!!! Muhahaha! ;) I promised not to wear my necklace next time I play with them. But I'll have it in my pocket! ;)

The beginnings of a lovely quilt

Scrap quilt top, using this lovely tutorial from happy things

Ceramic Plate redo

First I saw a pic in either Blueprint or Domino with these neat-o stenciled on vintage ceramic plates...yes you too could

own one

for roughly $80! Next magazine (April's Country Home) had a great article on Danny Seo with the same kind of plates:

You too could

make one

for roughly $7!!! (Ceramic oven paint from the craft store.) So of course I did: