A Weekend with Hank

Hank is a happy 1 year old

so curious

loves his bath in the kitchen sink

loves visiting his papa's dogs

loves the song baa baa black sheep

I can't believe that I still remember

all those songs I sang to my kids

my SIL use to sing a song just singing all the names in the family

so I did what she did when my kids came along

and now I do it for Hank

he loved it rocking his body back and forth

his favorite thing to do this weekend was to be outside

he loved looking through the windows back into the house

Having a baby around is so much fun

especially, all the hugs and kisses

Petie

Frustrated with a Good Ending

It was so hot on friday

I wanted to pack my things and move

 to a place that requires wearing sweaters during the day

the hot weather was frustrating

attended an ffa banquet and auction

no bidding from our table

all we heard was mumbling from the auctioneer

it was so frustrating

a trip to the er with my mom

she hasn't been feeling well and were not sure if it's the meds

or possibly something else a little more serious

it was frustrating

took her soup on saturday

and there was mass confusion  about her meds

stuff like that drives me crazy

i like being in control

it was frustrating

my hubby was home for the weekend

eggs, bacon,  hash browns and homemade bread

hot dogs, corn salad, chips

rice and milk for dinner

rice and milk for late night snack

rice and milk after breakfast

it was so good we couldn't stop eating it

life is good when you have rice and milk to eat

and your hubby is home

Petie

Not your Momma's Toll House Cookies

I really want to live in a place that has four seasons

It is so flippin hot here in Arizona

more chocolate chip cookies

my hubby literally goes into withdrawals if I don't bake them

at least once a week

he calls them toll house cookies

which is funny because I don't use the toll house recipe

and I don't use semi sweet chocolate chips

ghiradelli milk chocolate chips ONLY

you can get them at walmart really cheap

and watching the people that frequent there is fun

and I can go there in all my frumpiness

and feel like I fit in

Petie

Spray Painting a Goodwill Basket

a few months ago

martha stewart did a project

painting baskets

and I thought why not?

I found this old mexican basket

at a goodwill store for around

two dollars

the mexicans would walk the beaches all day

selling their wares for almost free

that was their favorite line to get you to buy whatever it was that they were selling

we always came home with a basket or two and jewelry

after a few cervesas

everything looked so pretty

especially on the beach

I used some old spray paint I had in our shed

to keep the cost on a cheap basket at a minimum

Don't you just love my designated spray painting area?

my hubby gave me strict orders that I could only spray paint in that area

I call my hubby

the spray paint whisperer

he can always tell when I have been spray painting

how does he do it?

I also call him

the dent whisperer

I put a little dent in his truck the other day

and can you believe he found it?

Petie

Things I am Lusting After and a Funny Invite

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anthropology

jcrew

cisthene

unknown

blood and sand nail polish

the perfect party outfit

gingham check anything

shimmering champagne leather

and this invitation

Petie

Barbies and My Seester

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This post is for my seester

who loved playing with barbies

I on the other hand

was a tomboy

and had no patience for playing with barbies

it was such a waste of time

all those little clothes

putting them on

taking them off

of course

I would indulge her every time she asked me to play barbies

but as she remembers it

I only lasted a few rounds of changing clothes

and would announce my disgust

and frustration at the tiny clothes

and would leave the barbie mess for her to pick up

I don't think she has a very good memory...

I found the above pic while browsing etsy

and

I can't quit laughing

Petie

Bread

Can you smell it

homemade bread 

It's decided

when I grow up

I want to be a bread maker

I LOVE making bread

I found the recipe HERE

Petie

Sick Days

Last week

my youngest came down with

the school plague

at least that is what all the kids from school

were calling it

it spread like wildfire

and the school ended up with a whole lot

of sick kids

I was out of town for a few days last week

and one early morning around

two thirty

I received  this text,

Mom,

not feeling well

staying home

not going to school

can you make me chicken soup?

It was a good thing I was headed home

the next day

Before I got home

I stopped by the grocery store

and picked up

"all the sick supplies that were requested"

homemade chicken soup

ginger ale

and

popsicles

and let's not forget the 10 boxes of kleenex

it was a nasty cold

the school year has officially started

Petie

Hello September

Fall is in the air

not really

but thinking about hot weather

for another two months

is almost unbearable

another thing that is unbearable

 another four years of doom and gloom

loss of freedoms

more lies coming to fruition

an unstable health care system

uneducated people about our history and constitution

a government interfering with my Faith

a corrupted government

ran by corrupted people

a Godless nation

and world

praying fervently

Petie