This is what I did on my Sunday afternoon. No I didn't cut the wood.....I'm trying to move it all and stack it in one area. I'll need help with this one!

Sticker bushes and flips flops....not a good combo. This is what I've been trying to move. It's taking over my life! This is from the tree that tried to take out my house last year.
Stacking wood wasn't enough though. Next I decided to move rock around. Obviously I didn't have enough. Notice the pavers? They are heavy! I put one in the garbage each week. Only 6 more weeks to go.

New Dining Room Chairs......sort of....

I am finally getting around to covering my dining room chairs. I've used a couple of prints from Joel Dewberry's Ginsing line. I've done 3 out of the 6 and you would not believe how good I've gotten with a staple gun. Just stay out of my way....

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Where have I been?!

It appears that I haven't been around since July of last year. I must have been busy. LOL! Actually I couldn't remember my ID and password so I gave up. Somehow tonight I managed to remember them. My plan is to write them down now so I don't forget again. I'll be back.

Harajuku Heaven!! The Kawaii Collaboration

The girls of Adagio Bleu are having a collaboration with a Japanese influence. Have a look! Search ABSD.

I Like Silly Names!

I work for a mail place. I have customers. I give them nicknames.

I don’t do it to make fun of them. I give them a nickname so that I’m not calling them by their Box #. Hey!! Here comes Box #880!! It just sounds too impersonal.

I thought I would share with you some of these names.


Oompa Loompa-This person has the exact face as the Oompa Loompa in the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The one with Johnny Depp. You know...the guy who is EVERY Oompa Loompa in the movie.

Rifleman-One of my favorite customers. Too obvious I know. Yes he mails rifles and shotguns weekly.

FaLaLa Lady-She sings the opera the entire time she is in the office. Oblivious to anyone else there. Makes you just want to slap her!

The Wizard of Fraud-He named himself. He’s my CPA that recently became a Private Investigator. CPA….PI….strange.

Moleman-He’s a self ordained minister who kills moles for a living. Enough said.

Baby Jane-What ever happened to her?

Certifiable-Gorgeous guy who works for the government. He only mails Certified letters so before I finally asked his name I gave him one of my own.

The Waterboy-He, along with his brothers, owns the bottled water company here in town.

Fred-His name is Don. Don’t ask.

Brown Dude-Well who else but the UPS guy?

The Candyman-He brings me candy because I’m really nice to him. I am really nice to him because he is whacked and I don’t want him going off.

Can’t Complain Enough Guy-Nice man but never anything good to say.

Saving the best for last……

Bidet Man-Sounds like a superhero doesn‘t it? Yes.....he sells bidets for a living.

Visiting Flagstaff, AZ.

Have you ever had one of those days where it was so bad it felt like it had been going on all week? I have. It wasn't bad enough that I am having a bad hair day but the rest of the day? So…to cheer myself up I thought I would talk about my recent trip.

I visited Arizona. My niece in Flagstaff was getting married. My daughter and family live in Tucson so I flew there and we all drove up to Flagstaff. What a beautiful city. I live in the Pacific Northwest and expected Flagstaff to be just like the rest of the Arizona desert. I was pleasantly surprised! It is not much different than here with it’s Ponderosa Pine forests. The weather in Flagstaff is warmer than here. We’ve been in the 60’s. It was about 80 degrees there and I loved it!

On my flight to Tucson I was bumped up to 1st Class. It was great since it was a three hour flight. This was only the second time I have ever flown 1st Class. The first time was also when I visited Jamie. She must be lucky for me.

I think I’d like to move here!!! It's probably really pricey.

The college in Flagstaff is gorgeous. It is also huge! It has a ginormous dome that looked like a spaceship. The rest of the campus was beautiful.





I couldn’t believe how green it was here!



AND.....I got my kicks on Route 66!!



I can't wait to go back. Also the wedding was absolutely beautiful as was my niece. It was so nice to see this side of my family after so long.