Lexie LOVES Baby

She will lie on her back and flip Baby around above her.
She sometimes will lie on her back on top of Baby and roll around on it.




If I ask her where Baby is, she runs off and looks for it and brings it back to me.
Baby squeaks and crackles.
Sometimes I tease her by holding Baby and kissing it and saying that I loooove Baby and Baby is mine. This activity gives her a fit!

Something You Can Do With A Gazillion Wine Corks

First I glued the corks to a twiggy wreath from Michael's.
Still a bit boring.










Add some grapes? Dumb looking.














Maybe it is the wrong color.











Nope. Still dumb looking.















How about I wrap a garland around it.





No. Too much plastic vine.


Too much. Too much.


What about this big bushy grape thingy...




No.




Looks Stupid.











What if I cut the bush apart and glue a part of it on.

Leaves are too big or something. I don't know.






OK. Smaller pieces . Smaller bunch of grapes.




It's going to take me years to get all of the glue gun glue strings off of this.











A bit of raffia makes just about everything look better.




On my front door. The E-I-E-I-O Wreath is going on the gate outside.

Look What Fell Out of The Chickens' Butts This Morning!

Aren't these pretty? No salmonella on Scarlet's Run!

Torrid Tags

I love Torrid.
It's a store in case you dont have them in your area.
The denim items come with tags that have these little chains on them.

I decided they were sturdy and an excellent size, so I made them into decorative tags.

My Blog is a Book!

...and I love it!
If you want to do this, go HERE
The process was easy. I got to choose my covers, both front and back.
It took less time than they said it would.
...and they don't even KNOW what great advertising I am giving them for FREE!
I was so excited when it arrived that I did a vertical jump a foot off the ground. Not easy for the likes of me.
I love being able to hold it in my hands, tactile person that I am.

Flat Jack

Flat Stanley is a children’s book by Jeff Brown, which has been around for a long time. If you have ever taught elementary school you know all about Stanley. Seems a bulletin board fell on him and flattened him. After poor Stanley adjusts to his new flat self, he discovers that it isn’t all that bad to be flat. He can do things that a full-bodied kid can’t do. It isn’t long before he comes up with a little scheme to mail himself to exciting places. These circumstances make for a great plot line. Children love to think of being able to sneak into places covertly.
When my grandson, Jack was in the second grade, his teacher used this book to make a writing assignment interesting and had the children make a flat version of themselves. After they admired one another’s flat alter egos they mailed themselves to another city hoping that they would have a wonderful adventure to write about and ultimately make their own little books.
Jack mailed Flat Jack to San Francisco to visit Uncle Rob. It wasn’t long before I got a frantic phone call. “Mom! We lost Flat Jack! We can’t find him anywhere!” I spoke to Jack’s teacher, who happens to be a friend and an ex colleague. She said that she’d have him make another to add to the project when the pictures of the adventure were returned to school. Since time was short, Rob quickly fashioned a new Flat Jack, using a photograph of Jack’s face for the head. Now Flat Jack looked quite real. Flat, but real.
They took him for an airplane ride. They strapped him in the front seat of their plane, took his picture, and took off. Flat Jack got to fly over and take pictures of The Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Island, Alcatraz, the Bay Bridge, and other wonderful San Francisco landmarks.
Then suddenly, horror of horrors, Flat Jack got air sick. Some disgusting paper green stuff spewed forth from his flat little mouth! (Let me tell you here that green stuff spewing from someone’s mouth is prime second grade humor.) The green stuff ended the flight.
They landed and went back to Uncle Rob’s house. There, Flat Jack played with Rob’s puppies, Mellie and Butler. Puppies, being puppies, chewed poor Flat Jack to pieces. The last photo was taken of these pieces scattered all over the floor with the dogs in the background; thus documenting the demise of poor Flat Jack.
His book was a hit, because not only do second graders like to be grossed out by barf, it appears they also enjoy canine dismemberment.

Poor Joe

He had to have two cysts removed.

He wouldn't leave the stitches alone.

So he had to get a lampshade. He is clumsy for a dog anyway. He is crashing around the house. It sounds as if an elephant is rearranging the furniture.

Is This Steampunk?

I don't want those ruthless Regretsy people on my case.

Not that I am putting it up for sale or anything.
I'm just sharing my latest creation.
Note the tap shoes. :)

Shame On US!

read this. It is a great book.

The ABC's of Lynn

A- My AIR CONDITIONER is set on: "Never Go Off"
B- My BEDROOM theme is: Hussy chic. Red and tan.
C- The CAR in the driveway is: dirty
D- My DESK looks: like a dog bed with wires and a computer surrounding it.
E- The EXACT time I wake up daily is: I Never do anything that has to do with exact
time in the equation.
F- The FIRST thing I wash in the shower is: My hair.
G- My GARAGE is filled with: You would not believe it, but it's not my fault!
H- My HOUSE is: Cozy and Tidy, but full of doodads and danglies.
I- If you peeked INSIDE my bedroom you'd see: A fairy garland.
J- My favorite JUICE is: Orange-banana (with vodka?)
K- The best part of my KITCHEN is: All of it!
L- The LAST person who visited my home was: My sister and bro-in-love
M- The last piece of MAIL for me was: my bank statement.
N- My NEIGHBORS think I'm: eccentric
O- If you OPENED my fridge you'd see: Depends(no. not the diapers) Last weekend my
sister saw a pan full of marinating ribs falling out all over her. Not my fault
either.
P- My last house PARTY was: Christmas
Q- A QUICK meal I like to fix is: Frito Pie!
R- My favorite ROOM of the house is: Oh I like them all!
S- The SHAMPOO brand I use is: Pantene
T- My largest TELEVISION is: Don't know inches but it's pretty big.
U- UNDER my bed you will find: Nothing. Lexie dusts it whenever we play ball.
V- The last time I VACUUMED was: This morning.
W- Looking out my WINDOW I see: A pasture and a barn but no animals--They must be in
the upper pasture today.
X- I wish I had X-TRA: If you could see me you'd think, "That woman don't need no
extra nuthin."
Y- My YARD is: Fenced in, finally!
Z- ZZZZZZZ My bedtime is: Whenever...

Want to play?
Copy and Paste!

A- My AIR CONDITIONER is set on:
B- My BEDROOM theme is:
C- The CAR in the driveway is:
D- My DESK looks:
E- The EXACT time I wake up daily is:
F- The FIRST thing I wash in the shower is:
G- My GARAGE is filled with:
H- My HOUSE is:
I- If you peeked INSIDE my bedroom you'd see:
J- My favorite JUICE is:
K- The best part of my KITCHEN is:
L- The LAST person who visited my home was:
M- The last piece of MAIL for me was:
N- My NEIGHBORS think I'm:
O- If you OPENED my fridge you'd see:
P- My last house PARTY was:
Q- A QUICK meal I like to fix is:
R- My favorite ROOM of the house is:
S- The SHAMPOO brand I use is:
T- My largest TELEVISION is:
U- UNDER my bed you will find:
V- The last time I VACUUMED was:
W- Looking out my WINDOW I see:
X- I wish I had X-TRA:
Y- My YARD is:
Z- ZZZZZZZ My bedtime is:

It All Started When I was Eight

I just found this at the Oregon Street Antique Mall in Redding. I had one when I was a little girl. It probably cost a lot less than $60.00 then.
This one isn't in very good shape, but then neither am I. I bought it anyway. Wonder if it is the same one I had. Nah. Mine was bigger. :)

Knitting Or Flask Full of Jack Daniels?

My old friend that I have known since we were 8 MADE THIS and sent it to me for my birthday. She said it was for me to put my Old Lady Stuff in.
I love it!


Go here for the story of the two of us:

http://itsajulything.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-friends-are-best

Wonder What The Poor People Are Doing...

What better to have cocktails and a light supper than on Lake Shasta?
No place!
Lynn,
Barbie,
John,
Richard,
Lyle Lovett,
and the lake.