Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Miss Dorothy and my Mom took up this challenge. I also took this up. My answers are here on my main blog Musical Bookworm If YOU want to take this up details and specifics are on the blogs. Preferably the first two, I tend to be kind of vague...

Monday, May 28, 2007

Chocolate...


MMMMMM! Layers of ice cream, butterfingers and heath bar, oreos, and topped with chocolate sauce.

Your guess is as good as mine

This is the empty containers from a fun session of face-painting. We use the recipe out of The Preschool Busy Book by Trish Kuffner. So simple, comes off easily, and usually does not stain clothes.

Paddington the Bear


Hailing from Darkest Peru in the past box of books came this wonderful Paddington Treasury. Mom read these stories to me when I was little, along with the Mrs. Piggle Wiggles. But this being the COMPLETE treasury had some stories in them I had never heard of. It was SOOO exciting, Marmalade Sandwich anyone?

Piles from a point of view

Egad! it's an invasion!

From one point of view it may seem I need to majorly get rid of some clothes and my room is a huge mess. Aside from the latter being the hardcore truth, I DO need to clean my room the bag of clothes is actually the start of my new wardrobe. I went through many of my clothes quite recently. Some were to "not me," to small, but the common theme of most attire was either too skimpy or too snug fitting. God convicted me to get rid of many clothes, which left me asking him where the new modest clothes were to come from. Two bags of clothes came home with us Sunday, all of which fit almost perfectly. Question answered. Plus Noona and Papa are coming back from Ohio with clothes from my cousin

Monday, May 21, 2007

What was he thinking?

With a padlock on the side it would be perfect, throw some toys and food in and you're all set.

Matryoshka dolls


This lovely matryoshka doll has been a Christmas decoration for quite a few years. These are hand painted and so wonderful. Surprisingly they are really durable and hold up well under uh a few drops on the floor.

Friday, May 18, 2007

This Old SchoolHouse

Most of you ladies that read blogs are homeschoolers so the majority of you may already get this magazine. But this is a really great magazine with great articles and a little bit of everthing.

Pajamas


My Favorite Jammies. Purple with Monkeys and Penguins sledding.

Favorite Mug


A mug has three different occupations. 1: It can be already used and to be in the photo must be plucked out of the dishwasher. 2: It can be clean and ready to hold some tea. Or 3: it can be a pen and pencil/anything that will fit into this cup.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

I'm feeling sheepish or Baaaa humbug

Definition of: I'm feeling Sheepish

I have a tendency to speak before I really think things out. That feeling of "I really want to crawl under the rug at this moment in time." Like right here at this moment I'm feeling sheepish because I have no good example to show just how many time I say this phrase or think it in a normal day.

Puzzled


We have a card table set up in the room with the wood stove in it. The perfect spot to go with a cuppa to put together a puzzle or to paint. Or just plain go hide away from um the other inhabitants of this house.

Teacup


This is a really funky and cool teacup that mom received from her secret sister some while ago. Somehow it made its way onto my bookshelf and has sat there happily for 5 years.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Dolls

Sitting pretty, waiting for a tea party.

I once had a sweet doll, dears,
The prettiest doll in the world;
Her cheeks were so red and so white, dears,
And her hair was so charminly curled.
But I lost my poor little doll, dears,
As I played on the heath one day;
And I cried for her more than one week, dears,
But I could never find where she lay.
I found my poor little doll, dears,
As I played on the heath one day;
Folks say she is terribly changed, dears,
For all her paint is washed away,
And her arm is trodden off by the cows, dears,
And her hair not the least bit curled;
Yet for old times sake, she still is, dears,
The prettiest doll in the world.
The Lost Doll
Charles Kingsley

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Pretty Plum Tree

This plum tree has been around for a while, we bought it up in Manchester at the Equinox Garden place. It bore some fruit during it's first years in the ground but has plummeted (no pun intended) and has just become a pretty spring decoration. If you could just bottle some of the sweet scent and market it as a perfume, mmmm it has such a light fragrance to it.

Tree Pollen


Dad is very glad to be up in Greenland right now. He has pretty annoying spring allergies to the tree pollen. By the time the lilacs are gone by, that marks the end. Last year I started having some problems as well. This morning I woke up with a lovely headache and stomach ache which means it's now my turn to count the days till June.

Cookies and Muffins


On the left are oatmeal raisin cookies that are from a freezer bucket. On the right are apple muffins. Gabe's favorite, Dad makes the best ones though.

Just Me


I really had too much time on my hands that day. But it does make me look taller, 5'6ish hoepfully...whack 3 in off though for the correct height.

Friday, May 4, 2007

Invasion of the body washes

Body Washes

Over the past year we have accumulated many body washes. Two from Avon, one from Bath and Body Works (I LOVE BB) three Lavenders from a bath kit for my birthday. And finally from Christmas Raspberry Vanilla. Needless to say if anyone needs some we have plenty to spare.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Scrapbook pages for Cynthia

Fall Fun
New York City
Thank Heaven for Little Girls

Here are my favorite scapbook pages. I have not scrapped in a few months, due to the fact that I'm lacking a Jasmine Paper piecing. Mom also likes to scrap, She has 2 relatively full albums. One year she had her eye on a really nice plaid album. It was right around her birthday so she bought it and put on the tag "TO: Mom FROM: Debbie"

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Little Grey Kitty: Yum a decent meal

Yowsie: Hey *I* was here first! back away from the food and nobody gets hurt!

There has been a small grey kitty hanging around the house recently. Yowies doesn't like him because it involves sharing his food, house, and doorman/giver of food. Unlike Yows this kitty will meow when he comes around for some food. He seems to be getting fed by someone other than me b/c he seems to be putting on some weight and not look so scruffy anymore.