Whooooo ????

picture if you will, music playing......

The stars lean down to kiss you and I lie awake and miss you...

Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere....

Me: This is a pretty song

'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly...

But I'll miss your arms around me....

I'd send a postcard to you dear...

'Cause I wish you were here....

Me: Who sings this song ?

Son: Owl City...

Me: Who?

Son: OWL City...

Me: Whhhoooooooo?

Son: OWL CI....Oh my God Mom, you are SO dumb !!!!!!!

Me: Laughing hysterically !!!!!!!

I don't care WHO you are, THAT was funny !!!!!!

It had me at.................

the front page of the brochure

the color ~ the color I have been searching for

the color I want for my Master Bedroom

so clean ~ so crisp ~ so cool

with night stands in black

lights in silver

~ ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ~

but what to do for a headboard

we don't have a headboard

I kind of had a faux one at one point

it was one really long mantel shelf

with an oval mirror hung above

and two shorter mantel shelves

above and off ~ one to each side

it was cute ~ it worked

but truth be told, I outgrew

~ UNTIL ~

*** see below ***

behold my sad, leaning Arch of No Garden

the little gates don't stay shut

therefore, the lean factor

notice the detail of the heron in the scrollwork

the distressed finish over the black

cool ~ pretty ~ perfect

for what ?

Well, that would be for the ultimate re-purpose project

you see, I'm going to take the arch off

and the little gates

which will leave me with the two sides

the two sides that I'm going to spruce up

and then mount to the wall above our bed

the wall that is going to have that wonderful color on it

Oh, I can't wait to do this little project

A funny thing happened on the way........

to the Parent meeting for Football

The meeting that was mandatory

Let me start by saying that my husband,

~ The love of my life ~ The Ying to my Yang ~

~ The never puts anything back to my puts everything away ~

~ Left the hose in the driveway ~ All over the driveway ~

~ Not coiled ~ Not even thrown in a semi decent pile ~

~ Just all willy nilly in the driveway ~

~ On my side of the driveway ~

~ Where I park my car ~

~As seen below, the hose is no longer in the driveway ~

~ Well, this is what's left of the hose ~

~ The very hose that was attached to the house ~

** nevermind the plums in the yard **

I'm not quite sure but I think the hose was sending me some

love for saving it from being ripped in two ~ And no doubt what would

have been the demise of my car !!!!!

Or perhaps the front of the house, seeing as I ripped the

faucet away from the house by about 3 inches !!!

This, only being discovered as I heard this very strange noise backing out

of the driveway, sort of a strained, metal being pulled apart.

Kind of Jackie Chan bending the bars of the jail cell in

Shanghai Noon

~ Because the hose somehow, got caught in the wheel above ~

~ The wheel that I just had repaired ~

~ Wrapped & twisted was that hose, around the inside of my wheel ~

~ Of course it couldn't have been easy ~

~ I had dirt all the way up my arm ~

~ I had to lay on the driveway and crawl under my car ~

But luckily, I was able to push the faucet/pipe back in,

~ Well almost all the way in ~

I'm sure the hubby will figure it out when he gets up to water the lawn

before he leaves for work

~ And when he does, I will simply direct him to my blog ~

~ I love him ~ I love him ~ I love him ~

Makeover MADness..................

New to the linking thing ~ Somewhat new to following Sanctuary Arts at Home ~ Saw the post for makeovers and thought I'd participate ~ Cause I need some help and the people at the local hardware/houseware store aren't exactly helping me ~ Well, it's that or I'm not explaining it clearly ~ Around March of this year I was surfing through the free section on Craigslist, like I like to do ~ And I came across a very cool item ~ It was a buffet ~ An OLD buffet ~ It was beat up ~ It had some water stains ~ Which i can apparently get out with Mayo ~ Odd, but what do I know ~ I rushed right over to pick it up ~ put it in the hubby's trucks ~ The hubby that I BEGGED to drive me over there to get it ~ I brought it home ~ Excited ~ Brought out my little Black & Decker Handy Sander and started sanding ~ I sanded so much and for so long, that my hair was yellow by the time I stopped ~ The top of said buffet is quite mangled ~ I don't know how to fix ~ I'm hoping someone can leave me little hints or suggestions ~ When I get it repaired I then have to decide if I'm going to stain the top and paint the rest ~ Or stain it all ~ Help !!!!! ~ Suggestions greatly appreciated ~

Mad about makeovers ~

So, like I had, have like this really cool idea.......

for a re-purposed item in my yard ~ I'm all set to take pics to post ~ So that I can tell you what my faboosh idea is ~ Only, the batteries in my digital camera are dead ~ Finished ~ Done ~ Kaput ~ No juice ~ *^&%$&%$* ~ Darn it ~ The good thing is thy are rechargeable ~ The said re-purpose item is still in there ~ I'm going to go charge my batteries now ~

I has, I say I

has randomness on the brain ~ LOVED the New Moon trailer (thx Jen) ~ excited for lunch with an old high school friend and his family ~ 21 years is way to long ~ enjoying the sun ~ going to go make coffee ~ clean up the kitchen a bit ~ fold laundry ~ %&^&*#&%$&%$& still ~ probably take a nap ~ I really love naps ~ maybe I should work on the buffet more ~ naaah, nap ~ wishes I were a bit more motivated than I have been lately ~ should charge the batteries in my camera, so I can take pictures while at lunch at the park today ~ big heavy siiiiiigggggghhhhhhhhhh ~

My contribution to Musical Monday....

This sweet little video was presented by an old friend on Facebook this morning ~ Although he found it creepy ~ It totally made my day ~ I hope it makes yours ~