I am still hurting from moving the treadmill yesterday, and I also have a lot of flowers to make in preparation for my Wine Night Party this Saturday, so I am just phoning it in today.
You know dang well I would have done it, too.
Have a great Hump Day!! 😀
Yes, my friends! It’s FEST TIME AGAIN!!
First we had the Wein & Sangerfest, then the Gruene Music and Wine Fest, then it was Oktoberfest, and now comes WURSTFEST!!!
You’ll notice this fest is technically number four. Well, there are two more planned at the end of the year, including the Weihnachtsmarkt. And I haven’t included the fests that are celebrated on the north side of the area. Hopefully they will have some souvenir glassware available. I would hate to be a *cough* bad example to the kids.
They should just call it “Liverfest”. It would save them a ton of money on advertising 😉
One of those days….
I set the wrong time on my alarm, waking up an ungodly half hour earlier, only to discover that the little dog got into her food again last night, I am now out of coffee, kid forgot homework, and I tore a nail.
If I hadn’t needed to drive my brother-in-law to the station, I would have started drinking at 9 AM.
And here it is, nearly 4 PM, and I haven’t written a post.
Wait….I have written a post!
Ok, done with that, and it’s almost 5 PM. Day’s getting better already 😉
I confess, I love perfume. I do. Aside from the historical viewpoint, I love the romance of it. I love the bottles, and the labels, and the names, and the stories attached to their journey from nature to bottle. I own quite a few bottles, too. Perfume doesn’t have to be expensive to be nice and appreciated. I remember waaaaaaaaaaaaay back in high school, a friend gave me a tiny bottle of Babeâ„¢ eau de toilette for Christmas, and I loved it. And who can forget Love’s Baby Softâ„¢?? I still have some of that. Not that it’s appreciated around here:
Hubby: What are you wearing??
Me: Uh, pajamas…
Hubby: No, I mean what perfume??
Me: Oh! “Love’s Baby Soft”, why? Don’t you like it?
Hubby: Any chance you can shower again, and throw away the bottle?
Me: Hater…
Not all perfumes are divine scents, though. My mom gifted me a bottle of some high-priced designer stuff that reeked like a dead skunk that had baked in the sun for days. It was so bad, I threw it out, and I never throw out perfume. That’s just wrong. But that was just awful. And I don’t care what people say about “personal chemistry”. You wear what smells nice to you. My sister prefers floral scents, and I prefer orientals and woodsy scents. Basically, that means she never borrows any of mine, and vice versa. Not that she would. My signature scent is Shalimarâ„¢, and that just reminds her of our grandmother.
Remember: the gift of scent is a personal one, so make sure YOU can live with it, as well. It is no secret what Hubby likes, from the myriad Shalimar™ and Samsara™ bottles I own 😉
Apparently, the kids are itching to go travelling again today, so off we go! Our planning method involves a map and a dart thrown at it, so no telling where we’ll end up. The only rule we adhere to is the “200 mile radius” rule.
Which means the town of Old Dime Box is still in play.
Anyway, here’s a Sithy for y’all!
Instead of Earth Science, perhaps he should have been teaching about building a better Death Star.
Have a great Sunday!! 😀
Today we are going out of town, so y’all will have to rely on social site games and football to tide y’all over. And from my friend roamingfirehydrant:
Well, I do speak Fwench, you know 😉
Have a wonderful Saturday!!
Never underestimate Hubby on Halloween.
This year, our kids dressed up and went trolling up and down the neighborhood, while Hubby and I stayed behind. In the years past, we had a block party in order to “streamline” the Trick-or-Treaters into one area to make things easier on the parents, but this year was called off due to several neighbors moving away. So, we sat outside so that the kids wouldn’t be ringing the doorbell and driving the dogs crazy.
Normally, the evening would have entailed me exclaiming over the costumes and Hubby going off with the kids. Not this time. This time he was adding to the conversations.
Hubby: You know, we can go get the other snake and place it in the candy basket and let the kids pick through.
Me: Uh, NO!
Hubby: Oh, c’mon! It would be fun!
Me: You’re insane.
And then there were the costumes…. Hubby is not one to *ahem* gloss over anything.
Me: (pointing out a woman dressed as a so-called Little Bo Peep in stockings and high heels) I would NEVER be outside dressed like that!
Hubby: What’s wrong with it?
Me: Obviously nothing from your point of view.
Hubby: She’s sure Peeping out of it.
And the kids dressed like zombies got two pieces of candy, for obvious reasons.
Zombie Kid: TRICK OR TREAT!!
Hubby: Hey! A zombie! You’re lucky I left my shotgun inside.
Zombie Kid: Huh?
Hubby: Practice for the Zombie Apocalypse, you know?
Me: HERE’S SOME CANDY HAVE A GOODNIGHT!!!!
I think next year I’ll put him in charge, and videotape the whole thing. It’s the only way people will believe me 😉
Yesterday afternoon, my friend Jennie told me of a scrapbooking class she will be teaching. Five minutes later, after a round of SQUEEEE!!!– I confirmed my spot to take her class. Five minutes after that, I was taking inventory of everything I would need for it.
This is where I noticed some of my stuff was *ahem* out of commission.
Apparently, one of my kids needed to use some of my paints and tools for a project. Normally that would be fine, since I am of the opinion that things are there to be used. But it hurt to see the sorry state of my scissors. My beautiful, magnetized, do-everything scissors, which someone thought meant “do-everything-including-use-as-pliers”. I am not at a loss for scissors, not by a long shot. But these are special!! They cut through chipboard and wire and short of doing dishes, they make me happy. Now I have to make do with regular, run-of-the-mill scissors, and that’s going to take a bit of adjusting to do.
But enough wailing about that. Some of y’all may remember this.
Well, I finally found some paper mache pumpkins!!
So today, I am working on altering these for the Great Pumpkin Mantlescape of 2012â„¢, without my scissors. But no matter. I can do just fine with a knife and a ballpoint pen.
Trust me. I’m a professional 😉
And I know just how they feel, especially after going junking for Eldest’s room stuff.
You have to start somewhere 😉
Have a great Saturday!!
And I really don’t know how that happened.
Today is my blogger friend XBradTC’s birthday!!! And like a good friend, I made him brownies. I say “good”, because if I were a great friend, I would have mailed them to him.
They were delicious. Take my word for it, Brad.
Also, an update on Eldest’s room. Yes, the big reveal was postponed forever due to school commitments, but here is a pic of the final big project I did for her room.
It’s a light fixture made from two hanging baskets, a lantern light kit and an Edison lightbulb. And as you can see, that is the cord cover I was sewing my fingers on that inspired me to ask for a sewing machine for my birthday, which I probably won’t get because I really have no room upstairs for it at this time.
Hope you like the sneak peek. I am counting on getting everything done today so that I can FINALLY do the Big Revealâ„¢ tomorrow. If not, I’ll just make more brownies 🙂
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