Some cute ideas

I saw this on Pinterest last night and thought it would be something awesome to make from one of my beach pictures for my beach room.

I kept scrolling and saw this one as well. Love the glass block even better.  

But then I saw this. Oh yes, I am making this. I am absolutely in love with it. 

On a side note, I saw this and thought what a great way to use up old yarn, but not sure if I even like it but then in another way I love it. I may experiment with a small one in yarn colors of the beach and see how it turns out. I think the downside is I have watched Descendants 2 lately and this reminds me of Uma's hair. LOL

I also saw this last night. It is actually a rug. How unique.

Well, it is pouring the rain again in our little corner of the world. I woke up with a lower back ache. I know it is because of all the hours I worked last week and all the things I've done around the house this week. But knowing why doesn't make it hurt less. But having to work + backache + rain makes me want to go back to bed. But I'm guessing I have to adult today so I better get to it.

A fabulous idea...

My niece posted this in my Thirty-One group. Isn't this a great idea?

Sunday Songs

A few years back, we had the Wilmington Celebration Choir visit our church. What a spirit moved in us that day. This first video of them is actually filmed at my church. The others are at different churches. But I am sure you will agree they are awesome. They are coming back for our 10:30 a.m. service this morning and I am super excited.

Weird...

I woke up this morning to the sound of pouring rain. I didn't want to get up, but I had to. So I took a look at the weather map to see what to expect today.

It's not going to be a dry day, that's for sure. Then I decided to check Facebook. I always look at my memories to see what life was like on this day in past years. Well, last year was a horrible storm day in this area. I drove to work at 10:00 in the morning heading right into it. These cloud pictures tell the story of how the storm progressed the closer I got to work. 

They were huge and rolling in so fast that it was scary.

At times, it looked like the clouds were coming out of the top of the mountains.

the more I drove the darker they got. Keep in mind this was 10:00 in the morning.

I remember it stormed and rained all day. That night coming home, it was even scarier because it was raining so hard I could barely see and lightning struck three different transformers on the roads as I was driving home. I know they were hit because the sparks flew and traffic lights went out as I passed by the flying sparks. Scariest driving day of my life. So I wasn't happy one year later to wake up to a weather report that calls for thunderstorms starting around 11:00 this morning and going until 3:00 in the a.m. tomorrow. It says part of the time they will be isolated and part of the time they will be scattered. Can part of the time they just not be here at all? My office at work is one of those rooms where you can hear storms and rain really, really good. Problem is I've had a long week and I'm exhausted so I will just want to go to sleep if the storms come. Hope you have a great day.

Just a few things...

I have a friend who is about to be a first time grandmother. She saw a cute idea on Pinterest for some party favors for the shower. She bought the stuff in the colors she wanted and asked me to make them since she says she is not crafty at all. So I did them yesterday and they were so stinkin' cute. Save a t-shirt clip art to Word doc, added a text box and printed them out on the paper she provided. Cut them out, hole punched and tied a ribbon. Twenty-one bottle in a little over an hour. Not bad timing and it was fun to do.

Then I wake up to this Christmas card idea on Pinterest. I am going to stop at Lowe's and get some paint samples to do this. I use paint samples for a lot of stuff. I ask the clerk if I can get a variety for a craft project so I don't feel guilty when I get a bunch. They never mind. Not in love with some of the colors they chose below, but I do love the idea.

Fabric lined Mason jars? How do people think up so cute ideas and how did I ever get ideas before Pinterest?

Those had fabric on inside; these have it on outside.

Oh my dear. I need these for Christmas!

Hope you have a happy Thursday!

A Busy Day

School starts back today in our county. So I had my three youngest Grands yesterday for our last day of summer adventure. We decided to go miniature golfing at Ripley's Old McDonald Farm. We had three choices of courses so they elected to do the Cow Course. Our original plan was to do the Pig & Chicken as well, but after one game they decided they had enough of the heat for the day. But it was a great time. 

Lots and lots of laughter, a couple of lost balls, and some serious study of each hole we got to. 

We sure felt like we were on a farm since we had cows grazing.....

And old man fishing with his dog.....

And even a couple of pigs enjoying the sunshine (Although, I will admit I have seen pigs on farms laying in the sun before, but NEVER by a stream in their bathing suits.)

After the golf adventure and some arcade time, we went to Walmart to get a toy. As we were looking in the aisles, Shelby saw this and it was a little scary. It's one of the new Fashionista Barbie's. I said "Hey Colby check this out." He took one look and said "What is it? Like from the 80's or something?" Good question Colby. Not sure in what world this Barbie is a fashionista. 

It wasn't long after that the kids all had to go home. So I went and picked up my friend Sherrie and we made a trip to McKay's to exchange some books. We went to a different Walmart than the one I went to earlier in the day. I saw this shirt that was like one I had in the 1970's. Is Walmart bringing back the past or what? Not absolutely loving all the "older" looks.

Then when we got home, I had a surprise package from one of my nieces, Lori Beth. I was definitely surprise. I couldn't way to see what was inside.

It was a Vera Bradley daily planner and two bags of my favorite chips, Snyder BBQ. They are hard to find down here so it was awesome to get some in a care package from back home in WV. 

She knows me well. I love my planner. I am going to use this one for my work planner so I can keep track of the things I need to accomplish each day, my schedule and my to do list. 

It was a really good day, but I am going to miss having three of my grands two days a week. With school starting and Colby still in baseball and starting into football, it is going to be hard scheduling time to get them for the day and overnight. I told Colby how much I was going to miss them and his response was "I'll see you at Christmas." He's a hoot. I did let him know I wasn't waiting till Christmas to see them. :)

Happy mail....

What do you do when you have happy mail from your UPS guy only to be at work and know you have 7 more hours to go before you can actually GET your happy mail? Well, you have your daughter go to your house, open your happy mail, and send you pictures! 

Which is exactly what I did. She took an accomplice with her who was more than happy to model my new stuff for me. Oh and check out Shelby in her new glasses with my new work bag.

Here's my new double zip cross body purse. 

I am so happy with the way the monogram turned out. 

It has lots of room in both zipper parts. 

My first thought was stuff would fall out easy on this side. Until I got home and realized how deep it is.

I couldn't be happier with the barn icon. I have never lived on a farm. And I have never had a barn, but I love old red barns and I love windmills. When I wanted this new plaid bag for my "work" bag, I couldn't decide what to put on it. Working at the Stampede I wanted a horse related icon or saying. We have a horseshoe but I just didn't like that. Then they came out with the barn and I fell in love with it. Our barn where we get the horses at work is not red, but that doesn't matter. I now have a "Barn Bag" for my work bag and I am super happy.