Summer Family Time Lots of Photos

Welcome ....I'm a bit late in posting these, but had a lot of things scheduled for this past week.

Our 3 southern Iowa grandkids came for their annual summer visit.  It was a wonderful weather week and lots of things going on.

Four wheeling with Grandpa

 Garden time

 Taking care of string beans

Kossuth County Fair parade  lots of candy

 Movie "Home" and a visit to Great Grandma's

 A little energy fun in the back yard

 Watching spray planes, spraying the farm fields

 Viewing the farm equipment at the fair

 Watching some kids milk a goat.. Cami thought it was totally gross...free popcorn

 Only Cami up in the fair ride here

 Cash having some swim time, even grandma joined in the action

 a Hot dog and marshmellow roast...making S'mores too

 More candy at the Britt HOBO parade

Click on the photo to enlarge...real HOBO's competing for King & Queen later in the day

 Checking out midway..Cael is 12, Cami 10, Cash 7

 Then on to Fossil and Prairie Garden...small wonderful hands on museum, here NEON fish

 Looking for fossils , steep terrain on a hot and humid day.

 Was sure fun...we all found fossils...thank goodness for the breeze or grandma wouldn't have made it

Tribute to Rockford's Jon Tumilson, Navy Seal, killed in a helicopeter crash

Meeting Mom and Dad and saying good bye to grandma & grandpa...What a fun week it was.

Thanks Josh & Juli for sharing those precious kids with us.  We all had so much fun.

WOYWW # 324

So glad you stopped by. Today is Wednesday, the day we share our workspaces. WOYWW information  can be found on our hostess Julia's blog Stamping Ground .  It's fun and it's addictive.

My desk:

The right side....collection drop off...on the chair is one of the wedding dressed I plan to cut up.
The wire I will soon be using for another project. It is from a used furnace filter.

This is the remains of finishing up my ATC's for August. I will post them next week.

I've missed a couple of weeks.. Just a lot of real LIFE going on. The 3 grandchildren were here one week. We took in the local fair 2 days with stock car racing,  afternoon swimming , 2 parades, one for the Fair and the other for Britt Hobo Days, going out to eat, visited a Fossil and Prairie garden and grandpa kept them busy with garden help, giving rides on the 4 wheeler, visiting great grandma a couple of days, watching a few movies, eating popcorn and watching a bright colored airplane spray the farm fields.  And enjoying  eating 3 ears of frresh  sweet corn with our lunch each day.

My desk has had little attention, spent a day Celebrating my mothers 87th birthday,  but I did make an anniversary card for my better half, which tomorrow we will be married 10 years.  Sorry no photos yet. And we had a new shower installed.

So there was a day of cleaning up dust. I will have some wall repair to do as this was a narrower unit then the one they took out.  Have to research what I really want to do. The new colors are grey and white, so I can use any color accent pieces. Hopefully in a month or so we add the new vanity/sink also.

It has been a great week.  I am rested up, we had 2 inches of much needed rain Monday and 1.5 inches Tuesday, with forecast of another storm tonight. We;ve really had enough but  I love a rainy day !!!

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your WOYWW day.

Lacey Project

So nice of you to visit.  I've so wanted to create more with the fabric and mixed media. So this rainy day I played with laces, a pretty image and a few embellishments.  I've a blogging friend far away I would like to send this to.  Dorthe, as many of you may know from her lovely blog  Den Lille Lade.
She is a dear kind heart and always such a fun visit.

Thank you for stopping by, have a lovely week ahead.




PS....I happen to find this in my "Drafts"...Looks like a have a few more to review and find out why my mind kind of  "Flew Away" from tasks at hand.

HaPpY SuNDday ATC Exchange

Happy Sunday, I have been missing in action. Have had my 3 grand kids here since last Monday.
Have been very busy entertaining them with the great outdoors.

But I wanted to post the past "GRUNGE" ATC exchange, so a quick photo. Somehow all the individual ones I took have not turned out

Postal Packaging from Kimberly is always exciting.  The 3 ATC's came inthe 3 other wraps. In the little red bag Kimberly sent us little gems, lace and a pretty beaded pin. Thank you so much Kim.

Left the London Man is from Alice, the Middle from Kelly, the Right is from Jess. They are all so special and my photos do not do them justice. There are layers and metal adornments that really makes these so special.  Thank You so much .  ArtJoyStuff  has so much better photos and it you would enjoy the post Kimberly displayed with the "GRUNGE" swap.

 Top and Bottom was my packaging...KL was for our host Kim Laws

 My ATC's for the  "Grunge" swap  top and bottom  again KL was for our host.

Just want to say THANK YOU KIMBERLY and ALL who partake, it is always so fun. Our next month will be Linen & Lace (Sept)...Aug 28 is the deadline for "Dress UP" if you want to play along go to Kim's blog ArtJoyStuff and sign up.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a wonderful week.

Friday Smiles #130

Happy Friday.... Annie at A Stitch in Time has a Friday Smile day.  You can share anything that makes you smile.  It's good for the soul.

This cute little image from Pinterest could bring a smile to anyone !  How precious are children

Wishing all of you a wonderful weekend. August..........where did June and July go?

WOYWW #321

Good Morning sweet friends.   I'm a little late in posting but had lots to do and forgot it was Wednesday..the day we share our desks.  Julia at STAMPING GROUND has made it possible for this fun event world wide.

I haven't been at my desk or anywhere close to it. I've been working on garage projects off and on. We spent a week at a rental home in near by Clear Lake, enjoying all the fun events that little town offers through the summer.

 Regrets,,,no before photo but it was similar to this table..the 2 bottom steps fold in and out and I use it to reach things in my kitchen cupboards

 Love this old gateleg table. Have had it for years. Usually had it covered and decided time to sand it down and refurbish it. Trying to decide HOW...

This was from my hubby's family. Can replace the top with ceramic inlay and again decide to paint,or stain, but the sanding is done.  

This has been in the garage for a long time. It was faded yellow where the blue is and in rough shape white. Hubby spray painted it and I am happy how it turned out. Will be handy when my young granddaughter visits to sit beside the table. 

Weather turned HUMID, so won't be painting for awhile, but want these inside by fall.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your week. Hoping to post a few vacation fun photos later this week. I spent 2 more days redoing my computer as several sites attached their mess to my system so had a clean up to do. But I think it's back in order. 

WOYWW #320

Thanks to all who stopped by last week.  I apologize for not making many visits.  I did get my problem fixed. When I realized the Modem and cords worked fine on another system I Goggled hard drive not connecting to Internet, the answer was soon found in an update.  I had to download a PATCH  for Windows 8  and update Adobe Reader. And I am hoping to be able to post this to Julia's STAMPING GROUND from my I Phone...we have been at the lake and there is no TV or Internet connection at this rental. Will be back on Thursday so maybe I'll just be late.

A continuation of my office desk space

top left games

top right ganes

 right courner, little childs cupboard holds desk items

left corner. (the dog is like our Brittany)

6 below the counter

directly above.


I have a collection of Chinese Checker/Marble boards which use to hang in my crafty area.
"Slowly" working them into other wall space.
Have a wonderful week. Thanks for stopping by

WOYWW # 319?

Greetings fellow WOYWW deskers  I am having issues with my main desk top computer..and don't yet know how to post from my I-phone or my Kindle.   Evidently my hard drive won't connect to the internet. I've tried a new cord but to no avail. All our other systmes work so it has to be the hard drive.  I am using a very old computer XP and it is very slow.  I went to the city yesterday and it was all road construction...had to get items for my Bunco group next Monday and wanted to get my frozen drinks and frozen deserts done today.  Had I known I could have taken the hard drive with me and had them check it out.  I hate the thought of going again this week..It takes more than 1/2 the day driving and doing errands.  But I hate to be without it also.  Will have to see how Thurs/Fri goes. So many things stacking up with summer.

It only took me 35 minutes to add this photo!!!  this is a closet in our computer room that I converted to my desk space. Underneath the counter top are 6 of the plastic filing cabinets with 6 drawers each. A great filing system.  On the shelf above I have old game boards, some books and things the grandkids like to use.

You can connect to more deskers by jumping over to Julia's STAMPING GROUND.  Julia is the Hostess with the Mostest.

As I went to link this to Julia's sight, I was shocked to hear about Eliz 's death.  I was not available last week as we had an unexpected death also. Our niece's father in law, age 63, died of a sudden heart issue totally unexpected.  Over 700 people visiting the viewing the night before the funeral. Loved by so many and both families had lots of brothers and sisters  (14 or so).. Then I also noticed a special  stamping designer Heidi Swapp lost her 16 year old son.  Prayers go out to all these families.   Enjoy each minute.

Hoping I can visit this afternoon, have a wonderful week. Thanks for stopping by.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

HAPPY 4th of JULY....a holiday here in our great United States of America.  This video has a very special place in my heart.

U.S. Army Reserves   

May you and yours be safe, enjoy time with family and friends at all the fun events celebrating this day. But also remember why we can still do this.

Thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW #317

 Welcome....here it is Wednesday already and time to share our workspaces.  Julia at the STAMPING GROUND  provides us with the little widget that we can do this with.  Making connections all around the world and what fun it has been.

My desk: click the photo for larger image and see the nitty gritty !!

bits and pieces...finished up my ATC's for July and will post photos in a couple of weeks. Our June ones are on the way to us by US mail. They were made with Tim Holtz products and I must not know how to use the stamping distress block...this is the 2nd one and I cannot get the cotton pad to stick as the bottom always losses it's powers?????  The little doll hangers and wire flower frog were unpacked a few days ago from a visit to my favorite little shop nearby.

I have been painting some wood items in the garage and regret not taking before and after photos.
Maybe can do the after for next week posts. I have other things I need to paint but could not open the doors to continue.
For those of you who haven't heard, Iowa and many other States  are being plagged with smoke from the fires in Canada. It is making our sun red. Canada's Wildfires  and causes many of us to cough if outside too long. Another day and it should clear up.  So many have lost their homes and belongings.

Wishing you all a wonderful WOYWW day and for those of us celebrating the 4th of July on Saturday  
Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from Great Britain.

1. stay safe, enjoy the picnics, family gatherings, ball games, bike rides, parades and great fireworks. A day of RED, WHITE and BLUE.