Fall

Yesterday was the first day of Fall,

and it was BEAUTIFUL!

I love Fall.

I love the crisp air and the beautiful colors.

It makes me want to take a scenic drive in the county

Image from Google

Fall makes me want to pull on my favorite sweater and jeans,

slip on some leather boots and take a walk in the leaves,

and hear them crunch under my steps.

Image from Pinterest

Fall makes me want to put away the "summer"

and bring out the "fall" in the house.

Image from Pottery Barn

Fall makes me want to gather the family,

a plaid blanket and have a picnic outside.

Maybe with some hot cider or hot chocolate.

Image from Pinterest

I suggest you do the same

and have a blessed and thankful Fall.



Mason Jars

It's no secret that I love mason jars.

Some of those jars can be pretty dirty and sometimes

it seems that you will never get them cleaned.

So here are some things I do to help.

If after cleaning the jar and it seems cloudy,

soak inside or outside of jar in vinegar, depending on where it's cloudy.

If you still have some cloudiness or rust, like around the rim...



Then, I use a "magic eraser" to do the final cleaning.

Magic eraser does wonders for this.

It's non-abrasive and the edge of the eraser can

get in the nooks of the rim.

Wiping the rust and whatever right away.

P.S.  I cut my magic erasers in thirds.

This makes the box last longer.

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Labor Day Weekend Football Kickoff Lifelight

Here's to long weekends, 

season's first kickoff, and

Lifelight.

Image source from Google

We enjoyed watching the first game of the season.

We also started a project that we have been

needing to do this weekend.

We did not get it all done

so the rest will have to wait for next weekend.

Then maybe I will share.

Oldest and Middlest went to Lifelight and had a great time.

For those that do not know,

Lifelight is Christian music festival located in South Dakota. 

It started in 1998 on a church lawn and has grown

into something big.

Image source from Lifelight.com

They left at 5:30 a.m.

They travel with a group  from church and they know some friends that get there the day before.

One of their friends have grandparents that lives there and they let them sleep in their basement.

They come home pretty tired but always glad they got the chance to go.

They come home with signed t-shirts, signed posters, and cd's, probably signed too.

They come home excited and very talkative until they crash.

Poor Oldest, she also had cross country practice tonight.

What did you do for your long weekend?

Whatever you did, I hoped it was a good one.

View from the Window

My husband was gone this last week for a conference.



The first day he got there, he sent me a picture.

It said ...

"Crappy view from my room"

Ahhhhh!!!

I'm pretty sure that he heard my scream from here.

You see, we don't live near an Ikea.

I think this one is the closest Ikea to us

and it's about 10 hours away.

So glad to have Hubby home.

Plus, he came home with gifts for me from Ikea.

Thanks Honey : )

What's For Dinner Text Conversation with Oldest

Me: What do u want for dinner?

Oldest: Fast food.

Me: No fast food.

Oldest: Huh? No fast food?

Me: All fast food closed.

Oldest: -__-

Me: Is that ur sleepy face?

Oldest: No. Its my are you kidding me face. This is my sleeping face :)zzzz

Me: But ur eyes r open. See those 2 little dots? humm that could b ur sideways face with snake tongue

Oldest:  What? Tongues dont look like zzzz

Me: Sideways snakes tongues do.


Sometimes my kids are really are more mature then me. 

 Needless to say we had spaghetti "snakes".

Hope You Had a Great 4th of July

I hope you had a great 4th of July.  We did.  It was small and relaxed.  We invited a good friend and kids over, since her hubby had to work the evening of the 4th.  We had good food, lots of fun and still plenty of fireworks.

Here the kids are taking time from lighting daytime fireworks to pose for the camera.

They had a lot of fun.  We all had a lot of fun.

Bed Made for My Bird Man

Soooo,

I saw this picture today...

{Bird Nest Bed by O*GE, Creative Group}

I immediately thought of Youngest.

He loves his birds.

Angry Birds.  Definitely!

Stuffed chirping birds.  Yuuup!

He's little mob like mentality

even forces us to have numerous birdhouse

and feeders outside.

Then I was walking through the house

and saw

this..

and I realize,

he already has a nest!

Plus, he saved us tons of money.