And, so is Meme!
My mom is visiting for the week.
Yipee!!
The weather is supposed to be rainy.
We’re going to do some crafting, some shopping {thrifting}, and some hanging.
So, I may, or may not, be blogging.
For now, I will leave you with some of my finds from recent thrifting adventures…
Yahtzee…from 1961.
A beautiful globe…
And, a metal toy top…
home is…a bright and happy spring break (even if it’s grey and rainy)!
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It’s been quite a week. Ryan’s been traveling for work. Ben has been sick. And, the weather has been wacky! We have had more snow showers in the last week than we had all winter. That’s not saying much for … Continue reading
Yesterday morning, we took Ben to our regular vet after our trip to the emergency vet on Saturday.
We’re going to take everything step by step. Get his vomiting and other gastrointestinal issues calmed down and then re-evaluate. So, for now he is on meds to try to calm everything down in addition to a bland diet. If things don’t improve, come back, or get worse once we start to reintroduce his regular diet, then we will do some further testing.
Again, thanks for all your prayers, positive energy, and offers to help
home is…encouraging news.
Seriously.
Although, all things considered, I used to make 2-3 trips to Target a week.
I haven’t been to Target in weeks.
But, I have been to Value Village and Goodwill multiple times in the last few weeks,
Some days I spend some money.
And, believe it or not, there are some days when I walk out with nothing.
But, I never spend as much as I do at Target.
Think if all the money I am saving!
Actually, I have found a few great “junior” games for the kids…Scrabble, Boggle, Monopoly…all for under $3 each.
I also found an air hockey game for the little guy…and we can set it up on any table.
And, I found a children’s guitar. My mom visits next week and it needs it strings switched out, etc. but the little guy LOVES it!
I have some more thrifting finds to share.
I have also been crafting and decorating around our house.
What do you like to look for when you go thrifting?
home is…saving money.
Oh, it’s been a week.
The good news is that right now everybody is resting.
This guy has been really sick…
emergency vet sick.
We’ll find out more when we go to our regular vet tomorrow morning.
I’m exhausted.
I was up 3 nights with Ben when he was sick…including Saturday night from 1 am on.
The good news is that we all slept through the night last night.
Ben is no longer vomiting.
I had a few hours to myself last night when the kids were at our health club for a party.
I got some things done around the house (one of which was cleaning up my craft closet).
It snowed for brief periods today…and was sunny…and rained…and was just cloudy and cold.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Despite all the rough stuff going on, we still managed to have some fun last week!
Spring is trying to show up around here…
So we play outside whenever we get the chance…even if it is snowing!
And, my friends have been amazing offering to help me out with Ben or the kids while Ryan is traveling.
Thank you all for your prayers, positive energy, and offers to help.
Did I mention I am…
Inspired by this…
I decided to do this…
in our playroom.
I am not handy with a saw and I don’t think we even have a table saw. So, I just glued a 12″ x 12″ canvas to the back of each game board and hung them up on the wall.
Originally, I used our more current game boards.
Then, after thrifting, I found some “vintage” game boards from the 80′s that I liked better.
So, I took the newer game boards off the canvases and put some thrifted ones back on.
I got the canvases on sale at Michaels…7 canvases for $20…so that’s less than $3 a piece.
The Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land and Life games were all found at Goodwill for $1.99 each.
We had the Scrabble and Monopoly games on hand.
So, for about $20, I added some colorful and playful art to our playroom!
home is…being playful.
*linking up with…
Right now I am listening to my kids play together in the playroom while I cook dinner.
It’s one of, if not the best, sound I have ever heard.
Today was a big day.
I took the little guy to school just like any other Wednesday this year.
I also took baby girl to school.
I left the school after drop off without any kiddos.
It was a bittersweet feeling.
They are growing up.
2-1/2 hours of freedom.
Completely trusting who they are in the hands of.
It was a wonderful feeling.
They are confident, independent, smart, growing children.
And, I have been the #1 influence to help them become that way.
I asked the little guy, by being an example, to show baby girl how to go into her class, get involved with the teachers or other kids, and not cry for mommy.
He reassured her that Mommy would just leave to “go home” and then come back to pick them up together.
He was awesome.
He is such a good big brother.
He did just what I asked him to do (with a little help from his wonderful teacher that he has had the last two years).
Baby girl was a bit hesitant, but once her teacher grabbed her and I went out the door she stopped whining.
They both painted me pictures in class today.
Those are ones that I will save forever.
home is…growing up.
I’ve been up for 3 hours with my oldest.
He’s 12.
His name is Ben.
He wasn’t our first baby.
He’s our black lab who has been with us since March 2000…before we were married!
Poor little guy has been in and out of the rain and snow about 20 times in the last 3 hours.
His tummy is bugging him.
Taking care of a sick pet is like taking care of a sick infant…they can’t tell you what hurts.
So, you just keep them comfortable the best that you can.
The first couple of times I got up with him I was frustrated.
He sleeps downstairs, so he walked on the wood floors at the bottom of the stairs and barked…letting me know he needed to go out.
Up and down I went.
By the 3rd time I realized that he really wasn’t feeling well.
I set up shop on the sofa downstairs.
Made some coffee.
Turned on the early news.
I don’t get quiet time in the house very often.
I don’t get time to watch the news in peace very often.
We don’t get snow in Portland very often.
I don’t know how much longer Ben will be around.
I’m enjoying my time with him this morning and hoping he feels better soon.
For now, I’ll just be here for him.
Watching the news.
Watching the snow.
Enjoying my coffee in peace.
home is…taking care of sick babies.
I’ve done my share of treasure hunting and antiquing, but thrifting is a new adventure.
I went last Saturday with the kids.
{these game pieces remind me of baby girl and the little guy}
And, again, this morning while we waited for it to warm up.
Here is what we found…
Not sure what I will do with these, but I picked them up anyway.
I have no idea who Edward L. Lawson is, but he crossed the Arctic Circle before I was born. I thought this was intriguing.
I have big plans for these embroidery hoops.
These guys are already working.
Storing art supplies for the kids.
These beauties are the MAIN reason that I took my first trip to Goodwill last Saturday. I found the white one today and the others on Saturday.
The little guy found this and I LOVE it! Obviously, handmade.
These games will go to good use, too. We have both of them already, but I love the look of these “vintage” ones.
I love the red and white theme here…great for the backyard movie night I would like to do this summer!
Last June, at the Farm Chicks Show, I contemplated over croquet mallets which were $4 a piece. I didn’t get them, but this made up for it…the whole set for $7.
We even had an amazing day to try out the croquet set in the backyard!
I am addicted, now.
To thrifting, not croquet.
Although, I could become addicted to croquet, too.
home is…a new adventure.
Have you seen this adorable photo going around Facebook?
Well, I made one of my own with a photo of the little guy from last Halloween.
I will be getting it printed to put in his Batman room.
home is…being yourself (unless you can be Batman).
