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I can't believe it is finally FRIDAY!!! TGIF!  It has been a long week!  School is almost done!  My daughter gets off the bus Wednesday and she doesn't even say hi but she excitedly tells me that there are twelve days of school left!  Is this what they are teaching the kids when they return to school after Memorial Weekend, they start the countdown as to how many school days are left??!! I just think it is funny! 

This morning I took a picture of "Bambi" (a deer).  I showed it to my youngest when I got home. He excitedly told me that this is Santa's reindeer that we saw on a walk in Georgia when we lived there! The deer we saw in GA had antlers, definitely not the same!

Run Bambi, run!  I hope She doesn't become someone's lunch or dinner! Be careful out there drivers!

Have an awesome weekend!!

Patriotic Crafts

Friday is our deadline we have to have our crafts in the mail for our swap! One of my crafts stayed local and another one is on it's way to Florida! YAY! I'm such a procrastinator! Glad I wasn't mailing them on the last day! (Which is tomorrow by the way!) I finished these Wednesday but got them out of the house today!

The local swap buddy picked this craft!  She really liked both, but chose this!

Here is what the my other craft recipient is going to get!

Hooray it's done!  Here's another view of the quilt!

I love the stars on this quilt!  It really turned out awesome! This quilt was not made from a pattern, but a do as you go type of quilt.  Once squares were sewn together and formed rows and the rows formed the top and bottom and I added the white to the middle, same amount of fabric as the rows.  The stars I drew a star on the back of extra cut squares and cut. All stars are different! I love how it turned out! LOVE!!! I'm sad to give it away and I know my kids are mad at me (all fought over who got it), but I am NOT going to make another quilt for future craft swaps till I finish two quilts that I have for kids here at home! I will still join future craft swaps!

Have you made anything crafty lately?

BBQ from the Weekend

I just wanted to share with you some pictures from our BBQ this weekend! First here is a picture of the brand of grill my hubby wants!

He's dying for a Traeger! He really wants one.  This picture is from the McLendon's ad. We went to check out the other grills they have. We were blown away with all the accessories the Traeger makes!  Of course my hubs decided he wants the medium size grill.  One day!  Maybe in a few paydays! For now he will have to keep using the propane grill he has!  It's about 7 years old but it still works!

This is an early stage of grilling the corn and potatoes. The corn was soaked in water before cooking.  The husks were actually black when he brought them in the house!  The windows were open and he ended up setting off the house smoke alarm before bringing it inside!!

Here's the steak!  We tried this new seasoning by Tom Douglas. (His Rub With Love line.) He is known for his restaurants in the Seattle area.

 

 

Here's what the potato looked like, and the steak and of course the corn on the cob!  This was absolutely delicious! I don't think we got a picture with all the food on the plate!  Just a side note the things to the right, a recipe from Pintrest, turned into disaster! Also the cheese was swapped out for Colby Jack. This cheese has taco seasoning in it!  Not to be put on a potato! I had started to put things away and the hubby pulled this one out instead of the right cheese just for the photos! My husband deleted the photos before we got them on the computer!

 

I hope you enjoyed this post.

 



Memorial Weekend

It was a super long weekend! The kids also had Friday off from school. The oldest got pukey sick, my daughter got a bad cough and is home from school today. She also went on a mommy date while the three boys got to eat at Five Guys restaurant with daddy and loved it! (I think the oldest's burger wasn't cooked 100%; why he got sick.) My hubby traded in his mini van for a new car and he bbq'd some awesome food! I got fed a baked potato which was bbq'd, corn on the cob cooked in it's husk, steak. Yum!  The kids devoured their food like they were not fed all day! It was nice to sit and relax today.  I started working on my Patriotic craft that needs to be done, mailed and delivered by Friday. I will post pictures later this week on the craft and bbq'd food.

What did you do this weekend?

My Funny Friday

It has been a really long week.  My youngest started running a high fever Wednesday so I rushed him to the walk in clinic near our home right before they closed.  The doctor we saw says it's just a virus and if we see anything change to come back.  He just wants to be held and he's freezing cold but he's so hot feeling.  Thursday he has been snuggly with me and shared his not feeling good. It's been a let's get nothing done type of day!  Thank goodness for Friday! 

My daughter told me she doesn't clean her room because it keeps the monsters away from her at night while she sleeps!  When I asked her why she told me that the monsters step on the toys and hurt their feet so they can't get to her in bed while she sleeps!

Have an awesome Memorial Weekend!

White Sheet turned into...

I bought this twin size white sheet from Walmart a few months ago. I think it might have been February.  I've had it a while.  It was just a tad too small for the fancy ruffled curtain I was going to make for our master bathroom window.  I ended up using it for a cape for my baby girl's bug costume for the 1st grade play. 

Beautiful cape costume! My daughter loved it!  Fast and easy is what I loved about it!

I cut around a nightgown, cut right along the edge of the seam on the sheet to sew onto the cape part for the top tie, hot glued around the jumbo cotton balls. I didn't sew the sides.

I made a little "hat" for her too.  I just cut around a bandana and hot glued 3 cotton balls to it.  She loved it! Very proud of her cotton ball costume!

On another note the white sheet has also been used for a piece of quilt!  Maybe the backing too, I haven't decided yet. I still have a lot of sheet left!

I added another row to the side at the top of this picture.  I haven't decided what I am going to do next.  I wanted to do something fancy on the white but I am out of time! Well I have about 10 days left!  This is for a craft swap! I'll post more pictures once I finish it!

Stay safe from all the horrible disastrous weather out there. Our family and personal prayers are with those affected from the storms hitting the USA.

Taco Salad

Tonight I needed something fast for dinner.  I was browning chicken in a fry pan when I realized I didn't have enough tortilla's for everyone.  Looking thru the fridge and pantry for something to use as a shell or wrap for the tacos. I barely had enough tortillas for the kids so I took a bag of Dorito's, lunch size, smashed them & dumped in everything for a taco salad!  I think the kids were jealous!

A little big of cilantro, chicken, cheese, lettuce, a spoonful of homemade salsa and of course the Dorito chips! Yum!

Today was definitely a Monday!

What's your fast and easy dinner?