I guess I’d better start knitting some baby blankets!

This photo is so real and so funny. A big thank you to my buddy, Lucas, for sharing it with me. This really does show our modern tools. Everyone should know by now how to cut, copy and paste.

Spring is here, even with all of the rain we have managed to spend some time outside, although it has been mainly yard work that has allowed for that to happen. I don’t have a lot of decorative outside pieces. One bird house, an old basketball hoop, a bird water bath and a wind chime, so I think that a few of these cool rain chains would look awesome out there. I really don’t want a lot of stuff out there so that it looks junky, there are enough of those house and yards around the neighborhood as it is. More is not always better is my motto!

Now check out these cute rain chains that I found at Rainchainlink.com. – FREE SHIPPING…..

My Aunt Lydia took all the girls into the dining room one day and gave us each a few bobbypins and multicolored facial tissues. The tissues had two layers and were pastel colors of yellow, pink, blue and green. In fact, back in those days, bathroom tissue came in colors, too. I don’t think I have seen colored tissue in the store for over 20 years now – maybe longer.

Aunt Lydia showed us how to fold the tissue into long slats and make a fan, then clasp the bobbyppin over the middle. By holding onto the ends of the bobbypin and slowly working our way around, we gently tugged the layers of tissue apart and made a flower.

That was a very simple and inexpensive craft that kept us busy for hours. I miss the simple things like that we used to enjoy as kids.

There are so many things that are needed to do the job right. I don’t know if I have any old tarps around that I can use as a drop cloth. I really don’t want to have to clean up any more than I have to and if I were to spill paint on my nice hard wood flooring I would really be upset. And there is nothing worse that getting upset with yourself, because I have no one else to blame, only myself!

So besides making sure I have a dropcloth I’ll need to find paint brushes, tape, rollers and the pans that hold the paint for the rollers, razor blades, plenty of rags and god only knows what else. I’ll have to take a look around in the out buildings out back and see what I can scrounge up, take stock and see what I’ll be really needing for this project that I’m getting anxious about getting started on.

My sister also watches the show and we can only dream of ever purchasing a cake like they make. I’m sure they must run thousands of dollars and I don’t think we would ever have that type of money to spend on a cake, but who knows what the future will bring, so we will keep on dreaming. In the mean time I found a few pictures of some pretty cool looking cakes that are made by a lady in Russia that I wanted to post here with you.

The first one was full of pinned up bulletins and memo’s, licenses, pretty boring nonsense that most people didn’t even read. The second was used for more light hearted information and I always had decorated for every thinkable holiday I could come up with, we didn’t have computer access back then or else I could have a celebration for just about every day of the year these days! I bought most of the stuff needed to decorate or brought stuff from home, it was fun so I didn’t mind the minor expenses needed to buy items that I’d find at yard sales or on clearanceat various craft stores that I frequented back then. I was so into arts and crafts back then and I could spend hours at our new Michael’s Arts and Crafts that had finally opened up in the town that I was living in back then.

I never could find any cheap, decent enclosed fabric bulletin boards anywhere that I went back then, because those would have been really nice to work with. Every time I see a bulletin board I find myself thinking of that job. The almost perfect that I unfortunately left for another job that sounded too good to be true and of course once I found out, it was too late. Live and learn I suppose. I wish I had the time for more of that kind of stuff these days!

While having the TV on in the background I can spend some time on my laptop and get caught up on some things that got ignored over the weekend. I heard Christina Aguilera’s version of the national anthem and thought that she had messed it up, but I wasn’t sure. But my thoughts were verified when I turned on my computer it immediately goes to Yahoo.com where I saw an article stating that Christina did indeed goof the song up and it did not go unnoticed and it will be the talk of the town and Hollywood for a long time to come. It is always something during the Super Bowl that makes each one special in it’s own way. See if you can find the mistake(s)