Pool Babe

She wasn't sure of it at first

and she is still trying to remove 

the alligators on the pool

(click on photo to see it larger)

but she has gotten the hang of it

even to the pt the first thing

she wanted to do this am was go 

pooling

What a week of surprises

For my birthday 

my hsb bought me

I have been using a make shift

system to take pictures

of Izzy

 he decided after

 the last photo shoot 

to get me something better

than shop lights

I'm going to have to

figure out how to use it

It comes with 2 CD's

worth of tutorials

and then how to play with green screens

On my birthday
there was a contest on
 Adobe Photoshop Face Book pg
for PSE9 and Premier 9 bundle
I thought well it is my birthday
and guess what I won it
was I shocked!!!
I still didn't believe it
until it showed up at my door

and I opened it

yup it was true!!

I think I've got some learn' to do!

The right fit...

I haven't been doing a whole lot

of crafting lately

I've been going through closets

and clearing out the basement

of things that just don't "fit" us

anymore

I did take some photos in the yard

We having been making decisions 

on what fits and what doesn't

The wood on the raised garden beds

 are rotting so we have opted

to take them completely out

I may put a few tomato plants in the front

All my herbs will go in the front

The soil is poor in the back

and it has been a struggle

 to get anything to really take off

I have been visiting 

in blogland

and hope to be crafting again soon

Weekend Adventures

This weekend

we were going to
celebrate my birthday

by going to a favorite cafe

 and going to

 the Springfield Extravaganza

We did go to Teaberrie Cafe

It was an old schoolhouse

Besides the cafe they have a country shop

My hsb took a photo of me walking in

he know I hate having my photo taken

the patio

Inside the cafe

From the main room you can look into an enclosed porch

They had a bridal shower in there that day 

My dining companion

I had the Calypso

grilled turkey/provolone

cranberry walnut horseradish sauce

on 12 grain bread

with pistachio pudding

My hsb had

Reuben panini

after much debate 

we decided not to go to the extravaganza

there wasn't anything 

I really needed as

 I'm trying to clean out 

and downsize

and at $7 per person

 just to look seemed a bit pricey
I imagine there were a lot of goodies there

After reading some of the comments
on their fb pg
(vendors leaving early
parking
prices
and getting in to the
 fairground nightmares)

 I'm glad we opted out

and went yard saling

We didn't buy anything

 and best of all it was free!

You say its your birthday.....

I had a very quiet birthday

Isabella and I hung out

all day and I played with my cricut machine

I did get some beautiful yellow roses

My hsb stopped and got Chinese food

and my dtr brought this

piece of decadence

Caramel and Chocolate swirl

cake

with chocolate frosting

It's Spray Paint Season

My family makes fun of me

I've am being known as the 

Spray Paint Queen....

I found this new color 

urban beige by Valspar

I did the chair

in the front we painted 2 yrs

ago a brown stone 

I didn't want the white

 because

it stuck out to much

so we did it in brown

I posted abt it here

well it blended in to well so I went 

with the Urban beige

We started weeding today

so please disregard the weeds

This flower bed is usually all

wildflowers

Bingo!

I liked it so well I 

spray painted these 2 items

I bought this tray quite a while back 

and wasn't sure what I was going to use it for

but found a place for it

I wish it was a little bit bigger

so I could make  it a coffee center but oh well

I have quite a few more things

to paint but I'm not sure 

what color

Spray Paint Party