be careful what you wish for

Paper roses!

2012-01-28T20:08:00.001-07:00

I fell in love with these paper roses made out of maps.

I found this on the net and wished I had the original poster but I never could find who posted it.

Since then I have been looking for map pages to make some. Finding pretty map pages is not as easy at it may seem.

But don't despair, While cleaning out DH junk drawer I came upon a Ashley national forest map and lo and behold its very pretty and just what I wanted to make roses.

Now to get DH to donate it for the sake of creating. lol. When I first brought it up to him he was more than a little reluctant. as he claimed to have paid 10 whole dollars for it and was sure he would need it in the very near future or at least some time.

He has since had time to think it over and agreed that I may have it for the sake of the art,

So look for map roses to be in my very near future.

Chicken & Dumplings

2012-01-27T21:18:00.001-07:00

Had Ashes, Jason, Lizard, and Superman over for dinner tonight. It was Ashes choice what to have and she chose Chicken & dumplings.
This is my grandmothers recipe and I meant to take pics while cooking ( this one was as I put the chicken in to cook) but I got sidetracked and then when the dumplings were done, Lizard was starving and so I got caught up in feeding her and forgot again. Oh well maybe next time.
I will tell you the one thing My grandmother told me about chicken & dumplings is never add potatoes as the starch spoils the soup.

Spent the morning organizing my art stuff. I had to much stuff and no place to put it. So I bought a couple more small drawer things and then sorted the 2 drawers into the others. By the time I was done I was very happy as I now have a tool drawer, a sewing drawer, A metal working drawer, a paint drawer. A bead drawer. and a I don't know what to do with this crap drawer. OK I know that is only 5 drawers and I have 6, but I needed and electronics drawer. for all of my electronics, there chargers, cords to connect to each other. and so and so forth

the end result is this

these are some of my bead boxes, and and the top drawer of the 3 drawer thingy I bought.

This is very handy as it sits in the corner right behind my chair so when I am working and need something everything is right there.

We had a beautiful day here almost felt like March or April. I went out and enjoyed the afternoon sun.

Till next time!

Cheeto!

2012-01-26T20:29:00.001-07:00

Those that know me know that I have 3 dogs. I joke all of the time that I just replaced the kids as they moved out with a dog so I still have 3 babies these just don't get as mouthy.

My kids claim Odie is the little brother they never wanted. That should tell you how spoiled these dogs are.

So yesterday was a typical Morning, Hubby was home and we were working on some art things. Hubby was in and out, over to the storage shed and the garage, And somehow managed to leave the gate open.

Usually at this point in this story you would think we were going to talk about Odie as he has been the one over the years that has caused so much chaos in our lives. He is the one who ran through the bob wire fence chasing the deer and had to get stitches. He's the one who has jumped out the car window to chase rabbits. He's the one who tested his electronic collar daily waiting for the batteries to be dead so he could disappear for hours at a time.

But this time it was Cheeto. That cute little dog who never does anything wrong. The one who you just want to pick up and cuddle because he is so cuddly.

Anyways, Hubby let the dogs out and went back to his project. After a while ( I was beading and he was doing some stained glass so we are not sure how long) We realized that the dogs hadn't whined to come back in. This is unusual as Cheeto has no hair and freezes fairly quickly in the winter months.

Hubby got up and checked and to his surprise Odie and Rocky were both still in the yard but Cheeto was gone.

We headed out and checked the property calling and calling and nothing. I walked over the Apartments that are east of us and talked to the guys working there and they hadn't seen him.

Then I walked the neighbor hood hoping to see him somewhere. In the meantime Hubby got in the truck and started driving around hoping to see the little guy (shit).

We searched and called and called and searched. I had just about given up when I spotted the little guy (shit) across the gulch over towards the trailer court. I called him but I think he was to freaked out to come back across the gulch.

I didn't dare go down in and cross for fear that I would loose sight of him and he would disappear while I couldn't see him, And hubby was still out driving around.

Lucky for me some very nice people stopped and tried to catch the little guy (shit) but he wouldn't let them get close.

They offered to keep an eye on him till I could get over there. I ran to the truck and drove over there he had run from the guy who stopped but when I walked over and called him he came right to me.

I was never so happy ( Lucky for him because it kept me from spanking the little shit ). He is such a small dog that it would of been very easy for someone to pick him up and we would of never seen him again.

Hubby has now taken the vow to make sure he closes the gate and as for Cheeto he is going in to get neutered. lol that should be just punishment for him.

Winter weather.

2012-01-25T21:18:00.001-07:00

We have had a very unusual winter here in the basin. We haven't had our weeks and weeks of below zero cold, or fog that has settled in and stayed for weeks and weeks.

We have had days in the upper 40 and even a few 50's Its been crazy but I have loved it.

So I was in the grocery store a while back, Waiting my turn in line and chatting with the ladies about how nice it had been and the lady behind me apparently was very unhappy with the warmth and sunshine and proceeded to yell at me about how bad it was going to be this summer . How there wasn't going to be any hay and so the price was going to go sky high and they would then have to go shopping out of state for hay.

I was shocked, as I don't think I have ever been yelled at by a stranger in the grocery store. and especially over something I really have no control over.

The only thing I could think of to say to her was well hopefully it will rain a lot this spring and summer and then I laughed as did the other ladies. She really didn't think I was funny nor did she think my hoping for rain would resolve the problem.

I am still not sure what she hoped to accomplish, and as I left the only thing I could think of is I wish I had brought my camera for a pic for my blog. lol

Halloween 2011

2012-01-24T21:49:00.001-07:00

Halloween 2011. 2 of the 4 dressed up and ready for treats

I still have tons of pics to post from over the summer so look for them to show up from time to time.

Its been a little Rocky lately.

2012-01-23T19:51:00.002-07:00

Or maybe I should of said a LOT Rocky lately.

Rocky was supposed to be my dog, But actually almost immediately he became Odies dog. And that wasn't a bad thing as Odie pretty much trained Rocky in all things dog.

Rocky does have his quirks like he is barky, and nervous, but in the last year or so he has quite come into his own.

The pic above is of him guarding the glove ( my new goat skin glove) that he stole. Now he looks innocent calmly laying there but this is the 3rd time he has taken the same glove. He doesn't chew it up he just likes to carry it around and guard it. Then stash it in his bed with his other toys.

Beauty!

2012-01-22T08:25:00.002-07:00

We had a skiff of snow, mixed with rain over night. Now everything is stiff and frozen. But it is beautiful with the sun shining on it everything has a beauty and a sparkle.

Odie

2012-01-21T11:05:00.001-07:00

Hubby Had surgery last spring and during his physical therapy they had him working on a total gym. He liked it so much that he decided to get one of his own so he could work out at home.

Odie has not taken it well. For some reason it makes him flip out. Were not sure if he is trying to save him or hurt him. lol.

I had tried to take more video of him but I was laughing so hard that all I recorded was the floor.

Resolutions.

2012-01-20T13:18:00.000-07:00

It seems right now everybody is working on their new years resolutions. I personally don't do new year resolutions. I hate the thought of having to wait around for a specific time of the year to start something new.
So now I have you wondering hmmm wonder what she has been up to.
Well last year I realized that my life had became to predictable. Not that there was anything wrong with my life. I was happy and doing the things I wanted to do. I just found myself doing the same things over and over and over and not really adding anything new. And I didn't want to wake up one day and think wow this is all there is.
I didn't want to make any huge changes, Like running off to the circus or anything like that. I just wanted to broaden my interests in everyday things.
The first thing that I found is that as I went about my life I had quit seeing things. You know like when you drive by the same place everyday how you stop seeing what is really there.
I took a look at my area, And tried to see it as how somebody who had never seen it might see it.
It is amazing how much you miss when you are not really seeing things. There are pretty things almost every where.
I had also pretty much quit taking pictures. I just wasn't seeing anything that I thought was worth photographing. So now I am trying to get into the habit of taking my camera with me. ( Some days I am better at this than others.) I am always now seeing funny or interesting things that I think oh that would make a nice picture. ( Or Omg I need to put that on Fb, lol).
I am a reader and love it, But had found myself limiting my reading to one or two categories. I received a Kindle last year and have taken up there free books. Most are books I would of never of bought and read but have found a lot of them very enjoyable.
So that some of it, Not all but some. Hopefully I will be sharing more changes and more of the things that I have changed right here.

Here's the baby boy enjoying the sunshine!

Early Mornings!

2012-01-19T08:43:00.002-07:00

I love early mornings. I love the quietness of it. Its sorta like being in a cacoon.

I like that I don't have to do anything or be anywhere.

And I can just be.

The twins. Or so Cheeto wishes.

For the birds.

2012-01-18T18:55:00.002-07:00

Lizard loves animals of all kinds so last winter I bought a bird feeder and within a few days we had all kinds of pretty little birds coming.
Lizard and I would sit at the big window and watch them for hours.
Then last summer I took the feeder with me for our stay up the canyon and while we didn't have many birds come the chipmunks loved it and would empty it almost as fast as I could fill it.
So here a couple of weeks ago dug it out of the storage shed and once again put it on the fence, And nothing.
We have had some birds in the yard but not one single one has gone to the feeder. I filled it full 2 weeks ago and it hasn't moved at all.
I'm thinking I need to make a bird to put out there so that they will see that its an OK place to dine. lol
or maybe a bird diner sign.

Wishing I was here!

2012-01-17T12:38:00.002-07:00

Its been cold and I am wishing for warmer and sunnier days.
We were here in Sept and if I could get there now I would certainly go back.
So to late summer dreaming.

Granite Creek Hot Springs southeast of Jackson Hole Wyoming.
Enjoy!

Weekends.

2012-01-16T11:35:00.002-07:00

Weekends don't mean as much to us now as they once did. When the kids were young and we were so busy with them and the household things you have to do. We looked forward to the weekends to go do fun things. To get together with family and friends that were all as busy as we were.
Now that is just the 2 of us, and well the boys (translate the dogs) we don't have to wait for the weekend to go and do the things we want, And have actually found that its great to be able to go in the middle of the week.
We did have a busy weekend and enjoyed having the kids and grands over and having Sunday dinner.
As always I have a new project

I would love to give you more details but since the person this is for reads here I don't want to spoil the surprise.
I will be posting finished pic's soon.

Grandma's parker house rolls.

2012-01-15T15:30:00.001-07:00

I was very blessed to have grandmothers who were both very good cooks, And they taught me a lot.

I myself love to cook.

One of my grandmothers made Parker house rolls which were my very favorite. I never learned from her how to make them and so I have been in search of a rolls recipe that I loved and reminded me of hers.

And a few months ago I found this one on a blog site that is really, and I mean really good.

This recipe makes a huge batch. It will fill 4 9x13 pans So today I am cutting it in half.

I will post the recipe in it entirety at the end.

Something else to note this is not a quickly roll recipe so allow yourself plenty of time.

2 cups milk

I stick real butter. ( there is no substitute for this it needs to be the real thing.

1/2 cup sugar.

Add to a large pan and heat till the butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.

I have gotten busy and brought this to a boil and it didn't seem to hurt anything so you don't have to stand and watch it.

Now turn the heat of and cool to luke warm. About 35 to 45 minutes.

once it cools add

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

4 cups flour.

Stir to combine then cover and let it rise for about and hour.

yeast added.

flour added.

Mixed together.

Cover

And now we wait..

About 1 hour or till doubled in size.

After an hour it will look like this.

Next add.

1/2 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt.

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda.

Mix together

I found the easiest way to do this is with my hands.

I would guess if you had a mixer with dough hooks that would work also.

Turn onto flour surface and knead 8 to 10 minutes.

This is a very easy dough to work with but tends to be sticky so you will need to add flour while you are kneading to keep it from sticking to you.

when you are done it will look like this.

Leave on the counter and cover with a towel and let rise 30 to 45 minutes

Just a note this will do better in a warm place.

This is what it will look like after rising.

Next we roll it out, Now this is where I changed it just a little bit.

The first couple of times I made these I rolled them out and then cut them in circles dipped them in butter and placed them in the pans. But ended up with some wasted dough that became to tough to work with,

So now I roll it out in a rectangle.

cover it with melted butter then fold.

then more butter and fold and more butter and fold.

cut into sections about a 1/2 in wide.

And place in pan.

Let rise till double then bake in a 400 oven for 15 minutes, give or take a few

and there you have them.

a couple of notes.

these go from being brown to very brown very quickly so you want to keep and eye on them.

And these make very good cinnamon rolls also. just roll out spread with butter sprinkle cinnamon and sugar and then add nuts, or raisins. roll up and cut place on pan, let rise and bake.

I have made the big batch and did half rolls and half cinnamon rolls.

Ingredients

4 cups Whole Milk
2 sticks 1 Cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
4-1/2 teaspoons Active Dry Yeast
8 cups All-purpose Flour
1 teaspoon (heaping) Baking Powder
1 teaspoon (scant) Baking Soda
1 Tablespoon (heaping) Salt
1 cup (additional) All-purpose Flour
2 sticks Melted Butter (additional)

Preparation Instructions

Combine 4 cups milk, 2 sticks butter, and sugar in a large pot. Bring to a simmer, and when the mixture is hot (but not boiling) turn off heat and allow to cool to warmer than lukewarm, about 30 to 45 minutes.
Sprinkle in the yeast and 8 cups of flour. Stir to combine, then cover and allow to rise for 1 hour.
After 1 hour, add baking powder, baking soda, salt, and 1 additional cup of flour. Stir to combine. Divide dough in half, then turn out onto floured surface. Knead dough for 8 to 10 minutes, then form into a ball and cover with a towel and allow to rise in a warm place. for 30 to 45 minutes. (Repeat with other half of dough, or store it for a later use.)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Melt 2 sticks of butter in a saucepan.
Roll out dough 1/2 inch thick. Cut circles with a 2 1/2 inch cutter. Dunk each circle in melted butter, then immediately fold in half and place on a cookie sheet, flat side down. Press lightly to encourage sealing. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Cover with a towel and allow rolls to rise 30 to 45 minutes.
Bake for 15 minutes. Remove and serve immediately!
and I found the recipe here.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/

Hope you enjoy these as much as my family and I have.

Damibean

2012-01-15T09:47:00.000-07:00

Our newest Grandson was born in July. he was camping soon after. He is such a cutie

Yesterday!

2012-01-14T09:34:00.000-07:00

Had a beautiful sunrise here at the hacienda wanted to get more pictures but the battery in my camera died after the first one. Now I am not complaining because the battery in my camera lasts forever. I only have to charge it maybe twice a year and I take lots and lots of pictures.

here are a couple more pics of my newest bird. These actually show the colors better. but not as good as they are in person.

We had 3 of the 5 grands here yesterday. Damibean loves the dogs and especially Odie. He wants to be on the floor with him, And Odie is so good with him and lets him pretty much do what he wants. including pulling his ears.

Chellebelle came and spent the night. She is getting so big and we have so much fun when she comes.

Rocky or Rotty as we call him had to get in the action. right after this he licked and licked Damibeans face.

And then there is Whitty. While Not actually ours (Chellebelles little sister) She thinks we are her grandparents and we love her like she is ours.
The kids had a ball and we enjoyed having them.
And my camera battery is recharged so you can expect lots and lots more pictures.
Just a funny note when I run the spell check it wants to change Chellebelle to hillbilly, lol

New project

2012-01-13T12:41:00.003-07:00

I finished another bird. This was a special order. I love and hate special orders as they give me the creative freedom to do it my way, but also if they turn out ugly then I am the only one to blame. This one turned out much better than I had hoped for and I will try and get some better pics .

Summer Photo's

2012-01-13T07:12:00.001-07:00

I am still posting pictures from our summer up the canyon. I have literally hundreds and since I live such an exciting life I have to have something to fill in till something great to post about happens.
So enjoy. Hope everyone has a wonderful day

2012-01-12T07:06:00.000-07:00

It was in incredible wet spring and early summer and the mushrooms were growing everywhere. I must of seen at least 35 different kinds and here are just a few that I took pictures of.

I was really wishing that I had a book on mushrooms, or at least internet access to be able to look them up.

Summer projects

2012-01-10T21:01:00.000-07:00

I had a lot of time over the summer and beaded a lot here are some of the finished products

Our summer

2012-01-09T07:38:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful summer up the canyon. Here was our home from June through Sept

Chellebelle

The kids

More kids

Superman helping himself to his birthday Ice cream

I want to be a writer!

2012-01-08T20:39:00.000-07:00

Or maybe it is a blogger. I want to be one of those people who blogs everyday, you know the ones where you go visit and they always have something new going on.

So maybe I will try a little harder .

How about a new pic.

How about sunrise the other morning

Hmmmmm!

2011-11-05T10:34:00.002-06:00

Baby Damibean.

Well looks like it has been a year. I really should try updating this more often.

It has been awhile!

2010-11-05T21:09:00.002-06:00

Ok so it has been awhile since I posted here I blame it on facebook, lol
but am dusting of the cob webs and trying to get back in the habit of posting here.
I have lots of pics from over the summer and will be posting some of them soon.
Life is good!

2010-02-08T09:57:00.002-07:00

Here is lizards video. She loves being in the video but wants to watch it at the same time so I finally just gave her the camera.

The 3 boys together Finally!

2010-01-29T13:31:00.002-07:00

I really haven't been doing much with my blog lately because well frankly there really hasn't been much going on. I guess you can only talk about the cold snow and fog so much and I am pretty sure that the majority who read this are having the same thing so no surprise there. lol
Then there are the boys who I am pretty sure get up every morning and think to themselves, Great fog again. The exception to that might be Chico who thinks OMG I AM GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATH!

Even Lizard is ready for it to warm up and complains about not being able to go outside and play.

I haven't even taken very many pictures as its usually to dark and gloomy for them to turn out well.

I have been beading, reading, cooking and working. So I haven't curled up under the blankets and hibernated till spring YET!

Lizard!

2010-01-14T11:30:00.003-07:00

This is the cutest video of lizard. She is so funny as she wants to be in the video but watch it at the same time.

I love my new job and am so ready for winter to be over with. We had wanted to go somewhere warm but there is to much snow and we can't get the fifth wheel out so we are going to wait till March. Hopefully it starts warming up and sooooooooon!

Soon to be the new year!

2009-12-28T09:56:00.003-07:00

We survived another Christmas. That really sounds worse than it really is as we really did have a great Christmas. We had so much fun having the grands here and am enjoying having Chellabelle here for this week.

I am loving my flip video camcorder its so easy to use you can expect many more video's in the near future.

Christmas 2009!

2009-12-25T10:43:00.006-07:00

Chellabelle showing off her new coat

Lizard buried under Christmas presents

Lizard and Chellabelle playing

lizard and her new jammies

happy girl

now how could you resist that face!

We had the kids and grand kids here for Christmas eve with Chellabelle staying over for Christmas morning.

We had a really great dinner and lots of fun.
The big girls had fun opening there gifts and playing with there toys. While baby James was content to eat the wrapping paper.

I received a flip video camera ( as you can see from the James video) and so expect to see many more video's, lol

Hope everybody has a wonderful holiday filled with family, health and happiness.

winter in the hood!

2009-12-13T16:24:00.005-07:00

Here's my latest projects

lizard and her hat

Rocky loves the snow

Day to Day life!

2009-11-17T08:33:00.007-07:00

I bought these snowflakes in Park city last weekend and I love them they stick to the window and they light up and change colors. I hope to get some pics of them at night when they are lit up

My new fake fireplace, lol We needed another space heater for the down stairs and decided on a fake fireplace It puts out lots of heat and I love it.

Chico as everybody here knows freezes. He has discovered that when I take the sheets out of the dryer they are very warm and he likes it very much.

Rocky loves the new yard and spends a lot of time out there. He is digging a hole under the fence but I think its to let Sami the neighbor dog in and not so much to get out.

Baby James is growing so much

Lizard was mad that James wouldn't look at the camera

Jason, watching Sci-Fi

Well we have settled in down on the river and like it very much.

Project of the day!

2009-11-04T10:47:00.005-07:00

Finally found some corner shelves and broke out the shot glass collection

suppose I am truly trailer trash now, lol

It has been awhile!

2009-10-26T09:44:00.011-06:00

Fall foliage

This is the cottonwood behind the house Only one side of it had started to turn and it caught my eye

More cottonwoods

Lizard and Odie playing in the sunshine. Lizard loves to be outside we are going to have to get her some snow boots and a snow suit for winter

Chico and his new sweater

Lizard coloring, I should of got a pic of her when she was all done coloring her hand

Not a happy Lizard

Chico before he got his sweater

Baby James loves to talk to himself in the mirror

I love this picture of Ashes and Baby James

A happy Lizard, The picture quality sucks I think I was trying to hurry before she quit smiling, lol

Baby James was a very happy little guy

Gotta love that face!

So I have become a face book addict, lol but I will and try to update the blog more often.

Cleaning out!

2009-10-10T11:06:00.004-06:00

Here's the last of the Rock Creek pictures I took of the whole lot I only had one that I loved and that's the first one here, lol

I am cleaning out my picture files getting ready to transfer the ones I want to keep to my Arcos. I find it really hard to delete the pics that are crap. lol I know I shouldn't keep them. Must be the pack rat personality showing through.

Baby Bull Moose!

2009-10-02T08:35:00.002-06:00

Saw this young moose a couple of weeks ago while staying up Whiterocks. I think this was the first summer he was on his own and he wasn't afraid of us, the dogs, or the truck.
The first day that we seen him he was in the middle of the road and chose to just stand there rather than move. Of course I didn't have my camera with me. But the next day he was next to the road in the beaver pond.

We were hoping to go back up the canyon for a few more days, but the weather has turned off cold. The weather forecast is calling for cold and wet for the next 10 days so our time in the mountains may be over for this season.

I have tons of pictures that I have taken over the summer and haven't posted I will be going through them in the next few days and hopefully will have something to post.

A Perfect Fall Weekend!

2009-09-30T07:46:00.006-06:00

We spent a wonderful long weekend up Rock Creek. The weather was perfect, with warm days and cool nights. The boys didn't get a deer but the kids, dogs, and adults all had a great time

more pics from the mountain

2009-09-18T07:58:00.005-06:00

Lizard is 2!

2009-09-16T09:52:00.006-06:00

We celebrated Lizards birthday on Sat the 5th up the canyon.Eating birthday cake

The girls eating cake

grandma and grandpa

Birthday cake

The big girls painted a happy birthday sign for Lizard and also made homemade presents of painted rocks for her

Opie thought the finger paints were to much fun especially mix with the black dirt

LouLou showing off there sign they made

Opie's birthday picture she painted

He's home!

2009-08-20T07:42:00.000-06:00

Baby James is home and doing well. Lizard is adjusting to having a new baby brother and is now trying to be helpful by putting a blanket on him, giving him his binky, and patting him. She has had a couple of meltdowns but hopefully in the next few days she will realize he is a good thing.

Another new valance with before and after pics, lol

3 finished and just 3 to go.

We are headed for Montana this afternoon and will be back next week sometime.

hope everybody has a great weekend!

He is Here! finally

2009-08-17T11:43:00.000-06:00

Little James arrived this morning at 10:23am .
Ok so he is not exactly little he weighed in at 8lb's 3oz's
and is 21 and 3/4's long.
I don't have pics yet but will have them by tonight.

Beautiful things!

2009-08-13T10:30:00.000-06:00

We had a beautiful sunset last night I just caught the tail end of it when I took the dogs out

This is what caught my eye is the west side of the tree's had all turned red. Its was pretty cool and something I don't ever remember ever seeing.

Still no baby!

And I need a new project! lol

Life and Death

2009-08-06T14:06:00.000-06:00

Here's my boys the big baby and the small baby having a nap together. they make me smile

Its been one of those weeks with some good news and some sad news.

The good news is that baby James is coming, were just not sure when.

Ash has been having contractions off and on all week and we expect him any time.

The sad news is my grandmother on my dads side passed away on Tuesday.

Her services are on Sat and I have been so torn as to wether I should be here with Ash, Jason, little James and Lizard or there with my Grandmother, Dad, Aunt Karen, Uncle Ted, Robert and LeeAnne.

On to other things

This is our friends Dave and Reds new miniture donkey.

we drove up the other night to see him and he is very cute.

while not real tame yet I have no doubt that he will be very soon if Dave has anything to do with it

more pics

2009-08-04T11:54:00.001-06:00

Before with curtains. I realized my pics were a little blurry and yucky Figured out I had changed a setting on my camera without knowing it

Here's the 2 I have finished in the dining room

And now we wait!

2009-08-04T10:42:00.000-06:00

Here is my latest project. The valances in my fifth wheel are ugly. They are a ugly color and a ugly pattern.
I had planned on recovering them almost from the day we bought this trailer but just hadn't got to doing it.
So while I was up the canyon I decided that would be the perfect time to start this project.
They worst part was getting the staples all taken out of the Valance in order to remove the old material.
The new material I used is leather pieces and a staple gun and hot glue
I love everything about them the color and the style.
I don't plan on putting the curtains back up as I like the clean look with out them plus the curtains were just not useful.
I will post more pics at the project is finished up

We had planned on heading back to the mountains yesterday but Ash had been to her doctor and he told her the new baby could come at anytime, So we decided to stay close to home till little James Dean makes his appearance.

So I will have to post the pics from our camping

We had a squirrel that felt that our dogs were so much fun and almost constantly chattered to them and would come down the tree far enough that they thought they would be able to catch him. Then he would run back up and call to them.

Rocky had the most patience and would sit for hours waiting at the bottom of the tree waiting

We headed for the hills!

2009-08-02T18:40:00.001-06:00

On Thurs the 23rd we loaded the fifth wheel on the truck and headed for the canyon.
Its been wonderful up there. We have had rain almost every afternoon with temps running almost 20 degrees cooler than they have been in town.
Last Monday we drove up through the canyon and did not see one other person, camper, or vehicle.
We have seen the deer, many small animals and lots of cows. The bugs haven't been to bad.
We are down today to dump the tanks and refill. hopefully tomorrow if I can get some things taken care of we will be headed back up for another extended stay.
Haven't taken to many pics but hopefully I will have something to post next time

Another beautiful weekend!

2009-07-14T09:24:00.000-06:00

We went camping again for the weekend. We tried a new spot and it was just beautiful easy in and out. We had some rain both days. We took our scooters and were able to ride up the canyon which was fun. The boys fished as did the little girls.

Weekends!

2009-07-06T17:01:00.000-06:00

Weekend before last we had Ash, Jason, and Lizard over for Ashes birthday. This was Lizard after we cleaned her up if you scroll down you will see the before pics, lol

Lizard still loves the dog bed and was trying to lay down with Odie

We had spaghetti for dinner Lizard has decided that she has to feed herself so we went out on the deck as we figured it would be a much easier clean up

Gotta love a spaghetti face.

So for the 4Th weekend we got a wild hair and went for a ride and here is where we ended up.

This is the Wind River Range North of Pinedale

lunch

Fremont lake

Wind river Range

We had a really nice time, with great weather and the dogs did OK considering we left the house home and had to stay in a motel.

More camping pics!

2009-06-26T07:08:00.000-06:00

A really nice weekend

2009-06-23T09:49:00.000-06:00

A new visitor

2009-06-10T15:55:00.000-06:00

Yesterday I went out into the yard and found this little guy sunning (what little sun we had) himself

by evening he was gone but when I went out this morning there he was again. I turned on the hose to add some fresh water to the pond and he moved over into the stream of water. I hope he stays for the summer and enjoys his own private swimming pool

Chico loves it in the morning when I open the door as he can lay in the sunshine

as you can see we had a little sunshine for him

woohoo!

2009-06-04T20:46:00.000-06:00

I got one of my photographs featured on MSN
http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29680167/nPage/1
Its the 3rd from the left in the second row

2009-06-01T10:10:00.000-06:00

These are the flowers that came back this year (the only ones I had come up) there just so pretty though

The dogs wanted Mitch to go for a walk or something and when he didn't comply they all decided to play in his chair with him in it.

Here's my pet spider (he doesn't have a name yet) I actually had Mitch catch him and put him outside and he came back so now I guess he gets to stay. He likes to hang out where ever I happen to be, Here he is just above the table where I am sitting. The other day I turned around in the shower and there he was. I don't know what kind he is but he seems harmless enough.

There was a lizard in my house!

2009-05-29T13:09:00.001-06:00

I tried and tried to get this baby to smile with no luck

Chico loved her

after about 8 pictures this is the reaction to the camera I got

The deer were really close last night, They were thinking about coming in the yard till Rocky noticed them and barked.

camping pics

2009-05-27T08:54:00.001-06:00

Chelly Belly playing Horton hears a Who. She would get so mad at me as I would blow on them and sent them flying luckily there were thousands of them

notice the binoculars that are almost as big as her

This is what happens when it rains every afternoon.

both had a very nice nap

Dave's camp there is actually a deer there somewhere

I didn't take a whole lot of pictures this time probable because it was to much work to put the camera in the trailer when it was raining then go get it when it wasn't, lol

The flood

2009-05-26T11:27:00.001-06:00

more pics to follow

Were home!

2009-05-25T18:47:00.000-06:00

We had a wonderful weekend up the canyon even though it rained and rained and rained. It wasn't as cold as usual and I didn't even have to break out my coat,
We cooked over the fire (yes we did have chicken and dumplings on Saturday night), played horseshoes well Mitch and Dave did, Went for walks, (in between rain storms)had the Deer in camp, the goats on the side of the mountain, and good friends and family.
Dave and Red ended up leaving Sunday morning due to a leak in there camper and having to sleep in a wet bed. I think I would of went too. At my age I just don't think I would want to do it, lol
Drue and Tia slept in the Durango and said they both slept warm and dry.
I think Chelly Belly had the most fun of all. The wild flowers were in bloom everywhere and she picked till we all had hand fulls. Plus the walking in the puddles was just to much fun for a 3 year old. She was sopping wet and muddy more times than I can count and no worse for the wear. She loved the deer that came to visit and for some reason instead of calling them deer she calls them her. As in I seen a her in the road.
We had some great thunder and lightning shows, the others liked them, Me I wanted to go hide under the bed.
Odie chased the deer but did come back when called. He and Rocky caught a squirrel. Chico is a bum and finally had to be put on his little chain.
We stayed up to late and drank to much and had a great time
Can't wait till the next one

Where we will be over the holiday!

2009-05-18T08:04:00.000-06:00

We took a ride up the canyon on Saturday just to make sure we will be able to get the new house in. The canyon was beautiful the cars girls will be so happy as there are dandelions everywhere.
Anyways we will be gone Friday through Monday. Hope the weather holds

What I have been doing

2009-05-16T09:45:00.001-06:00

Hummers

Red tail hawk

Hummer, Cardinal, Red tail Hawk

Plus the eagle

Red tail Hawk, Eagle, Blue Jay

I am currently working up a pattern for a butterfly and should have one of those within the next week.

But for today I am off to Whiterocks. We are planning our Memorial weekend camping trip and we can't wait to get up the mountain.

I'm taking the camera so will have preview pics.

2009-05-06T07:29:00.000-06:00

Chico hopes to be just like Odie when he grows up.

I haven't been on the puter much lately ( I guess I won't die like I thought) I have been beading like crazy. I have a gallery in Jackson Hole who is interested in my hummingbirds but I need to have enough done to make it worth there and my while. So if I continue to be MIA you'll know that I am just off beading.

Mitch is home with a injured eye. He was cutting with the torch and as he finished up some oil that had been heated dripped in between his safety glasses and burned his left eye. Luckily they rushed him to the eye doctors and they said it should be ok will just take a little while to heal up.

I promised more!

2009-04-27T20:05:00.000-06:00

We were surprised to get up one morning and see the guys from New Mexico had there truck engine heater plugged into the generator . It was chilly over night but not even close to being this cold.
At least we were entertained

Fisherman Yoga

2009-04-19T20:19:00.000-06:00

So the campground over the weekend was almost full ( See we weren't the only crazy ones) The guys across from us were from New Mexico and I happened to glance over and seen these two legs sticking up in the air. At first I was like what is this guy doing standing on his head, Some kind of new fisherman's yoga or something. Then I decided that he was draining the water out.
luckily as it turns out the fisherman wasn't even in them and had them out for drying.
It did make me laugh and obviously was entertaining enough for me to get the camera.

Wait till next time when I post the pictures of this same camp with there truck plugged into the generator, lol

Easter weekend!

2009-04-15T08:36:00.000-06:00

Our house for the weekend
We went to Dripping springs over the weekend. We had some good weather and some windy cold weather but all in all we had a really great time.
This campground is not a really beautiful campground as they had a fire back in 2002 which took out all of the cedar tree's. They have planted new tree's but they are small and it will be awhile before they get big enough to make some shade

Jack and Shawnas house for the weekend

Rocky who was guarding a leftover pice of french toast

Beamer and Chico had fun with each other, Well except for when Chico was beating him up

I have pictures

2009-04-09T15:44:00.000-06:00

Here is what I have been working on since Sunday. The first picture is the hummingbirds head

here is the finished project. This is not my own design but a pattern I ordered as I had never done the 3 dimensional beading before. I love how it turned out and was a really nice pattern to work with I have started a second one in some different colors so look for new pics of that

Death by ice tea!

2009-04-09T09:41:00.000-06:00

So I am unable at this time to post pictures as my laptop has had an accident. So I have been forced to move to the desktop and for some reason it will not download any pics from my camera.
So now I know that your wondering what has happened to my laptop. On Sunday I had just refilled my ice tea glass When hubby decided he would be cute and throw one of the dogs tennis balls at me hitting me in the elbow and spilling my ice tea all over my laptop. And now it is dead.
And I am sure that my warranty doesn't cover death by ice tea.
Hubby feels really bad and has promised to get it fixed or replace it whichever he needs to do. Which is good or he just may find out that his flat screen TV is allergic to ice tea also. lol
I haven't called dell yet to see who I need to have look at it but will be doing that soon

We are headed out for the weekend for our first camping trip of the year, We are going to Drippings springs The weather is supposed to be in the upper 50's for the weekend. I don't even care if the weather sucks it will just be nice to get to go.
I will be taking lots of pics hopefully I can get them into the puter so that I can post some next week when we get back

Chico's new coat!

2009-04-04T13:00:00.000-06:00

This poor dog has no hair on his underside and with the cold temps we have been having he gets so cold within just a few minutes outside.
So I decided he needed a coat, but what to make it out of, At first I thought maybe a sleeve of one of the jackets that the little girls had outgrown but everything we had was way to big.
I then looked at Mitch's socks. still way to big, but finally one of my booty socks with a couple of cuts in the right places and wallah instant dog sweater.
He seems to love it and when he outgrows it we will just get a bigger sock, lol

One of Those days!

2009-03-27T22:30:00.000-06:00

The new baby reluctantly layed down with Rocky while I was cooking dinner. At least Rocky has enough hair to keep them both warm, lol
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So Its Friday and I wanted to get a bunch of stuff done so I could just kind of play this weekend. I spent the morning cleaning. you know the usual stuff dusting, ran the vacuum, cleaned the mirrors. that sort of thing. And also I am rearranging some stuff in the fifth wheel as I just haven't liked where it was at. After tearing stuff out of cupboards and closets and moving this thing over there and that thing over here I actually felt better or maybe it was more organized anyways. I also had some errands to run but of course I was waiting on people who were supposed to stop by and take care of some things. And I needed to go to the grocery store. These days this is my least favorite job. I hate having to find a place to park and then fight my way up and down the isles and then When I do get to the checkout I am so amazed at what I have to pay for so few things in my cart.
So one of the things I was going to the store for was tortilla's. I had wanted to make tacos last week and when I got my tortilla's out of the fridge they were hard and crunchy. So this was top of my list ( yes I had a list) So I fight my way through the store picking up Items on my list and get to the checkout and I had forgotten Ice tea mix (not on my list of course) so while the nice checker starts scanning my groceries I run down the isle to get Ice tea mix half way back I realize that I have gotten the raspberry kind that I don't like and have to run back and do a quick exchange. ( yea I can see you all visualizing me running arms flailing down the isles with my Lipton's Ice tea mix)I run back to the check stand as the nice checker is scanning the last of my items. Get my total, swipe my card, and then head home. So I know what you all are thinking that wasn't so bad a typical visit to the grocery store, but there is more I get to the truck and cannot for the life of me get the button unlock thing to work. I tried and tried and finally ended up unlocking the truck the old fashioned way with the key ( I know who would of thought) load the groceries drive home, unload the groceries, put the groceries away. And then go to make......... wait can you guess TACOS for dinner and guess what I didn't buy tortilla's. I was so disgusted by this point that I decided to order out for Chinese food. The one good thing I had no dirty dishes.
I may try to do tacos tomorrow but then who knows what will happen.

the baby has a name.

2009-03-26T13:31:00.000-06:00

Meet Chico the chihuahua. As you can see he has made himself right to home and is getting along well with the big boys

More new baby!

2009-03-22T09:21:00.000-06:00

This is what the new baby thinks of me playing on the computer. He still doesn't have a name we are still trying to discover his personality.
I cleaned out my pond yesterday and got it filled and the pump in it. I can't wait till I can plant some flowers around it
While it has been beautiful here the last couple of days it supposed to take a drastic turn for the worse with snow forcasted for tomorrow.

Babies!

2009-03-19T16:45:00.001-06:00

As you can see the babies of the house are gettting along really well

Meet the newest member!

2009-03-18T11:43:00.000-06:00

here he is he's an eight week old chihuahua. No name yet. but he's a doll

Spring or is it!

2009-03-17T08:51:00.000-06:00

I have been loving the warm weather the last few days. On Saturday Mitch and I took the scooters for a ride. We did get most of the yard cleaned up and I guess it wasn't as messy as I thought it was. It looks so much better and now I can't wait for everything to turn green

New Lizard pics and?

2009-03-15T09:47:00.000-06:00

Patotoe face

Gotta love that messy face.

Ashley has big news!

Lizard is going to be a big sister in August. Ashley said she hasn't been as sick with this one as she was with lizard And has the feeling this time its a boy. As soon as they can tell on the ultrasound then we will all know.

Congratulations Ashley, Jason, and Lizard

Its that time of the year!

2009-03-14T10:43:00.000-06:00

The snows are all gone and what is left in there wake? Garbage, broken limbs. dead flowers, weeds, dead leaves, and so on and so forth.
Its that time of the year where we brake out the gloves, rakes and shovels and start cleaning up the yard and its really a mess.
I don't know where all of it comes from. Makes me wonder if the neighbors snuck over one snowy night and dumped there trash knowing full well that it wouldn't be discovered till the following spring.
So I am off to start this spring ritual look forward to many pictures in the process

here's the forum

2009-03-05T09:28:00.000-07:00

http://thechattychickscafe.myfreeforum.org/index.php
hope this works
For those having problems you need to join.
So go to the menu box on the upper left hand side the fifth selection down is the join button click on it and then you will see the users agreement form on the bottom you will have to agree to the terms and then it will move you through the process from there you should be able to just log on hope this helps

a new project.

2009-03-02T21:36:00.001-07:00

I have several new projects going on at the moment. And we have had a renewed interest in our house I hope this means that things are starting to go our way. Over the weekend we have had 2 new showings not sure if its because it warming up or because things within the financial sector are starting to open up but either way we are happy about it.
I am in the process of building my own forum. I have been looking for a place to go to meet up with others like myself who have multiple interests. Who love to meet new people. Who want to discuss more than one subject.
I have found Art forums. I have found Literature forums. I have found news forums. And I have found friends forums. While all I have visited have been great they are all directed to one specific subject. I wanted a forum that had numerous subjects that I could enjoy. Something with a positive attitude. and people who are doing more diverse things. So in my searching I was unable to find what I was looking for and decided to build my own. I have it up and running and will be posting the address her very soon. I need to figure out how everything works so that I can help new members.
I am adding new rooms and if anybody has suggestions I would love to hear from you.
The name of the new forum is the Chatty Chicks Cafe and everybody is welcome. You will have to register in order to participate. It is a public forum but moderated. which means no name calling, no ugly things or your posts will be removed and you will be banned from the site. We are looking for happy, creative, intelligent, funny, hard working women who want to connect to others who are like them.
I will post more details soon

new Lizard pics

2009-02-27T21:44:00.000-07:00

I have been so slacking off!

2009-02-26T14:28:00.000-07:00

Kolby showed up a little while ago to show off her new haircut. It looks so cute on her (thank you Shawna) I have been wishing for a new hairdo. but pretty sure I don't want to go this short.

The snow is all gone. We have had some really nice days the snow is gone. Now all that left is the mud yuck.

hopefully it will start greening up soon. I am so ready for spring

pretty blue sky

Ok I finally finished my bead piece and am working on getting it on the leather (that is to the left) It has turned out quite nice I am now in a hurry to finish it as I have a new pattern I want to start on. So look for this finished piece and the new piece in the near future.

Opie's Birthday

2009-02-19T08:50:00.000-07:00

my lost info

2009-02-09T20:58:00.000-07:00

I did lose my e-mail account in November I didn't realize that it was connected to the phone at the shop until it was to late. With that I lost everybodys e-mail also so if you haven't heard from me its because I don't have your e-mail address
My new e-mail is
dazzlinme@yahoo.com
Also you can call me on my cell phone at 435-823-5488.
Ash and Jason and Lizard are moving to New York and are leaving on Wed. Jason has family there and they are flying in to help the kids get moved out there. Jason has a job there where ever it is his cousin works and I guess rent is a lot cheaper so they will be able to afford a place a lot easier than here.
I will miss lizard very much as she is such a sweet baby.

Waiting for spring!

2009-02-08T11:43:00.000-07:00

Here an update on my project. Now its tedious work as I am adding the three dimensional effect to it which for those of you who do bead means fringe work. for those of you who don't it means adding 3 beads onto the string and going back through the bottom 2 and back into the starter bead. It will be great when I get it done but for now I only work on it a little at a time.

Lizard is leaving for New York on Wed, I will miss her sweet little face so much. I hope her mom has gotten her webcam bought (hint hint)

Pics from out trip

2009-01-25T13:05:00.001-07:00

Were home and had a wonderful trip And it was so very hard to come back to the cold.

sunset coming into Monticello

The cliffs of Moab. Moab is having an colder than normal winter according to the camp host

Moab

Heading into Shiprock New Mexico

Rv park park in Gallop while we did have snow we still had 50 degree days

Statue outside a gas station in Camp Verde.......

Couple places of interest West out of Phoenix near Superior Arizona is the Boyce Thompson Aboretum. We spent a wonderful day there(yes I forgot the camera). We were able to take the dogs on all of the trails and only had a couple of cactus pricks in the cactus garden. They also have a herb garden, rose garden, hummingbird garden, Australia garden, and so much more with a lake lots of trails to walk on the weather was 74 degrees and beautiful. I would love to go back. From there we headed north to the Roosevelt lake area wonderful cactus forests and a wonderful lake area that we intend to visit again

Snow in the desert

2009-01-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

Monument valley even had snow when we came through

We stayed the our first night in Moab and they had lots of snow the contrast of the red rocks and the white snow is a very beautiful sight.

We stayed our second night in Camp Verede Arizona At a RV resort. It was nice but not our kind of place most of the people there are there for the winter . There is a shuttle from the park over to the casino.

On Monday we made it to Phoenix and actually drove right to the Rv repair place. Where we have been parked ever since.

On Tuesday we took a drive down to Quartzsite what a place . we did find where we are planning on staying when we do get down there. the weather was a perfect 73 degrees

Today we have headed north the Williams Arizona which is just 30 miles from the grand canyon were staying the night here then headed to the canyon tomorrow

Just checking in!

2009-01-09T20:02:00.000-07:00

We are off tomorrow to warmer climates for a couple of weeks.
We have to be in Surprise Arizona on the 13th to have the damage to the house repaired then we are meeting friends in Quartzite on the 19th.
Not sure when we will return I will try to post along the way if I can find wifi and hopefully will have new pictures.

Chelly!

2009-01-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

we had Chelly Belly over night Its amazing what will entertain a 3 year old.

test

2009-01-01T13:29:00.001-07:00

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T12:45:00.001-07:00

We had a pretty quiet New Years eve Chelly Belly was here. We were supposed to have Lizard to but her mother ended up sick and so she stayed home. I don't have any new pics so am just posting some from Christmas and before

project!

2008-12-28T11:57:00.000-07:00

I have been busy with my beading project this is what it looked like before

and walah heres what it looks like now

haven't cleaned up any strings yet but its coming along

The boys have gone ice fishing today so its quiet here and no better time to work on projects.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T10:27:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful Christmas eve, All of the kids were here. We had a really nice dinner and the babies were fun.

Now that the girls are older it gets harder and harder to get pics of them together but throw in a bag a chips and its a photo moment

Do you think lizard has an attitude

She loved the giraffe that Shawna got her and notice Odin right in the middle of things

Chelly Belly has decided she likes all things princess. So Cinderella was on the list. I think she approved

Playdoh, what kid doesn't love it.

Notice Odin again. He has to be right in the middle of everything.

Its cold and snowy here this morning. We don't have any big plans just a quiet day with yummy leftovers.

I should be in Arizona!

2008-12-21T10:28:00.000-07:00

Its cold and snowy oh and did I say Cold here. Were still in limbo over the sale of the house and don't think its going to go through till after the first of the year. The new house is holding up and keeping us warm. It was -3 degrees here night before last and we had no problems keeping warm and comfortable.

If it keeps this up we won't be able to get the fifth wheel out before spring

I have had the crud all week, but lizard came to cheer me up

Isn't she a doll?

First snow of the season!

2008-12-09T11:05:00.001-07:00

While beautiful, it is cold

Looking a little like winter

Lizard and the ugly doll

A Sunday Project!

2008-12-07T15:44:00.000-07:00

So this is my kitchen before, and I loved the wall board but was worried that over time with cooking smatters that it would eventually start to look not so great. I had been looking for something to make a back splash that would look good and also be easier to wash.
So here we go.

Kitchen before

And after.

I found this product in Home depot and for ease of application I give it a 10. I needed no special tools, just scissors, measuring tape, exacto knife. and a couple of hours.

The product is actually plastic but looks like brushed metal.

And I love it.

It looks great

and adds some special touch to the kitchen.

So that's how I spent the afternoon and I really do love it.

A long weekend.

2008-12-01T10:02:00.000-07:00

So I was in bed all day yesterday with a head cold which has now become a sinus infection which gave me a lot of time to work on my bead project. This is the top half which is now complete except for the strings hanging off every where as you can see its now 2 inches by about 2 inches

I like how its turning out and now have the hang of the stitching When this is done then I believe I will be able to make my own designs.

We got a lot done over the weekend the Zinger is now spit shined and ready to be put up for sale, while we know that this is the wrong time of the year to be trying to sale a fifth wheel we figure we will give it a try.

We also got some other winterizing projects done even though the weather was pretty incredible with the high being in the high 50's.

For thanksgiving we had mexican with home made enchiladas and tamales, Drue was here and Then Kolby on Sat. We had Chelly Belly on Sat night. So all and all we had a busy and productive and fun weekend.

new projects!

2008-11-29T11:20:00.000-07:00

Here is my latest project, I know it doesn't look like much yet but hopefully it will when I am done. This is peyote stitch and something I have never done and because of that I bought this as a kit which included directions (thank god) and everything you need to complete the project.

After several (like 4) false starts I finally got the hang of it this is about 2 inches wide and I have about a inch done. These are seed beads

As you can see Rocky has made himself right at home in the new house, we had planned on removing this couch but the dogs love it so much that we have decided to leave it. Odin has actually been getting on it at night to sleep which has given us much more room in our bed. Another plus is underneath there is lots of storage for all my arts and crafts

be careful what you wish for

2008-11-23T18:43:00.001-07:00

changing the blog!

2008-11-23T18:28:00.000-07:00

I have been playing with the blog today. This inspiration comes from Shawna and the really great changes she has made to her blog. this isn't the finished product but its a start.

be careful what you wish for

2008-11-23T18:22:00.001-07:00

be careful what you wish for

2008-11-23T18:19:00.001-07:00

be careful what you wish for

2008-11-23T18:13:00.001-07:00

be careful what you wish for

2008-11-23T17:03:00.001-07:00

be careful what you wish for

2008-11-23T17:01:00.001-07:00