The Whole Kit & Caboodle

I'm as busy as a bee

I've been cleaning up my crafting space, working on my 101 in 1001 , and getting ready for Halloween. Plus it just dawned on me that Christmas is right around the corner and if I don't start working on my gifts I'll end up in the mall on the 24th buying up whatever is left. 

Pop over to my shop and grab some goodies on the cheap. Those destash bags go quick.

Gotta go sew a tail to a tutu. Cheers!

I don't need no stinkin' diamonds

These are from the Simple Silver gift guide.  This is almost more handmade bling than I can handle. I'll take two of everything please.

I just love a good list

I am doing 43 things.

What I Know for Sure

In an infinite universe, there are many mysteries. Fortunes and lifetimes have been exhausted searching for answers that lurk just beyond our imaginations.  This morning I stand in awe, as witness to an absolute truth.

It takes a family of four  less than two weeks to consume an entire POUND of handmade gingerbread flavored caramel.

I know. Life changing isn't it? Take a moment to digest the magnitude of it. I'll wait.

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The candy in question was intended as a treat for my customers, to tuck in with orders during the holiday season. Obviously that ain't gonna happen folks. My first mistake was ordering so much so soon. What was I thinking?? My husbands face shone with pure joy as he announced that "the candy is here!" The whole family crowded around as we ripped it open, like the scene in A Christmas Story when the crate containing the fathers major award arrives.  Packing peanuts flew. Oohhs and ahhs floated wordlessly through the air. We all gleefully enjoyed our one allotted caramel before I closed the box and put it away until November, when I would begin to include them in my outgoing packages.

This is when the miracle occured.

Somehow, in the span of two weeks, that box was completely emptied of its precious contents. This happened silently, in the night apparently, since I'm certain that I didn't eat that many.

So thank you Bethany , for those amazing caramels, a yummy two weeks,  and for the endless, gingerbread burning cardio sessions that are now in my immediate future.

Om.
 

Oh the shame

Before I worked up the hootspah (yes, that is a word, though I am pretty sure thats not how you spell it!) to get my blog ball rolling I had something I wanted to post about everyday. Now, of course, I got nothing. Nada. Zip. Seriously, its not that I am that boring. It's more like that feeling of blankness you get when you walk in a music store and cannot for the life of you remember what on earth you like to listen to!

In my defense, I joined facebook, an event that I blame entirely on my friend Stacey. There are so many old faces on there. Its like a time warp into my angst ridden teen years, back when my hair was frizzy and I drove a geo. Something about seeing all those little thumbnails of familiar faces under the oddly ominous "people you might know" title has given me a week long case of butterflies in my stomach.
Am I a total nut?
I can't be the only one out there who isn't entirely nostalgic about the good ol' days? I've been chatting with a few old friends and avoiding self effacing comparisons. I'll let you all know how that goes.

Gotta go to yoga.

I totally rocked a bomber jacket in high school. Anyone else have one of those??

Mall rats and Cake Wrecks

Too. Tired. To. Post.
I went to the mall with two teenagers and a toddler today. We had fun and I even tried on some fun clothes that I can't afford...but now I am very sleepy and just want to crash on the sofa for a bit.

But just because I have been thinking of you....I'll give you something fun to do in my absence. Presenting: Cake Wrecks! Unless you want it spewed all over your keyboard, I wouldn't suggest drinking or eating while on this ride. Have fun.

This one isn't funny but it is awesome. Matt said he wanted a Mario cake like that for his birthday. I've done horrible, unmentionable things to decorated a cake or two in my day, but I'm pretty sure that if I tried making this, Mario would never be the same again. But then I could submit the results to Cake Wrecks. Hmmmm.....

(photo courtesy of CakeWrecks.blogspot.com)

Two jars in one post. Wierd

I'm not turning out to be a very diligent blogger, am I? I promise that I am thinking of you, dear blog. If only I could dictate my posts! How wonderful that would be. Because, truly, some days I don't even want to look at my computer. I am that sick of it. I couldn't live without it, of course. But our passion has fizzled this late in our relationship (so to speak).

Today is a new day though, and I am making sweet biscuits with blackberries and cream this morning. Who could feel stressed with sweet biscuits baking in the oven? Not me, I tell ya! I have a bit of time before they are done. Let me tell you what I've been up to.

Despite the weatherman's assurance that it would rain, we took Emma to the State Park on Wednesday. I don't know why we haven't taken her there before! There is a little deck that runs along a trail where they house some birds that cannot be released back into the wild. Emma loved that.   We looked closely at the ground on the trail for treasures to bring home with us. (I'm pretty sure you aren't supposed to remove anything from a State Park, but it was just a leaf and some acorns. Please don't tell!) We stuffed everything in my pocket, to place in a jar when we got home to keep as a reminder of our day. Emma thought this little guy might like to live in the jar too.

Lucky for him, we convinced her that he would not.

What else? Oh, well I'm off to play poker with the ladies tonight. The ladies being some friends from Emma's playgroup. I'm curious how this will turn out, considering 1. I don't really have  firm grasp on how poker is played exactly and 2. I'm a bit of an oddball in this group. But still, a night out! The planets must be in alignment or something.

I've been meaning to share this with you. I found the idea on Little Paper Dog's blog and just about fell out of my chair. What a spectacularly simple and genius idea. I've already jotted down two little things this morning. I think I'm going to need a pretty big jar.

I think my biscuits are ready now. I hope you have a lovely morning.