one more little project . . .

 

 I thought this little dollar store pumpkin guy could use a little ooola . . . so I made him a hat and added a little glitter.  He looks so much happier now sitting on his sparkling boxes.  Happy Halloween!

Movie NIght

We set up a projector and screen and watched movies outside tonight . . . a little on the chilly side - but so much fun.  The best part . . . playing with my shadow before we started the movie.

PEACE!

Saturday Projects

 Some squiggly eyes (I love squiggly eyes!) . . .

 some scored and laminated card stock . . .

 a spooky little smile . . .

 . . . folded, tied with pretty ribbon, and filled with toys and treats!

 Perfect little gifts for Lily, Owen, and Charlotte . . . for our pumpkin carving night. 

 I made Charlotte some orange bandana pants today . . . and cut out some purple and some Halloween print one also. 

. . . and I couldn't pass these up.  They were in the dollar section at Target - so probably some pretty lousy nail polish . . . but I think they're great!  Yes, even the bathroom gets a touch of Halloween.

a little more halloween

 

I still don't have my decorations up outside . . . hopefully today.  As much as I like Halloween - you would think I would have everything up the first week in October.  When we lived in our old house I did - I guess because the kids were little and they got so excited about helping, but now as long as I have something out for Halloween night - I'm happy.  But I can't get enough of all the Halloween sparkle inside. 

I have a long list of things I want to do today . . . and things I have to do (I don't like that list as much).  I think I better start with a pot of coffee . . .  

magic . . .

 I got playing with pictures on my phone today . . . that got me thinking about magic.  Halloween and Fall seem to cast sort of a spell on me . . . for lack of any other way to describe it.  I seem to be able to find joy in the littlest things . . . and that to me is a special sort of magic.

One of my favorite lines from a movie . . .  (I have so many of them), is from "Sleepless is Seattle" - when Tom Hank's character (Sam Baldwin) tells Dr. Marcia Fieldstone how he knew he was supposed to be with his wife. 

"Well, it was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together... and I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home... only to no home I'd ever known... I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew. It was like... magic."

I love that movie - but then I am a hopeless romantic . . . I may have to watch it tonight. :)

I am definitely someone who believes in magic . . . Do you?

Trick or Treat . . . Flashback Friday

 Trick or Treat!

 . . . and why are we in a cemetery at night Amy?  :)

It's October - wishing I was back in Iowa . . .

Happy Friday!

Good Morning!

 

 

One of my little pleasures is my morning cup of coffee . . . (or sometimes tea.)  I guess all my coffee mugs play into that too.  I'm not sure why I started using a different mug each day - but they are fun . . . and in the words of Dr. Seuss - "Fun is Good!" . . . and I find that each morning sitting here in the quiet with my morning cup of coffee, I feel the hopefulness of a new day.  It doesn't matter what happened yesterday - or what is going to happen tomorrow . . . facing a new day always feels a little hopeful to me.

 

Not so fun . . . the baseball game last night.  I won't even type the score - it was not pretty for the Cardinals - but the same thing applies . . .

"Every day is a new opportunity.  You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again.  That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."  ~ Bob Feller


World Series - Game 1

Baseball and a Beer . . . Go Redbirds!

EEK . . .

Luke's doodles . . . he picked up a marker and three minutes later this was on the paper.  I love when he draws . . .

Honestly . . . what am I going to post about once Halloween is over and all these cute glittering decorations are put away? 

Although, I did get a wonderful magazine yesterday full of Christmas ideas . . . I think I need to buy more glitter.  :)

"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life."  ~Rachel Carson

glitter and lights . . .

Playing with glitter and lights tonight. This picture doesn't really show how glittery these little pumpkins are . . . they turned out really cute.  They need something else - but not sure what I am going to do with them yet.   

Another simple idea . . . Halloween lights in a glass pumpkin jar.  I probably need to find my glittery spiders and put them in the jar . . .

B is for . . . .

B is for . . . Beads for Abbie. 

My run happened to take me by the bead store today, so I stopped in and picked out some beads for Abbie's necklaces.

Be is for . . . Button ring. 

I spotted this last night and had to wear it today . . . something just too cute about a plastic button ring.  I think I need to make some of these.  :) 

Today . . .

Outside my window . . . It is still dark - I like being up early this time of year.

I am thinking . . . There are so many things I want to be doing at home.  I would rather be there than at work today
I am thankful for . . . Coffee - I stayed up way too late last night.
From the kitchen . . . scrambled eggs and Canadian bacon (Richard made me breakfast this morning.)

I am wearing . . .  a orange lace tunic with black leggings - feeling in a Halloween mood - (of course!)

I am creating . . .  glittering pumpkins and going to start a new Shabby Charlotte doll.

I am going . . .  to run at lunch today.

I am reading . . .  Dead Until Dark (not sure why I started it but appropriate for October.)

I am hoping . . .  that someone very dear to me finds the answers they need.

I am hearing . . .  my boss in the back room making coffee . . .

Around the house . . .  (the office) – people are starting to come to work.  I like how the office wakes up slowly . . . the quiet, early morning routine of people who get her early - which eventually turns into the morning chaos of an elementary school office.

One of my favorite things . . . the gourd that I painted and glittered last night - it really did turn out pretty for something so simple.

A few plans for the rest of the week . . . a trip to the pumpkin patch, more Halloween decorations, some tennis, and more glitter . . . 

From my picture journal . . .

 

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.   ~ Robert Brault

Halloween glitter . . .

An old gourd, some paint and glitter, and a scrap of black lace . . . a very simple and very pretty Halloween decoration.  

When in doubt . . . just add glitter! 

Mirror, Mirror . . .

Old idea - but so cute . . . I have been wanting to do this for sometime.  We finally got around to taking the tennis racquet's in to have the mirrors cut - then since it was a friend doing it . . . it seemed to take a little longer to get that part done.  So they are finally up.   I love them . . . and even more so because they are made from Richard's old wood racquets.  We saw so many old racquets at the junk fair yesterday . . . I probably should have bought some of them . . . these would make great gifts for some of our friends.   

Sunday Funday!

 Charlotte ready to go . . . she spent the afternoon with Grandpa and Grandma at the "Glorious Junk Days". 

 We didn't really see anything we had to have . . . but got some good ideas for refurbishing old furniture.  It was fun to just walk around and take Charlotte out.  I did find some charms to use on my dolls.

 Love You . . .

 We took her to lunch . . . and then home to have her feet painted with mom and dad. :)

Abbie saw this on Pinterest . . . really a cute idea - she is going to make some cards out of them.

I think she is going to make little ghosts out of the white ones. 

Sunday Funday!