New Followers

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I am incredibly overwhelmed and humbled by all my new followers.  It makes me feel, well, IMPORTANT and LOVED.  A warm country welcome to you all!  I am a mom of three children, TJ, Miguel and Ladybug .  I am married to my best friend KT, not once, but twice!  Despite the fact that I live in the 'burbs I am a country girl at heart.  I try to find the joy and comedy in the often mundane day to day living. 

Thank you to all my new and seasoned followers.  I appreciate all your comments.  I will try to come and visit you back as time permits. 

Don't you just love the blogging world

and all the new friends me make? 

Repurposing

When I can create something that feels new that I have made over from something I already have, I feel so good. Cost $0.00! This is repurposing. -Verb-Repurpose: Taking a thing or a material and using it for a purpose not originally intended. 

In an old house, my mom was pulling down her beautiful white and blue balloon shade.   I loved that fabric!  She was taking the shade down to replace it and I scammed it off of her because she was just going to throw it out anyway.  I cut that shade up and sewed myself kitchen curtains for our old house.  They were pickin' cute, if do say so myself.  Two valances and two panels:  Cost $0.00 .

(See the curtains there on the left?)

I didn't have much fabric left, but I've held onto it in my scrap fabric for almost 12 years now.  Recently I was working on rearranging furniture in my room.  I created a little laptop area but needed a chair.  We had a chair upstairs in the kids domain, but it looked like crap!  I think they eat meals off of the fabric seat it looked so bad.  I decided that chair was my next project.  With my scrap fabric and a staple gun, I recovered that chair.  I love it and it looks perfect with the color scheme I have going on in my bedroom.  Almost new chair Cost $0.00!  Thanks mom!

What have you repurposed?

I've been dreaming

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Sunday was glorious and sunny.  It was the kind of sunny that you look outside and think that perhaps it is Summer or at least Spring until you actually step outside and FEEL the temperature.  Februarys in Idaho can be kind of dark.  Come to think of it, November, December, January AND February tend to be on the darker side.  The sun sets at an obnoxious hour of like 4:30 pm and doesn't wake its lazy butt up until 8:30 am the next morning.  That means I have been at work a whole hour before the sun even tries to grace us with a little light. 

Last night I dreamed it was Spring.  It felt warm and sunny, and I was planning my cute outfit for work which included capri's and sandals.  Yeah, I work in that type of environment.  Well, maybe I don't but that's how I dress, anyway.  When 5:30 am rolled around, I was snapped back to reality... a 20° reality.  I guess I will just have to enjoy the sunshine while I've got it and dream of warmer days to come....

Cell phone woes

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Son #2, Miguel, thought he'd do a little surfing on the internet recently with his phone. Surfing for ring tones, backgrounds, games, etc....We don't have a data plan, nor had we planned on buying one. We have the internet hooked up to the computers at home. We don't need it in our pockets, too. Apparently, he didn't "realize" that his bit of surfing actually costs money. He's 16, I think he knew. Imagine our surprise when we received a $230 cell phone bill. I mean, come on!!! He is now in debt to us and looking for a job. He gets his phone back when he can pay his bill. He thinks we are being harsh for what he terms an accident. Well, if I hit someone with my car, I have to pay even if it was an "accident".

What do you think? Is this enough punishment? 

Or do you side with Miguel and think it is too harsh? 

My Nooner

 

I have a secret shame. Something that if revealed could mean that others think less of me. I mean, I try to be all healthy and stuff...working out, eating right....I've even shared some favorite lo-cal recipes and some not so lo-cal recipes...This secret shame while lo-cal, is considered by some to be unhealthy...

Most every day after work I take a little pilgrimage to Fast Eddy's. What is Fast Eddy's you ask? Why it is only the best Chevron food store EVER. Why? Well, it's clean and there aren't any scary people. There isn't anyone that makes my skin crawl holding my purse tighter. No one to jump me as I'm crawling into my car. Not that it is a problem where I live, but let's just say, I'm a little sheepish of scary people. PLUS, this mecca offers .63 cent refills and a punch card to earn free drinks, and if you don't think that is enough...I can get a free popcorn anytime. That word FREE is like my favorite word....I saw a sign the other day outside an oil change joint that read, "FREE oil change to the first Lisa." It was calling to me, but I didn't need an oil change.

Anyway, holding out my holy grail refillable mug I fill up with first 3/4 Coke Zero and 1/4 Cherry Coke. I have it down to an exact science. I'm a drink mixer.  A mixed drink, if you will...Everything is properly balanced to give me my delicious lo-cal, icey drink with just a twist of sugar and cherry. Ah, I'm getting thirsty again just thinking about it....

What is your secret shame?

**Since composing this original post two weeks ago my mecca has raised the price of their refills to .79.  What the crap!? Here I am trying to brag them up and this is what I get in return.**