Happy Halloween!

The kids have been jazzed up all day~something about dressing up, parties at school and lots of candy really gets them excited. We had a soldier boy, a 50's greaser and a couple of goth girls.

We 'trick-or-treat'ed (well, they did-I drove along behind).

{Notice the very large bag by the very small boy~aim high darlin'!}

Played some games:

They even got a hay ride:

The highlight of the evening was compliments of this troublemaker: Can you guess what it was?

Good work, kids, good work.

Here's some pretty painted pumpkins from last week:

The evening is over-much to everyone's disappointment~now it's time to watch all those scarey movies on TV. I'll bet they won't make it another 20 minutes!

Ghoul night-sleep tight~don't let the werewolves bite!

Is It January Yet?

We have been 500 miles an hour busy for about 3 months now. I am so looking forward to January when there is nothing to do!

Almost done with Volleyball:

Done with Dance Team:Still have several weeks of football:Had a birthday party:

That's an alien eyeball.

The party theme was: You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household (Eph 2:19)

It will be great just to be able to hang out...And DanceOr somethin':

Me (Working)

I worked really hard these past 2 weeks. My body hurts. I'm tired of talking. I'm tired of walking. I'm tired of smiling. I'm tired of looking at "antiques". I'm tired of dirty feet. I'm tired of dusty fields. I'm tired of stories. I'm tired of Spanish. I think I may not even go junkin' this next weekend (gasp of disbelief coming from all who know me). It was fun though. I just need a day or two of rest and I'll be looking forward to the next show! Here's pictures of me working hard:
Have a junk free day everyone!

We Won, We Won, Oh My Gah, We Won!

QB and Safety from the this weeks Winning team.

I am pretty sure the coaches were as thrilled as, if not more than, the boys!

I Always Wanted To Get Paid To Be Here!

We live in an area that has a humongous Antique/Junque Show every six months. I don't think the whole thing has a name-it's lots of small shows all in the same area, pretty much all at the same time. Some call it Warrenton, some call it Round Top, some call it Marburger. Whatever you call it, it's FABULOUS! It's miles and miles of antiques, art, vintage everything and some actual junk thrown in. It lasts about 12 days. In other words, it's Heaven for the likes of me. My friends and I have gone out there every year, usually 3 or 4 days and it's just not enough. I always find myself saying "I wish I could get someone to pay me to be here!" Well guess what, Wally, it's happened! I'm hawking ads for the Show Daily and loving every minute of it! I'm loving the press pass, too. I can park just about anywhere AND some places'll even feed me lunch for free!

http://www.showdaily.us/
This place is full of the most interesting people and things.

Take Coffee Bug for instance:

It's a VW bug. It's a coffee shop. Here's the story:

http://thecoffeebug.com/
For whatever reason, most of the vendors have a pretty quirky, off-the-wall sense of humor. It makes for a very pleasant day.
(Found in Rose of Texas field)

Bobby raised this rock from a pebble the sign reads.
(Found in the field in front of Renck Hall)

(Campbell Building)
Pretties are abundant as well:

(Cottage Gatherings-Campbell Building)

(Punkies-outside of Oldenburg-ish)

I've been at it really hard since Monday morning. I wasn't gonna go this weekend because I figured the kids would have a hissy fit about it. Surprise, surprise-they wanted to go! I took them to the La Bahia show because it just opened and I hadn't been there yet. I got a little work done and the kids had fun, too.


In my completely biased opinion, the above photo should be featured in the April edition of the magazine.


We all had a ball on the gigantic teeter-totters:


Once I was out of money for ice cream and snow cones, it was time to go home...

See you soon-like tomorrow.

I'm the Quarterbacks Mama

Yes, my darling boy is the QB. I'm dreaming of NFL days for him...I mean if he doesn't go ahead and be an astronaut and all. It's only his second year to play ever and he's already the QB. The sky's the limit baby (high five-giggle, giggle)!

Last Saturday was their first game. It was a massacre. We were not the victors. The other team had lots of boys. Really big boys. And fast, too.

This is them:

This is us:

I think the pads and helmets weigh more than these two combined.

This is mini. He's the QB's little brother. What he doesn't have in weight and speed he makes up for in persistence and personality. He even growled at the other team. He's scary.

Football Rocks! (Even when you get your butt kicked)

Today's Yard Sale Glory

Thursday night I was desperately trying to find someone to go shopping with me. Julia wasn't coming in and I just didn't feel like going it alone. I called Shenann: "Hey, don't go to work on Friday-come shopping instead." "No, I've already been gone too many days this week. I can't."
Drat. So I called Cynthia: "Hey, play hookey tomorrow and go shopping with me." "I can't. It's too busy-I have to go to work." Double Drat. Fine-I'll go by myself. At 7 Friday morning my phone was ringing. I get panicked when my phone rings early or late. I nervously picked up the phone: "Hello?" It was Cynthia. I won't go into details, but I will tell you she went shopping with me! Thank you, God for pink eye (*grin*)! [Note to Shenann-I think it might be wise for you to just go ahead and skip work the next time I ask, the affliction resulting from a 'no' might not be as easy as pink eye-I'm just sayin']


I found lots of goodies:

Prayer box necklace-somebody's gettin' this for Christmas-if you think it might be you, just move on:
Lovely Folk Artsy toothpick Christmas ornaments. Somebody's probably gettin' these too:








Super nifty, super old leather lacing craft kit-we'll be working on these this weekend. Again-somebody's gettin' a cool sum'n, sum'n for Christmas:

I'll use these old aluminum molds for soap (which somebody will be gettin' for Christmas):










I like buttons:









These are some decorations for that "American Legion Hall Chic" look I'll be going for come Christmas:

I'm gonna make an apron-yep, you got it-for somebody for Christmas:



And a Halloween one, too:








And I'm gonna wrap all these glorious treasures in the fabuloso Vintage Wrapping Paper I found. And label it with this Vinage Chalk













JULIA-DON'T LOOK @ THIS:

She's gonna be a (cough) GRANDMA and I am gonna gussy this up for the new baby.


These leather purses were a steal! If I can get the leather cleaned-guess what-yup-somebody's gettin' one for Christmas:












These next things are just fun stuff for me:

These are already gracing my kitchen table.

This is a load of fun stuff-just for kicks:

I found way more than this too! Yes, it as an amazing day. There's also 4 (count 'em, 4) vintage dresses I found that need a little love before they are ready for their blog debut.
There are some awesome sales Saturday morning, but my boys have their first football game. I'll tell you all about it when it's over! Wish us SKILL!