Sunday, January 31, 2010

Portland Oregon Road Trip

Road Trip!






Have you ever been to a Queen of Tarte Sale?
I hadn’t either.  Until yesterday.


I had been to lots of sales where Ms. Thang (aka Queen of Tarte) had been at like:
but never at an actual barn burner of a sale at her actual beautiful castle/barn.
It was a full house right when the doors opened


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King of Tarte’s mother had baked some of the most beautiful Valentine’s Day cookies.  On top of beautiful they were GOOOOOOOOOD!  I couldn’t stay out of them.
It’s possible I won’t be invited back unless I can prove that I have eaten first before attending.
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Walk through the barn/castle with me! 

My pictures are never good and I promise if I ever go again I’ll drag Amber from Tres Birds Photography with me to do the photos.
My pictures just don’t do The Queen of Tarte justice, but you get a little bit of an idea of what is goin on here.
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Crown of many different themes
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This was a really fantastic sale.  It put me on sensory overload.
Queen of Tarte has it all goin on.
Visual
Smell
and
Taste
What more does a girl need?



On my way home from this sale I had lots of time (4 hours to be exact) to think and reflect on the past 2 years that got me to this sale.

When I first started going to these shows a couple years ago I knew nobody.
I only read the blogs.
Lisa at A Thing For Roses was the first person I met. Then it was was Isabel from Masion Douce, then Joy from Auntie Joy and the Boys of Barn House.
From there on ………I was greeted with open arms ( literally, a hug and a “I’m so happy to see you”) every time. 
Each time I went to a sale, a craft workshop, or a shopping excursion I always met someone new.  After awhile they were introducing me to new friends that were in my neighborhood.  Blogland is a small small world!

I was so attracted to how these talented people had met all through the love of junkin, decorating and crafting.   What even impressed me more was how they all helped each other.  They wanted everyone to be successful at what he or she was doing. If someone had some notoriety, and idea, or something fun going on they all were excited for that person and did whatever they could to help.
It got me all choked up every time I witnessed it.   I wanted to be part of it.  I wanted to help. 
When you can’t sew, you don’t have a eye for decorating, and a glue gun isn't’ your friend you’re pretty limited on what you can do. You’re not usually the first person they call to come help.
One day over cocktails a friend said “I really would love to go to some of these places you are always going to but I don’t have anyone to go with”
That’s when a big giant light bulb went off…….Why don’t I take  ladies just like you to sales they normally wouldn't’ go to?
They have all been so supportive in getting our first trips off to a great start.
Now with  my big Superbowl of all trips coming up, do you know what all these friends I have met over the last couple years have done for me?
Get the tissue!

They have circled the wagons and said “what can we do to help?”
They all rallied behind my idea for an antique show where people can find out about The Farm Chicks Junk Junket while shopping with some of their favorite vendors.

The Collection was organized


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Who is attending you ask?

Junkies- Sisterhood of Traveling Junk
Mary Larsen (of Annies on First)
Town Hall Antiques

Just to name a few.


This is going to be a great show!

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I got some fantastic news last week straight from Farm Chicks.
I will soon be sharing this little bit of information with everyone.
In fact I would bet you can hear me screaming it from my rooftop!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Change Is In The Air







With the New Year it’s also brought some changes here at A Girl Named Timi Blog

#1  The Hubs will no longer be referred to as The Hubs.  From now on (by popular request) he will be referred to as PJ.  
I know, I know, your thinking “what” “NO!”  “He’s The Hubs!”
Well pretty much since the day PJ and I met… my entire family, family friends, and life long friends have always looked it him with sympathetic eyes and said “Ohhh…Poor Jay”
Over the holidays we had an official ceremony (it might have been over a couple beers and cocktails) and his name has been officially changed.
The Hubs…………….is now PJ…………….let’s hear a big Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah PJ!



#2  There is a new level of Fakebusy.  It will be called Networking.
For those of you who are unaware of what Fakebusy is, let me explain it to you.
It’s where I spend the whole day procrastinating, screwing off, running the rubber off the tires on my car, and spending PJ’s money.   
The Super Fakebusy will be referred to as Networking
It’s more professional and important sounding don’t you think?
Sounds like I accomplished something .

I’m currently looking for more friends so I can “network” everyday.
I’m thinking if I get more friends, I can become one of those “well-polished” ladies that lunch.  My goal is to lunch with a different friend each day of the week at different fabulous eating establishments. 

We hope the changes will not be too much of an inconvenience for you.  
Here at the House of B’s… we always wish for smooth sailing but I’m sure the mayhem and chaos will continue as usual.





*****TRIP ALERT*****
We are going to Reno for a few days.
Any suggestions for some junkin? Antiques? Flea Markets? Lunch? Afternoon Tea?
A good Bloody Mary???
  (Sounds more like this should be a ***FAKE BUSY ALERT***)

Friday, January 22, 2010

A Project

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Before Christmas I was lucky enough to attend a really fantastic Christmas sale at My Sweet Savannah’s house.  She and Kimberly from Mimi Charmante put together a great little show.

As I was snooping around Melaine’s beautiful house admiring her fabulous decorating choices I also noticed she had these wonderful numbered wine glasses.  They weren’t exactly like this but maybe a little more fabulous.
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These are from Ballard Design


I’m not sure where Melaine got hers or if she made them but I really did admire them.
She probably made them because she’s all talented and shit ya know?
 I didn’t want to ask her where she got them or if she had made them, because at that point in the evening I was the one leaving finger prints on everything and that would have just been rude and embarrassing.

Being the thrifty (cheap) person I am, I found the need to set out the very next day to find these on the cheap. 

Ring Ring Ring…….

WSU Laura:  Hello

Me:  I need those glasses that Melaine had last night. I need to go to town right now and find some!  You want to go with?



So Starbucks in hand we were off to town to find these glasses. 

Well about half way through our shopping quest we forgot what we were looking for and got all caught up in the fun Cupcake stuff at Crate and Barrel.
We both came home with this



instead of the wine glasses.


I did found some etched glasses that I really loved but a set of 6 of those glasses were $154.

Well guess what???

Too expensive for me! 
I just wanted them for the occasional party not for everyday

After leaving Crate and Barrel with our new fancy cupcake holder I said to WSU Laura “Why can’t we make those glasses?”

You all know I’m not so crafty.  Crafts usually mean some sort of emergency room visit, scaring or something very painful for me.

Oh yeah, there is the cussing and making up new bad words that comes with me crafting also.

Laura laughed and said “sure you can make your own”  
She’s supportive that way.


Because she’s such a good friend this is what she gave me for Christmas
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12 very plain wine glasses
and a potential emergency room visit!

I trotted my crafty little self down to my local Ben Franklins Crafts  the other day
and got me some vinyl numbers made.
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Then I commenced to put them on the glasses
First to find the very special tools for this project
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Then lay they vinyl number on the glasses, and start rubbing away!

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There they are!
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I was so happy with how these turned out that there might just be a set of them turning on a Junk Junket for a door prize.
With no accidents on this project it’s encouraged me to perhaps try something else.
Cheers to crafting!

Monday, January 18, 2010

It's My Birthday!

Another Trip Around The Sun






I love this song and I make sure I listen to it every morning during  Timi week.  
“ one more candle and another trip around the sun”
With having a birthday right after Christmas and New Years you kind of end up doing a lot more reflecting on the past year and what you would like to do in the upcoming year… rather than celebrating your birthday.


I made a new years resolution years ago that I would NEVER make another resolution. My new way of doing the dreaded resolution would be to just think about what didn’t work out so well for me last year and maybe try to accomplish something productive to change it in the coming year.   Writing down resolutions was just setting myself up for failure.
Besides that my mom told me to NEVER make a list of what I was  gunna do because if someone finds them then they will be purvey to the fact that you accomplished NOTHING. 


So I’m not a list maker. I just try to remember. Which doesn't work out so well but hey! 
Friends and family who have to deal with me on a regular basis know this isn’t really such a hot idea either and are fully aware that me doing what I say I’m gunna do is a crap shoot.  50/50 chance that I’ll remember where I’m suppose to be, when I’m suppose to be there, or what I was suppose to do for you.

What I do like to do that makes me look like I have my shit somewhat together, is to make a list of what I have already done and leave it laying around. I usually add a couple things at the end of that list that I was hoping  The Hubs would do.  That way when he comes home and sees how busy I’ve been he feels a little guilty and jumps right in and helps.  
Yes! Please feel free to go ahead and use that helpful tip I’ve given you ladies. 
It works!
So no resolutions here, just trying something different and hoping it is time well spent.

WHOOOOAAAA!!!   BACK UP DA BUS!!  It was her birthday you ask?
Yes it was!

As most of you know Timi Week starts the week before my actual birthday. This year I snuck in a few more days but we aren’t talking about those. I’m thinkin, if I slowly add them in, pretty soon The Hubs won’t know that we are celebrating Timi Month!
In case this is your first time reading my blog this is how it works. I highly suggest you adopt this way of thinking because it’s really a concept.
Pick the week before or after your birthday for your week.  Your choice.
Then you let your friends and family know that you’re taking reservations for doing only FUN things. Going where you want to go, doing what you want to do, buying what you want to buy. 
Remember this is a guilt free week for you so don’t be shy!
Then you inform your friends and family that if you have to do ANYTHING that YOU don’t want to do……….it tacks another day on to your week.
I have found that people usually start catching on after my week has gone on for about 2 or 3 weeks.  Then, the next time your birthday comes around they start doing what you want, when you want, where you want…. just to wrap it up!

Well this last week  was Timi Week and it was BUSY BUSY BUSY!

It started out with a trip to Bravern in Bellevue.  Now they don’t call this a shopping mall but……IT IS!  A high priced mall at that.

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Michele (The Worlds Best Nurse) took a day off from helping those in need to help her good friend Timi out with a little celebrating.
We went to the new Niemen Marcus, walked through and touched things, gasped at prices, left finger prints on all the cases, talked to all the sales associates, and left.
Then we were off to grace some more of the over-priced- boutiques with out presence.
We did hit Anthropolgie where we enjoyed ourselves very much, and Michele purchased this very cute little tea towel for me for my birthday.
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How darn cute is that?
I love love love it!
It could be yours too by clicking here

After drooling over fabulousness in Anthropologie we stopped in at
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Yes!
I indulged in 4 of their fancy cupcakes
Chocolate Peanut butter
Triple Chocolate
Vanilla Chocolate
and
Red Velvet
Ooooh yes, you guessed correctly
I do love me some chocolate!

Then Michele and I were off to Molbak’s  Home and Garden for a little more shopping and some lunch with………………
Dum dum dum………….drum roll please……….
Birthday 2010 molbaks
Loves these creative ladies.

Then I came home and The Hubs took me out to dinner and presented  me with……………….
Dansko
A new pair of shinny red patient leather Dansko clogs!
I love them!
That was a good day!

The very next day I met my
Therapy Group
at
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Anne, Jennifer, me, Laura
Now I know your wondering “what therapy group?”  What problem does she have now?
Well actually it’s laughter therapy.  When the 4 of us get together we start laughing so hard that people stare.
After a little session with this group anything that was ail’n ya is gone!
So the girls met me for a little doughnut and Diet Coke
and then much to my surprise…….
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Anne had contacted the creative folks at Frost and let them know it was my birthday.
Them kids down there at Frost done out did themselves!
I also got all kinds of gifts from my friends that were just lovely!
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Look at those lovelies!
I love all the pinks. It was so spring like, I was wishing the rain would stop for just a little while.

Then it was off for a little more shopping
Another good day!

The next day………………
I went to lunch with Donna at
This is a tiny little place that I love love love.
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The flowers in the spring and summer are beautiful
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This is Wendy
She does everything.  People think she is short answered, abrasive, and sometimes down right rude. She’s not……………she’s stinkin busy!
Stop in and see her one day. Tell her Timi sent you. You won’t get a discount but I bet you get a smile out of her.
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Sorry I was thinking about my Swiss Dip with homemade fries I had there. 
Sorry…….back to the update.
After lunch with Donna I had to rush home and get ready for
 Tank prep
Meeting with our attorney and our neighbor’s attorney.
During the holidays we got slapped with a letter from our neighbor’s attorney that we were encroaching on his property.
Well you know we are lazy around here so there hasn’t been any encroaching going on with us. We haven’t done a thing to the property line since we moved in. 
So………we had to get an attorney.
That’s all I can tell you until it’s settled but BELIEVE ME, I will have a lot to say when this is settled!
Right now it’s totally cutting in to my fun money!

Timi Week was wrapped up with
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Brunch with the family
and………………….
Some camping reservations made with friends.
The Gotthiershittogether’s hosted the “Make the Reservations Party.”
What a fine job they did!!
Because they have their shit together we let them host whatever they want!
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Lots of really nummy food and drink

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A place for us all to spread out with lap tops and calendars
What more could you want?

The Camping Divas will be sporting velour sweat suites with a lot of bling on them this year.
As well as some cute aprons.
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What a great Timi Week!
Upon reflection of this years somewhat land mark birthday, I do believe I’m going to need to get some more friends so I can have lunch out EVERYDAY! 
Have a great day!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Poof!  It’s Gone!

Where ya been Timi?  Whatcha been doin?  Why can’t you keep your blog updated? Why can’t you keep up with reading blogs?

Poor time management is the only thing I can come up with.
I can’t believe how fast the month of December went by.  It’s like Thanksgiving came and then POOF it was all over in a flash.
Now here we are into January 2010
WOW!

Today I thought I would write a whole months worth of blogs in one blog post.
 I know you're sayin.............Please dear God No!

Well, it's not going to be my usual long winded blog that I normally write (when I actually write), just some of the highlights to the month of December.

So this is how my poor time management started out.......

Flirty Apron Swap  had a fantastic Christmas song apron swap the first part of December.

I signed up for it!
Knowing full well that I can barley sew but I thought I could do it!

If you haven't been over to Flirty Apron GO RIGHT THIS SECOND! 

No wait!

Go after you finish my blog.

This was so much fun! 
You picked your favorite Christmas song and your swap partner had to  design an apron around it.
My swap partner Jennifer from Diamonds, fur and laundry chose Santa Baby as her song which was my song choice as well.

So this made it super easy for me. Almost too easy.
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Mrs.Gotsthiershittogether helped me with this. I can sew, but I’m not great so she helped me.  THANK GOD she’s got her shit together!

How stinkin cute did this turn out? I loved it so much we made one for me too.

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Red velvet with leopard print and sable trim.


Below is some of the other things I put in the gift box.  We were supposed to put in $15 worth of other fun gifts but I got carried away.  My swap partner and I have similar taste so it was EASY. I finally had to JUST STOP or it was going to be embarassing.

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Yeah! I made it!  All by my self!
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I received my box from Valerie at Yarni Gras with all these fun gifts in it.  I really do love swaps! I’m not so good at it because I’m too unorganized , time managment sucks and I'm not so crafty but I do love them!  There is nothing better than getting a fun box of stuff in the mail.
December 2009 032 Thank you Valerie for the fun apron and gifts.  It certainly was a fun way to kick off Christmas.





December 2009 038 Then The Nuckinfuts get themselves in party hosting mode ………………….

It was time for our 3rd Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater and White Elephant Gift Exchange Party.

Here are some pictures from that event.
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sounds so formal and fancy
dosen't it?

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The beverage table.  One of the most important tables in the house.  My big glass decanter looked fantastic with sangria in it.
December 2009 048 Sorry I didn’t get a picture of that. It did really look fabulous.
I found that decanter at Cranberry Cottage in Bothell.  Julie Herbison had it in her space.
Thank you Julie!

If you have never been to Cranberry Cottage in Bothell you really should stop by there one day.




December 2009 050 Faux Aunt Judy, Faux Aunt Reta, and my mother. The kids all call them Grammy now so they are now known as the Grammy’s. They seem to travel in a pack.

The Grammy’s showed up all dressed alike and with their own cooler.  Sangria wasn't on their menu this particular night.  Oh no….these Grammy’s were drinking Goldschlauger and eggnog!
Not your typical Grammy’s!


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Mr. and Mrs Fustercluck enjoying the gift that Mr. Fustercluck received in the white elephant gift exchange.  He was honored with a big can of S & H Green Stamps from 1965, the Green Stamp books to paste them in and a catalog to pick out his free gifts.
What a lucky guy!



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This is Ma Kettel. You may have remembered her from a past post about money saving travel tip.

  She received this lovely unicorn decorative plate as her gift. 

Funny story about Ma Kettle and her little unicorn plate……….somehow this plate got washed, and put in the cupboard at her house.  One morning one of her 15 million kids was using it to eat some breakfast and notices on the bottom it said “for decorative use only may contain high amounts of lead” which needless to say didn’t go over so well. The kid thought she was trying to kill him. 
Poor Ma Kettle!


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My Dad with his beautiful shirt he made. It said….I can Bearly wait until Christmas.  This statement on him is funny just by itself.  Never mind the pretty boa pieces he stapled all around the bottom and collar.



 
Christmas Party 2009 5WSU Laura aka Mrs. Fustercluck was the big winner of the evening for Ugliest Ensamble.  She was sporting a beautiful patch work corduroy dress and ugly cardigan. 
This was so much worse in real life.
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Michele sporting her new handbag she received.  We have the best gifts at our parties!
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Mr and Mrs. Nuckinfuts

December 2009 077 The 3 Wisemen………..more like Wiseass!
Mr. Fustercluck, Mr. Gotstheirshittogether, and Mr. Nuckinfuts



Christmas Party 2009 11 Mark and Monique
Aren’t they cute? 
Mark came as the Unabomber this year


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Charlene showing off her beautiful poodle plates.  I bet I see these beauties hanging on her wall next time I go over to her house.



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Julie was the recipient of the incredible growing sweater. This was at last years Ugly Christmas Sweater party and it kept growing as Michele wore it throughout the evening.  This year was no different. It was a dress on Julie by the time she left.

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That’s a rooster for you city folk!



Christmas Party 2009 16jpg This is Al and Cheryl……this was their first time attending our party.  They won the best gift of the evening.  A huge box full of kitchen pan lids.  That’s right…….just the lids.  About 20 of them all different colors, sizes, and shapes.  Oh yeah and there were a couple pot holders in there too. 
Do you think they will be back next year?




Christmas Party 2009 8 Mother Madden and her other half John.  What a great picture.  They were trying to escape without being patted down.  The Hubs and I like to pat people down before they leave, check handbags, pockets, coats….making sure people are taking their fabulous gifts home and not hiding them in our house for me to find days later.

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Fresh Doug himself.

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It was a good time and we are already planning for next year.

My long time friend Becky lost her dad right before Thanksgiving.
The family held the memorial services the day after our Christmas party.  Sunday morning I got up early and headed to Bayview to help out in the kitchen.
All of us Bow Girls were there to help out.
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All of us together this last summer.

Well we showed up, food in hand, and ready to work!
Well as it turns out we aren’t that much help. We did a lot of visiting with guests, and then sat in the kitchen, chatted, ate, laughed, kept Becky from the guests, and laughed some more.
I’m pretty sure the church won’t be calling us to come help anytime soon. We saw some of the older church ladies who usually do these duties giving us the hairy eyeball.

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See this bad picture?  It’s all of us sitting at the table in the kitchen not doing our jobs.  I know it was suppose to be a memorial service but…….we really did have fun and it was nice to visit with people we haven’t seen in a long long time.  It was nice to see Becky laughing on such a sad day for her.
Maybe that’s really what we were there for?



Since we were all set up for a party anyway I decided to host a Cookie/Cupcake /Junk Swap. 
This was a much more laid back party.  I did some apps and cocktails

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Look at all the junk that showed up to be traded
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There was some good junk to be traded and some good junk that went to the thrift store when it was all over.

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These peppermint beauties were made by Miss Charity. They were delicious. 
The Christmas tree spritz cookies were made by WSU Laura. 
All of the cookies and cupcakes were beautiful however I didn’t get pictures of everything.  I’m going to have to get a photographer that follows me around. I can’t hostess and take pictures at the same time!

Christmas 2009 007 The cookie/cupcake/ junk swap was so much fun that we will be doing another one in January. 


The morning after the swap I headed to Oregon to go pick up my Grandmother for Christmas.  She’s getting to old to ride the train by herself so we usually go down and get her.

Mom stopped by to pick me up and we were dressed the same. 

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It is true……….we all turn in to our parents at some point.

We stayed dressed the same until we stopped at a rest area and some woman laughed at us.  Mom couldn’t take the peer pressure and changed her vest.

Mom and I did a lot of speed shopping while down in No Tax Oregon, picked up Grandma and did a little more speed shopping on the way home.

The morning after I got back from Oregon, The Hubs and I loaded up the mobile estate and headed to my parents house for the Christmas weekend.



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We aren’t a very traditional family. Norma Rockwell won't be showing up anytime soon to paint a picture of us.

On Christmas Eve we load up Grandma, some neighbors, some friends and head to the casino for a little evening entertainment.

Two cars are required for this because people without “the problem” go home at a reasonable hour.  Those of us with “the problem” like to stay and close that bitch down!

Mom and I are usually moving a little slow on Christmas morning.

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Princess Spoiled Brat is now the official gift hander-outer.


Christmas 2009 014 Princess Spoiled Brat received tickets to see the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes for her and a friend.


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Princess Spoiled Brat and Papa playing a very intense game of checkers.

Christmas 2009 020 Christmas morning was so beautiful out. It was sunny and SUPER cold.  The Hubs snapped this picture of a Bald Eagle in the top of the tree at my parents houses.  Can you see him up there?

Saturday morning we got up early to head to Downtown Seattle for the Rockettes Show
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Princess Spoiled Brat and her friend Emma.
Just for the record….Emma is in my top 5 of the CUTEST Little girls I know!  I so wanted to steal her and take her home with me.
The ride from my parents house to downtown Seattle is about an hour or more.
Those little girls sat in the back of the SUV, each with a an IPod ear bud in one ear singing Taylor Swift at the top of their lungs.
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Then the ladies lunched at Nordstrom




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The girls had to take one last stop at the Nordstrom ladies lounge before heading home.  Emma posed for a picture in the big fancy lounge chair.
The obsession with the Ladies Lounge at Nordstrom cracked me up. I guess it is pretty Fancy Nancy if your 7 years old.

When we got home from the Rockettes show we found  The Fusterclucks’ mobile estate in my parent’s driveway hooked up like they were going to spend the night.
Inside the house we found a card game was underway
YEAH!!!!!

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Basically my parents invite all of their friends over so Grandma can restock her Bingo Money, Pinochle money and laundry change.
With this crowd….she should be set until next Christmas.
It was a fun time.  Thank you Mr. and Mrs Fustercluck for coming and hanging out. It was nice!

Then it was New Years Eve………………….
We went to a small intimate party at The Woods’ house.  It was nice to sit and visit, catch up with friends we don’t get to see that often and ring in the new year.

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What you can’t see on the other side of this picture is everyone trying to touch their nose with their tongue.  What cracks me up more about this is his fancy wine glass, with his fancy wine, doing stupid bar tricks. 

Happy New Year everyone!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

  Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus!


Santa

He knows that you have been wanting, wishing, and hoping for a trip to The Farm Chicks Show in 2010

Well guess what?

Yes, Virginia there will be a bus to The Farm Chicks in 2010!


Tickets are now on sale for the
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

It’s A Sad Day In Washington State



Seattle Police
Today is a very sad day in the beautiful state of Washington.
The Memorial for the 4 officers that were gunned down and murdered last week is taking place today. 
If you haven’t read about this very sad senseless crime you can go here.
If you would like to see today’s precession go here

The crowds of people paying their respects from all over the state and country is amazing.

PLEASE……………
Say thank you to those in law enforcement and emergency services in your community today. 
These people get up everyday and put their lives on the line to protect you and be there for you when you need them.

These men and women in your community deserve the biggest high-five ever!

Go do something nice for someone who serves your community today!