swap badge and beach day

Look girls! Sandy designed a pinkeep swap banner for us! thank you so much Sandy! so please post it on your blogs girls! Hows everyone doing so far? I cut some pieces out today and didnt like the way things were going together.. so I'm changing directions a bit on mine. I cant wait to see what everyone is going to do!!

been to the beach all day today.. got a little more sun.. I went with my daughter bethany and her friend. we played in the lake for hours! well they did.. I was in for quite a while.. but they had me beat by at least an hour and a half! the water was beautiful! I just need to be at the lake ... like everyday... I love it there..

So here are some crazy pictures...of beth and I on the way home from the beach.. I didnt keep my camera on the beach or I would have taken pics there. It was locked in the car with my purse. we had a great time. the weather was perfect.. the sun was in and out of the clouds, which was good!
bethany is always singing and dancing in the car..... I would have posted a picture of her sweet friend erica but the picture came out terrible and I wouldnt do that to her!Hello girlies! boy is my hair white and wind blown in this picture! I Skipped all 3 graduation parties today! I feel a bit bad about it, but when we got home from the lake, it was too late... I made tacos for dinner, took a shower and put on jammies!! I really am supposed to go to the beach again tomorrow with a girlfriend.. but I think its supposed to rain! glad I went today! see yas later! got to go putter with some pinkeeps!

ahhh the weekend....

Today is the start of the weekend for me.. I have tomorrow and monday off. no big plans.. at some point I have to get grocerys and do some laundry.. but other then that.. its a whatever I feel like weekend. I do want to start my pinkeeps! and I also want to come up with a giveaway for my one year blog anniversary.. (which is now past!) I also have my vacation swap to work on. I really should dust and clean my house.. and I have garden work to do..
I am feeling a bit tired out tonight for some reason... or lazy. Now that I think about it I do have things going on this weekend! tomorrow is the sidewalk sale at two of my favorite stores, I'm supposed to go there with a friend.. Saturday I have three graduation parties to go to... dont know if Im going to them though!! and sunday I'm supposed to go to the lake with some friends! MOnday.. no plans.. well... we shall see how the weekend unfolds and just what I do end up doing. for now.. I'm going to make a grocery list, and drink some water.. got a little headache going on.. need to get rid of it!
Do you like my new little bear? I just finished her last night. thats the one I took to my aunts cottage and to the ocean! Normally I start and finish them in a day.. this one took forever.. I guess I just was busy doing other things! her name is rosalea!
I'll be back!

oh yes... we had fun!

we had a ball on the forth , spending the day with our dear friends.. watching 10,000 firetrucks in the parade... (there are way to many fire trucks in the parade.. and why????) I didnt buy anything at the craft show.. I saw a couple things I liked.. but couldnt imagine where to put them!

then in the afternoon we hung around the pool sipping pina colodas! and getting some sun. Of course we then feasted on wonderful grilled burgers and hotdogs and great salads and goodies. I ate too much.. but I always say, "it takes a lot of food to maintain my figure!!"

We stopped home to get ready to go to the fireworks.. I made two huge bags of buttered popcorn to pass around and off we went. Im posting two videos here for you.. one is of a minute or so of our fireworks, the other.... there is no picture.. but you will hear me laughing! I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it!

I was laughing at this.. I know you can barely make it out, its my girlfriends son.. he was dressed in black with glowsticks sewn on.. he was a stick man.. sooo awesome in the dark though you cant tell in the picture.. but the funny part was when the the middle glow stick came undone and was dangling between his legs! boy did I get a laugh out of that!

here is a better picture .. this one is actually from halloween.. (see the fallen leaves!) But the costume is the same, only this time his glowsticks were blue... anyways.. it was pretty funny!I need to share this with you! isnt she the cutest thing ever? I did a one to one swap with sweet Jillian. We swapped princesses.. I made her a fairy princess bear (posted a few posts back) and she made me the sweetest little princess of miniatures doll! she is perfect! I love her! Thank you jillian!

Speaking of wonderful gifts recieved.... look at these babies! from my dear sweet wonderful friend Brenda R who I work with. We have each other for secret pals at work.. not so secret though.. we fixed it, so we would have each other.. I made her a raggedy ann, but forgot to take a picture before I gave it to her! anyways.. arent they the cutest !? they are lori mitchell dolls, which I have quite a collection of. I love them!

OKeedokie.. I should get off this computer and get busy here somewhere. I'm hoping to get started today on something for my bloganniversary giveaway.. and also on my pinkeeps! so be sure to check back soon... heres a picture of Jasper from last 4th of July.. its jasper sam! Have a happy day!!

pinkeep swap and 4th of july

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

Finally, Im getting a chance to get at the computer to post a new entry. I've been busy the past few days.. working on my altoid tin swap.. which I think turned out really cute....shh... its a secret though! .........making jam, working, cleaning , and tonight I had to make some salads and stuff for the 4th of july. We spend the 4th every year with our closest friends . OUr town puts on a craft show, parade, chicken bbq, several small music concerts through out the day, tractor pulls, and then in the evening the buffalo philarmonic plays and afterwords we have awesome fireworks ! we hang around in town in the morning and for the parade and then go to our friends house in the afternoon to cook out and hang around visiting and swimming. then we head back up to town for the fireworks. We always want to go to the philarmonic, but we're usually too comfy and full and end up staying til its time to get ready for the fireworks! anyways.. we have a great time. And this weekend the weather is supposed to be perfect here!

I made strawberry pretzel dessert, brocoli salad and develed eggs tonight. I also premade all the hamburgs, so it wont have to be done tomorrow! so I'm about good to go! did you ever have the pretzel jello stuff???? it is sooooo goood!!

so anyways happy fourth to my american friends.. and happy weekend to my international friends!!

NOw.. on to swap news:

There are 13 of us doing the pinkeep swap. a very managable group I must admit! it would have been nice to have a few more.. but this is a great group! I do hope I didnt leave anyone out. If I did... give a yell...and I'll fix it!

our group consists of:

barb , amelia , Catie ann , Fran ,

Cindy , Kathy , Sandy , Carol ,

susan , Sherrie , Jillian , Gina and Me

So girls.. go ahead and design and make a special pinkeep (pincushion) of somesort. there are no guide lines..use your wonderful creative imaginations.. I have several ideas of my own.. and cant wait to get started myself! mail out date is August 1st. so that gives us all plenty of time. make sure you connect with your partner and PLEASE make sure when you finish you take a picture and email it to me so I can do a postof them all! Lets make some really awesome pinkeeps and make everyone who didnt sign up wish they had!!! (hehe!)

well, let me close with a picture of these sweet little mushrooms/toadstools made for me in the toadstool swap by julie webb. arent they cute? I put them on a shelf and put a tiny bear under them.. Im thinking I might need to have a gnome bear! ok.. its late and i've got to go to bed! good night all!

one more thing... dont forget I'll be doing a bloganniversary give away... so make sure to come back soon! I hope to get to in sat or sunday!

so much work to do!

oh me oh my.... i need a maid and a gardener and a cook... and a personal trainer while I'm at it... and more time.....and another vacation!
I still cant believe that I actually was hanging 800 feet above the ocean from a parachute!! I must have really lost my mind on that vacation!! I havent forgotten the pinkeep swap or my one year blogversary give away.. but I really have work to do around here... more then i can ever get done... but I'll be back later!! hugs to ya'all!