38.

in honor of my 38th (really???) birthday...

here are thirty eight random things, thoughts, whatevers about me.

#1 why is it that 38 sounds so much older than 37?

#2 it was time to retire my most favorite jean shorts yesterday....they (used) to velcro shut.

but every time i bend over they open up.  no bueno!  adios old navy faithfuls!

#3 i seriously could eat totinos canadian bacon pizza every day.

#4 my flowers i planted almost 2 weeks ago are looking awesome.  my water bill, not so much!

#5 i graduated 20 years ago this month from high school...wait? that has got to be a typo!!!!

#6 my favorite magazine is coastal living...imagine that.

#7 why am i not on some coast right now for my birthday???

#8 me and miley share a birthday month...her's is on the 31st.  even in dog years, she won't be as old as i am.

#9 i love seafood. (fresh seafood)

#10 per my husband, i just ordered a new canon (big girl) camera for my birthday.  YES!!!!!

#11 i love baseball and football...basketball...not so much. (sorry coach fox!)

#12 of all my blog posts, the number one most viewed is jan's potato burritos

#13 i heart polka-dots.

#14 i think i have the greatest neighborhood and neighbors ever!    REALLY!!!

#15 my favorite (adult) drink right now is a frozen mojito...followed closely by the summer beer at sadies dog bar.

 #16 i only crack eggs one handed.

#17 thirty-eight  things is a lot, this is going to take forever!

#18 it's all your fault danielle, you suggested i do this!  remember?

#19 i used to clean houses in high school.

#20 i also was a waitress, cook and worked at k-mart. 

#21 when i went to renew my drivers license, i had to change my weight.  (she asked!  the nerve!) UGH!

#22 she at least let me pick a good picture.

#23 hubby is taking me to a new restaurant in town tomorrow for lunch, then sadies for dinner.

#24 i am going to be a great-aunt.  that really makes me sound old!

#25 my sweet surrogate  teenager gave me a big bouquet of balloons and a necklace and earring set for my birthday/mothers day.  :)

#26 i had to clean house yesterday, so i broke my cardinal rule of turning the a/c on until july.  it was 100*!!!!

#27 if coffee tasted like it smelled, i might consider actually drinking it.

#28 i can't wait for our trip to see my bestie this summer in maine!  lobstah every day!!!!

#29 my favorite flavor of cake is red velvet...just say'n :)

#30  i wish i could get braces again...the invisible kind though.

#31 i think at some point in my life, i have had every color of hair imaginable.  the ronald mcdonald red was by far the worst!

#32 when i cross my eyes...they start bouncing back and forth really fast.  people say it's creepy.

#33 i used to be a gymnast and cheerleader.

#34 my first car was a 1981 powder blue, 4 door hatchback chevy chevette.  (we called it the S#@! vette...or the wheat-vette...long story!)

#35 i still have the pair of guess overalls my grandma bought me in 8th grade.  i think i got every penny of the $99 she spent on them. 

#36  i said i still have them...not that i can still wear them.  because i can't. BOO!

#37 i love stormy weather.  the color of the sky, the smell, sounds of thunder.  good thing, cause that's the forecast for today.

#38 who cares if i'm 38....i would rather have a birthday, than not have one!

spring barn sale.

as much fun as the barn sale was on saturday....i am relieved it's over.
it's a lot of hard, but definitely worth it, fun work.
...but i am exhausted.
which is why i am just now getting this posted.

i loved seeing so many new and familiar faces.

i met lots of other blogger girls too.
it's weird, but yet fun to me, when someone i don't know tells me they read my blog.
i met a blogger who drove 4 hours just for the barn sale.
it was awesome to meet you nicole

i couldn't have done all this without my neighbor amy j ...seriously!  she was a HUGE help.
THANK YOU AMY!!!!!

this was our..."i can't believe we are here by 7:30 am"  smiles.
if you know me in real life, then you know i don't see the sun come up very often.

i'm pretty sure i dominated the turquoise market with my booth. :)

estimates that around 500 people shopped the barn sale.  WOW!
have a look at some of the other great booths...

i loved all the great color everywhere...it made the flat kansas land  look very festive.

i bought the turquoise keep calm pendant...love it.

 it was a great atmosphere...families, girlfriends, dogs, even a few horses and husbands. :)

thank you miss beki (& josh), for all your hard work to make this sale possible.
your farm is awesome!
i can't wait to do it again in the fall!
...and thanks for all the wonderful shoppers who came out and supported me!
YOU GUYS ROCK!!

barn sale sneaky peeky.

so last week i promised you a sneak peek at what i'll be selling in my booth at the
hesston barn sale
they have a new blog...go check it out.
and...go "LIKE" them on facebook

i should warn you...my booth will have lots of different stuff.
i can't just have one or two main things...i like a variety...and that's what it is.
but these pictures are just a drop in the bucket.

 (ignore the vacuum cord in the background...i am ignoring the vacuum)

i have been re-purposing a lot of old furniture and bringing it back to a happy life.
i like to find new uses for old things...and make new things out of old things...does that make sense?

lots of cute word art and vintage accessories.

 lots of bright, happy color and some burlap.

love how this turned out...i need to make one in every color :)

hopefully you will come out and see me and all the other vendors on:

SATURDAY MAY 7TH, 9am to 3.

you won't be dissapointed...PROMISE!


one more thing...i need a name for this funky little booth of mine...
i've narrowed it down to 2 possibilities ...now i need you to tell me which one you like.

i like them both equally, so in no particular order:
#1 creative junkie
#2 amy d ...creatively me

PLEASE tell me which one you like. or suggest a new one.
i need to make a sign in the next week....or i'll just be known as the girl with no booth name.
"i got it at the booth over there...from that one girl, who's booth doesn't have a name"
and we wouldn't want that to happen.

last weekend...

last weekend miley and i hit the road for texas.
it just so happens my bestie is a cpa and so she graciously does our taxes every year.
THANK YOU TONYA!!
it wouldn't be so bad if i didn't have the beauty shop, that's what complicates everything.
i don't have any pictures from the actual process, cause that would bore you to death.
but i do have pictures from the flea market we always go to.
first monday trade days in canton, texas.

i have to say this time was kind of a bust.

yes, there was plenty of good stuff.

just out of my price range or i knew i really didn't need it.

i didn't come home with much.
but i gathered lots of ideas...and sometimes that can be better!

i think craig was shocked when he opened the back of my car and found nothing since last time
he didn't even have to open the car to see it was packed full.

this is only the second time miley has made the trip down to texas.
last time craig came too, so it made it a little easier.

her and duke semi-played with each other.

mostly they just tease each other.

miley loves to look out windows...it's her thing.

always gotta know what's going on around her.

                                     miley even managed to teach duke a cool new trick.

turns out a dog can fit into the window sill for a much better view of the birds and squirrels.
of course there was some much needed sunning action as well.

before i left we hit this place.

it is the first time i have had mexican food since the last time i was in texas and nearly died from food poisoning.
the fact that there were lots of people eating in there, made me feel better about it.

and the fact, that it wasn't a trailer/shack on the side of the road helped a bit also.

one last picture of me and t before miley and i jetted back to kanas.

thanks for a fun and awesome weekend tonya, sean & duke!

sean....you know what i think of you and your dirty little trick!
(i'm never leaving you in charge of miley again!)
:)