favorite {new} things.

i finally found this at the store.

LOVE IT!
one little squirt into my bobble and it turns plain ol' water into yummy, fruity water.

the best part, you can keep one in your purse and use it at a restaurant, or wherever.

this was part of my birthday present from my mom and dad.
a happy cupcake tea towel.

they had me at red velvet.

but when they say petite, they aren't kidding.
i may have eaten 2/3 of the box in one night.

my bestie busted out her creative side and made this for me for my birthday.

i love everything about it...
especially that she made it. 
for me.
thanks T

somebody pinch me.
hubby got me this for my birthday.

is it weird to be in love with an electronic? 
don't worry honey, i still love you more than the camera.

i am having so much fun getting to know this camera.
i can't believe when i'm holding it, that it is mine. mine.
this is the first picture i took on auto.

...and this is the first picture i took in manual.  (you may need to put on your sunglasses)

HAHA!!

i'm getting much better...
i am trying to just shoot in manual so that it starts to come natural to me.
still lots to learn.
but it's fun learning.

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!!

so so so behind.

you know it's been too long since you last blogged when:
you start getting emails from people wondering if your still alive...
a random stranger comes up to you at a store and asks when your gonna start blogging again... (freaked me out, but was kinda cool at the same time...i guess you really never know who is reading your blog after all.)
i knew it had been a while...but sometimes life and a good nights sleep get priority.

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i sat down last night to start this post and the wind came outta of nowhere and poof, just like that, no electricity.
i walked to the back door with the flashlight only to see the neighbors sand box cover flying over the fence towards our house...
it didn't rain...just wind.
for like 5 minutes and then it was gone.
but  the electricity was still off and so i called it a night.
it really is amazing what you can't do with out power.  hardly anything.

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if you fill it....they will come.
one...

two...

three:

three and a wanna be...

 

four...

  

they even starting forming a line.

there may have been some hinkiness going on while waiting...

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i knocked out some serious spray painting over the weekend.
i used a whole lot of this.

i'm pretty sure i have been red flagged at both the hardware store and wally world for purchasing so much
spray paint.

this is the old black bucket from above

 lots and lots of old frames.

 soon to be mirrors.

above is part of a light fixture i picked up on one of my trips to the canton flea market.

miley decided to help.

i spray painted a bunch of old hardware too.

 

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do you know about this?

IT IS GONNA BE AWESOME!!!!
...and i'm gonna have a booth!
that is part of the reason why i have been spray painting everything i can get my paws on.
and why i am so behind on blogging.
mark you calenders people!!  MAY 7TH!
i will give you more details and sneak peek at my wares later this week.
wanna see pictures from last time?
go here!

now i'm off to tackle the crazy amount of leaves around the fish pond so i can take the nets off and
get the waterfall going again.

finally...SPRING!