Pictures for Birthday post or {me not being tech savy}

Hey All!

Well I realized it has to be my computer and not blogger on uploading the pictures, because I can upload them from another computer. So Geek Squad might be seeing us shortly if Big Daddy can't figure it out.

So Grab your partner, doe see doe, here we go!!!!

FINALLY!! I bribed the man-child to get in the pix. I told him it's all his daddy wanted for Father's Day and his Birthday!

Beer and Shrimp Kisses - could life get any better? Nope!

Someone wasn't too thrilled we told them it was his birthday!

Me and my luv! I'm so lucky!!

His German Chocolate cake - I always make my boys their cakes. Big Daddy is very easy German Choco cake and he's good. Buckaroo well he's a bit more intense. I'll be posting details soon on his Operation Birthday 8.0 Nascar soon.

We gave him a goody bag, here's what I said - "Whoopers for his imagination, dots because he's the dot to our i , and wasabi almonds because he's that smoking hot!' plus those are his favorite snackies.

Buckaroo said "every man needs smell goods for his truck, cause we're country and we work in our trucks!" LOL so he added the smell good vent thingies.

 

Here's my thrifty Tuesday round up. The purses feel softer and softer the more I use them!

Here is the plaque - I luv the verse, i have a james avery ring that has this exact verse written in Hebrew symbols.

Buckaroo was 'neerviis' about Summer MDO starting so I made him a love note (he calls them that). He said it made him feel so much better. He stopped right before we got to where all the kids were and said "Momma, give me a good kiss."

 

 

And here's just a little something something because....well I just can't get enough of these two and the love they have for one another!

 

 

LUVS!!

Michelle

 

 

Thrifty Tuesday and a Happy Happy Happy Birthday!

Hey Guys,

Just a quick note for a Thrifty Tuesday recap this week from Goodwill. I found two sweet, buttery, soft leather purses. A beautiful double heart sculpture with Song of Solomon verse on it. I wasn't too happy with the price of the purses but they so soft and buttery feeling. The silver one is a Nine West and was $9, so as compared to retail it's a great price but for me I think it was high. The green one is a no name (at least what I could see) and was $7. The shadow box with the hearts was only $2, so I think it totally balanced out, lol!

Tuesday was Bid Daddy's 46th Birthday! I'm so lucky to have him, I always say he luvs me at my best, and loves me even more when I'm at my worst! He's a great man, friend, husband, father and just all around great guy! We went to eat at one of our favorite seafood places, a local place named Sharky's. We had the extended family, and everyone had a really great time! we actually got the oldest in a pix (we bribed him, we told him it's all his daddy wanted for Father's day and his birthday)!

He got a goody bag of treats from us. Whoppers because of his imagination, dots because he's the dot to our i , wasabi smokehouse almonds because he's that smoking hot! Buckaroo got him so smell good stuff for his truck, cause all 'men need stuff to make their trucks smell better.'

Buckeroo started his Summer MDO summer 'camp' program yesterday, he was 'neervis' so I tried to cheer him up with a special made card. It worked, before we got to his room he stopped and said, "Momma give me a kiss on the top of my head." Yes, my friends, that is my heart in a puddle in the middle of the floor.

I was hoping to up load some pix but blogger has been having a fit and shutting down every time I try to upload a pix. I have them on my facebook and instagram though. Is anyone else having an issue uploading pix? I've tried resaving them, tried different ones, tried uploading from another site, nothing! Hope it fixes itself soon!!

Much Luvs!
Michelle 

This Is Me May 2013 or "My Time"

Hey all!

Amy over at While Wearing Heels hosted May's This Is Me Linky Party, the optional theme was "Me Time." Well y'all know me and thrifting so....any idea of what I do for my Me Time?

I know I know I'm a tough cookie to crack, but it was thirting, lol! I used to go all the time but I've been making my self go only once or twice a week. We have a Goodwill and a sprinkling of other stores right around work, and I normally use it as a break.

I normally hit the furniture area then books. I LOVE to purchase books at thrift stores. They are usually 10% of their normal retail price and most are in excellent to good shape. So here is one snippet of a Thrifty Thursday for ya.

I have a thing for Russian nesting dolls, this one was a family. It went Daddy, Mommy, child, dog and cat. I normally don't get that many books but someone must have cleaned out their child's books because this was probably 5% that was there! The soup bowls are fabulous, they are opaque-whitish inside with a peachy iridescent outside. No chips, no wear no nothing and four to boot!

Thanks for stopping stoping by!
 
Michelle

Thruthful Thursday or {Me Coming Cleaning}

Hello friends!!

It's a quick confession today, my confession.....I finally hired a house cleaner. Yes, I finally admitted that [to myself] that I can't do it all. Bubba Hubster has been on me to hire someone to help me out, just come in and do the deep scrubbing and cleaning. He said if he had someone come in and do the yard maintanence for him,I needed someone to come in and do maintanence cleaning. For a long time I resisted, but then I finally gave in, and to be completely honest....I absolutely love it! As long as we can comfortably afford it I will continue to have them. It's so nice to not have to spend my weekend time scrubbing. I can actually get projects done faster, and completed!!

And another confession.....last week when my guy's boots dropped dried mud on the floor Wednesday night I didn't even sweep it up. Nope, I thought about it running out the door Thursday morning, forgot it that night and didn't worry about it at all Friday morning since they come Friday after noon.

It was nice!

Luvs!
Michelle

Thrifty Tuesday {or trying to get posting down which I'm not sure will ever happen!}

Good Morning!!

I know I seem to pop up like weeds in a flower bed - all beautiful mulch one night and then the next morning - BAM! - there I am all scraggly 4' of me, lol!

A quick recap to get caught up:

Menu Monday -

M: sloppy joes & chips
T: denny's (Bubba Hubster & my daddy are out of town so Buckaroo, Momma Matriach (my momma) and myself will be treating ourselves to a dinner out!)
W: drive - thru - I know I know, two days in a row but it's church and we dont get out until 8ish and a 30 min drive after dropping off Cor's friend. yes, please and thank you for McDonald's.
T: sausage, potatoes and carrots
F: french bread pizza (new recipe I'm going to try from a great blog I read Blissful & Domestic)
S: I'm taking another que from Danielle and doing a leftover night and this will be it.
S: pork chops & corn

Thrifty Tuesday:

I had some major scores this week! My aunts came in and we went to the cannery and canned lots of food. We also hit a couple different  thrift stores that I don't normall hit.

 

Isn't it all great looking!!

 

 

Now onto the goodies! To the front left a set of four handled beautiful peach colored carnival glass bowls ($4). To the back left is a liqour decanter with a glass etching of a deer in the forest ($2), to the side of that is an iridescent crystal bowl ($4) (I love me some iridescent)! Of course my 'go-to' spot  each and every time the kids book sections, I also found a McGee and Me video (total $5). I told Bubba Hubster I need one of those machines that transfers VHS to DVD. Then I think my most favorite item a family themed Matryoshka doll - I have a love affair with them ($2)! This has a daddy, mommy, child, doggy and kitty. 

I hope everyone has a great day and come back tomorrow for Wonderful Wednesday!!

Much Luv,
Michele

Friday Fun

Hello Friends!

I want to make a fun easy post for Fridays. So as I do with our menu planning I try to make up a name for the day that has the same letter as the day (yes seriously I do that Taco Tuesdays).

My Fridays are now known as Friday Fun, it's a quick post that you can show a link to your post or just tell us what you have planned for the weekend! Yeppers, that easy!! Easy Peasy Lemon Weasey!!

We will have a fantastic weekend. We are wanting to see Jurassic Park in 3D on Friday, that series is one of Buckaroo's most favorite. I thought it would be awesome to be able to see it with him and then on top of that it's 3D folks!! On Saturday my SIL & BIL are coming in from Oklahoma and staying with us for the evening and we are taking them to Galveston for their seven day cruise. We are so excited we haven't seen our OK family in WWAAAYYYY too long! Since we are gonna be in Galveston on Sunday we decided to make it a family outting and enjoy the Strand and some shops.

What is everyone up to? Hope to hear from you!

Much Luv,
Michelle

Thruthful Thursday.....{or Me Being a Little Less Chicken}

Good Morning Friends!!

I hope everyone has had a great week so far, just think we are only really one day away from the weekend. I figure why count today, when we've already gotten up because that's the hardest part for me!!

Speaking of which, what time do y'all wake up? What do you do in the mornings? I used to be sleep until the last second possible, run run run and leave. At the time I was a smoker and I wouldn't even wake up early enough to have relaxed smoke in the morning! Well now 9.5 yrs later, I'm total opposite, I'm smoke free and I get up at 5 am and we leave at 7:50 am. I pick up, change the laundry, dishwasher, tidy, etc until 6 am then I allow myself to have 'me' time. I usually do all my computer stuff so I can have a clear plate to start the day,read blogs, emails, facebook, etc and have my coffee. I enjoy having everything cleared, tidies and a fresh slate, plus it would take me three times longer in the evening along with everything else.

Anyways, I've been doing the link up from Amy of While Wearing Heels for This is Me, and this is been such a cathartic experience for me. So much so that I've decided that I'm going to make Thursdays around here Thruthful Thursdays, along with other posts if I want/need to. It's going to be about anything that I would normally not share because it's not "perfect" dang type A personality! I hope that you'll join me! Now I have no idea how to do a Linky Party so if you do want to join post a link, a story, etc in the comments and I'll try to start to figure out how to make a linky party.

So here it is:

 Before

After

 

Y'all laundry, ugh, laundry. Don't get me wrong I am so grateful that we are blessed to have clothes and the "problem" of laundry, BUT I can't stand the putting away part. For real, I wish we had three complete outfits, one towel and rag apiece, and two pairs of jammies. I would NEVER have anything to really put away, lol! Nothing else of laundry bothers me, not the sorting (which I gave up long ago I just use vinegar in all my loads), changing from washer to dryer, unloading and preparing the clothes to be hung, folding EXCEPT putting them away. Maybe it's all the different closets - gosh I sound like a BRAT! But it is what it is, and I am who I am (thanks Amy!).

 

Ok so I snapped this picture on Mondays and was gonna put it on facebook to show my 'downfall' ......but I'm too chicken still to do that. So I decided I was gonna share over here where I'm completely more comfortable. This little exercise was two fold for me, making myself more comfortable with showing the real me, and it pushed me to put away those clothes. I could just hear all of y'all saying, 'Take a break shell, rest and then put them away a small section at a time.' So thank y'all so much for allowing this blog to be that sanctuary that I always wanted it to be! This is my work on goal for April, I usually leave all the stuff folded and ready for hangers on the dryer. I'm gonna work on putting away each load asap! So I best close out and go put up the one on the dryer now!

 

Ok confession time! What are you struggling with, words or pictures are great! Please tell me I'm not alone?

 

Much Luv,

Michelle

 

PS. Ok since it IS Thruthful Thursday, that first picture isn't completely accurate....both sides were about 4-6" higher. But I just couldn't bring myself to post THAT picture yet!