Beautiful Sunset

Last night we had a beautiful sunset. You can see how the sun shines through the clouds and then leaves it's mark on the clouds.

Dyed my curtains

Dyed the old window covering. I was trying to get it a more orange color, but ended up with a sort of salmon/deeper orange. I like the look, but wish it would have been more orange.

Tuff & Jumbi

Our new kitten crawled into bed with our dog this morning. I think they are going to be buddies.

New School Space

I'm ready for school next September. Ok, at least my dining room is ready. I have a shelf with very little on it for the books when they are here. Looking forward to a new school year and a new school. We are going to be using K12 this year. It is an online public school that you do at home. It is like Connections Academy, which I loved, but this one is a newer one here in Oregon. I'm going to see how flexible this one is with my schedule of work. I also needed something that would be more of I have to do this or else. :0) With all the distractions of last year, I can't say that I did very well with teaching my son last year. Hoping this year will be much better. Only time will tell.

Severe Storms

This is all that is left after a very severe storm today. I had went out to wash my car, and the sky was beautiful. It was hot, about 80º. Thought I would paint some more on my deck, but it was just getting too hot so only got a little bit done. Then went out and planted a tomato and two peppers. Finally after I was done, I came in the house. We were just going to start some dinner, but then all of the sudden, it got dark, and the wind started blowing. Gusts of about 75 mph, then the rain came. If you want to call it rain. It was more like sheets of water blowing sideways. Thunder and lightening. More wind, we all began to wonder if their was going to be a tornado, but decided not to mention it. I didn't want to worry the chldren. The rain came down so hard and so fast that the drains couldn't keep up. They were beginning to overflow. Then the power went out. My son started saying that he thought it was going to flood. I told him that it would take a lot more rain for it to do that. Needless to say, I was just saying that to make him feel at ease. So far this was only about 10 minutes into the storm. The severest part of the storm only lasted about 1/2 an hour, then died off almost as quickly as it started. It moved so quickly that there wasn't really a warning for it. But after it all, we heard that about 10 miles from here there was a tornado warning in a town called Lyons, and also one in Silverton, and that there were several funnel clouds spotted. One was in Lincoln City, out in the ocean and another was in Albany. Haven't heard from friends in Lyons yet, so not sure what happened there. My plants were drowned, and my car, that I put under the carport ended up getting soaked even on the house side. (I hate water spots) The paint on the deck made it, but now I am going to have to paint my shed as it stripped paint off the shed. I don't even know when that shed was painted last. All in all, we are doing well. But, it was a very exciting day. They were saying that we might get more tonight, but maybe not quite as bad.

Killdeer on eggs

Can you see her hiding? She is in a parking lot at Kaiser Permanente. Right were everyone walks by. I don't know what they were thinking when they decided to nest in such a busy place.
The cones are there to warn people, all though she puts out a pretty good warning herself. When I was there, the male was gone. Bruce said that when he was their earlier, they were both pretending they were injured to keep people away from the eggs. They have four eggs. We will go back and check again next week and see how they are doing. Here is a link to the sound they make. http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=145 The sound that she was using when we were getting close was kill-deer, kill-deer, kill-deer. It is the longer of the tones that they make.

Mele in her dress

This is the cutie in her new dress that I made for her. Mom is going to buy one of those frilly slips to put under it.
Mealea wasn't too sure about the headband, but seemed to forget about it after a while.

She was making a face at Brittany in this one. She is just sooo cute. Had us all laughing.
Aunt Jasmine is holding her.

Dress I made for a baby

This is a dress that I've been working on for a while. Finally finished it. It is for a six month old little baby who looks just like a doll. She has the most beautiful skin and dark brown eyes. This color will look beautiful on her. To see more detail just click on the picture.

This is the back of the dress.

Brittany's Room is Done

The art on her wall above the bed, Brittany created. The lamp shade we did together last year.

She did all the painting herself. We still need to get some ceiling paint to do some touchups, but other than that, it is done. She is eventually going to change her bed spread and probably the black and red curtains on her closet to something different too. Looks great. Except for the spots on my lens that I didn't know was there until after I uploaded them. Oh well, you get the idea.

Living Room is Almost Done!

Well, I painted my living room and it's almost done. The two walls, one behind the TV and one behind my antique sewing machine, (both pictures my son is in) I am going to do a little more with. Not exactly sure what yet, but I have a couple of idea's rolling around in my head. As soon as I get them done, I will post them again.

Painted my Kitchen and Dining Room

The next few picture you see are of my kitchen and dining room. I finished painting them on Saturday. I really love how it looks. The picture doesn't really do the colors justice, but they are still pretty.

In the dining room pictures you will see my laundry room. I have a mural on the wall of a shirt hanginng on a clothes line. there is a washboard hanging above the washer/dryer.

Enjoy!

The curtains have got to go!!! I'm going to make some with oranges, golds and reds.

In Your Senior Year...

Had to do this too, Alicia.
IN YOUR SENIOR YEAR...

1. Did you date someone from your school?
Yes, big mistake!

2. Did you marry someone from your high school?
Yes, but he was many years older than me.

3. Did you car pool to school?
Drove my senior year.

4. What kind of car did you have?
Chevy truck

5. What kind of car do you have now?
Chrysler PT Cruiser and love it.

6. It's Friday night...where are you now?
If not relaxing, I'm at a friends enjoying company.

7. It is Friday night...where were you then?
Football game and then party. I was such a bad girl!

8. What kind of job did you have in high school?
Worked for VanGas in the office.

9. What kind of job do you do now?
Stay at home mom/homeschool teacher/housekeeping business owner

10. Were you a party animal?
Unfortunately, yes.

11. Were you considered a flirt?
I don't know. I don't think so. I was in a deep relationship my senior year. He also had someone follow me around and watch me. So I doubt that I was flirting with anyone. Needless to say, that relationship did not end well.

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
Choir all 4 years. Still singing for friends. Just did a Karaoke gig with some friends for an nursing home. They loved us and want us back again in June.

13. Were you a nerd?
No, but they way I can handle a computer now, I guess I've turned into one. ;0)

14. Did you get suspended or expelled?
Never!

15. Can you sing the fight song?
Nope.

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? Mr. Gingrich, Choir teacher, Mr. Twist, English Teacher (unfortunately he committed suicide); Mr. Baker, Art teacher (I was his teachers aid and he was just so dog gone cute!) Also loved all the office ladies. I helped in the office.

17. Where did you sit during lunch?
Taco Man or Burgerville

18. What was your school's full name?
Canby Union High School

19. When did you graduate?
1983

20. What was your school mascot?
Cougar

21. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
Never.

22. Did you have fun at Prom?
Did not go

23. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with?
N/A

24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion?
I would like to attend the multi-year one this summer – will depend on where I am living. Hey Alicia, I'm planning on going to it with my Dad!!! Should be lots of fun.

25. Do you still talk to people from school?
A few.

26. School Colors?
Blue and Gold

27. What celebrities came from your high school?
There was a Vetter who made it in the baseball world for a while, and Brett Bigham was on Romper Room when he was little! So there is two that I know of. Hey, I was on Ramblin Rod when I was a child, does that count. LOL

28. Did you play a sport?
Not for competition, but loved weightlifting, track, tennis.

29. What was your favorite club?
None really…

30. What class or teacher did you fear?
None really.

Beautiful Sunrise

 

Beautiful Sunrise

 

This was probably the most beautiful sunrise that I have ever seen. The colors were vibrant just as you see in these pictures. I was in awe!
They were taken on my way to Aumsville, from Turner, Oregon. It was about 7:30 in the morning. I was doing my paper route.