Threading

Posted on February 15, 2016 by farm2011

I had a chance tonight to cash in my gift certificate for my pedicure that I got for Christmas from the guys. SCORE! I mean how much better can life be other than getting a pedicure? OK, massages are also pretty good too, but pedicures are the most awesome thing to do for yourself if you ask me.  

So I’m sitting in the chair and this really nice girl is painting my toe nails and she starts to talk about that she does threading. Now I’ve kinda heard of this before but I for sure wasn’t an expert. So I’m talking to her about it and she tells me that she’s from India and has studied this for 6 months to get her license. If you haven’t heard of this before, the person uses a plain cotton thread to form your eye brows. I’m telling you that I was intrigued. And after I got my toes all nice and pretty I said that I was in. She asked me if I was sure? Heck yeah, why not? My eye brows are not anything to brag about and I’m pretty sure that I kinda don’t even like them very much  – so what did I have to loose? Other than some funky hairy eye brows 🙂

Well then I got into the chair and laid back and she showed me what she was going to do and did a little test on me. Now that kinda hurt. But now that she had half of one side of my brows removed, I sure couldn’t tell her to stop now could I? I mean it would be a pretty big giveaway that I left half way through my session. So she kept going and then after awhile it didn’t seem too bad. Honestly it was pretty amazing to tell you the truth. Now how come when you leave the hair dresser or if you got a pedicure you seem to think that everyone is looking at your hair and nails? Well when I let the salon I felt that everyone was looking at my eye brows. Too funny! Would I go back? You bet. She was nice and really knew what she was doing.

Here is a what threading looks like. And nooooo this isn’t me in the photo – I’m sure you thought it was didn’t you?How-To-Do-Eyebrow-Threading-At-Home-–-DIY-With-Detailed-Steps-And-Images

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Happy Valentines Day!

Posted on February 14, 2016 by farm2011

Happy Valentines Day to everyone!

I ended up getting out of bed a little later than I should have – but it was Valentines Day right? Well, to be honest I really wasn’t going to get up any earlier than I did anyway, even if it wasn’t Valentines Day. Do you ever go to bed and think to yourself  ‘ if I’m going to wake up on the normal time again the next morning I’m not going to get out of bed for anything!’  Well that’s what I did this morning and even though my back teeth were floating because I had to go to the bathroom so bad, I was standing firm with my decision that wasn’t going to get up early! Finally after thinking that this was pretty dumb, I ended up getting up and going to the bathroom and then staying up. But that was a good thing really because I had a long list to do and wanted to get it done. Now granted in my younger days I would have spent the day with Daryl on the couch watching TV and taking a nap, which really sounds like a great idea… but not today!

I made a list of what I needed done (shocked aren’t you 🙂 ) and after a busy day I got my list completed and a couple of extra things done too.DSCN8634  I was pretty pleased if I say so myself. And to top it off I even got a couple of batches of soap done.

Oatmeal honey with milk

Oatmeal honey with milk

I was glad that I got some more soap done because I’ve been having just terrible nightmares about the craft show that’s coming up in April. You know the one that I’m registered for that will be my first one!  The nightmares are the one that everyone is ready to go and their booths look awesome and it’s a couple of minutes before the doors open and I haven’t even started to set up my display yet. I didn’t have anything for the tables, no soap out,  and let’s just say it wasn’t a good dream at all!  Man I’ve got about 6 weeks before this show and I’m thinking it’s going to be a stressful 6 weeks! I better be organized so I don’t freak out or something and can get some better sleep.

And to end the day and because it’s Valentines Day and all, Daryl went to town to get some carryout suppers and when he came home from town he said that the road is pretty much blocked with the snow that has been blowing all afternoon.  So there is absolutely no sleeping in tomorrow morning for me! I sure hope the road grader man doesn’t sleep in either!

Happy Valentines Day!20160213_182329_resized

 

 

 

 

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Cards and more cards

Posted on February 13, 2016 by farm2011

I’ve been making quite a few cards lately this month and decided to share them in the post today. I really do enjoy making cards but I have to be in the right mood and have the time to do them justice.

Here are some birthday cards DSCN861720160207_121005_resizedDSCN8571

And some Valentines Day cardsDSCN8612DSCN8610

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Lent

Posted on February 11, 2016 by farm2011

OK, here I go. I didn’t want to drink any Diet Coke during Lent because it’s what I decided to give up. So when I left this morning and headed to work I had a belly full of spicy V8 Juice and life was good. I drank 10 glasses of water during the day and noooooooo Diet Coke. Yeah just Rockin’ It right?

Well not really. I had a meeting later tonight after work and it was lasting a little longer than I was hoping it to go. So I just kept thinking what I really should be doing at home and kept thinking about that and thinking about that until finally I grabbed Kyle’s pop beside me and took a huge slug of it. Not saying much for my will power huh? So I’m going to try again tomorrow to not drink any. I sure hope it goes better than my first day.

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Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 10, 2016 by farm2011

As many of you know that we are Catholics and with today being Ash Wednesday, that means two important things. Number One: Going to church and having ashes put on your head. Well we failed at this one. We never made it to church tonight and that’s not such a good thing. Number Two:  Giving something up for Lent. OK, now this one I can do. Because we never made it to church, I wanted this to be something especially hard, but what could it be? Shazam! I’ve got it. I’ll give up Diet Coke. Now granted I’ve been working really hard on drinking more water lately, so maybe this just might work. So I finished up the bottle that I had opened  (waste is a sin right?) and decides YUP that’s what I’m going to do. Give up POP!

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Going West

Posted on February 9, 2016 by farm2011

I bet you were thinking that you were going to read something about going to Arizona or another state that is out west didn’t you? Well, sorry not today. But what I am going to write about is literally heading out of our driveway and going west. OK, I agree with you that this is not as exciting I’m sure as a nice warm vacation. But to the person who lives on a highway, going west usually isn’t such a big deal. But for us on the gravel roads? Well going west can be a challenge! 

So this morning I knew the road grader went through not only once but Twice before I left and when I was just leaving I literally stopped at the end of our driveway and looked both ways. Was I feeling lucky today or should I play it safe? Because I was cutting my time pretty close I chose to go East and played it safe. Yeah I know.. chicken right? Well I made it to work on time with no issues. Now tonight I had to decide if I was going to take the gravel road to our house that I didn’t drive on or take the road that I knew that was good which meant that I would be coming in from the East. Well the good road meant that I had to drive all around the section to get to our farm and to be honest I just wanted to get home. So I took the less traveled road. So I started down the road and it didn’t seem too bad… well until I got to this one part of the road and then as I hit the brakes. The car kinda swerved and I eventually came to a stop. I was looking down the road in front of me at a snow bank that was pretty big and it was smack on top of the hill. So you’re probably thinking to yourself – who cares if it’s on the top of the hill? Well with that snowbank you will have to be pretty heavy on the foot to make sure that you don’t get stuck and that could mean that you will be driving up the middle of the road to stay away from the ditches. But the problem is that you just never know if there is someone coming at you doing the same thing from the other side. OK, now what? I thought maybe I should just turn around and go the safe way home but then I thought you big baby and hit the gas. Well you would have sworn that I was trying out for one of the races at the dragstrip! The back of the car swerved to the right and then to the left and I’m sure I had this kinda crazy look to my face. (it was pretty fun to be honest) I made it over the hill and soon I could see our farm. I parked the car just before our farm and jumped out to take a picture of the snow that’s piled up on the side of our road already. And the bad thing is that this isn’t even the worst spot on the road.

Our snow drifts heading West from the farm

Our snow drifts heading West from the farm

Yup there’s a lot of snow out there and it seems to be between us and the highway. Oh well, I guess it makes you a good driver. Or maybe I should say a good dragster 🙂

The picture of the day is that of Waffles and Smoochie. I had good intentions of giving the cats and dogs their treats outside but the cats snuck in the door before I could catch them and found the treats first! I’m thinking Waffles is glad that his head is not any bigger or it wouldn’t fit in the bag! I was just glad that it didn’t get stuck. Smoochie patiently waited his turn for the ‘buffet in a bag’ . 20160206_095540

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Where are the summer clothes?

Posted on February 8, 2016 by farm2011

Have you ever gotten so tired of winter clothes that you just want to buy something that has a little bit more summer look to it? Well with with the wind blowing and the state actually closed off the Interstate Highway 35 today because there was 50 to 60 cars in the ditch and blizzard conditions, it was time to see if there was a glimpse of summer in the future even if it was only in a shirt or top.

I laughed when I was reading the local report tonight from the weather news page on the internet because the very last line of the article was this :

“Travel is not advised in that area.”

You think?

Now I know that I can be stubborn as the next person,  but after hearing that there is around 60 cars in the ditch and they shut the ramp gates and closed off the Interstate, I’m thinking that I’d be staying home watching reruns of the Superbowl commercials or something.

So  back to my shopping story. I went to a local store tonight after work just to hope that I could find something that I might like. And even though it’s not a perfect top, it’ll do. You know the type, it’s the one that ‘I’m not leaving until I can find something kind of a shirt’. It’s the one that’s ‘on sale’, and well ‘it’s really not that bad kind of a shirt’. So I bought it and brought it home with me. It’s like a little bit of sunshine in my bedroom that’s currently filled with long underwear and heavy sweaters. So now all I have to do it to just figure out how many days until it’s Summer so I can wear it!

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Just what is that smell?

Posted on February 7, 2016 by farm2011

I was driving the small car the other day when all of a sudden I noticed a smell in the car that really wasn’t very good. And to be honest it was pretty much an awful smell! So I did what everyone does when they’re in this situation (OK, maybe just me).  I scrunched up my nose and squinted my eyes and while I was driving I was peering out the window to see if I could understand just where this odor was coming from. I’m not sure why I thought it was coming from the outside when I knew in my heart and nose that it was coming from inside the car. And do you know what it smells like? Well it smelt like really wet dirty feet. OK, now here’s the clue. So when I looked down I realized that I have the heater going full blast and it’s blowing on the floor mat which was pretty wet from my shoes today and also the whole last week. It must not have ever dried off at all and was just sitting there wet and kind grimy. Well at least I found the culprit of the car odor. I mean I like our car to have a smell to it. I don’t know.. something like leather or a new car, not necessarily like some old stinky socks or rotten shoes!

So even though the weather is calling for another blizzard to come through the area tonight and I’m sure the mats will become really wet again this week and probably stinky, I’m going to give them a good bath this afternoon. I found the Dawn dish soap and into the shower they go.DSCN8605 I have this one brush that is good for about 20 different things, and now I’m thinking it’s really good for 21 things. With a good scrub down from my brush and dish soap they went from yuck to not so bad and now all I have to do is to wait for them to dry. I guess I’ll find out tomorrow if it really was the mats!DSCN8606

 

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Fuzzy Pictures

Posted on February 5, 2016 by farm2011

On my quest to find some nice winter pictures, I grabbed my camera after a pretty foggy morning and snapped a few pictures that I thought were interesting. When the fog lifts, a lot of the moisture just seems to be sucked onto whatever it can find. Now granted driving in the fog? Not so much fun. But once it lifts it can creates some pretty cool masterpieces!

So here my winter pictures that I snapped this week and I hope you like them

Oak Branch in our backyard. Notice the new red growth!DSCN8596

Our Apple TreeDSCN8597

Laundry LineDSCN8598

Clothes PinDSCN8600

See I told you it was foggy!DSCN8602

 

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Day 2 of the storm

Posted on February 3, 2016 by farm2011

Have you ever spent a night tossing and turning and wondering what the weather is doing outside? Now honestly isn’t this just a huge waste of time? Well even though I know that it is, it still didn’t stop me from the restless sleep last night. I knew that we were supposed to get a couple of more inches of snow during the night hours and it was still supposed to be windy. Now those two things are a perfect situation for another snow day. NO WAY! So when I got up it didn’t look too bad out and our trusty road grader man went by not once – but twice! So I was sitting pretty. But as I left with the little car I knew that it really wasn’t that pretty outside. And it was much worse than the day before. Even though our road was cleared only about an hour before I left, it was already almost drifted half way across the roads and I had a couple of complete white outs before I got to work. So not fun! But I knew that I was going to get to work, just not sure if I was going to get back home. So Daryl surprised me later in the afternoon and came and switched vehicles. I now had the farm truck and was hoping to get through everything! I had a massage at 5:00 so I really needed to be able to get around. Honestly the weather wasn’t as bad in the afternoon and I didn’t have any troubles. So I made it to work, made it to my massage, and made it back home again. Yup, life is good.

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