Crazy House = Crazy Life!!!

"Bark, Bark"!
"Ruff, Ruff"!
"Bark"!
"Grrrrr...."!
"Whine"!
"Sigh".

Those are the sounds in my house beginning at 6:30am. Three dogs... yes, THREE... and none of them are mine. Yet, that's MY sigh at the end.

Stephanie and Curt (Middle child and husband) have left for their fabulous trip to Thailand, leaving me to care for Emma (their beloved little princess doggie), Kai (Curt's colorful beta fish), 2 plants (barely alive as it is) and a few odds and ends to tidy up for Kreative Events.

Throw in Lauren's (Oldest child) 2 dogs, Chase (PERFECT name for him as he runs away every chance he gets) and Darla (who's afraid of her own shadow)... and things get a little crazy around here. Lauren's boyfriend, Kevin is home from the military for a spell... so she is spending 'face time' with him for a few days... again leaving me in charge.

Stir in my Mom, living in the next town needing my attention... and add a dash of starting a part time job at Michael's... and you have the perfect recipe for a crazy house.

It's funny how things come back to haunt you. I did a great job and raised 3 wonderful kids... now I have 3 crazy dogs to take care of. Somehow I don't really see a difference :-)

Busy! Busy! Busy!!

YIKES! April just FLEW by... without one blog from me. So... what HAVE I been doing instead of blogging??? Let's see...

The basement door needed a face lift:

Before... Boring!

Inspiration...
Blackboard Paint!

Now becomes a menu/memo board.
 GENIUS!!

Beautiful old chairs needed to be re-covered:

Before

After

Hosted Easter Dinner:

Delicious Coconut Cake for Dessert

Sister-in-law Judy visited for the week:

Notice the door???

Attended the Royal Wedding... in my TIARA and PJs:

Tiaras, Tea, and Blueberry Scones
for the Royal Wedding

Adopt An Ancestor

Winged Jewels

Made CHARMS for my Art Charm Swap Group:











Mailed out books sold online:

Wrapped and ready to mail

Attended court for Pre-Trial: 

Fabulous painting above judge's bench
Trial set for week of October 3rd

Cooking up a storm as usual:

Meatballs ready for the oven

Sewed my first Bitty Blocks for a quilting swap:

It's only  3 1/2" square!

Got Chase 'fixed':

Too funny!!!!

Finished my LEAVES watercolor:

Falling Leaves

Painted Tillie... The Asbury Park icon and am sewing pillows and purses with my art on them... because I signed up for table space in an outdoor show in Ocean Grove, NJ on June 4th to sell them!

Tillie

And THAT's what I've been up to! How in the world did I EVER find time to go to work???