How many trips to the Home Depot will this take?

Here's a sneak peek of what is going on around here. Keys is installing board and batten in my entry way and up the staircase. Did you know that Keys does not enjoy my "help" so he sends me to the Home Depot 14 trillion times a day.

That's ok because I just hang out with Norbert my favorite wood cutting guy at the Home Depot. If you are planning on tackling the board and batten look you will want to make friends with someone in the lumber department! I personally have made friends with Norbert. I wonder if he is going to miss seeing me 5 thousand times a day. Oh, thankfully Norbert also is good at math because he saved me from cutting waaaaay too much wood!

You know how bloggers say, "Oh, so I put up board and batten this weekend." I'm not making any accusations but big fat liar comes to mind. My house has been torn apart foooooreeeeeever. If Keys would let me "help him" paint for example then this would go much faster.
I "helped him" once and I've been banned from painting in my own house ever since.

How many trips to the Home Depot will this take?

Seeing Double

Wait......What? Top photo G-Dub, bottom photo Rue Magazine.......they shop at the Dub too?

Seeing Double

A Quick Snack

Have you ever tried making Hummus? It's really easy, it tastes great, and it is really good for you. It is the perfect afternoon snack to fill you up.
This is all you need to get started....oooops! I forgot to put the tahini paste in the picture. (Come to think of it, I may have forgotten to put it in.... It was still good!)

Blend up:

2 cans of Garbanzo beans

(or one can White Northern Beans, and one Garbanzo)
2 or 3 tablespoons of tahini paste (sesame paste)

(you might have to ask where to find it in the grocery store.)
Juice of lemon (to taste)

Herb of your choice: Basil, Flat leaf parsley, mint....whatever you like.

Garlic- You can use fresh, roasted, garlic powder or garlic oil.

Greek Yogurt to taste. Once again you can use regular yogurt or sour cream even.

Water to smoooooth it out

Hummus is a taste thing. Just put in whatever tastes good to you! It's your house, do what you want!

Perfect for the 3 o'clock luullllll. Bake up some whole wheat pita chips at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes and you have yourself a nice, healthy snack.

Deeelicious!

A Quick Snack

Nancy made me do it....

See this sweet baby? She loooooves it when my husband sings Barry White songs to her, and seriously who wouldn't, but that isn't what were talking about here today. If you have a weak stomach you might want to head over to Butterflies and Unicorns.com because well this is a doozy!
So I was watching "Sweet Baby" above for an hour or so while her daddy ran an errand. Let's preface this story by saying he didn't bring the diaper bag, or a single diaper, or a single wipe. Ok.....moving on. So I'm blissfully holding said baby and I hear a little rumbly in her tummy. Ok, I think to myself I'll just wait and see what happens. So then a little chooo chooo train toot emerges.....still safe and then it happens.....it started slow and manageable....and then the wee one sneezed...hard.....hay fever - honking - saved it up for days - sneeze. From there it was a blur of Exorcist like protrusions of epic proportions. Biblical Disaster amounts of flowing.......I don't even know the proper noun here.....let's just say there was baby p@@p flowing down my bare legs into my shoes into a large puddle on the floor with some wall damage as well. I was frozen into place only long enough to yell "Take my picture!!" But "Keys" who was working on the entry way could only stop gagging long enough to yell back, "Run! I'll get the door!" So I squishingly John Wayne walked her next door to her own home to give her a bath.
When a baby has a blow out of epic proportions how does one get the onsie off without fowling the rest of said baby's tummy, head, neck, face, and hair? I guess we'll never know. Cutting it off paramedic style? If I had purchased that onsie at the G-Dub I would have used the scissors. But I didn't so the fowling began. I bathed baby in the tub, left the mess for her daddy to clean up, put a new onsie on and trekked back to my house only to wait for her daddy to get her so I could scrub myself from head to toe. Twice.

If you are still reading and haven't gagged yourself thank my neighbor Nancy for telling me to blog about this little adventure! Thanks Nancy!

Nancy made me do it....

What time is it??

I have no idea. This is what I see when I look at a clock. Not easy. I'm pretty good with 12, 3, 6, and 9. Those seem easy. 11? Forget. it.

So for now I just use a digital clock and hope for the best. Everything but 11....

Weird? I try not to worry about it, and really I should be doing the worksheets but I've been busy lately..... I Got a J......O.......B! My Dream JOB!! I get to Blog for the G-Dub!!! Weeeeee! You can catch me here: ThriftingDenver.Wordpress.com

I'm sooo proud!

What time is it??

Here is the latest Goodwill Dress Up Costume.

My little model is a "Dressage Rider".

Or "Horse-Riding Girl" works too! We are lucky to have such amazing items to choose from at our local Goodwills here. I picked up the Dressage helmet at the store on Belleview, but the store in Parker is horse-heaven. The Parker store had a helmet as well as numerous horse and rodeo related items.

We walked over to a barn near our house and shot away!

We left the tags on so that you could see the ENTIRE outfit is from G-Dub.

Black Blouse with bow $4.99

Harlequin Sweater $3.99

Black pants $4.99

Helmet $5.99

(you could use black softball/baseball pants or sweats even.)

I found these custom made cowboy boots at the store on Parker and Belleview. They didn't have a size listed, but they were most likely a size 7.

$12.99 (the splurge)

(too small for the model! ouch!)

We put this costume together entirely of Goodwill items, but you could always cut costs by adding things from your own closet.

I love that she looks adorable, she is modestly dressed, and that she could use any of the items later!

Halloween at the G-Dub

I wanted to do a post about putting together costumes from the G-Dub so I gathered my goodies..... hung them all up...

Invited all of the neighborhood kids over for a little dress-up and a photo shoot!

Look at all of the great things I found....

(Leetsdale and Belleview Goodwill Stores)

Who do we have here?...Well it's baby Yoda, Princess Leia, and Hans Solo at the door. Why yes, Hans loves himself some Crocs!! All from G-Dub! The Yoda is a baby or toddler costume and I added a green baby hat all from the store on Belleview. (49 cents with the tags still on!) My little friend next door wanted all of the Star Wars family costumes, but then when it was her turn to dress up she backed out. She's three.....a girl has the right to change her mind! We tried!!

There are racks of ready made costumes at Goodwill right now. Shop now for your dress-up closet for pennies! (really pennies) Wash them up and you can save some money to buy the BIG Snickers bars! (to hide in the freezer for when the kids are at school!)

Happy Shopping!

Halloween at the G-Dub