I didn't do it on purpose!

If you must know the truth, I am an impulse shopper at heart.  Even when I shop around and do my homework for something I really want, it was an impulse that started it in the first place.

God meets all of my needs.  Hands down.  I have way more than I need and I have been making a solid effort to scale back and give more, want less, and honestly I am much happier with the simpler lifestyle.

We started off not really looking for a car.  In fact, I really didn't want to even talk about it.  But it is time to trade in the gray Pontiac and get something else.  Didn't know what I wanted so I looked at trucks, suvs, cars, and several sizes makes and models.  I certainly had no intention of actually buying a car.  In fact I told the first salesman there was "no way" I was committing to anything today.

Next dealership.  Here we go again. Nope, not buying, just looking. Don't want anything gray.  I have owned at least 2 gray cars and am really tired of gray.  Nope, that one costs too much.  Too many miles on that one.  Orange, are you kidding me?  Drive it?  Sure, why not.., no way we're buying it, but I can at least drive it once.

There is nothing, not one thing, practical about this car.  I have made practical decisions my entire life.  But this is FUN.  And maybe a little selfish.  Like when Mom bought an Rx7 when she still had 2 girls at home to shuttle around.  OhmygoshIammymother'sdaughter.

So I feel a teensy tinsy bit guilty.  Do I "need" this car?  Probably not. But will I love it and tell people that it keeps me young?  You bet!

Paper scraps

I recently started making cards again.  Not sure why, but I think I was inspired by a photo and decided to duplicate it.   I really like the way it turned out.

One thing led to another and I decided to use up some supplies. I have a LOT of supplies.  I made up about 4 more "sets" of cards that I plan to give as gifts.  Then I dug out more paper, found a sketch I liked, and kept right on cuttin' and gluin'.

   

I don't really have the working space I used to have and that does create a small challenge, but on the other hand, I don't leave all my stuff out.  A place for everything and everything in it's place.  Seems to be working pretty well.  I only temporarily lost my coluzzle for about 10 minutes then found it.  Even had the right color re-inkers.  Cool.

Now just need people to give/sell/send these cards to.  

Doorbells

It should surprise no one that my husband is easily amused.  I guess that is one of the qualities that help keep him sane.

So now imagine this. DH (darling husband) walks outside to get mail. He comes back and stands in the open door and rings the doorbell.  The dog jumps up and barks but seeing DH standing in the door, she is confused.  DH rings the bell again.  Dog still confused, barks while looking around wildly for the culprit making that noise.  Bell rings, dog walks outside and then back in.  Bell continues to ring, dog continues to turn in circles, but begins to suspiciously look toward DH.  DH just stands there laughing and asking the dog who's at the door?

This is repeated at least once per day.  Like I said, DH is easily amused!

Mom, when's dinner?
Can we eat out?

Hmmmm.  Does this mean she has finally tired of leftovers?  Why is it I have a hard time cooking small meals for just the 3 of us.  We really don't like leftovers all that much, no matter how great it was the first time.  It's even worse when he cooks; you would think we had an entire army here.

Today I baked bread.  My neighbor brought me a starter for Amish Friendship Bread.  Reluctantly I smiled and told her how nice she was, and thought to myself what am I going to do with THIS?  It is one of those 10-day processes and I had a business trip scheduled for the 9th or 10th day.  So it sat there.  Just a little batter in a bag.  Couldn't hurt.

And it didn't. The house smells terrific! This is a sweet bread with cinnamon.  I think I will make another batch and add applesauce and chopped nuts - YUM!  My neighbor is really sweet. Here is a link to the recipe.  The web site is pretty neat too if you are a quilter.

So back to dinner.  Maybe I clean out the freezer and rejuvenate some different leftovers that were frozen.

ttfn!