I heart faces contest ~~~Bandit

Here is my entry for I heart faces contest this week, the theme is Pets...

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Meet my son's new pup "Bandit" he came to us from our little church down the road. The owner was tired of feeding the pups and the mama dog and just kicked them out of the house. Lucky for Bandit my son was determined to save him :0) He is a very spirited little pup and keeps our old dog Baby great company and makes her a great play mate. (We rescued Baby from a puppy miller so all she knows is to be around puppies.)

Have a blessed day,
Tracy :0)

Where have you (me) been......

Well the ball field of coarse!!! I photographed the team and submitted the photo orders to the lab last night. I can't wait to see the outcome. It was a bitter sweet end to our league games. We were tied, the other teams big hitter was up to bat, strike one, stride two, foul, foul, ball, ball, crack!!! and there it went and he run the bases and won the game by one point!!! We were tied until them and all we needed was to strike him out!!! It was a great game, the boys played hard and with heart, so proud of the little guys but you can't always take home the prize and it's a good life lesson to know that. So here are a few photos of the team

It's a celeblogation at JS

Just wanted to let everyone in on the festivities happening at Jessicasprague.com
Go to jessicasprgue.com and click on the image at 10PM EDT to take you to the first blog!

Happy Wednesday, it is going to be a scorcher..

Future project: The seasoning rack is now transformed into my embellishment turn about. I am going to paint it black, and use the Cricut to cut circles of background and texture paper to cover the tops. ( Someday soon I will have new floors down, but for now I can live with it to meet a higher goal :0) )

What are your projects, please share, I would love to see them and spotlight you on my blog,
Have a blessed day,
Tracy





























Here is my clean desk.

Today is suppose to be really crazzy hot, but keep in mind it is suppose to be in mid-June. That's when I go to the lake and hang out on the Pontoon all day. That I love. Anyway, we will be in the upper 90's today and I have to pre-pay for my propane today....lol...I am truly not thinking of how to keep warm this winter on a day like today. But if I don't think/pay ahead it will cost me a small fortune later.

So, I completed a couple of task, like taking my winter clothes out of the closet so I can find my summer clothes.

I cleaned off the scrap desk and finished cleaning out the hallway. I did more but it was just all of the general stuff. I have been on a great roll catching up the house but it is fixing to end...we have ball games the rest of the week, I have to shoot the team tomorrow and a tourney in Mt. Home this weekend. Sigh... I will miss my projects but I love my son playing ball more...(uh, remind me I said that when I am sitting in the hot sun at noon)

So, here are a few pics of my labor...

Happy Tuesday , Stacation and a Confession

Good morning to blog world, it is so great to be blogging again :0) I am suppose to be doing my 15 min a.m. project but I just could not wait to share the news! Kim at Kim Klassen Cafe is doing a free Inspiration Stay-Cation and you need to sign up here at kimklassen.blogspot.com to join in the fun.

Okay, here is the dreaded confession part, I have not been scrapping due to the condition of my desk and my unorganized house. Somehow, somewhere, sometime.....My scrap desk and house have gotten in a dis-aray a.k.a. MESS!!!! I think it was somewhere between shooting senior portraits, basketball and baseball...lol... anyway I am going to post my awful before shots and keep myself accountable on my projects... Check out my fridge though...huh... looks pretty organized (wink) that was my project for last night. I packaged our meat and cleaned out the fridge, I do the fly lady idea of 15 mins. You can do anything for 15 mins. Well off to do my 15 min in the scrap haven!!!

What have you been doing :0)
Have a blessed day,
Tracy

Free Card making class at JS!!!

Scored big today!!!

Little man wanted to go to yard sales today,so we started at 7 a.m. He was on the hunt for a weight bench, he wants to get "beefed" up before school starts :0) So off we went, he with his lawn mowing paycheck, his little buddy, "H" daddy and I. The first sale he mapped out to go to was like 15 miles away from the house.....hmmm. We drove up and all I could see was lots of pink!! I said to him, you picked a girl sale!!! Well they had an Xbox, Ipod and playstation he wanted to check out. But we missed the xbox, uggg, it was only 40.00 with games. So as I was thinking what a waste of time and heading to the jeep I spotted the prize!!! Yes, a brand new George Foreman Grill!!! Still had the sticker on it. It is a beautiful red and came with 3 sets of grills. I have priced them at the store and they were 100.00 when they first came out, I danced away with it for $10.00. So, I had to tell G he was not in trouble for going to the pink sale...lol...
Here are the specs on the grill:

Applica #GRP106QPGR RED GeoForeman360 Grill
$76and up (22 stores) cashback · 2 - 12%
User reviews (25)

106 square inch cooking surface with versatility of 5 round removable plates 2 grill Plates, 2 quesadilla plates and 1 deep dish pizza / bake plate Mechanical temperature control for perfect results Adjustable tilt to knock our fat and floating hinge.

So to back up a little, I have been on a replenish the kitchen kick! After almost 20 yrs of marriage I am ready to buy some new kitchen aids. Part of my reason is to help me to prepare yummy home cooked meals, save money(part of my debt free plan), eat healthier, and just to show my family love. So at the new store in town, Liquidation Outlet, I bought a GE toaster Covection Oven and a new 6 QT crockpot with a sealable lid. Both new, good working condition for 40.00!! They are black and stainless steel. They do not match my pretty new grill but they will soon live in harmony together.

The week before I purchased a Cricut expressions Machine from the outlet store for the mere price of 135.00 w/tax!!! What a steal, I have been wanting the big Cricut for a long time now. My sweet husband wanted to buy me one a few times and I would not let him because they were just to pricey. I feel God knew the desires of my heart and blesses me with my bargains!! So yes while I feel I have spent WAY to much money latley I really saved even more. Does that count? :0) So my love of scrapbooking and paper crafting has resurfaced and I created dad a card for his bday. Sorry, no pics I just did good to get it mailed.

We also picked blueberries, we almost blunered that!! Our friend told us they were 3.00 a bucket and when we went to check out it rang up 82.00!!!! Hmmm, she was wrong they were 3.00 per gallon!!! Yikes, she cut us a deal and we wrote her a 50.00 check, $10.00 more than she asked for. SO you can imagine I need some blueberrie recipes :0).

Have a blessed day,
Would love to hear your comments,
Tracy :0)