And so it begins....

Oy veys. What a rough night! We all stayed up til midnight saying goodbye. Todd is now gone on a 9 month tour. I was basically a hot mess two days straight. lol. HOT MESS. I'm recovering from this messiness. :P My concern today is Gan. Already he has asked where daddy is 4 times. Plus when we went to pick up the truck at Todd's work Gan totally flipped. He was totally confused we were taking daddy's truck home with no daddy in it. Poor wee man. :(

My deployment board is done though, and it's actually helping! I printed out a world map, put a push pin where we were, and where daddy is. This morn when Gan asked where daddy was I said on his long trip helping people, then Gan says "The map!" and pointed to the push pin. :) At least it's something. Also I printed out calendars of the nine monthes ahead so everyday we get thru he can put a sticker on.....kind of like a countdown. AND I printed out pics of Gan and Todd together. :) I hope we get thru this deployment fast, cuz I feel bad for poor wee man.

Lets think light and fluffy shall we? Here's two finds of the day:

There is no question that I love Amish stuff. Here is a pic I got at a yardsale for $2. Now if I could only snag an Amish Quilt for $2 I'd be golden, BUT that will never happen. ;P

I like a good country theme. Not to the extent of cow patterned painted cabinets, cuz that's just crazy yo! I like a rustic country. Like a farmhouse furnished during the depression. The furniture is handmade, and quite used.......well these signs are clearly not that BUT they aren't anything fancy. ;) Gimme some old crap and I'll put it to good use.......well I'll look at it anyway. :P I would LOVE an old hutch. That would be fabulous.....

Fall Harvest fun in the Blinding hot sun!

Fall isn't suppose to feel this way. It's sooooooo weird to have fall activities begin when it still feels like summer.

Sunday Todd and I took Gannon to La Union Maze. They have 2 mazes, a pumpkin patch, and lots of activities. 1/2 military weekend! Score!

I've never sweated in such awkward places in my life.....lies I always sweat in awkward places. We rode a wagon to the pumpkin patch! Gannon thought it was his duty to pick up pumpkins and throw them like cannons. :P Child always wanting to hurl things.


Gan was scared of the goats and I'd be too cuz they were freakishly giant goats. If they weren't caged they'd come after us and eat us...


I had fun too! Slide! Weeeee! One can never be too old for slides! Todd showed his inner child as well doing at least 10 laps on a pedal car. Va-room! *panting*


We did not venture thru the mazes. It was just too hot, and it started to storm. It felt like a Children of the Corn moment, and we all know how that ended.


I need to go thrifting soon. A nice Antique Shop would suffice. :D

Tough Week Ahead.

This is Todd's last weekend home before the horrid "D" day. I'm doin' decently. I'm way more concerned about wee man. Oh man he knows what's comin' and he's lettin' ma and pa have it! I've never had him act out this bad! Holy moly! :P Crossing fingers he won't act this way thru the WHOLE deployment or momma's gonna need a straight jacket......patterned in plaid please.........

Ok! Here's a thrifty find! Well it's a favorite find. :P I got this purse at a consignment shop in their clearance section. It's a smaller Fossil purse, and I LOVE purple! Bonus! Magic number I paid for this jewel is $4. Pretty decent. Could not pass up a Fossil purse...they are a weakness...like Starbucks lemon loaf. *drools*

Another find. Got this at a thrift store in Hawaii. Note: thrift stores in Hawaii are the BEST. It's a Micheal Kors shirt for around $7. I kinda looked odd in it, but could give it up! I told me to buy it and take it home....where it resides in my closet. I'm not into labels, BUT this shirt was to my liking. Sweet. Miss you Hawaii thrift stores!

Mahalo.

Don't you wish you were a little bit Amish?

Not Amish to the extent of letting the men eat first, and wearing drab attire. BUT in the way of simplicity! Sometimes (not often) I just wanna throw the cellphone in a lake, say "screw you facebook!", disconnect the tv (can't throw it cuz that's just wasting money ;p), sell the dvds (crying in the process), and just live simply.....yea....I'd sure miss air conditioning though...and microwaves....BUT that's not the point! Yea there really isn't a point......except we're all kinda spoiled, and really would die if we didn't have electricity for a month. Cuz this is what would happen..."AHH! NO electricity! How will I know how to do anything if I don't look it up on the internet!!! *twitching*"


Also a little bit Amish is knowing a lot of good trades. Like carpentry! Steel work! Gardening!
Baking from Scratch and not from a box (though it's faster and I want my brownies NOW)! Quilting by hand! Clothes making (though I'd want a little pattern)! Farming! Carrying for livestock! I really want to make a fabulous dining room table out of old barn planks.....rustic.


A little bit Amish is also ALL about family. Love that. Love. Cuz they are just so dependent on each other to keep everything rollin' smoothly. So much respect and love......yea....


I wanna be a little bit Amish......sometimes....

Onward wonderously!

Ka-Pow! Two entries in one day. I'm already stickin' to this bloggin' thing. This entry I am going to show a few of my fav. thrifty finds. Some of my finds have not made it thru the many moves we've encountered being a military family. Bummers. Some of my finds I simply grew to fat to wear and resold.....sad panda. (but the sweets were quite delicious).

Here is actually NOT my find, but my favorite! Hubby got this for me at an antique store near Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. BEST blue glass EVER. ;)

Upsetting I can not get blogger to corroperate in adding photos! Whar! I really wanted to show my $4 Fossil purse!!! *whines* It's ok, there's many days ahead. :)

On the homefront. We are coming up on a 9 month deployment, and wee man is sensing this change. We've been talking to him about it and such, and now he's really acting out! Holy possessed jumbo 3 yr old! So with his acting out and having mommy's whininess, and the Holladay temper it's be quite a challenging 3 days. I didn't know I could be beat up by a 3 yr old! *fetal position in corner sucking thumb* We'll make it thru though! *pats on back*

Plus...I really need to figure this coupon thing out. :P Ta Ta for now world of mine.

We meet again......

This is a test. This is only a test. :P See the layout? Very fitting to my likin' of autumn colors and retro patterns....sorta. ;)