Monday, June 6, 2011

weekend round-up/mayhem

~ Happy 40th Birthday to my dear friend Kerrie! ~
My friend Kerrie celebrated the Big 4-OHHH Friday. She is the president of the young women's organization at church, and she is one fabulous person! She can do anything and everything, and I have never - EVER - seen her without a smile on her face! I admire and appreciate her so much - and I know all the girls love and adore her - so this is what I made her for her birthday. I put it in a turquoise frame :)
~ Congratulations Kacy! Class of 2011 ~
Kacy just happens to be Kerrie's niece! I made one of these for each of the 7 graduates in our young women's program, cuz as you know, I love those girls ever so much... but Kacy is the only one that has hers so far... mua-ha-haaa :D 
Okay - I'm not even going to try to explain this... it's just Matthew being Matthew and generally driving me nutsy fagan :/
~ Mouse Recovery ~
So Matthew goes dirt biking with a friend. He is a wild man. Very skilled, but scary wild. He clears a 90 foot triple jump. He's just not expecting a berm (a walled turn) to be right there as he lands. He hits the berm, flies 30 feet, lands in a heap, dislocates his shoulder, hurts his hip, knocks himself out and gets a concussion..... and the first thing he says when he comes to is "DID YOU SEE THAT?!?! I CLEARED THE TRIPLE JUMP!!!" :/
~ FINALLY! My mid-century modern chair! ~
Okay, you don't even KNOW how excited I am to have this! I have looked for a chair for my bedroom forever! Found on Craigslist after losing several others... original condition and PERFECT! We picked it up Saturday and, as you can see, we ALL love it!
~ that's right: I WIN ~
Remember *THIS POST* and how my boys wreck everything?!?! Well I was not going to let them get away with it. I adore my colorful paper lanterns and so I got these patterned ones on sale at Pier 1 and made them replace the ones they ruined. SCORE ONE FOR ME! HAH!
~ GNOME GNAME GAME: UPDATE ~
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your gnome gname ideas! They've been pouring in from every which way! Wow, I have some very fun and creative friends! Below are all the names that have been suggested so far..... Keep them coming peeps - I LOVE IT!

* Corky Mugwiggen
* Wimbiddle
* Conehead O'Brian
* Comfortably Gnome
* true to form, my friend Traci went above and beyond:
SCOTTISH NAMES-

Alastair
Angus Podgorney: 
(Monty Python skit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySl_Nk_G-cw) Her personal favorite. :)
Jock
MacDuff

IRISH NAMES-
Alphonsus
Aillén (prnounces All-ayn which means Elf)
Declan
Fergal
Gallagher
Connolly 
O'Rourke

Gnome Names-
Wimfoodle
Elwinkle
Folwicket
Wimwinkle
Boddywocket

Yorkshire NAMES-
Mardybum  :)))

* Lord Bunbury
* Gnomeo
* Mr. Baggins

P.S. I've decided I'm never going to plan on 
relaxing over the weekend again, hehe!

2 comments:

  1. What a crazy son you have! Glad he is okay!

    Love, love, love the chair!

    The girls are gonna love their gifts...so personal.

    I have no gnome names at all.... wow... nothing.

    It was 103 degrees in my car today. I'm thinking about a move to California.... or ALaska... or anywhere else.

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  2. Love your chair! Happy you got cute new lanterns! Have another idea for your gnome. Call him Gnameless the Gnome, since you can't decide!

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