Will not try this again!!!

Mystic tanning, yep spray tanning. I thought why not give it a shot. How bad could it be? I went tanning with my SIL Vanessa yesterday and decided to give the Mystic a try. She laughed and said I would look like an Oompa Loompa. The girl was giving me instructions and from the booth next to the front desk we hear "Oompa, Loompa" (My lovely SIL singing). The girl stops the instructions and everything goes silent. So she starts again and we hear "Dompity Doo". Yep she started singing again. I about died laughing. When they took me back to the room with the "Paint booth" she showed me the lotion I needed to put on my feet and hands and told me how much to use and not to rub it in, just leave it all gloopy. She shows me the sensor door opener and closer and the sensor starter for the "Paint Booth". So she leaves, I lock the door and proceed to get my tan. I slop on the inches of lotion on my hands and feet as instructed, put on my hair net and step into the booth. I wave my hand in front of the the sensor to close the door and nothing, I try again, still nothing. After several attempts of this I figure it is the 2 inches of lotion on my hands causing interference and use my arm to wave to shut the door. I then wave my hand in front of the start button (not learning my lesson obviously) and again nothing. So once again I resort to my arm and then take my spray tan position with eyes closed. The machine says, "Spraying to start in 5 seconds" and counts down. It then goes through my head, "what was I thinking?" The spray starts and moves up and down. Once it stops the machine mumbles something, wasn't sure what she said but I figured I better turn around. So I take my stance again and the machine counts down again and sprays the back. 30 seconds after it starts it is done and the door pops open. I tried not to fall out of the booth with my lotion slick feet. I got out trying not to breath in the fumes and chemicals and then proceed to wipe off the excess (as instructed to). They told me it would take about 4 to 6 hours to show up. I left thinking, "Wow, why don't more people tan like this, fast, easy and instant tan!! 6 hours later I had an answer as to why they don't. While I am not an Oompa Loompa, the tanning is not even at all and where they told me to slather all that lotion on, got NO tan what so ever. So I have white hands and white feet with funny white lines on the wrists and ankles where I had lotion on. It also did not cover all over very nice and I have some spots on my thumb and the palms of my hands are dark (that wasn't suppose to happen according the instructions). So lesson learned, never go the quick and easy route, cause well, you just may end up an Oompa Loompa.

New addition to our family....

I would like to introduce Zoey to our family. She is 9 weeks old and weighs a whopping 2 lbs 9 oz!! She is a Shih Tzu and is just the sweetest dog, she is even winning over Walter!! We picked her up Saturday and she is adjusting really well and is doing really good on the house training. We look forward to many years with her!!

Eating is no fun!!!

So my youngest thinks he needs to live off of candy. We have mini-meltdowns most nights now when it comes to dinner time. This particular night he went in the bathroom and we could hear him muttering and hitting things. So I broke out the camera and I give you Eating is No Fun. Sorry it was just too funny not to get on film. LOL!!

15 and seeing Red......

Well my oldest son is now 15 and I cannot believe how big he has gotten. Tyler celebrated his birthday on the 19th and I am in complete denial we are 1 year away from driving!!! He had a great birthday and had his first boy/girl party and boy was that crazy, LOL!!!


































I also finally got the rest of my furniture in (it is only 1 month past the original delivery date), but I am so glad it is here. I got one wall in the dining room painted red and will be finishing the rest this next week. Figured I better get the hutch wall done so I don't have to move it. I love my new couches too!! So much better than the old ones.

Merry Christmas!!!

I cannot believe it is already Christmas day? Where has this year gone? I hope you are all well and enjoying your wonderful day with family and friends. We had a great day, opened presents, ate candy and had our turkey dinner!! Here are some pics from our day.

It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year.....

to decorate that is. LOL!! I LOVE this time of year and I just love decorating for it. I hate having to take it all down as the house looks so bare. Walter was so nice to let me add another tree this year (yes I have a slight issue with wanting lots of trees) to our rec room. I wanted it to be all red and white ornaments and I am happy with how it turned out. So here are some pics into the world of my tree obsessed holiday home.

I guess I should really admit....

that I have a serious addiction to buying furniture. LOL!! Poor Walter, he is being so patient with me and my fetish of wanting new furniture. Here is some pics of my new dining room table. The hutch is coming later as my new family sofa and love seat are back ordered and it was with that order. The folks at Ashley Furniture have really gotten to know me this year!!

Yo .....

yo garland!! I had some fun with some red and white Christmas fabrics. I saw a yo yo garland in a magazine and had to make me one. I wanted a red & white Christmas tree for our rec room and figured I needed a matching garland for the fireplace. It was supper easy to do and I am happy with the way it turned out.

It's about time!!!!

I can finally, finally say we are no longer home owners!!! Yep I am excited about not owning a home. When we found out 3 years ago that we had orders to the East Coast we put our house on the market in Eastern Washington state. We thought we had a buyer, turned out to be a scam and a tenant from, well you know where. After 2 horrible tenants, 1 good tenant, many months of frustration, 1 awesome, patient and incredibly helpful Real Estate Agent (Thank you so much Wendi!!!) we can finally say that the house is sold!!! We closed this last week, it funded and we are all done!!! It was a great house, with lots of wonderful memories but I am glad this chapter in our life is complete.

We've been elfed!!!

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Add a little glitter.......

I decided while I was shopping at Michael's and A. C. Moore today to pick up some things to make a couple of fun Halloween projects. These were very easy, inexpensive and took very little time to make. Here is how to make them:

I bought the large white wood letters to spell out "Boo" and small wood letters to spell out "spooky"

I painted the large letters with a purple paint and the small letters with an orange paint.



































































I used an acrylic craft paint.


















Once your paint has dried, apply a good thick coat of Modge Podge or white glue to the top surface. Work fast so it doesn't dry.


















Sprinkle on your glitter quickly and evenly over the surface of the modge podge or glue. I always put on alot to make sure the entire area gets good coverage.




















Now gently shake off the excess glitter. Let dry and coat with a spray matte sealer. Add a ribbon or metal hanger and you are done!!! Try using seed beads or sequins instead of glitter. Have fun creating!!!