I’d like to apologize in advance for this long post and the excessive number of photos. Thankful most people these days are on high speed internet…if not…you may want to return at a later date. You have been warned.
Where to begin… Well let’s start with a journal page I had slated to post last week and never got around to it.
It’s a page in my wonky junky journal.
It started its life as this…two different sizes and textures to work with. A challenge really. 
The images I used are from an elementary music book. these two reminded me of a Romeo/Juliet thing…only with a happy ending…it is elementary school after all.
It’s not my favorite page but at this point, I’m just happy to be creative.
Another page I finished was this one…which I believe I posted a WIP shot the last time.
Making time to craft and create is a priority for me but as you know, life sometimes gets in the way.
Enter exhibit A:
Do you see what I see…? This image was texted to me simultaneously with a frantic phone call from Mini-me.
Lets back up a little for context shall we…
We had inadvertently left the garage door open a few inches overnight which was an obvious invitation for a mouse to waltz on in looking for a snuggly place to overwinter. Marvin clued me in to this on Friday morning by laying in front of the washing machine, diligently peering underneath. Since there was nothing I could do to help him with his task, I went back upstairs and proceeded with my morning. Made lunches, brewed coffee and had just sat down on the couch to enjoy my cuppa before moving on with the day.
As I sit taking my first glorious sip of coffee, I hear Marvin make a sound somewhat like it would be if you were trying to say “mouse” with a sock in your mouth then proceeds to bang around on the stairs with his giant paws. In an instant, I realized that he had caught the mouse and was bringing it to me…but decided to “tell” me about it…therefore releasing his jaws and the mouse. Marvin is cute but does not have a big brain. He lost track of it and I determined that it had gotten behind the baseboard and into the wall. Crud. Off to work I went with Marvin staring at the fireplace.
Now lets get back to this photo above…the mouse was on the mantle…he can climb bricks.
♫ spider mouse. spider mouse ♫
*shall we now collectively shudder*
My kids have now discovered the mouse on the mantle…send me a photo…call me… Yeah…I’m working…good luck kids. In turn I messaged Mr. G telling him the tale. I got this image back from him with what I can imagine was peals of laughter.
Image credit: Great Outdoors
Long story short…they did not get the mouse. I did late Friday evening with their help in corralling said mouse. Saturday was spent cleaning…everything… *shudder*. Gross.
Marvin was thoroughly exhausted from staying up for almost an entire day. Didn’t get his 18 hours of beauty sleep.
We did have some fun too…movie night at the neighbors. Chicken Run was on the projector.
I got my vote in at our county election office.
I also made a knitters wreath that I have had rattling around my brain for a while. Finally made it happen after all the cleaning and purging of things. Funny what you uncover like a wreath base.
Time to settle back with a lovely glass of red wine by the glow of my salt lamp. I don’t drink much red wine or any wine these days. It tends to make my joints hurt…I think it’s the sulfites.
I had to snap a photo of this sign at Goodwill…it made me laugh.
My kids have dubbed my cocktail of choice, gin and club soda, “spicy water” after inadvertently taking a big gulp of it when they were younger.
That about sums it up for me… my life is chaotic. But its good.
One more thing! Mini-me got accepted into both the universities that she applied to. We now need to make one more visit to cement her plan. Her college of choice is even giving her a yearly scholarship. Not full ride mind you but hey, every penny counts.
What are you doing today?
