Get Rich Quick

Financial Advisor Puppy

The radio financial guru advised the female caller

To find her passion, make it pay, and soon you’ll be a baller.

It spoke to me as I sat there in my office parking lot.

What we have is plenty, but the bank account is not.

Find your passion, huh? I pondered through the day.

What really gets me moving and carries my mind away?

Well, I’m in to funky jewelry, Facebook and gooey queso

I also like music, pedicures and funny game shows.

Puppies, football, fishing and Dr. Pepper over ice

I get a thrill from buying things at the very cheapest price.

I like crochet and baking pies – though I’m not good at either

Zumba’s cool, but it’s not long before I need a breather.

Playing forty two and dominoes are also pretty fun,

But nothing beats that feeling when the laundry’s finally done

Speaking of…clean sheet night surely ranks real high.

Good hair days, making lists, and buying school supplies.

And I wish they paid money to listen to old hymns

Or for West Texas sunsets ‘cause I’ve watched lots of them

Did ya ever see a wanted ad for a Super Baseball Fan?

Or ask about the details of cruising backroads health care plan?

Long walks on moonlit beaches really soothe my soul

Christmas Eve and Easter Morning will make my spirit whole.

Sleepy Saturday mornings and best friends that are true.

Date night buffets and crosswords and spending time with you.

My list of passions is extensive and lofty are my dreams
So I was reminded that money can’t buy these things

I’m surrounded by my loved ones, and thank the Lord, I am healthy

Simple abundance. Wrapped in love. What da ya know? I’M WEALTHY.

Carrie Griffith

4/29/18

Every Good and Perfect Gift...

All babies are blessings, but sometimes when fears of fertility issues have been looming, God's gift seems more special. Let me put it another way: This friend and this baby had been prayed for by many.

Hint: The Preggo Chick is the one on the left. (Isn't she beautiful??)

I was so excited to crochet my first baby gift!!  I attended the shower on January 20th. I delivered the gift on February 3th. HA! Who is surprised? I chose to do a simple project in the nursery colors of lilac and sage green. Turns out the people who post things about quick and easy projects are perhaps a little more experienced than I. It's either that or they live in a different time space continuum.

At one point the whole blanket was going to be the little sea dollar circles that form the flowers. I am not good at math, but I figured out it was going to take a boat load of them to finish a whole blanket. So I modified the project in order to present it before her high school graduation. Also, I learned to do a shell edging that really was the finished it off! I really was proud of how the blanket turned out, and since I had all that "extra" time I created a head band, too

 

 

If I was proud of my project before, a couple of weeks ago I received a text...

 



Charis Rose Harris

 

Y'ALL!! ISN'T SHE THE SWEETEST?!?

G is for Getting Crafty

Our bedroom has a whole lotta wall space and I wanted to do something soothing and cheap! I'm sure I saw this idea somewhere. I am also sure if you focus and pay close attention you can follow these super complicated steps. [insert eye roll]
Seriously, you guys know if this project were very complicated, I would have completely lost interest before it was done. Basically here's how this all went down:

 I gathered up the supplies and completed this project while watching college basketball. Texas A&M Aggies over the defending National Champions North Carolina Tarheels! Whoop! Gig Em!!

Holy moly I am easily sidetracked...where were we? Oh yeah....

I gathered up the supplies:

 

blurry,close up pic of fabric choice

 

I bought a 2 pack of stretched canvass, a pre-cut quilter's square in a print I liked and some spray adhesive at Wal-Mart for around $10. You could use a glue gun instead of spray adhesive and that might work better, but I needed the adhesive for another project, so I went with that. Also,scissors and a trash bag to use as a drop cloth and I was ready to go! 

 

 

 

I ironed the fabric - really, I did. You should do better if you choose to do this project for yourself. Then, I spread the trash bag out laid out the fabric - good side down and placed the canvass on top to measure and cut. 

 

 

Using the spray adhesive I first glued the front side to the fabric. Work around edge to edge I used the spray to wrap the fabric around the back of the canvass. Ta-Da!! I told y'all it was complicated.

 

 

In an earlier post, I wrote about the Fall Girl's Weekend. I don't think I told y'all that we had planned to go do one of those paint and drink wine things. Well, we didn't get signed up in time and the class was full. We solved that problem by going to a drive thru Daiquiri place and Hobby Lobby. We drank and painted in PJs in the hotel room.  Seriously, it's this sort of thing that makes these my people!!We picked a word, Heather drew it out, we filled it with a paint pen, we talked about men, we talked about kids, we talked about work, we talked about cheese or tacos or cookie recipes, we ate chocolate éclairs, we laughed, we saved $35 bucks a piece... good stuff...

 

Oh, yeah and I ended up with this really cool BLESSED canvass.

 

 

 

 

The next step of this project took the longest. I held up these 3 canvasses against every wall in my bedroom and in every imaginable configuration. Side by side on the bathroom wall, stacked like a cross over by the dresser, at a weird diagonal by the window. I finally settled on an arch above the bed. I wanted the feather, fabric above the night stands, but now that I see these pictures, I think I want to move it in toward the Blessed canvass. Here's the issue. This is a rental. I want my deposit back. They may stay put. Then again, it may bother me enough that one day I move them. We'll see. Stay tuned!