A Good Bargain

I am always on the lookout for wire baskets at thrift shops/antique shops/stores. They are way high priced! Usually they are around $45 for like the old locker baskets. While antiquing with the ladies last Thursday we were at a store in Prosser. I was at the checkout and something caught my eye, don't even remember what it was, but walked over to a shelf and on the bottom I found a wire basket with a price tag of $18.95! Needless to say I grabbed it and took it over to the checkout before anyone else saw it! My total was $16.15 - turns out it was on SALE for $14.95. If I would have turned the original price tag over I would have seen the discounted price...but then it wouldn't have been such a great surprise!! SCORE!!!!! Now it sits right next to my bed.

I saw this mosaic on a blog the other day. I just LOVE it! Thought I would share.

I am once again inspired to try to read all my bible this coming year. One of my bibles has a year plan to do just that. I am not going to say it is a 'New Year Resolution' or anything like that though, because I don't want to set myself up for failure. I am going to make it a personal goal and see what comes. I can do it. I am just like the Little Engine That Could!

Blocks

The other day, Thursday to be exact, I went {antiquing} with my mom, Auntie and Pat. We started out in Stanfield at the Elephant Trunk, then proceeded to Ki-Be and the Rustic Rooster and ended in a couple of stores in Prosser. These were a few of my treasures:

LOVE them! What a great day we had. Can't wait to do it again.

COLD day today. Wore my Under Armour to work just in case. You never know in our office because the outside door opens two million times during the day. And then, if the office door gets opened also, it gets COLD in the office. It was a crazy day. We got 3 new kids at the high school today and 2 for tomorrow already. I do the district registering so I know the junior high got several new kids and a couple of "Mexico" travelers came back earlier than expected so one of the elementary schools got more kids. It is kinda not the norm for the beginning of January because a lot of our families leave and go to Mexico during December, not returning until the end of January or so.

Paxton started winter quarter at school today. She called to let me know that her Stress Management professor reminds her of my dad. I told my dad and he was excited saying, "I could do that class. I'll fill in for it. Tell her she already has an "A"!"

Kyle's truck is in the shop with some kind of back end problem. They gave him a rental for a couple of days so they can get his fixed. It is a Highlander I believe. One of those fancy things that doesn't require a key to start it. Wow! Wonder how much one of these things costs....not really. Don't need a new vehicle right now that's for sure!!

A Thought...

It is never too late

to be what you

might have been.

George Eliot

Two In A Row....

Last night I went with Briar to town to pick up a few things for him to take to school. Here's the beanie he picked out, complete with gloves...not. Cute though huh!??

Flying down the aisle, cart on its own.

Looks like college stuff huh! LOL......oh, to be 18 again!!

Today Paxton came over and we played her Scrabble game. It was fun. I have never seen one like this before. I won - of course! Maybe not.

Briar and Brianna came over to get the rest of his stuff packed up and to raid our freezer and pantry. We played a game of Phase 10. Briar won, then Brianna, and then I rallied for last place! Brad didn't want to play, but watched. He took this picture of Briar dealing. Look at the card coming out of his hand. Kinda cool!

Brianna doesn't like the way she shuffles.

We had to get some pictures of Briar before he takes off. These 2 are gonna miss each other tons!!

Nice.

Brad is definitely taller....much to Briar's dislike. LOL.

This is a great time in your life Briar. Enjoy all the opportunities and fun that await you.

We will miss seeing you everyday. We love you.

It's 2011

It's the first day of 2011! Can't believe it. Not only is it January 1st, but baby, it's COLD outside! I don't think the temperature was much over 20 degrees today. I went to wash the outside of my french door this afternoon and the glass cleaner froze to the window. Needless to say it looks dirtier than it did before I touched it.

The vacation's end is in sight, unfortunately! I hate seeing it come to an end. Usually I am not this way. I do like being away from work for awhile but I am always ready to go back. As of right now, 5:30 pm Saturday afternoon, I AM NOT READY!! There is a big thing coming up in a couple of days so maybe that has me hating the thought of all of this coming to an end.

Christmas was fantastic. It was a pretty mellow day actually. When kids get older, they have their own families, boyfriends, girlfriends.....not so much time for our house! That's ok. They were all around for a bit of time and that is better than nothing at all.....so, I am NOT complaining. Mom and dad came over for dinner Christmas Eve. We made hamrolls and they rocked. The table was beautiful, if I do say so myself! Candles were lit and the food and company....couldn't get any better.


My paperwhites are blooming: well, 1 of them is. I still have a couple ready to go so that's good.

This is my Christmas present. I have been having a good time on it, searching the web, googling, blog searching, and playing Mahjong. What a great vacation......WHO would want to give this up??

V*A*C*A*T*I*O*N

It's vacation time.....YEAH!! The weekend flew by and so did today! And, it's Monday! Monday's usually drag on...unless of course, they are part of a break--then they fly by.

The snow has been simply beautiful. Waking up to it the last couple of mornings has been a real treat. Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

I called Leslie today to see how to do concrete countertops. I am thinking that that is what I want. Kyle and I went into town on Saturday to take Kaylee home and we spent a couple of hours just browsing around Lowe's trying to get some idea of what we want for the kitchen. It is going to take some time to agree on ideas I can see that right away!

Vaccuumed today and did some bookwork. The rest of the day is being spent on the computer, just goofing around. Did I mention I love vacation?????

December 12th

Yesterday we had our annual Reeve/Mauseth/Hailey Christmas party. Here are the 2 responsible for everyone else!!

Mom and Dad

2 of the "young" ones....looking mighty awesome in their red party dresses! Kennedy and Kaylee.

The whole Mauseth clan.

Jeff and Jenna, Lane, Cash, Chance and Kennedy.

Here we are, with Lane's head in the way. Good one!

And this is such a good picture of my mom, I thought I would throw it in there just because!

It was a great afternoon filled with LOTS of good food, good company and kid chaos! Love you all!!!!!