Cleaning Mood

Most everyone knows that I normally clean house REAL good the Thursday that Mr. C comes home. Saturday morning I got up and worked on a swap bot journal for a hour or so. Then I got up got cleaning supplies ready and got busy. I started in laundry room because it stays fairly decent. My kitchen needed refrigerator cleaned and wiped out, so got that done. Then moved the chest freezer and cleaned under it. Then scrubbed the kitchen and dining room floors. In bathroom I decluttered my makeup. Let me tell you I filled a Wal-Mart sack with makeup and still have tons more left to use. Am thinking that means I have way to much of the stuff or else I could be a shop a holic!!! I worked steady for about 4 hours on house. It sure looked and smelled so much better. By the way I will still clean house Wednesday night before Mr. C. gets home Thursday morning. Mr. C. is doing rotating shifts at his job. We do not like this at all! For one thing we are use to him getting home Thursday night around 9 pm. Which gives me time to clean on house and make a good meal for him. Also he calls me every night around 8:30 pm. When he works nights he gets home Thursday at 9 am. He hardly ever calls because he is doesn't want to bother me. He says that he isn't sure what I am doing during the day. I tell him I'm never too busy for a phone call from him. We all know life is full of changes and we must adapt. Which for some is easier than others. The way I see this is about the time I get use to his rotating shifts then something will go into play. Now at some point I so need to clean our bedroom and dejunk it. I really need to get rid of lots of clothes and such. I am almost ready to rearrange bedroom. Which means getting Aaron to help me with the heavy furniture. Well guess I will close for now. Take care!!

Family memorys

This is my niece Kaylee. She is the sweetest girl you will ever meet. I love her so much! Can't believe how fast she is growing up! My mom, brother Stacy and nephew Dylan and baby Coby. Coby is now 19 years old. Coby was such a good baby! This is my nephew on the boy's dad side. Aiden is a hoot to be around. His father is Eddie. They live in Lubbuck Texas.

Hunter and Whittney going fishing. Hunter is my brother Lonnie's son. I love him to pieces!! This is just a small portion of my family!

Valentines Week!

Let me tell you Valentines Week at the flower shop was intense crazy. I was there lots of long hours. We did a great job on everything this year. Tammie is a trooper and I'm not sure how she got everything done but she did! I didn't have time to take any photos of flowers but here's a few that I took of gifts and stuffed animals that I put together with candy and such. I put together lots of gift baskets for every age and both male and female. We sold tons of these baskets! I enjoy doing this kind of creativity. I know we had many happy customers!! I love this owl so cute. Have a great day everyone!!

JollyVoxBox

I got my first #jollyvox box and let me tell you it was awesome! My goodness it was filled with zebra mini duck tape. rimmel lip lacquer in a soft pink, NYC trio eyeshadow in pretty browns(my favorite colors for eyeshadow), Skinny Cow candy,and do not forget puffs with lotion.  

First thing I did was try on the lip lacquer. I liked the pretty color of the Rimmel lip lacquer. I was afraid it would have a taste but was pleasently surprised when it didn't. I do plan on purchasing this product!

 The next product I had to give a whirl was the NYC trio eyeshadow in browns. I liked how it felt going on and that it was my colors I always use. I tend to rub my eyes alot so wasn't sure how it would last on me. Guess what it is still on my eyes and that is a plus! Will I purchase that in future? You bet for one thing the price is so good.

 The zebra duckings tape is so cute. I make alot of mail art and this will look so cute on my envelopes! I also plan on checking out some crafts and get them made using this tape. We go thru a lot of regular duck tape at my house. Am going to pick up some more of these tapes for use at the house. I like to take cheap ink pens and wrap them in the colored duck tape.

 I received these products free from  Influenster but am not compensated in any way for my review of the the products. The thoughts are mine alone.

Road Trip

I went on a 3 1/2 hour road trip to Cheyenne Okla.! I went to pick up Brody from his cousin's house out in the middle of nowhere. The trip to Cheyenne was peaceful and I listened to Incarceron. A audio book by Catherine Fisher. It is a bout a futuristic prison that is hidden from view. It's a young adult fantasy book but I have really enjoyed listening to it. My friend Leona couldn't believe that I could listen to a audio book in the car, read a book on my kindle as well as a paperback book at the house. I'm like yes I can do all three books at one time and not have any issues. I love to read!! I enjoyed the trip up there very much. On the trip home Brody and I had a great conversation! We talked non stop and it was a eye opener for me. Felt like it was the first time we had ever had a heart to heart conversation in many years.

Dying appliances!

Ok I think we have had it so good for so ling that when our appliances start dying off on by on it gets very frustrating! Several weeks ago our microwave died, which was no surprise to us. We could here it moaning very loudly each time we used it. Then last week I washed Mr. C.'s cell phone. We ended up ordering him one for $600.00 dollars! Ouch!! It is a galaxy 4 s and I am so wanting one as well. The screen is a great size for us to read messages and look at pictures. So I do believe this was a wise decision for him. As we get older our eyesight is not as good as it once was. Then today our washer just died. No warning at all just quit at the start of the rinse cycle. Are you kidding me? The darn washer was only about 3 years old and when we bought it they said it was good for 10 years. In the mean time our furniture store where we bought everything has went out of business after 40 or more years. I know I do a lot of laundry but I don't think I have done 10 years of laundry in 3 years! So now I must try to figure out where to go to get a washer. Remember we live in a rural area of Oklahoma. Which means either Lawton Ok or Oklahoma City. I don't think I can go too long with out this necessity item in my life. I am not to proud to rent to own but it just don't make good fiancé sense to me. It would end up costing double the money instead of just buying it right out! Mmm got to do something thou...

Pen Pal letters!

Many of you know I love writing letters! I have several steady pen pals and many that write as time lets them..(kinda like me!). This past year I tried out a new system with my pen pals and it didn't work out at all for me. So this year I have gone back to the system that was fool proof. I took a composition notebook and since I am starting it out new I put the pen pals address that I am sending to on one page..so I will have it handy. I take a page and put the date on it for received and sent letters. One page may have a week's worth of mail on it. I use the back of the sent/received page and list any swap bot swaps I am in and the address for my partners. When I get a letter in I put it in notebook and log it right then. I do not take out the letter till I have wrote the person back. So simple but yet works for me. Last year I just didn't feel like writing and I put the blame on not being organized as well as having a bit of depression going on. One of my goals this year is to write my pen pals in a timely manner. I also am trying to catch up with pen pal letters that I haven't responded to yet. I sent out eight letters today! Two of which was short letters but the others I put time and effort into writing them. Sometimes I do believe it would be faster to do a form letter to catch everyone up but I can't seem to bring myself to do that quite yet. I have several ladies who write extremely long letters. I love them because its as if I am visiting with a dear friend. But then when it comes to me writing them back I feel like I am not as interesting as them. Do any of you agree with me on this? Surely I am not the only one feeling inadequate. If you ever get behind how do you try to get caught up? I love getting pen pal letters! I don't care what they write the letter on as long as I can read it. I have a couple of pals I have a hard time reading their writing but have always figured it out sooner or later. What are you waiting on go get a sheet of paper and write a random letter today!