halloween swap doll and stuff about me

I was in vivonawhim's doll swap for the halloween Ball and this is who I made for
carla at carlafinley. I deided to use the hands feet and head made from ceramic. I found these at a thrift store in a box for $2. I have two more sets.
I had a set of short miniature pumpkin lights and she lights up when you plug here in.

Barbara at 123lavenderlollipoplane tagged me for random things about me.

I think there is not a lot left to know about me but I will go for it.

The rules are to name 7 things I like and then name 7 others to post on their blog.

1.). my nickname john dubbed me with when we were first dating is

"squeek'.

2). my nickname through school was 'hatrack' (last name hattenburg)

or 'stretch' because i was tall and skinny. much taller than the boys at that age except for a few.

3). I love to cook and bake

4). I love to sew.

5). I love tweety bird I always wear a gold tweety necklace john got me years ago for valentine's day.(i got a small tweety tattoo when I turned 50).

6). I am NOT much of a chocolate person. Give me good and plentys any

day.

7.) I am embarassed with compliments

Okay 7 others I am tagging:

1) paula

2) viv

3)vallen

4). connie

5).kai

6). karen

7).susan

I am off to do my laundry and pack my suitcase. I fly home tomorrow.

it is leafing! It is leafing!

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."- Albert Camus


I knew I would have a wonderful time here with the kids and Nakiah and Tovi Joi. I was not prepared for the beautiful autumn and the amazing colors every where I looked.
I think the kids got tired of me saying, "oh my it is beautiful, amazing, glorious but it is!!!


Nakiah likes to take me to the cemetery. It is truly beautiful here.

look at all the rustling leaves. We have fun walking through these every

day on the way to the coffee shop. We haven't been there in a few days

because of the rain and cold but today we need to get our 'lattes'.

The girls have chocolate 'wattes' as Tovi joi calls them. The people are so nice. The girls want to be like oma and they fix theirs with warm milk and whip cream and chocolate topping.( no coffee). So we walk down the street and nakiah says "I wonder if people are mad at you for letting us drink coffee Oma." HA

This lady is about five feet tall and stands on top of a gravestone.Nakiah tells me that a man's wife died and he loved her so much he put this lady

there to watch over her. Isnt that romantic? We go to her site every day.

This is one of the main roads thru the cemetery.

On our daily walk....walking on top of this little wall has become a ritual.

we found this toadstool among the fallen leaves and it is so pretty. In person it looked irredescent. That doesn't show up in the photo.

When u look around eastern washington it is more evergreens.


here the leaves are falling on us....


Their back yard. Salem the cat in the back is my foot warmer at night.

He disapproves of wiggly feet though and bites them in the middle of the night! OUCH
Hope you are all having a beautiful autumn wherever you are.

Now Who Can't Use a Good Laugh?

Good Morning every one!! you know how it goes when you travel and are going to be away for a month. Every thing you think you might need goes into the little 'must have and may be necessary' bag. Then you get to your destination and every thing stays in said bag for convenience and space constraints.
Some mornings are kind of 'that kind of morning' and I had myself one last weekend. I was slowly starting my day, visiting with nakiah and tovi joi and their mommy and reached for this:
onto my purple toothbrush it went. I merrily started brushing away....up down up down, 'blech this toothpaste has got to go. Maybe it is just getting old or something.' brush brush brush some more 'oooooh bad stuff.' Time for the tongue. gag gag gag WHAT THE h IS THIS?

I rush to my bag and pull out none other than this:
Brianna and Jason have a great laugh. Jason decides my mouth or tongue will not 'itch' all day. We laugh while I rinse and gag and taste all things good like REAL TOOTHPASTE, mouthwash, licorice, coffee and still the after taste lingers and lingers and lingers!!!

In the meantime brianna starts brushing her teeth and then starts spitting madly into the sink......................you guessed it!! She was so busy laughing at her mom she picked up the wrong toothbrush and got to have the same 'rush of gynecort' to start HER day.

It wasn't long before we were at the store for new toothbrushes!! Let that be a lesson to all travelers.
Must haves and 'maybe necessaries' should never visit in the same travel bag!