Weekend Funnies

We were invited to a bonfire party Saturday night by some good friends of ours. There is usually costumes worn by the hostess and kids (men are lame). Being that Halloween is 2 weeks away, and I am a huge procrastinator, which means we wont have costumes until Halloween Eve, or day. :-~

They were predicting a cold night, so Saturday after soccer I got a wild hair to make warm and funky hats.

I had the kids draw out their ideas.

This became...

...this.

We were calling it a brain sucker.

This became...

...this.

Such a cute "Bat Girl".

I winged mine and got Mad Cow.

The kids helped cutting out the parts to theirs and I made the boy sew on his own buttons.

We stayed warm and our hats got a lot of attention.

Chicken News.

There was a line for the porch pot.

Umm, not really enough room for two.

My girl has a website and she adopted a pup.
You can feed it dog biscuits, she got it flying which I thought was HYSTERICAL!

Strange things crack me up,
see what you think.

Is it just me?

Thrifty Veggie Thursday

My garden was severely neglected this summer, we ate well fresh, but I didn't end up with much to put up. The prices for veggies and fruits around here aren't really much of a bargain. For some reason my town is known as an affluent community. Sure there are some affluent here, but it just means higher prices for the rest of us that aren't.

I got a hot tip in this amazing fruit and veggie place.

My sister and I checked it out. If you're local it's by the airport on the corner of Middlebelt and Eureka road. About a half hour drive for us.

It's called Blocks and it was busy.

I went a little crazy.
I love spaghetti squash, they were only .99 cents apiece.

Look at this GIANT sweet pepper, 3 for $1!

It's usually $2.99 for one.

So here is my haul.

50 lbs potatoes (the red worms attacked mine)

50 lbs onions

5 spaghetti squash

3 red peppers

4 pears

5 cukes

3 lbs carrots

3 zucchini

1 bunch celery

5 plums

1 head lettuce

Grand total

$40.24

The potatoes, onions and squash (unless I get piggy) should last the winter. I'm going to chop and freeze the peppers for stir fry. Shred and freeze the zucchini for sweet breads and soups. The carrots should last a month. Between the girl and the Guinea Pig, the celery wont last long.

I'm thrilled with my haul.

The kids have the day off from school tomorrow, that means no chance for me on the computer, so no show off Friday.(Darn it all!) Not that I accomplished much with my still clogged sink, rain, my dad away and dentist appointments.

I did make a bag but its a gift, so no pictures.

Have a great weekend!

Building is hard work!

I had a girl home sick from school Friday, she kept her fever all the way through Monday.

Sunday my kitchen sink clogged up. Broke a plunger, went through 2 bottles of draino. No luck, still clogged. This evening Hubby will get out THE SNAKE.

Needless to say my clean kitchen is no longer clean, I can't use the dishwasher and I am amassing a very large fruit fly collection.

In spite of all that,

I did my weekend homework.

I kept my cell phone on me so the girl could call from the couch.

I nailed down the roof.

Hubbie nailed on the drip edge and put on the ice guard.

I did the majority of the shingles.

I just need to finish the cap.




On Monday, my dad installed the windows and door.
Fancy and free!
Display windows get pitched, the guy I sleep with is there to clean up.
Not a bad trade, nookie for free building products.



I put foam in the walls.
Yes my chickens will have insulated walls!

My dad nailed up the interior boards on 2 walls. Leftovers from another project.

I'm thinking of painting them. Does anyone know what color chickens like?

My dad is traveling the rest of the week, my homework is to finish the interior boards on the other two walls. I may have to work around the rain.

My muscles ache, I'm getting carpal tunnel hands while I sleep, and i think I may need a hip replacement.

I couldn't be happier!

Show off Friday #5

How many Fridays has it been since I sewed anything? I do have a good excuse.

My Dad told me a couple of months back that he wanted to help me build a proper coop if I gave him some eggs when he needed them. A real builder helping me build a coop, sounds good to me!

He also wanted to clean out some of the scraps in his barn. Umm, free materials, sounds even better!

Tuesday

It started off with a pencil sketch on the floor of his barn.

10' X 12' Coop, what will the chickens do with all that space?

My uncle replaced his deck this summer, free flooring for me.

Me likey the nail gun.

We took a lunch break and Dad showed me what he's been working on.

A farmer gave him an old plastic water tank.

He painted it and added a door and windows.

Added legs.

Tossed in a swivel chair, and you have a high and dry deer hunting blind.

15 feet high.

My dad comes up with clever scrounging ideas.

Lunch breaks over back to work.

Our first wall.

Quitting time.

A good days work.

Wednesday

It was raining, good thing we were working in my dads barn.

I needed to make a plywood run. I sleep with a guy who gives me his employee discount. Thirteen sheets for under $70, not bad.

Peek-a-boo!

I like how the sawdust showed up in the picture.

Four walls done.

Thursday

Roof joists are a pain to hammer on, but critical for support.

For Moving!

.

Time to go to my yard.

My dad makes moving a giant box look easy.

Down the driveway.

Past my sisters house.

Over the ridiculously huge bridge on our little country road.

To my driveway.

T-Bone greets me and says "What the hell is THAT?"

"I'd better check it out."

Hammy doesn't know what to think, but he does know its quitting time.

Friday

We set it in place, got it level, and started the rafters.

Then the decking.

It looks nice inside...

... and out.

We gave Hammy something to crow about!

Little Mama is so EGGcited she had to lay in a pot!

(Someone is staring at her)

I get to finish nailing the decking down and put the shingles on over the weekend.

My wrist is about to fall off from all the hammer swinging, I have bilsters on my blisters, but couldn't be happier.

I love my dad.

Have a great weekend!