Hacks & Deals

My mom taught me a great hack this past weekend.
She got a huge seedless watermelon for us, and she must have sensed my lack of excitement at cutting the thing up. She asked if I had a gravy ladle and a knife.

First, you cut the watermelon in half.


Second, use the ladle to scoop out the edible portion of the melon.

It scoops out little balls. Sweet, huh?

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On my way to the grocery store I stopped at a yard sale and bought two chairs for $1 apiece!

Good grief! Ignore my crafting mess. Look at the cool blue chair! It is an early Ethan Allen chair. It still has tags on the underside. It is comfy too. I like the blue, while Kevin isn't so sure about it. I also liked the price.

Hope everyone has a great week.
~Karen

Yay for the weekend!

We didn't do much today. We visited with an old college friend, Matt, and had a great time. We had great conversation and laughed a lot. The kids loved every minute.

Before Matt got here, I hit up a yard sale and got a few things:

I fell in LOVE with this because it reminds me of Mimi. This sculpture is about a foot long. It weighs a ton too, but I couldn't resist....

This is a quilted piece that no one ever used. It looks so cool up close...I love the birds. It has inspired me to try to make a couple flowers and then frame them.

PRODUCE! Nothing makes me happier than a bowl that runneth over. I can't wait until it is filled with our garden goods.

If you haven't seen Walk the Line with Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix, GET IT! It is fantastic. I have a renewed love and respect for Johnny Cash.

Still haven't gone on a movie date with Kevin to see the new Star Trek....:(

Hopefully, we will soon.

And finally, you don't know what suffering is until you are out of:

I kid. I kid. We were only out for about a half hour or so. In all seriousness, 4 people can go through a lot of this stuff.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
~Karen

Weekends, Yard sales, Art

Today has been busy! This morning I yard sale shopped. I have one regret...I should have bought this drum set for the kiddos. It was $40, and I wasn't in the mood to spend that on drums. Turns out it was a very expensive nice set, and Kevin and the kids would have loved it...Oh, well. So, I drove back to buy it and the woman selling it at this church had already packed her table up, but I did leave my phone number with a friends of hers....So, maybe she will call....

Oh, PLEASE check out my brother in law's site here. He is so talented, and with much nudging from family and friends he has finally put up a site and is offering his art!

Who is your favorite artist?