TIME TO DO THE SWITCH :{

FINALLY GOT RID OF MY VHS VIDEOS :{. I WATCHED THEM ALL A MILLION TIMES AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT FOR YEARSSSSSSS!!! I CAN TELL YOU NOW THAT DVD'S DO NOT HOLD UP AS WELL AS MY VHS'S DID TO MULTIPLE VIEWINGS. SLOWLY I'VE BEEN REPLACING MY FAV'S WITH DVD'S THOUGH. THE GOOD PART IS THAT THEY TAKE UP LESS ROOM :} :} :}.

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE MC DONALD'S VHS MOVIES YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO GET???

MY KIDS LOVED THEM!!! :}

BY THE WAY, THE ABOVE ISN'T EVEN CLOSE TO ALL THE DVDS I'LL BE NEEDING. FOR ONE WE HAVE ALL THE DISNEY MOVIES :O .

AFTER A BUNCH OF SHITTY CLEANING CLIFF TOOK ME ANNA AND ERIN TO DINNER .

THEN OVER TO RALPH'S FOR DESSERT. I GOT THE SUGAR FREE MOCHA CHIP. (THE SMALL CUP ;] )

LET ME JUST SAYYYYYY, YUMMMMMMMMM!!!! I KNOW FAKE SUGAR IS BAD FOR YOU BUT I COULDN'T RESIST AND I'M GLAD I DIDN'T . IT WAS SO SWEET AND YUMMY THAT I FELT GUILTY LIKE I WAS CHEATING :?

TAKING CLIFF TO PICK UP HIS BIKE IN A BIT. HE GOT NEW PIPES PUT ON......JUST FOR THE LOOK.... AND SOUND OF THE BIKE...... OBSESSION KEEPS COMING TO MIND. ;]

I GOT FOOD SHOPPING AFTER AND HOPEFULLY SOME YARD WORK.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!! :}

GOT A BELLY? I DO!

SO I'M INTO TUNICS RIGHT NOW. BASICALLY A LONGER TOP WITH A LOOSE FIT. WHETHER YOUR IN A CHUBBY STAGE OR SLIM STAGE, THESE SHIRTS WILL STILL LOOK CUTE ON YOU.

IF YOU FIND TO MUCH CLEAVAGE BUT YOU LIKE THE TOP,YOU CAN JUST SEW A FEW STITCHES AND IT'LL BE FINE ;]. FOR ME A LOT OF THESE TOPS ARE TO LONG BECAUSE I AM SO SHORT. IN THAT CASE, I'LL JUST CUT A FEW INCHES OFF AND  I'LL JUST SEW A STRAIGHT STITCH ALONG THE BOTTOM.

IT MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT OF TROUBLE BUT REALISTICALLY I FIND IT SOOOOO HARD TO FIND A FLATTERING TOP THAT THE WORK IS WORTH IT TO ME. THE ONE ABOVE CAN BE A DRESS OR PAIRED WITH JEANS OR LEGGINGS.

SWEET ONE. 

I LOVVVVE THIS PATTERN AND THE COLORS!

THIS ONE'S TO MUCH BOOB FOR ME BUT A FEW STITCHES AND IT WOULD BE SEXY AND NOT SLUTTY, LOL. IT HAS A NICE EMPIRE WAIST SO NO BELLY ACTION ;].

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE I LOVE. I WOULD DEFINITELY SHORTEN IT UP SOME TO WEAR WITH SHORTS . DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE A SEWING MACHINE FOR STRAIGHT STITCHES. ITS SOOOOOO EASY!!! THIS ONE CAN BE DRESSY OR CASUAL.

ALL OF THE ABOVE I FOUND ON AMAZON AND SOME COME IN DIFFERENT COLORS AND PATTERNS. I JUST LOOKED UP WOMEN'S LOOSE TUNICS.

SINCE I PUT MORE WEIGHT BACK ON I CANT WEAR HALF THE STUFF I BOUGHT LAST YEAR SO THIS INSPIRED ME TO FIND SOME TOPS THAT WILL GO WITH MY WEIGHT FLOW SO IT SPEAK ;].

NO RAIN YET SO I'M GONNA GO PLAY OUTSIDE AND THEN CLEAN THE ROTTEN HOUSE. ;]

WEIRD!

I FOUND THE PIC OF THIS HOUSE ON PINTEREST. ITS WEIRD OR SAY FREAKY TO ME BECAUSE A COUPLE YEARS BACK I HAD A VIVID DREAM ABOUT THIS HOUSE, WITH THE WISTERIA AND EVERYTHING :o!!! IT STARTED OFF GOOD AND ENDED VERYYYYY BAD :o !!!

ANYWHOOO......

(OBVIOUSLY THIS PIC IS NOT MY YARD LOL< SADLY :{ )

MY FRIEND ANNE GAVE ME SOME PATH STONES LIKE THESE YEARS AGO.  I USED THEM IN A OUTDOOR SHOWER TYPE AREA WHICH THE KIDS AND I DON'T USE ANYMORE SO I STARTED DOING A PATH WITH THEM FROM THE DECK TO THE BACK YARD HILL AREA. I ALWAYSSSS WALK IT TO TAKE THE DOGS POTTY. MY PATH HAS THE STONE FURTHER APART FROM EACH OTHER BUT I STILL LIKE IT. DID 3 SO FAR YESTERDAY. ITS TOUGH WORK!!!! YOU GOTTA SET THEM IN THE GROUND A BIT AND DIGGING MY DIRT IS LIKE DIGGING IN A BOULDER PIT :/. 

ALSO PLANTED MORE CLOVER SEEDS AND SOME CHAMOMILE :}.

FRED WAS GOING CRAZY YESTERDAY DIGGING AROUND UNDER THE COUCH. I SAW HE ALREADY HAD HIS BONE SO I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET.

TURNS OUT IT WAS A MC DONALD'S CHICKEN NUGGET WHICH HE ATE TO FAST FOR ME TO TAKE A PIC, EWWWWWW! (IT MUST HAVE BEEN A RECENT NUGGET BECAUSE I ALWAYS CLEAN UNDER THE COUCHES. REALLY ;] }.

SO I'M STILL DOING THE LOW CARB THING. ILL HOP ON THE SCALE IN 5 MORE DAYS AND SEE WHATS HAPPENED? BACON AND EGGS FOR BREAKFAST ISN'T SO BAD :} .

IVE BEEN DOING VEGETABLES TO WHICH I USUALLY DON'T SO I'M HOPING THIS STILL WORKS???? PLUS I CHEATED ON SUNDAY :[ . NO BREAD,PASTA OR SWEETS.

GOING TO GO THROW SOME MORE SEED DOWN.

HAVE A GOOD ONE ALL!

MY FRIEND ANNE TOOK THIS PIC AT THE OLD WESTBURY GARDENS. JUST LOOK AT THE BABIES :} ! (UP FRONT AND ONE BEHIND)

POP HIT UP SOME SALES AND GOT ME A COOL CANDLE SKULL ON A LONG BAMBOO STICK :}

AND HE GOT ME THIS REALLYYYYY NICE AND LARGE CORNUCOPIA. CANT WAIT TO PUT IT ON THE TABLE COME NOVEMBER.( BUT I'M NOT RUSHING IT ;] }

MADE A LIST FOR ANNA FOR WHEN SHE GETS BORED AND WHEN SHE'S BANNED FROM THE COMPUTER. I'M UP TO 18. NOT BAD ;] . I PROMISE, THEY GOT BETTER AS I WENT ALONG, LOL.

I TOLD HER I AM GOING TO TEACH HER HOW TO DO LAUNDRY TODAY AND SHE WAS LIKE,"WHAT! NO ONE I KNOW HAS TO DO THEIR OWN LAUNDRY. WE'RE TO YOUNG."

I SAID, "MY ASS."

I WILL STILL Wash her clothes but on those days when she FINALLY decides to throw all her clothes in the laundry room, 8 o'clock at night on a Sunday and expects me to get it done for the next day or she'll go naked , I'll will make her do it!

I'M STARTING TO FEEL A BIT MORE LIKE MYSELF LATELY AFTER QUITTING SMOKING ETC (THANK YOU LORDIE). I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE THRIFT STORE TODAY WHICH WAS FUN.

GONNA GO PLAY WITH ME NEW STUFF NOW :}.

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!

I AM ONE WITH NATURE

SPRING IS STARTING TO BECOME EVEN MORE SPECIAL TO ME THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I AM REALLY ENJOYING PLAYING IN THE DIRT SO TO SPEAK. TODAY I TRANSPLANTED ONE OF MY FAV SHRUBS. ISN'T HE CUTE IN THE WAGON,LOL.

AWWWW..

LOOK! ONE MY MY SWIMMING LADIES IS STANDING UP AND HER LEG IS GETTING DARKER :o. YIPPEEEEE!!

THE BELOW IS A COUPLE OF FUNNIES FOR YOU :} .(BY THE WAY, YOU'RE THE DOG)

SOOOO TRUE,HAHAHA! I LOVVVVVVVVE THE END WHERE THE BANANA HEAD DOES THE ARCHED BACK SIDE WAYS BOUNCE. JUST AWESOME!!!

SO I SEEDED SOME CLOVER TODAY IN THE FRONT YARD AND A SMALL BIT OF THE BACK. I AM PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO DO A SMALL SECTION AT A TIME IN THE BACK CAUSE THE GROUND IS SO HARD AND CRAPPY IT KILLS ME TO ROUGH IT UP. IF THIS CLOVER DOESN'T DO WELL AND GROW I AM GOING TO COVER MY WHOLE FREAKING YARD WITH PLANTS WITH JUST SMALL PATHS OF ROCK TO WALK AROUND! (grrrrrrrrrrrrr...)

HOPE YOU ALL HAD AND GOOD DAY AND HAVE AN EVEN BETTER NIGHT ;] .

FOLLOWED CLIFF TO A BIKE SHOP IN HUNTINGTON YESTERDAY. IT WAS SCARY YET AWESOME DRIVING BEHIND HIM WITH THE TRUCK WHILE HE RODE HIS MOTORCYCLE. MY MAN LOOKED COOL,LOL.

I WAITED FOR HIM IN THE TRUCK FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT THERE WAS A PRETTY GREAT CEMETERY ACROSS THE STREET SO I STAYED BUSY TAKING PICS ( I'M WIERD< I KNOW )

STOPPED AND GOT SOME GAS FOR MY MOWER AND THE BAD BOY STARTED RIGHT UP, THANK YOU LORDIE!!!!!!

JERKY REX WOKE ME UP AT 6:15 THIS MORNING...SNIFF SNIFF..WAHHHHHH! EVEN FRED DIDNT WANT TO GET UP YET :/ .

DID YOU WATCH IDOL? DID YOU SEE THIS COMMERCIAL??

AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, WHAT THE HECK BUT ITS GROWN ON ME AND NOW I REALLY GET A KICK OUT OF IT NOW. I BET IT WAS FUN TO MAKE :}.

FIRST REAL BBQ OF THE SEASON TODAY.

GONNA START SOME PREP WORK :}.

HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY EVERYONE!!

I GAVE UP TRYING TO FIX THIS FOUNTAIN AND TURNED IT INTO A PLANTER YESTERDAY. IT NOW HOLD S VARIEGATED LEAF PERENNIAL THAT HAS A LEMONY SMELL.

(THANKS AUNT PAT AND LISA ;] )

LOOK WHO WAS HANGING WITH ME YESTERDAY :}.

SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!

I PLANTED SOME OF MY SHASTA DAISIES I STARTED FROM SEED (EXCUSE NOSY MINNIES HEAD)

EVERY TIME I TURNED AROUND YESTERDAY SHE WAS LAYING AT MY FEET.

THIS PIC IS TWO FEET FURTHER UP. EVERY TIME I STOPPED FOR A SECOND SHE RE-POSITIONED HERSELF IN FRONT OF ME .

AND TWO MORE FEET UP,LOL. I DONT KNOW HOW I DIDN'T TRIP OVER HER???

THIS IS MY NEIGHBORS WEEPING SOMETHING TREE ON THE SIDE OF MY PORCH AREA.

IT'S MAGICAL!!!! WHEN A BREEZE COMES IT SEND OFF PRETTY WHITE PETALS INTO THE AIR AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR WALKING IN A FAIRY GARDEN, SIGHHHHH.

SO IT'S WET OUTSIDE THIS MORNING BUT WARMISH, DEWY AND SPRINGY :}. THE SUN WILL COME OUT SOON.

LOTS OF BOPPING AND CLEANING TODAY, SINCE I PLAYED IN THE YARD ALL DAY YESTERDAY.  I COULDN'T RESIST.

HAVE A GREAT ONE ALL ;] !

THE STEPS AND PATH ARE DONE!!

BEFORE- LOOK AT THOSE STEPS AND PATH,...SAD! (BUT COZY SOME HOW,LOL)

AFTER! :}

NOT PERFECTLY STRAIGHT BUT WAYYYYYY BETTER!!

THEY HAD TO CUT BACK THE BUSHES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STEPS SO I WENT OUT YESTERDAY AND TRIED TO GIVE THEM BACK A BIT OF SHAPE :/

CACA BOTTOM OF HOUSE :{. THE LANDLORD WAS TALKING ABOUT PAINTING OR RESIDING THE HOUSE SO HOPEFULLY THAT HAPPENS???

SOME NIT PICKING HERE. ONE DOES NOTTTTTT CHOP A PIECE OUT OF BLUE STONE FOR THE RAILING. THE WHOLE RAIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHED UP A COUPLE INCHES SO IT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IN-BEDDED IN THE STONE.(THATS CLIFF TALKING AND HE IS RIGHT) BUTTTTTT, I PERSONALLY LIKE SEEING THE BLACK IRON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS SO I'M COOL WITH IT ;] .

I PUT MY CARNATION SEEDS IN THIS BIG POT YESTERDAY. THEY LOOK SAD HERE BUT SPARKED UP SOME THIS MORNING. I JUST RIPPED OPEN THE BOTTOMS OF THEIR MESH POUCHES AND STUFFED THEM IN ??

MY BUDDY WAS WATCHING TO MAKE SURE I DID A GOOD JOB :}.

(I love you cutie!!!)

DID ANYONE NOTICE HOW GOOD IT SMELLS OUTSIDE THIS MORNING :o ?

IT'S A YUMMY SPRING SMELL :} .

ANNA HAS OFF OF SCHOOL AND SHES ACTUALLY AWAKE :O AND GOING TO A FRIENDS LATER. I'M PROBABLY GOING SPLIT UP MY TIME IN THE HOUSE CLEANING AND DOING YARD WORK .

OHHHHH I STARTED A NO CARB DIET TWO DAYS AGO. TODAY IS DAY THREE. I GUESS WITH THE QUITING SMOKING AND LOSSES ETC THE LAST FEW MONTHS I STARTED EATING LIKE A MAD WOMEN AND PUT LOTS OF POUNDS BACK ON UGHHHHHHHH. 

I FOUND MY WILL POWER AGAIN THOUGH AND PLAN ON LOSING IT ALL .....HOPEFULLY, LOL ;].

QUESTION---

WHAT WOULD YOU PLANT OR DO ETC IN MY FRONT YARD TO PRETTY IT UP???

HAVE A GREAT DAY :} !

GRASS OR CLOVER???

SO I DID SOME READING AND DECIDED TO BUY SOME CLOVER SEEDS.

I AM GOING TO OVER SEED ON TOP OF MY CURRENT WEEDS AND GRASS AND MANY  BARE DIRT AREAS.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CLOVER ON THEIR LAWNS MAINLY BECAUSE THE FLOWERS ATTRACT BEES BUT MY KIDS ARE BIG AND BARELY STEP FOOT IN THE YARD THESE DAYS. THEY ALSO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES AND WILD LIFE.

MAYBE MY YARD WILL FINALLYYYYYYY BE GREEN INSTEAD OF DIRT AND RANDOM WEEDS????????

BELOW IS THE HOW TO.

MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, DO NOTTTT FERTILIZE! IT WILL KILL YOUR CLOVER!!!

ALSO DO NOT LET SEEDS DRY OUT AFTER PLANTING. WATER WELL AND GENTLY EVERYDAY TILL THEY COME UP.

How to Replace Your Lawn with Clover Clover should be planted in the spring or summer so that it has time to establish itself before cold weather comes. First, remove all of the grass on your current lawn to eliminate the competition. If you would like, you can leave the current lawn and seed over top of the grass, but it will take longer for the clover to dominate the yard. Second, regardless of whether you remove the grass or not, rake or scratch the surface of your yard wherever you would like to grow the clover as a grass substitute. Third, spread the seed at about 6-8 ounces per 1,000 feet. The seeds are very small, and may be hard to spread evenly. Do the best you can. The clover will eventually fill in any spots you miss. Fourth, water deeply after seeding. For the next several weeks, water regularly until your white clover yard has established itself. Fifth, do not fertilize your white clover lawn. This will kill it. After this, simply enjoy your low maintenance, white clover lawn. 

Read more at Gardening Know How: Grow A White Clover Lawn – Using Clover As A Grass Substitute http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/lawn-care/lawn-substitutes/white-clover/grow-a-white-clover-lawn.htm

THIS IS A GLASS FROM ANNA'S BEDROOM. LORD KNOWS HOW LONG ITS BEEN IN THERE???

I ALMOST DROPPED IT WHEN I SAW THE THING FLOATING IN THE BOTTOM. I SWEAR I THOUGHT SOME KIND OF CREATURE GREW IN THIS  GLASS FROM SITTING SO LONG. TURNS OUT ITS A STRAWBERRY STEM :} ,.......I THINK :[ ???

SO THE GUYS ARE ALMOST DONE WITH THE STEPS AND STAIRS. MINUS A COUPLE OF NIT PICKY THINGS I REALLYYYYYY LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! WAYYYYY BETTER THEN THE FIRST ROUND AND A MILLION TIMES BETTER THEN WHAT I HAD, YIPPPP!

OH AND I PUT THE CARNATION PLANTS I STARTED FROM SEED INTO A "BIG" PLANTER. I'M NOT SURE IF I DID IT RIGHT OR TRANSPLANTED TO SOON ETC BUT ITS DONE NOW AND I'LL BE THRILLED IF I END UP WITH A BUNCH OF COLORFUL, CHEERY, LOVELY SMELLING CARNATIONS FOR A 1.50 :}.

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE! :}