The big black box

I got up this morning and decided that I was tired of looking at the big black box on our bedroom dresser so I set about making a cover for it and this is the result.

{notice the dresser handle on the bottom left...lol... I also started painting this dresser a few weeks ago and this is as far as I have gotten. ha! One of these days...}

It is just a piece of fabric that I added embellishments to and threw over the tv. No fancy seams or anything. Just a square piece of fabric. 

I sewed on a tulle ruffle and then added cheesecloth on top of that. Hand stamped ribbon on top of the cheesecloth. Very haphazard...no measuring. Just wanted to make something fun that wouldn't take long or tax my brain too much. :) 

This is how it looked before...ugh. 

I also added a vintage hanky and a fabric pin with ribbon tails. 

Lest you think I spent hours sewing this rickrack, lace and tucks in this fabric...no, I did not. I purchased the fabric this way. It was on clearance so I purchased what they had left. {JoAnn Fabric} 

Hope you enjoyed your peek into my bedroom again today.
Blessings~ 

Just a little grass fire

This is what happens when hubby sets fire to the trash and then goes back in the house
and watches TV.

It just wound it's way all over...here and there and everywhere.

Very thankful we have a hydrant close by or this could have had very different results.

yes we know we are in a drought, but we did get some rain...

I had spent most of the day at my parents house to sit with my mom while my dad ran a few
errands.  I left to come home about 5 pm and returned home to this mess.

I guess it shows how tired I was because even driving in the driveway I did not notice that the
yard was on fire!! I noticed smoke and thought *ahhh hubby finally burned the accumulated
trash*. I pulled into the garage and when I got out of the car to walk in the house I realized
it wasn't the trash but the yard! EEK!!  Hubby said there wasn't even the slightest breeze
when he lit it...things sure happen fast.

 So thankful I got home when I did or we may have been homeless today or at the least
lost our outbuildings. Dad and mom had told me I should stay for supper and help them
eat their food that others have brought in for them {or dinner depending on where
 you are from}, but I just wanted to get this tired body home and I am so thankful I did.

{mom came home Friday and is doing well, but please continue to pray. Thank you
so much for all your good wishes and prayers. I can't even begin to respond to each
of you individually}

I am exhausted from my little visitor!

but who can resist this sweet little face?

She was as busy as a little beaver all evening! "grandma, I need to brush my teeth"

and of course grandma is there with the camera.

doesn't this look just say it all? lol

about 9 pm Annika decided she wanted

*mac a noni*

so we had to check and make sure I had some

oh yay....we found some!!

She insisted we mix it with the whisk...

I know , I know ...who is in charge here

annika of course!

Her and I went to bed about 9:30 ish and she also

insisted that I put my arm around her and underneath her

little head. She was just chattering away telling me

over and over, *You make a nice pillow*

Every time I tried to move my arm , she put it back

so I gave up on that. All of a sudden I noticed it got

very quiet...looked over at her and she had fallen asleep.

before 10 pm!!

I am thinking.... this isn't too bad.

UNTIL... she woke up about 2 am and it was downhill

from there. She was moving and talking ,

and moving , moving, moving until she got up

about 7:30 am.

I wanted to sleep some more, but that

did not happen. Maybe I can catch up tonight.

Blessings~