The Full Moon

I took some pictures of the Full Moon.

These two were taken Sunday night. 

This two were taken last night.

 

My online courses update & some finds from the weekend

Here is my certificate for completing the "Creating a Book of Shadows"  course.

I'm now taking the Spells Corresponding Course.

I've caught myself up taking pictures of items I've received free or thrifted. Here is some of them:

The Sewing Machine my husband found on the side of the road.

$1 for this at a yardsale was never used. Got for the girls.

Also these 2 books at the same yard sale.

I paid a quarter for this dragonfly necklace.

I paid $2 for a whole box of craft loops, a loom and hook.

Also bought this book for a quarter.

 Here I got a Celestial Mirror for $5, a bunch of older handkerchiefs for $1, the moon mirror was $1, the runner was $1 or 75cents, the 2 star candles were 10cents each, the celestial photo album was 50 cents, the celestial box was 25cents, red penguin pj pants was $1, the dragonfly clip was 25cents, the black chinese box was 25cents.

And I received these 3 books from BookMooch last week.

 

I've received the Beautiful Blogger Award!

My friend Kat ( or as I call her moo-ma) over at Blog Love gave me this award:

 The Beautiful Blogger Award

 

Rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!

4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.



 7 Things about me:

1. My middle name is Michelle.
2. I abhor being called BrittBrat.
3. My Drill Sergeant at Basic called me Drama Queen, A dead fish out of water, and Gargomel (that's the guy from the smurfs).
4. I want to leave Texas and move to Georgia.
5. I'm addicted to Farmville.
6. I was addicted to chat. ( I broke the habit back in February).
7. I want to learn to Belly Dance.
 
Now the 15 people I choose for the award:
1. All Things Thrifty because I love their repurposed items.
2. Blah to Tada because I love how she recycles items into new things.
3. Confessions of a Thrift Store Junkie because I'm one too.
4. Dime Store Thrift because she always has cool finds.
5. City Cradle Design because she has some sweet party ideas.
6. The Thrifty Chicks because I just love their thriftiness. (Also because of the Petition for Thrift Month)
7. Pink and Green Mama because I love all her little craft ideas.
8. Actually anyone else who reads this because everyone else I follow has already recieved this award.

I'm a Terracycle Contest Winner!

Last week on Facebook, I entered a contest all I did was leave my blog link (as a comment) on Terracycle's Fan Page. This morning I had a message saying that I won. Yay!!  I of course don't know what the prize is until it gets here. But I wanted to share this site with yall. I stumbled across Terracycle when I was ... yes I don't remember what I was doing. They recycle all kinds of things into new things. Some of these things will be available only next month(April) in Walmart Stores. Here is some more information about it; the information is copied in part with permission."A whole bunch of brand new TerraCycle items will be available, during April for a limited time only, at every single Walmart across the country. Starting April 5th, nearly 60 TerraCycle products will be sold right next to the original items they were made from. Cheetos kites and tote bags made from Frito-Lay wrappers will be sold with bags of Frito-Lay chips, while notebooks and purses made out of skittles and M&M wrappers will be sold right next to bags of Mars Candy. For those of you unfamiliar with the trash to treasure company, TerraCycle, here is a little background information:
TerraCycle collects traditionally non-recyclable waste from people all across the country by paying a non-profit of the person collectings choice, 2 cents for each piece they collect and mail to the company, with the use of a pre-paid shipping label they can print right from the TerraCycle website (www.TerraCycle.net). A majority of TerraCycle’s active participants are schools, because the students usually bring in the items TerraCycle collects during lunch; such as juice pouches, chip bags, and cookie wrappers, plus the money can go right back to the school. TerraCycle uses the waste it receives from its Brigade members to make hundreds of products that are not only eco-friendly, but are also very affordable because its made from waste!" Here are some of the products that will be available: [Kids Growing Kits] "Teach kids about gardening and the environment at the same time with the TerraCycle Kid’s Growing Kits for Vegetables, Flowers or Herbs. The Kits use upcycled Stonyfield Yogurt Cups as planting pots and TerraCycle’s famous Worm Poop mixed with compost for the growing medium. The Kits come with growing instructions and the cardboard tray holding it all together is even embedded with the seeds needed to start the plants. Almost no part of these kits is waste and they come with everything you need to start growing right away. Stonyfield and TerraCycle run a free collection program that pays organizations 3 cents for every used Yogurt Cup they collect. [Eco-Kites] The world’s first standard Delta Kite to be made from food wrappers! These brightly colored kites are made from waste packaging of popular brands like M&M’s, Skittles, Frito-Lay and Oreo. Cookie wrappers, chip bags and candy wrappers are made strong and light to protect your snacks, which makes them an ideal material to make these affordable, fun kites and they look great flying at the beach or over your picnic. So make a statement when you go fly a kite: that you can snack and help the planet! TerraCycle pays a non-profit of your choice for each piece of waste you collect, join the 60,000 other groups at www.terracycle.net [Printed Totes and Wristlets]For the first time, TerraCycle is proud to introduce a full line of bags made from upcycled food wrappers that are reserved to show the white or silver side, instead of the branded side with logos. Frito-Lay wrappers are turned inside out and have a variety of patterns ranging from flowers to skulls printed on each side. With handles and trim selected to match the patterns, no one will even know these bags are made from waste, until you tell them of course! The line includes a variety of tote bags, wristlets and clutches. [Notebooks, Folders, Pencil Cases and Journals]TerraCycle makes a full line of Journals, Folders and Notebooks made from used Mars candy wrappers from favorite brands like Skittles and M&M’s, as well as, Capri Sun drink pouches. These unique, bright items are great for school or personal use. Made from waste wrappers, all of TerraCycle school products have a drastically smaller carbon footprint than traditional products and are still just as affordable and fashionable as any other item! [Accessories Bags]This range of bags includes everything from camera and shoulder bags to backpacks and lunchboxes. Made from a variety of upcycled wrappers including Mars candy wrappers, Frito-Lay wrappers and Capri Sun drink pouches. The items are made from the same wrappers that will cover the very food they may hold on the way to school or work! All made with trim and handles which match the original logos product these bags are as fun and fashionable as they are eco-friendly! Also look out for our great line of Yak Pak bags made out of Hollywood Billboard Ads!This is exciting because not only will you easily be able to buy cool new TerraCycle products at Walmarts everywhere, but it will also make the average consumer think twice about where that chip bag or juice pouch is going after they are done using it. This will also give millions of students across the country collecting in a TerraCycle Brigade the opportunity to see their collection efforts come to life!" When I receive my prize I will be sure to share it with yall! 

This Week with Torrie

I have my youngest daughter, Torrie, staying with me this week & next. I thought I would share some of the things we went and did. On Tuesday we went to storytime at the library.

She was proud of her picture craft she did(mommy helped write her name). She also wanted to pose on the tree outside the library. On Wednesday, my sister, Torrie and I went to the Goodwill. It was 30% off orange tags. I found another Disney Fairies Book and found a Tinkerbell Checkers & Tictactoe game.Both were 99cents each and were 30% off so I got them for $1.49. Yesterday, we went to the park and then later we went and fed the ducks.

 

Alice in Wonderland Madd Hatter Tea Party

As ya'll know Saturday, I threw my daughters' a Birthday Party. The theme was An Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Tea Party. Despite the rain & me being under the weather, it went ok. We had everthing set up outside because it was only suppose to rain an hour...which turned into all afternoon. So we kept everyone inside. Any questions about pictures from the slide don't hesitate to ask.   Edited: to fix the slideshow 

Changes to My Blog

I just wanted to let yall know that I'm going to be doing a little rearranging, adding pages and stuff to my blog this week.  I have two new things over there ---> on my sidebar. The first thing is something I learned how to do from my friend Kathy over at Blog Love; it's the creative copy right. If yall decide to share anything I post I would greatly appreciate that you link back to me. The second new thing is the pingbox; and I figured that out by myself (giggles). If anyone who visits my page wants to chat or ask me questions, ect. they can instant message me. This comes through Yahoo and I'm still waiting to see if anyone actually messages. That's it for now and oh by the way Birthday Pictures will be posted later. 

A Quick Post ~ A Cold and Party Praying

Just Wanted to do a small post because I had planned to share more of our party preparations. First, I started having a sore throat on Tuesday evening, which yesterday I just thought I had allergies from working outside. It turns out I have a full blown cold 2 days before the birthday party. I did have a headache but i took some alieve;  got a fever, chills, sore throat, coughing, sneezing...Damn I sound like the Nyquil commercial ...(ahem Moo-ma pass me that Nyquil). Ok anyways, my cousin Kayla has been over here helping me with the party and I have quite a few more projects I want to show yall but I dont have pictures taken and uploaded. So I probably won't have these up till Monday after the Party(Sunday I have to take kids home). Oh and the praying part of the title...It's suppose to rain Saturday and I'm praying that it will be delayed till after the party. Dinner is done and I'm going to go eat and go to bed. Till then...

I've been tagged!

My friend (Moo-ma) Kat from Happy at Home tagged me.It is a Photo Tag:
 The rules are:
 1. Open your 1st Photo folder.
 2. Scroll to the 10th photo.
 3. Post the photo and the story behind it.
 4. Tag 5 or more people. Here is my picture: 

It's Tiger rubbing against the bench. No story behind it; just random picture taking.

Now, here is who I tag:

1. Nydia over at Bringing up Salamanders

2. The Domestic Witch

3. The Queen of Fifty Cents

4. Mother Moon's Message

5. Domestic Witch 

  

Alice in Wonderland Pre-Party Preparation Part 1

As yall know I'm getting ready to get my daughters for Spring Break. Actually going to be picking them up in a few hours. Yay! But anyways I celebrate their Birthdays together during Spring Break. This year we decided on an Alice in Wonderland/ Mad Hatter Tea Party theme.  I figured that I would show y'all some of the prepartions me and my cousin of done so far.This first slide show is a coffee table we redid. This second slide show is of items we picked up for the party & other projects we are working on.

Visting with Family

Saturday, after we returned home from yard sales my cousins, Kayla and Tiffany came over. Tiffany brought her son Billy over to play with the girls. Here is pictures from the visit.  

Saturday Morning Yard Sales

This past weekend was my weekend to have my daughters. Billy had to work Saturday morning(which ended up being most of the day) so we went to some yard sales with my G'ma. I gave the kids some change so they could do some shopping too.Here are my finds: 

Egyptology Handbook for .25, Green Candle & Plate .25, and a dragonfly necklace for .50.

Here's  a close up of the necklace.

Here are my daughter, Alyssa's Finds:

Purple Bratz Fairy Wings: 50cents, Purple Slippers: $1, Curious George: 25 cents, White Fuzzy Teddy: 25 cents, and 2 books: 10 cents each.

My Other Daughter, Torrie's Finds:

Magnetic Letters: 25 cents. She didn't find anything she wanted really.

Now, Here are the things my G'ma got the girls:

A Little Mermaid Vanity: $10 for Torrie's Birthday Present.

Bratz wheelies: $5 for Alyssa's Birthday present.

And these 3 outfits for $2  a piece.

Weekend Goodies

Here's what I did & what I got over the weekend:

 I went to the pawn shop and got this PS2, Grand Theft Auto III & Rygar. It's the girl's joint birthday present.

 Then I went to the library to pick up 2 books I had on hold (Tempted & Once Bitten,Twice Shy) and came out with 7.  

Then I come home to find this waiting in the mailbox; sent to me from BookMooch.

Also my G'ma got my kitten some toys, food dish & litter scooper from the dollar store. Here in a few days Ill take some pictures of the stuff I dug out for the party and maybe I'll do a little tour of the house...Until next time...