~ Skippy's Ready, How bout' You? ~

Whoo Hoo!

Here comes Santa Clause..

His stocking was hung from the cupboard with care.....

With (really big?) hopes that Santa soon would be there....

He hurried and snuggled in his warm little bed..

Dreaming of warm winter wishes for all his great friends!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a great night....

Hope ya'll have a Wonderful Holiday Season!

Tisha and Skippy....

~ What Do I Do Now....~

I thought It was a good idea...

The package said that it would help build his confidence.

I even bought the ones with "Bob the Builder" on them.

I explained that, if he could "hold it" for just one night, I would take it off this morning.

I didn't think it was to much to ask...

I guess it was just to much pressure for the Little Guy to handle....

Anyone need "Bob the Builder" pull ups?

Tisha

 

~ Who Said Snowmen Were Porch Trained....~

I hope that everyone has been enjoying the "Holiday Season".

I've been terribly busy. Between the extra grooming, Internet sales, custom orders and the Holiday Festivities, I have also been helping the Middle Son and my soon to be new Daughter-in-Law, plan their big day.

I have not gotten the Christmas trees up or done much in the gift department either. Then to top it off, I'm "Flying Solo" this week again! Mr Fix-It, has flew the coop and left me in charge!

My first order of business,

A little...." Holiday Cheer "

I called in the "Snowmen" to help decorate!

He did such a great job...

I called him right back!

and...

I know It's a lot and big thing to ask...

But next time would you,

Please piddle....

"Off the Porch"

Just a word of advice...

Make sure they're porch trained before you get one!

Tisha

~ Hey Y'all.. I Just Wanted to Say..~

 Thanks,

 for bein' my friend!

Love, Your Friend....

Skippy



~ Good Golly Miss Molly...~

 Agrees with me!
Little Brothers are so annoying.....
Let's back up just a titch....
Little man comes to me and says...
"Mom, what can I do?... I'm Bored..."
What do you want to do?.....
"I don't know... Something different..."
Okay.... How bout you groom the dogs... Since I do it all the time, you could help me out and tend to it this time..? That would be a great help!

Volunteer #1..... If she only knew!

Open wide..........Hold lip out of the way!

Hold lip out of the way! Little Man, Hold the lip up and you can see better....

Not smash her eyeballs out!  Notice the Infant sized tooth brush he chose......

Now the other side..... Love the look on her face!

Plughhhhhhh....... who said it taste like chicken?

Hey Little Man!
They need a bath too!
Thanks,
Love Mom............ Yep, I have way to much fun with them!

~ Hey Toilet Paper!... "Whatcha Doin"... ~

I answered the phone and.....
That's the first question I get asked.
My reply?......
Hey Douche Bag! My back hurts and No I won't cut your hair.....
But glad you asked anyway!

Mind you, this a typical conversation between me and my younger brother...
He's had this fetish with calling me this since, I think like forEver! and one must know, that he has constantly for years, asked for a haircut "Every Single Time He Calls!" and the Douche Bag joke goes with stating.....
Ancient Family Secret! Just note, It fits....

Okay Joel, I'm sorry let me start again... Huh Hummm... 
Hello Joel, when would you like your head butched?

..............awkward silence..............

Golly Sis,
I was just wandering if you would be home tomorrow and could you come and pick me up?

What's up Joel?

I wrecked my truck.........

WHAT? You Okay???

I wrecked my truck.........They towed it off the mountain but I need a ride, can you do it?

How'd you manage that Joel?     (Ever ask those kind of ?'s)
You never answered.... You Okay?

I don't know, I was only going about 5 miles an hour when it happened....

Seriously....... "Does he think I'm Blonde?"

No.... He just thinks my name is "Toilet Paper"

He still swears "This Happened at 5 Miles an Hour"

Okay, so I guess the Douche Bag had a witness...
Seems as though he Was only doing about 5 miles an hour.
The road crew had just layed a pipe across the road and spread the remainder of the dirt across the top.
I say Dirt Loosely, turns out, under the road base was clay and it had just rained! Had this happened two turns up the mountain, he would have went over a cliff......

Hey Bud, I'd be happy to!
and while I have you hostage in my home, you WILL make my camera Quit barking, Every Time I Take A Picture!
You do remember me telling you how annoying that is, right?
Douche Bag!

By the way, DB, it's "Tissue Paper" Thank You very much!

TP....(Tisha)

footnote.......

 Aren't little Brother's supposed to grow up and leave you alone?
or at least, get married and pick on their wives instead?

~ Call it Stubborn ' If You Must... ~

Mabey it's the "Southern Gal" in me?
and then again I could just be Stubborn.....

I'm having a really hard time giving up the Green!
The Bright, Light ,Springy,
It's gonna' be warm today Green.........Sigh.......


So a Girls gonna do what a Girl wants to do!
Be a little Stubborn....

Think Green Baby!
Think Fuzzy, Warm and Cuddly Green.....

Wait a minute! 
Where is it?

{{{{{ SKIPPY }}}}}

Put it back.... Now!

Pweeze o' Pweeze can I have it?...................
PWEEEEEZE?


Skippy ' NO ONE can have it,
if you don't leave it alone.
Because, I can't sew it if you DON'T!

My perspective on'
Snugglin' up With a Wrangler Butt!
Well ... at least one of them...........

Y'all have a Good Day now!
Tisha

~ What's in Your Closet? ~

I was diggin' around mine this mornin'
NO....I didn't find any skeletons....

I did find a box,
A box I had forgotten about...
This box contained some things my Mother had gave me a while back.
Things that I had forgotten about.....

This box of things,
Things that I had forgotten about.....
 Things that had belonged to my Nana,
Nana was my maternal Grandmother.

I think I'm a lot like my Nana.
I like these things too...
She collected things she loved.
I do too!
She sewed.
I do too!
She loved to read.
I do too!
She quilted.
I do too!
I think I could get carried away........

So.............How about you?

Are you like my Nana too?

If anyone out there knows anything about this little guy, Please tell me!

I've been lookin' for information and have not had any luck...

Either way I'll be keepin' him!

He's family, Y'all understand...

That's why I decided to let him out of the closet today!

Hey Skippy!

Come on up here and meet your Brother......

What's his name?...

Y'all know where this is headed......

Tisha



~ Happy Anniversary Mr Fix-It ~

Today's our day,
No cookin' for me today!
Even though I woke up to a new 6 quart Lodge pot!
Thanks Love!

Just wanted you all you know why I love him so much......

Because I love this and he lets me!

Love U Mr Fix-It,
Love you so much!

ps.....so do all the critters!

Love,
Me

~ It's Better than I Expected... ~

That's coming from the gal that thinks up these wacky ideas....
Ideas like......

It's COOL...
It's Huge....

and It's the Perfect Place for Bionical Wars!

A.K.A......... Barnacle Wars!

PS.. Mr Fix-It Laughed! and the sander is fixed..... 

only to be used with supervision...Sigh.....

Guess it's time to sew!

Tisha and Barnacle Boy.....

~Ooohh.... I Got Some Splainin' to Do! ~

Hello my name is Tisha,
 and I have a "Power Tool Fess-Up.."

I don't know what Mr Fix-It's gonna say about this one!

My Philosophy is, "Milwaukee" should build this......

With anti-chew cords!

Chewd' it right up and wouldn't spit it out fer' nothin'......

Drats.....

How in pray tell am I gonna splain' this??

Honey, Skippy didn't mean to, it was an accident.. 

He sweared! Really!

 

I have proof he was involved!

Skippy and the Shadow Dancer.........

sorry, got carried away.....

Okay, I promise not to sell Skippy out.... I'll fess up..

After all that's why I call him Mr Fix-It!

He can fix ANYTHING!



It all started with this old barn door...

And is lookin' more like this now......

This is the hard part now. I have to set this aside and groom tomorrow... Sigh......

This is for the sewing room.

 A friend gifted me three doors. One is leaned against the living room wall and this one is to find it's new purpose as my Fabulous New Cutttin' Table!

Ahh-Laa......Primitive Style!

Y'all pray for me now,

I'm gonna need it!

Tisha

Disclaimer.....

Only one power tool was slightly damaged in the makin' of this here table...

Everything else went real well!

Yeah.....

~ With the Best of Intentions..~

I sat down several days ago,
camera in hand,
anticipations high....

 
  I was getting set to do it,
I'll just load these pics and then I'll finish washing Mr Fix-It's clothes. I'll come back in a bit and get this done! Yep, I will.
 Okay Fine! I'll finish dinner,
Help him pack then I'll come up and finish this.....
Wait, I'll pack him up and wash the dishes and feed the dogs and help with home work and take the garbage out and then I'll come back up here and finish this...
 Okay,
Take a Deep Breath,
He's gone, to Istanbul Turkey and Paris France
With Out you....
for 9 days....
Alone...
Sniff Sniff,
Skippy,
Momma needs a hug!
 Okay, I'll finish this..



Mom, Mom.....
What Little Man?            
I'm supposed to go camping with the boy scouts today!  
Say What? Huh? What Time? When? How? Who.............Help?
I'll finish this in a bit....

Mom, Mommmm......
What Fledgling?
I'm going to work in Nebraska....
Say What? Huh? When? Huh?......URGHHHHH!
I'll Finish This Later!.......

I've completely lost track of what I'm doing!
Mr Fix-It came home, the Fledgling Daughter left, Little Man went camping and more stuff happened in the last two weeks than I can list.
I'm so glad that's over....
Wait....It's not over.....Urgghhhhhh......
The laundry room and Little mans bed room have water damage, due to a leaky spigot and a unsealed drain pipe! we are in the midst of "Construction Disaster"  Yuck!
And the yard needs raked.... We had a bad storm, lost a large tree limb and a lot of small ones!

I've have been walking around talking to myself, (in a pep talk sort a way, not a "lost yer marbles, aye?")
You survived this the last time,
This to shall pass,
Life is too short for anything but happy! (my personal motto!)
They will grow up and move out one day,
If not you Can ask them to leave,
If Skippy decides not to love you anymore you Will live, (this one has been hard to accept)
It's okay to have left overs twice in a row,
Remember to breath,
Skippy will Never stop loving you! Never, Ever, ever, ever, ever................ever!
Remember to buy stock in Calgon...

And have Mr Fix-It fix this stinkin' Puter so I can show you guys what I've put up with lately!

I have taken more pictures in the last few weeks than ever...
I learned about a few more settings on my camera..
My computer will not let me upload anything at this moment..
But I Finished This Anyway!

All Inspiration and Positive Motivators Welcome.....

Love you Guys!
Tisha

~ Who's Feelin' Loved Today? ~

Are you?

Are you feelin' loved?

Are you feelin' THE love?

Don't know about the rest of you,

but I'm feelin' me some Primitive Love!

I finished the Dry-Sink, moved it in AND got the work shop all cleaned up!!

Yippee Skippy!!!!



As you all can see, I left the white paint.

Reason bein', It was about five or six layers thick and wasn't sanding off at all....

Boy, they sure don't make paint like that anymore!...

Decided that if I didn't like it when I finished, I'd just make a new door!

There, Problem Solved....  Sometimes I do that.....

solve problems that really weren't problems to begin with....... 

Decided that I liked it better without the curtain, so it looks like the first pic....or the next one.

I called for an inspection and I'm assuming it passed....

Bein' as the Fur Babies seem to like it!

"Is it just me, or is that lookin' like a glow in the dark kitty?"

Had some really great old hardware and decided this was the piece I need to use them on!

I've noticed that when people come into my home for the first time,

I can tell from the look on their face if they are feelin' the "Primitive Love" or not...

I find this fascinating and quite fun.

Of course there are the ones that truly seem excited. You can tell they love it.

They like to tell you stories about their Grandparents or their child hood.....

There are the ones that seem to scrutinize,

they just look around with selective indifference.

Then there are the ones that get that pinched look of shock.

Eewwww!

You can see it in their faces, the screwy look.

 Some are even brave enough to ask.....

"So, you like old crap, huh?"

Me, bein' the ever wise-crackin' smarty pants type a Gal that I am, replies.........

"Yep, I like my parents, but what I'd really love is to get my hands on some Grand or maybe even some Great Grand Parents! The older the better!"

Or my all time favorite....  " I used to have one of them old things,

 only it was a lot nicer than this one,

 but when we got rich and famous we gave to so and so! "

Me, the ever "wise ass"

"Oh Crap, I just gave so and so " x-amount of thousands " for that one and I'd much rather have gave it to you!"

Or when you over hear the Little Mans friends follow him out the door sayin'.......

" I thought your Parents were Rich"

Ha!

What he don't know is,

I am rich!

My imagination is rich,

My home is rich with Love!

My friends enrich my life,

I am rich with emotion that is evoked every time I use a bowl handed down to me from my Mother or lay out a favorite quilt made by Grandmother or put on a tattered old apron lovingly sewed by my Great Granny!

I have a list of riches longer than he is tall! He don't know.....

So I fill my home to the brim,

 with all the old tattered and worn things, that I love and hold so very dear.

I'll graciously open my door to all that knock upon it.

I'll step back and warmly invite you in.....

and if you find yourself pinching up your face,
what ever you do......

Don't call my riches.....
 "Old Crap".

Or I'm likely to knock the stuffin' out of you!

So glad you stopped by today,

Tisha

" Com'on Skippy, lets me and you go on out to the wood shop and make us somethin'
old and crappy! "

~ This Gal Could Use Some Help Over Here..~

I'm stumped..... First I think I want one thing....  

Then I think I want another...

Confucius  Say....

Make up you stinkin' mind alright!

It's my Dry-Sink...... 

What do y'all think? 

I've been keepin' myself busy.

Kinda thought I might get it all done,

then lay a big ole SURPRISE on ya....

Nope.....It's a notta-gonna be that-a-way!

Cause.........I'ya can'ta make a uppa my mind....

The building it part....

That'sa easy peasy!

The finishing it part....

That'sa makes me a wanna cry like a little baby.........

I Love the barn red!

I Love the size

I Love the shape

I Love the feel.....

It was designed with one door, I'll put a curtain up to the other side..

Something similar to the one on the Step-Back...

Feed sack or something or another...

But for the life of me,

 I can't decide if I wanna paint that there white door "red" or not?

Hummmmm,

Do I or Don't I ?

Remember, I'm a still needin' to stain it yet...

But this here "Confused Mountain Gal" needs some ..

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