the unfinished project

I am a starter of projects... I get really excited to start a new project and then sometimes it fizzles out... sometimes i run out of time and the project is completely covering our dining room table and then its time for dinner and my husband is like....where are we going to eat... so i have to quickly clean it up.. and then of course it may never come back out...and sometimes i actually do finish one.

well this project has been on going... i take it to soccer practices, take it in the car while sitting and waiting ... or to the town pool and work on it while the kids are swimming... it was supposed to be for my husband( a birthday present, his birthday was in april) then i thought maybe fathers day it will get it finished.. that didnt happen... well I have been working on it a lot lately.. so what is the next holiday?  or maybe it can just be a "just because" gift...

This is about half of a recycled t-shirt hammock...i am so excited to be done with it and i think it will be fun for the whole family!!!

Some other projects that i have been working on this summer are the $400 bracelet..(sshhh that i made for about $20)

So I had been looking in the Sundance catalog..which i love.. but everything in there is so expensive... so i decided to try and make one... its not exactly but close enough and way more affordable.. this is a project i did finish... partly because I was giving as a gift to a friend... yippee...

well hopefully all of you are getting your projects finished or a least started... happy project day@!!!

Having a great summer?

Well as usual, its been along time since i have posted anything on my poor neglected blog...but today is anew and fresh and its never to late to start over.... so we moved last november to a bigger house on 5 acres... we love it... but it is about 20 minutes out of town and on a bumpy dirt road( its about 8 minutes on the dirt rd) and we travel that bumpy dirt rd several times a day.... so it gets a little crazy....I have told my kids that i am practicing for the Baja 1000 so i need to see how fast i can go on that dirt road...what is even funnier is when you are trying to drink a cup of coffee or some sort of beverage on that dirt road.... i feel like we all need sippy cups....but i do love our house and we are in the middle of nowhere...

And here is my cute potting shed... which i just love.....

The house also has 8 raised garden beds, which i have been trying to grow some things in....i will say that i am an EXCELLENT grower of weeds.... not so much vegatables but lots of weeds... i do better when i grow things in pots...

we have been having a fabulous summer....visiting our great friends in San Diego.. and exploring all the beaches there and having my parents and brother come for a visit there....

Had a awesome birthday on the beach and then a drive-in movie(my kids had never been to one)and spent the 4th of july on the beach...had a little family reunion on the beach...fun stuff going on around here....

Then my husband took me to Las Vegas for a night... that was fun!!! That was the first time we have ever left our kids with friends and were in another state without them....a summer of firsts


so now we only have a little bit left of summer ( kids here start on Aug. 8th)and trying to plan as much stuff in the last couple weeks before school is supposed to start... although since we homeschool... we have a little bit more time which is good..... hope you are all having a great summer!!!