Oh really......part two!

Here is said lamp mentioned in my previous post.  And, oh look, it's working.  Oh yeah!  So I couldn't/didn't do it all by myself like I had planned.  Turns out because the Mogul fixture is so much bigger than a regular fixture you can't just switch them out.  So after buying a new 'regular size' fixture and a couple of extra pieces and a little bit of Redneck engineering by Mike it is WORKING!  It is in the perfect spot ~ right behind my rocking chair in my bedroom which will now be (with the proper lighting now being supplied) my very own little knitting nook!

~ 'Grateful for a handy man (when he wants to be) husband' Me

Oh really.....

I went to Lowe's today to get a light bulb for a 1940's lamp that I bought at a garage sale.  It doesn't take just any regular size bulb - no, that would be too easy.  It takes a bulb with a Mogul Base.  This was pretty much my ONLY choice ~

Nice huh?  I don't think so.

So I ask light guy:

Me:  Can it be rewired with a 'regular' light fixture?

Guy: No, it can't.

Now, when I get home and try gargantuan bulb in said lamp, guess what?  It. Doesn't. Work.  Now what?

I did what any other person would do, 

I took it apart. 

SO.....now time for a trip back to Lowe's to see about getting a 'regular' size light fixture to put in my 1940's lamp with mercury shade.  I know exactly where it is going to go too!  Stay tuned for more...........

~ Handy (Wo)Man Me

So between Rylee and I we've seen Les Mis 6 times and Chandler has seen it once (both her & I would love to see it again and so would Rylee for that matter but we will have to wait for the DVD!)  Chandler has heard us say 'Les Mis' this and 'Les Mis' that over the last few weeks.  So Sunday after church she grabs my iPad and using a white board app she writes something down and says, 'Can we listen to this?' at which point she shows me what she has written ~ Lame is.  Needless to say we listened to it even though Mike really thinks it IS lame!  That kid cracks me up all the time.

~ 'Humored' Me

You Are An Obsession {insert 80's music here} and the scarf that started it all!

There's a song from the 80's that keeps playing in my head.  It's Obsession by Animotion.  The lyrics go like this:

You are an obsession, I cannot sleep
I am a possession unopened at your feet
There is no balance, no equality
Be still I will not accept defeat

So here's where this comes into play ~ I made this scarf just after Thanksgiving.  

Which promptly lead to this:

And since I've taken this picture I've purchased some new 'yarn' that I can't wait to use.  I've finished the scarf that is on the loom.  Here is a picture of it:

So now I've also signed up for an into to Knitting at a local place called Chandler's Cottage (great name by the way!)  It's fun, it's relaxing, and it's awesome to see something that starts as a ball of 'yarn' and ends up in something that you can wear.

~ Knitting Me

23 years ago today.....

I was getting ready to go to my wedding rehearsal

and here was Mike from back then 

Can't believe it's been that long.  We've had some bad times and many, many good times.  If it weren't for the grace of God we wouldn't have made it this far.  Here's to the next 23 years.

~ 'Married' Debbie

Snow, snow, snow, snow

First ~ as you saw we had a forecast of snow on Thursday night.  This is what we woke up to on Friday morning ~

and this .....

The girls played (briefly) and you can see Rylee went out with (in)appropriate footing ~

Now, the best thing about West Texas snow is it's here today and gone tomorrow.  So today I am dealing with this ~

 muddy footprints and clumps of mud on the floor from.....

 Maddie and 

 Red.  

Good times, people, good times.  

~ Debbie

Here's hoping.

Could it really happen?

Here's hoping!

~ Debbie

Here I am with webpages and waffles oh my!

I have spent my day in front of this computer playing!  Facebook, Pinterest, and Grace Adele catalog, oh my!  I've played my turn on Draw Something with supersmiles and chatted with my mom on Messages.  I've texted (and talked to) two of my besties (as Amy Farrah Fowler would say) today.  It has been a totally lazy day and I wouldn't have had it any other way.  We have all stayed home today just enjoying being at home with absolutely nothing to do or get done.

Here are all of my electronic gadgets that have been in use today.  I would have had one more iPad but it's charging.  This is my shout out to my friend Aimee - thought you'd get a kick out of this.  Look familiar?  I have 9 windows open on my web browser - FB, Blogger, Pinterest - with several windows open from interesting pins, Scentsy website, and the ALL NEW Grace Adele catalog.  Let me just say this - I am gonna go BROKE with this new catalog.

So now for the waffles:  Bing has been down & out with the flu for about 4 days.  She just got her appetite back a little yesterday so when she requested waffles.....you can see I made them.  Of course if you have waffles you have to have homemade syrup (it's a MUST).  My girls won't eat store bought syrup now, and I must say I won't either.  Here's the recipe:
1.5 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup water
Combine & bring to a boil.  Remove from heat and add 1/4 t. vanilla & 1/4 t. maple flavoring.  Yummo!

So here it's January 1st, 2013, and I am finally entering the world of blogging.  Not sure how this will turn out but we will see.   I have many friends who blog and I have aspirations to be as crafty as Pamela and as witty as Becky and maybe someday I will be a little more like them but in the meantime I am as 'crafty me' as I need to be and 'witty me' here and there (when I am lucky and think of something quick).  I hope y'all will give me pointers on this blogging thing.

That is all for now.  Time to make the black-eyed peas for dinner so we will have a prosperous 2013.  Now go eat a PEA.

~ 'Lazy' Me