the day we visited with the goats..oh!...and a baby deer!

last Saturday we went to a GOAT FARM in the mountains near Jasper, Ga.....yeah, we are classy like that!  actually, Larry and i used to raise a few goats...we raised them for the milk, since both Heidi and Peter had milk allergies as babies and children
...goats are sweet, gentle animals...mostly anyway...we have fond memories of our goats...i even "HAND" delivered a baby goat and saved it's life...and possibly the mother's life...seriously i did...i delivered it VET style..with my hand..up the mother goat's...(you know what)....i PULLED the baby goat out...i think i have told this story somewhere..either blog or Facebook...

ANYHOO

we had discovered this goat farm and went to their website..(i will edit and put it in here as soon as i can find it)...it looked wonderful and we really wanted to take the g-kiddos....

it was a great day..the farm was spectacular...it had a beautiful lake...
  the HIGHLIGHT for me was the added bonus of a baby deer who had been "dropped" off on the farm after finding the mother deer dead on the road...this darling little baby deer was right at home with the goats...and she was SO SO darling!...i truly wanted to take her home!...oh my goodness!...the owner of the farm said the deer is free to roam and will probably jump the fences and go back to the wild when it is ready...i want to see if that happens...it was so tame and endearing...the kids were kissing it...no kidding...it came up to me and tilted it's head for some attention...i didn't KISS it...but i sure did HUG it....i loved the experience!

well...here are some pics that capture the day...just for your information...we were nasty dirty when we left!....(and we probably had a few smells circling us too -wink*)

we were jumping

we were swinging

it was a great day!

a LITTLE RED WAGON idea!

Just Something I Made: Funky Junk Friday Fix-Up: Red Wagon Tray

gettin the kids up on the wall again

so...i know for sure i would get a prize for procrastination...ugh..i hate it...it plagues me...it haunts me...it is disgusting..and STILL..i do it...

BUT!!!

ALAS!!!

i finally got one little thing done that has been on the P list...i got those photos up from Christmas 2009...i mean, really..i thought i better hurry...especially since the kids have already changed from that over a year ago photo!...(d'ya think?)...i ask myself....

so , here they are..AGAIN...center-stage in my little living room  watching over their Nana/NeeNee/PapPap...and we, adoringly looking at their little darling faces!!!

update on the summer greenery

do you remember quite a few posts ago when i showed you my new spring plantings???...i fully expected to update you on the beyond luscious and wild growings of those spring plants...and in case you haven't guessed it already..there is NOTHING to show you...this has been the worst summer for the front of our townhouse..how bad, you ask?...so bad..i will not even waste the time taking a picture...seriously...what a disappointment...it all started when a stinkin rabbit started munching on each and every flower out there...and it all went downhill after that..so...i am ready to rip it all out and throw down some new mulch and call it a rap...i "might" put out winter pansies...but as of today...i feel quite DONE with the whole thing..

NOW...i do have a few nice growings on the back patio...i have showcased them here for you...

what's that you ask?....well..this little ivy is in a plastic gallon container that i borrowed from my neighbor last year...before i returned it, of course i thought i should wash it..so OF COURSE i put it in my dishwasher...who wouldn't???....when i went to put the dishes away...her poor little cheap container had melted down into a little squished mess...thankfully she didn't mind..and one day she brought it back to me with this little ivy planted in it...and that sweet plant has been thriving ever since!

...and yes...this is Easter Grass!...well, at least it is what i call it..cuz for the life of me i cannot remember the actual name of the plant...i bought it around Easter time this year...it had tall, single stemmed clover -like blooms...i absolutely loved it!...at one point i thought i for sure had killed it..i tried transplanting it and it wilted all over the place and i did not expect it to make it...but after a couple weeks it started behaving itself!....so i transplanted it again into this hanging pot...and it has thrived this summer!  it has even had a half dozen blooms!...not sure what to do with it when the temps drop...hey!...anyone know what it is?  i like it cuz it reminds me of "real" grass...like IOWA grass...instead of the grass here in GA...which is curly and gross...so i guess you might say...i have a pot of REAL grass...

and there you have it...the extent of my green thumb...unfortunately my GREEN thumb is getting very faded...i used to be able to keep up with the best of them...not so much now...

...guess i will blame this horrid red clay dirt here in GA...k?

A Tomato Tip

A Tomato Tip

clozepinnies

i needed a quicky little gifty today...and packaged up another little bag of clozepinnies..i adorned the header with one of my newfound favey thing to do...homemade paper flowers..and VOILA!...taaaa daaaaa....i wrote a little personal note on the back of this double sided paper so it is beeeee uuuuu  teeeeeeee fulllll on both sides...stapled the header into place...and gifty...DUN....of course...i had the clozepinnies done beforehand...(that always helps in the speed process..duh)....they can be used for bag clips or for anything involving CLIPPING...(another duh).......also...magnets can be glued on the back and they can be used on the fridge or any magnetic surface to hold "stuff"...(DUH)......anyway...that's it for today

i mean...taaaa...duh!

W.O.W. lookie at this ORGANIZED, VINTAGE studio!

hey peeps!...you gotta check this out....oh my word!...i am so "in heart" with this room..on SO many levels!!!

(sigh)

check out her organization...

ya know..

some of us "got it" and well,.....

some of us "don't"...

unfortunately i am in the latter category...

(another sigh)

http://karenrussell.typepad.com/my_lifejust_not_on_the_ro/2009/08/the-scrapbook-roomoffice.html

i la la la LOVE this!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/50302982/tucked-in

i "stumbled" upon this great Etsy seller...and when i say stumbled...that is really what i do, most of the time...i do have several favorites that i have inserted into my "daily check" folder...they are just "too" good to pass up...even tho i really don't have time to daily check every one of them, since i seem to be expanding that particular folder all the time....i have a tendency to do that...and almost always everyone seems to be "my fave"......and then i have to clean it all out, eventually...but mostly my folders on my computer look rather like my studio...chaotic, full, unorganized and out of control...yeah...that's pretty much how i feel most of the time too...i am organizedly challenged and if there was a medication for such a thing i surely would be first in line for it!

anyway...i found out this gal lives in IOWA...yahoo....and her stuff is A-dorable to the M.A. X.....love her style all the way...and of course you KNOW i love anything vintage...i am quite shocked to see how vintage has hit the BIG TIME...wow...it is everywere now...i actually am really loving that!!!  i also LOVE it that "re-purposing" is really the "in" thing too...i think it is a marvelous and wonderful idea...which has been around for a long time, trust me...i have been doing it for a long long time...not becuz it's cool, but becuz it saves money...(it has always been "cool" to me)..........but i am really glad it is getting a good "rap" for now!!!!........i am just waiting for my dream "farmhouse" to come along to really let my imagination go!....hmmm....oh...and also my little piece of farmland to come along so i can build that chicken house i have previously talked about...and have a garden...and have a pig or two...and maybe a cow...and maybe...????????

ok...dream's over for today...who would have ever thought i would be dreaming of returning to a farm?

....certainly not me!

this could make me a Goodwill shopper!

hey!....i "stumbled" upon this WONDERFUL blog...and right out of the box saw this great project...NOW...if you saw this kitchen cart for SEVEN DOLLARS at your Goodwill store...would YOU buy it????.....ummmmmmmmmm....hellllllooooooo?????.....i wouldn't think TWICE!!!...even if i had only seven dollars to my name!...(well...i "might" think twice...THEN DO IT)...........what an adorable solution!!!...this is the truth...i have always wanted a kitchen, rolling cart...and i am NOT kidding....i have never, ever seen one this cute for so little money...ok...i am on the prowl now!

http://thepleasuresofhomemaking.blogspot.com/2010/08/kitchen-cart-makeover.html

from this:

to this!!!!..

FABULOUS, huh????......what is YOUR best bargain??....hey...that is a good idea for one of my next blogs!!!...i have some GREAT best bargains i could share too!!!

Orangutan and the Hound

you have to watch this heart warming video!....



Orangutan and the Hound