When life gives you fauna, what do you do?

Well thanks to my Humblebeads niece Heather, I've been making

molds for clay. And that's about as far as I have gotten. I'm gonna

do something more than make molds, but I either have to wait till

the cruise in March for her to show me how to add special finishing

techniques or I'm gonna have to experiment on my own.

Hmmmm....that's a tough one.

I have been rolling ideas for Christmas gifts around in my head.

Kind of making a list, I know, WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHRISTMAS?

But if we don't get started now, it will be here before we know it.

I have stuffies to make for the kids, and ideas for other things that

I can't mention. I make my own Christmas cards, I love to stamp

and emboss, not to mention embellishing. That takes a bit of time

to say the least. Geary actually helps with the cards, its kind of fun

to have him help with stuff...

Today Geary and I went together and picked another 15 pounds

of blueberries. I just can't get enough of them and they are still

so abundant! I picked some for my mom and froze some.

Left some for us to eat when we wanted. I see blueberry pancakes

in my future. And this is Blueberry Festival weekend in South Haven.

Tomorrow the Aunts and I are walking the craft show. The weather

has been totally perfect. Speaking of weather, we had waterspouts

off the lake Thursday. Really pretty cool. I saw the tail end of the

funnel rising up in the air. I probably should have been a little

more cautious, but we always go look to see whats coming instead

of seaking shelter. One of these days we'll get caught being stupid.

I can say we don't stand outside during a thunderstorm anymore..

dah!

Last night we celebrated my Uncle Rick's daughter's wedding. How

sweet it was...a little out of the ordinary. I can finally say I went to

a wedding where the Groom and the Best Man wore camo.

The Grooms cake was decorated in camo frosting. Jenny's garter

was camo elastic, but thank goodness she wore a beautiful gown.

They didn't go on a Honeymoon right away, as goose hunting

opens on Monday. Yee Haw!

But really, we had a great time with all the relatives being there.

Lately that seems to be the only time we all get together. And of

course I forgot my camera....

Parting Shots

Today we put Heather and the girls on their bird

to San Antonio. Now there's just this big hole left
in my day that used to be spent having fun. It was

almost like I was on vacation too. That time just flew

by. I think we managed to do all the fun stuff we could.

Here's some parting shots of what we did this week....

Getting ready to pick our blueberries. I think we ended up with 40

pounds. Blueberry Cobbler for dessert that night. And Heather made

it herself (I thought she couldn't cook...lol). Mine are in the freezer.

Sailing on Lake Michigan. Friends Good Will is way too cool. It was

an interactive kind of cruise too. They had just about everyone that

was able pull ropes, hoist the sails and turn the ship about.

We couldn't have asked for a better day. High 70's, slight breeze and

lots of sunshine. That's the crew below....

I think my Mom is gonna miss the noise too. But I think there are

plans for Christmas. Only I'm not gonna wish that one to hurry up.

Last, but not least is a picture of my bedroom all cleaned up...I have

Melanie to thank for that. My friends and family know what I mean.

I didn't do a before picture because its too embarrassing.