Dreamy - Appliances?

YES!  

Appliances can be DREAMY!

There was this sign in Agritopia for designer jeans - 

So of course we stopped by!  

There were a plethora of cute bling jeans but the house...

WAS A DREAM! 

Mine Eyes have Seen the Glory!! 

In Wisconsin Butter Yellow no less!!!  

Delicious!

I looked those appliances up and they come in Aqua, Lavendar, Pink... (gasp!)

Look what they did w/ this long awkward wall!  I have this wall!  

I WANT this shelf!!  

They guy said if I bought the wood, he would come put the shelf in!

ha ha ha!  He said he'd done it for like 4 other ladies in the 'hood! 

I just may take him up on that!  Yippee!

Pancakes, mmm

I LOVE homemade Pancakes!

I don't really like to eat out breakfast, it's so much better home cooked!

Growing up my Dad would make: 

Egg-in-a-hole w/ honey

French Toast, (his were cooked as hard as hockey pucks)

Buttermilk Pancakes

or his specialty...

Sour Dough Waffles!  (from 30 yr old starter!)  DELISH!

(I'm not mentioning the 7 grain hot cereal we HAD to eat, ick)

I was not a fan of eggs, once when I was little, I wouldn't eat my eggs before school.

Ever frustrating my Mom, she put me in the shower and dumped the eggs on my head!

ha ha ha ha!

As we got older, Dad figured out that adding cornmeal to the pancakes made them thicker, and he thinks healthier.  EWE!  Ok, they aren't bad but, Buttermilk pancakes are the BEST!

Yesterday I told him he could make Pancakes, (ha, of course I have no cornmeal in my house)

So, I get him out a pan, (of course it's some shoddy ancient pan)

They came out brown, not very puffy but, doughy in the middle.  

eek!

So the 2nd round, he cooked at a lower temp... still doughy, ick!

The 3rd batch, we were sitting at the table waiting anxiously... They looked great!

One bite, 2 bites, then the middle... dough.  I took a guzzle of milk, Jesse discovered the tender center and made this frustrated, sick face... my Mom and I laughed SO hard!

So hard, I blew milk out my nose!  HA HA HA!!!  

He stomped to the pantry and says, ok, what kind of cold cereal do you girls want?!  

He prides himself on his yummy breakies!  hee hee!

As Jesse was fixing my weather stripping on my doors - to keep those ever evil bugs out - 

I was upstairs madly making PJ pants for his Birthday!

I found this sweet fabric w/ Indian chief's and wild horses and Buffalo's on it!

 (He was just named a Buffalo at WoodBadge a couple weeks ago!)

He kept coming upstairs to ask me stuff and I would run to the door and try to lock it before he could peek what I was doing!  His sneaky, 'trying to figure out what you're up to' face is SO GREAT!  

He smiles, his eyes crinkle, he laughs and tries to be a good spy!  

Love this guy!  

I finally had to give up, b/c he likes to hang out while I sew, and he figured out they were pj pants.  

As I'm sewing the final seam he says, "did you put a fly in them?".  HA, no, why would I think to put a fly in pj pants?!  LOL.  

I made a pair for him years ago that he still wears, they have Knight's on them!  On horses!  In armor!  Cute huh?!  Perfect for HIM!

The Adventures of Jesse... & Michele

My DAD... is like, the CoOLeSt guy around! 

(So's my Mom for that matter!)

People Loooove my Parental Unit

They are Funny, Kind and CARE about people.

I'm a lucky girl!

I have a friend that gets mad b/c I'm always bragging about my Mom... and the sweet, kind things she does.  

My Mom complains that my Dad talks to everyone... to much... he's too Friendly!

My Dad, loves a project and has the cutest quirks!

This week my parentals are in town for Thanksgiving... AND to lay some pavers and make me a patio!

Cool!  

They love coming to AZ for Thanksgiving b/c it's nice and warm!

I'm sure, as usual, many'a good stories are going to come about this week so, I will relay with no delay.

One of my Favorites happened a year or 2 ago.  Well, my Mom thinks my Dad was an ESKIMO in a previos life and was always cold.  He has a fear of being cold and as a Scouter, is ALWAYS prepared!  So much prepared that I counted how many coats he had last Christmas... 48 coats, 28 'vests' (fleece or down)
(He should be an Eddie Bauer model!)

(this guy's sexy!)

Um, that's a LOT!  Remember how I said they like to come to AZ b/c it's warm...  Jesse STILL brings like 3-5 coats in the car.  (ok, if the car broke down while driving in the winter, I can understand).  But, he wears them in 70-78 degrees even.  The best part, he brings them in the house from the car... b/c he's worried someone will break into the car and steal them!  Um, REALLY?!  Aaahhh!  So I have a pile of coats on my chair in my living room for a week!  Stop!  I told him, "Dad, NO ONE WANTS YOUR COATS!!! THEY DON'T NEED THEM HERE!"  ha ha ha ha!  Aaaah, SO funny.

One of my friend's came to pick me up for a date at Christmas time and asked my Dad if he was keeping warm wrapped in one of his Navajo Indian blankets?  (b/c he collects them and they hang on the walls), HA!

I'll take a pic of their COAT CLOSET that is 8' long and PACKED!  

Ah, what a hoot!  More to come!

Jumped off the Roller Coaster

This weekend was a roller coaster! 

Oy vey I say! 

But here is what I'm grateful for and some funny bits!

Bunco on Friday - A Blast!  Love these wild girls!

Sat. - Mar, Kate, Crew & Bennett came by, Kate in a wedding dress & veil! 

Um, cuter 4 yr old, nay I say!

Crew in his Batman outfit... inside out.  HA! 

We got hot chocolate & sat on my porch, The kids played on the grass.

Then, Crew saw the witch on my porch, Kate asked if she was taller than the witch.

Crew came up, tapped my arm, "um, Chowsa, Halloween is over! 

You need to put the witch away!".   Awesome!   from a 3 yr old no less!  HA!

I went on a drive to Tim-Buck-2, took some good shots in the gray skies!

love gray skies!

Sat. nt - Stopped by the Steele's & man, it's always a party there! 

We played JUST DANCE!  St. Thomas made curry, yum!

We lept off the couch at 9:00 to go get pie at Village Inn! 

The girls were silly & in rare form, giggles abounded, as well as 80's music that we all belted to in the car!   Cara said to St. Thomas, "does it feel like we have 3 kids back there?!" 

def! 

Sunday started out shady & ended bright & sunny and happy with good food and new friends!  yum yum, bubble gum!  

Today, Monday... I took the witch and Halloween wreath to the garage. HA! 

Be Grateful!

I recognize my blessings & truly am blessed with fabulous people in my life! 

xo