BUG sense??

Creepy, weird, sixth sense? You decide.

This is how it went down: Last night around 12:20am Damen got up, went to the bathroom, he didn't quite make it so he got me up to change his clothes and put him back to bed. About 40 minutes later he made another appearance in our room. He's crying, comes up to the bed and says, "mommy, get it, there's a bug next to me." I was confused (and mostly asleep) and asked him something,(I thought he'd had a nightmare) he responded and was upset (my memory's a little fuzzy about the specifics)so I told him to get Daddy. This is totally the right response at 1am when your child's crying about bugs. So sweet daddy gets up with him and I hear some excited squeals from Damen and a light comes on, then a toilet flushes. I'm still confused, but now Damen's back in bed so I don't really care. I did ask Dustin what happened when he came to bed and he told me, but again things are fuzzy.
This morning I found a DI-sgusting roach in the kitchen and had to dispose of it, which reminded me of our late night visit from Damen. I asked Dustin what happened and here it is: After they left our bedroom Damen ran into the kitchen and pointed to the island saying "there, get it daddy" Dustin didn't see anything, but wanting to calm him down moved the island (it's on wheels), and sure enough there under it was a roach! Damen freaked out shouting "Get it! Get it!!" Dustin of course did "get it", smacked it with a random shoe and then flushed it (this is our official "roach" policy, just to make sure they're dead and gone), and put Damen back to bed.

I'm fairly positive I put Damen back to bed before and that I heard his bedroom door open just before he came in the second time.





So, was Damen up that whole time checking out the kitchen floor? Did he just wake up and KNOW that there was a bug in the kitchen, under the island? Or does he have some kind of special Bug Sense?
Creepy and weird!

Mothers

". . will you rise to the challenge of being mothers in these perilous times, though doing so may test the last ounce of your endurance and courage and faith? Will you stand steadfast and immovable as a mother in Israel and a woman of God?" -Sheri L. Dew


My mother did, will you? Can I? I pray so every day. Happy Mothers Day.

I'm addicted!

HI
My name is Melanie and I've got an addiction. . ..




To DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY!!!!

I love all of the stuff I'm discovering and I can't stop!! I edit/crop/enhance pictures every day! Love it, you should too, then we can have an official meeting, with name tags and snacks, I'll bring my camera:)

Give credit where credit is due

Conversation with Damen this morning over toast:

D: Mmmm this is yummy!


M: That's right, mommy sure knows how to make good toast!


D: NO silly, Jesus makes us the toast.

Sweet.

I used my grandmothers paint brush today

April 17:
I did, I painted with my grandmothers paint brush today.
I decided on what to do with two of the IKEA plaques today. See here: http://howardsx3.blogspot.com/2010/04/plaque-shelf-drawer-front.html I took the yellow painted one and a plain one, sanded them up and then rubbed on some stain, rubbed it off and let it dry. I decided to use the painted/stained one to make a welcome sign for our front door. I cut out the letters w/my Cricut and traced them onto the wood, then I needed a tiny, itty bitty paint brush to fill in the letters. None of mine would cut it so into my Grandmothers stash I went and found this perfect one:


I saw this idea on someone else's blog, (no idea where, sorry) to paint the first letter on burlap, nail it on, and paint the rest of the letters. The idea I saw had the persons last name on it. I think this one turned out nice.



The other one I used this vinyl lettering I've had for a long time, added some ribbon, a metal heart, and a nail. Perfection!! (well for me anyway!)






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Plaque, shelf, drawer front?

SO I finally got to go to the most talked about place on this crafty blog circuit (other than Hobby Lobby, no idea what that is), the Habitat for Humaniity RESTORE!! They just opened one near us and I've ventured down to it a few times now. On my first visit I saw these:



There were five of them all taped together with an IKEA sticker on the back. No price tag and no idea what they were. We thought for sure they were shelves that were missing their hardware. Regardless, I knew I could make something out of them so up to the counter we went. For the whole lot it was $1.00! Even better!


There were two holes going through each one so I filled them with putty, waited, sanded them down and began to paint. The first one I painted black satin, did not like. So then I tried this soft yellow, not even thinking about the hideous orange that showed through, that one will have to have something else done to it. So, I loved the plain yellow one but it's not done, I think I'll try some sanding/staining/sanding action and see what happens!




There was one piece of strange oval metal thing taped with it all, and I realized while holding it up to the holes on the "shelf" that it fit perfectly there, because it's a drawer pull and these are drawer fronts.

I love this application

This is my new favorite application for pictures! It's in Microsoft Publisher, love love love it!!