What I learned this week is hosted by Jo-Lynn over at Musings of a Housewife

I had me a nice and busy week... In a round about way I was put in touch with Justin Matott - (author extraordinaire) and besides the fact that he has a professional website at http://www.justinmatott.com/ he also has a blog at Justin Matott Snickers - that he has been keeping for quite some time but never quite new what to do with it...and he let ME play with it!

That was so much fun and while we are still fine tuning a few things...we are also putting together a super fabulous, extra fun contest to roll from blog to blog to blog! So if you aren't a subscriber to my blog AND his blog you best get hopping before you miss out!

I also learned how to throw together a pirates costume when you just can't make some of the things you purchased work...OH and how to make a PURPLE beard because lord knows I couldn't find one on the net - I found Orange, I found Green but no purple...

So there you have it...I learned a little, played a little and now I am conniving a little - don't miss the contest it is sure to be super fun for all! Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of ....Words -

Pile of TuTu's

So Poetry Tag was fun but still hoping for most poems!! Also - the sweet treats recipe swap is still open for submissions!

But in the meantime...
How do you spell/write Tutu? Who cares, I had a pile of them in my house this week...helping a little with some repairs before the big show! I have to admit, my job was SUPER easy - tacking the top layer of Tutu tool to the next layer of Tutu tool. Needle in, Needle out, Knot, twist 10 inches, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat - Hey do you remember Peat and Repeat? Oh, What a flashback I just had.

Pete and Repeat went into a store Pete came out and who was left?

Repeat.

Peat and Repeat went into a store Pete came out and who was left?

You get the picture, sorry for the stray...anyway - I like helping when I can and this job was super easy...Much easier than when my mom tackled making entire costumes for me 28 years ago - I will have to hunt down some of these photos for your enjoyment!

Well, here is my pile of Tutu's:

Ghosts from Halloween Past

Halloween is almost upon us...spooky ain't it. How fast time flies when your having fights over pumpkins, costumes, candy consumption and more, FUN!! I have been revisiting old photos for several days, (out of sheer insanity) no, really because I was trying to organize a mess on the backup server. Anyway, it got me remembering all the pumpkins we have carved, the costumes we've bought and the fun we've had. Each year we carve pumpkins a day or two before Halloween, someone ultimately ends up crying, or throwing a fit about something (usually mom!)
Halloween night tends to be BITTER cold and the kids end up looking like abominable snowmen instead of the Halloween characters the intended to be - but it is always fun. Grandma and Grandpa come over for Pizza and hand out candy while Todd and I get to take the girls trick or treating! That is a treat for everyone!

The first year we took Lauren trick or treating we went to the 4 closest neighbors and called it a night, the first year we took Hailey trick or treating she tried to barge into every house...Door Opens = Hailey Enters! It was cute. Anyway this year it is supposed to be like 60 degrees
Halloween night - I am pretty stoked about that!

We don't have pumpkins yet, think I better do that tomorrow! Probably carving Thursday night this year (the day Lauren gets her retainer - not such a treat!)

In the meantime I thought you might enjoy some pictures from years past. Can you guess who is who?