Busy!

I just realized I hadn't posted in a couple of weeks.  But I have a good excuse.  A lot of good excuses.  Really!!!

First of all, I had a house full of family.

It came together at the last minute. It was great, I don't often get all my siblings in the same place and it was great.  We celebrated my mom's 69th birthday.

I did do a Pinterest craft.  This is from a website where you can make your own word clouds.  I made mom a heart with all her kids and grandkids in it.  My sister did the matting.  It came out awesome.

Then we gave Mom a charm for her Pandora bracelet.

It was a cruise ship charm.

I could tell by the look on her face that she was confused.  All the charms we have bought her in the past had some significance to her.  I got her a rose bouquet charm that reminded me of the flowers my dad got her on their anniversary.

She was all ready to formulate her polite, "oh that's pretty" response to this confusing gift.

I asked her if she knew what the charm was.

"A boat?"

It's a cruise ship.  Your children are taking you on a cruise."

The look on her face was priceless.  We'd been planning this for a year and I was dying waiting to tell her.  I was so afraid someone would slip and she would find out.  I'm super excited about the trip!

Then last weekend I had plans Friday night and Saturday night.

Last Friday was Craft Night.

It is not the rumored "Ladies' Wine Night." We actually do crafts.  However, I cannot talk about anymore.

What happens at Craft Night stays at Craft Night.

On Saturday night we went to see "The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County".

It is a musical collaboration by Stephen King, John (I will always add Cougar) Mellencamp and T-Bone Burnett.  It was Southern Gothic fun at its best.  The music was great and I loved the "Shape".  It was a great night out with my sister and her husband.

So with all this activity and work, I haven't done a lot of Pinterest stuff.  I did attack laundry mountain and now have clothes hanging in my closet and in my drawers.  But that isn't exciting or blogworthy.  I will be working on a new project.  I bought a pile of frames, printer cartridges and photo paper.  I am imagining a new wall in my dining room.

Then I need to create some art work for our bedroom and am thinking of turning an old door into a headboard.  It never ends!