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The Fabulous Friday Four

Welcome to this weeks Fabulous Friday Four. 

 I  am introducing you to Four Fabulous blogs

 that I love to follow.

(Note: These are not in any order)

1. Homestead Revival  ~  Simply Home, Family & Faith

Here you will find everything about returning to the basics and living closer to the land. 
If you want to just jar those extra tomatoes or go all out and raise and process your own chickens, this blog either has the information or a link to help you.
She also hosts an awsome linky  'Barn Hop'.    
There you can connect with other blogs in the homesteading community. 

 2. Stephanie at Cre8tive Designs ~ Design & Decorate
 
Stephanie has a passion for design and decorating. 
Her 'About Me' is an amazing read.
It highlights  her journey into design.
 Not only does she decorate, she shows you 'how to' with her section on tutorials.
She not only is passionate about houses, if you are planning a wedding or shower, take a  look on her side bar where she also has many DIY's on the subject.

3. Wendy at Relatively Unique  ~ 

A Nurse, Chef & Their Journey

Wendy's blog is what blogging started out to be, a journal of life, shared with others.
You just want to drop in a have a glass of tea with Wendy, as you walk around her family's beautiful yard.
She shares her adventures of her three children, delicious recipes,
and her and her husbands garden and home projects.
Go visit and and tell her hello for me.

4. Rosie at Sweetapolita ~  Whipping Up A Sweet Life

PRETTY PRETTY  PRETTY.... I remember the first time that I pulled up her blog...I wanted to jump in the screen. The colors and photos WOW you. 
 (Rosie is a self taught Food Photographer)
But after you get over that... get your apron and cake flour out.
Rosie's enthusiasm will inspire you to bake a cake for dinner tonight.
I can promise you that there will be more than one you will want to 'WHIP' up to make your life sweet.
On her blog make sure you visit the ' Cake and Confections' page.  Its like stepping into a bakery.

Hope you have enjoyed reading about a few of our blogland neighbors...

Check them out,

 maybe leave them a comment that I sent you by to visit.

THIS EYE CANDY WON"T LAST LONG

I very seldom receive anything in the mail.

 My daughter is on that coupon and freebie kick so she runs to the mailbox...

Somebody...Anybody...Pinch me Please!

Could it ?   Could this package be for me?

Yup!  That big envelope on the foyer buffet is for me!

Pinch me again!

I just received this kaleidoscope of colorful fabric from a wonderful new twitter/blog friend. 

It is all fabulous fabric from 

 SiS Boom .

THANK YOU FRIEND...isn't it funny how our Blog friends know just when we need a pick me up?

Let me show you my new  Candy Jar

 Seriously, on Fri. I bought the jar from William Sonoma on the clearance table for 15.00. 

 I had no idea what I was gonna use it for!

I can certainly tell you this 'Candy' will not last long!

I have a couple of no calorie recipes  for all this 'Candy'

Join me here tomorrow for The Fabulous Four...

I will be reviewing four more great blogs

 for you to checkout!

Linked to   WOW WEDNESDAY

What I'm Not In A Group? The Faboulous Friday Four

I have been out visiting with some blog and twitter friends. 
I love to sew, cook, crochet, take pictures, talk about my kids, read inspiring words, fix up my house.
 Ok thats just wearing me out thinking about all the stuff I love to do.

 I have come to realize that I really do not FIT in with any one type of group! 
 Sad I know.   
Guess I could put a positive spin on it...
I am diverse, right?
When you come to my blog you never know what you will find.

I wanted to share with you some blogs that are in different catagories,
but they each share one thing in common...wonderful blogs.
 
Wow there are alot of great ones out there. 
 I was only able to share four this Friday with you.

     I LOVE them all.

(Note: These are not in any order)

1.  Three Mango Seeds  
She has an awesome furniture update that she did for her daughter's room. LOVIN the color.


 2. Jennifer Sis Boom
  You have never seen  fabric yoyo's used like this before!
 I promise you are going to be inspired to make a yo yo or two. 
Even if you don't craft or sew, her fabric and patterns will brighten your day and give you insight into what colors are HOT right now.


3.Theresa @ Blooming on Bainbridge   
 I have been reading this blog since day one! 
First I had the pleasure of getting to visit Bainbridge, WA.,  so the name caught me.
 But any girl that can wear bright pink lipstick, I just knew she had to be originally from the south.
 Of course I had to support a southern girl way up north.   And now she is into sewing.. she made the sweetest little zippered bag this week... she shares her how to and who inspired her. Gotta love that!


4. Tanya @ Sunday Baker    
YUM ... she has a Chocolate Zucchini Cake posted right now that will make you think of Zucchini  in a whole new way.
If her recipes don't getcha...her story will!
  You HAVE to read her story...take my word for it!




Please go over checkout these ladies blogs,
 maybe even follow them on twitter....
You know you can never have to many friends...

SHOO MR. WHOO

Thought I would share  a few pictures that I captured in my backyard this morning...I actually thought he would have flown away by the time I made it back out with the camera, not to mention Max was on the porch

barking his head off.

I must tell you owls freak me out!

 But,  you know me I had to get the camera.

 He was so beautiful and at peace. 

 Almost like he was patiently waiting for his photo op.

 Did I mention that owls really freak me out!

 I even talked to him,  still he did not fly away.

Yes, by this picture I am really freaking out!

Freaking out because, that is what they do to me, 

 I am not scared of them, they just give me the creeps!

AND,

 freaking out because he was not going anywhere...just watching me and can I tell you I was right next to him talking the whole time and clicking the camera...

Guess  he was cleaning his claws to swoop down on

 Max who would not stop barking. 

Ok...still freaking out!

I came on in the house to leave him to his peaceful morning,

 while I in turn, get ready to head over to the dentist,

 no peace in that!

 

Doggone Cute DIY

I updated the stair rail from wooden spindles to wrought iron.

 There was nothing wrong with them.

 I actually gave them away and they were given back.

 So they sat and sat in the garage.  

That is until I ran across this little picture that gave me inspiration.

How stinkin cute is that....a dog bed and a use for my stair spindles.  YEAH

I photographed the information in case you are interested in looking for the exact directions to make theirs.

Of course, I did not follow their instructions, I kinda did my own thing.

The neighbors thought I was making a table...which would be a great idea...

Dang...bought the wrong size screws...back to Lowes

This bed is put together with screws, few nails,

 wood glue and these corner brackets. 

(Making sure it can hold up during a hurricane,

 because the dog only weighs 17 pounds)

 I had purchased the cutest little bun feet,

 but saw these laying in the grass. These are the tops of the spindle.

WA LA budget friendly feet for  FREE 

Since the spindles were stained, I went ahead and stained the rest of the bed to match.  Then Camo Man applied two coats of sealer to help it resist scratches.

I am not finished yet, I have to make the cover to fit the insert that was 22X22.

I put it in the corner of my bedroom.

Look at the face he gave me, don't believe he wants it in the corner.

His other bed was in front of the window...

guess that's where I better put it.

He's happy now... and so am I 

I get to go shopping today for some cool fabric to make his cover.

Be sure to go over to my friends at Skip To My Lou and see all the projects on

Made By You Monday and if you want to see even more great projects checkout this linky THE DIY SHOW OFF

When In Doubt... Check It Out

Look at this sweet little crab...  yeah, I know he is missing a claw. 

 But did you know he is smarter than most of us? 

He was looking for a shady spot after some little kid dug him up.

 He knows to not get in the sun and only comes out to play at night!

Thought I had it right, go out late in the evening.

Wear all the  protection you can from that big orange ball in the sky,

sunscreen, glasses, hat...you get the picture.

Yesterday, I had a visit with my dermatologist.  

Even with all the precautions,

I still had to have not one, but TWO large biopsies taken....

OOOOCH very painful! 

I had a spot on my arm that I thought was a bug bite that would not go away...well it would get better and then next thing I knew there it was again, 

I finally went to the doctor.

She then wanted to look at the rest of my torso...

could not understand why, but agreed

 One mole that I have had for so many years  under my arm
(has never seen the sun)...now GONE! 

She totally caught me by surprise when she saw it and insisted it had to go!

Now the wait for the lab report....hate that part.

Waiting is worse than the actual removal.

For those of you that read my sisters blog,  she has been well fussed at for getting that sun burn at the beach!

DID YOU KNOW...

~ One in Five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of their lifetime.
~ One person an hour dies from the skin cancer Melanoma.   WOW that is scary.

~   I have a link straight to more information on skin cancer and prevention,

 American Cancer Society

My new motto .... When in Doubt...Have it Checked Out.