February Photo A Day #6

 Throwback to Halloween 1982. 

My two cute little goblins! 

See you tomorrow!

February Photo A Day #5

 This is our only remaining cat Max.

This picture was actually taken last summer. We just got home from the grocery store and this was the bag that had the cat food in it! Note his shaved back. He doesn't groom himself very well anymore so we have to occasionally shave the fur knots off of his back!

See you tomorrow! 

February Photo A Day #4

Concerning the coffee table from yesterday's post. Rich made it for his mama almost 35 years ago. 

When she moved out of her house into her daughters' house he took it back. Good thing he signed the bottom of it, or we would not remember when he built it! 

See you tomorrow!

February Photo A Day #3

 This is my first attempt at a table runner. 

Don't look too close because it's pretty bad! I definitely used the wrong material and it was really hard to work with! 

I will keep trying though! 

See you tomorrow! 

February Photo A Day #2

On Sunday January 18th we had to take our little Coco into the vet and help her cross the rainbow bridge. 

She was 19 and such a good kitty. We will miss her! Max the cat misses her and for the first time in his life he is an only cat. 

See you tomorrow. 

February Photo A Day #1

Well, it's time for my 6th annual February Photo a Day posts! I can hardly believe this is my 6th year doing this! 

Normally I just do random photos that I find interesting or of something that I did or someone that I know. 

This year I am going to put a lot of throwback pictures in there, too! 

So, what better way to start this than with a picture of me!

Taken in 1958 when I was a year old. My mom dressed me in a lot of frilly dresses.

See you tomorrow! 

Money for Maxwell

 OK I lied. I have to do one more post before I start my February Photo a Day posts so I can tell you about what I did for Maxwells birthday. 

Since his birthday is so close to Christmas (ugh! I sympathize with everyone with a January birthday!) and he got a bunch of gifts already I figured he didn't need any more stuff! 

And when I asked him what he wanted for his birthday he couldn't think of a thing. Well, what 9-year-old boy doesn't want money? So that's what we decided to give him. 

But I couldn't just stick some money in a card! That's no fun!

I went to the dollar store and bought a box of tissue and to the bank and withdrew $50 in one-dollar bills. 

Then I taped the bills together end to end.

I rolled them all on a toilet paper roll. 

I opened the side of the tissue box, took out the tissue and put the rolled-up dollar bills in there. I taped the first bill to the top of the box where you open it. Of course I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the box before I glued it shut but you get it, right? The idea was when he opens the top of the tissue box, he can just keep pulling a long line of bills out! 

Then I wrapped it up and prayed it would work like I wanted it to! 

It worked perfectly! He just kept pulling and pulling dollar bills out and everyone loved it! 

This is a snap from a video I took. 

I would say it was a success and now he can buy whatever he wants! I also was instructed by Levi to do the same thing for him for his birthday in September! 

So Happy Birthday to our sweet 9-year-old! 

I'll be back February 1st!