He's Home...

(Gabe and his fiancee, Anna)


...and we're all very glad he is back! :D

Eight Legged Ugliness

I found this picture while perusing the September photo files in my computer and just had to share it...

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That day, Tabby and I were picking tomatoes in the garden and she found it rudely sitting in her container. After she had put several tomatoes in it. You should've heard her scream! Actually it's a good thing you didn't; it was very loud!

Does anyone know what kind of spider this is? I think it's some harmless sort of barn-spider but could be wrong.

Etsy Shop Link

For those of you that would like to see my shop, here you are! http://www.etsy.com/shop/joygurl

Random Samples of My Life

It's hard to believe that we're already into the month of November! October fairly FLEW past! Lots of events happened last month... one of which I wouldn't have wished for in the whole entire world!
On the fateful day of October 16th 2009, Archie, my dear, smart, loving, raised from a puppy, awesomest dog ever, disappeared!!! We have no idea what happened. He just vanished. :'(
Now, I think that it is really dumb when people who make a huge deal when their little, bratty, yapping dog died or got lost, as if it was a human being. But my dog is NONE of the above sentence. He is incredibly smart, was good with little kids, knew many tricks (he taught us most of them), very obedient (under most circumstances) and even had an uncanny sense of reading your emotions-- if you were sad, he would sit near you, offering his comfort; if you were happy, he would be beside himself with joy. Life is not the same with out him. I miss him terribly! I'm still holding on to a hope that he will come back, although he has been gone over 2 weeks without anyone seeing a sign of him. :'(

But I will move on before I make you (or myself) start crying. :P :/

In other news... I have set up an Etsy account! I've been looking for ways to make a little money and I'm hoping that I will be successful! :) Wish me luck!

As I was posting an ad on Etsy for a baby afghan I had made, I realized that the blanket was TWO toned!!! Waaaaaaa. But, I decided to go ahead and post it but just price it lower than I was intending.

...it looks very nice here ^^...

Because it is only noticeable on pictures. That's how I found out, while I was editing a pic-- I honestly couldn't tell in person.

...but, if you will notice, the top half is a darker shade than the bottom...ugh

On to the next subject... My (not so little) little brother shot himself an 8 point buck last week. His first deer, as well his first one to get with a bow. He was very happy to say the least! He's still talking about it a whole week later! I was kinda bummed though, I was planning on getting a deer before he did, but he beat me to it. Oh well, I'll just have to get a bigger one. :)

Note: the following picture may not be for the sensitive stomach or the tender hearted person who hates to see a dead animal... my apologies. Proceed at your own risk.

Okay so maybe it's not TOO horrible looking. Though I assure you, it's the best looking pic out of the dozen or so taken of the ill fated buck.

On a happier note, we have a new puppy. A wiggly, joyful, little blur of energy called LeBeau (as of this moment, some family members are threatening to change it). He is named after the little French man on Hogan's Heroes. Mom, Levi, and Tabby found him and his 2 brothers while they were visiting a friend's thrift store in our home town.

They only took LeBeau (amazingly) and when I saw his cute little self, I couldn't help but fall in love. When you hold him, he's adorably cuddly, but the second you put him down, he's bouncing around as fast as his short feet can carry him, with his tail a blur of motion. :)

So there you have it... my life of late... sortof. I might be missing out somethings but I don't have time enough to tell you as I have a whole stack of supper dishes to load into the dishwasher... and, we are going to watch Little Women later on!!! :) Toodloo!

Mall of America Trip

Like I said before, last Wed. we went up north to the Z's house because plans were to have a get-together at their house with a bunch of people and have supper, a celebration for Lucy Z. and her fiance, Matt (they were engaged on Labor Day), a bible study, and a bonfire --with lots of volleyball in between!! ;) -- and then the next morning we would go to the MOA.

That evening was a lot of fun. Quite a few people brought instruments and we jammed around the fire for a while. Then, as midnight wound around, people began dispersing to their homes and others finding their beds.

Most of us that were crazy enough to still be up (we had to get up in 6 hours!) stayed outside talking. Actually, it was mostly us listening to Sid tell us about how much he loves people. lol.

But anyways, after that we all trooped off to bed. Us girls were staying up at the cabin set back in the woods a little ways. Kaylene, Kelsey, and I were sitting on the bed talking and what not, when suddenly we heard this crunching/rattling noise at one of the doors; the one that isn't used very much.

Kaylene exclaimed, "THERE'S A HUMAN OUT THERE!!! Quick! Lock the other door!"

Kelsey flew off the bed, locked the door and then plopped right down in front of it with this terrified look on her face. We all held our breath, waiting for something to happen. When it didn't, we started giggling and laughing at our reactions. All the rest of that night and the next day we kept saying "THERE'S A HUMAN OUT THERE!" :D We're not sure what made that noise, first we thought it was one of the guys playing a trick on us, then maybe it was a bear, but then we agreed was that it was probably a falling branch right outside the door. haha! :) We're such girls. ;)

Anyways, the next day we had a BLAST at the Mall! We went on the rides SO many times that I got dizzy and nauseous at the end. But it was lots of fun anyways. :)


Kaylene and I went looking for Areopostale but they were moving to a different floor and both the old and new stores were closed off so we gave up. We kept an eye out for Hollister too but never found that one either. :P But then, right before we left, Levi came over and showed us all the things he got at Areo! He wouldn't tell us where it was because it was "too hard to find". Ugh. Sorry Deborah! AE. was all we could find. lol! :P

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