Over the Weekend

This weekend was FULL of stuff to do. Fun stuff mind you. I took LOTS of pictures and edited a few of them. Here are my favorites from this weekend.

 Stratton and I went 3 days in a row! Friday when we went there was nobody there yet.

 We won 2 fish on Friday.

 Stratton was SO excited that he won.

 I love old Merry Go Rounds. This one is so neat with all the vintage colors.

 Stratton also loved the car ride. We wound up riding on this 4 times that day.

 He is seriously the cutest!

 

 Derek, Stratton and I went back on Saturday with our friend Todd.

 Stratton loved giving people high 5's while he was riding.

 

 

 He kept saying he wanted to ride on the motorcycle and would get so excited about riding the ride that he would forget to get on the motorcycle. So finally I took him in myself and sat him on the motorcycle so he could finally ride it. He was making everyone laugh SO hard while he was riding it. He was making car noises and crouching down really low like he was going really fast. Everyone loved it.

After we got done with Homecommers we came home and Stratton crashed on the couch at 7:30. I couldn't believe he fell asleep so early. I was not about to complain about it though.

 Groucho has been hiding under our kitchen table when Stratton gets rowdy. He also barks at the birds from under there too. I wish I could get a video of him barking but I can never get my camera out in time.

 Sunday we visited my mom at the park for lunch. She had to work so my dad, Stratton, and I took her chicken and friend okra. My favorite!

 Stratton hid under the desks and watched the birds outside.

 My dad was his usual self. (I love him.)

 Stratton has been obsessed with owls lately. He pointed to every single owl on the poster and made sure we knew it was an owl.

 He also found a music maker that was fun to play around with.

 Him and my mom played on it for quite a while.

 We also found a frog at the end of the day.

Overall we had SO much fun going to Homecommers and hanging out with some great friends. Our running joke of the weekend is that people here in Southeast Missouri put "the" in front of everything. i.e. THE Wal-Mart, The Homecommers, The Dollar General, etc...

31 Days to Clean

Hey everyone! I know I've been slacking with the 31 Days to Clean on here and keeping you all posted BUT I was going to let you all know that 

31 Days to Clean - Having a Martha House the Mary Way 

is giving you 50% off the eBook this week when you use the code: BLOOM

Hope some of you can use this. I know a few of you were wanting the book. 

Happy Friday!

Friday Confessions

I confess I can't wait to see all the great comments from all my readers.

I confess I am so thankful my hair is back to a normal color.

I confess I went to Homecommers last night only for the taffy.

I confess I mowed tried mowing the lawn last night on the riding lawnmower and quit halfway through because Derek said I was doing it wrong.

I confess I would mow our lawn with a push mower any day over having to use the riding lawnmower.

I confess I gave an old man the finger the other day while driving. He deserved it.

I confess I have already been looking into getting another Sphynx cat when we have a lot more money. (Which is going to be a long while from now)

I confess I love Kat Von D even after all the bad decisions she makes.

I confess I will probably have a new background and theme to my blog in like a month. :)

Reminder

Make sure if you vote you leave a comment as well. I can't pick a winner if I don't have any names. :)

Please Take A Min

If you could please take a min and answer the short poll I made on the right about the new blog layout and name that would be wonderful. Also, for those who vote and leave a comment as to what / how I can change my blog to make it better I will give away a FREE blog layout to the lucky winner.

The blog layout will include:

New header image of Choice.
New Side Labels of Choice
and
Background of Choice

Can't wait for all the helpful hints and bits of constructive criticism!

Voting ends NEXT FRIDAY @ 8:00am CST and a winner will be chosen randomly at Noon that same day.

Update

Just so everyone can rest easy...my hair has been fixed.
Check it out!

It's not black anymore!!! YAY!

I Finally Decided...

I've had the same name on my blog for 3 years now and it's time for a little change.

 So...

We are now

Glitter & Ink

If I get tired of it I might change it again. Who knows. That's the great thing about blogging. It's all about me and if I want to change it, then I can. Hope everyone is having an amazing day!

More Pictures!

I have been hoarding SO many pictures on my computer that I have reached full capacity on it so...I'm posting them on here and DELETING them off of my computer. Here are some that I had on my phone.

On my way out to work I drive by this adorable little thing in the morning. 

 Isn't he the sweetest?! I'm not sure if it's a he or a she but I'm just going to say it's a he for now.

 I love his little mohawk!

 This bird kept acting like he was eating my phone. It was kind of creepy. He kept getting really close to me.

 This friends is a Zedonk! It's half zebra and half donkey. Isn't he so cool looking?!

 Bye baby zebra!

 Groucho is so spoiled.

 It's kinda hot outside. Couldn't tell by the temp though.

 We went to Bob Evan's a few weekends ago and Stratton loved all the fruit they had.  I love how he will eat fruits and veggies over candy. He must not be my kid.

 Stratton has been having a hard time sleeping in his own bed lately but one night when my sister came over he completely crashed on the couch. He has been playing SO hard lately. I love when he falls asleep on me. :)

 Stratton has learned how to take pictures on my phone now too. This is one of his self portrait sessions.

 
I'm not sure if Stratton is afraid of the dark or not but my friend Leslie has been letting us barrow a lighted turtle. It shines blue, green, or orange stars on the ceiling. One night while we were laying in bed he wanted to play with the turtle and shine it in my and Derek's face and on his belly too. I wish these pictures would have turned out better but here are a few. You can click on them to make them bigger.

 It's kind of hard to tell but that is Stratton laying with the turtle shining down on him.

 This one is Stratton's face with the stars shining on him.

 We have been playing Bingo at work lately and this is how close I came to winning. The only number I needed was B6. Maybe next time.

 

 While Derek was in Nashville, Stratton and I went to Le Bounce for him to get rid of all the energy he has been storing up. I hate that it's been so hot because it's even to hot to swim. We went to Le Bounce instead and he had a BLAST!

 I have been in dire need of a pedi lately. This is how bad my toes were yesterday. I chipped the paint off of my middle toe and instead of taking all of my polish off (I was in a hurry) I just painted over the bare toenail with a different color. It was horrible.

 This monster was in the parking lot at work yesterday. I have never seen a hornet this big.

 

 That's my thumb that I'm holding up next to it. The stinger on it was HUGE. I would hate to get stung by that thing.

  My Grandma Marge took us to McAlisters the other night to go eat and they had a kids night. They had a little area where you could walk the plank. This is Stratton's attempt at walking the plank.

 We also made an Ocean in a Bottle.

 They had little fish and turtles you could put in the water.

 They also had some seashells you could put it in too.

 Stratton was loving getting to put all the stuff in the water.

 After we made the bottle they had a treasure chest where you could throw gold coins into it and get a prize. Stratton threw his coins and then picked up the mess that all the other kids had made. Haha. I just love him to pieces.