Greyhounds

This weeks theme for Picture of the week is Grey. I am a pet sitter & while walking these 2 adorable miniature GREYhounds I decided they would be my subjects this week :)

 This is the pic I chose as my pic of the week.

 

 I considered converting it to black & white to more fit the theme grey, but I think it's interesting that their name does not match their coloring.

 Aren't they the cutest :) It looks like she is laughing!

So what are you taking pictures of this week?

Super Bowl Commercials

I shared my favorite Super Bowl commercials with you last year, because obviously the commercials are the reason to watch the Super Bowl! That is until the Cowboys make it back in :)
This year however, I was disappointed. I feel as though the advertisers lost their touch this time around, and that makes me sad. In my opinion there were no outstanding commercials. There were a few that make me smile, so those will be the ones I share with you today, and hopefully next year they will get their groove back.
Doritos - Made me smile when the goat screamed at the sight of the empty pantry.
Big Bang Theory - I just love Big Bang Theory!
Century 21 - He made everyone happy
Budlight Voodoo Dolls & Lucky Chair - I did enjoy the messing with "fans who will do whatever it takes"
NFL Network - I love this commercial because Deion Sanders is one of the Cowboys I grew up loving!
Tide - Her last line caught me off guard & made me laugh

And the deep commercial of the year in my opinion was Dodge - God made a farmer

So what did you think? Any funny commercials I missed?

Lacy Hair Flower

This week's theme for the photo challenge is Delicate. I walked into my craft room for inspiration & immediately decided on my Handmade Lacy Hair Flower. I love the delicate lace with the contrasting wooden button.

This is my most popular hair flower, each petal handcut making every flower unique. You can see more pics of this hair flower as well as my other creations in my shop.

Let me know what you think!

My Truck

I was hit a little over 2 weeks ago in my truck. The guy in the middle lane decided to turn into me instead of using the turn lane like normal people... Let me tell you, if your ins people start apologizing for your behavior & for the rest of us having to deal with you, then you have a problem.
I have had my truck for about 11 years, it is my first car & I love it.

The damage could have been alot worse, but since the bumper was pushed so close to the tire it was unsafe to drive. It sat in our driveway waiting for his ins to accept fault, then waiting on their adjuster to come out & look at the damage. They finally got all their ducks in a row & told us they were declaring it totaled. Of course they are not going to give us enough to buy a decent vehicle to replace it with, and we know my truck runs great & is very reliable. Also, I'm not ready to replace my first car! I told Hubby, you only ever have one first car! :) So Hubby started taking it apart to see what parts need to be replaced.

This is my photo this week for the challenge, theme: Bare minimum. This was the bare minimum we needed to drive to the junk yard looking for parts (thanks to Patrick's daddy for going with us!). We looked rather scary driving I would think ;)

We found out at the junk yard that front end damage is very common... if we had needed a new bed for my truck we could have had our choice, but there were no Ford Rangers out there without worse damage than I already had! So I called my old boss, my sister's current boss, because I remembered he had sent me to a parts house years ago to buy a new taillight. He gave me the name of the place (Thank you Mark!) and they had every part we needed!!!!

So we came back home and started repairs. My job was to hand tools & take pics. Of course it was more like "Give me the 9/32 socket"... "what does it look like?" ... :)

Yikes! That's how much he took off to replace!

Me and my new fender :)

He had to take the rubber guards & the metal brackets off the old bumper and put them on the new bumper, which proved to be quite an ordeal. The right side metal bracket was bent out of shape from the accident. He put a lot of elbow grease into it, and got it straightened out. He's the best!

New bumper :)

It's all coming together!

It's perfect! Hubby saved my truck's life! We will be taking the Ranger decal off the old fender & gluing it to this fender :)

I have the best Hubby in the whole world!

Sal's is Open!

After remodeling from the fire, today Sal's opened for business! We were very excited to go and eat wonderful pizza!

Wonderful HUGE pizza :) Hubby and I went with my mommy, his mommy & his daddy. This pic is of our Xtra Large Sal's Special (18" Supreme Pizza) and our Xtra Large White Pizza (mozzarella  & ricotta pizza).

Welcome back Sal's! We are very happy to see your open doors again :)

Week 3 Pic

This week I decided to do my pic early so I wouldn't forget :) The theme is Mini

I used to collect mini tea sets, and this is one I still have. The table was given to me along with a different tea set. I think it is adorable!
So far this year we have have done Celebration and Resolve.
I am enjoying thinking through the different themes to come up with a pic I am happy with. If you would like to join our challenge we welcome everyone!

2nd Week Photo Challenge

I almost forgot to take this weeks photo! Thankfully Hubby remembered :) We are having fun playing games with my sister & adopted parents, so I took a pic of Lily, the parents puppy "resolving to keep the carpet clean" since this weeks theme was resolve.
I am having fun with this challenge, even when I take my pics at the last moment :)