Five on Friday...A mix of fun stuff!

I'm connecting with Amy at Love Made My Home for Five on Friday.

I spent quite a bit of time at home this week. 

ONE

I did get some new 'Manager special' flowers this week at the grocery!  My Shug thought they were gorgeous, and they are.  They are very rich looking.  But....

they aren't my colors.  If you get Manager's special flowers, you can't be too picky. 

Now these are my colors.  Pinks

 

and blues!  And they smell wonderful!

TWO

I got my hairs cut!

(I know plural is hair, without the 's',  but you know how your friends/family sometimes have your own special language.  My sister and I say hairs!)

Long...

Proof!  For those of you who always say, "I can't tell you got it cut." and I always say, "she took of several inches!"  This time she took off about six inches!  I wanted my hair even with my bangs.   And...well....I was playing around on Pinterest....and found something I liked.

After

Trying to show the back and apparently I didn't get a very good picture of it.  But it's all the same length, with a tiny bit of a special cut on the bottom.  Not really layering.  Just funky scissors making a funky cut.  Anyway, I love it because it is actually a bit of a style, and it's fast to wash and dry.

THREE

My friend makes soaps, shaving creams...all kinds of skin care products, and I bought some heart soap off of her for Valentine's day.

Here's a link

https://kissofhoneypurenature.com/

 And I made this heart by following a pattern on My Rose Valley's blog, only I added random triple crochets (US) all the way around, when I was finished with Rose Valley's pattern, to make it big enough for a dish/wash cloth.  Does that make it MY pattern? 

kidding

 

And this was a fun little gift for crochet group ladies, who give gifts for every. single. occasion!  But they are always fun little useful gifts!  And it's fun!

And while we're talking about crochet group,  I thought I'd show you what we are up to.  This is Cheryl's blanket.  It's getting BIG!

Debbie started a pillow.

I was working on my beach bag.

 And Kay is making a vest!

And Susie, who is in my Purdue "Quitters" group, always pops in to say Hi to the crochet group.  She has an exercise class next door at the same time that we meet.  Well, I knew I wasn't going to be around to see her on her birthday, so I gave her a gift early.  Happy Birthday Susie!  Enjoy your tea.

FOUR

My Dixie Doodle dog hardly ever barks.  So last night, when he started going crazy, barking and shaking...I looked out to see what he was barking at! 

See these two...they were trying to decide if it was safe to come on up, with all the barking going on. 

They must have felt pretty safe because they hung around for about an hour.

 I kept watching and there ended up being five in total, but I could never get a picture of them all together.  And keep in mind this was looking through windows.

They went to the side yard and it was hard to get any good pictures out our bedroom window, with screens, so I decided to very, very quietly sneak out of the basement door.  The plan was to walk up to the retaining wall and get some close up pictures! 

shhhhhhh.....

Busted! 

 I edited this picture so you could see him, I did not get this close!  They have super-sonic hearing because I was really, really quiet!

Aren't they SO CUTE?

FIVE

 

I've been in a crafty mood this week, but I haven't had time for anything big.  So last night when I stumbled on a Daphne's Diary podcast (is that what they're called) on my computer, I had to dig out my old issues and play around a bit while I was downloading pictures to my computer.

I've been making these birds for a couple of months now.

See the bird cut out punch, and the bird cut outs? 

I take junk mail and use the bird punch on it.  I didn't know what I was going to do with them, but I knew I liked them.  After watching the podcasts, there are all kinds of fun things I can do with them.  Here's a little sample.....

Junk mail.

Birds!

Cute Daphne's Diary planner....

Cuter!

And this isn't something that takes hours.  I keep the punch on the desk by the mail slot.

One of my favorite mags.  It's expensive but only comes out every other month.

Bonus picture!  Too cute not to show...

Quick nap before going to work.

Dixie looks uncomfortable but he kept putting his head on his arm like that and fell asleep.

Too cute!

Have a great weekend everyone!
And don't forget to go to Amy's blog to check out other bloggers joining in for Five on Friday!

Peace,
Cindy