Snow Globages

 So, I opened the "dreaded" box. 

 This box was just a tub full of Christmas stuff.  

But sometimes, when you live in one room, and you store stuff in other areas of the house, and the other part of the house is c...c..c.cold.  Stuff happens.

And in this one box were some very special things.  

One was this tree...It's a hand blown glass tree that I bought years ago when Mom, the boys I watched, and I went to the Opalescent glass shop.  At the time it was not far from where My Shug and I lived.  I believe we walked there.  This tree is an oil lamp.  I'm happy to report, it was fine.

But these....which are very special to me, well, I was opening them last year and I opened a box...busted....another one...cracked...another one, the figure was floating around in la la snow globage land.  I closed the box up and put it up and I just opened it on Saturday.  A year later. 

 

 These little globages were from JC Penney's, on Black Friday, when my sister and I would get up early and go shopping.  We'd be at Penney's whenever they opened and get our globage (that's what we called it).  We'd get a coupon from another store, and go eat breakfast.  We were actually just there for the social.  When they started opening on Thanksgiving, we quit going.  It just wasn't as fun.  

So, the globages...well several were broken.  I found this one at Goodwill, but as luck would have it, my 2005 wasn't in bad shape.  My Cousin Vickie gave me a couple last year, and one of hers replaced one of my bad ones. I made a list of the bad ones.  I replace them a little at a time if I can.  If I can't, I have a plan.

   This globage wasn't really special, but you can see how the figurine

 just shakes all over the place with the snow.

 

It's like Santa's in a blizzard getting blown all over the place.

 

  So here is what I did.....I'm trying to have a good attitude about it all....I put it in a plastic bag...

 I took it outside and busted it on a rock and took the figurine out.  Trashed the rest.

 Viola'!

OK, but look at these two pics....below.

Kind of creepy huh????  All I did was turn on the tea light i put inside it, and take another picture.  (I'm serious)It looks like he is watching....which is why....

He knows when you are sleeping...

He knows when you're awake....

He knows when you've been bad or good....

so be good for goodness sake!

 Hey, I was told I'm getting behind on the advent calendar!  I know....I am behind...busy again..
Here are the last couple of days.  Ghirardelli chocolate on the 14th!

 

 And wine yesterday.

 Peace,
Cindy Bee

Bursting Soda Mode

 So yesterday morning I got up and decided to do some stitching on my wreath that I bought at Ornament Extravaganza.  I really had to get the house cleaned up so we can decorate, and live (it was awful after being gone all weekend) but I decided to stitch.  And besides, my friend told me not to move Dixie!

 Finally, after getting motivated, I started putting stuff away.  All of my crafty stuff (I have a lot) is stored in a room in the COLD part of the house.  Which is the entire house, except the room we live in.  I sometimes use the rest of the house for items that need refrigeration when my fridge is full. 

Visualize piles on the table if you can.

So, I picked up a basket of ornaments and when I did, my finger caught on this green basket (in the box in the picture below) which was in a box of stuff I got at an auction the other night.  The green basket crashed to the cement floor and shattered in a million pieces.  Two pieces which stuck into the side of a two liter bottle of carbonated soda that my Shug put beside the fridge rather than in the fridge.  They didn't actually stick in the soda, they just hit the soda, put two pinhole size holes in the side of it, and it started squirting out across the room.  Luckily, I had shoes on.  I ran through the glass, grabbed the soda and put it in the sink.  I thought if I opened it, it would stop squirting through the holes.  Nope.  That would have been too easy. The soda starting shooting through the top like a geyser!  I then changed my plans for the afternoon, stayed home and cleaned all afternoon. 

And I don't even like soda.  I might drink one every now and then, but it's rare.  I'm a coffee, tea, and hot chocolate kind of gal.

 

Yes, I know the picture is upside down.  You fix it!

See these packets.  They do not puncture or squirt or shoot in the air.  They are calming.

So that evening, I had what I am now calling my

"meltdown relief" drink.

and I stitched some more on my wreath.  This was after cleaning the entire room up, and cooking dinner.  Ok...dinner was a frozen pizza for him and popcorn for me.

Yesterday was the second meltdown I've had in two weeks!  WTH?  I'm about to have another one as I see a truck, a BIG truck pulling in our driveway and I'm in my pj's.  Double WTH?  

Think he saw me?

 

 I hid in the bathroom!  Call first peeps.  I have no idea who that was! And guess who forgot his phone today.  My Shug.  So I couldn't call him to see if we were expecting someone.

So anyway, what the heck is it with these meltdowns?  Oh well...it's not all bad because when I get in "that mode," we'll call it the "bursting soda mode" I start pitching!
 As a result, I have a box of stuff going to the goodwill, I threw out two bags of "trash," and I still haven't opened the dreaded box.  (the box from last year where all the ornaments busted)
And I got my wreath finished.  It's nice starting and finishing a project in two days.  And still getting other stuff done.

 So, last evening I started a fire in the fireplace (teehee) and hung the wreath.

While heaving/pitching/placing stuff in the cold part of the house (sometimes I heave to release energy) I found this gingerman that I made last year during all of the Wool Scrap Saturday events.  I put him by the Oxford Rug Punch tree I made this year.  My decorations this year are coming on slowly.

 We are supposed to put the tree up tonight.  I have to move stuff around to make room for the tree, so I need to go.  But first.....got these at the auction the other night too.  My Shug bid on them, for me.  $2.00 each.  I love them.

and this was in my Advent calendar today.  I'm going to try to wear it under my bee suit this summer!

Cindy Bee

Ornament Extravaganza weekend, Day 6, 7, 8

Good Monday morning!  I have got to tell you what happened to me at the Goodwill store.  It was Friday evening, dark, and raining cats and dogs. I decided after attending my friend's Mother's viewing I would go to Goodwill on the way home and cheer up.  I was in the "plastics" aisle, and I saw some melamine peeking out of the junk.  I started rooting around.  I had been wanting a blue melmac cup and plate ever since I saw

 this cute little crafty cup and tree at Horton's in Tipton a couple of years ago.

 

I bought the gingerbread cutter last year just in case I ever found the dishes. 
WELL....they were in my cart and some guy comes up to me and says, "Are those melmac?" 
I said, "Well, it says Melamine on the back.  Is that the same thing?" 
"No" he says. 
Then he says, "Does it say made in China?"
 I said, "No, it says Made in Illinois." 
He says, "People really like those, they are popular right now." 
I said, "Well I like them too, but I'm trying to decide if I really need them or not."   (they match Coral Belle!)
Then as I walked around I noticed he was hanging around....kind of stalking me.  I'd be at the end of an aisle and there he'd be!  Odd, I thought.
 I went to the check out and he had two heaping full carts waiting up front.  When I checked out, he got in the aisle beside me, and was leaning over looking in my cart!  WTH peeps!  So, I checked out and I called a friend and talked to her about the dishes.  I had decided I would only buy the four cups and plates, and put the rest back.  But they were still in my cart.  I told the sales lady I would put them back.   Well, my friend reminded me they would be half price the next day.  So I hid them! 
Then my friend told me I had better be careful in case the "stalker" was in the parking lot.  I said No, he wouldn't be there.  I hid the dishes and walked out to my car and I was still on the phone with my friend and he was parked somewhat close to me and got out of his car and yelled, "Did you buy those melmac dishes!"  Weird I thought!  I said, "yeah, some of them" and he got in his van and left.

Saturday morning I set up my booth at Ornament Extravaganz at 8:30, and took off with my cousin Vickie.  OE didn't start until 10:00.  We went to the Goodwill, grabbed the dishes!  They were right where I left them....in a basket...pushed behind a bunch of other baskets....on the bottom shelf....in the back!!!!  LOL!   Then we went to Patti Beck's open house.  My Shug told me I could buy something for me, from him for Christmas.  I know, not romantic but I get something I wouldn't buy myself. Well,  I probably would have bought this blondie for myself....

  but not one of these.  But he did!This picture does not do them justice and he has already hidden the one I bought from him for me.  They are not all exactly alike, being made by an artist.

 Here are some from years past.

And some other fun stuff.

 This life size santa is in front of her house.  She makes one every year to match the "santa of the year." 

 Then we hurried back and I spent the day at the Art Gallery for Ornament Extravaganza.
Here are some pictures from the Ornament Extravaganza weekend.
Good friends in this picture. Leslie on the left, Rebecca behind me and Debbie on the right.

 My Shug drilled the holes in my beeswax ornaments.  I was afraid I'd ruin them!

 They are made out of wax my bees drew out on the frames.  They were cappings and I had to melt them down and clean them out, then melt them again and put them in the molds.  I think they turned out pretty good.  If you are interested in them they are $5.00 for the larger ones and $3.00 for the candy canes and stars.

 More ornaments.  The lady behind me was selling kits to make these and they were very cute.  They would be great for a kid craft.

 More ornament kits....

 and ornaments that were for sale.

 The Granny Bee makes a different Santa each year

 and Linda R. was felting this Santa and tree. Very cute stuff ladies.  And so much talent.

 I bought one of these kits (below) only I decided to but small red beads on it for the holly berries.  I'll show you when I'm finished making it.  I have a tree I put up with all hand made ornaments on it.

  

Deb Working on her redwork pattern.  It's going to be a quilted tablecloth.

 Leslie working on felting, but she didn't get to work long because several of us bought the wreath kits from her and wanted her guidance.  She is so patient.

 Jeannie....well, this is funny. I said, "you look familiar to me."  "Yes, well, I'm the lady that wanted to buy your house in town really bad........"  Oh my gosh.  I knew all about her, thought she looked familiar but never placed her name with the face!  We really enjoyed getting to know each other.  She has a blog, Taking the backroad...and what was really funny (embarrassing) was when I asked her if she was on facebook and she said yes and I looked her up and we were already friends.  jeeesh....

 And on that note, and this long post, I will share with you my fun Advent calendar presents.  I got some hand cream, some socks, and an ornament that says.....

Peace!

Cindy Bee