Here’s Jalen’s book shelf, it’ll hang next to his bed so he can put a book or two in the book portion and whatever other little thing on the small shelf.  He requested all white.

Here’s Jordan’s shelf, he wanted blue and white and chose this shelf because it still had the drawer hardware ;)

Here is my former spice rack gone washi tape holder:

and one more project, a painted canvas.
I purchased a flat canvas from my local craft store and Troy built a wooden frame to glue to the back of the canvas. I painted the base a light yellow color and let it dry.

I taped off a pattern, pressed down the edges of the tape.

I painted a darker yellow orange color over it.

I removed the tape carefully.

yay, art.

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy

My POTD from Wednesday, Jordan hamming it up, pretending to be a cat. In this picture, he’s saying meeeow!

We had to go to the commissary again today and these artichokes looked so pretty stacked up so neatly. :)
and how happy are these cherries? (we bought these) made me think of ingunn the hiker and noel and my cousin Sina… :)

and the veggies are continuing to grow! the sunflowers are just sprouting up so tall! I read on the package they will grow up to 12 feet tall! I can’t imagine!
the cucumber is looking great! :)

the pumpkin sprouted! I was worried that I would have to replant these seeds, but it sprouted. hmmm a little patience goes a long way, huh? and even one little carrot sprouted too!

The Fedex man came by with the rest of my Amazon.com order! we got a harry potter movie to replace one we’ve misplaced, 27 dresses (can’t wait to watch this one!) and two more books! The Apron Book by EllynAnne Geisel and The Creative Family by Amanda Soule. The exciting and funny thing is Yesterday EllynAnne commented here on my little blog! I was so thrilled!

I also got an email from a lady who’s son is serving on the USS Tarawa… that ship that was going home… it really amazes me how we are all connected through the internet.

OH! Can you believe the gas prices?! Troy filled up his truck last week… and said he stopped pumping when he got to $70 because he just couldn’t bear to pump anymore!

and this is the airforce gas station today..it’s even higher…and it’s about $.08 higher outside…

Okay, I am heading up to bed now to finish watching so you think you can dance…. Love love to all of you and blog you later! :)

Thanks for all the kind words about the puzzle pieces, I got those out in the mail yesterday :)
I also received the sweetest RAK from Mary Lou (mll) on CK MB… some sweet Making Memories goodness, and can you believe, I didn’t have any of that?! I Love it!

I also received a Borders Git card from my friend Liz the other day and I finally got a chance to head down to Borders at Windward Mall this weekend. I love gift cards! The opportunity to pick out your own goodies, guilt free! I also am a member of their discount club so I had a 25% off coupon to use with my gift card, and I got the cutest book ever!
http://www.amazon.com/Softies-Simple-Instructions-Plush-Pals/dp/0811856526/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product

I ordered from Amazon.com this week a book recommended by the apron swap leader A is for Apron. http://www.amazon.com/Apron-25-Fresh-Flirty-Designs/dp/1600592015/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212001316&sr=1-1 OH my goodness, I could barely resist all that rickrack. rick rack, ribbons, buttons and pompom trim hold me in their hypnotic grips… :) I also got a little pocket book called apronisms to send to my apron swap lady! :)

I have two baby cards and gifts to get made/packed and mailed out (both boys :)) a hybrid project, 2 teacher gifts… hmmm the list is getting longer every second. I also have 2 ispys to catch up on and a olw layout I’d like to do….

Yesterday I got a sweet call from my hubby saying, did you know there is a carrier in port? I thought it would make a great ispy or picture of the day or whatever…. Isn’t he the sweetest to think about my daily photographic escapades? I just love that man! :)
hmmm, where can I park to get a picture?
just park on the bridge
uhhh, i think there are no parking signs,hmmm, i’ll go check it out.

so Jordan and i pack up in the van and head down to the USS Missouri memorial and park (and I think of Christie=Missouri)… we get out the stroller (absolutely necessary to keep everyone safe!) and the camera gear and head down to the pier to see if I can get some shots… here they are… This is the USS Missouri:

I love these. this is what the ships tie up to when they are in port. When Troy was assigned to ships we’d always go down to the pier and watch the ship pull in and the sailors tie up the ship. This to me means the ship is in port. Troy gets to come home. Just a little happiness. :)

this is the Arizona memorial and the USS Nimitz.
here is another shot of the Nimitz. It is HUUUGE. this shot is a little deceiving because it’s from one end and it’s hard to grasp the enormity of it. Look closely. do you see all that gear on the top? those are planes!!!
Here is a side view shot as I drove by on the bridge. NOTE the no parking sign. he he!
Now this is an amphib ship. also known as a gator freighter. the USS Tarawa was getting underway and headed home. They had a tiger cruise, where family and friends can fly out to Honolulu and ride the ship home. Pretty exciting but strange concept I think to allow civilians to ride a ship for possibly the first time. It’s hard to grasp the enormity of these ships… until you take a close look at the details!

Troy tells me, look at that square door right there… it’s 12 feet high!

and look at all those people just on the very end. it really is amazing something so huge can still float and go so fast!I also got a few shots of the USS Okahoma (and I think of my friend Susan and picher, ok) Memorial. It really strikes me that each of these pillars represent a person. a human being gone.
I have never had any veggies actually grow, so i am very excited about my cucumbers! Here is a shot from yesterday and today… :) and the pumpkin seed is sprouting too!

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