the grinder....

here is my 'grinder'.

that is what the coach lovely referred to when describing jackson.

i've never heard the term but now that i know the terminology, i think it suits him just fine.

GRINDER= ONE WHO NEVER GIVES UP.

good job bud, so proud of you.

also, please take note of the awesome, royal blue- 'LUCKY SOCKS' that he insisted on wearing every game.

hey, whatever floats your boat.

he can pull it off.

and that's my dear nephew-eli, in the background, hands on his knees, waiting to spring into action.

he was the 'scorer'.

you wanted a sure goal.

pass it to him.

jack was great on defense.

eli great on scoring.

both are needed to win a game.

and their team, The Brown Bulldogs were UNDEFEATED!!!!

every team feared them.

and rightly so.

Farm Chicks...finally...

sorry, i accidently started with the pics! and wouldn't ya know it, yours truly doesn't have the know-how or the patience to learn how to do switch it up.

whatever...you get the jist.

my new little black table. and yes, that's dust gracing the bottom shelf. you'll see much of that at my house.

a very old blue milk container? why would one need THAT you ask? well, no one NEEDS one but dang, it sure looks great next to my red house.

my favorite find of the weekend! a nice addition to my vintage wedding cake topper collection. that's a good post for another rainy day.

my blue picnic basket! i LOVE this. i love the color and i LOVED the oil cloth covering the bottom (forgot to snap a pic of it) and i LOVE to picnic so what's NOT to love about this??

my mother. she went with the hopes of finding one of these! she did (lisa did) , in the first hour!!!
what is it??

why let me tell you. she has memories of her grandma, filling this little gadget up with water & sprinkling it on her clothes, just before she would iron! i love it!

my SIL and i, waiting to get in!

the FAMOUS pomegranate margarita! to die for. (ok, not really worth dying over but they were SOOOOO yummy!)

all sorts of interesting, vintage things making up what they call 'the cake'!!

a hip, country gal.

our new friends. jeni & elaine. yes, they are mother and daughter. don't they look fab? this was also the booth where i found my cake toppers. one of the best vendors there!

thinking of trading in my Sequoia...think of all the little rascals i could transport. and i'm SURE none of my children would be at all embarrassed if i pulled up to school in this bad boy.

no, Howdy to you.

the SIL came looking for one thing.

sweet boots.

she got um!

dang cute.

can it get any more country than THIS????

i'm almost there!! people behind us were irritated cuz mom and i were holding up the line...i needed a picture here!!

waiting patiently to get in. can't you sense our anticipation???

my SIL had these DARLING little bags made up for us when we got in the car. honestly. how cute it THAT!??? a package of Kleenexes (for the tears of joy over our STEALS, a notebook and pen (with 190 vendors, writing stuff down this was an essential) and candy. which, btw, didn't make it out of town, AND the best thing...energy drinks!

thanks lis, you're the best!

a few people have asked, "WHO are the Farm Chicks?"....after i give them the 'do you live under a rock' look, i tell them about this charming little antique show. truth be told, before i went, i didn't know what to expect. the only reason i know about this show is from my blogger friends (thank you friends!) and of course, i 'm a self-admitted blog LOVER-and blog lovers surf blogs.

it's what we do.

last weekend, lisa (my favorite sister-in-law), my mom (my favorite mom) and our friend, Marilyn (my favorite lynden marilyn) and i left lynden on friday morning, hoping to hit a few shops on our way to Spokane. after 6 hours in the car, we just wanted to get there already. friday night we had a great mexican dinner (and the BEST pomegranate margaritas i've ever had!), hit the hay early, dreaming of all the treasures we'd find in the morn!

the gates at the Spokane fairgrounds (location of the show) opened at 10 but we had heard rumor that people started lining up at 5 AM to get the best deals. (i'm sorry but the only reason i get up that early is if i have a plane to catch).

we were that by 8:45 ish.

time flew quickly since we spent our time meeting new friends.

like jeni and elaine who flew in from Salt Lake City, just to meet us. :) it's amazing how a room full of old stuff can bring people together.

such nice people. looking forward to seeing them next year!

back to the show...

it was madness, MADNESS i tell you!

rumor has it...4,600 woman (& a couple brave husbands) entered the doors at 10 am!
i'm not kidding when i tell you we looked like a herd of cattle.

mad, crazy cattle.

that's madness, right?

we closed down the show at 6.

back to the hotel for happy hour. (thanks marilyn! :))

did a little TJ Maxx for MORE shopping.

Boston pizza for a late, really late dinner.

hauled our tired bee-hives back to the hotel.

crashed. and NO ONE (lisa) slept on the floor! hee. hee.

up bright and early for MORE junking!

sunday we basically closed down the show.

then home. sweet. home.

i missed my chicks.

i'm hooked.

one building-190 vendors-SUCH nice people-great company-good food-a few great finds.

we're going back next year!

if your up for an adventure, let's start planning now!

hey, maybe we can charter a bus????

no, seriously, let's!!

another interesting little tidbit i heard....

outside of the show, there was a cash machine.

full to the brim with $60,000 in cash.

cleaned out but the end of the weekend.

can you imagine the conversation those money dudes had while filling it back up??

"WHAT could possibly BE in that building to make woman go THAT crazy spending all this money??"

(i dare say they snuck in the back door to check it out. just a hunch.)

it may be a crazy rumor but hey, it wouldn't surprise me.

Farm Chicks are a breed of their own.

proud to say, i'm now part of it!!!

last day.....

one might never know the mood blogger will be in come morning so i'll just quick let you know, before my sleeping pills kick in that i'll be back...ASAP.

tomorrow is the last day of school.

seriously, there are still far too many projects that need to be done.

not school projects.

my projects!

but hey, now i'll have help for those projects.

as of tomorrow, i will have only one kid in elementary, and 2,yes TWO are in the middle school.

oh, my-land-ta!!

as weird as it's going to be, having them home everyday, i'm really looking forward to it.

and it's not because i can sleep in every morning.

or

i don't have to pack lunches

or

having help with chores around urn here.

while all these things are great.

i'm loooking forward just haning with them.

love them to bits.

MORE LATER

ok, sleeping pills working....

chat soon,

maddness!

blogger is in a bad mood.

which in turn, makes yours truly a tad grumpy.

i've been attempting all day to write up a few posts and....nothing.

i can write them, but not publish them.

so i re-read them, thinking that somehow this is a sign from above that i shouldn't be posting about this certain topic.

good thing i don't believe in such nonsense.

after all, why would 'someone' NOT want me to blog about my birthday boy?

or about the Farm Chicks show?

well, thanks to the hub, i blog.

he's sleeping so it would be a crime not to take advantage of his laptop sitting RIGHT next to me.

his works. mine doesn't.

so, i blog.