365 Project Day 267

The Seniors that Phil works with threw him a party for his birthday. They had a big cake with a giant dragon topper and they gave him this cute little guy. Phil hung it on the wall in our room which is fine with me but it scared the crud out of me when I walked in the first time, not knowing it was there. It does seem to stare at me when I sleep though. Thank goodness I like the room really dark when I sleep. I just pretend he's not there.

365 Project Day 266

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Happy Birthday, Phil!

What a blessing it has been to spend so many (almost half) of your birthdays together! You have brought so much love, laughter and joy into my life. You are a truly wonderful man and I will love you always and forever. Blessings today and everyday! Happy Birthday, baby!

365 Project Day 265

One of the Seniors that Phil works with at the Rec Center gave him these dolls. They are called "Mr. Wonderful" dolls. They both say things that the "perfect" man is supposed to say. Things like "Here, you take the remote. As long as I'm with you...I dont care what we watch." and "Actually, Im not sure which way to go. I'll turn in here and ask directions." and "Awww...cant your mother stay another week?" The funny thing is Phil normally says almost all the things these dolls jokingly say. I always knew he was a keeper.

365 Project Day 264

Carolyn's doll is progressing. Bethany wants her to be our own version of Coraline, complete with button eyes and even a button key. We'll see how she turns out. Hopefully Coraline, I mean Carolyn, will appreciate all the thought Bethany is putting into her gift.

365 Project Day 263

Remember the tags I posted on Day 228? Well I mailed them to the host and she put all of our tags into books and sent them back. Each book features tags from 12 artists. The host of this swap did 2 groups of 12 each plus herself for a total of 26 books she had to create! I stand in awe of her awesomenessness!!

365 Project Day 262

I dont know how long this electric pan has been around but I know it was my grandmother's and that my grandfather replaced the knob that broke off with a wooden cabinet knob. Its been mine for years. I dont use it often but there are still a couple of things that I wont cook in anything else. Everytime I get it down and plug it in I think of my grandmother and all the meals she must have made with it. I wish I could have known her as an adult. I owe so much of what I am to her and her influence on my parents. I hope that if she can see me now that I make her proud to call me her granddaughter.

365 Project Day 261

Phil brought these home the other day to see what I thought. If you like Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies, then these are for you. Yummy!!

365 Project Day 260

Austin spotted this little guy on the back patio so I grabbed the camera. Not a big fan of bugs but the praying mantis is just so cool and unusual. I dont want to touch it especially...but I can appreciate it from afar.

365 Project Day 259

Bethany asked me to make a doll for her friend, Carolyn for her birthday so the two of us have been working together to design and create her. We've also been watching the second season of Dexter which is a show we both really enjoy. If you dont watch the show, you wont really appreciate that the picture is sort of an homage to the show.