Wrapping Birthday Presents
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
The boys frequently get invited to birthday parties. I am finding that it can get somewhat expensive to buy presents. First, the prices of everything are going up and our already tight budget only is getting tighter. Add to that we are always buying two gifts one from each of the boys. Why not just buy one? Well these are usually children that are invited to the boys’ birthday which is a joint party since there birthdays are three days apart. So it’s only fair that they each buy a present too. So I usually limit the gifts to about ten dollars each which is buy less these days. So to get to the point of the story, we decided to make our own wrapping paper.
We use recycled grocery paper grocery bags and decorated them with stamps and some of my craft supplies. We also used some birthday cards that I’d made previously from a card kit by Close To My Heart. The boys had a blast and the presents turned out pretty nice. See for yourself.
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Mia Got Sprayed by a Skunk
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Skunk nose
Originally uploaded by fieldsbh
YUCK! I went to let Mia out to go the bathroom before bed and there was a juvenile skunk in the back yard. I think it was after the compost. No we don’t live in the country. There is a family of skunks in our neighborhood. They have never gotten into our back yard before though.
And you can be sure that they wont again. I block every tiny crack and crevice I could find in the fence.
So how do you get skunk off a dog? Well according to the web there are many options: Tomato Juice, Douches, Skunk-off (from the pet store) or Hydrogen Peroxide, baking soda and dish soap. Since it was 10:30 P.M. and I had no tomato juice we opted for the hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, dish soap combo. It does work pretty good but you usually have to do it more than once. And if you are ever in this situation do not rub the dog dry after wards. Pat it dry. When you rub you rub any oils into the skin and it becomes very difficult to remove. Oh and wear gloves!
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How the Flowers Grow
Saturday, August 30, 2008
I just couldn’t resist posting the photos of flowers from around my house. Enjoy!
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