I'm sick

Don't worry.

It's nothing contagious.

Just a serious case of home-owner-itis.

At the end of last week, we realised that the outtake pipe on our washing machine has been leaking water into the wall. Apparently its been doing this for a while. How did i come to that conclusion you might ask?

Take a look at the floor in the boys room which is on the other side of said leaky wall.

This area is under their bunk bends and dresser so i never noticed it. Recently i had been finding damp things in this area but attributed it to dropped water bottles or cups of water.

But no.

Now we have a small scale model of the Rocky Mountains in my boys' room.

I was even more discourage because i had spent the last weekend tackling a huge amount of laundry that had accumulated do to my fervently crafting activities as of late. I thought i was doing really good. And I was making things worse.

Ben did fix the washing machine this Sunday. Apparently there was some blockage in the outtake pipe and when the washing machine would drain the water would just spew out the top.

Oh and did i mention that it has weakened the floor in the utility room and the hot water tank is sinking? Yeah it just gets better doesn't it.

But on a brighter note. I got a mention on the Farm Chicks blog. How shocked was I on that!

And I will have pics of my goodies that are headed to the Vinyard Church Holiday Bazaar this weekend as well as the Hillcrest Holiday Open House.

Crisp and clean

Just like the fall.

Jerusalem and I weren't quite ready for the explosion that is Christmas in the Shoppes.

So we opted to delay its set up for a couple of weeks and enjoy the wonderfulness that is Fall.

The muted pallet may seem strange for our little room that is usually alive with color, but its suiting our moods right now.

I have a few craft fairs I am gearing up for. One will be in Little Rock on the 15th and the other will be here in Conway on the 6th of December. I'll get more info out to you soon and hope that you can stop by.And if you are one of those frugal types that like to buy after the fact and save for next year, stop by the shoppe soon because all of our Halloween is 75% off. How can you beat that deal?

A Day Out With..

... my family.Oh and Thomas the Tank Engine too.

Weekend before last we traveled to Rusk, Tx with my parents for the Thomas experience.If you are unfamiliar with A Day Out With Thomas here it is in a nut shell.

They hook a life size Thomas the Train up to a line of coaches and take you for a 30 minutes ride.

There are also other attractions and fun things to do while you wait for your scheduled ride. There are tables after tables of toy trainsStorytelling and sing a longsMeeting Sir Topham Hatt And of course bubblesWhen David and Phoebe were younger we had taken a DOWT in Austin. While it was in the nice downtown district once you got on for you ride you were chugging through the slums of Austin. Not the most aesthetically pleasing. This Time in Rusk was great. We got a nice ride through the hills and forest of the East Texas Piney Woods. The colors weren't quite as out as they have been here but it was still very enjoyable to look at out your window.

But this time was really for Luke.

Here he is with his ticket to ride.Thrilled as you can see.

Mom and I got a lot of great pics and these are only a few. I'll try to post more later.