Once Upon a Time.....

there were two cousins, Moo and Jelly Bean. Moo had lots of ideas, but Jelly Bean was the creative crafter.

One early winter morning, Moo emailed Jelly Bean a photo of a craft she wanted for her office desk.

Being the crafty person she is, Jelly Bean was intrigued by the prospect of handpainting. Her previous attempts at handpainting hadn't gone so well. But that didn't deter her one bit. A coworker generously supplied Jelly Bean with a Starbucks Frapaccino botttle. After spray painting the bottle white, it was days and days before Jelly Bean got the nerve to start handpainting the zebra stripes. She was suprised to find out that it was rather simple.

Here is her creation:

Now that Jelly Bean earned her confidence, Moo has requested a Giraffe print with orange flowers.

And as soon as Moo has her giraffe and orange creation, they will live happily ever after......until the next project.

ji

New Addition

Back in early December, it was just a normal day at the office. That is until this little girl came along.....

The boss and his executive secretary found her wondering around on a COLD day in our parking lot. She almost got hit by a car. Somehow, (still really not sure how) I got talked into taking her home for the weekend so she didn't have to go to the pound.

I ended up taking her out to the bf's farm (he honestly had said that he would like a dog!!) and the rest is history. Her name is Izzy and she LOOOOOVE'S her Freddy (and he LOOOVE's her)!

She is a great dog, but has one really BAD habit. She chases tumbleweeds.....and ends up miles away. Last time it took Freddy 6 days to find her. We sure thought she was a goner.



Decisions, Decisions!

I need some help!

When I moved into my house, I had my living room arranged "the perfect way"......or so I thought! At Christmas, I had to rearrange the living room to accomodate the large tree in front of the picture window. I found I rather liked the new furniture arrangement. Soooo. I am posting a Pre-Christmas and a Post Christmas furniture arrangement and I would like everyone's opinions on which way they like it!

Pre-Christmas

Post-Christmas

What do you think? What should I do?

HELP!

ji

Naked

When I bought my house back in October of 2010, there was A LOT that I wanted to change. I very much focused on the inside and getting it up to where I wanted it to be. I definitely had ideas for the front and back yards, but I wanted to wait a year to see what plants and flowers were already exisiting. But ONE thing that bothered me most about my house were these three UGLY pine bushes right in front of the house.

Photo taken in Nov 2010

I would have removed them instantly, but there were other things more important on my to-do list. We had an absolutely beautiful weekend last weekend, so Fred decided it was time to get started on those bushes.....much to my delight :)

I snapped a before photo right before we started. If you noticed, last fall I trimmed the bush on the left. But the others have't been touched since I bought the house.

We just hooked a chain around the base of the bush, and put the pick-up in drive. I guess this is the redneck way :) Surprisingly, they came out rather easily.

The it took longer to haul the bushes to the dump than it did to remove them!

TADA! All done. I know it looks bare, but I have BIG plans for the front of the house. It shall look much better than those ungly A** bushes :)

And as to the title of my post, leave it to my lovely 5 year old neighbor Dominic. "Jerri's house suuuuurre looks naked"

Good day!
ji