In the morning will be the first day of 2nd grade for Little Caleb. I saw a Facebook ad for Wonders of Wildlife in Springfield, Missouri early last week. It claims to be the best aquarium in the United States. Since Little Caleb has been infatuated with fish and...
School starts for Little Caleb next week. I don't know where our summer went. I've been focusing on doing fun things with the boys rather than jumping right into planning the September 9-11 Bella Rustina. Little Caleb has kept his handful of rescued crawfish alive...
Last week started off a tad bumpy but it ended with an awesome Bella Rustina Modern Vintage Market. Our air conditioning decided to go out the weekend before the show (same unit as last year) and out of fear of the repair taking over a month like it did last year, I...
Today was the first day of setup for Bella Rustina this weekend inside the Conway Expo Center plus open-air pavilion. Lots of exhibitors moved in today, but I think the heat slowed everyone down because hardly anyone has their booth set up pretty yet. I'll post...
I hope you all had a great Fourth! We had a great weekend. We went to my parents' on Sunday and the boys had their first experience shooting fireworks (my brother did the shooting, but they enjoyed sparklers and smoke bombs) and they of course loved it. Little Caleb...
Last weekend was probably the hottest weekend of the year, yet my neighbor across the street and myself had a yard sale. We were supposed to do it early June, but my neighbor got Covid and we had to postpone. If it hadn't been for my tent and a large fan, I don't...
I have a love-hate relationship with Facebook Marketplace, but sometimes it works out and I get something awesome. I got the 3-seat glider bench above last week and the patina is amazing. My theme for the July 15-17 Bella Rustina Modern Vintage Market is sunflowers...
Joshua had a great birthday last week. The selection of cakes was lacking big-time at our local grocery stores so I had to get creative. Joshua's cupcake-cake was probably my worst cake-creation yet, but it all tasted great. Joshua was only interested in eating the...
I had a great time shopping at The Junk Ranch in Prairie Grove last weekend. The weather was fantastic for a day of junkin'. Right off the bat I found the spice and cigarette tins below. I've seen so many creative ways to upcycle these that I had to grab some. My...