Free Treasure

hEY THERe  LUCKY fRIEND,

This is  my

100th  Post!!!

Soooo,

I am going

TREASURE HUNTING

4  U

LEAVE A COMMENT

AND AS LONG AS YOU ARE A REGISTERED FOLLOWER

OF MY BLOG....

yOU COULD BE THE WINNER

OF MY TREASURE HUNTING FIND!

WINNER DRAWN

MONDAY AT 12:00 NOON.

?????

WHAT WILL IT BE

????

(Something wonderful

and amazing....

i pinky swear)

....and the #1

of the

Things  i  Love countdown.....

is....

H.O.P.E.

Hope gets me through the day

living here in a tiny hotel room.

Hope and something bigger....

Faith.

I have to hope for a better future.

 For Better times ahead.

and the great thing is....

I know they will come.

Because i have faith in a God

that loves me and wants me to be happy.

First excercise faith  and then come the blessings!

I don't have to know all the answers...

He needs me to rely on Him.

If i knew all the answers to all my questions...

What would i need Him for?

FAITHfully YourS,

 shell

(now leave a comment and Win treasure)

My Funny Valentine

98 blog posts on the wall.......

98 blog posts....

Add one more....

have 'em rollin on the floor.....

99 blog posts on the wall!

#2 of the things i love...

Valentines.

Handmade or handwritten Valentines.

Speaking of Valentines....

I was in the grocery store today and

the clerk was a young, cool guy.

He was kinda flirty and i was just trying to

play it cool and be the mommy me to keep him

at bay.  That is my flirt deflector mechanism.

I just go into total mom mode and converse with my kids.

But come on ...let's be honest...

I was all Kerbobbled cuz of his "googly eyes" at me.

I just  tried to hurry through the checkout process

and when we had all our stuff in the cart and he handed

me the  reciept... I started to step away and he

said loudly...

" There's my Valentine...."

so i looked back and said....

"oh no,  not me.

I'm not a Valentine...

I'm just a mom."

i chuckled so he wouldn't feel dumb and I looked back at him....

He  Was Totally Talking to

The Clerk Coming on Duty Next to Him!

Hurry up and Find me a rock.... or a small dark cave of sorts!!!!

somewhere i can go...fast.

and stay there forever!!!!

Let's just say....

I wont be going back there any time soon!

Or EVER.

whichever comes lastest!

xoxo shell

I

Cowboys in Small Jeans

FAVORITE THINGS

#3

Cowboys  wearing  small jeans.

but

not

like

you'd

think.....

.........

Having fun with my Family

is definately on the list of things i love!

Drop whatever it is you are doing and

play!

Those moments last forever.

2 more posts til the 100th

YEE  HAH!

xoxo shell

Eatin it up

Things i love # 4

 When Nobody in the "house" is fighting,

yelling, whining, crying, begging, bugging, instagating or about to

do any of the above.

I know, I know

I Love.......

....

 Thee Impossible.

But on the rare occasion

that it does happen.....

You better believe that

I

am

eatin'

it

up

like I am Little Jack Horner...

Sittin'  in the corner....

Eating my Christmas Pie!

Just eatin' it up...

Scarf scarf  yum yum  ...

...burp.

Cuz it aint gonna last long.....

(this is what homeschooling looks like in our house)

....and it aint gonna happen again anytime soon.

forreal.

post #97

3 more until  Treasure giveaway.

xoxo  shell

What is that flap for?????

Matt, my deep thinker of a hubby,

brought something to my attention yesterday....

and as insignificant and odd as it is .....

I cannot stop thinking about it.

Just

What

is

that flap for?

Nobody really takes the effort to

pull the layers aside, opening up the peek

hole while in the mens room do they?

 

(i mean...if i were a sir... i would nix that step and just

drop my drawers.  I wouldnt play

"dig for the buried treasure".

I just don't got that kind of patience or  time.

I dunno....

maybe they do.

Afterall....they don't usually have 5 children in

the restroom with them.

All of which are mix and match sexes.

(by the way when is a lil' boy too old to be going in the ladies room with me?)

(I can't imagine sending my 4 year old in the men's room alone.

He'd be asking a stranger to wipe his bum.

He is a tad bit of a scaredy cat so he won't wait outside alone.)

Anywho......

what is that flap for?

Is it a scratch hole?

A breather hole to keep the area

light and airy?

Does anybody have some insight?

Cuz i'm thinking it is just some extra material to
boost a man's ego.

I think its like a lightly padded bra...

What do you think????

your's truly...shell

P.s.  i was gonna google the answer....

but i thought i might get more than i bargained for....

YIKES!

p.s.s.  this is the 95th post and i love Fresh flowers around the house.

that is my "things i love"  #5.

go and get ya some....!!!


**THIS JUST IN**

MY BRAVE BROTHER AND HIS FUN
WIFE DISCOVER PART OF THE ANSWER.

They googled and discovered.....

it is....
an extra lining for....

" Post Urination Drip"

that explains the 2 layers...
but why the flap?

Check out that Grill

Have You ever seen a movie about the
Projects and thought to yourself....

 

"I am so glad that i dont live there!"

 

Yah- me too.

 

But...........

guess what.

Where we are staying....

It's pretty dang close to the Project Atmosphere.

Let's just say .......i hope we dont fit in.

EVER.

and it is definately a

MOTIVATOR!

We have been teasing Kenzie that she looks like she

got Jumped!

and she has a grill to prove it!

She  has lost 2  teeth in the past 2 weeks due to bonking her face on

hard objects.....

A chair and then the Shopping Cart.

I love going through this stuff with my kids.

Kenzie being the oldest...

She is showing me how fun your kids getting older can be.

 #6  of things i love....

in honor of the countdown to 100 posts....

......

Birthdays!

( unbirthdays are pretty cool too)

So if today is your birthday....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

and if it is not....

WELL- A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!

xoxo  shell

RUST

wHAT CAN I SAY?

 #7 OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT LIFE...

(THEY HAVE BEEN IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

would have to be..............

rust.

yessir......

ya heard me right....

RUST!

Let us refer to it as "natures patina".

i would chew on rusty decor if i wouldn't contract some nasty metal disease.

I JUST LOVE ME SOME

RUST!

so leave out something metal in the rain

all year...and then wrap her up for me come christmas!

ahhhh yahhhh!

xoxo rustchelle

(6 more posts til a cali treasure give away)

mIS fAVoRiTOS

cOUNTDOwn TO 100th pOSt:

tOP 10 ThInGs I  LovE

#10 the sound of a baby breathing

#9  chasing fireflies on summer nights

and

#8 genuinely happy people  ;)

I Love it when people are so

HAPPY THAT IT IS CONTAGIOUS!!!

 ....stay tuned for 7 more posts until my

100th post!!!

with a GIVEAWAY!!!

xoxo shell

Off to See the Wizard....

HEY TOTO,

Well we are..... most certainly, absolutely,  most definately, positively......

NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE!

We have Arrived in Oz.

(well.....Vacaville, CA if you prefer to get technical)

And have begun our 4 month stint in our new hotel.

It's an extended stay so it has a kitchen....(cooking expected)

with dishes to hand wash and no daily house keepers....

I'm sure we will chat about that agian later....

Infact i can almost Promise...it will come up again!!!!

(I mean let's face it ....those were some of the only highpoints

to my hotel living life)

But I shall remain entirely focused on the reasons I am here.

*family

*financial redemption

*and no church callings

Haha ha...the last one is a joke....

maybe.....

;)

This is my 91st post and i will be doing a 

Giveaway  in 8 more posts....

But in honor of the coming event....

A Countdown of my Favorite things

#10  the sound of baby breathing

#9    Chasing fireflies (lightening bugs) on dark summer nights....

Magic, I Say......

PURE

MAGIC.

xoxo  shell

90 Posts and Counting...

THIS IS MY 90TH POST:

So.....

 in 9 more Posts.....

An ANTIQUE
TREASURE  ALL THE WAY FROM

CALIFORNIA .......

GIVEAWAY!!!!

See you @  the countdown posts to follow....

They will be the Top 9 (cuz 10 is on this post) things i love about life....

(in no particular order)

#10

The sound of a baby's breathing...

one of Heavens most precious gifts ....

tiny breaths....

xoxo shell