SMORES!

Back in August, I helped a good friend of mine plan a s'mores party! We had so much fun!!

The table was set up with 4 different cookies/ crackers. 5 different chocolates and 5 different marshmallows. The combinations were endless.

Mr. Fulmer came up with the idea for these indoor s'more pots. In June we went to a restaurant that we often set tents up for. After the meal hey brought us a complimentary s'mores platter. It had a hibachi in the center like you would find at a Chinese food restaurant with your poo-poo platter. We went home and googled them. It was about $20 for the cast iron hibachi alone, more for the platter and even more for the burning gel. So Mr.Fulmer took it upon himself to create these. It is a lawn tractor rim, with the center cut out. Then I bought some chaffing gel at a restaurant supply store and voila! Indoor fire pits!


Before the party, Courtney and I went to the farmers market to buy some flowers. We had enough to fill a few mason jars, but we wanted more for not a lot more $. So we stopped by a few ditches on the way back to her house. The back seat was full of beautiful wildflowers.

It was a great time had by all! After eating indoor s'mores and playing a round of balderdash. We headed outside for a real bonfire and hot dogs and more s'mores.

Tenting

This is what we have been up to for the last few days...

Setting up tents (not wine tastings) :)

This 60'x90' tent was up at Hy-vee in Marion for an Autumn extravaganza!! Did you see it?

SOAP

While I was whipping up a batch of my homemade laundry soap, I was thinking, I should blog about this.

These are the three main ingredients that most google search recipes will call for.

#1 Borax (1/4 cup)

#2 Washing Soda (1/4 cup)

#3 Fels-Naptha (1/3 bar chopped into very small pieces)After you mix those three, I always add 1/4 cup of color safe bleach.And 1/4 cup of Oxi-Clean.

Add 1 TB to each load of laundry. There's not much of a smell to it, so I also add snuggle fabric softener, just for the smell :)

Looking Forward

We have been so busy last week and this week with tents. Which is a great thing! I just didn't want you all to think I just started a blog to give it up so quickly.

Some things to look forward to...

I am planning a sock making night at church for the middle of October. The socks will be donated to the Lakota nation. Please mark the date on your calendar and come to help! Even if you can't sew, we will need cutters and pinners and food :) It's gonna be either the 14th or 15th.

The link is coming! The first Sunday of the month is the Link. New people can come and visit with our pastors. It is also a great excuse to make cute seasonal foods. I think we might be planning an owl theme.

Courtney and I are going to try our hand at jam making... wish us luck :)

Apple Day

Today I accompanied Morgan on his first field trip of the school year. We went to the apple orchard!

My dilemma was that we had to bring a sack lunch for our child and for ourselves. I don't own a lunch pail :(

So I contemplated running to wal-mart or target after I dropped Morgan off at school to scoop up a great clearance lunch pail, but then I had a better idea... "why not just make one?"

I used a cute fabric that I had purchased for the apple themed link table last month at church, I lined it with fleece to keep my meal insulated and then the inside layer is tent vinyl to keep it all water proof.

I actually think I am going to make another one. This one is just not tall enough for my nifty water bottles, so if anyone out there reading wants a new, one-of-a-kind, custom lunch pail let me know and I will give you this one!

PS The apple orchard was fun too!

PPS Anyone want to go apple picking with us?

Husband-less Part 2

Mr. Fulmer is back on the road to Nebraska.

Sometimes that means free time for me, and other times it means I have to step up and do some of Mr. Fulmer's responsibilities. This was a fun project!

This big UFO is a gazebo top. It had ripped off during a strong wind. So I fixed it! A great feeling of accomplishment.

This is how dusty my sewing table was after working on the gazebo top.

Time to clean...

Inpatient Surgery

We had a very special friend at our house for the last few days. This is giraffe. Giraffe had been in terrible accident, but due to modern science, we were able to give her a second chance on life.

Enjoy your friend Micheal!

Busy Weekend

Mr. Fulmer and his crew spent the whole day Saturday re-roofing our house.

My job was to keep the guys feed. I made a Rachael Ray recipe, sweet corn quesadillas They were YUMMY! You should TOTALLY try them!!

I also made potato skins - they were pretty basic.

And for dessert I made a peach cobbler. I was not impressed. The topping was made with flour, sugar and cornmeal. So it was kind of crunchy, kind of like when I make rice :)

Then Sunday was our church picnic. We were at the Park at 7:30am to set up a tent and deliver Tables and Chairs. Thanks to all our friends who came to help set-up before church!

Mr. Fulmer was the grill master. In the photo above he and Rob Zeck are trying to turn the grill on. If you were one of the unlucky ones who had to wait for hamburgers and hot dogs to arrive, this might have been part of the problem. :)

It was a great time had by all! I am looking forward to planning parties for those who won my certificates! PS If you didn't win, I would still be more then happy to help you plan an upcoming event!
After the picnic we came back home and went right back up on the roof. Trying to finish without a crew.

Just Mr. Fulmer and I

As of right now the roof is still not done, but it will be tomorrow when Mr. Fulmer gets back from Nebraska.

Church Picnic

Well the votes are in...

Inside each of these bags is a

PARTY PLANNING PACKAGE

Come on out to the church picnic on Sunday for your chance to win one!

Garage Sale Finds

Today I went to a garage sale with a cause. A missionary from our church is trying to raise money to head back to Liberia. The sale continues tomorrow and Saturday. Stop by and check it out. I went with a great friend of mine. We had a blast!!

These are my finds...

Lots of Green!! I know!! My favorite color is still orange. I guess I was missing my little buddy - his favorite color is green.

I have an incredible sewing machine. An early inheritance from my awesome mom. I could not however pass this up. A working sewing machine for $5. My plan is to clean it up and give sewing lessons or pass it on to a friend who is interested in sewing. Mr.Fulmer, the great seam-ster that he is made sure I knew that I had to oil my machine before I used it. He is so cute! :)

Wednesday ReCap

On Wednesday nights, I teach the "Real Kids" at church. They are the 1st grade through 5th grade bunch.


I love Wednesdays!

1. Because when Morgan wakes up, he asks "is it a church day?" When I say yes, he gets REAL excited. It makes my heart happy :) and

2. because I have a weekly outlet for my creativity!

We didn't do anything too crafty this week because I was the only teacher. Usually Mr. Fulmer helps me out, but he didn't get home until after church.

This picture was taken by Morgan's very best friend, Carley. Ever week he asks her "you are still going to marry me, right?"

Office Incognito

For those of you who don't know, we have a small house. So my living room is also my mud room, my office and sometimes my dinning room depending on how I have the furniture arranged.

I do have the couch in the middle of the room to divide the living area from the office area, but this is what you see when you walk in the front door.

Kind of messy. No matter how much I organize it, it will always look like an office. So this is what I did...

Instead of buying fancy armorers or solid wood book cases, I just bought $20 worth of fabric that included colors from my curtains and made covers.

The best news is now I don't have to worry about what it looks like under the shelf covers!

Fall is HERE!!

Fall is officially here, well at least it is at our house.

All of the different colored sunflowers came from Jo-Ann's last fall. They were on clearance to make room for Christmas decor.

The pumpkins, I bought this year. They are $8 at Michael's. With two 40% coupons, I got them for $5 each.

HAPPY FALL EVERYONE!

Share your favorite fall decorations!

Memories with Mom

This morning when Mr. Fulmer left for Nebraska, Morgan was very sad. So in my effort to cheer him up, I asked what he might want for dinner. I said we could do something special, go out to eat, whatever he wanted.

He chose ... HOT DOGS

How do you make hot dogs special?

This is what we did... I loaded the picnic basket up with things from home: Hot dogs, buns, ketchup, marshmallows, graham crackers, matches, plates, roasting forks & napkins.

I stopped at hy-vee just before I picked Morgan up from school and got: Charcoal $3.50 and a chocolate bar $.50

We roasted hot dogs and made s'mores at the park. Just me and my buddy.

And afterwards, we played on the play ground!

Fun Times!

Husband-less

Mr. Fulmer will be gone today and tomorrow. He is setting a tent up in Nebraska. So that leaves me with 2 days where I don't have to worry about how the house looks! I can really make a mess and not have to worry about cleaning it up before each meal! I sure do miss my hubby when he is gone, but it has it's perks :)



So what did I do so far today?




Have you heard of thirty-one? They make bags and purses. One of these is a thirty-one. Can you tell which one I made?




I made the one on the right with just a little bit of left over fabric!


I should start my own company and call it thirty-too :)

I payed $10 for the one with white flowers, plus shipping and tax. I will make a custom one for YOU for $8 and that includes shipping.

Please be patient with me, while I get this blog rolling. I am waiting for some pictures... Stop back soon, or take my pole.