Some of the funniest stuff ever

A few days ago I read a post written by a friend for her blog:

Life's Surprises

I think it is some of the funniest stuff I have read on a blog.

She writes about what it is like to be a MOM (mom of multiples) and the adventures (good or bad) of what it is like to have 4 kiddos.

Check it out, have a good laugh and then come back here and tell me what you thought.

I want to hear if this has happened to you and what I have to look forward to.

Look What I Made...

I took two $2 candlesticks and two $2 jars from the dollarstore.

Spray painted the lids and the candlesticks with a brushed bronzed paint.

Glued the jars with Gorilla Glue to the candlesticks.

And made some pretty cool looking candy dishes!

I've been seeing versions of these on a few different blogs and they looked pretty easy to make so I thought I would give it a try.  I've even seen people use old pickle jars for the containers.  I've never spray painted anything before and I've never used Gorilla Glue but I think I may become addicted to spray painting and gluing things together.

The things I learned from this project are:

- wear gloves when you spray paint (duh!)

- believe the glue container when it says it triples in size as it drys and to only use a small amount (I got nervous and added more than I needed and I had to pick off the extra this morning because it was all goopy)

- for $8 (not including the glue or paint) I have some custom candy dishes!  Sweet!

- I think these could make some really nice gifts.  Imagine them filled with bath stuff or filling it with stickers/erasers, etc. and giving it for a teacher's gift.

Oh boy, I have lots of ideas running through my head now!

What ideas can you think of?

Things I Learned this Week.....

We have a saying in our family.

The saying goes: Play, learn and grow.

Brad started saying this to Alexa when she was really little and it has just carried on.

We always say it to each other when we're parting ways.  Going to work or school, etc.

So in trying to think of things to blog about this came into my mind.

I thought about what I learn in a week and sometimes it is some interesting or funny stuff.

So lets have a toast to my new endeavour and may it make me remember what I have learnt and may you also learn from it or at least have a good laugh about it.

So the things that I have learned this week:

1) putting lotion on my hands while making dinner is never a good idea.

2) even though a child may tell you that they don't have to go to the washroom before bed, make them.  If you don't, nothing good will come of this and you will cause more work for yourself.

3) sometimes life just doesn't seem fair or make sense but I hope that there was a reason for certain things happening (and that those reasons will some day come to light) and that a family's suffering will not continue forever because they deserve to have peace.