Do you ask a bear if it has fur???

A friend at church asked me if I could create something for her....

I being intrigued said, "Usually....what do you need?"

Friend - "Well could you like help me out with something for girls camp? You sister Laura said I should ask you."

Me -"Sure, love girls camp you know me always willing to help." All the while thinking Laura had better not gotten me in over my head. Sisters, mark my words, they're trouble.

Friend - "Well could you paint me something....like are you good at that?"

John - "Do you ask a bear if it has fur?"

Really that's what he said! I'm going to keep that in my witty "Susanisms" arsenal for a while.

Since this friend has a great sense of humor and she knows us pretty well....I said, "I think I'm actually offended that you asked me "if" I could create something."
Friend - "Well I know you can create cards and scrapbooks and stuff...but I didn't know if you could well do other things."

It's mighty unusual to have someone question my skills. The following conversation took place the last time my help was needed for a church related project. My good friend Maria said...."I need an elephant to catch bean bags in for the ward carnival. What do you think?"

My answer, "How big do you want it?"

No way to back out of that one! That Maria knows me way to well.

Here's the elephant. I started it the night before it looked like this. My girls did inform me that my blob looked nothing like an elephant. I explained, layers of paint require time to dry before the next one is applied. Everyone's a critic! Finished the tubing and the mouth the morning of. No animals or wallets were harmed in the making of this elephant...I used stuff we had on hand.

So if the question is can I do it.....yes, yes, I can. Will I do it....most likely. Can you have it early...what are you expecting miracles? No previews here.....this "artist" definitely enjoys finishing a project with moments to spare.

Don't forget to find a way to throw this into a conversation this week.

"Do you ask a bear if it has fur?"

Funny Day

Syd - "Damn I can't find it."
Kate - "Mom!!!!!"
Me - "What NOW?"
Kate - "Sydney's well you know saying a bad word."
Me - "Which one?"
Syd - "I don't know?"
Kate - "She really said it mom."
Syd - "I'm not lying."
Me - "Sweetie just tell me exactly what you said."
Syd - "I said Damn I can't find it...you say it too mom, right?"
Me - "Yes Syd I guess I do but can you remind me not to? By the way that is a bad word."
Syd - "Okay I wasn't lying...I just didn't know it was a bad word okay?"

1. This tells me I loose things WAY to often.
2. Really, haven't I learned to pay attention to what I'm SAYING YET. She isn't my first set of little ears.
3. Sisters, really we love to tell our parents everything our sister has done wrong.

My other laughter for the day....
Me - "I can't find my bag of horse radish I really need it." I didn't say the infamous D word this time.
Syd - "Well mom if it was horse....maybe the cat's ate it."
Yep, the cats ate it!!! I don't know what she thought I had lost! After my hysterical laughter subsided I explained what horse radish actually is and that the lost bag contained starts that I was going to plant in our garden. I actually saw the aha lightbulb turn on in her head.

List of things to do today....
1. make cards
2. box up old clothes
3. Clear kitchen table
4. Vinyl lettering for living room walls.
5. Start on a dessert for mom's graduation party.

Okay so I made the cards and I bought boxes since I was out of empties.....well that's about all I got done on my to dos. Things not on my list, excercise-check, family prayer -check, scripture study mine and girls - check, straighten studio - check, library - check, breakfast, lunch, and dinner - check, making sure that the girls survived bedtime - check, taking care of Paige's first wake up of the night - check, study for OMG classes tomorrow - check.....Now it's off to bed.

OMG!!!

No it doesn't mean what you think it means. Kate has been banned from using that abbreviation and wondered why I was allowed to use it.
"I can get away with it because I was the mom."
"Yeah right mom."
"No really I live in one of the few states that can."
"What?"
"Well I'm taking the Ohio Master Gardener classes....Ohio Master Gardener is abbreviated..."
"OMG? Oh Mom that's really bad."
Yeah but it made me laugh!
There are Master Gardener programs in every state. They pay to take classes to educate themselves on Gardening and then volunteer all over the country. It was estimated that last year the Ohio Master Gardeners: donated almost 120,000 hours, valued at $2,166,000.00, to Ohio communities and homeowners. If you are curious about the program this is the link. I'll also be linking a bunch of fact sheets on Home Gardening on the left side of my blog. I've gardened with my Dad since I was a toddler. I love how much peace digging, growing and exploring nature give me. I am always ready for St. Patrick's day! That is the date I can start planting peas, lettuce, chard, spinach and radishes. Okay now go dig up some dirt and plant something!
P.S. On her way out the door Kate yelled SYL!