Lazy day....

I'm having a lazy day at home today. Everyone is gone so I've had the house to myself all day. I'm trying to clean, but I'm just not into doing that. Then I thought I'd work on my zombie stuff, but I'm not into that either. So I'm sitting here surfing the web and listening to a CD called "A Celebration of New Orleans Music". It's really good. I took the speakers off the desktop computer and put them on my laptop so it's nice and loud :-D

It was supposed to be a little sunny today, but it's cold, cloudy and rainy. Just the kind of day for being lazy and listening to some good tunes. And maybe some baking. I have some apples that need to have something done to them. Can't decide though if I want to make apple pie, apple slices or apple crisp. Maybe I'll try making apple dumplings. I've never made those before. Do some baking to get the house toasty warm and smelling delicious!!

This week I'll be celebrating my 39th birthday!! My hubby asked what I wanted for my b-day dinner and I couldn't decide. Then I finally thought of something that sounded yummy. Toasted italian beef sandwiches on fresh baked sub buns covered with roasted red peppers, onions and swiss cheese. Doesn't that sound yummyscrumptious!!! He always makes pumpkin pie instead of cake for me cuz it's my favorite.

The New Orleans music is done and now Harry Connick Jr. is playing again. I like his music. The playlist I have playing now is all his music with the New Orleans Music in the middle of it.

Well I suppose... I better get up and do something. It's weird how I love having quiet days to myself, but I miss my guys so much that I don't feel like doing anything!! Don't know what I'm gonna do in a few years when my boys are moved out on their own. It's not so bad now cuz I know they'll all be home later. But in a few years it'll just be Steve coming home and I'll still be missing my boys. Steve will just have to keep me busy ;-)

Video of Steve's half marathon pics

Zombie head

I finished the zombie head with some hair and teeth, now I have to work on his body. I'm thinking it will be from the torso up so he can look like he's coming out of his grave and the tombstone will have the info about the zombie walk on it.

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More bling...

My hubby was in another half marathon this past weekend. He did great!! Got 7th place and knocked about a minute off his time. He ran 13.18 miles in 1:39:53.

This was the first year they had a half marathon at this event. They have a triathlon every year with running, canoeing and biking.

I went to different places and waited for Steve to run by so I could cheer him on like we did at the last race. I had my camera with, but most of the time I was so busy cheering that I forgot to take any pics. I did get a few during the day. Howie & Emma couldn't make it to this race, but my mom, step-dad, my son Tyler and Steve's dad all came to watch and cheer. Zak had to work, but we sent him texts about the race.

At the last race, Emma made signs and Howie brought a bike horn. I didn't make signs for this one, wish I would have. I brought my antique Halloween noise maker though and made alot of noise with that....lol

After the race they had a free lunch for the runners, and anyone else that wanted lunch it was $2.00 for a sub sandwich with fresh toppings, onions, peppers, lettuce, black olives, pickles and tomatoes. They also had different kinds of fresh fruit and drinks.

It really was a fun day and I'm very proud of my hubby. He is amazing!! When I see him running I just want to take off and run right next to him.

Here are a few pics of the day...

In the Rainier before the race,



The gazebo where Steve had to check in,


Steve talking with my step-dad,


Steve went on a warm up jog,


And here he is running to me,


All the runners had to walk to the other side of the park,


I stayed where we were so I could get a pic of the runners as they came up to us,


This pic is after the race, we were waiting for the awards,


Here's Steve walking back after getting his medal,


After he got his medal I went over to check out the placement board,




Here's my hubby with his "new bling"...


I told him to give me a big smile...





Congratulations My Love!!

Zombies!!

OK, I know I said I wasn't going to dec out the yard this year for Halloween, but I am working on something new now. One of my son's Professors is getting a Zombie Walk set up this year to raise funds for the Food Pantry. I sent her an email and told her I would be happy to advertise the event in my yard haunt. She is going to let me know all the info once she gets everything going on it.

I've started making a zombie that will be holding a sign for the event. So far I have a hand and the head started. I had to get some "teeth" to finish the head. I got the idea for the hands from this website, Zombie Hand How-to

Here is how I made my hand and head. If you decide to try making your own zombie using this technique, you do so at your own risk. Be sure to wear rubber gloves while glueing on the cotton and napkins and use a drop cloth under your work area. :-)

The Head-
First I started with styrofoam wig heads..


Then I gave them a green undercoating...


After that, I cut out holes to put eyes into. I have ping pong balls with eyes painted on them..


Then I decided to cut out a section of the mouth to add teeth to later..


Then I used brown paper napkins and Elmer's White Glue to add some skin to the zombie head..


I soaked the napkins in the glue and spread it around the head to look like wrinkled, rotting skin..


After a day of drying, my blue-eyed zombie looks pretty good...


Now I have to glue in his teeth, hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to do that. I'll be using fake fingernails for the teeth...


The hand-

I used coat hangers, Elmer's Glue, brown napkins, masking tape and cotton balls on the hand. First I cut the bottoms off a couple hangers and bent them to make the fingers...


Then I used a section of hanger to make the thumb..


I taped all the pieces together with masking tape...


Then I used tape to make knuckles..


I decided to make something on the hand to make it easier to hang to dry and to have something to connect the hand to the arm later when I put it all together. I took the top part of one of the hangers I cut to make the fingers and used a pliers to bend the ends around until they fit in the "palm" of the hand...


Then I covered that part with tape also..


It was too messy to take pics while adding the cotton and napkins, but first I stretched out cotton balls and wrapped them around the fingers and palm area of the hand. Then I soaked napkins in the glue and wrapped that around the cotton...


I hung it on the clothes line for a day and it darkened up like the head did when it was dry.

Apple Dumpling Day Race

My hubby, Steve, was in a half marathon over the weekend. A neighboring town was celebrating their Apple Dumpling Day and had three different races. It was an exciting day!! I don't know how many total were in the half marathon, but there were 65 pre-registered. They had a half marathon, a 5k run/walk and a .75k fun run for kids. There were alot of people there and it was a very fun day.

Steve's brother, Howie, and sister-in-law, Emma, came to watch the race. Emma made a couple signs and Howie found an old bike horn to honk at Steve during the race. Steve really enjoyed seeing us at each checkpoint during the race. He said it helped motivate him, and the other runners looked like they enjoyed all the cheering we did for them too.

Steve had a great run and came in 1st. in his age group and 10th. overall. Congrats, Steve!! You're awesome!!!


This is Steve before the race. He was a bit nervous because this was his first half marathon.


Steve was doing some stretching before the race and one of his co-workers, who is a member of the Lions Club that puts on the race, stood by him talking to him. As he was standing there talking to Steve he started going back and forth like he was going to start stretching along with Steve. LOL!


They called all the runners to go to the other side of the street to the starting line..


And then they had them pose for a picture before the race started..


At one point in the race I went to take a picture of Steve running and I forgot I had the camera set to take video. By the time I got the setting changed all I caught was Steve's arm as he flew by me...


Here is the placement board with Steve's tag in the front...


And here is Steve getting his medal...


And a close-up of his medal..