Thursday, August 28, 2008

We met this lady camping

This lady named Dory Radditz is the campground manager for Butterfly Lake campground. She is up there all by herself (if you can imagine doing that) She has been camping there since the first of July and will be there until they close the campground for cold weather. We stayed there for 3 days and I paid for the campground daily $14, so I talked to her everyday. She was very interesting. She's just staying there in a tent...which I was scared, even having Mike with me, because there has been bear sightings at Mirror Lake only a few miles away. I finally got up the nerve to ask her if I could take her picture, the last night we stayed there. She said it was her 69th birthday that day, so we all sang her Happy Birthday, which nearly brought her to tears. I asked her how she was able to camp there for that long...since I was sick of it after only 3 days. She said she grew up in a house without electricity and plumbing and she loves to be alone...so she loves it. She said she was more scared living in Phoenix, where she's from, than being afraid of being there alone. She has a thick accent, where she pronounces her vowels, so I asked her if she was from North Dakota or Minnesota, she said she was originally from Wisconsin, so she finds it funny that she's living in the woods of Utah, for a time. I told her that my brother was born in Wisconsin. We visited for a long time..we left her all of our leftover wood, which was a ton, she was very very happy about that. She said she has to scrounge around for everyones leftover wood, so in return she gave Kylie a "Littlest Pet shop" toy that she had found and some fishing stuff. Aparantly she finds a lot of stuff, cuz her campground was chuch full of stuff...she doesn't know how shes going to get it all home. Anyway, it was a lot of fun to get to know her.

Uintah Camping Trip Part III

Handsome boy
Cute Heather
Little Miss Hiker Girl...she went all the way without complaining. It was at least 4 miles
Family Fun Times

Uintah Camping Trip Part II

Ty and Heather... having a tug of war with the kayaks tied together.
We found this huge rock on our hike. Great place for a picture.
We found this big lake, back in the woods, when we were hiking.
A view from the top of mountain.Beautiful!

Uintah Camping Trip

Mike and the kids in the canoe...this is Butterfly Lake...where we camped.
Jordyn in the Kayak...this lake isn't very big or deep. It's fun to camp next to, because the kids can play on the lake all day.
A nice view from the front of my kayak...in the pretty lillys.
This is our camp...see how close we are to the lake....fun.
We're off to a long family hike.

Monday, August 18, 2008

My Yard Sale Wish List

Since yard sales are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get, it's hard to find exactly what you are hoping for. But here are some of the things we have looked for this year, but haven't yet come across.

A like-new xl-twin bed w/ mattress set. We got one last year for Ky, I guess it's too much to hope for another one for Jor.
A piano bench to match my piano.
Decor for kids rooms.
Food processor, (a certain 15 year old broke mine)

Time is getting short, there will probably only be 4 more weeks of yard sales, so I'll keep looking.

Gotta Love Yard Sales

This is a nice well-built heavy 4ft. shelf. It was dark blue when I saw it at the yard sale. (Don't let the color of anything stop you from buying it at a yard sale) I sanded it a little, and distressed it with a few metal items i.e a hammer, butter knife, & screwdriver. Then I painted it, one of my fav colors-its a light grey/blue color. Then, I antiqued it with antiquing gel. Now, I'm looking for some nice knobs to go on the drawers. Cost $7, Mike talked them down from $15
This is a nice pottery barn shelf, it was dirty and beat-up and white, when I first saw it. I love the bead board. It was fun transforming this from a piece of junk into this really nice shelf, for my bathroom. This has the same paint and stain as the shelf above. Cost $1

RECENT YARD SALE FINDS

This is a cute wooden frame with the word "family" laser cut in steel: Cost .50
Sorry, turn yer head and look. This is a nice "tuscany style" picture, it's about 3 feet tall, I might hang it up in my dining room. Cost $5.00, she wanted $10. Mike is handy to have around, he can talk almost anyone down.
This is a nice tile with vinyl lettering and a nice iron holder. Cost $1.50 for both
I just had to have this antique table, usually these have major problems. I'm using it for a plant holder. Cost $5.00
Super cute boxes in star shape. I didn't even have to finish them. Cost $1.00

This is really nice cherry frame, it has awesome carving all around it. The mat is very nice, but when we get some $$$$, we're going to have it rematted because our "Prayer at Valley Forge print is larger than the mat, and so part of the picture isn't showing. We'll get that fixed sometime soon, so the picture doesn't fade wierd. Cost $15

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

MUD MUD EVERYWHERE


Getting muddy on the banks of the Lake. They could have made a pot out of this clay. They had a lot of fun, but they got the boat muddy when they got back on. I don't think we'll be doing that again.