For Today ... October 11

For Today ... October 11

 

Hello ... and good evening. I folded and put away the laundry today. I sorted  through our clothes, removing the summer clothes to a tub. Jerry brought me in a tub from the van that had some of our winter clothes in it and those are now in our drawers.

 

Outside my door ... It's now dark but today was nice and sunny for the most part.  We had a few high dark clouds coming in while the sun was going down and we have a slight chance of rain over night.

 

The Dogs ... have had a good day.  Eating, sleeping, going outside, then coming back inside.  Playing with each other. Barney playing with an empty cola bottle.

 

The Cats ... came inside for a while. All asleep on Jerry's bed for a bit. Macon had two of them cuddled up with him for a bit.

 

From the kitchen... I took a box of Dressing and used my mini chopper to turn it into ground up dry bread, Then added the seasoning pack to it, to coat two pork chops with it. I baked two potatoes in the roasting oven. I started them about 20 minutes before I put the pork chops in the oven. Jerry cut up the vegetables for our dinner.

 

I am hearing... The TV. I'm channel searching. trying to find something we both want to watch. Not having much luck on that.

 

I am wearing... brown Sweat pants and a dark blue top with 2011 New Grandma on it

 

I am reading... emails all day long.

 

 

Billie C.

Hello

Hello. I've been "Missing".

 

My hubby is job hunting.  When he's home it's harder for me to be on-line for any length of time. Just catching up with my emails when I can.  I hope that Life returns to Normal soon.

 

I got my hair cut today. We had to go to our Daughter's house to pick up our mail, and while we were in town I went to the lady who cuts my daughter's hair. I had to tell her to go shorter. well, it's shorter but not as short as I had it before.. That's ok, cause I can always go have it done again, in about 3 months.

 

 

 

Billie C.

Autumn Clock Face

http://www.grandmageorge.com/fall/ggfclock.gif

 

 

 

 

Billie C.

hippopotamus

 

http://www.hellokids.com/c_19626/kids-craft/fun-kids-craft/hippopotamus

Always use your imagination and be creative when building these kids crafts or any others. It's your creation, so be inventive when looking for building supplies — you just may be surprised! When building your project, experiment with new and different ways of putting it together. The most important thing is to have fun.

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Find these or similar supplies!

• Plastic Container
• Masking tape
• Cork (four pieces) or used toilet paper tubes
• Some old cardboard or construction paper
• Markers or pens for customizing

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1. Trim your corks!

The first step to making this awesome hippo is trimming the cork legs. You will need to cut the corks at an angle so that the legs will fit on the side of your container. Depending on the shape of your container you may not need to do this.

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2. Draw out Hippo's body parts!

The next step is drawing out all of your parts. You will need a pair of eyes, nostrils, ears, and two big hippo teeth. Don't forget the tail! Cut these out when you have some designs you like.

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3. Attach Hippo's body parts!

Now you can tape on your eyes, ears, teeth and tail. Try holding up the features to get everything the way you like it.

The simple version is complete! This cute hippo is easy and fun to make. From here you can decorate your hippo however you'd like.

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4. Ready for the fancy version?

Now for the fancy version! We started out covering everything in a base layer of masking tape. This adds lots of texture to the project.

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5. Tape up your body parts!

Next we then covered all the body parts in tape, making them easier to color on later.

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6. Attach Hippo's body parts!

After covering everything with tape we put on the legs and face just like the simple version.

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7. Decorate your Hippo!

The final step is the most fun... Decorating! We decided to make our hippo have a nice muddy complexion, but you can color your hippo any way you like. Voila! Hogan the Humongous Hippo!

Billie C.
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