Elk Country PA

Here are a few pictures of our recent trip to see the PA Elk. Elk were once a native population in PA but had disappeared a long time ago... The Elk we have now are Rocky Mountain Elk. The small population they brought in really took hold and is flourishing.

Here are two bulls fighting... really cool hearing the click clack of antlers. And Elk have a thing called Whistle teeth... they can blow through them and make a high pitched whistle, and these guys were doing that too.

Here is a calf... isn't he cute!!

Sorry this one is sideways... this guy was right up eating grass in someones yard.

And here is a cool picture I took of the early morning sky!!

An Exciting Week.

Things really began to take off this week with our new addition. Before this week there were only a few stakes in the yard marking the area. Then last Saturday we came home and found this beauty in our yard!!

The contractor arrived first thing Tuesday morning, since Monday was a Holiday. He started by cutting through a cement slab where there used to be a shed. The noise level was horrible but thankfully it didn't take him long.
Next he began to dig out the hole where our cement slab and then foundation would go. Jac had a fantastic time watching the digger when he got home from school.
After two days of getting the hole just right, and marking out the foundation, it was time for cement. I had never really watched cement being pored so it was pretty exciting for me.
This is the slab as they got it almost done... smoothing and checking it make sure it was level.
The only sad part was that I headed off to town and by the time I got back and Jac got home from school it was too hard to write our names or put our hand prints in it.

Why yes that is

a first place ribbon.

This is the project I made for the Crawford County Fair this year. It was in the gift wrapping category, and I was so excited when I went up and saw that giant blue ribbon with it. It really made my week, that's for sure.

I love _________because it reminds me of________.

I love yellow, because it reminds me of all things sunny, happy, and warm. Yellow is not my favorite color but it does for me carry a lot of emotion. I find it very hard to look at yellow and not feel happy, or sunny inside.

Blank wall, cricut, contact paper, and you've got...

Instant home decor. Since we'd moved I'd find myself staring at the blank space above the entertainment center. Then just the other day it hit me, animal silhouettes. I had the means to cut them with my Cricut Expression, but what material to use. Then at Home Depot I found black leather textured contact paper... PERFECT. Yesterday I set about cutting out the animal shapes, and I'm pretty pleased with how it looks and how it fits in with my safari themed living room.

Pymatuning Spillway

This is what we did today on my husband's day off. We headed out to Linesville PA, to see the newly remodeled spillway. This is a place I have visited nearly every year of my life. Now some people have told me they find it gross, but it never gets old to me.
This is a view of the carp down in the actual spillway along with this really cool giant lily pad. The motto of the spillway is Where the Ducks Walk on the Fish... Pymatuning Lake is so full of carp that the ducks could really walk on them.
Here is a picture of the spillway where the fish sometimes fall over into the pit, which opens up on the other side of the road.
Here is a lovely view of the sun hitting on the lake and the ducks and geese swimming.
We also stopped at the fish hatchery where they have this big tank with lots of different kinds of fish. You can walk downstairs and look into windows for a closer view.

If you ever happen to be in the area and want to go give me a call!!

I've been Tagged....

So 7 things you don't know about me...

1. I went to England when I was 7
2. I love pepperoni and eat it out of the bag most days
3. I have Raynauds Phenomenon... really how many people have a phenomenon?
4. I am an only child
5. I can write with my toes
6. I love pound puppies
7. I have two and half tattoos

Now I'm gonna tag some people feel free to do this or not the tagger police won't come get you if you don't... Marianne, Kelli, Wendy, Karla, Jennifer C, Rosemary, and Vern... tag your all it.