Corner News-October 30, 2015

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Hello everyone and welcome to the morning before Halloween. Do you have all the candy you need before the munchkins come knocking at your door? If not, I’m in the same boat as you.

Here are some of the thing that have happened in the past two weeks.

1: We got a puppy! Hooray! Her name is Rozy Blu and she is a whippet terrier mix that is absolutely adorable. She is three and a half months so we can’t wait to see her as she gets bigger. The other dogs are okay with her, but the cats…not so fond of her.

Isn’t she cute?

2: I went to a corn maze. There is a local farm that makes a great corn maze every year and my mom and I and some of her coworkers went for fun. The maze was shaped as the United States…and we somehow found ourselves in the Ohio/Indiana area quite a bit. But we found all of the checkpoints, so score one for us!

This is the corn maze map. Picture comes from Vossler Farm’s website

3: I have the most bizarre phone tale ever. So, I purchased a refurbished iPhone from a cell phone service back in August. 3ish weeks ago, said iPhone’s charger port imploded and I couldn’t use my phone. I called my cell phone service to get a replacement and I received a replacement 2 weeks ago. The night that my mom and I went to the corn maze, my phone died completely, and wouldn’t charge! I even took it to the Apple store to see if they could replace the battery and they couldn’t. Great. Now, I am still out a phone and am currently in the process of purchasing a brand new iPhone 5s. Hooray…

I hope you all had a great two weeks. I also hope that you have a safe and fun Halloween. Have a spooky night!

Corner News-October 22, 2015

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I can’t believe it’s Friday and time for Corner News! I’m not ready!!! I’ve been helping out my friend at the shelter get ready for Saturdays Bark in the Park, plus it is my little (almost) 3 years old great niece’s birthday this weekend and I am trying to make something special for her too! I had a great time last week playing hide-n-seek with her. You know, she tells you where to hide and then comes to find you?! Ha! I miss those days!

In other Valley Animal Haven Animal Shelter news…

Remember when I told you the shelter was in a competition? The results of the HomeAgain Helps “Shelter of the Year” contest are in AND Valley Animal Haven is officially a Runner-Up in our very first National Competition. We will receive $2,500 cash, a new computer, a new IPad, and an assortment of medical supplies from Merck Animal Health. Yippee!!! This is so awesome! Valley Animal Haven is such a small shelter and just starting out, so this is so amazing! The infirmary is going to be completed plus a cat building. This has been such a great year, I can’t wait to see what next year brings!

I am going to dress up as Mary Poppins for Halloween next week. Here is my inspiration…

All I need is the carpet bag and I am set!

I also told you about the hedgehog pumpkin I did a few years ago. I believe it came from a Martha Stewart idea. Here she is!

Isn’t she adorable!

The lights actually look like quills in the dark…

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Corner News-October 16, 2015

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Welcome to the Corner News! In the past two weeks, I have been working, going to school, and working…yeah!

But, mom and I did do something fun last night. It was another Do-It-Herself at Home Depot. So…we took a pre-project selfie.

Then, we found out that we weren’t going to be making the mosaic mirror that we thought we would be making…DISAPPOINTED! I was really looking forward to making a mirror and making it my own. But alas, we had to settle with a blanket ladder. It was extremely simple and something that I didn’t need (not like I needed the mirror either). But nonetheless, we stayed for the project.

There were quite a few problems. First, there were only two drills that people could use. Second, said drills stripped the screws that we were given. Third, we were given nails. And fourth, most of my nails ended up like this.

URGH! But, with a lot of help from my mom, and a few other friends who joined us, we were able to complete the blanket ladder. Mine is the one of the left, mom’s is on the right.

They still need to be painted, but they are done essentially. I don’t know what I will paint mine…maybe pink? Hopefully next month, it is a better project and it is more organized.

So that was the most exciting thing that happened these past two weeks. Hope you have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday!

Corner News-October 9, 2015

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Welcome to Corner News! There is always fun stuff to share with you all on Friday!

Remember these frames I showed you a looong time ago?

I finally got the project done! Aren’t they so cute!

Yes, I actually got each of the animals to put their paw in the ink and then onto the paper!

Even the cats!

Last week, my friend Pam, from Valley Animal Haven, came to visit my kids at the preschool. She brought Phoebe and Mandy in to meet the kids.The kids donated a whole stack of pet food, cat litter and other items for the shelter. It was a great community service project for them.

I’ve also been working on cleaning out some of my stuff. I’ve gone through my clothes and now have done my jewelry. Here is one of my jewelry boxes, but I have a few different place I keep my jewelry.

Here is the new look, for some of my jewelry. Haley used to have this mirror in her room, but took it down. In my house, things like this find a new life in another part of the house!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Corner News-October 2, 2015

October 2, 2015October 1, 20156 Comments

It’s October everyone! Halloween is just around the corner! I have no idea what I am going to be for Halloween or if I am going to even dress up. It depends on if I have to work that day or not.

These past two weeks have been school. Yippee. Here is my excited face.

Also, my iPhone imploded. I was charging it in my car when I heard a pop and smoke started to go everywhere in my car. I honestly didn’t know what was going on until I saw that my cable was smoking. Now it won’t hold a charge. But thankfully, my phone company has been really helpful and is sending me a replacement phone. Hooray for technology.

Other than those things, nothing real excited happened except for work and school. I hope you guys have a more exciting week than I had!