Last Day of School !! Yipeee !!

This coming week is 'Final's Week' at the college and then summer break for me. I'm so excited!  I have a few weeks before the High School is out for their summer break, The last thing I thought I would be doing is watching my grandson this summer.

Don't get me wrong I love watching them, we play outside, we watch old cartoons, we plays games, and oh the toys! toys! toys!, but I had a lot of things on my list I was hoping to get done around my little Colorado Cottage in the next couple of weeks.  Oh well it's all good. Their only this age for a short time

 

You Have a Great Day!  Colo Junkett 

April Fool's

Do you remember back when your were about 1st or 2nd grade you were so excited to go to school and play little trick (little white lies) on your friends, teacher and parents?   I know you remeber, I see that little grin.

FYI
There's alot of little pranckster out the Be Ware

Have a very Great Day!
Colo Junckett

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Did I just see a little red bearded man leaving a gold piece behind? That's right, it's..........    Saint Patricks Day!

With all the kids in the house, I've been thinking about what would be fun for supper tonight, maybe "Green Eggs and Ham" "Cornbeef and Cabbage", and maybe something fun with JELLO.  Reality check .... kids and I are in school, not a lot of time in my day.  I picked up a 2 lb package of cornbeef and a couple of pounds of red potatoes last week.  So before school I got the cornbeef and potatoes in the crock pot set on low and off to school we go! Not very Irish I know, but it's what my kids will eat. 

Have a Great Day!

Thanks for stopping by Colorado Junkett

My Last Week of Winter Break and My Project List

DD#2 goes back to school on Monday. This is my last week of winter break and my project list hasn't one thing checked off yet.  

1. Actually give the whole house a good vacuuming (didn't get to it over the past couple of weeks)

2. Move a anchor hanger in the kitchen
3. Get my paper work out of my bedroom and setup my desk in the spare room
4. Hang some pictures that have been in boxes since I've moved into the house back in February 2009
5. Put up a shelve and some pictures in living room
6. Cleanup the laundry room (a working in progress)
7. Clean out the refrigerator and clean the stove/oven (I don't like this job, not sure I'll get to this one)

I hope to check off at least #1,#3,#6, and #7 wish me luck!

Have a great Day!
Colo Junkett

Happy New Year !

Happy New Year!




Wish everyone a wonderful and prosperous New Year!

Colo Junkett

Just a few Christmas Vignette

Hi friends

Just showing off a few Christmas vignette around the house.

This little vignette is my version Island of misfit toys  that I place on top of a vintage Mills slot machine minus the mechanical insides, basically this is the outer housing.

Thank you for stopping by

God Bless you

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Merry Christmas from my little cottage

Merry Christmas

It's snowing!!!!!

 

This is my Christmas Tree this year.  

Stockings are hung above my white feather tree.  I have display of wooden ornaments

A shelf vignette in my tiny living room stages a vintage tobacco tin old canning jars and a green feather tree.

A little vignette of the Land of Misfit Toys.

A little village town vignette on top of hutch

I'll be bringing Christmas Dinner to daughters house. I put a roast in the crock last night and make some yeast rolls and a platter of devil eggs and a relish plate.

What a wonderful Day It has been!!!

Merry Christmas,

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Moving Day

DD1 got the call from Village Apartments they have a opening for her and the boys!  She put in her application around August sometime. She is excited I'm not so excited, she will be 45 minutes away and I won't able to see the boys ever day. It's nice she has her own place, my house is pretty little, but it was nice to be able to see the boys ever day. She has a two bedroom apartment on ground level which will be nice for her. Now I can go hunting for furniture to help furnish her apartment. DD1 already has beds and dresser for the boys, but she needs table and chairs maybe a end table and lamp.

Have a Great Day!
Colo Junkett

Gifts From My Kitchen

This Christmas I'm making "Cookies" to give to neighbors and friends.
I've been busy making cookies for the past three days and I'm finally finished up today.

I made
- peanut butter thumbprint kisses
- Mini M&M oatmeal monster cookies
- spiced sprintz cookies
- sprintz Christmas tree cookies
- old fashion sugar cookies with butter icing
- cherry chocolate cookies
I plan to pack the cookies in a tin lined with tissue paper and tied with festive ribbon.

Have a Great Day
Colo Junkett

Happy Halloween

The kids have been so excited about getting their costume together they have been working on them for weeks.

Of course you know here in Northwest Colorado, you have to build your costume over the long underwear coats and boots.

Liz dressed up as Dorothy and Dameon as the Tin Man, Robert went as the Grim Reaper (always a favorite in our bunch) Angela and her three girlfriends dressed up like Fairies, with wings pink tights and a wand, I really didn't think they would dress-up.
I'm so sorry I don't have pictures. I thought I took some but can't find them in my picture file

Wayt and I answered the door and gave out candy to all the goblins.

The kids had a great time. Mother Nature held off a couple of days before it started snowing.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

The Great Pumkin project

The Halloween excitement is starting to escalate in the house! Liz bought some gel windows clings that spell out "Happy Halloween" and "Boo Boo Boo". I 've been trying to put out a few Halloween and Fall Decorations. The Angela her friends have been going through the Halloween costume box trying to figure out what there costume is going to be this year.

I picked up pumpkins to carve. I really don't think Dameon knew what was going with all the seeds and the gooey stuff. This is really Dameon's first year doing this project. He's 23 months in these pictures.

I think the whole family had a good time.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett