Outside Halloween Decor

This skeleton is a milk jug project I made several years back and it still is a nice addition to my Halloween decor.  The black cat in the window is a vintage die cut I found at a Good Will store many years ago.  In the right corner is a vinyl blow-up bat I believe I bought at Target some years ago.

Halloween project I made this month using a straw wreath form styroform balls cut in half, google eyes ring spiders and webbing cloth.

May God Bless you and your family, Vicki a Colorado Junkett.

I’m cramped

I had to move some of my office into my very small bedroom 7’x9’

I have my computer desk, my printer and job search files, my bill file and spring semester notes books .

My last oldest daughter moved up north and my youngest daughter is off to college, it’s time for MOM to get her space back!

Now all I have to do is have a plan of attack-

1. move bed out
2. vacuum
3. unload the book cases
4. move book cases to use as a divider
5. load up book cases
6. vacuum
7. move bed back in and set up

Doesn’t sound to complicated right? Right just back wrenching! Ouch

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

Fall Vignette and Colder Nights

Fall Decor

I’ve notice some one in my neighborhood has heated up the fire place or wood stove smoke in the air

Thank you for stopping by, to check out some of my Fall Vignettes.

God Bless you and your family, Vicki a Colorado Junkett

There's a nip in the air



It's 7 am and 36 degrees this morning.  When I went to bed last night @ 11pm it was 68 degrees.
Fall is in the air!

Have a Great Day!
Colo Junkett



College Bound

 

My favorite blog sites are all blogging about back to school parties, getting the kids back into routines.

At my house we have been having the peace out people, I’m college bound get together.  It is not unusual to have kids coming and going from my house on the weekends, but I’ve had kids at my house every night for a week! It took my daughter a week to get together with every one of her friends one on one. She is acting like she moving to another country and never see them again, she is only going to be 3 hours away. 

Beginning a  parent a see how our children mature and grow. I had always thought that my daughter would be so excited about moving out, that would be the only thing on her mind, but in reality she has noticed that all of her friends since grade school will also be moving on and that friendship start fading  away as all the friends are moving on their own adventures.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

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Fall is approaching

All the blogs I follow are talking about stocking up for winter baking.
Funny thing is, I recently started working at a Kroger branch store in the bakery department and I have had a dozen customers, asking to purchase, used icing buckets, to store their oat, flour or sugar in.
Have a great Day!
Colo Junkett

Curb Cruzing

 

As you know I have my oldest daughter and her boys staying with me for a while. and every time they visit, I’m trying to find a place for the boys to nap without being disturbed. Friday is ” THE YARD SALE DAY” in my community, so today I went curb cruzing  looking for a bed that would fit somewhere, remember my house is only 1200sq ft.  I found a bargain, it’s a little use but it will get the grandson in there own bed.

Funny thing is, the lady that gave me the bed was not having a yard sale, she was going through her moms things trying to decide what would go to storage and what should be given away.  Her mother had recently been moved into a nursing care facility.   The bed was in her truck and got rained on before she had time to get into storage so she felt she couldn’t ask money for it.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

Monsoon Weather

In my neck of Colorado, we have really been get the affects of the monsoon the weather men are calling it.

I wake up to blue skies but by afternoon the dark cloud are moving in with wind and lighting by evening it's blue sky just as the sun is setting.  The next day I wake up to rain and thunder by noon the sky is clearing by evening the dark clouds start rolling in with wind and lighting.
So...This weekend I plan to go south a few 100 mile to get some sun


Do you have plans for the weekend?

Have a Great Weekend
Colo Junkett

Independence Day

I had a stay in town day and it was wonderful! See what went on in my little town.

Veterans AmourGuard

High School Band

You have to have decorated bicycle in a parade

and tractors

Toy Tractors



After the parade the Veterans put on a free BBQ for the community.  It was a GREAT day!



Fireworks!!!

It was a great Day!

Colo Junkett

July Food Management

July Food Management

Wow! It’s already July,my exercising is not going so will but I think the food management plan is going good.

This month I’m going to try to watch the amount of wheat product I use in my meal planning (bread, pasta, cereal, crackers.
Of course I’m still battling with ice cream we’ll see what happens this month.

Sunday Dinner
7/3 beef and broccoli, brown rice
7/10 Taco Salad- lean elk burger, shredded lettuce, Colby jack cheese, tomato, chopped onion, salsa, corn chips
7/17 Grilled Chicken breast, white rice, tossed salad
7/24 Shrimp, Baked Hush Puppies, Slaw
7/31 Beef Kabobs, Vegies, Rice Pilaf
 
Monday Dinner
7/4 Chef’s Salads with Hard boiled Eggs, Ham, Turkey, etc
7/11 white bean and trimmed ham crock-pot soup with wheat thins, celery sticks filled with light cream cheese
7/18 Elk steak, green beans, tossed salad
7/25 left over chicken, Cherry Tomato Salad

Tuesday Dinner
7/5 Roasted Garlic Onion Chicken, Peas. Mixed Vegetables
7/12 elk steak Stroganoff, Peas, egg noodles
7/19 Roast Beef, Red Potatoes, spinach greens
7/26 grilled pork chops, rice, and asparagus


Wednesday Dinner
7/6 elk burger patties, Green Beans, Tomatoes with Cucumbers
7/13 Crockpot: Shredded Pork wheat pita Sandwiches
7/20 BBQ Elk Roast Sandwiches
7/27 Spaghetti, tossed green salad

Thursday Dinner
7/7 Crockpot Steak San Morco, Buttered Noodles w Herbs, Peas
7/14 Goulash (I USE ½#elk burger, ½# lean beef burger
7/21 Crockpot: Peppered Beef Tips, tossed salad
7/28 Taco Salads in Baked Bowls

Friday Dinner
7/1 Grilled Cheeseburger, Fruit Salad
7/8 Grilled Chicken, Steamed vegies
7/15 Biscuits & Gravy, Scrambled Eggs
7/22 Chicken Stir Frye, Rice
7/29 Tuna Pasta Salad

Saturday Dinner
7/2 Chef Salad
7/9 Left over roast, tossed Salad with extra goodies
7/16 crock-pot beef Roast, potatoes & carrots
7/23 lean meatballs, spaghetti, Salad
7/30 Blackeye Pea Salad

My breakfast consisted of coffee, lite creamer, wheat bagel with peanut butter or hard boiled egg
And for lunch a choice of salad or soup or ½ wheat pita sandwich made of leftovers.
I hope this helps.

Have a great Day
Colo Junkett

P.S.
As of today I have lost 4.5 and have kept it off for 2 months.

July Celebrations

Activity list of July Celebrations:

• July 4th-Independence Day
• Nat’l Hot Dog Month
• Nat’l Baked Beans Month

Celebrate July at the fullest!

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

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