Squaw get ’em firewood

My first Pow Wow 

When I first arrived at the festivities I noticed they had tents set up in a big circle all facing the drummer tent in the middle. It never crossed my mind that they were only for select people :) I also noticed that there was a spot right next to a tent (not even under it, mind you, just beside it) that offered a small bit of shade. So me and my little lawn chair made our way over there and I asked an older lady who was sitting by the edge if I could sit next to her... okay, so the look she gave me should have given me the hint but it didn't. (oops!) She gave me a half nod as a responce.

Skip forward about 30 minutes- I soon found out that the woman I was sitting beside was none other then the head-directer's mother (good thing I was nice to her) and the tents were not set up for shade seeking sightseers but the heads of the tribes!! I was sitting with the head family of the Red Earth

 Society! 

Yet another Laverne & Shirley moment to prove of my unfailing luck of getting myself into crazy situations.    

 

                                            Much Love,

                                                      Monica Grace

                                                                   

                                            

Get busy and have fun!

I love Pinterest!!! I have like 7 full boards and 2,000,000 pins. You can find 19 different ways to wear a scarf, 4 ways to kill ants without pain, to cook anything your heart desires. But don't forget to try those things! I know I have not done but a few but what I have done I really have enjoyed. Here is what I did last and I love it.

      So grab your mod podge, some black paint, and a canvas. I got mine at Hobby Lobby, 2 came in a package for around $4.00 on sale. I painted the sides of the canvas black and a little of the edge in case when I trimmed my photo I didn't cut it right.

 All you do is trim your picture to fit the canvas and mod podge it on there. Then I put 3 coats on the top to seal it.

I love how they turned out! It was really easy too. So don't forget to try at least one pinterest thing a month. Trust me, you will not regret it. Have fun!!



Death To All Ants!

When I started looking for an apartment I always said "I don't do bugs or bad guys" and I was lucky to find an apartment in the OKC area that wasn't scary or bug-infected but like all apartment tenants know and I just recently discovered was that you are at the mercy of a landlord to exert energy into fixing your problems or not to. 

         Saturday night I noticed Penelope following something rather closely on the kitchen floor.. so I did what my mother would have done, I got down to her level and found out what it was. 

                                                             ANTS!!! NO No NO!!! 

If you know me at all you know good and well that I, in no way, shape, or form, like bugs (I'm itchy just from writing this:) After looking closer I found thousands more! (okay, maybe it was more like 8) I could have waited til morning and had the maintenance man come and 'attempt' to fix the problem but knowing Marve (I don't actually know his name but that's what Mom and I call him, lovingly of course) and just how energetic he is I decided to look on Pinterest for a solution. I must admit that I felt rather morbid typing the words 'poison' and 'killer' into the search engine but I discovered greatest thing since double-stuffed oreo cookies. Borax powder. not only can it remove stains from your carpet, clean your tile floors, be used in the washer, it can be used to kill ants! 

    Here's the scoop-

                                        Boil till dissolved:

                                                     2 T Borax powder

                                                     1 cup Sugar

                                                     2 cups of water

                                        after cooled, place a cotton ball in a shallow lid (like a pop bottle lid)

                                        and pour liquid on top.

                                        Set it out where the ants will find it and your problem should be gone 

                                        within 24 hours!

I put out 3 lids full of 'ant food' on Saturday night and by the time I got home Sunday after church I haven't seen any more! 

                                                              Much Love,

                                                     Monica Grace

Pretty Pink Shoes

Natalie is starting to walk! So it is time for shoes. I love shoes! I think you can never have too many shoes (my husband would say otherwise) so we went out shopping for shoes. Evan wanted something that had lights and flashed when she walked. I thought, we will see about that but by the end of the 4th store I would have settled for flashing lights. We were not finding anything!!! We went to 7 different stores and no luck. My babies have thick chubby feet so it is hard to find shoes that fit where their feet don't puff out of the shoe like a marshmallow in a tic-tac box. Finally I found these cute little sparkly shoes. The only problem was that they were slick on the bottom. But I got them anyways because they FIT! I thought maybe it would not be that bad on carpet. Nope, they were still very slick. She looked like she was trying to walk on ice. So I had to fit this problem. And this is what I came up with...

  I bought a small tube of Clear Silicone. It is waterproof, sun proof and freeze proof. It will not crack or shrink. And it is flexible. Great!!! I do not have a steady hand and I can't draw to boot. So I did zig zag lines.

Now she can walk like a little lady and not a penguin on the ice. :) 



Introducing... Penelope!

I'd like you all to meet the newest member of the McNamar clan, my sweet little 

 Penelope

Since my family has yet to follow me and move the the wonderful state of Oklahoma (if only you could see the facetious look on my face as I type this sentence) I have found someone who has made living a minimal of 6 hours away from my family a little bit easier. 

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I originally went to the dog rescue to see a cute little Yorkie puppy that I had seen on their website the night before but when I got there I discovered that she had already been adopted by another family. Although I was somewhat sad to find that out I was distracted by a pathetic high pitched cry coming from a cage on top of the pile that held all the dogs. Inside I found a massive (wink wink) 7 pound Mini Schnauzer with an atrocious haircut. 

I then became a believer in love at first sight.     

I sat in the floor and held a little nameless dog that made me forget all about being homesick.

And that is how I found my little Penelope  

Much Love, 

                                  Monica Grace

Being a Big Brother

Evan is all about teaching Natalie things. He is a great big brother and loves his little sister. When I took this picture it melted something inside me. Thank you Lord for showing us how to love one another.

Ready... Aim... Fire!!!

Well... I think summer is here! Evan and I love messing around with water. When we water the flowers I think we get more on us than we do the flowers. I was going to pick up a bag of water balloons because I thought that would be a real blast. But then I remember a few years ago. We had a HUGE water balloon fight with all my brothers and sisters. Us girls spent hours filling water balloon after water balloon. Just to have them a broke in like under 5 minutes. And then we had 10,000 little tiny pieces of rubber to pick up out of the yard. I thought there has to be a better way. And came across this idea. It was great!!! All you need is some sponges, scissors, and we used some of daddy's zip ties.

                                                  
                                                                     

Now grab your zip ties. We also did a few with rubber bands and

 them held up as well as the ones with the zip ties.

We made 12 of these. Now it is time to go have a blast!

As you can see we put out 4 small buckets filled with water. No limit how many times you can throw them and no little tiny pieces of rubber to pick put. My kind of game!!! It was a blast!!!

This game will give you lots of laughs! This is a summer game that we will playing for a long long time.