Cause I'm Shameless

 

There is this awesome Etsy shop out there in Etsy land, that I think you need to know about! 

This place has some awesome items!  Just look at some of this awesome jewelry!

LOVE IT!! WANT IT!!!!

This would so go with what I have on right now!

Can you say goes with everything!

 

Moonshine Jewelry is run by an awesome girl named Amanda, and she just happens to be my niece!!!!!  So go now and check her out.  You never know if yall go over and order stuff, she might just give me a kickback on something. 

~cough cough "green with envy bracelet" cough cough~

 

Love you Mandy!!!!

(By the way don't call her that, it ruffles her feathers)

 

Amanda and the most awesomely awesome Aunt evah!

 

Wittle Baby Chicks!

 

My friend Brandi just finished with some photo sessions involving baby chicks.

It reminded me of when we were little and my Daddy brought us home some baby chicks. 

Not this kind... .

but this kind.....

It was awesome!  They were so so cute!  I can remember looking into the cage and picking mine out.  I really don't even remember what color I picked out.  I just remember the fascination and wonder of looking at those colored little chicks!

We watched them grow into gangly little "teenage" chicks, and by then they were getting a little too big for their cage.

One day I came home and noticed my chickens were gone!

"Daddy what happened to my chickens??"

I don't think he ever answered me....

Later that night we sat down to eat supper. 

We were having chicken and dumplins.

Coincidence?  I think not!

We're in trouble now!

16 years ago today, there was a major snow storm here in North AL and Southern TN. Snow drifts were everywhere! It was an awesome sight.

16 years ago today, my Nephew Wesley was born! It was an awesome sight, or so I have heard. I was not there, I was at home, because there was a snow storm and snow drifts were everywhere!

Little did I know that 16 years ago today that I would be so worried about this day. You see Wes and Syd are like this ( I am crossing my fingers) they are tight.

They play on Hay Bales together

She fixes his hair for pictures

She helps spray paint smiley faces on him :)

There Buds :)

So little Miss. Prissy Britches thinks she will be spending all her free time in TN with Wes and all his buddies. At least I know Wes wont let anything happen to her. Actually I don't think she would be able to meet a guy with him around. He probably wont let that happen either.

Today he got this.....

Yep we are in Trouble!

Happy Birthday Wesley Jay!!!!

When you get your license Monday, you better drive safe!!!!

Love your Aunt Bary :)

Leaf blower Huh?

***You may be seeing this post twice. How and why there are two I don't know, but I have comments on both so they will both be staying. Sorry for any confusion. :)***

A couple of weeks ago I did a post, that ended with some pictures my sister had taken of me. Pictures using a leaf blower.

Several people mentioned maybe needing to use a leaf blower in their pictures, so I thought I would give you a little insight on picture taking with a leaf blower.

Mama's birthday was on the 29th, so we celebrated it up at the photography studio my sister Deta has. (There are several stories coming from this shin dig, so this is one of many) Rundown of people there. Mama, Me, Lisa, Robin, Deta, Kristi (Lisa's BFF), and Syd.

During the course of the evening Deta started taking pictures of the others there, with the leaf blower. The following pictures were not taken by Deta, but rather by anyone who got my camera at any given moment.

First Kristi was up......

She was not to sure about this whole process.....

Me checking out the picture......

I like it, I really really like it!!!!!!

Deta started doing some pictures of her with out the leaf blower, so since I was holder of the leaf blower I started practicing on Robin.

Then the leaf blower turned on me....

I must say its a good way to get a face lift for a moment.

Robins turn...

Lisa giving the stinkeye to someone :).......

Then it came time for Mama's turn (syd got tired of waiting).....

While Mama was sitting in the chair (not that one up there) waiting to get her picture taken, the unthinkable happened. The boom light with the 15 pound weight on it, that we used for lighting fell over onto Mama's head!!!!!

She had a big ole' goose egg going on.

She had also just gotten her hair done that day, and I believe that's what saved her from being hurt any worse than she was. Because her hair was not moving. I think the boom light just bounced right off.

Deta felt so bad... :(

But Mama said don't worry about it I am fine!! :)

Moral of the story, leaf blowers can be fun to play with, but stay away from boom lights.

Leaf blower Huh?

 

 

A couple of  weeks ago I did a post, that ended with some pictures my sister had taken of me.  Pictures using a leaf blower.

Several people mentioned maybe needing to use a leaf blower in their pictures, so I thought I would give you a little insight on picture taking with a leaf blower.

 

Mama's birthday was on the 29th, so we celebrated it up at the photography studio my sister Deta has.  (There are several stories coming from this shin dig, so this is one of many)  Rundown of people there.  Mama, Me, Lisa, Robin, Deta, Kristi (Lisa's BFF), and Syd. 

During the course of the evening Deta started taking pictures of the others there, with the leaf blower.   The following pictures were not taken by Deta, but rather by anyone who got my camera at any given moment.

First Kristi was up......

She was not to sure about this whole process.....

Me checking out the picture......

I like it, I really really like it!!!!!!

Deta started doing some pictures of her with out the leaf blower, so since I was holder of the leaf blower I started practicing on Robin.

Then the leaf blower turned on me....

I must say its a good way to get a face lift for a moment.

Robins turn...

Lisa giving the stinkeye to someone  :).......

 

Then it came time for Mama's turn (syd got tired of waiting).....

While Mama was sitting in the chair (not that one up there) waiting to get her picture taken, the unthinkable happened.  The boom light with the 15 pound weight on it, that we used for lighting fell over onto Mama's head!!!!!

She had a big ole' goose egg going on. 

She had also just gotten her hair done that day, and I believe that's what saved her from being hurt any worse than she was.  Because her hair was not moving.  I think the boom light just bounced right off.

Deta felt so bad... :(

But Mama said don't worry about it I am fine!!  :)

Moral of the story, leaf blowers can be fun to play with, but stay away from boom lights.

Freeze Frame!

WARNING!! LOTS OF PICTURES!!

 

This Saturday we had a Birthday dinner for my Daddy, the teller of tall tales.

 

My lovely niece, who is older than me by a whole year and two months and eighteen days (but who is counting) got to come in from North Carolina.  I just love it when Amanda comes in.  We used to spend lots of time together when we were younger.

From L to R: Robin, Me, Amanda

So Saturday, I asked Deta to take a picture of me and Amanda together....

Turned out pretty good. 

Unlike this one.....

I was afraid that with us both having offwhite on, and being against the light colored curtains, that it would wash us out and we might just be floating heads in the picture.  So I asked Deta to take our picture with a darker background.  That's when it happened, chaos ensued.  Come on I'll show you why its so fun to be in my family......

We got our professional background out (also known as a throw) and a reflector and BAM instant studio  :) .....

We had fun with the reflector.....

What?? Doesn't everybody carry a reflector around to take pictures??

I am so glad I am on this Alternative Eating Plan look at those cheeks and those jowls on my face.  :[

 

Here we are trying to relax our cheeks from smiling so much

Here is the audience that was watching

Here is Deta taking the pictures

Here is my Great Niece Courtney acting like a goofball

(Beat y'all didn't know I was a Great Aunt, I really am a Great Aunt)

Courtney being bored

(actually I think she was saying will they ever stop taking pictures!!)

Here is a picture of Jess and Courtney that I jumped into.  :)

And then my nephew Wes saying please hurry up my arms are tired. 

When we were finished he did this....

Brrrr its cold.....

After all those pictures, Deta and I went to her studio and I was a guinea pig for some ideas she wanted to try out.  Here are those shots.....

Man its amazing what a talented sister, a leaf blower and photoshop can do. 

I wish my skin looked like that all the time!

(You would never guess that in those photos, I am sitting on a chair holding a leaf blower up toward my head.)