MY Name Is Not June Clever, Martha Stewart & I am Not Suzi Home Maker!!

Let me just start my saying by this;  under no circumstances no matter how much I beg, cry, bribe etc..... do let me borrow the follow items; blenders, mixers, irons, spatula's, Tool's (I loose them) I could go on and on.....I go through an iron an a year, a mixer & blender a year and spatulas on a daily basis!
My boys ask me to make them some cookies last night, I really do not enjoy spending time in the kitchen for that amount of time. I know, that is not very motherly, but I am on a mission and I have things to do and they just don't cook  fast enough! I started them last night and then put everything away and decided I would do them this morning. So as SW is leaving for work he says to me; you have a nice day honey and remember hon; there called Monster cookies but that doesn't mean they have to look like MONSTERS! Really? I think I have this under control! I decided to make a dbl batch (stupid) I put everything together as directed and my Antique Mixer broke :( now that was a pisser! there was cookie dough all over my counters, walls, cupboards, etc.... Now what is wrong with this picture?  I had to mix this whole dbl batch of cookies by hand! My gimpy son could not help me!  I baked two trays, ate 1 tray myself and made 1 try for the two boys put the rest in the fridge to bake later!  They really must make better grades  appliances for people that abuse them like me.  I mean honestly, maybe I should be buying industrial strength? On a positive note; the cookies turned out good! I am going to post the recipe.
xoxoxo
Deana
Monster Cookies
3  Eggs Room Temp
1  Cube of soften butter
1  Cup Brown Sugar
1  Cup White  Sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. maple syrup
2 tsp. baking soda 
1 1/2 Cups Peanut Butter
4 1/2 Cups Oatmeal
1 Cup of M & M 's
1 Cup of Chocolate Chips
Preheat Oven to 325 degrees and grease or spray as many cookie sheets that you have! Can you tell I am on a mission!
I put 12 on a cookie sheet so they don't take over the house like my husband thinks the monsters are coming to get him! Maybe I should make them bigger!
I bake them for 10 minutes because he likes them soft if you want them crunchy bake them longer 12 - 14 min. but just watch them and test them. They say to bake them on 350,  I did that and I thought it was too hot for them.
Enjoy! Now This Batch was not dbl and if you break your vintage mixer than we shall all meet and all
go buy new ones!!!!! Because we deserve it!
Please let me know if your try them and how they turned out

So this is my first two weeks of retirement! hmmmmmm..........

I began my first week cleaning like a mad women and then life came to a halt in just seconds.......
 Ashton our 14 year old!  He just finished the 8th grade and last Wednesday he thought it would be fun to climb on a child's back and lift himself up to the back board of the basketball hoop and the bolts broke and came down on his fingers. Left hand is still there...16 stitches later, surgery the following day, two broken fingers one is pinned all are separated and he will be in a soft cast for a min. of 6 weeks.  By the grace of God, he was one lucky child that he did not loose his fingers.  So far we think his tendons are okay but we will not know until everything begins to heal. 
  Our daughter graduated on Saturday, we had a wonderful party that we paired together with her best friend and first love.  If I thought closing my shop was bittersweet, separating these two at the end of summer is going to be really sad.  I will not only be letting one child fly but two. I wish everyone could experience what these two kids have had.  I pray that when they go their separate ways they will one day find there way home into each others hearts.  I do know that they will experience life almost 3000 miles away, and they them selves are not sure how they are going to do it.  They both need to learn to fly and continue with their education.  I am so very proud of my children and what they stand for.  I am also so very proud of us "their parents" we have done a great job with our kids.  Shelb's best friend Dylan has been like another son to us and I hope and pray we can always be there for him.  Shelbie will be attending Willamette and Dylan will be attending Flight School in Daytona Beach and then plans on going into the Air Force.   This week has been pretty calm, I get to start cleaning the rest of my house and get my flowers planted.  We are finally getting some wonderful warm weather.  I have had so many people say to me; what are you going to do?  clean my house lol I think I have already gotten bored with that job and I want to play!  I want to go for a nice long ride, take some photos, visits friends, now really doesn't that sound like much more fun!  "I know" priorities! I am learning one day at a time, the more I stay on task the sooner I will get to go play.  I am dieing to go to Monticello in Portland and check out all their cool outdoor decor' and if any of you go "please don't tell me what I am missing right now" I can only imagine!  If you have not made it there you are really missing out!  Some places you just can't keep a secret, they have awesome customer service and they have anything you are looking for and even what you are not! So remember "one of my motto's" If it speaks to your heart it is okay to buy it! "No Regrets"!
Hugs and Summer Blessings
P.S. if you don't hear from me, feel free to stop by and help me clean out! Treasures might just be free!

I am so very greatful for the time I was able to share with all of you....

I can not begin to Thank you all enough for the wonderful support over the past 4 years.  My business was a great success and being able to meet and share with all of you made this experience "The Best"! It has been almost 4 days since the closing of my shop.  On Sunday, when I had gone into work to try and finish packing S.W. my greatest supporter had already taken the signs down from the top part of the building and when I pulled up and saw it "all gone" I sat in the truck listening to a Bob Seager song and cried :( I didn't think it was going to hit me as hard as it did but I was wrong.  After about 5 minutes of me sitting in the truck crying, S.W. came out and said "I know, this is really a sad moment for you, it was a sad  for me taking them down as well.  I finished packing and closed the doors.  I have been cleaning my house for the last week and I am horrified of what I have let go......"yikes" I have a lot to do before I take on my next venture!  I bought two flats of Sweet Peas today, I brought my plants home from the shop to replant, and my list goes on and on....Thank you all so much for your support and stopping in to say "see you soon" not good bye!  This is a good thing and now that I am home I am glad that I am done and will be able to spend more time with my family and teaching my youngest son life skills (too many school cuts) and really, we are great teachers and owe it to our children to teach them these wonderful skills called - learning how to live! Everything does not come a sweet box with a beautiful ribbon on it and our kids need to learn these life skills.  I will be taking a break from creating until I get my house in order and then I will be doing projects that I am going to share with all of you so if you are interested in them you can join in and get free lessons!  I truly beieving in Paying It Forward because so many women have done the same for me.

If you get the chance "please" stop by the Shop!

This is a busy weekend coming up but if you get the chance please stop in and if you haven't signed our guest book, please do so.  We are keeping it as our mailing list for future news to you all!  We have about 4 tables full of some great finds.  We have set the prices pretty darn low so you can buy more! lol We still have some collectibles, glassware, odds & ends and some that you will have to finish yourself but at these low prices you can't go wrong.  I would love to say "see you later" I never like to say "good bye".  If you don't get the chance please keep in touch and I will continue blogging and keep you updated on what is going to be happening in the near future.  We are all getting a bit more excited about the closing of the Shop because we are looking forward to doing other shows that we have been invited to participate in.  This is something new and exciting for us. What ever you do this weekend, please be safe and don't be in a hurry to get there.
Have a great weekend and please stay in touch!
Thank you all for your wonderful company, your comments, your friendship and most of all your wonderful uplifting support in my business.  I will miss seeing and visiting with you, however I can hardly wait to start cleaning my house!  If you get in the cleaning mood you will know where to find me next week!
Lots of Love to you All!
Deana