Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String

Hello Blogger world, it's been a while since my last post, but with just cause.  I haven't really been a blog slacker, just been working on a new blog.  I'm setting out on a new venture to help out around the Oglesby house, and doing it with something I enjoy.  This isn't a huge production or anything, I'm not planning on quitting my job, just suplementing :)  Anyway, I'm going to be selling hand painted canvases, wooden family plaques, etc., and I call this Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String...these are a few of my favorite things!  The name comes from Sound of Music's, song, These are a Few of My Favorite Things.  I decided on this name because with every piece I have a new favorite.  I hope that some of my favorites will be yours too!  Pass it on!

I've added the blog to  my blog list, but just in case go to:  brownpaperpkgs.blogspot.com

Congratulations to the Bride-to-Be!

Just want to give a shout out of congratulations to one of my dearest friends, Miss Haven Hale. She has found the love of her life, he proposed, and she said YES! I'm so happy for you and Ken Miss Hale, I'm so glad that you get to experience this wonderful thing that is so precious. When it's right, marriage is the most wonderful gift that you can ever be given. Thank you GOD for marriage, the way you designed it, it truly is a gift. Enjoy your gift my dear friend!

Just Kind of Happened

Personalized House Marker

Wooden Frame (my Stevie did that) with Hand Painted Cross

Christmas Card Holder

Hand Painted Cross

So Steve and I decided this year we wanted to make a few Christmas presents instead of buying into the money trap of the consumer Christmas. We wanted to give from the heart, and we both enjoyed getting to work together for a change. Anyway, they turned out well and we've actually have had a few orders since then. Just thought we'd post them, and if you're interested holla back!! I'll add more of our creations as they come.

The Downturn of the Economy

So we all know that money is tight everywhere, yes even here at the home of the electrician and school teacher. Due to many fiscal restraints we have had to make serious budget cuts and I have begun to take on many jobs that I once never thought possible (please don't believe a bit of this sarcasm). Because of the plummit of our economy I have become a hairdresser on the side...and my husband was my guinea pig. If you would like to set up an appointment for your husband I am now taking walk-ins. It will certainly make for a good laugh and a pile of hair on the floor to prove it. I can guarantee that your husband will now get his hair cut less often than he used to, therefore helping you to cut back on costs yourself. That's me, helping the economy one snip at a time!

Waffle House Christmas

So maybe you think we're redneck, some may just call it crazy , but we have stumbled on to our Christmas tradition, the WAFFLE HOUSE! Go ahead have your laugh, we still are. You see this is the way it all went down...we had this beautiful, sweet, lovie-dovie make you sick kind of quiet Christmas at home, nestled by the fire (even though we don't have a fire unless we were to make one in the back yard), but my family had other plans.

Somewhere along the way we settled for a 15 hour ride in the backseat of my dad's truck to Washington D.C. We left late Christmas Eve and Steve and I celebrated our Christmas in a Waffle House somewhere in Virginia with an old man flipping pancakes with earrings and reindeer antlers. It was magical, and memorable.

After we reached D.C. we stayed with my sister, brother-in-law, niece & nephew along with the rest of my family in a very "cozy" apartment. We were cramped, sore, but a good time was had by all. Steve got the D.C. experience for the 1st time and probably the last since our free board just moved to Georgia.

Only For Megan...6 Unimportant things About Me

So Megs, I know you tagged me over a month ago, better late than never. Couldn't sleep, so here I am.

1. I love to vaccuum. If I could do it everyday, I would. Fortunately, time doesn't always allow me to, so I'm not one of those freaky people yet.

2. When I make up the bed, even if I'm about to get in it, I don't want there to be any wrinkles. No NOT one!

3. I have my own language. I make up words all the time. Really I take other words and make them my own, but it makes my students ask me what language I'm speaking, and if I'm feeling frisky I say my words really fast, it drives them wild.

4. It is a sad, sad day for me if I miss Wheel-of-Fortune. I could live without TV if it weren't for Wheel-of-Fortune. Someday, I'm going to play and make lots of money.

5. I am quickly becoming a Rock Band junkie. Do they have a 10-step program for that?

6. I don't like sweet tea or hot dogs. My dad used to tell me I was communist, call it what you want to, I just don't like it.

Christmas Came Early

So, I broke down, in a big kind of way. We've been talking about wanting a Wii for some time now, so I found a good deal on one (courtesy of Ebay) and bought one for Steve for Christmas. Well, it couldn't wait until Christmas. So I thought to myself, just give it as a birthday present, but that was no good either. His birthday is December 13th. So what was a girl to do? I wrapped it up in Christmas paper, but a sweet little bow on it and said, " Here's your Christmas present, you can open it now or wait." Sneaky little devil...he opened it.