Homemade with Love

Which way to the gunshow?

My family knows me. For Mother's Day, do I want jewelry? Um, no. New clothes? Don't even THINK about it. Flowers? Really, are you trying to kill me? This year my main gift was this baby. It's the adhesive gun I have been wanting. Let me tell you, this thing is awesome. They were originally used for taping down mats, prints, etc. in custom framing. Now they have acid-free tape and are popping up all over scrapbook stores. The funny thing was getting used to holding it. I think it looks a bit ridiculous too. It is SO BIG. I am used to it now, but it was an adjustment at first. Here is a pic with the normal-sized adhesive I used to use. You can get an idea of the scale of this thing.

The other advantages of this gun are that the refills are relatively inexpensive, have more adhesive, and a very strong adhesive. I have had issues with the Monoadhesive not being sticky enough on textured paper. 
 

Pacific Grove

I have been going back through my pictures and my blog. I can't believe how little I have posted this year. I have thousands of pictures too. No excuses. So, I will start with something relatively recent and try and work my way back through the last five months or so.

Wayne asked what I wanted to do for Mother's Day weekend. See, I like to stretch a one-day holiday into an entire weekend celebration that is competely devoted to ME. It's pretty awesome albeit narcissistic. I chose one of my favorite places, Pacific Grove. Love EVERYTHING about it. Mostly the pace. We literally lounged on the beach the entire day. It was lovely. Well, there was one little hiccup in our day. The crazy lady. If you want to read about that, check out this.

Here are just a few snaps from the 300 or so I took that day:

Love my tripod and camera remote. So handy.

My sweet, loving, kind angel.

My thoughtful, hard-working, sensitive baby.

The love of my life. My best friend.

My new toy. It's less of a toy and more of a prop really. But it is awesome.

And me, holding my new prop.
  

Big Brown Eyes

Who knew that she had big, beautiful brown eyes hiding behind her glasses for the past 7 years? We did, actually. And now, everyone else will too. Abigail got her first pair of contact lenses yesterday after school. She had no idea she would leave the doctor's office with new contacts. I guess she thought it was going to take a couple of weeks for them to come in. When the doctor put them in her eyes, the biggest smile lit up her face. And it has been there since. The doctor and his assistant were so encouraging with her too. Such a happy experience for my baby.