DIY: Craft - Giant Squishy Sensory Bag

And here I present you with a Giant Squishy Sensory Bag, courtesy of the Go Kid Yourself  blog.

Duct tape & plastic sheeting (painting dropcloth). Oh and water. And you're done!

This is an amazing idea - Pinterest simply wasn't enough, have to share it on here too.


Found this on Go Kid Yourself. Check out her other great ideas!

Pinterest amazes me.

First, I just saw this amazing idea on Pinterest, which orginated from Laura's blog called Come Together Kids. It's a for a bean-bag stuffed animal chair. What a great way to keep them all together (and not all over the floor!). Fabulous idea.

And THEN just below the amazing-bean-bag-chair-storage, I see the above picture! My niece and nephews will absolutely love this. Next time I see them, this is happening!

Visit Go Kid Yourself to see her instructions! Seems easy enough! If I do this in a few weeks for the kiddos I will take some pictures for sure :)

~Helen

911: My Balls Won't Move

So this is my first of what could be many posts about my job as a 911 Dispatcher. I'm at work right now, and this call came in earlier.
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Me: 9-1-1, what's the address of the emergency?
Caller: Yes, well, it is a bit of an emergency.
Me: Okay sir, where are you?
Caller: Well, I'm at my place here in _________.
(plus my questions to get his name & phone number - sounds to be an older gentleman. We'll just call him Joe)
...then
Me: Okay Joe, tell me exactly what happened.
Joe: Well, they just won't move. It's my balls. I was trying to give myself an enema, and I did something wrong and it won't work, and now my balls won't move. I didn't know who to call.
Me: You did the right thing by calling. Just stay on the line and we'll talk with the ambulance dispatcher. Don't hang up, okay?
Joe: I was thinking they could maybe just send a nurse over here, you know?
Me: It's okay Joe, we'll get you some help.
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I listened to the recording afterward, and I *think* he was actually saying bowels, not balls! Poor guy! It really sounded like balls though! Either way, hopefully the paramedics got everything straightened out for Joe :)

~Helen

DIY Crafts: Wedding Decor - Rustic & Vintage

One of my best friends since 1997 got married last month, and I made the trip across the country to celebrate.

She is absolutely stunning, and she did SUCH a great job decorating the hall.

Here's a picture of the rustic/vintage mason jar centerpieces Catherine put together, and the entryway to the reception hall. She had so many nice touches to work in the beautiful green colour.



Rustic / Vintage Centerpieces at Catherine's July 2012 Wedding

For more pics, click below!

Why hello there!

I've pretty much started this as a place to upload my (sometimes fail) attempts of Pinterest copycatting. I'm really not a handy person... but I do consider myself crafty.

I'm in the process of uploading all the pictures from my phone from Oct 2011 to today, and I have several pictures on there of the DIY crafy things that I've tried so far. I have had some projects that turned out wonderfully, and others that would have been better untested...  I sometimes change one or two little things in the instructions, so I have found myself longing for a place to upload pictures of my variation of the wonderful projects from blogs all over the world. So here it is!

A disclaimer: All my pictures will be from my iPhone. I don't (yet!) have a digital SLR that take such beautiful pictures, so the 'ol iPhone will have to do for now!

I am brand new to blogging. But if I take to this, I will probably also mix in some stories from work and life in general. I used to love keeping a journal, so this can't be too hard, right?

Thanks for visiting!

~Helen