Thoughts of Christmas

Anyone else started shopping yet or is it just me? I've got a few bags hidden already with a few gifts and I hope I don't lose them when we move. I already misplaced a shirt for Terry from last year that he didn't get because I couldn't remember where I hid it! Hopefully it will show up when we move and I'll have an extra gift for him this year!

I've got a few things to share. First is a set of thank you tags I made using My Mind's Eye Laundry Line papers and bird rub-on. The thank you rub-on's are Melissa Frances. It was cloudy today so the photos turned out a little blurry and dark but I wanted to post them anyways. I was going to take them outside and between the dogs and the wind, it wasn't happening!



And, a set of mini notecards using my favorite Melissa Frances papers and chipboard.




That's about it for now, I'll be back later in the week with more.
I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Annette

Fall is in the Air

I've noticed recently that the leaves are starting to fall and soon the trees will be covered with brilliant yellows, oranges and reds. Fall is one of my favorite times of year, along with winter. I acutally love the cold and wished it would snow more here (I know, you guys that get really cold weather and get tons of snow think I'm crazy! hee hee). Every so often we will get a good snow and I am hoping that this year will be an exception as we will be in the new house and I can only imagine how beautiful the woods and lake will look with a covering of snow!
I got a few Christmasy projects to share. First is a set of tags that I did in a red and ivory theme. I covered the snowflake tag with a quilted fabric then distressed with ink and sewed around the edges. The snowflake is a sizzix die cut with white felt that I painted slightly and glittered with stickles. I covered the snowman tag with a cavas fabric and inked around the edges. I added some corrugated cardstock (which I distressed with paint) and antique lace and stitched around the edges. The snowman is a sizzix die cut from felt and painted the hat and arms with acrylic paint and cut extra pieces of red felt for the hat and scarf and machine stitched around those. Then I lightly painted the snowman with paint to distress it and added some stickles.



I was cutting some trees out of chipboard and noticed who cool the negative parts was and immediately I started thinking what could I do with it? So, I made it into a tag. I recut the tree using Melissa Frances papers and adhered to the front and cut a backing with a different MF paper so it would show through the cutout. I distressed with some acrylic paint and then glittered the center of the tree and sewed around the edges. I glittered the flower and painted some jute and tied it around the top and added a button.

And lastly, I got this cute sizzix owl die and couldn't wait to make something with it. I cut the owls out of chipboard, then again out of felt and added a little felt belly. The eye backing is glitter paper and the eyes and nose is painted chipboard. I cut the hat out of felt and stitched around it so it would stand out a little more. I painted the branch, then covered with german glass glitter.


Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Annette

It's a Great Day!

Why is it a great day - because they are spraying the insulation in the new house today - YAY! You couldn't imagine how much stuff accumulates in house when you are building it so we spent some time yesterday cleaning and moving everything to the center of the rooms so they could get their hoses in and spray. It was a great feeling when I left yesterday, knowing the next time I saw the house that it would look a little different and we would be one step closer to completing it. Next step will be the HVAC and duct work, which Terry and a friend will do and seeing that is what he does for a living it shouldn't take him too long, he says about two days tops.
Terry is still holding on to the last two puppies, who aren't puppies anymore as they are 4 months old now. The guy who we keep hoping will take one keeps changing his mind and Terry wants to catch him on a good day when he is in the "yes" mode! He is a great guy who had to have his dog put to sleep last month month and he says he is ready but we will just have to keep our fingers crossed that he takes one, maybe both of them? hee hee! If not, I'll be making a "free puppy" sign and Terry will head out to Tractor Supply early one morning and see if he can find them a good home, at least one of them. He really wants to keep the tan puppy that looks like the "Marley and Me" dog so we might end up with 5 dogs, yikes! The people who took the other tan dog had a DNA test done and even though the mom is sheppard, the two tan puppies are 99% golden retriever. There were three different dads and only three of the puppies got her genes, Kaila being one of them - my sweet little puppy!

I have a few crafty projects to share, all tags for now. I made some cards yesterday and took some photos last night but they were too dark so I'll take them to the property tomorrow and get some better photos and post them later in the week.
The first is a set of whimsical tags I made using another Sizzix die. As soon as I saw the die I knew I wanted to make something whimsy. I used MME papers and wrapped some tinsel around the chipboard topper to make a ball for the top of the hat.

Next are some tags I made using a pumpkin punch with orange paper, then covered the pumpkin with glue and glittered with Martha Stewart Fire Opal and then added some yellow glitter paper to the back. The stars are Making Memories Spellbound clear stamps and I sewed around the little square, which surprisingly wasn't too hard. I added some foam tape and adhered to a backing, which is MME paper punched with a scallop punch. I found some black waxed twine in my stash that I bought years ago, not sure why I bought it but it worked great for the hang tie part. The photo is a little blurry but if you click on it, you can see them better.

I didn't want to focus on all holiday things so I made some Thank you tags using one of my favorites, Melissa Frances. I cut the tag out of lightweight chipboard, then covered with MF papers and sewed around the edges. (I can't seem to make anything without bringing out my sewing machine). The butterflies are Maya Road, which I painted light pink and distressed and then added some German Glass Glitter, another one of my favorite products. The ticket and rub-on are also both MF.


These are some tags I made using a wooden crown, which I covered with MME papers and outlined with glitter. The sweet crochet flowers were made by a very good friend of mine that lives in WA that I have known for 30 years. Sometimes she just makes them and sends them in the mail and surprises me, thanks again so much Jennifer!


I hope everyone has a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!
Annette

Kaila and her Pool

Kaila is officially a water dog! As soon as I fill up her little pool, she takes a running leap and dives in, it is the funniest thing to see! Then she puts her head under the water and proceeds to sit or lay down, then its a leap out and a roll around the grass and back into the pool. The water stays clean for about 2 minutes before it is filled with grass and dirt but she doesn't care, she just loves the water!


It is so great to get back into crafting! I've been making lots of projects for Halloween and Christmas.
First is a Halloween tag, which I used cardboard as the base and distressed with paint, then machine stitched around the edges. The skull and wording are Sizzix which I cut from chipboard, then painted, highlighted with ink and then coated with german glass glitter. The little ghosts are a satin trim and I added glitter to them. Some black leaf trim, pom pom trim and coordinating ribbon finish off the tag.


Next is a Christmas to/from tag book. The the tags are embellished with Melissa Frances Papers, stickers and chipboard. The front tag is a snowman sizzix die cut from stiff felt, then I painted the hat and arms and cut another scarf and painted it green and added over the top to give it a dimensional look. I added some sparkly glitter for a snowy effect.

(I took the photos down at the property and realized after I posted this I didn't brush off the extra glitter - oops!)

I'll have more to share later on in the week.

Have a wonderful day!
Annette

Fun Times

I had a great time visiting with my parents. They stayed at our property for about a week, then my sister and I met them at Myrtle Beach for a few days and camped with them in their motorhome. There was lots of shopping and food and an awesome day at the beach. The water was so warm and clear and the sand was so white, I just love the beach! The campground we stayed in was on a large marsh and to get to the campground and beach you had to go over a road that had a marsh on both sides. Well, in this marsh were alligators!! We took a walk to the marsh one morning before we went to the beach and saw about 7 alligators. I thought I got a photo of a really large alligator that was right on the water's edge but couldn't tell if it was in the shot because of the glare of the sun on my camera so I just clicked away and hoped I got him in the photo but when I downloaded it, all I had was the eye of the alligator. I did get a picture of an alligator that was about 6-7 feet long. It was really creepy because he wasn't more than 10 feet from us with only a small rock bank separating us. A lady that was there said they come up to the street and sun on the road and I was really glad the alligators we were looking at decided they wanted to swim that day and not sun because I would of ran like superman if any of them came out of that water!
The last night we were there my sister and I decided to take a walk down to the beach after it got dark to see if any good seashells had washed up. It was about 10 pm and walking through the campground with flashlights was fine because alot of campers were still awake and sitting around their fires. When we got to the boardwalk pathway to the beach, that was a different story. The long walkway to the beach was a tunnel, where they had clipped the brush so you could walk but you were surrounded by brush on all sides, including the top, there was a raised boardwalk with mossy water on one side and it was so dense on both sides you had no idea what was lurking in the brush. The boardwalk was probably 300-400 feet of the brush tunnel, then it was open with sand dunes and seagrass on both sides and then you got to the ocean. Our flashlights did not light the pathway up very well and we could hear the ocean and people on the beach and knew it wasn't too far but we didn't get more than about 100 feet as it was just too creepy and dark and we kept thinking there was an alligator or snakes lurking so we turned around and walked back. So much for our adventure!

There was lots of tears when we said our goodbyes as I know it will be 3-4 years before my dad and stepmom make this trip again.



My only crafty project lately I have done are couple tags I made a few weeks back. I used a lightweight chipboard for the tag, Melissa Frances paper and glitter stars, and Maya Road chipboard. I painted the "celebrate" pink and distressed, then coated with glitter.




We didn't get moved into the new house yet as we didn't get it finished in time. Things got put on hold while my family was visiting and hopefully we can get things back on track next week and we are looking to an end of August move. I'll still have my computer and more time now so I'll be able to get some crafting time in and post more. I can't believe it has been almost a month since my last post and I will try to not let that happen again!

Hope everyone is having a great summer!
Annette

Hot Summer Days

I am just loving this warm weather, the grass is green and my garden is flourishing. I won't be loving it though in the next few weeks when we are moving in this heat but thank goodness for air conditioning! It looks like we will be moving just a few days before my dad gets here, which is on July 11th. I will be very happy to finally be in the house, it has been a long 2 year process and I am so ready to move!

Living by the water will be wonderful but the downside is lots and lots of mosquitos. I have been going to the property these past few weeks and always spray myself with bug repellent (deet-free) but they seem to find a spot or two that I miss. I recently discovered that they like to venture up your shorts! Everyday I get a few new bites and I spend my nights itching! I must have at least 10-12 bites on me right now and I am going to have to come up with something to help prevent them or I am going to be covered in mosquito bites every summer. The spray works good but after 30 minutes or so outside in hot weather, I think I am sweating it off. Terry wears long pants and t-shirts so he doesn't get bit nearly as much. I like my shorts and tank tops and don't want to cover up completely when it is in the 90's. If anyone has any deet-free repellent ideas, I would love to hear about them!

I wanted to share my ATC's that I recently made for a group that I am in and our theme this Swap was "Summer."

The background of the bikini ATC card is all fabric strips I hand cut and then machine stitched. The sun is also fabric, cut with my sizzix circles die, then hand stitched around the edge. The little lobster is punch cut with red paper and then glittered. I used MF chipboard as a pattern for the bikini, and then sewed the rhinestones on, then adhered to the card.

The starfish was cut using a spellbinders die. I used a pearlescent peach paper and lightly sanded it, then sewed the beads on. I printed the words out on the computer, then machine stitched around them and then cut them out, it was alot easier to sew around the words this way. The photos did not turn out that great on both cards or show any of the highlighting though. I am hoping all the light in the new craft space will allow me to take better photos.

We have found homes for 4 of the puppies, including the one that I liked. A nice lady drove up in a fancy car and took a liking to the my puppy and I was more than happy to let her have her. She will be living on a lake in the summer and will be sleeping in her new owners bed and they also have a house out in the country on 30 acres with a creek so I thrilled to hear how spoiled she was going to be! We have three left to find homes for. Friends of Terrys are coming to get another puppy this weekend but they might leave with 2! His friend's wife took a liking to the tan puppy that Terry likes and her husband likes one of the shorthair puppies so Terry said if they wanted both that he would give his favorite up. We have chosen (mostly me!) the last fluffy girl to keep for ourselves. I have named her "Kaila", which is a hawaiian name and she loves the water! I have a large round pan that I fill with water and she ususally sits in it! Terry said the other day that she fell asleep right by her water bowl and everytime she dozed off her nose went into the water and she would pop her head up went it got wet, then fall asleep and put her nose in the water and pop her head back up, I wish I could of seen that!
Here is our new puppy, she is the one on the left, isn't she cute!


Terry had a service call for his job (HVAC) a few hours away and the people have a huge backyard. They already have a small dog but the lady (who was very nice) was talking about how they wanted a bigger dog for protection because her husband was in the military and was away alot. Terry told her "I have got just the dog for you!" It's our last short hair puppy and she wants us to email her photos as her husband will be home in a few days from Iraq and she wants him to see the puppy. I'm going to take photos today and email them later and will be keeping my fingers crossed that they decide to take it.

I'll be packing up my craft room this coming week and won't get it set back up for 2-4 weeks. I will be definitely going through crafting withdrawals but look forward to having a new and organized craft room and most of all, lots of windows which means lots of light and better photos!

I am going to try and squeeze in one more post next week before I unhook my computer.

Have a wonderful day!
Annette

My first Rattler!

I will never forget today as long as I live! I have only seen rattlesnakes in zoos and photos and never thought in a million years I would get so close as to almost stepping on one - YIKES!!!! Only a few days ago I was on the NCsnakes.com site familiarizing myself with the poisoness snakes in our area again as we are getting close to moving and I wanted a refresher course. When I got to the property I let the puppies out and tied up the mom dog so I could clean out the kennel and get them fresh water and food. The puppies usually stay within 20 feet or so of the kennel and don't go too far. They run in the grass, in the wooded area behind the kennel, which has wood piles, a small garden and our guinea hens on the other side, about 15 feet away. On the side of the guinea cage is a water tank that Terry has hooked up to collect rain water and has a tap on it. Terry had hooked a hose up to the tank and brought the hose over to the kennel through the wooded area and told me all I have to do is turn on the nozzel on the hose to get water. Well, typical me didn't listen properly when he explained it a few days ago so I was thinking I had to turn the water on at the tank so I headed over that way. Since I first saw black and king snakes out at the property in the last few years, I am always on the lookout for black colored snakes, never thinking any other snakes would be around. I got within 2-3 feet of the tank, didn't see anything black and started to walk to the tank and looked down and stopped in my tracks. There he was, all 4 1/2 - 5', big, fat and scary next to the guinea pen looking for mice and birds. His head was the other way so he didn't see me. Of course I backed away asap and immediately FREAKED OUT! Before I called Terry the only think I could think of was the puppies running around and they always come back by the guineas and oh my gosh my heart was pacing so fast! I ran back and grabbed all the puppies and basically was throwing them in the kennel (I was gentle though but fast!) When we go to put them back in the kennel, they think we are playing and they run all over the place so I was very happy that they cooperated. Rachel (mama dog) was still tied up and the daddy dog was in the other kennel because we have to lock him up when we let the puppies out because he growls at them. The only dog running loose was Paula Dean and I didn't see her at the time. After the puppies were in the kennel, I grabbed a shovel and went over by the snake and stood on a log and did not take my eyes off that snake as there was no way I was letting this poisoness snake escape! I had my cell phone in my pocket and I couldn't dial fast enough and called Terry and he DIDN'T ANSWER HIS PHONE! I called and called and he didn't answer and finally about the fifth time he answered. And I'm like "where are you, there's a big rattler here and oh the puppies, the dogs, where are you?" He was only 15 minutes away and I'll tell you, that was the longest 15 minutes of my life. Okay, I admit I was practically in tears at this point because all I was thinking about was what if I would of listened to Terry in the first place on how to turn the water on that I would of never went over to the tank and I would of never had seen the snake and one or more of the puppies might have been killed today. As I stood there on the log with my shovel watching this snake, I was thanking God that I didn't listen to Terry!

After I called Terry he called his friend Doug, who by the way could be on Survivorman, he is an ex-cop, a hunter, kills his own chickens, eats turtles, and well, you get the picture. Terry finally shows up 20 minutes later and asks me to go pick up Doug (lives 4 miles away) because his truck was being repaired so I ran to my car why Terry watched the snake and drove as fast as I could, missed Doug's driveway and had to turn around. There he was, cage and snake stick in hand and we headed back. He walks up to the snake like it was no big deal and starts talking to it, (like the snake is going to say hey, whats up? - hee hee). I'm shouting "Wait, I want to get my camera" so I ran and got my camera and had a Kodak moment with the snake and Doug tucked him away in his snake box. Doug was going to take the snake over to another area far away and release it as he will not kill snakes. Doug is the one holding the snake and that's Terry on the right.



(Click on the photos for closeups and you can see the snake better!)
Terry left to take Doug and the snake back to his house and I took Rachel for a walk around the fence perimeter of the property, about 3 1/2 acres. And of course I was walking a little slower and a little more alert and when we got over by where the snake was I walked really slow, so happy he was gone. I did see a black snake though and I walked right by it as they really don't bother me, I just don't want to see a poisoness snake.

Okay, to change the subject away from snakes I have a few crafty things to share. The first is a wall hanging that I altered for July 4th. I used some Melissa Frances papers and the U.S.A. letters are wood which I took off of another wood item I had. I covered them with some Rusty Pickle paper, inked lightly and glittered with German Glass Glitter. I sanded the edges on some of the stars to give it a rustic look.

And, a Thankyou card I made using some Basic Grey Eva papers and chipboard, crochet trim, rick rack, ribbon, glitter and rhinestones.

I won't have alot of blog posts probably through the end of July as we will be moving in about three weeks and then my dad is coming around the 10th of July and will be here for a few weeks. I've been going out to the property alot lately, gardening and doing some landscaping. Terry even let me do some caulking in the house this past weekend. My attic craft room and the second floor should be mostly completed in the next 3-4 weeks but I won't have a kitchen yet and I completely fine with that. We will get a basic fridge to use, one that we can put out in the shop later after we get our appliances, we'll have a microwave, toaster, coffee maker, a BBQ and my Wolfgang Puck panini press so we will be just fine. Hey, my tomatos will be ripe before I know it and we will be eating tomato sandwiches all summer so who needs a kitchen, right?
(I will still be visiting my blog buddies though)!

I hope you all have wonderful, beautiful summer days ahead!
Annette

Which Puppy to chose?

The puppies are so adorable! They are at the stage where you walk into their pen and they are all over you! A sweet little brown/black girl puppy came up to me as I knelt down and she put her head on my leg and looked at me with the cutest little face so now I am in love with two puppies and can only keep one. We are going to go ahead and give the other tan one, a little girl away this week to some friends of Terrys. Even though the puppies are only 4 1/2 weeks, they are huge and already eating, drinking and doing their own potty so I think she will be fine. These are the two that I am stuck on......

Just a couple crafty things to share. I just made these coffee tags in the past few days. I stamped the latte with dye ink and cut out, then colored with water color pencils and blended. The "whipped cream or froth" is Liquid Applique by Marvy. I have had it for at least 10-12 years and was so surprised when I opened it and it wasn't dried up. I guess I got my moneys worth on that purchase! You put it on the area you want, then let it dry and then heat with a heat gun and it magically puffs up. I love how it makes the topping look like real froth. I added some Crystal Lacquer and let dry over night for a super glossy finish, then attached with foam tape.


And lastly, Michaels had these cute chipboard books in different shapes so I snagged a butterfly book and made it into tags. I used Melissa Frances papers, Martha Stewart Crystal glitter and German glass glitter, some paper roses, trim and buttons. The larger rose was purchased at HL in a boquet and I just cut the roses off with wire cutters and took out the plastic centers and sprayed them with some Glimmer mist and added a small rhinestone center.


And just a quick update on the house, the siding guys are coming this week or next and Terry will be installing the HVAC this weekend and should finish up on it next week. Hopefully then we can get the insulation and sheetrock done soon after as we are still planning on an end of June move. (At least that's the plan, keeping my fingers crossed!)

Have a great Memorial Day weekend!
Annette

Sunny Days

So happy that summer is on it's way. Terry and I made another raised bed for gardening last weekend and a smaller one and he just filled them up yesterday with some really good dirt that he purchased. I got some unique plants this year, pineapple tomatoes, poblano peppers and Cherokee tomatoes to name a few, which I'll plant tomorrow.

My mom and my very good friend Tracy and I went strawberry picking last week and I have made two batches of strawberry jam and I have to admit for my first batch, it is pretty yummy! Give me a spoon and a jar of strawberry jam and I am a happy girl!

I have a new tag set to share. I used Melissa Frances paper, Kaiser paper flowers, leaf trim (I just got this and I love it!) pom pom trim, buttons and the bow is made from satin ribbon and shimmery netting.

This is an older card that I gave to my dad for Father's Day last year. The bubbles from the fish are beads. What guy doesn't love a card with fish on it!

And one last card I had from the old PC site. The wings were made with HOTP stamps and I added some glitter and rhinestones and covered with Crystal Laquer and cut them out when dry. The fence pieces was purchased at Michaels and I thought they would be cute for a garden themed card.

I'm off to the property tomorrow to plant my veges and get me some puppy love! Their eyes are open and I hear they are running all over now. And, the best part is that it is really looking good that we will get to keep one!! YAY!!! Terry wants to keep one of the tan ones, now I have to think of a really good name.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Annette

Snakes and Bees

Terry has a working beehive and the bees decided to swarm Saturday morning. There were thousands of bees everywhere. Click on the photo to enlarge it and you can see them better.

I have never seen bees swarm before so this was really exciting for me. Terry grew up on a farm and they had beehives so he was prepared for this. He got two steel rods and started banging them together to mess up the bees signal, by doing this he got all the bees to the lower part of the trees and some even went to the ground and made a big pile of bees. Go figure that, completely amazing!




He got most of the bees in the hive and I got a photo right when he got them in but later they completely covered the front and sides and Terry wasn't sure if they were going to stay or not. I left in the afternoon and not long after, the bees all swarmed again and Terry got the steel rods and started banging them together, this time the bees went up the trees and landed on two branches. Terry got a tall ladder and cut the branches and then took the branches down to the hive and shook the bees inside the hive again. He thinks he got the queen this time so was pretty sure they would stay. Sure enough, the bees were all there today so now we have two hives! Can't wait for that first jar of honey!

Yesterday I say my first king snake when I was moving a tarp, he was about 4 feet long but he slithered away before I could get my camera. Today I saw our big black snake which lives in the wood pile out by the guineas. He was curled up, all 6 feet of him in the wood pile. Nice little snake, stay where you are! Now that the snakes are out, I will proceed with caution as I don't want any surprises. Last year I was standing right next to a big planter that has a grapevine growing in it and I looked over and there was the big black snake, all curled up right next to me. Hello! Totally scared me and I jumped back and since then, I move really slow in that area.

I don't have any crafty things to share today but will later in the week but wanted to sign off with an adorable photo of the puppies! I held one yesterday and they are so soft and cuddly and have that sweet little puppy smell, help me please, I want to keep them all! They ventured out of the dog house today and three of them were all cuddled together and they were too cute, I just love the little tan one laying on his back with his feet crossed over!

Have a wonderful week!
Annette

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and the weather was good to you! Terry says the puppies are doing great, still not doing too much yet as they are only a week old and basically just eat and sleep at this point.
Just a couple new tags to share. The first is a rainbow tag that I started working on a couple weeks ago and finally finished this morning. I was not in the crafty mood last week so I didn't get much done but I am back and ready to craft this week.
I cut each little rainbow color out by hand, then attached to cardstock, then cut out and handstitched. The tag background is lightweight chipboard and covered with cloud fabric. I used a silver metalic thread around the clouds and added a little white pom pom trim to the bottom. I wanted to have a colorful bow so I ripped strips of fabric in the same colors as the rainbow, tied and added a button.



I cut out some little felt houses and handstitched and added to a tag with some pretty Melissa Frances papers. The little crochet flowers are from my stash that my friend Jennifer and my stepmom Bonnie made for me. My stepmom is bringing her crochet hook with her when she comes to visit in July to give me a lesson, maybe I'll be able to make my own finally!

And lastly, my new blog buddie Lisa is having a huge giveaway at her blog! Click here to visit and sign up for the huge stash she is giving away! Also, if you can, take a moment to read some of her hilarious posts, I always get a smile and a laugh when I visit her blog as she is an extremely talented writer and storyteller and has a unique way of making every day moments into hilarious stories.
Have a wonderful week!
Annette

Free Puppies!

Terry got quite a surprise when he went to the property on Monday. Somewhere between Easter night and early Monday morning, Rachel had her puppies - 8 of them! We thought for sure she would have around 4 because she wasn't that big, I just don't know where she put them all! I went to visit them today for the first time and got a few photos, there are 2 light tan and 6 black, some with brown feet and some with white feet.
Are you ready to see some precious puppies!!!!!


And here is the mommy, Rachel.......



And, here is the daddy, Tyler.......at least we think he is the daddy!



I am so worried that I am going to get attached to them and have a hard time giving them away! I cannot wait until their eyes open and they start walking and playing!! I'll be sure to get lots of photos and post them later on down the road.

Nothing crafty to share today but I'll be back hopefully by the weekend to post a few things. I have been in crafty slump and working on several projects but just need to finish them up.

Have a wonderful day!
Annette