I found them!

Okay, I am almost unreasonably excited about this, but I finally found the elusive Dollar Tree black crows! It's true, in the picture, they look a little scruffy, but oh, I like them! I think they are even cuter than this crow from Michaels. (But maybe that's just psychological because it costs more.)



Granted, they do seem to be a little more cheaply made, but well, they are cheaper, so I'm not complaining. They are a bit smaller and definitely cuter~ my whole family agrees. Although, my husband made me laugh with his response when I brought home my 3.99 Michael's crow~ "Now why did you want THAT again?" I think he was thinking along the lines of Alfred Hitchcocks's "The Birds" (a freaky movie) but I was thinking that you can't have a scarecrow without a crow! :) In fact, I think that is just what my cute scarecrow has been missing all these years!




See? He looks almost...lonely. He definitely needs a crow! So I moved the bigger one out there and perched it on his arm. ( Much better. )I have been working on our porch (yep, along with my other 52, 000 projects!) and finally was able to haul out the fall decor yesterday! I should be able to wrap that up and show you some pictures tomorrow or Saturday!


I have been joking that I need to write a book called "How to Decorate In a Construction Zone", aka our house! If you're like me, even when your house is in the midst of a revamping, you still want a little beauty somewhere...anywhere! :) So I have learned to tuck things in here and there, a little bit of pretty in every room. Then I don't feel like I've missed out on fall!




A little jar of candy in the kitchen.



A little autumn in the living room, however hastily arranged. This saves my sanity! :) If you have a fixer-upper, you probably already know all of this, but I guess I'm just a little slow here! :)
Oh, one last thing! Tonight was our children's Open House at their school, and I found the neatest little poem in the front of our son's binder. I brought it home so I could include it here. (I'll send it back to school with him.)The teacher must have given all the kids a copy. It reflects some of my own thoughts as a parent, things we are trying to teach our kids! I think I'll print a copy for myself and put it on my refrigerator. Remembering these things would be a good thing for me, too!

Be careful of your thoughts,
For these become your words~

Be careful of your words,
For these become your actions~

Be careful of your actions,
For these become your habits~

Be careful of your habits,
For your habits become
your character~

Be careful of your character,
For your character becomes
Your destiny.

Have a wonderful night! :)