HELLLOOOOOOOO!

Oh beware. Please make sure you have some coffee a soft butt pillow and a snack.

I am in the mood to jabber lol!

~ MINDLESS JABBER!~

If you guys have been checking my home page and my blog you probably noticed I have been in wildlife heaven!

It seems like God put every critter I adore right in my backyard. I can't stop taking pictures or short home movies!

I have most of my movies in my blog for your guys!

http://carmenscandles.blogstream.com/

Just yesterday Jake and I had hours of entertainment watching our unusual demented critters put on shows for us.

First off we have these chipmunks...

We have a family of babies who live in this crack in our patio and 2 male chipmunks that keep chasing each other all over the place.

One male lives in our yard and the other male lives in my neighbors yard but they both want the munchies we put out for them.

I wish you could see it to know just how funny it looks. Our chipmunk will be on the back porch happily eating away and our neighbors chipmunk will come flying down  her driveway at a HIGH rate of speed and Jump him!

This will go on endlessly until it is dark!

If you could see that chipmunk shooting down the driveway I guarantee you would crack up.

Last evening while these guys were going at it there were 3 rabbits jumping around the back yard. They were also doing the high speed chase and jump!

You would see one rabbit shoot by...then another right behind him and another right behind him..

It looks hilarious! They keep this up forever and keep running around the houses in circles.

Then once in a while they will stop just to have a jump at each other fest! I am so trying to get that on film lol.

So last night we had 2 crazy demented chipmunks and 3 crazy jumping like maniac rabbits...next thing we know there are 2 ducks on our back porch..

erm...don't ducks like water?

We don't have a pond or anything so why they have been hanging around our house I don't know lol!

They looked so out of place...Chipmunks running around them..rabbits freaking out and then our squirrel came onto the porch and started sniffing the ducks!

THAT WAS PRICELESS LOL!

We also have a cool variety of hummingbirds buzzing all over the place!

Our back yard is NUTS!

I KID YOU NOT all the insane critters found my home hehe!

Then yesterday I'm trying to get a picture of a hummingbird and I see this huge hairy thing hanging from the gutter...

Squirrel tale lol!

The weirdo was on the roof! I thought I heard nuts rolling around up there!

My neighbor said we also have baby raccoons but I haven't ( met) them yet lol!

HEY!!!

We are having a name our store squirrel contest on our homepage!

Go check it out!

All you have to do is enter a cool name for our crazy squirrel into our guestbook.

All the details and prizes are here!

http://www.carmenscountrycandles.com

I should have called the site Carmens Country Critters lol

OH OH Jake and I built a scarecrow for the garden!

I was pretty proud of our work lol!

( Finding a better hat this weekend though heh!)

But yesterday during the Mental animal show I saw a red winged black bird sitting on him.

YAH WORKS GREAT LOL!

OH and you guys Everything I planted in the garden has come up and is doing great!!

Mater is SO GROWING I need to update the Mater post lol!

My pumkins even have baby pumkins already! WEEEEEE!

( Mindless Jabber.....= changing topics...)

OOOOHHHH...

We had a creepy thing happen the other night.

It was about 3 am. All of a sudden I heard this electrical sound like buzzzzzzzzzzzt and all our lights went out and outside there was this bright white light! It didnt flash it was just there and slowly faded.

IT WAS WEIRD!

We thought maybe a transformer blew but we couldnt see any damage the next day anywhere.

We seriously have no idea what that was.

Then last night....OMG lol...

I went out to the garage to get me a Icy cold Dr. Pepper!

AHHHH...

Well I opened the garage fridge door and A SHOT OF ELECTRICITY WENT THROUGH MY BODY! It was like nothing I ever felt before!!!

I couldn't let go of the handle for a minute!

I then yelled to my husband....

ROBB YOUR FRIDGE TRIED TO KILL ME!

He mocked me like sureeeeee.

Then he said get this...

Old fridges like that are not grounded and I was shocked because I was barefoot.

BULL PUCKY!

He is always telling me tall tales that I fall for but not this time lol!

I told him to take off his shoes and open the door.

HE WOULDNT LOL!

Later I needed another pepper and I made smart butt hubby go out and get it.

HE WAS BAREFOOT! MUAHAHAHHAHAAHAH!

YEP!

He got SHOCKED LOOOL!!

Now we have to figure out why it is doing that!

Also since the bright light thingy my tv in the kitchen is turning off by itself..

GHOSTS?? ALIENS???

Hmmmmmm...

First I find an orb in my garden picture....

Then My oldest son and his girlfriend insisted that one night when leaving our house they saw a man standing by our front door. HE was so freaked out he called me from his car while he was still in the driveway. I peeked out the window and saw nothing and my son was seeing a man that then just poofed!

And get this...

Almost nightly around 12 my dogs go nuts  and start running around the house barking. This bothered us so bad we put cameras in the front and back of the house.

Weirdness!!!!!!

Now my fridge is trying to kill me loool and my tv is turning off...

Alot of people have been reading this letter for years now and awhile back we lived in the freakiest house you ever saw.

A lot of very strange and creepy things happened there and that house made me believe in ghosts. Some of you are laughing at me but yah, I believe in spooks.

Honest to God things that happened there were unexplainable and frightening.

Here is one story from when we lived there...

Jake had this little teddy bear that when you pressed it's hand it would record your voice. One day I pressed his hand to hear what was on it and it played back this almost demonic sounding scarier then heck sound.

It really did freak me out along with all the other things that were going on in that house.

I took a picture of the bear for my website and this is what I got.....

That face thing was behind the bear and all that was back there was a couch. No pillows on it or anything.

We  got this photo copywrited.

There was nothing on the couch to even create a pattern this thing was just there.

If you guys ever want to hear the full story of our old haunted house let me know ok?

I don't want to bore you ...

Email me at Carmenscountrycandles@hotmail.com and if I get enough requests I will write the entire story for you.

It was the scariest place I ever lived and we sometimes joke about whatever could have been there following up where ever we went.

We even wonder about this house..

But anywho....

CHANGE OF SUBJECT!!!

( BLANK LOOK TWIRLING HAIR...)

Yesterday my hubby came home all excited because on the way home he spotted a moving sale!

He found 2 leaf blowers one gas and one electric that WORK for almost nothing..

a brand new leap frog system with bookoo games for Jake and other goodies.

Well I made him open his wallet and let me go look hehe!

SO I DID!!! HEH!

I got there and drooled.

They had so much and they were hot, tired and wanted it all to go!

YES LOL!

( I know Im bad)

ANywho they had all these pretty dishes that matched including canisters and everything else you can think of. I asked how much and she said....$5!

ERM YAH THATS MY BUDGET!!

I got 2 huge boxes full of gorgeous dishes!

Then I spotted a box of brand new apple RED ceramic mixing bowls..

BRAND NEW

1 dollar!

They were from Pier ONE!

GASP

Then I grabbed up some cushions for our yard furniture and a a few other goodies and my grand total was 15 bucks.

SIGH!

I washed all my dishes and they are sooo pretty!

( We just couldnt afford this stuff brand new)

I love garage sales and thrifting!

I did find this at a thrift store about a week ago and I wondered if anyone might know something about it.

It is antique, a tea pot and when you boil the water the horses go around..

If anyone knows anything about this please email me!

Replying to this letter won't work please use

carmenscountrycandles@hotmail.com

( Hey aren't you glad you got that butt pillow! HEH!)

Before I shut up I would like to say a few things I have noticed lately about getting older.

My oldest son is 22 and my youngest is 5..You do that math loool!

Yesterday morning when I looked in the mirror I saw a grey hair in the shape of a corkscrew sticking straight out of the side of my head...

Then I noticed a chin hair...

Then a toe hair...

I have also noticed since getting older when I drink or eat anything cold I feel like someone is punching me in the face lol

I have new wrinkles and I think a neck wrinkle..

GASP!

I am terrified to look at my bootay...I don't want to go there lol

I seriously realized that I am getting old when I stepped over this short fence we have around the garden and I pulled a muscle in my leg looooooooooooool.

My once firm young arms now wave bye bye as I walk away...

My once too oily skin now needs loads of ponds cold cream nightly...

But this is my goal....to age with dignity!!!

I hope to be the grandma with the white bun on my head...

maybe a little plump...

and full of wisdom and love for my family...

But not yet!!!

I'm gonna wash that grey right outta ma hair!!!!!

I will shave my toes...

I will wax my chin and I will fill my wrinkles with botox!!!

HEH!

Ladies seriously if you are of dryer skin age...our grandmas had it right..

Use Ponds cold cream on your face! Slap it on all over and leave it like for 10 minutes..wash it off and your skin is so smooth!

Use vaseline on your lips and even use a toothbrush to really get it in there!

Oh and before you go to bed put pure cocoa butter ( the jar kind ) on your problem areas..

This seriously gives you a soft fresh look!

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Check out all our new candles and ornies at our homepage we added tons!

The easy way to see them all is to go to the whats new page!

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Our Prim talk radio segment is up this week!

Go here to listen while you browse the net!

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See our craft idea in our blog here!

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(Our blog is a major part of our site filled with freebies, home video and just fun stuff and it is updated daily!)

Do you have a craft Idea? A ghost Story or photo?? Recipes or anything fun you would like to share with our readers?

Email us at

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Until next week!

GOD BLESS AND STAY SAFE!

Your wacky webby with corkscrew greys,

Carmen E.