SPREAD IT FAR, SPREAD IT WIDE!!!! BUT JUST NOT FOR THE TSA!!!!!

After starting to see several news stories that I thought at first could not possily be true, I started to dig a little deeper. Now I have been very very sick for quite a long time and have not been blogging at all, but I just had to post a short something on how I feel as a AMERICAN when we start to have our personal freedoms taken away to a point that we NOW HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO HONOR!!!

 What am I talking about you ask? The NEW "enhanced pat down" techniques being employed by the TSA under the guise of national security. If you don't know what I am talking about please I invite you to go have a little peak around the news posts and see if it does not make YOU quake in your boots.

First off, as far as I am concerned any decent human being that knows about the new scanner machines and the images they produce that still go though them are either unaware that they have the right to refuse to do so. Or they care so little about the sacred nature of their own bodies that violation means NOTHING to them. If it be the latter God save those poor souls who do not recognize their Great and sacred nature.

Second I don't know who you are that work for the TSA but I will say this...I don't care if you have a family to feed or if you "claim" to be unable to find any other job on the face of this planet. If you are looking at pictures of people bodies on these scanners or are doing these invasive, demeaning, UNGODLY searches of peoples bodies you are VIOLATING THE LAWS OF GOD and you will be Under condemnation for it. Turn away from your evil doings and DO NOT DO THIS!!!! Walk AWAY and REPENT NOW!!!

I understand that we need security but not like this!! I was getting ready to start doing some more traveling but until this issue is resolved we will not be doing so by air unless it is a true emergency. and the we have already discussed as a family exactually how we will be handling that situation.

… For my daughter and I. We are making full length to the hip corsets with full steel boning in them. With multiple rows of spiral steel boning directly over the breasts and we will be wearing homemade extra extra thick, extra long femine pads (like three or four inches thick we figure we can take them off once we get on the plane) attached to very tight fitting underwear. We then will also be wearing over top of that, full to knee, extremely tight girdle. Again with steel boning directly over the buttocks crack. Then finally a layer of extra large extremely baggy old fashiond victorian pantaloons will be added….I want to see arrant TSA agents really have a hard time  trying to grope me or my daughters genitalia after trying to get through all those layers…

       If every TRUE BLOODED AMERICAN lady, who wants her body to be sacred joined us to do the same thing I think it would not be long before they gave up on this rediculious invasion of our bodies..They ( THE TSA) want to invade our bodies.... Then LADIES OF AMERICA lets make them fight through our OLD FASHIONED LADY ARMOUR to try to get a grope of our bodies…..Maybe steel chastity belts and cages will have to be next for us and our daughters to keep our virtue in tact and OUR BODIES UNDEFILED.…Will be for mine if this does not work……..Anyone up for joining us?  And I am dead serious this is not a JOKE!!

By the way men, my husband has informed me he will be choosing to wear a STEEL CUP, and should he be unable to purchase one....I will be making him a plastic covered and 4 inch padded cod piece and a NETHER REGIONS type of pad similar to what we will be wearing to protect his set of jewels. Any Men willing to join him?

We  believe if everyone in this country took the opt out of the PORNO SCAN MACHINES option, demanded a PRIVATE "ENHANCED GROPING" with a witness of a travel companion (which is your right to do, dispite the fact that many TSA agents are refusing to give people that option...If you demand it and you don't get it you CAN SUE!) and dressed as we will be doing it would be NO TIME FLAT before TSA stopped this PERVERSION! Between the tie up in time and the inability to get to your PRIVATES they will eventually give up!!! Feel free to repost this and spread this post as far and as wide as you see fit and if you will do the same as we have outlined
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LADIES OF AMERICA THIS IS A BATTLE CRY!
OLD FASHIONED LADY ARMOUR FOR OUR HONOR!!!!
SPREAD IT FAR SPREAD IT WIDE!!!! BUT JUST NOT FOR THE TSA!!!!

          BOYAAH!!!

FOURTEEN DAYS OF VALENTINES: DAY TWO/ EASY APRONS TO ACHIEVE DAY ONE

I will be posting for two days today since I missed yesterday.  So here as promised are a couple of aprons to give you an idea of things that can be used to achieve day one of our Valentines Day ideas.

This first apron is one I made for The Martini Apron swap I am participating in(check side bar for link) Of course in keeping with my pledge to make or buy handmade and my pledge over at Wardrobe Refashion (again check side bar for link) I made this number out of a thrifted skirt (it was new with tags still on in, but it was at the thrift store so it still counts right?) , a portion of a curtain we found in the trash, ribbon from my stash (so that counts toward my stash busting challenge, again check side bar) and tulle from my stash.

I also made this cute little headband out of the scraps (tutorial in a few days so look for it)

I also made this apron all from curtains we found in our curbside crawls.....The fabric had some pretty noticable stains on it and I originally was not going to use it, but for the Cheap HotMama swap the rule was no buying anything had to be from the stash and of course since I am doing Wardrobe Refashion and Destash 2010 challenge(sidebar) then of course I was not buying.. But I could not find anything in my stash that I thought would work for the lady I  was given to do an apron for (Hi Cristal!!) with the theme of  "Old Man Winter". So I kept coming back to these terrible and stained curtains. So I went for it and tried to cut around all the stains with no luck, so, WHAT NEXT? Well when all else fails COVER THE SPOTS!! But how you ask?

When all else fails grab the Acylic craft paint I say.

Now your asking how do you use acylic paint on fabric and have it washable?

That is where Fabric Painting medium comes into play. It like magic in a bottle.

Yes I have had some women complain they don't like to use it cause it makes the acrylics too runny and is hard to work with. With a little patience it will work and here is the trick. Mix the paint and fabric medium according to the instructions on the bottle and then if you are in a dry climate let it sit for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes or so(does not have to be exact) and In humid or damp climates let sit stirring every 30 minutes for 2 hours........When the time is up I guarantee you will have the consistency you need to paint on fabric. Works every time.

So I went from what most people would call pure trash to treasure with spotted curtains, some lace pulled off of old clothes. And ball fringe, 4 half bottles of white and cream acrylic paints, fabric medium, bias tape, 1/2 yard of vintage fabric from my stash, one stencil and one tamper brush (used for stencil painting on walls and crafts). And  A whole lot of patience as a painted(with a stencil and tamper) fabric a small section at a time and then waited to dry and then the next section. Over and Over again. It was painted after the apron was sewn together, If your a beginner I suggest you definitely paint before you sew the apron together. And here it is!This is the back of course. Full coverage for cleaning and cute to boot. And My own pattern. And last but certainly not least as far as apron ideas go. I just got this little cutey in the mail from my swap gal from the Cheap Hot Mama apron swap. And she had mailed it out BEFORE I had even posted the Valentines Day one idea. She is right up my alley and I am sure if we lived closer we would be best buddies always up for an adventure for sure and for certain! She nailed What I like tongue and cheek.

My hubby-o was unfortunately home when the package came and insisted he get to see what was in the package. Darn! Potential suprise somewhat ruined, but he will have to wait for a LIVE modeling. I'm thinking ruffled bottom tap panties In Hot Pink? No? Yes? Maybe?

So Day Two Apron ideas to Fulfill day one! Naked Housecleaning is your assignment. Now don't say I did not give you enough days to prepare for this one. Now snap those garters and get to it Gals!!!

For more apron ideas check out the apron swap links on my side bar ....Some wonderful and creative ideas for sure.

Loves Kim

FOURTEEN DAYS OF VALENTINES: DAY ONE/ APRONS, GARTERS AND NAKED HOUSECLEANING?

             Sorry it has been a loooong time since we have posted. I (kim) have been under the weather with asthma and the inversions here in Salt Lake Valley make it actually life threatening. I have been put on a more aggressive daily regime so we will see if it works for me. In the mean time I must say my crazy little crew has been super FANTASTIC at keep the household going.....My husband has FINALLY after all of these years started cooking some of the meals. I am not sure if he finally just has the confidence or after all this me being sick has got him thinking if he doesn't he might just starve to death. Anyway It has been a blessed relief to have willing hands.Maybe all my years of "training" have finally paid off.......So you MOMS out there who are still in training mode(and wives too), PLEASE STICK TO IT!!! I promise you with loving patience IT WILL BE WORTH IT IN THE END!!!!!! ..................................I PROMISE!!!!!!!!!



Now on to better things. I have been making a few aprons for swap items and I thought I would count them as my count down to Valentines Day day One. So I think aprons are the perfect Valentines Day item. Want to know WHY? Well here is a rather personal disclosure so if you don't want this image in your head .........DON"T and I repeat DON"T read ANY FURTHER...................I am dead serious now! I mean it!


Okay so here it is. My hubby and I have never had a lot of money, well none really. But we DO HAVE extremely creative minds and both of us could not care a fig about what others think of us(partly because both of us are on the heavy side and people can be so cruel and evil in their attitudes toward people like us. I have actually been spit upon on more than one occassion in public and called a pig by strangers. But that is for another day.)..........Our prepincity toward the creative side and not caring about public opinion can be both freeing and lead to some fun adventures ......Let me tell you !!

           So in the ROMANCE department we have always had to be creative since lack of money rules and since we got married with a 5 year old in tow, and a very precocious one at that.............Trying to sneek around and engage in normal honeymoon and early marriage activities was quite the challenge I must say!.....If you have more than one then by nature  they distract from the attention being on you. And if you ever have a Normal two person honeymoon period with no children, count yourselves the luckiest people on the face of the earth.......To say finding opportunity and place to be ALONE brought our creative juices flowing.....Trying to outsmart a 5 year old child can be one of the biggest challenges of my poor old little brain that G-d could have invented. If you have a precocious 5 year old you KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN!!!!!!!

         So occassionally we could get someone to take her for half a day....(few and far between but greatly appreciated) and of course we want to do FUN THINGS and of course as always NO MONEY. So we turned our lemons into lemonades.........It has also become an annual event either on Valentines day or on Our Anniversary........Okay so here it comes if you DON"T WANT THOSE BAD PICTURES IN YOUR HEAD ADVICE IS ....................STOP READING NOW!!!!!

      

So our Day One Valentines Day advice and Idea is this:

                   Try naked housecleaning.   Yes you heard me right. NAKED HOUSECLEANING!!!
Get rid of the kids or any other hanger on'ers, others in your house for the day. Make sure you have good curtains or blinds on all the windows. Find a hot and sexy APRON(or make one it can be cheap and easy to do), STOCKINGS and GARTER(you know the proper kind with garters and such, not those modern torture devices they have the gall to call pantyhose when they should be called EVIL). A great pair of comfortable HIGH HEELS that are hot. And of course A FEATHER DUSTER and other assorted cleaning items. And as the years have gone by a SEXY BRA has been added to the mix(once those gals start to end south there is no stopping them) So I guess in our older fart mode we should probably call our endevour "LINGERIE HOUSECLEANING." Anyway....And a plan.......Don't get me wrong we clean not just have "FUN"......My man KNOWS a clean house makes me HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY.....And that makes him HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!!..............Of course be careful what cleaning activites you engage in, as some could be dangerous. Like the year we thought we would lay some hardwood flooring, SPLINTERS ARE JUST NOT SEXY!  KWIM!!!

                 And ladies I don't want to hear the excuse that you could NEVER do this cause you don't have the body for it....Please! I have like the worst body in the entire world. Anybody who knows me can vouch for that.......But I am not letting it stop me! I lived alone for far too many years not  to value and appreciate what I have in my man. If he wants to look at it (my body) in all it's old wrinkly, fat glory and he still has the hots for me then I'm going for it and so should you!!!!! If you have someone who loves you ,don't deny them because of your insecurities or what you think society says is right or wrong as far as desire and body size goes. JUST COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS AND GO FOR IT!!!!!


In the next post we will show some lovely aprons you can make easily to help you in your NAKED HOUSE CLEANING quest.................Happy Valentines Day and just cause your broke does not mean you cannot have fun......And find a code word for your little secret, so you and your lover can talk about it throughout the year without others knowing what your really talking about......Maybe "DOING LAUNDRY" or "HAPPY CLEANING"......Anyway have fun this Valentines Day and don't ever let an empty wallet stop you from being creative and enjoying your marriage..........

                                                                       Love Kim Cherrine-Bell

Well If you are wondering about the crazy music selection on this blog.............................Cake!!! Cake???Cake!!!

     Here it is folks! Young Miss is on the "Chuck" television show countdown! We don't watch much TV in this house. In fact we don't and have not had the TV hooked up to watch since the goverment big wigs decided we should all go digital....We don't have a converter box.......We watch the few shows we do watch on the computer. Yes folks the little laptop 14" screen is our only working "boob tube" in the house.  And for us "oldies" the volume on these little laptops not so hot. Anyway. So TV in our house ,Not So Much......But don't stand between Young Miss and her obsession for "Chuck".

      Is it the every so slight bent toward geekdom in Chuck himself? Is it the kind heart of the Chuck character? Is it the Chuck workplace with all the loveable geeky dorkdom? Or is it the "Nerd Herd" form of uber cool transport that sends her heart racing? Who knows? Shes not telling! But the countdown has been going on for 6 weeks plus now. And we are down to 5  days and counting......Ssshhh. Don't tell Young Miss. We've been counting too!!!! Let the "Chuck" fest begin baby!!!!

New Years

Happy New Years All!

      I am very excited that we are starting a new year. It gives me a chance to send 2009 packing. It has been a very tough and difficult year here and we are hoping and praying 2010 will be more secure and fruitful for our family. That said here are the things we are going to be focusing on in the New Year:

    We are going to work on getting ourselves and our business operations more streamlined, so we can focus on those things that work and eliminate the things that don't.

     We will be doing the same for our personal lives things that don't work are going bye bye and new traditions and new patterns of interacting with others will be our goal.

    We will blog at least 4 times a week
    
    We will get even more frugal

    And lastly we will not be sucked into drama that is brought on by codependent and irresponsible relatives any more. Sometimes you just have to create new family ties elsewhere. This is the great lesson we have learned from 2009. And it is freeing and We already feel a great burden lifting. SOOOO.............


2010 For us will be more organized, simplified, frugal and personal relationship freeing............It feels so good even saying it.
                            

                                                          Don't you just love fresh starts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                                                                        The Bells

Another Show and Tell: New Outfit For My Young Miss

Just had to get a little show off picture of the outfit I made for my daughter(Young Miss) from scraps from the flannel I used to make sheets for the bed......70" wide material gives you the luxury of some good sized scraps to work with.....So from my scrap stash This emerged. The skirt is a multi paneled Vogue( I will have to post the number later as my sewing room is being reworked and it is MIA in the piles somewhere, AAUUGGHH!).. Anyway we are not skinny misses in the this house by any means..As my lovey hubby likes to put it....G-d  did not skimp on the portions in our house. Anyway this pattern IS A KEEPER..It is awesome fantastic for curvier gals....The cape had no pattern, I just winged it. It is lined with lining from the stash ..And this trim was picked up at a thrift store about 7 years ago for $1.00... It had many many yards on it..Still some left......Anyway here she is..........

Disclaimer: this girl is in desperate need of a haircut!!!

Pretty cute for scrap yah? Still think it needs a different top.Since the red are not quite right together. But the hat from her wardrobe is a perfect match.New blouse Soon. Total cost to make was $7.00....See I am out to prove to all the nehsayers that that sewing CAN be cheaper than buying and you get one of a kind and cuter stuff to boot! Heres to creativity. THERE!(sticking tongue out)

Hey on Tuesday you can check out other peoples DIY projects over here