tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66731738559353818302019-05-21T21:15:23.962-04:00Ordinary Hikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14314727003804531502noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6673173855935381830.post-32372432770803523012019-05-21T21:15:00.000-04:002019-05-21T21:15:23.901-04:00

The Curious Fox has been stopping by a lot lately. He's adorable, but I know I shouldn't mess with him/her even though the fox has actually lingered around when I'm outside at night. I hope to see more wildlife out here, and since we aren't hunters, we just want to get them on camera, I hope all the animals feel less scared to pass through our little plot of land.

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Been getting back into some of the crafts I let by the wayside while living in the southwest.  Since I now live in an area that has a lot of rainy, terrible days, I'm trying to stay busy and make stuff. I really enjoyed making this video, and these stamps. I think I'll be doing some more videos about stamp carving, including a tutorial. If you like stamp carving, check out some of the great

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So, if you don't already know, I retired this blog a long time ago...But for some reason there's still plenty of regular traffic to it. I've moved on to a few different projects. First off, I've gotten a lot more into photography and the outdoors, so if you like that stuff, be sure to check out The Ordinary Hiker! I'm also hosting my own podcast now!  I do a podcast about weird news,

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Debunked Cryptids, Sinister Hikes, and Listener write-ins!

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12 Monster Myths, Creepy Denver Airport and New Mexico Space News.

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It's that time of year again, but with a full time job (because working salary means you put in 11 hour days), I'm relying heavily on Amazon and a few other places this year....   Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial before the Holiday season and decrease the hassle in your life by like 50%....Because now that I live in a more metropolitan area, there's no way in hell I'm fighting the holiday

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This blog hasn't been in use for quite some time...However, I'm keeping things alive over on my Etsy shop: new Etsy.Mini(5668726,'thumbnail',4,2,1,'https://www.etsy.com'); And on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeftOvers4Dinner/   I've been blogging under a few new blogs lately:  http://missinghikerinfo.blogspot.com/ -Latest News on Hikers gone Missing in National Forests and Wilderness

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So, I'm opening my Etsy Shop back up, because I need to make some money and I can't go back to work full time.  It's stressful, but the bright side of things is that I get to do some Youtube tutorials and share some of my interesting ideas with everyone. PS: Be sure to check out my 'revamped' Etsy shop! new Etsy.Mini(5668726,'gallery',3,2,0,'https://www.etsy.com'); <!-- bottom of

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So, I've been crafting a lot the past few weeks! I guess the hot weather's got me back indoors. So, while Bender gets to chew on toy bones and lay on my clean laundry, I get to watch TV and craft during my days off. I've been experimenting with some crafty stuff that I hadn't been able to get around to the past couple of years, and it's pretty cool.  I guess years of crocheting and a couple

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It's been UNBEARABLY hot the past week or so... The temperature isn't that bad, but the humidity makes it incredibly stuffy.  You go outside and you feel like you're suffocating. So Ben and I have been taking it easy inside with the air conditioning and a fan. Well, I always have to be doing something, but couldn't figure out what to do. I'm not actively buying yarn this year, I've been on a

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It was terrible, awful outside today. Just miserably misty and rainy and glum... Bender Oak and I decided to stay inside and craft. Well, Bender decided to take a nap: That left me to sit at my craft table and stare at all my supplies.  What would I do?  Would I carve a stamp? Would I crochet something?  Play with my Zutter machine? Well, I ended up making a couple of stamps, and then

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Well, I put some of my hand carved stamps in my LeftOvers4Dinner Etsy shop last week....and... I made my first Sale!  I'm pretty happy.  It seems like the stamp I carved has become favorited by a lot of people, and I've even got a request for a similar stamp! As a small little Etsy entity, it's pretty awesome to wake up and start your day with a sale. I'm pretty happy, so, to celebrate, here's

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I carved a mini-stamp... I like the idea of carving tobacco themed stamps, and while I haven't found a purpose for them yet, I know some of them will be used for Letterboxing.  If you're not familiar with Letterboxing, check out THIS SITE. I really like the detail on this stamp, and it was quite a challenge.  While I haven't done some of my other craft hobbies lately, I appreciate the challenge

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I've been struggling to keep my crafting active.  I've been so busy with the new house, the fact that I'm swallowed up in the contents of a 4 bedroom house shoved into a 2 bedroom house, and just a busy weird schedule.  I've rarely got time to crochet or knit anything.  And my new hobby, Letterboxing, has my desk covered in a complete mess.  All the time. I've really needed to get my Etsy shop

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This is my ring basket: It's terrible.  There's sewing needles in there, a keychain, a skeleton key, a MAGNET (BAD), I even think there's a carving tool for my Stamp Carving in there. It's no place to keep some of the sparkling pretties that the CheapGeek has given me. My creative desk/work desk is always a wreck.  I've always got three different projects going on, and I'm always drinking

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So, my friend John found out that I can carve stamps, and asked to see some of the stamps I carved.  The CheapGeek showed him a couple of the examples I had online, and he came up with an idea. He wanted a stamp of his signature, hand-carved! I had never done this before, and I was a little intimidated.  I mean, I already have a hard time carving words into my stamps, but this was something

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It's Bender's Birthday! According to his adoption paperwork, Bender Oak was born approximately today, which is awesome, because this year it's Easter.  And that's a good thing, I didn't have any birthday wrapping paper, lol! Ben isn't always sure what the big fuss is about, so he was kinda hiding away when I first ran up to him and tried to wish him a Happy Birthday: One thing about having

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There's quite a few crafty letterboxers and treasure hunters out there, yet I'm always amazed at some of the ideas I come up with trying to combine my hobbies with each other. I dabble in jewelry.  Mostly because I'm so picky about what I do like to wear, and everything I do craft is usually too delicate for my daily life (tomboy).  Unless it's a beat up vintage spoon ring or a funky brooch, i

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We had a lovely adventure this weekend.  One of the places we went to was Northwest River park in Chesapeake, Virginia. Most of the Letterboxes there are a very short walk, but the Geocaches gave us a "walk" "for our money", lol. We did a couple of miles, in extremely warm weather, which I was kinda proud of.  Both Bender Oak and I are out of shape, and did some serious junk food eating this

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So, we went out to beautiful Northwest River Park yesterday to find a few Letterboxes and Geocaches.... When Bender nearly stepped on something.  I saw it right away, which is sad, makes me think I've got a pampered, City Slicker of a Dog... We were actually got a safe distance away from it before I started recording video, thank goodness for Zoom on my camera.  But it does upset me that

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