Check out Peg's awesome giveaway for her birthday. So glad I was perusing the blogs today and found it on Terri's blog. Another great giveaway can be found on Jennifer's blog.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday and it continues into an awesome and relaxing three day weekend for those that have President's Day off on Monday.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Groundhog Day
I got up this morning and saw that Punxsutawney Phil had not seen his shadow and that Spring will come early this year. ROFLMBO!!! Oh, if were only true!!! I can't imagine winter giving up it's nasty hold on the northern (and not so northern states) anytime soon, can you??? We're supposed to get our share of that nasty huge storm but it won't be anything compared to what the rest of the US has seen. You see, it's 68 degrees and it's supposed to make it to 78 today. So, we'll get some rain, maybe a lot and some wind, again, maybe a lot but we wont' have to deal with the frigid temps or the nasty white stuff. We won't even go there about the ice that you all are dealing with right now. I wish that I owned a huge resort and could have all my friends from up north come down to Florida for the winter. It does sometimes get cold here, 30's during the day but it never lasts for more than a few days and we never have snow. Sigh*
No stitching going on here. I wish I could blame it on the new morning/afternoon routine and the work routine but that's not it. No, I'm not in another stitching slump either. I'd like nothing more than to sit this afternoon and stitch until my butt goes numb. lol I have to wait on my new glasses. They probably won't be in until sometime next week. Argh! I did try to stitch using my reading glasses but even with the light directly on my material, I still had issues. The frogs that came to visit were because I couldn't see well enough to count. Well duh!!! You'd think I would have picked up on that wouldn't you?? Nope! I just thought I was tired and would make my eyes work themselves out of that but.....when does that ever work?? lol Maybe I can find a small project and my stronger reading glasses and attempt a little stitching today. I'm having withdrawals!
Have you ever had a conversation with a four year old that leaves you wondering if you've lost brain cells?? Ryan is my little angel and he is more advanced than some of the kids his age. They adore him in his VPK class and ask him to be the leader when doing the ABC's and reading and anything else. He's that good! He's also the one that asks you twenty million questions and no I'm not kidding. I love it when I finally figure out that he's already asked the question before but then comes back ten minutes later and asks me again. Are you trying to trick me Ryan? lol He starts with something cute and ends up asking me some of tough ones. I find myself totally speechless most days with the way his mind works (not to mention with the staggering amount of questions lol)
Mommy, is the sky blue? Why is it blue? When you die, do you go to heaven? Does your body go to heaven? What's your spirit? Why does it go to heaven without your body? Where is heaven? Is it above the clouds? Is it above the stars? How far is it? Why is it so far away? Can we go there to visit? Why not?? When you die, can you come back to life? Why not? That's just a small sample of his questions, and yes I'm answering him as we go along and he just keeps on going and going and going. When I'm too slow in answering him (because this tired old brain is still trying to figure out the question before last) he gets mad! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER ME? He also gets mad if someone isn't paying attention to him and someone else answers the question. I usually try to answer questions for Daddy if he's distracted and boy, does that tick Ryan off! lol I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU MOMMY! I WAS TALKING TO MY DADDY!!!! I love that little boy! lol
No stitching going on here. I wish I could blame it on the new morning/afternoon routine and the work routine but that's not it. No, I'm not in another stitching slump either. I'd like nothing more than to sit this afternoon and stitch until my butt goes numb. lol I have to wait on my new glasses. They probably won't be in until sometime next week. Argh! I did try to stitch using my reading glasses but even with the light directly on my material, I still had issues. The frogs that came to visit were because I couldn't see well enough to count. Well duh!!! You'd think I would have picked up on that wouldn't you?? Nope! I just thought I was tired and would make my eyes work themselves out of that but.....when does that ever work?? lol Maybe I can find a small project and my stronger reading glasses and attempt a little stitching today. I'm having withdrawals!
Have you ever had a conversation with a four year old that leaves you wondering if you've lost brain cells?? Ryan is my little angel and he is more advanced than some of the kids his age. They adore him in his VPK class and ask him to be the leader when doing the ABC's and reading and anything else. He's that good! He's also the one that asks you twenty million questions and no I'm not kidding. I love it when I finally figure out that he's already asked the question before but then comes back ten minutes later and asks me again. Are you trying to trick me Ryan? lol He starts with something cute and ends up asking me some of tough ones. I find myself totally speechless most days with the way his mind works (not to mention with the staggering amount of questions lol)
Mommy, is the sky blue? Why is it blue? When you die, do you go to heaven? Does your body go to heaven? What's your spirit? Why does it go to heaven without your body? Where is heaven? Is it above the clouds? Is it above the stars? How far is it? Why is it so far away? Can we go there to visit? Why not?? When you die, can you come back to life? Why not? That's just a small sample of his questions, and yes I'm answering him as we go along and he just keeps on going and going and going. When I'm too slow in answering him (because this tired old brain is still trying to figure out the question before last) he gets mad! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER ME? He also gets mad if someone isn't paying attention to him and someone else answers the question. I usually try to answer questions for Daddy if he's distracted and boy, does that tick Ryan off! lol I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU MOMMY! I WAS TALKING TO MY DADDY!!!! I love that little boy! lol
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
New Year!
So a new year is now upon us and it's not making me slow down at all unless you count the slow down on the stitching. lol Life got crazier with Ryan's testing out of ESE but it's worth it! Today is the fifth day of the new morning routine and only the second time I've had to get a late pass for Kaitlyn. I'd say we're well on our way to getting used to the new routine but don't quote me on that. lol
We did have a slight hiccup on the first afternoon but that wasn't anything you could plan for.....thank GOD! Marie had a problem at school and ended up taking a walk instead of getting on the bus. Tell me, why are kids so mean to each other???? It turned out fine but I have to say I hope I never have to go through that ever again. It was the scariest hour of my life. lol She's got herself one heck of a guardian angel that watched over her until we could find her. I know she's twelve but still, when your child disappears and you have no idea what happened or where she could have gone it scares the *#@ out of you! She only received a half day in school suspension and she's not allowed on the computer unless it's homework and it has to be supervised. Doesn't seem like enough punishment for her but I believe she scared the you-know-what out of herself so that makes up for a little. (That and the kids that caused the problems also got in school suspension)
Not much stitching for me but I have put a few in the LHN Snowflakes piece. I've also frogged quite a bit too. I found myself getting pretty frustrated and almost gave up but then I thought perhaps Rene' was visiting and decided to rip it out one more time. It worked so I do believe that those frogs were sent from Heaven! ;) Hopefully with my new work schedule and morning routine I can sit on my off days and stitch before Ryan gets home or after I pick him up. Depends on how much I get done before that. lol
Tomorrow is Kaitlyn's 6th birthday and I can't believe how time has flown! Seems like just yesterday my little munchkin was two weeks late and I insisted that I had to be induced because I couldn't carry her any longer. lol She was too snug and warm and didn't want to make an appearance whether mommy was exhausted or not. She finally did and what a joy she has been ever since! Okay, she's been a joy 99.9% of the time but what kid isn't right?? ;) We have a cupcake cake ordered and ready to go to school to celebrate with her. She was so funny this morning. "Mommy, will we celebrate at home too????" She was scared that we wouldn't have a cake at home for her. Since Marie got to go to Universal with Daddy for her birthday I had to attempt to make it even by getting cake/cupcakes for class and maybe doing goody bags for her. Will have to do the same for Ryan as well but that's not for another two weeks. lol
Hopefully I will have some pictures to show how much I've stitched when I post again. I hope everyone has a wonderful day and that you find lots of time to sit down and stitch. (I took Logan's frog and have set him right next to my stitching chair to ward off any other frogs that come visiting. Figure they'll want to play with him rather than mess with my stuff. lol)
We did have a slight hiccup on the first afternoon but that wasn't anything you could plan for.....thank GOD! Marie had a problem at school and ended up taking a walk instead of getting on the bus. Tell me, why are kids so mean to each other???? It turned out fine but I have to say I hope I never have to go through that ever again. It was the scariest hour of my life. lol She's got herself one heck of a guardian angel that watched over her until we could find her. I know she's twelve but still, when your child disappears and you have no idea what happened or where she could have gone it scares the *#@ out of you! She only received a half day in school suspension and she's not allowed on the computer unless it's homework and it has to be supervised. Doesn't seem like enough punishment for her but I believe she scared the you-know-what out of herself so that makes up for a little. (That and the kids that caused the problems also got in school suspension)
Not much stitching for me but I have put a few in the LHN Snowflakes piece. I've also frogged quite a bit too. I found myself getting pretty frustrated and almost gave up but then I thought perhaps Rene' was visiting and decided to rip it out one more time. It worked so I do believe that those frogs were sent from Heaven! ;) Hopefully with my new work schedule and morning routine I can sit on my off days and stitch before Ryan gets home or after I pick him up. Depends on how much I get done before that. lol
Tomorrow is Kaitlyn's 6th birthday and I can't believe how time has flown! Seems like just yesterday my little munchkin was two weeks late and I insisted that I had to be induced because I couldn't carry her any longer. lol She was too snug and warm and didn't want to make an appearance whether mommy was exhausted or not. She finally did and what a joy she has been ever since! Okay, she's been a joy 99.9% of the time but what kid isn't right?? ;) We have a cupcake cake ordered and ready to go to school to celebrate with her. She was so funny this morning. "Mommy, will we celebrate at home too????" She was scared that we wouldn't have a cake at home for her. Since Marie got to go to Universal with Daddy for her birthday I had to attempt to make it even by getting cake/cupcakes for class and maybe doing goody bags for her. Will have to do the same for Ryan as well but that's not for another two weeks. lol
Hopefully I will have some pictures to show how much I've stitched when I post again. I hope everyone has a wonderful day and that you find lots of time to sit down and stitch. (I took Logan's frog and have set him right next to my stitching chair to ward off any other frogs that come visiting. Figure they'll want to play with him rather than mess with my stuff. lol)
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Hello again!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their families/friends. We had a wonderful weekend. We started off by going to my oldest brother's house on Christmas eve for a few hours. Logan and DH had to stay home as Logan started running a temp that morning. We missed them but still had a good time. I have to say, not traveling on Christmas or Christmas Eve is a good idea. I couldn't believe how many people were still shopping at 5:00 p.m. when we finished up and headed home. There were so many cars out in the lots and on the road that it took a little longer than usual to get to the highway. lol
Christmas Day we had my other brother and his son over for dinner and presents. It was a great day with fun visiting, playing games on the new Wii and good food. We made a roast which we finished up last night by having BBQ beef sandwiches. Yummo!
No stitching for me for the past week or so but that's okay. Soon I will have more time to do that again.... I hope. lol Today it's back to work again (if I have any to do lol) and finish up cleaning up from the presents. Wish me luck with the cleaning! lol
Christmas Day we had my other brother and his son over for dinner and presents. It was a great day with fun visiting, playing games on the new Wii and good food. We made a roast which we finished up last night by having BBQ beef sandwiches. Yummo!
No stitching for me for the past week or so but that's okay. Soon I will have more time to do that again.... I hope. lol Today it's back to work again (if I have any to do lol) and finish up cleaning up from the presents. Wish me luck with the cleaning! lol
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Behind the presents is one of my favorite Christmas displays. My Santa and Reindeer but alas, it's hidden. lol
The other side of the tree and somewhere in there is my snowglobe collection. lol
One of Ryan's favorite new toys. Imaginext Gorilla Mountain or something like that.
Kaitlyn and her Ni Hao playset.
Marie and her new PS2.
My poor big boy was so sick on Christmas. He didn't play with much that day but he's feeling better now and making up for lost time. lol
Tried to get Logan, my brother and nephew in a picture but as you can see, both boys decided they didn't like the idea. lol
One of my absolutely favorite memories from this holiday. The boys sitting watching a movie together and then giving hugs.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Another great giveaway but hurry!!!
Check out New England Stitcher's Retreat's great giveaway but hurry, she's going to pull a name on the 22nd I believe!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Another great giveaway!
Check out Mel's blog to see what she is giving away for her 200th follower milestone!
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