Friday, October 21, 2011

Places

The nicest place 2 be is in someone's THOUGHTS!

The safest place 2 be is in someone's PRAYERS!

And the best place 2 be is in............

GODS HANDS!!!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Polka-Dot Can Koozie

My daughter just picked up the latest thing I have been crocheting on tonight and asked me what it was. I told her it was a watermelon can koozie.

She then had the idea of making a polka-dot can koozie. I told her that I could probably do that. She then said, "I'm a genius." Meaning she was a genius not me. It was pretty cute so I decided to blog about it.

So.......be on the look out in my Etsy shop for a polka-dot can koozie. I'm going to let her pick the color for it too since it was her idea after all.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Hawaiian Summer Splash Bash 2011

Every other summer we have a summer party and call it a Hawaiian Summer Splash Bash with the year after it. Well, this year was the third time we had one.

The first one took place in 2007 and we had 43 attend. The second time was in 2009 and we had 49 attend. Yesterday was our third one and we had a HUGE turnout! There we 68 in attendance! Yes, you read that right! 68! Wow! That's a whole lotta people!

We had so much fun! We supplied all the food which was pretty much your basics for a bbq. We also had some fun games to play but the main event was a home made version of The Price Is Right. We even had a big wheel that was nearly 5 feet wide! It was great! We're saving the big wheel to use next time we have a summer party. Way too much time and effort was put forth in making it to only use it once.

Today we had to deal with the aftermath of all those people being here but overall there really wasn't TOO bad of a mess to clean up. My mother-in-law had cleaned the kitchen up for us last night which was absolutely WONDERFUL of her. That saved us SO much work today because there was a lot to clean in the kitchen.

Tomorrow I plan to spend my day relaxing and hanging around the house in my pj's. My feet and back are sore from doing a lot of walking and standing around yesterday. I need a day to just do a whole lotta sitting so me and my crochet hook are gonna hang out together on the couch tomorrow. :-)

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Water On The Floor

This morning while my son was sleeping my daughter was helping me with getting some yard sale items priced. We each had our coasters and drinks sitting on the floor beside us. I had my Pepsi and she had some ice water.

Well, of course with kids something gets knocked over and sure enough it was her cup. Thankfully it was just water. No worries. She got a hand towel and dried it all up. No big deal. All taken care of.

Later in the morning my son was up and the kids were on the move. In the course of them going from room to room, my daughter's new cup of ice water got knocked over. Yes, that makes twice in one morning! Again, thankfully it was just water. No worries.

I told my daughter to just get a towel and dry it up. My son who is two and a half saw the water and said, "Ooops." He then took off to the bathroom. A few seconds later he came back in with something to help clean up the water. In his hand were three squares of toilet paper.

Now toilet paper wasn't going to get the job done but bless his little heart for trying to help! I thought it was such a cute moment that I just had to write about it! Hope it brought a smile to your face reading about it!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Reading Stories

I was in the process of replying to a conversation in my Etsy shop when my little boy started crying. He was waking up for the day so I went in and got him out of his crib. We sat down in the rocking chair in his room and he spotted the stack of books.

He got up and picked one out. We read it and I said "the end". I closed the book and he took it to put it back. I started to get up to move the chair off to the side because when we rock him at night we have to pull it out a bit from the wall. When I got up to move the chair he started whining because he thought I was leaving the room. He had picked out another book to read. I sat back down and we read his next choice.

While he was putting the second book away I hurried and put the chair back where we keep it during the day. He then came back with another story to read. We ended up sitting in his room this morning and read 9 stories.

I'm so glad he enjoys having stories read to him! My daughter always did too! Now she is an avid reader and does so well with it. She reads about two grade levels above her age which is great! Reading is such a wonderful hobby for children to have in my opinion!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Just Think

Just think.
You're here not by chance but by God's choosing.
His hand formed you and made you the person you are.
He compares you to no one else- you are one of a kind.
You lack nothing that His grace can't give you.
He has allowed you to be here at this time in history
to fulfill His special purpose for this generation.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Daily Blogging

Lately I've been thinking that I would really love to get back into posting a blog once a day like I used to do. Then I thought, "Wonder if anyone even still reads my blog?" I currently have 73 followers but have no idea how many of them actually still truly follow anymore.

Sooooooooooooooooo.....................if you still read my blog posts please leave a comment so I'll know! I've got some fun things in mind to write about that I think people might enjoy reading but before I start posting everyday again I'm interested to see if anyone is going to be reading!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Pink Picks By A 7 Year Old

Recently I've been having a lot of fun making treasuries and watching to see how close to page 1 they get. Well, my 7 year old daughter has enjoyed this too. She's enjoyed it so much that she had been asking to make a pink treasury. We sat down tonight and put together one. She picked out each item in the treasury and even had control of the mouse part of the time. She decided to choose pink from shops that we have made purchases from.

Please be sure to stop in and leave a comment and all 16 of your clicks! Also, please be sure to share the link on facebook, twitter, and all your teams. Tell everyone to leave a comment and use all 16 of their clicks too! Let's see if we can get her pink treasury to page 1! She'll be thrilled if it makes it! I'm sure she will be watching to see what page it is on. Plus page 1 could be GREAT exposure for all those featured!

For your viewing pleasure:
www.etsy.com/treasury/NTM1MDEwMXwzNjgxOTIzOTg/pink-picks-by-a-7-year-old

Enjoy! And thanks so much for helping to promote it! Muuaah!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

And The Winner Is.....

AND THE WINNER OF THE MAY SALES DRAWING IS ........bwestendorf! Congratulations! bwestendorf just won a gift certificate to our shop!

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

The Cleaning Poem

I asked the Lord to tell me,
Why my house is such a mess.
He asked if I'd been 'computering',
And I had to answer 'yes.'
He told me to get off my fanny,
And tidy up the house.
And so I started cleaning up...
The smudges off my mouse.
I wiped and shined the topside.
That really did the trick.
I was just admiring my good work.
I didn't mean to 'click.'
But click, I did, and oops - I found
A real absorbing site
That I got SO way into it,
I was into it all night.
Nothing's changed except my mouse.
It's very, very shiny.
I guess my house will stay a mess,
While I sit here on my hiney.

Monday, May 2, 2011

And The Winner Is.....

AND THE WINNER OF THE APRIL SALES DRAWING IS ........tacotrish7! Congratulations! tacotrish7 just won a gift certificate to our shop!

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of May any and all purchases no matter how big or small will get your name put into a drawing to win a $10.00 gift certificate to our shop! Buy one item, get your name in the drawing once! Buy two items, get your name in the drawing twice! And so on! One name from all the May sales will be drawn on June 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Hancock Fabrics


Ok, so somebody help me out here? I received an e-mail from Hancock Fabrics with the coupon link pictured above in the e-mail.

Sooooo........I go to Hancock Fabrics this morning to purchase some nylon netting that was on sale for a great price. I stock up on all the colors which took awhile to cut which I knew it would so no worries there.

Well, when I get up to the cash register to pay, they say I can't use my coupon. The coupon THEY e-mailed me. The reason they say I can't use it is because what I purchased was on sale.

Ummmmm........doesn't the link they sent me for the coupon CLEARLY say, "Includes regular and sale priced items." ? So what part of my purchase being on sale made it NOT be included for the use of the coupon?

I am SO annoyed right now! Part of why I purchased so much was because I thought I was going to get to use the coupon. I wasted the ink, the paper, and the time printing the coupon. Grrrr!

When things like this happen it makes me not want to shop there anymore. Plus the manager at the particular store doesn't seem like the friendliest of people. Maybe I'll just start going to Hobby Lobby instead.

Ok, I'm done venting now. Thanks for reading!



Friday, April 1, 2011

And The Winner Is.....

AND THE WINNER OF THE MARCH SALES DRAWING IS ........khed4! Congratulations! khed4 just won a gift certificate to our shop!

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of April any and all purchases no matter how big or small will get your name put into a drawing to win a $10.00 gift certificate to our shop! Buy one item, get your name in the drawing once! Buy two items, get your name in the drawing twice! And so on! One name from all the April sales will be drawn on May 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

He's The Sweetest!

My hubby is just the sweetest! Last night he came home from being out of town overnight. With him he brought me a card.

On the front it has a smiling sun on the top half and rain clouds on the bottom half and says:

Remember, whether It's a good day or a bad day...

And on the inside it says:

It's always a LOVE-you day!

Then he signed it:

I Love You

Love Me

Awwwwwww......... :-)

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Chap Stick

Got this in an e-mail and it made me giggle. Thought it might do the same for you! Enjoy reading it!

We used to have a cat named Jack. He was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit on him and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all day long on the bathroom mat.

We have 3 kids, at the time of this story, they were 4 years old, 3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really loved chap stick, LOVED it. He kept asking to use my chap stick and then losing it. Finally one day, I showed him where in the bathroom that I kept my chap stick. I explained he could use it whenever he wanted but he needed to put it right back in the drawer after he finished because I used it sometimes several times a day.

That year, on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around to try to get ready for church with everyone crying and carrying on. My two boys were fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to nurse my little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up. Everything is a mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood.

We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in the car, and I am looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally go into the bathroom. There was Eli. He was applying my chap stick very carefully to Jack's rear end. Eli looked right into my eyes and said "chapped..." Now if you have a cat, you know that he is right - their little bottoms do look pretty chapped. And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to mind. And, the only question to ask at that point was whether it was the FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth!?!

And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever, because it reminds us that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little creatures, there will always be that day when you realize.... They've been using your chap stick on the cat's butt.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

And The Winner Is.....

AND THE WINNER OF THE FEBRUARY SALES DRAWING IS ........zenniferose! Congratulations! zenniferose just won a gift certificate to our shop!

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of March any and all purchases no matter how big or small will get your name put into a drawing to win a $10.00 gift certificate to our shop! Buy one item, get your name in the drawing once! Buy two items, get your name in the drawing twice! And so on! One name from all the March sales will be drawn on April 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Ice Cream Thief

Earlier today my daughter shut her finger in the bathroom door and got her boo boo bag out of the freezer to hold onto her hurt finger. Well, whenever she has her boo boo bag my little guy who is now two and a half thinks he needs his as well so of course off to the freezer he went.

After her finger was feeling better she put her bag back in the freezer but he went and got it back out. Not too long after that I hear him back in the kitchen in the freezer. I just thought he was putting the boo boo bags back because he was finished with them.

I went in the kitchen and saw the freezer door open and the boo boo bags had been put back where they belonged. However the mint chocolate chip ice cream was not! My son had it open and was sitting on the floor with the ice cream scoop in hand trying to dish out some ice cream!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

And The Winner Is.....

AND THE WINNER OF THE JANUARY SALES DRAWING IS ........melissaheylissa! Congratulations! melissaheylissa just won a gift certificate to our shop!

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of February any and all purchases no matter how big or small will get your name put into a drawing to win a $10.00 gift certificate to our shop! Buy one item, get your name in the drawing once! Buy two items, get your name in the drawing twice! And so on! One name from all the February sales will be drawn on March 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Early Wake Up Call

No one likes to be woke up early in the morning before your alarm goes off do they? Well, this morning we were! The phone rang at about 6:25am. Of course, you jump up out of bed to answer it because you just never know who it is or what has happened.

This morning it was the school calling. I looked out the window and saw lots of snow. The phone call was an automated message saying school had been canceled. I crawled back in bed and unset my alarm so I could sleep in. Yay!

It is STILL snowing, snowing, and snowing right now. I wouldn't be surprised if school isn't canceled tomorrow too. I only hope they let us know tonight instead of calling early in the morning again.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

And The Winner Is.....

AND THE WINNER OF THE DECEMBER SALES DRAWING IS ........kk3417! Congratulations! kk3417 just won a gift certificate to our shop!

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of January any and all purchases no matter how big or small will get your name put into a drawing to win a $10.00 gift certificate to our shop! Buy one item, get your name in the drawing once! Buy two items, get your name in the drawing twice! And so on! One name from all the January sales will be drawn on February 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!