MeAndMomsCrafts - I'm The Mom!

Two Friends

2012-02-16T13:29:00.001-08:00

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT.
DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN
ARGUMENT AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
IN THE FACE.

THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING, WROTE IN THE SAND:

'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE'.

THEY KEPT ON WALKING, UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH.

THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE
MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING, BUT THE FRIEND
SAVED HIM.

AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE:

'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE'.

THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST
FRIEND ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU, YOU WROTE
IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?'

THE FRIEND REPLIED, 'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US WE
SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF
FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY. BUT, WHEN
SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US, WE MUST
ENGRAVE IT IN STONE WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER
ERASE IT.'

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO
CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

Red Pants

2012-02-15T08:10:00.001-08:00

So my daughter has three pair of pants that are basically exactly the same except the color. She has a blue pair, a pink pair, and a red pair. I got them for a great price a while back.

Well, each time I wanted her to wear the red pair she would not want to wear them. She didn't like them. She had no problem wearing the blue pair and the pink pair though. Same type of pants, just different color. Apparently she doesn't like red?

Funny thing about the red pair of pants is that I finally gave up trying to get her to wear them so once she wore them one last time I went ahead and put them in the yard sale pile.

Monday night when she was getting her clothes picked out for school the next day, guess what she wanted to wear for Valentine's Day? Yep! Those red pants that I had such a hard time getting her to wear before! Go figure!

She said something like, "Just one more time." Apparently she does like red but only for Valentine's Day? Guess it makes sense though!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2012-02-14T08:24:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope your day is full of LOVE!

Snow Day!

2012-02-13T09:16:00.002-08:00

Well, it happened! We have had our first REAL snow of the winter. We knew it was coming and the weather forecast was actually pretty accurate. Sometimes you just never know because there have been occasions where what we were expecting did not happen. This time it did! As you can see from the picture below.

We got the call REALLY early this morning calling off school for the day. Yay! I'm perfectly fine with that. I think my daughter was too. We're using today as a lazy, stay in our pj's day. Not planning to go one single place but the bathroom, the kitchen for food, and the couch.

The kids will be playing with their toys or watching movies. I'll be crocheting on some orders. Plans are to just have a nice relaxing, not doing much of nothing day.

Poor hubby had to go to work though, after shoveling off the driveway/sidewalks and cleaning off the vehicles. I think he even cleaned off my truck too, probably in case I need to go somewhere, which I don't plan to, but I guess you never know what could come up so such a sweetie he was to clean it off. Too bad it snowed some more after he did, so if I do end up going out and about I'll have to clean off the snow again. Hmmmm.....even more incentive to just stay home. :-)

How Twins Are Made

2012-02-12T16:58:00.001-08:00

How twins are made ...NOW WE FINALLY KNOW!

I thought this was just plain cute.

So this is how they do it... One of life's great mysteries solved.

Only twenty years ago, no one would have understood this joke!

What Drinking Will Do To You!

2012-02-11T06:50:00.001-08:00

What drinking will do to you!

6 beers

2 glasses of wine

2 bottles of wine - Shared of course

Too many margaritas

3 Kamikazes

7 rum & cokes

1 large purple haze

3 martinis

1 bottle of tequila

Hope you got a chuckle or a smile from this!

Feels Like Winter

2012-02-10T16:10:00.000-08:00

BRRRRR!!!!! So far this winter has been a VERY mild one. We've had days that were as warm as 60 degrees. Makes for a nice little walk up to the school to get my daughter in the afternoons. We worry that with such a mild winter, that summer will be HOT. That's not the only thing we worry about though. We also worry that there will be a TON of bugs since it hasn't really been too cold yet.

Well, today some of our worry has faded. It definitely feels like winter, finally. I believe the temperature this morning when I was out and about was around 30 degrees. It is currently 20 degrees as I'm typing this. Brrrrr city! That temperature is going to continue to drop as the night goes on. The low tonight is expected to be a whopping 7 degrees! Can you say COLD?

Not sure what the weekend temperatures are suppose to be but I think it is suppose to continue to get colder as we might be getting some of that awful "S" word the beginning of next week. Now I don't mind snow as long as I and my hubby don't have to be out driving in it. I could go for a snow day and I'm sure my daughter would LOVE one. We'll know in a few days.

Never Argue With A Woman

2012-02-09T09:43:00.001-08:00

Another little funny I received in an e-mail some time ago. Enjoy!

One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book. Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says…

'Good morning, Ma'am. What are you doing?'

'Reading a book,' she replies, (thinking, 'Isn't it obvious?')

'You're in a Restricted Fishing Area,' he informs her.

'I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing. I'm reading,' she replies.

'Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up,' he replies.

'For reading a book?,' she replies.

'You're in a Restricted Fishing Area,' he informs her again.

'I'm sorry, officer, but I am not fishing. I am reading,' she replies, again.

Again he says, 'Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up.'

'If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault,' says the woman.

'But I haven't even touched you,' says the game warden.

'That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment,' she says.

'Have a nice day ma'am,' and he left.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely she can also think.

Tiffany's

2012-02-08T20:33:00.001-08:00

Just a little funny I received in an e-mail quite some time ago! Hope it'll at least bring a smile to your face if not a whole laugh out loud situation for ya! Enjoy!

A lady walks into Tiffany's. She browses around, spots a beautiful diamond bracelet, and walks over to inspect it. As she bends over to look more closely she inadvertently farts.

Very embarrassed, she looks around nervously to see if anyone has noticed her little accident and prays that a sales person doesn't pop up right now. As she turns around, her worst nightmare materializes in the form of a salesman standing right behind her.

Cool as a cucumber and displaying complete professionalism, the salesman greets the lady with, "Good day, Madam. How may we help you today?"

Very uncomfortably, but hoping that the salesman may just not have been there at the time of her little 'accident', she asks, "Sir, what is the price of this lovely bracelet?"

He answers, "Madam, if you farted just looking at it, you're going to s**t when I tell you the price."

Women

2012-02-07T18:44:00.000-08:00

Got this in an e-mail sometime ago:

BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS HERSELF!

A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEA BAG... YOU DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG SHE IS UNTIL YOU PUT HER IN HOT WATER!

I HAVE YET TO HEAR A MAN ASK FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO COMBINE MARRIAGE AND A CAREER!

COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN. SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH!

I'M OUT OF ESTROGEN AND I HAVE A GUN!

WARNING: I HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT!

OF COURSE I DON'T LOOK BUSY... I DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!

DO NOT START WITH ME. YOU WILL NOT WIN!

ALL STRESSED OUT AND NO ONE TO CHOKE!

And last but not least:

IF YOU WANT BREAKFAST IN BED, SLEEP IN THE KITCHEN!

Do You Relist?

2012-02-06T16:49:00.001-08:00

My blog post topic for this post is another Etsy related question.

Do you relist your unsold items in your Etsy shop or do you lower your prices before the item expires in hopes of selling it?

I usually let my items run the full 4 months and then relist them. After that, if they still haven't sold I'll consider lowering the price or sometimes relist them again. I have only lowered the price on some of my higher priced items and those are items that I don't really plan on making too often anyway, if at all.

I figure I'd rather pay the extra $.20 listing fee a few times and hopefully sell my item for what I want for it instead of taking a bigger loss by lowering the price. I don't lower the price on my less expensive items simply because I think they are already affordable.

Sometimes by relisting I get the item sold and sometimes I don't. You just never know who is out there at the time shopping.

How Do You Promote?

2012-02-05T08:08:00.000-08:00

My blog topic for today is: How do you promote your Etsy shop?

Promoting your Etsy shop plays a KEY role in getting sales in my opinion. You have to get yourself out there for people to see. If you set up a yard sale in your yard but don't put any signs up anywhere, you aren't going to get very many people stopping by except those who happen to drive down your street.

I think it is the same on Etsy. If you list an item but don't promote your Etsy shop anywhere you aren't going to get as many people viewing it. If you aren't getting views, you aren't going to get many sales.

Here's what I do to promote my Etsy shop:

1. On occasion I will send out a mass e-mail to all of my family/friends with the link to my shop and ask them to pass it along to everyone they know if they want to/have the chance.

2. I've joined some of the teams on Etsy. Mostly ones that aren't REALLY active because I like to be able to keep up and sometimes can't check in on them. Even though they aren't REALLY active it is still a place to share my items with others.

3. When I list something whether it be an expired item I've renewed, a sold item I've relisted, or a new item altogether I will go and post the link to it on ALL the teams I'm on and I tweet the link on Twitter as well.

4. Twitter is a great, did I say GREAT way to get views. I didn't use to use Twitter much but now do. Since using it more my views have gone WAY up. I think I've gotten new favorites from it. Views can turn into favorites. Favorites can turn into sales. And sales = money. We all want money, don't we?

5. I've heard Facebook is a good promoting tool as well. I personally don't have it. Just one more thing I myself don't have time for but on occasion my friend puts my Etsy shop on her Facebook page and I get views from it.

6. My daughter and I have been making a daily treasury on Etsy this year. This is not only promoting others but also gets your Etsy shop seen more because the shops you feature will sometimes browse what you have if they haven't before and then if they share the link to show off they are featured, those they share with may end up taking a look in your Etsy shop.

7. I try to include a card with what I make, my Etsy shop address, and my e-mail address in with my orders so that way my buyer can share with others if they want.

8. Adding listings on a regular basis I think can help a bit too. I can't always do this though. Just depends on how much time I have to be online.

Hopefully some of that information will be useful to some of you! If you have any other ways you promote, please feel free to share them in a comment!

Unusual Tastes

2012-02-04T18:16:00.001-08:00

I think all of us probably have some sort of unusual tastes. There is probably at least one thing each of us likes to eat that some would find to be weird or gross.

A few I can think of are people who like to eat ketchup on their eggs or hot sauce on their chicken. Sauerkraut on hot dogs doesn't sound to appetizing to me either. Yuck!

The idea of eating butter on crackers or butter on a brownie doesn't sound like it would taste good to me but yes, I know people who do this.

My son likes to dip just about anything in ranch dressing. This includes green beans and chicken. I can see maybe the chicken since some people have salad with chicken and use ranch dressing but I'm not sure about green beans? The other day he chowed down on some Polish sausage with ranch dressing. Ewwww! He's a ketchup dipper too with a lot of things!

My hubby will put barbeque sauce on macaroni and cheese. Ummmm......nope, none for me thanks! I do however like something else on mine.

One of the unusual things I like to eat is macaroni and cheese with ketchup on it. Only the cheaper regular macaroni and cheese though. Not the really good Velveeta Shells And Cheese or homemade macaroni with Velveeta Cheese.

One time when I was eating this my daughter said things like, "Gross.", "Ewwww.", and "Have you lost your mind?"

Funny thing is, this came from a child who will eat a hamburger bun with nothing on it but ketchup. Go figure!

What are some of your unusual tastes? Do tell!

Didn't Want It Until Now

2012-02-03T09:47:00.000-08:00

Those of you reading this who have kids can probably relate to this blog post.

Ever notice how kids don't usually want to play with toys until either:

A. another child has it
B. you put them away
C. you ask them to put them away

My kids are BOTH guilty of ALL three!

My daughter can have things just lying around for who knows how long and not have anything to do with them. The moment I tell her to put her things away, sometimes she will just put them away right when I ask her. Other times, especially if she is "busy" doing something, she will decide to either use it, play with it, or wear it if it is clothes or shoes rather than take the ten seconds it would take to walk it to her room.

My son is basically the same way. His toys can be lying ALL over the floor for HOURS and he won't bother them. Of course the moment I go to pick them up, he is all over them playing with them and re-scattering them across the floor again. Not sure why I even bother to clean them up!

Now that he is getting older and able to help more, I will ask my son to pick up his own toys or help me rather than doing it all by myself. Sometimes he decides he wants to play with them again and other times he will go put them away.

It's a never ending chore to clean up after kids isn't it? But you gotta love them! I know I do!

My Fifth Featured Etsian

2012-02-02T15:00:00.000-08:00

Today I am going to do another feature of a fellow Etsian. I am going to shine the spotlight on a shop owner I met on Etsy quite some time ago.

We were on one of the old BNR threads before the forums turned into teams. We are now on one of the Etsy teams together. The Etsy Meet Up Team found here. Come by and join us!

So my dear blog readers, my fifth featured Etsian here on my blog is Kim, the shop owner of Karnival Of Krafts found here on Etsy. She is such a sweet person who I am happy to feature. I have really enjoyed chatting with her recently and getting to know her a bit better.

As you can see from the pictures in this post, Kim makes a wide variety of items. Don't think she only creates three different things though. She definitely has lots more to offer besides scarves, bookmarks, and note cards featured in this post. There are SO many more items to view in her shop. I just can't show you everything in one little blog post. She has gloves, ear warmers, tags, and gift bags. You can also find
plastic bag holders, baby wipes, and more!

Kim is definitely a talented Etsian to be able to create so many different items. Be sure to go check out everything else she makes! You just might find something you just gotta buy! I know she'll let you! Now go look already will ya?

Management Course Lesson 6

2012-02-01T07:36:00.000-08:00

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.

While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.

As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.

The dung was actually thawing him out!

He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.

Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Morals of the story:
(1) Not everyone who s***s on you is your enemy.

(2) Not everyone who gets you out of s**t is your friend.

(3) When you're in deep s**t, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

Management Course Lesson 5

2012-01-31T10:01:00.000-08:00

A turkey was chatting with a bull.

'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,' sighed the turkey, 'but I haven't got the energy.'

'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull. 'They're packed with nutrients.'

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.

Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story:
Bull S**t might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Management Course Lesson 4

2012-01-30T08:43:00.001-08:00

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and do nothing?'

The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.'

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit, and ate it.

Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Management Course Lesson 3

2012-01-29T19:04:00.001-08:00

A sales rep, an administration clerk, and their manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp.

They rub it and a Genie comes out.

The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.'

'Me first! Me first!' says the admin clerk. 'I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.'

Puff! She's gone.

'Me next! Me next!' says the sales rep. 'I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas, and the love of my life.'

Puff! He's gone.

'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the manager.

The manager says, 'I want those two back in the office after lunch.'

Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.

Management Course Lesson 2

2012-01-28T19:04:00.001-08:00

A priest offered a Nun a lift.

She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.

The priest nearly had an accident.

After regaining control of the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.

The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest removed his hand, but after changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.'

Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'

Moral of the story:
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Management Course Lesson 1

2012-01-27T03:26:00.000-08:00

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings.

The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.

When she opens the door, there stands Ray, the next-door neighbor.

Before she says a word, Ray says, 'I'll give you $800 to drop that towel.'

After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Ray, after a few seconds, Ray hands her $800 and leaves.

The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.

When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, 'Who was that?'

'It was Ray, the next door neighbor,' she replies.

'Great,' the husband says, 'did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?'

Moral of the story:
If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

2012-01-26T17:26:00.001-08:00

My friend is into creating a lot of different items but doesn't have an Etsy shop of her own. Not yet anyway. She really should open one up though.

One thing she makes various designs of are Christmas tree ornaments. Since she is so sweet to post my shop on her Facebook page because I don't have Facebook, I am using this blog post to show off just one of the ornaments she has made recently. Isn't it SO cute?

So now do you have the song stuck in your head?
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

Post Office Dilemma

2012-01-25T12:24:00.000-08:00

Today I'm blogging about a dilemma I had with the mailing of a package.

I went to the post office last night and used the machine in the lobby area to mail packages. I've used this machine many MANY times in the past and have never had a problem. Unfortunately last night I did. I had 6 packages to mail. 5 of the 6 labels printed properly. Grrrrr! Obviously that meant I couldn't mail one of the packages.

I went today to the post office during regular hours to deal with this. Unfortunately the man working today did not seem to really know how to handle this. Since I had already paid for the postage last night, he printed a new label and put it on the package and didn't recharge me. I am hoping the package will arrive to my buyer in a timely manner and not come back to me or encounter any other postage issues but I am going to be completely honest when I say I left with not much confidence the package would arrive with no additional problems. When the man working says things like, "It should be fine." You tend to worry.

Hopefully all will be fine and I'm worrying for nothing. Only time will tell!

Bring On Spring

2012-01-24T07:29:00.000-08:00

So is anyone else ready for spring yet? I don't like the cold at all!

For one, because, well it's COLD!

Two, there always seems to be someone you know sick so obviously you want to steer clear of them so you don't catch it.

And three, my skin gets SO dry!

There's probably lots of other reasons to not like the cold but these are three that come to mind.

I'm ready for some warmer weather so bring on spring already! I'm ready to see all the beautiful flowers that bloom in the spring! Aren't you?

The Furniture Decided

2012-01-23T11:17:00.000-08:00

This blog post is a follow-up to my previous blog post. If you didn't read the previous one, a brief recap is my hubby's parents gave us their couch and loveseat because they bought brand new furniture. Hubby and I were trying to decide whether to put our current furniture or the furniture from his parents downstairs in our basement. Hubby and I finally decided we would put the couch and loveseat his parents gave us downstairs.

Well, last night the furniture decided differently. When my dad came over to help hubby carry the couch and loveseat, they started with the loveseat. They got it from the living room, through the dining room, and into the kitchen. When they went to take it through the door to go down to the basement, yep, you guessed it. It wouldn't fit! Just our luck!

Since the loveseat from hubby's parents wouldn't fit that meant our current furniture had to go down in the basement. Thankfully it was a bit smaller so it fit through the doorway! Otherwise we would have had a FULL living room upstairs!

Where To Put The Furniture?

2012-01-22T16:27:00.001-08:00

We already purchased a new entertainment credenza for our living room so our HUGE entertainment center we were using went downstairs in our basement. When hubby's parents asked if we'd want their old couch and loveseat because they got new ones, we said yes. That worked out great because now we could have a little living room area in the basement too.

Hubby's parents furniture is actually still in really good condition so we're still trying to decide if we want to put our current couch and loveseat downstairs or if we want to put his parent's furniture down there.

I'm undecided because even though hubby's parent's furniture is still in good condition so is our current furniture. It makes it harder to decide because our couch and loveseat match the upstairs great and I have these wonderful quilts to lay on the back of them that match too that my grandparents made for us. Hubby's parents furniture would match the upstairs too but I'm not sure how the quilts would look on them.

Also, the fact that we paid for our current furniture and it still looks nice comes into consideration. Whichever set goes in the basement won't get used very often so this kind of makes me want to put the hand me down furniture downstairs so we can continue using the ones we paid for.

But.......then you have the cushions. Our current furniture has back cushions that come off that our son likes to take on and off which can be a tad annoying at times. Hubby's parents furniture doesn't have this so that would be nice.

Hmmm.......where to put which set? Decisions. Decisions.

Character Phrases

2012-01-21T07:55:00.000-08:00

I was lying in bed last night and woke up a few different times. One of the times, out of no where I had a phrase from a tv show pop in my thoughts.

The phrase that popped into my head in the middle of the night was, "Hey. Hey. Hey." You know, from the television show Fat Albert. Yeah, don't ask me why this came to my mind. I have NO clue. Hmmm...maybe it was something I ate?

Well, this got me thinking about other tv, movie, and cartoon character phrases so I decided I am going to compile a list of some. Here goes:

Rut Roh! by Scooby Doo

Zoinks! by Shaggy from Scooby Doo

Willlllllllmaaaa! by Fred Flintstone

Kachow! by Lightning McQueen

Marsha! Marsha! Marsha! by Jan on The Brady Bunch

You got it dude! by Michelle on Full House

Did I do that? by Steve Urkell on Family Matters

Whatchoo talkin' bout' Willis? by Arnold on Different Strokes

To the bat cave! by Batman

Up, up, and away! by Superman

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. by Mr. Rogers

If you can think of any, leave a comment!

Proud Parents

2012-01-20T13:02:00.001-08:00

Hmmmm.....I am at a total loss as to what to blog about tonight. With a New Year's resolution to blog daily I have to post SOMETHING though. Can't break my resolution in the FIRST month of the year.

I think I'm going to use this blog post to brag about my daughter and how well she is doing in school! We are SO proud of our little girl! Shhhh.....don't tell her I referred to her as "little". She might not like that!

Our daughter is in second grade and doing fabulous academically. She is above average in pretty much every subject in school and is reading on a 6th grade level. Yep, I said our second grader is reading on a 6th grade level! We call her our little rocket scientist!

At our last teacher conference, our daughter's teacher briefly discussed the gifted program available in our school district. I think she is going to recommend our daugther for the program. I believe the teachers will soon be making their recommendations so we should know before long if they will be testing our daughter for the program.

We are SO glad that all of our daughter's teachers from kindergarten to now have all recognized she is above average and taken steps to make sure she is continuing to learn beyond what they are teaching. They are taking steps to keep her from being bored at school. Can't have your child bored and not liking school ever, especially when they are this young. There are still many more years of school to come!

I think my son is going to be just as smart! He LOVES to have stories read to him just like my daughter did at his age and he is also FABULOUS at putting puzzles together just like my daughter was. As any parent hopes for their children, we hope that they will both grow up to be successful adults!

Unknown Phone Numbers

2012-01-19T10:03:00.000-08:00

When ever the house phone or one of our cell phones ring and the phone number is not one either my hubby or I recognize, we generally will not answer the phone. We have voice mail on our house phone and our cell phones so we figure if it ends up being someone we know who really need/wants to talk with us they will leave a message and we'll call them back.

We've been rearranging furniture lately and my hubby plugged in an extra phone in the living room. Well, my son doesn't know the "if we don't know the phone number we don't answer it" screening process when the phone rings.

Yep, you can guess what happened, can't ya? When the phone rang, I looked at the caller ID, didn't recognize who it was, and wasn't going to answer. Next thing I hear is a little voice saying, "Hello." It was kind of cute but yet not so cute. I think he thought it was daddy on the other end. I just hung up the phone. Who ever it was must have either had the wrong number or didn't want to talk to us because they never called back.

Ummm....the extra phone hubby plugged in will not be staying plugged in!

Check Engine Light

2012-01-18T19:01:00.000-08:00

Not sure if I want to tell my hubby the check engine light came on in my truck tonight? The last time I told him something wasn't quite right with my truck, he went round and round with it for two days before having to end up calling reinforcements to help him.

I suppose I really should mention it though seeing as to how I am not a mechanic and have NO clue as to what is wrong with it. Maybe this time it will actually be a simple, easy fix for hubby to take care of. Maybe. *fingers crossed*

I guess if it ends up being a pain in hubby's rear again, it'll give me something to blog about!

Wiggle It

2012-01-17T17:48:00.000-08:00

Wiggle it. Just a little bit. That is all that was needed to be done to my truck to get it to run.

My hubby had been fighting with it for two days and having no luck getting it to start and run right so he called one of our friends who is a mechanic. He came over after work last night and was here less than an hour.

They worked under the hood doing this and that to it. Apparently all that was needed was to have one of the wires wiggled and ta da my truck will now start! Yay! Funny thing is my hubby said he had already wiggled that wire. Guess my truck really doesn't like my hubby but likes our friend!

Truck Don't Like Hubby

2012-01-16T12:52:00.000-08:00

My truck doesn't like my hubby at the moment. Hubby has commented that the recent fix to my truck reminds him of Gilligan's Island. What started out as a simple 3 hour fix has now turned into two days so far. I think he is getting frustrated with my truck!

Yesterday he spent part of the day going to the junk yard to find the part needed only to spend money to get into the junk yard and all the trucks like mine were already missing the part he was looking for.

To buy it brand new or off eBay is a bit pricey for our checkbook right now so he decided to try to fix the broken piece. I think he thought he had it fixed so he put everything back together only to find a leak when the truck was started.

He took it apart to fix the leak, put it back together, and started it up. It started but was running rough so back apart it came. He figured out he forgot to connect two lines, fixed another leak he found, and put it all back together.

Poor guy! Now it won't start at all. I think he is ready to kick it! Trade it in is what my grandpa would tell us. If only we could!

Hairy Legs

2012-01-15T18:33:00.000-08:00

Ever notice how us women get lazy when it comes to shaving our legs once the weather turns cold. Okay, maybe not ALL women but I'm sure some do. I know I am guilty of this at times.

I figure, "Eh, who's gonna see besides my hubby?" Well, hubby married me for better, for worse, in sickness and health, and all that other stuff. I figure hairy legs fall SOMEWHERE in that category, right?

Hotel Bill Chuckle

2012-01-14T07:27:00.000-08:00

An elderly lady decided to give herself a big treat for her significant 70th birthday by staying overnight in an expensive hotel.

When she checked out the next morning, the desk clerk handed her a bill for $250.00. She exploded and demanded to know why the charge was so high. "It's a nice hotel but the rooms certainly aren't worth $250.00 for just an overnight stay! I didn't even have breakfast."

The clerk told her that $250.00 is the 'standard rate', so she insisted on speaking to the Manager.

The Manager appeared and, forewarned by the desk clerk, announced: "This hotel has an Olympic-sized pool and a huge conference center which are available for use."

"But I didn't use them," she said.

''Well, they are here, and you could have," explained the Manager.

He went on to explain that she could also have seen one of the in-hotel shows for which the hotel is famous. "We have the best entertainers from the world over performing here," the Manager said.

"But I didn't go to any of those shows," she said.

"Well, we have them, and you could have," the Manager replied.

No matter what amenity the Manager mentioned, she replied, "But I didn't use it!" and the Manager countered with his standard response.

After several minutes of discussion with the Manager unmoved, she decided to pay, wrote a check, and gave it to him.

The Manager was surprised when he looked at the check. "But madam, this check is for only $50.00."

"That's correct. I charged you $200.00 for sleeping with me," she replied.

"But I didn't!" exclaims the very surprised Manager.

"Well, too bad, I was here, and you could have."

Don't mess with Senior Citizens!

Friday The 13th

2012-01-13T07:25:00.000-08:00

With it being Friday the 13th, it made me think of this question. Are you superstitious?

My daughter often makes me think of the old wive's tale/superstition "Don't step on a crack. You'll break your mother's back." When we're walking she'll try to avoid the cracks on the ground sometimes. If she is thinking about it that is. Sometimes she'll have it on her mind and other times she doesn't. Obviously we know this doesn't really happen anyway.

I'd have to say that I don't think I'm really superstitious but sometimes superstitions cross my mind like if a black cat crosses the street in front of me or if the salt shaker tips over spilling salt on the table.

I just think about the superstitions when things like this happen. I by no means get worried about having bad luck and I don't toss salt over my shoulder if salt spills on the table. That is what you are supposedly suppose to do right? I have no clue?

Isn't there one about a ladder? You're not suppose to walk under it? Oh, and don't open an umbrella in the house. I just remembered that one too. Right now I can't even really think of too many other superstitions? Can you? If so, leave a comment for the rest of us to read.

Cute Things My Son Said Today

2012-01-12T10:13:00.000-08:00

Today my blog post is about a few cute things my son said today. He just came out of the kitchen after getting into one of the drawers and proudly holding something in his hand said, "I got my fork."

When I told him he didn't need a fork yet because it wasn't lunchtime he looked down and in a disappointed little voice said, "Awwww.....man."

I thought this was so cute so I was just sitting there looking at him with a smile on my face. This made him smile and he said, "I like lunch."

After all that I suppose we should have lunch now. :-)

Sing REALLY Loud

2012-01-11T19:30:00.000-08:00

I help out with the 2-3 year old room for a MOPS meeting once a month. One of the fun things that I do with the kids is have them all sit on the blue rug that is in our room and we sing songs.

This age group just loves to sing already but to make it even more fun I usually tell them right before we start each song to sing REALLY loud if they know the words. This gets them even that much more involved.

One time after the meeting I heard one of the little boys telling his mom that they sang really loud. I think it is cute that even at such a young age they remember things they did and share it with their parents. Of course, this particular time the mom was kind of looking at her son with a strange face trying to figure out what he was talking about. Once I explained to her what he was telling her I think she thought it was cute.

Coming Up With Topics

2012-01-10T18:01:00.000-08:00

I really enjoy blogging but sometimes struggle to come up with topics to blog about. With kids and a hubby you would think there would always be something I could write a blog post on but I just never know if my readers would enjoy reading some of the things my family does. My goal is to keep you all interested so you keep coming back to see what else I have blogged about!

Since one of my New Year's resolutions was to blog daily, that means I am going to need 366 topics since 2012 is leap year. Wow! That's a whole lotta topics!

In the past I have featured fellow Etsians on my blog so I have decided to start doing that again only more often. If you have an Etsy shop and would like to be featured on my blog please leave a comment so I'll know.

Stay tuned for some Etsy shop features in the future! Some you may have seen before, some may be new to you! Only time will tell!

Etsy Meet Up Team

2012-01-09T13:13:00.000-08:00

I'm on the Etsy Meet Up Team that can be found here. Today I spent WAY too much time on the computer! I should have been crocheting but I was promoting.

Wondering what I was promoting? Let me tell ya and then show ya! I put together a treasury featuring blue items from 16 different shops on the Etsy Meet Up Team. You can see the treasury by clicking here.

I am THRILLED to say that with all my promoting and the promoting of others along with everyone who took the time to stop in, have a look, comment, click, and share the link, the Etsy Meet Up Team blue treasury made it all the way to page 5! Yay!

The Lost Barbie

2012-01-08T07:57:00.000-08:00

Whenever we go to someones' house to open presents for Christmas I don't like for my kids to open any of their new gifts while we are there because I'm always afraid they will lose them or forget them especially when we are out of town because then it wouldn't be quite so easy to go back for them the next day. I would rather they wait until we were home to open them especially if there are lots of small parts.

Yesterday we were at my grandparents' house for our family Christmas and yep, you guessed it. Something was lost. Oh and yes, I said Christmas in January. Due to everyone having so many different places to be for the holiday including out of town places, our family has decided that meeting a week or two after Christmas works best for us all.

Back to the lost something. My grandparents gave my daughter and my cousins' daughter each a Barbie play set. Well, since my cousin let her daughter open her play set, of course my daughter wanted hers open as well. I didn't really want to because there were so many pieces but I caved and let her open it. We only took out the Barbie doll though, not all the accessory pieces that came with it. I didn't figure it would hurt to just have the Barbie doll. Yeah, I was proven wrong!

When it came time to go home, yep, you guessed it again! Barbie was NO WHERE to be found! We looked all over my grandparents' house. No Barbie! The last time I had seen my daughter with it was when we were outside and she was going inside to put it away since she was finished playing with it.

When we asked her where she put it she said she had put it on the bag with a quilt in it. Well, we all get a quilt made by my grandparents for Christmas so there were a lot of bags with quilts in them to choose from. At the time she said she put Barbie on a bag with a quilt I believe my hubby had already taken our bag out to the truck so it wasn't our quilt Barbie was lying on.

Grandma looked in the bag my daughter thought she put Barbie on but she wasn't there. I called two of my brothers and my mom so they could double check their bags but alas Barbie is still missing. I think we are going to go back to my grandparents house later today to have another look around.

She has a lot more Barbie dolls already so she doesn't necessarily NEED this one but of course she WANTS it. Hmmmm....wonder if from now on she'll want to wait to open her new items until she gets home so that this won't happen again? I'm thinking, probably not but hey, at least I know mommy knows best, right?

Items My Daughter Will Be Making

2012-01-07T18:31:00.001-08:00

My daughter is always wanting to create items for me to sell on Etsy. We have been brainstorming on some new ideas for her to do this year.

She already makes magnets and cards. I do the crochet part for her. She then does the drawing and gluing involved.

This year the new fun ideas we came up with are bookmarks and framed pictures. She'll probably also do some other magnets and cards with different shapes. Right now she just has flowers but we hope to include hearts and stars as well.

Stay tuned to see the listings here on Etsy!

Goals For Etsy For 2012

2012-01-06T07:30:00.000-08:00

Inspired by another blogger MoiraCoon I have decided that my blog post for today will be about what my goals/hopes are for my Etsy shop for 2012.

Organization- There are times when I know I have the supplies to make something but because I have so much stuff I sometimes find myself searching for what I need. This is time wasted that could be spent creating! I plan to get all of my supplies more organized making it easier to find what I need when I need it to make something. Once I am more organized, I can be more prepared which is my next goal.

Preparation- I always say I need to be more prepared for the craft shows I participate in and for the holiday online shopping season. For 2011, I thought I was. Well, yep, you guessed it, I wasn't. Not completely anyway. My first fall craft show I did was well stocked but went so well that I didn't have much left for the next show I did. This also made me not prepared as well as I would have liked to have been for my online buyers. This year I plan to crochet, crochet, and did I mention crochet so that I have multiples of most everything I make. I want to build up a good inventory but of course I still hope to sell out of everything! Once I am more prepared I can start promoting more which is my next goal for the year.

Promoting! Promoting! Promoting!- I plan to promote a lot more this year than I have in the past. I have been blogging daily and using twitter daily. My daughter and I take turns making a daily treasury. I now belong to two teams on Etsy. I just joined my second one yesterday and have some links bookmarked to check out a few other ones. If I don't get my shop out there then I can't be seen. What better way to be seen than to join some teams and make new friends! Right? It's always fun to meet new people too so it is a win/win situation! Hopefully all my promoting will lead to my next goal of more sales!

Sales! Sales! Sales!- Let's face it. Anyone who has a shop where they are selling things always hopes for more sales. No matter how many we get I think we all still want more. Call it greed, call it needing the money, call it extra spending cash, call it whatever you want, if you are an Etsy shop owner you LOVE sales! I hope that my sales will continue to increase each year I have my Etsy shop open. Increases in sales makes one feel GREAT about what they are selling! I love the idea of people around the world using what I have created!

What are your goals/hopes for 2012?

Still Night Night Time

2012-01-05T07:41:00.000-08:00

Last night around 2am I hear a little voice crying out from the other room. I get up out of bed and go into my little guys' room to find him sitting up. As soon as I walk in the door he lies back down. I went over and covered him back up with his blanket, told him it was still night night time, and said I love you. He went back to sleep.

It was as though he had woken up and just needed mommy to tuck him back in so he could fall back asleep. How sweet! He just wanted mommy! Wish it hadn't been 2am though! :-)

Then the little guy turned around and did practically the same thing about an hour to an hour and a half later. I am tired and could really use a nap right now but I have too much I'd like to get done so up I stay. Maybe I'll sleep in this weekend. Maybe.....

Should I Stay Up?

2012-01-04T07:30:00.000-08:00

Ever get woke up about 2 hours before you have to be up and think, "Man, I'm still so tired I just want to go back to sleep but if I got up now I could get so much more done." Well this very thing happened to me this morning.

It didn't take me too long to make my decision on whether I should stay up or go back to sleep. Yep, you guessed it. I chose sleep!

I did NOT want to get up when my alarm went off but out of bed I got. In my mind I had the idea of getting my daughter off to school, hubby off to work, and then taking myself over to the couch to sleep a little more while my son was still in bed.

Then reality stepped in and reminded me I don't have time for a morning nap. I have errands to run and things to do around the house. Darn reality! Grrr.....

Ewww....You Stink!

2012-01-03T16:43:00.000-08:00

I had totally hoped to have a stay in my pj's day yesterday but alas that did not happen. While I was in the bathroom putting on my deodorant and perfume my 3 year old little boy came in and wanted some too. Of course I didn't put perfume on him but I did put a bit of daddy's cologne on his arm and then we rubbed it to the other arm too.

He went to find daddy so he could smell. I heard daddy say to him, "Ewwww.....you stink!" I think my son thought that was funny. I yelled out to my hubby from the other room, "Well, if he stinks then you do too because that is your cologne."

Both of my kids wanted to be like mommy and daddy when it came to wearing deodorant and perfume/cologne. I remember my daughter putting on deodorant when she was younger. She would rub it on her belly! What fun memories that just make ya smile!

Wanna Help?

2012-01-02T07:42:00.000-08:00

My daughter is 5 years older than my son and was sitting at the table yesterday doing a "big girl" project. From the other room I hear her ask him, "You wanna help?" Of course he did! She then told him he couldn't.

I told her not to ask him if he wanted to help and then tell him he couldn't. That wasn't very nice. Next thing I know I hear her telling him, "You can help by being quiet." Hmmm.....last I checked that isn't very nice either!

Funny thing is, she thinks her brother talks a lot when she herself talks a lot! :-)

New Year's Resolutions

2012-01-01T08:02:00.000-08:00

I generally don't make a New Year's resolution but this year I have decided to make not one but two. One benefits others and one is just for fun for me.

My resolution that benefits others is actually one my daughter is going to help me with. Between the two of us, we are going to try and make a new treasury on Etsy promoting others every day for the WHOLE year of 2012. You can see the first one, which I made here. From that page you'll be able to click on the link to see future treasuries we make because I don't know for sure if I'll be posting the link to my blog every day because..........

My resolution that is just for fun for me is to post a new blog every day for the WHOLE year of 2012. I hope to post something that you will enjoy reading. On occasion I may "cheat" and just post a link to a treasury my daughter or I have made but for the most part I hope to post my thoughts, ideas, and funny things that happen in life. Having a hubby, two kids, and a dog, there is bound to be something fun to post about at different times!

I may even begin featuring fellow Etsy shops from time to time. I just enjoy blogging whether it be featuring someone, sharing a forwarded e-mail I receive, or posting something about my own life. I use to blog frequently and just got so busy that blogging got put in the corner. Well, I've pulled it out of the corner and blown off the dust so get yourselves ready for some reading!

Happy New Year to everyone! Hope 2012 will be a FANTASTIC year for all of you!

Places

2011-10-21T11:40:00.000-07:00

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!!!

Quote For The Day

2011-08-27T08:10:00.001-07:00

Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth!

Polka-Dot Can Koozie

2011-08-02T20:35:00.001-07:00

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.

Hawaiian Summer Splash Bash 2011

2011-07-17T20:49:00.001-07:00

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. :-)

Water On The Floor

2011-06-29T09:44:00.001-07:00

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!

Reading Stories

2011-06-28T07:39:00.000-07:00

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!

Just Think

2011-06-27T14:02:00.000-07:00

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.

Daily Blogging

2011-06-26T07:32:00.000-07:00

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!

Pink Picks By A 7 Year Old

2011-06-22T21:49:00.000-07:00

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!

And The Winner Is.....

2011-06-01T06:47:00.000-07:00

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

The Cleaning Poem

2011-05-31T20:35:00.000-07:00

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.

And The Winner Is.....

2011-05-02T14:15:00.000-07:00

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hancock Fabrics

2011-04-21T08:38:00.000-07:00

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!

And The Winner Is.....

2011-04-01T13:23:00.000-07:00

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's The Sweetest!

2011-03-30T07:10:00.001-07:00

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

Chap Stick

2011-03-09T18:29:00.000-08:00

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.

And The Winner Is.....

2011-03-01T17:12:00.000-08:00

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ice Cream Thief

2011-02-17T10:40:00.000-08:00

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!

And The Winner Is.....

2011-02-01T22:03:00.000-08:00

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Early Wake Up Call

2011-01-10T10:07:00.000-08:00

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.

And The Winner Is.....

2011-01-01T15:41:00.001-08:00

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And The Winner Is.....

2010-12-01T06:38:00.000-08:00

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

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of December 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 December sales will be drawn on January 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Cup Of Tea

2010-11-16T21:05:00.000-08:00

Got this in an e-mail and wanted to share with you all.

One day my mother was out, and my dad was in charge of me. I was maybe 2 1/2 years old. Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a gift, and it was one of my favorite toys. Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when I brought him a little cup of 'tea', which was just water. After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my mom came home.
My dad made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of tea, because it was 'just the cutest thing!' Mom waited, and sure enough, here I came down the hall with a cup of tea for Daddy and she watched him drink it up.

Then she said, (as only a mother would know), "'Did it ever occur to you that the only place she can reach to get water is the toilet?"

Kentucky Ghost Story

2010-11-12T14:06:00.000-08:00

This happened about a month ago just outside of Owensboro,
Kentucky, a small town on the banks of the Ohio River,
and while it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's indeed real.

An out-of-state traveler was walking along the side of the road
hitchhiking on a dark night in the middle of a thunderstorm.
Time passed slowly and no cars went by. It was raining so hard
he could barely see his hand in front of his face.

Suddenly he saw a car approaching, moving slowly and appearing
ghostlike in the rain. It slowly and silently crept toward him
and stopped. Wanting a ride very badly, the guy jumped into the
car and closed the door. Only then did he realize that there was
nobody behind the wheel and no sound of the engine to be
heard over the rain.

Again the car crept slowly forward. The guy was terrified but too
scared to think of jumping out and running. The guy saw that
the car was approaching a sharp curve and still too scared to
jump out. He started to pray and beg for his life. He was certain
the ghost car would go off the road and into the river and
he would surely drown! But just before the curve, a shadowy
figure appeared at the driver's window and a hand reached in and
turned the steering wheel, guiding the car safely around the bend.
Then, just as silently, the hand disappeared through the window
and the hitchhiker was alone again.

Paralyzed with fear, the guy watched the hand reappear every
time they reached a curve. Finally the guy, frightened nearly
to death, had all he could take and jumped out of the car and
ran through the storm to the nearby town.

Wet and in shock, he went into a lighted tavern and with voice
quavering, ordered two shots of whiskey, and then, shaken,
he told everybody about his supernatural experience.

A silence came over those listening and everybody got goose
bumps. They realized the guy was sober and was telling the truth.
And the sounds of the storm continued outside.

About half an hour later, two guys walked into the bar and one
says to the other, 'Look Billy Bob, there's that idiot that rode in our car
while we was pushin' it in the rain.'

And The Winner Is.....

2010-11-01T19:44:00.000-07:00

AND THE WINNER OF THE OCTOBER SALES DRAWING IS ........LAHAMMER! Congratulations! LAHammer just won a gift certificate to our shop!

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of November 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 November sales will be drawn on December 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How Pumpkin Pie Is Made

2010-10-24T10:27:00.001-07:00

Gold Fish Crackers

2010-10-05T19:05:00.000-07:00

The other day my hubby fixed me a lunch to take along to the craft show I was participating in. He packed the lunch bag and sat it on the end table in the living room so I could grab it when heading out the door. Next thing I know I see my little boy standing there with the bag of gold fish crackers hubby had put in the lunch bag. He was eating right out of the bag and saying, "mmmmm" as he was eating them. Too cute!

And The Winner Is.....

2010-10-01T06:17:00.000-07:00

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

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of October 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 October sales will be drawn on November 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pedestrians Have The Right Away!

2010-09-22T08:17:00.001-07:00

On many different occasions when walking my daughter to and from school cars and even school buses, yes school buses, have not stopped for us to walk across the crosswalk. I had thought about complaining to the school about getting a stop sign back at the crosswalk but decided I didn't want to cause any problems. There used to be a stop sign but we are unsure of what happened to it. Well, one morning, I decided that the school needs a stop sign back up at the cross walk!

My daughter and I were CLEARLY standing at the crosswalk a few weeks ago waiting to go across the street and I'll be darned if a car didn't swerve over to go around us instead of stopping for us to walk across. What part of pedestrians have the right away do people NOT understand? Here we are standing at the crosswalk that has pedestrian signs and the road marked with white lines across the street from a school, my daughter has her backpack on, and it is almost time for school to start. Wouldn't you think it would be OBVIOUS we are wanting to cross the street to go into the school? Apparently it isn't to some people! Some of the cars that do not stop for us have been parents coming out of the school parking lot from picking up or dropping off their own children! You can bet your bottom dollar that if it were them walking their kids to and from school and I didn't stop for them to walk across the street that they would not be happy either!

So I had had enough and on this particular morning I stopped the principal to ask about getting a stop sign put back up. I told him it is unbelievable to me how many cars do not stop when we are clearly waiting to cross the street. I told him it makes me not ever want to let my child walk to school by herself. He said they had a crossing guard in the afternoon but could see how that could be a problem in the mornings with no one out there and said he would check into it.

I really didn't think that the principal would do anything. I figured he was just telling me what I wanted to hear and that was all that would amount of it. I was wrong.

This morning when walking my daughter to school there was actually a crossing guard. I was surprised. She didn't seem to happy to be there but was there none the less.

She came in right behind us when we were walking in and a few other staff members who were greeting kids at the door asked her about having to be out there as a crossing guard in the mornings too. She told them that a parent had complained. Ummm.....little did they know that I was that parent. One of the other woman went onto to say that she didn't know why someone needed to be out there in the morning because none of the kids walk to school by themselves. They stood there and continued to talk but my daughter and I went on into the school. As I came back out two of the woman were still chatting and I heard one of them say something about she didn't know which mom it was and basically she said that because they have a lot of them who apparently complain.

Well, that just irks me to hear them say all this because in my opinion whether I'm with my daughter or not there should still be a crossing guard or a stop sign because pedestrians have the right away! They need to be doing something to make sure the cars are stopping for people to cross the road whether I'm with my kid or not! When I asked about getting a stop sign I assumed that the kids who walk home from school probably walk to school as well. I have no idea if they do or don't. I would have been just fine if they'd just got a stop sign again like before. They chose to have a person stand out there. And then to say that they have a lot of complaining moms? Well, I don't think this is an unjustifiable complaint? Do you?

Cookie Thief

2010-09-15T20:15:00.000-07:00

So I was sitting at my desk eating cookies and milk tonight and the package of cookies was sitting open on my desk. Next thing I know I hear this little voice go, "Mmmmmm." I looked and my little guy had snatched himself a cookie and started walking off in the other direction before I really had the chance to catch him. I didn't really want him to have a cookie but ended up just letting him eat it. The moment was just too cute to end it with him crying over me taking the cookie away. While he was sitting there eating it, he kept making the "mmmmm" sound again. Awww....the cute little cookie thief!

And The Winner Is.....

2010-09-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

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

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of September 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 September sales will be drawn on October 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Forgot Something

2010-08-30T17:09:00.000-07:00

Today for lunch I made my son a hot dog. I had cut up his hot dog in bite sized pieces for him and gave him a fork. He LOVES to eat with a fork now instead of his fingers. Well, I forgot something on his plate. I had no longer got him "seat belted" in, with fork in hand, and he started fussing because he wanted something. He was gesturing and then literally pointed/touched his plate. Know what I forgot? Ketchup. Yep, he's going to be a dipper! So, off to the fridge I went and came back with the ketchup bottle. Squirted a little circle of ketchup on his plate and he was good to go. Ate every bite of hot dog and used basically all of the ketchup too!

Hubby And I As Kids

2010-08-29T18:55:00.000-07:00

My daughter LOVES to draw pictures and do artsy type things all the time. Tonight she brought me the picture below and said it was a picture of her daddy and I when we were kids. Hubby is on the left side and I am on the right side. I'm wearing tights. Ummm.....really glad we didn't REALLY look like this back then!

Cartoons

2010-08-29T14:48:00.000-07:00

Last night we went over to one of my brother's to visit for a little while. I was sitting on the couch and my daughter was across the room. The tv was on the side of the living room that my daughter was on and the football game was what was on the tv. My son was going back and forth between my daughter and myself. My daughter came over to me and whispered basically, "if cartoons were on the tv then my son would stay on the other side of the room with her and not bother me anymore." It was pretty funny! Of course, my sister-in-law found it cute too and eventually someone changed the channel from football to cartoons for the kids. They sure can be clever at times, can't they?

Spend Time With Family

2010-08-24T10:31:00.000-07:00

This one might bring tears to your eyes when you read it as I have tears in my eyes as I'm writing it. I just want to make sure to remind ALL of you to spend time with your family members whenever you get the chance! No matter how busy you THINK you are!

My phone rang not too long ago. At first glance of the caller ID I thought it was my daughter's school, because it just said SCHOOLS and had the phone number so of course the first thing that went through my mind was something had happened to my daughter. After answering, I realized it was my aunt (who works at a school as a teacher) and was relieved to know nothing had happened to my little girl although I was immediately saddened at the news she was calling to give me. She was calling to let me know that they had just found her dad, my grandpa, in his home a few hours before. He had past away from what they think was a heart attack but they aren't sure yet.

Growing up I knew this grandpa quite well and saw him VERY frequently. This was my step-dad's father. By the time my mom and step-dad (whom I called dad) got married, grandpa wasn't married to my dad's mom anymore but had a second wife. While he was married to the second wife there were SO many big family dinners and gatherings. Seems like the family was ALWAYS together for some reason or another. Sometimes just because with no particular holiday or anything needed. When grandpa got divorced and remarried for a third time there were still family get togethers but not nearly as many. It definitely wasn't the same. Then when my parents divorced about 8 or 9 years ago, that was when we really never saw much of that side of the family hardly at all. Really sad how divorces split up families isn't it?

A few months ago, one of my uncles from that side of the family put together a big family barbeque at a park and his reasoning behind it was to get everyone together at least one last time before some of the elderly in the family past on. I'm sure he never dreamed it would happen so soon!

I am SO glad my uncle put together that family barbeque. It made it possible for me to see my grandpa one last time. Before the barbeque a few months ago, I can't remember the last time I had seen or talked to this grandpa. I'm not sure how many times he had seen my daughter but I think the barbeque was the one and only time he met my little boy and it was the one and only time he got to meet my aunt's new baby too. Because of divorces and remarriages, my aunts and uncles on this side of the family are actually my age so grandbabies and great grandbabies are close in age too. All three of my brothers were able to be at the barbeque too so they got to see grandpa one more time as well.

So at the time of his death, I didn't see or even know this grandpa too well but it is still so very sad to think he is no longer with us. Please be sure to always go to every one of those family gatherings whether you really want to or not. To be honest, we weren't really sure we wanted to go to the barbeque a few months ago but I'm glad we did. If we hadn't we wouldn't have gotten to see my grandpa again before he past on and he wouldn't have gotten the joy of seeing all of us one more time either. You could tell grandpa was just THRILLED to have everyone together again at the barbeque my uncle organized. He was SO giddy and happy. I think he had a smile on his face nearly the WHOLE entire time.

It is just so unbelievable that he is gone now. He seemed so alive and FULL of energy just a few months back. You just never know how long you truly have with anyone! So go hug all your loved ones and tell them you love them! Then plan a family gathering of your own! Sad to say but unfortunately it may be the last time you may see someone. Our most recent family gathering is proof it can happen. I don't think ANY of us probably thought we would never see grandpa again.

Lemonade Pie

2010-08-23T10:28:00.000-07:00

Hubby found this recipe and it sounds like it might be good. Haven't tried it yet but think we might sometime. Thought I'd share it with you all too in case you wanted to try it!

Lemonade Pie

2 graham cracker pie crusts
2 cans eagle brand milk
1 11 1/2oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate
2 tubs cool-whip

Allow lemonade to thaw at room temperature. Mix together eagle brand milk, lemonade and cool whip. Pour into pie crusts and allow to chill before serving. Fast and easy for anyone.

Don't Wanna Get Up Yet

2010-08-22T06:53:00.000-07:00

Ever wake up in the morning on your own without the help of an alarm clock and feel wide awake but then look at the clock and see that it is still pretty early? You lie there and think, "I don't wanna get up THIS early especially on a day that I am suppose to be able to sleep in." So you stay in bed and end up dozing back off to sleep for a bit only to wake up just 45 minutes later or so feeling more tired than you did. I did this today. I should have just got up when I woke up the first time! Probably could have gotten more accomplished. Oh well! Off to accomplish some things now!

Ducks In Heaven

2010-08-18T19:29:00.000-07:00

Three women die together in an accident and go to heaven.

When they get there, St. Peter says, 'We only have one rule here in heaven: Don't step on the ducks!'

So they enter heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place. It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, and although they try their best to avoid them, the first woman accidentally steps on one.

Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw. St. Peter chains them together and says, 'Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to spend eternity chained to this ugly man!' The next day, the second woman accidentally steps on a duck and along comes St. Peter, who doesn't miss a thing. With him is another extremely ugly man. He chains them together with the same admonishment as for the first woman.

The third woman has observed all this and, not wanting to be chained for all eternity to an ugly man, is very, VERY careful where she steps.

She manages to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St.Peter comes up to her with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on.... very tall, long eyelashes, muscular.

St. Peter chains them together without saying a word. The happy woman says, 'I wonder what I did to deserve being chained to you for all of eternity?'

The guy says, 'I don't know about you, but I stepped on a duck.'

First Day Of First Grade

2010-08-18T13:23:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day back to school for my daughter. She is a first grader this year! I can't believe how fast she is growing up! She'll be 7 on her next birthday! My little guy is growing up too fast too! He'll be 2 on his next birthday!

I walked my daughter to and from school today which is how she gets to school when the weather permits. SO much easier than trying to deal with all the traffic of cars lining up all down the road! When I got her from school I asked her how her first day was. She told me it was great! I was so glad to hear that because when I left her this morning she looked a bit uneasy like she wasn't really sure about it. I think it was just because it was a whole new room, new teacher, and almost all new classmates. There were about three or four familiar names from her Kindergarten class and she said she knew some of the other kids too. I know she will adjust just fine! No worries there at all!

When I asked her about if she got all her school supplies put away she told me she did. I am a bit annoyed about what she said they did with the school supplies though so I am going to be asking the teacher about it in the morning. My daughter said that the only school supplies that she kept in her school box for herself to use was her pair of scissors and her large pink erasers.

Now scissors and erasers are not the only school supplies we had to take. We had to take a package of markers, a package of white construction paper, a package of colored construction paper, two boxes of crayons, a bottle of glue, twelve pencils, and two boxes of kleenex. We also took a few bottles of hand sanitizer that were not required but appreciated by the teacher.

So according to my daughter ALL of her school supplies are shared except for her scissors, pink erasers, and her school box. Now maybe it's just me and I'm being selfish here but this kind of bothers me. We got our daughter "good" school supplies not any store brand things. Not that store brand is bad. Don't get me wrong! We are usually ALL about buying the store brand items to save on money but if I'm going to be spending the extra to buy the "good" stuff for my daughter for school then I want to be sure SHE is getting to use them, you know? Not having to use a store brand. Obviously, they would all work basically the same although there is a pretty big difference between Crayola crayons and the "cheap" ones, but that isn't the point here. The point is we bought them for our daughter, not for her whole class.

Plus, if they are all going to share EVERYTHING then technically there could be some kids that don't even bring anything but yet still have school supplies. How fair is that to the parent's of the kids who spend money to get their kids what they need? I don't know, maybe the teacher makes sure they ALL bring what they are suppose to? I have no way of knowing that.

My hubby brought up a good point too. What if one kid breaks his pencil tip a lot and sharpens his pencil over and over again thus using all twelve of the pencils he brought before the school year is over. In all actuality, it should be his parent's responsibility to purchase more pencils for him but if the whole class is sharing everything then I'm thinking he would not furnish anymore but use the other pencils that the other kids had brought. So in a sense, someone else could be paying for another kid's school supplies if this sort of scenario happened.

Now don't get me wrong. I am all for teaching my kids to share but when money is tight and times are tough I just don't like the idea of my daughter not using her "own" things that when we purchased them we thought SHE would be the only one using them.

I'm going to inquire more about this in the morning when I take my daughter to school. Just because I am really curious. This morning when I took her I mentioned to the teacher that I had written my daughter's name on everything and that I wasn't sure we were suppose to or not? She said that was great because otherwise she would have had to do so. If they are all going to share then why would they need their name on it all? Maybe my daughter misunderstood? I have no clue but will definitely be finding out!

Cooling Off The Noodles

2010-08-16T14:12:00.001-07:00

The other day we had some noodles for lunch. When my son and I sat down to eat some they were still a bit too hot so I had to blow on them to cool them off. That same night we had noodles again. When we sat down to eat those my son remembered me blowing on them at lunch and the first thing he did was start to blow on them to cool them off. It was really cute!

New Stick Deodorant

2010-08-05T14:38:00.000-07:00

I got a new stick deodorant today. The instructions said: Remove cap and push up bottom. I can barely walk, but whenever I fart the room smells lovely.

Smile Or Laugh Or Both

2010-08-03T21:05:00.000-07:00

A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders.

The man says, 'A hamburger, fries, and a coke,' and turns to the ostrich, 'What's yours?'

'I'll have the same,' says the ostrich.

A short time later the waitress returns with the order. 'That will be $9.40 please.' The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.

The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, 'A hamburger, fries, and a coke.'

The ostrich says, 'I'll have the same.'

Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.

This becomes routine until the two enter again. 'The usual?' asks the waitress.

'No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato, and a salad,' says the man.

'Same,' says the ostrich.

Shortly later the waitress brings the order and says, 'That will be $32.62.'

Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.

The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer. 'Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?'

'Well,' says the man, 'several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes. My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there.'

'That's brilliant!' says the waitress. 'Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!'

'That's right. Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there,' says the man.

The waitress asks, 'What's with the ostrich?'

The man sighs, pauses, and answers, 'My second wish was for a tall chick with a big ass and long legs who agrees with everything I say.'

And The Winner Is.....

2010-08-01T20:27:00.000-07:00

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

YOU COULD BE NEXT!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the entire month of August 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 August sales will be drawn on September 1st!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God Will Do The Rest

2010-07-28T08:37:00.000-07:00

I asked the Lord to bless you
As I prayed for you today
To guide you and protect you
As you go along your way

His love is always with you
His promises are true
And when we give Him all our cares
You know He will see us through

So when the road you're traveling on
Seems difficult at best
Just remember I'm here praying
And God will do the rest.

Size 7 Shoes

2010-07-27T16:27:00.000-07:00

With both of our children, we have always tried to have the next size up in clothes and shoes stored away so that when they are ready for that size we don't have to worry about going out shopping to get anything. We are already prepared.

Well, today was the day that our son went from wearing a size 6 shoe to wearing a size 7 shoe. I went and took out two new pair of size 7 shoes that we had been saving for him in a tote with the next size up of clothes. I put the first pair on and he took off running around the house in them. Then he came back to me and wanted them off. I had no longer took them off and he wanted the second pair on. He then took off running around the house in them too. It's like he's trying them out. It is too cute!

In Our Driving Path

2010-07-23T09:16:00.000-07:00

Last night we were coming back from my mom's house and hubby was driving. All of a sudden, he said something like, "Whoa." I was like, "What?" He said something had run across the road. I figured it might have been a squirrel and he said maybe a rabbit. Didn't think much more of it.

Well, this morning hubby went to leave for work. Next thing I know he is coming back in the house. I asked him what he forgot. He said something like, "Remember last night when I thought something ran across the road. It was a bat." When he went to get in his truck this morning he saw a little bat stuck on the front of his truck. How crazy is that? I feel bad that the bat was killed but we couldn't help it. It just flew out of no where in the dark while we were driving. Hubby said all he saw was a little blur come across in front of us. We had no idea it was going to turn out to be a bat!

Life Is Too Short

2010-07-21T21:16:00.000-07:00

Life is too short so be sure to live it to the fullest each and EVERY day without any worries, regrets, or guilt! Spend as much time as you can with your loved ones! You never truly know how much time you have with them!

Horse Play

2010-07-20T20:12:00.001-07:00

Picture Day

2010-07-09T15:04:00.000-07:00

Today my little boy is 21 months old. I have always had pictures of my kids taken very often so today was picture day. We went to Sears Portrait Studio to have them done. From the time my daughter was 4 weeks old until she turned 5 we have taken her to Sears for pictures. On her 6th birthday we started taking her to Wal-mart for her pictures. I hope to do the same for my little boy but we'll see.

Although the girl did a good job getting my son to smile today and the pictures turned out well, I am a bit annoyed with how Sears lets you use the coupons they give you. Here's a little history on how I acquired one of the coupons I wanted to use at my visit today.

Back in the fall we did family pictures with them and I was NOT happy with the overall experience. I'm usually a pretty quiet person but I flat out told the people working the day we were there how I felt. My hubby wasn't even too pleased with this visit and it takes quite a bit for him to be annoyed with something. He's pretty laid back. After our pictures were taken, I had told the people working that out of all the years I'd been coming there (since 2003) that this time was by far my WORST experience ever. When asked what they could have done to make it better I told them they needed to have people working there that knew what they were doing. So then the girl was all apologetic and gave me some free coupons for free portrait sheets that I could use at future visits. I had actually thought about never going back to Sears for pictures but decided to try again since the ones working the night I wasn't happy were just seasonal helpers.

Well, today at my visit I wanted to use one of those coupons and also a 20% off my total purchase coupon which the girl said would be fine. Now Sears Portrait Studio also has a Smile Savers plan that you purchase to be a part of that gives you a free 8x10 when you have pictures taken. Since I wanted to use my coupon for a free portrait that I was given for not being pleased back in the fall, the girl told me I could not get the free 8x10 with the Smile Savers plan. It was either one or the other.

I personally am annoyed with this because what is the point in being in the plan if you don't get one of the perks of it if you use any other coupons? Why mail me coupons if I can't use them if I am in the plan? And I definitely don't see why they bother to give me a coupon for a free portrait if they won't let me use it the way I want! I basically told the girl that I thought it was kind of stupid to give me a coupon for not being happy and then not let me take advantage of it. So today I basically lost the perk of a free 8x10 for being a Smile Savers plan member in order to use the coupon I was given for being unhappy in the fall. I feel I should have been able to receive both but hey, guess that is just my opinion! Oh well! We'll see if I keep using Sears Portrait Studio in the future or not! Only time will tell!

Ain't

2010-07-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

He was just a little boy, on a week's first day.

Wandering home from Bible school and dawdling on the way.

He scuffed his shoes into the grass.

He even found a caterpillar.

He found a fluffy milkweed pod and blew out all the 'filler'.

A bird's nest in a tree overhead, so wisely placed up so high.

Was just another wonder, that caught his eager eye.

A neighbor watched his zigzag course and hailed him from the lawn.

Asked him where he'd been that day and what was going on.

'I've been to Bible School', he said and turned a piece of sod.

He picked up a wiggly worm replying, 'I've learned a lot about God.'

'M'm, very fine way,' the neighbor said, 'for a boy to spend his time.'

'If you'll tell me where God is, I'll give you a brand new dime.'

Quick as a flash the answer came!

Nor were his accents faint.

'I'll give you a dollar, Mister, if you can tell me where God ain't.'

No, I Have Not

2010-07-07T17:27:00.000-07:00

No, I have not seen your lipstick. Why would you even ask me that? I'm insulted! Every time something goes missing around here, everybody looks at me! For your information, I don't even wear that shade. It doesn't flatter my complexion and it tastes terrible. Oops.

Happy 4th Of July

2010-07-04T07:42:00.000-07:00

My little guy decided he wanted to get up today BEFORE 8am. Yep, it's gonna be a long day and he's probably going to be a bit cranky. I bet daddy will be too since he got up with him before I got up. I didn't stay in bed too much later though because I could hear them in the other room.

I'm looking at it all in a positive way though. Hoping that by getting up earlier we will get more things accomplished. We'll see how that goes. So far so good though. I've added a few new listings to my Etsy shop already and I'm also blogging right now. Hubby is out working on his old car he's restoring. He's been doing some body work to it here lately.

Well, I'm off to try and get some more things done before we head over to a friend's house for her daughter's 10th birthday. Yep, she was born ON the 4th of July so they are celebrating big today. I think her first birthday party was on the actual holiday and now so is the 10th one. I think all the other ones have just been done on a weekend before or after the holiday. With 10 being kind of like a milestone birthday they decided to do the whole red, white, and blue theme like they did for the 1st birthday. I'm sure it will be a whole lot of fun!

Hope everyone has a happy and safe day today! Happy 4th of July to all of you celebrating it!

Pointing Finger

2010-07-02T21:37:00.000-07:00

I was working on the computer just a little while ago when my little boy came over to me kind of whiny and pointing his index finger out. Of course, my first thought was he some how got an owie and was wanting me to kiss it to make it all better.

I took hold of his hand and realized he was not whining because it hurt but was whining because there was a big ol' booger on it! Ewwww! Good thing I looked at it and didn't just decide to kiss it! Also a good thing that he brought it to me instead of wiping it on something or eating it! Oh, the joys of having children! Boogers and all! Some of you reading this can probably relate to this story can't ya?