In 2010, I'll be at it again!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!


I think I may do the Mommytography 365 Project this year! I know I am in school, but I will be out around the middle of February, so I am thinking I can hang! I am no where near a photographer, but just thought it would be neat to do this, and I think I am going to put my own spin on it!


Come back tomorrow for my first installment!


Much love.

New Year's resolution

Just a quick thought...(and hopefully after the new year, I can get back to blogging more)

Everyone always makes the New Year's resolution, "new year, new life." Problem is, no one ever changes anything.

Do you know what my New Year's resolution is? To not change anything, and work on embracing who I already am!

What's yours?

Merry Christmas everyone!

From our house to yours....

...Merry Christmas to you all!

Beautiful Christmas

Stunning...

I took this at church the other night and was amazed at how beautiful it was!

Christmas tree time!

So I am finally posting about my Christmas tree and mantle! I knew I was busy with school and work and home, but I guess I just don't realize how busy I am! I have hardly any time to do anything..and my weekend are FILLED with laundry and cleaning the house.


No fun for my boys.


I have decided that once school is done in February I am going to start doing the cleaning during the week, and laundry on the weekend, so I can have some time with my boys and myself.


Anywho....I have had my tree up since Thanksgiving..(that's just how busy I am!) This is my second year with my "candy theme" but it still isn't complete. Ya know, time and money make it hard for me to get all the things that I want to put on it! But, I have a plan...this year I will most definitely go after Christmas and snatch up all kinds of goodies for next to nothing for my candy tree!


So here it is....the"not finished yet" Christmas tree..

And my Christmas mantle..which also isn't done yet...

The hubs was watching EPSN, he wouldn't let me turn the tv off to get a "magazine" shot, and I was too impatient to wait for the game to go off!

I love my decorations even if they aren't done! I do wish though, that I had the money to get the rest of what I want for my tree....in time though!

I have linked up to TDC and her Christmas Tree Party. You should too

Much love.

Yesterday

Yesterday, 4 years ago...was one of the greatest days of my life!

I gave birth to my first son, Jacob Hank. The labor was a little rocky, I was sick with a sinus infection, and ended up having my first epidural wear off, to which they gave me way too much the 2nd time and it made me sick...I was vomiting between each push..It was awful.

My baby boy finally came out about an hour and a half of pushing and he was sweet, handsome and healthy. He immediately turned to his daddy and stopped crying when he heard his voice.

After all the chaos, it was just us 3. I had started to get sick again and while trying to tell my husband that I was going to pass out, I did. Luckily, he had the baby. When I finally woke, I had ringing in my ears, felt all tingly and numb, and realized that there was tons of blood coming out of me. It was scary. My husband was scared. no one knew what was wrong. My blood pressure was at 70/30...pretty darn low. No telling how low it got before hand.

After all was said and done, I was healthy and our little boy was healthy. Adjusting to life with a brand new baby came so easily. I am so blessed because he is so special and so sweet. He changed my life...and everyone else's around him!

Happy Birthday Jacob! I love you!

Much love.

Give Thanks

Today is a day of Thanks....Thanksgiving day. A day of gathering. A day of ....turkey...lol!

I would like to take a moment to list the things I am thankful for:

1. Waking up this morning.
2. my good health
3. my two boys
4. my wonderful, turkey cooking husband
5. my parents
6. my sister and two brothers.
7. extended family (grandparents, uncles/aunts, in-laws)
8. my wonderful friends (in person and in blogland!)
9. my house (it's been a year since we moved in!)
10. last but not least...an always forgiving and loving God!

Happy Turkey Day everyone!



Much love.

Wedding day jitters

Okay, not for me, but for a girl I know. And why jitters, well because the night before I had just finished up her handmade gift and was nervous about it's arrival to her at the wedding the next night....here is what I did...

A sign I purchased from Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon (love it) slathered some mod podge on some adorable scrapbook paper, stuck some vinyl lettering on it (courtesy of this gal) then realized it needed something on the edges. So, I took some twine I had and braided and knotted it and hot glued it around the edges, then strung up several pieces of the twine through the hooks on the back for the newly married couple to hang it by!

Cool. I was super impressed with myself!

The next jitter was this...

and this...


and this...

I went to get my makeup bag out of my purse, when I noticed my purse was missing. Well, I look behind the couch, and there is my oldest with my purse and blush, no damage done...but my makeup bag was gone. I looked in the other hiding place, behind the chair, and there is my youngest...scrambling to hide all my makeup in the corner between the wall and chair!

He immediately runs and hides under his bed...(his newest hiding place) I didn't see him for at least 10 minutes, when he emerged and I saw the look above. I couldn't even be made at that point! The child is only 2 1/2 people...

Alice Cooper would be proud.


Much love.

A bad day turned good!

Well, I was having a bad day the other day...and the day after...but I got a package in the mail from a great friend and it really turned my frown upside down! :)


I have been thinking about learning to knit...don't ask me why, I just have. I was told about knitting looms and thought about trying that out first since I am not the most domesticated person. I went to the store and checked them out, and decided to just wait.


Well, in comes my package, and what I find inside is just awesome! My friend Sierra, had so sweetly bought me looms!! I was ecstatic!! On top of that, she had purchased 3 books for my boys, some peanut butter popcorn yum AND my favorite.....these cute little suckers...

Aren't they just to-whooooo cute? (haha, get tooooo cute!) Little stuffed owls made by her own hand (and a sewing machine, of course!) And they go perfectly with my vinyl Thanksgiving project she cut for me last year!! Lurve it!!

It definitely made me smile about a mile wide...it was a much needed boost...and she has no idea what is in store for her!! Yay!

Much love.

Words

Words can't express just how bad I feel.

No, I am not talking about my surgery...I have actually perked up quite a but.

I hurt someone I love. The #1 thing that you shouldn't do to this person, I did. I was stupid for doing it. I thought I was going to be better off doing what I did, but I was wrong...so wrong. And I knew it, but for some reason I did it anyway. I don't know what to think or say..or even feel. I feel more than awful...I am so lost now...I have asked for forgiveness, I said how sorry I am. Just give me some sort of sign that this too, shall pass.


Much love.

Halloween, surgery and recovery...

Just had surgery today, making this post short.

Halloween:

was awesome! I had a racecar driver and Superman visit me that night...

I was working my attempt at a 1950's housewife...

Had my tonisls taken out today...all is good. No voice, just feels like I have a really bad sore throat! I hope to be back up and running soon!

Much love.

Halloween monster jars

I have been sitting on this project for 2 weeks....why?? Because I didn't have the jars just lying around to do them!

I figured since Halloween was next weekend, I had to get them done today! Besides, I really wanted to do them ever since saw them over at Emily's blog. These things popped up all over the Internet!

So, I set out to find my jars...and find them I did! At our local Goodwill Store! Yay! So, without further adue here they are all it up....because I just got done with them at 10 pm! I will take a picture of them in the light tomorrow...I did something cool with the tops of the pumpkin ones!

This is what it looked like first...

And after...

I just wrapped some twine around the top part and secrued it with the hot glue gun! Love it!

Here they are chillin' on the mantle in the daylight...

I am enjoying watching them flicker in the dark with the LED tea lights I put in them!


Sooooo spooky!! Love it!


Much love.

Photo Booth Wednesday

Sweet Colty...

Much love.

A pumpkin patch kinda day!

We took the boys to a local pumpkin patch today, (of course after the Saints BEAT the Giants, holy cow!)

Anyway, Sug, Pop and Layla met us there for the fun!

Much love.

Looky looky!!

I finished a project!



And it only took me 40 11 hundred billion days!



And actually...I am not finished. I need to get some eye screws to screw into the top of it, then thread some ribbon or rope or something through them so I can hang it on my door!

I found some cute Halloween scrapbook paper and I already had a piece of wood (12 in).

I just mod podged the heck out of it, slapped the paper on there, and my friend Sierra cut the vinyl for me (until I can get my own machine, she is my saving grace for this stuff!)



Sarah's blog was my inspiration! Thanks girl!

Voila!

Much love.

Halloween/fall decor-coffee table arrangment

I don't have very many pictures, only two..but this is what I have on my limited budget...which is pretty much stuff I have had for the last two falls...


First, I have been reading on blogs about the infamous coffee table decor, you know the whole "used books with a floral arrangement and some other type of element" decor? Forgive me, but I can't remember which blogs blogged about it.


So, I took some old law books and tore them up like my friend Sarah did here except, I haven't covered mine yet...and I may never get around to it!


Here is my coffee table..(excuse the dirty table)
And here is my mantle...it needs help...I love the brick, I really do...I don't think I want to cover it like a lot of people do...and I am sure I don't want to paint it either. I like the natural element it has. But, I do need a new frame for the fireplace and that old oak mantle is calling out to me to be painted or something! I am mulling over several possibilities..any suggestions are welcome...

I have other fall decor on the shelves on either side of the fireplace, but not enough to take pictures of. I am still working on building up my Halloween/fall decor..Christmas seems to be where my abundance is...

Much love.

Under construction

I am trying to re-vamp my blog..but it ain't working!! My header looks like poo...see it?? Plain poo...I am not photoshop savvy, or even direction savvy at that!! Stay tuned...