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.