Wednesday, February 18, 2009

"A Good Thing", to do with old jars

Dress them up!
I used an old book I bought at a thrift store ( the good kind with stains on the paper and old notes tucked inside of it!) and tore a few pages out and roughed them up a bit and just lined the inside of the jar with that. Then added a few little things here and there. .. The "Q" was just something I had saved for my collage work and it ended up fitting perfectly with this jar. I stamped the "Bless the Lord" on some old blue paper and just stuck that in there and gave each jar a "wrap" with silver floral wire and a gold ribbon..Im not feelin' the gold ribbon so that might be modified later. Anyway, these are super cute for displaying those little "weed boquets" from your little ones or just to hang around wherever you need alittle decoration!




Monday, February 16, 2009

Kid Solution #1

So, I'm really tired of looking at this great big Zipper bag full of broken crayons, dryed out markers without lids, and pieces of chalk...

SO I got THIS!


These twist up crayons last FOREVER, and they dont need caps and they dont dry out, AND if you don't let on to the kiddos that you can TWIST the crayon tip out, they'll just be amazed at how they're little crayons never get dull!


Just a cute Painting that Abby did! She's pretty good for a two and a half year old!



~Homemade Valentines Day Cards~

Valentines Day cards got sent out Just in time! Abby stamped her feet on her cards and made "foot hearts" and they turned out so cute!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Getting a Head start on Summer!

My camera has been in a a funk lately..possibly due to all 3000 pictures that Abby took when she got ahold of it...So now that it's all cleared up, here are some pictures to get caught up.I just thought this picture was hilarious! She apparently took an interest in photographing the contents of the TRASH CAN! Lets see, we have an empty sprite bottle, some left over Cinnamon toast crunch cereal, an empty Bubbles container, a beef fajita bag...wow.

Abby's been Practicing her swing for TEE ball in a couple years! PawPaw gave her some pointers on how to make a home run and she's been at it ever since!
When she hits the ball you are COMMANDED to cheer and clap and say "go Abby GO!" until she finishes running..lol
I glanced out the back door earlier this week and Abby was sitting just like this, all alone, blowing bubbles. I think she's taking after me and the sunglasses thing...

TOLD YOU!

We've been busy getting our flower beds ready for spring and Abby carefully tends to her little seedlings every day.
My HONEY bought me some very beautiful Carolina Jasmine plants for valentines day and I just LOVE them! Can't wait to see how they look this summer! He also bought me two BIG Coreopsis plants...Forgot to take a picture of those.

AND, for the more glamorous me, he bought....

Juicy Couture's "Viva La Juicy" perfume and lotion set!!!!

Glamorous! Glamorous!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

GUESS WHAT I FOUND OUT TODAY !


Pyzam Glitter Text Maker
Glitter Graphics Maker & MySpace Layouts

...And I could not be MORE excited! I have had a feeling all along that it was a boy because everything has been so different than it was with Abby. I've had NO morning sickness, just a few woozy moments here and there, I have gained weight SO much faster ( i'm just gonna blame that on the pregnancy even though we all know otherwise: ) and I have been craving lots of really spicy foods and STEAK! So, I begged the Doctor for an ultrasound today even though I wasn't due for one and he said he'd do it if I could wait for a while. So anyway, I HAVE THE BEST doctor ever and I mean that! He did the ultrasound just for fun, and DID one on Sara since she was there with me...And even though he told me we'd have to wait three more weeks to find out gender, he went ahead and sneaked a peek and told me he was SURE it's a boy! SO YAY for us! Now I can officially think BOY!!!

Monday, February 2, 2009

25 Random Facts About MUAH!

1) I am a ROCK STAR in my own mind. I sometimes think people do a double take because they know one day I'll be famous :)
2) I have wanted to be a hair stylist since I was about 12. I recently had the opportunity to enroll in hair school but a week later found out I was pregnant with our second child and realised that for the sake of our children and the every precious breaths they take, we have to let some of our dreams just live in our imaginations.
3)I love waiting tables! And I'm good at it ; )
4)I no longer go to the library because I refuse to pay an outragous fine and consequently am not allowed to check out any more books...
5) I have never riden any type of carival ride that you have to be more than three feet tall for ( and it's not because I'm short)
6)I hope to publish a book one day.
7)I met my husband online and married him three months later.
8)It bothers me that I always seem to be able to find something to make fun of about everyone and I have to make a concious decision everyday to think of people the way I would hope they think of me.
9)I think it's hilarious when my youngest brother imitates peoples voices...there is just something so funny about hearing one persons voice come out of another persons mouth!
10)I'll eat anything...except Lima beans and Pig feet. : )
11)I found out I had scoliosis when I was 14 and has to wear a brace for 9 months.
12)My first car was a Neon green Ford Tracer.
13)I saw my great grandmother die right in front of me when I was 5. She died on my parents front porch sitting peacfully in a rocking chair watching the sun set.
14)I despise cold weather, snow, ice...it all just frusterates me. I don't own many winter clothes because I just refuse to beleive it's comming back every year :)
15) I honestly beleive I had an encounter with an angel ( at least I only KNOW of one for sure : ) A man dressed in blue doctor scrubs came into a resteraunt that I worked at late at night and placed an order to go. The things he said to me while he waited in the dimly lit foyer by the cash register, and the way he talked to me about things that no one knew about where things that could have only come from God. Maybe more about that story another time..
16)A childhood friend of mine is an MD specializing in Gereatric Cardiology and graduated from ORU...We obviously aren't ANYTHING alike : )
17) I have a love hate relationship with chocolate..
18) I love hearing my dad read a Dr Seuss book ..
19)I love driving but hate riding.
20)I have been known to eat a WHOLE box of Chips Ahoy Chewey Choco Chip cookies in one night...thus, the butt"age" : )
21)I was baptized once, when i was 10, ( October 13, 1995) and I meant it...still do.
22) I have vowed to wear highheals until I can't stand on my feet anymore...
23)I have never wanted to live anywhere but here...right where I am. Honest.
24) I sometimes think that people overthink right/wrong and it has more to do with what is popularly accepted thinking. I wish everyone had a mind of thier own.
25)After thinking of 25 random facts about myself, i realize that without Christ, our lives would be just that...Random...Thank God that even though I'm shallow, and vain and materialistic in too many ways, he looks at me with love and he's proud of me! My next challenge is to think of 25 positive things about myself...why not try to look at myself as God sees me??? May be harder than it sounds.