So, if you are a camper or a hunter or a fisherman or a shop owner whose Blower motor is broken and you have a great friend named Randa then you know what this is! A little pocket heater! Had to use this bad boy today since the blower motor in the gas furnace was broken and the shop was between 58 and 60 degrees most of the day. Thankfully Randa came and kept me company and brought chocolate, carmel turtle cake and pocket warmers to make it better!
And then there is this...had to be two pics today! My boy wanted me to read him a story before he went to bed so we laid down to get reading and I pointed to the words and asked if he could read it and sure enough HE COULD! While I was thrilled to death I was also a little sad...my baby is growing up sooooo fast!
Let the season begin again! Tonight was our first night back on the field again...it's been a month since we played and it showed. We lost 7 to zip...pretty sad but we had FUN! 4 new peeps on our team this season! Still working on a new team name...stay tuned!
Once upon a time I had a dream of opening a scrapbook store...not because I wanted to own my own business but because I love paper and glitter and stickers and all things crafty so when I made the leap away from teaching and opened Scrappin' Creations in March of last year I never imagined how successful it would be or that within a years time we would be finding a new and improved location! WOOHOO! A girl with a dream!
Once a week we have choose what you want night. Usually it means we pick something from home or we stop by Publix on the way home and pick out something we want but tonight it meant McDonald's...a big treat for the kids!
When I was about 8 or 9 years old Mom and Dad decided that we would paint ornaments for the Christmas tree that year. They were a white ceramic and I think Mom bought them at a local church bazzar. I can remember working as a family on the painting of these ornaments. When Andy and I left home Mom gave us all of our ornaments that she had collected for us over the years and part of my ornaments included a box of these hand painted ones. I hadn't thought about them in a while and for whatever reason they haven't been on the tree for a few years. A few days ago Mom and I were talking about this Christmas and how hard it had been and she mentioned the ornaments. We talked about making them and how good Dad was that sort of stuff and that surely I had gotten my artsy craftsy talents from him. Well, tonight I was doing major organization of all the ornaments and came across my box of our families handmade Christmas ornaments from long ago. It made me sad and it made me happy and it made me wish for many things.
January 1st! New years day was pretty uneventful to say the least. Most of it was spent running around doing errands and then finally in the afternoon I get to sit down and watch football and play on my laptop. January 2nd! Wait for the fabulous pictures of the boys playing with bubbles...what a great babysitter they have! January 3rd! Today's highlight was having the kids and Danny's parents over for dinner. Look at this sweet baby Lilli! She is already becoming a little person!
Ok, so perhaps the Holidays bogged me down a little and I am a wee bit behind but no worries...I still took pictures so I can do a quick catch up and get back on the wagon again! Hold on.....here we goooooo....
December 31st 8am-6pm...we counted and counted and counted and this is what we ended up with...LOTS of stuff for a HUGEMONGOUS clearance sale at the shop! December 30th December 29th Pure heaven I tell ya! Tammy brought these little gems to the day after CHristmas crop and I went home and made them! One tube of Nestle Cookie dough spread on bottom of pan...cut up mini Snickers and Resees cups over cookie dough and then spread another tube of cookie dough over the top. Pop it in the oven and bake it at 350 for aout 11-15 minutes and call it good with a tall glass of milk! December 27th Santa brought this skate ramp and boards to the boys for Christmas...everyone has there own way of tackling the ramp! :) December 26th What a fabulous day this was! My beautiful step-daughter Kelly delivered this precious new grandbaby...Lillian Joceyln Knapp. Many more pictures to come! December 25th Merry Christmas!~ Enjoy the show!
December 24th Merry Christmas Eve! Enjoy this show too...I love these people! They make me who I am!
December 23rd No pictures because I spent the day "off" running around with the boys from sun up to sun down trying to get ready for Christmas...next year I start on January 1st! December 22nd How lucky we are to have Amy in our lives! She is a fabulous babysitter and an all around fantastic young lady! We went to dinner with her, Donna and Terry to do a little Christmas celebrating! December 21st What great fun I have with the Girlz! Even though we only get to go every other Tuesday, I sure do have a good time! December 20th Not sure that this kid needs any explanation! December 19th December 18th December 17th Love being crafty! I got going with the Cricut and had so much fun making these glasses for my peeps and even sold a few! December 16th We were a little tardy with our letters but Santa still delivered! Love that guy! :) December 15th This was the best little Christmas program ever! John was a little nervous when they got started but quickly warmed up and was a star!
