A little something for me....

Shhhh...don't tell. But I think I am buying myself a little something.

Check out the charm to the right...does that name look familiar?

Cinnamon Sticks Boutique was asking for volunteers for a few new items so I emailed Connor's name over and was added to her list. So excited;)

Wait Edward...I'm On My Way!

Check me out! I bought my ticket to see Edward with the girls at midnight Thursday. Talk about dedication...

Halloween Crafting

My cute trick-or-treat bags! These are for Madison (my sitter Tina's daughter) and Connor.
This is for my niece, Hannah Banana Nut Muffin

This was my excuse to buy cute 60% off halloween fabric yesterday. I stayed up till 2:30 this morning finishing (even though the kids don't need them for 2 more weeks!). I made these plus 2 more for my (or Tina's) friend Emily's girls. Such an easy, cute and personal craft idea for any reason (or season)!

OCD Much?

Things like this make me happy. Look at the organization and the even amount. It's a perfect rectangle! Is it strange that I see these things and am proud of the person who packed them? I mean, they did it the right way...clean and organized. What are the symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder again?

A Good Night

So I have decided that no one is to bother me during the hours of 8-11 pm on the following days:

Sunday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Sorry peeps, but the TV is callin' my name. This 'stay at home' week on NBC is killer. I am so excited that all my shows are on again and now I can sit in front of the TV to craft! Sorry books, but your at the bottom of my list.

Here are a couple things I did tonight during Pushing Daiseys, Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money:

I finally made these 2 throw pillows for my couch. I bought the fabric YEARS ago for my mom to make them, but finally took it back when I realized the task was easier than bugging her. I l-o-v-e them and am super excited to watch Grey's Anatomy on them tomorrow night.

I also had a bit of a sweet tooth and made these:Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins...with Lemon Glaze. YUM!

Best of all, while I did these, Andres was working on this:

It's my RED desk. My parents gave it to us and I asked Andres to make it bold and different. I thought it would be a fun change!

*I also finished a skirt and started Connor's halloween costume...but I am about to turn into a pumpkin and I'm not talkin' the latte from Starbucks.

I Just Wasn't In The Mood

Have you ever just have a day or two where you don't feel like blogging? That was me the last few days. And I imagine this will continue as all my shows come back on TV, how exciting. My Tivo is full again and I am super excited for tomorrow night's Grey Anatomy!

Anyhow, I just plugged my camera in and will update you all with pics... sit back, relax, and enjoy the show! (or just look for a minute or two, it really won't kill you!)A couple weekends ago we had a full house. We watched Andres 2 nephews and his niece (this is 'D' above with Becks, they each took their turn tormenting him all weekend!) We made dinner, played a couple games, went swimming, watched 2 movies and then passed out, leaving the house looking like a war zone! It was fun and Connor enjoyed playing with her cousins! This is Becks when Connor's done with dinner...not sure how he got up there but he is great at cleaning the dishes! This is Connor's new car seat. She loves sitting in her big girl chair, watching her DVD player. I was just starting to stress about having the transfer this seat back and forth between us and the sitter or breaking down and buying another till I got some great news. My dear friend Tobey (as in Spiderman McGuire) is giving us one of Ruby's seats (apparently it was only used for one for their vacations). I am super excited to not only get a 2nd car seat...it's a FREE and FAMOUS 2nd car seat!

I would like to interupt this picture show with a message about Tina and how great our neighbor/babysitter is. Andres just walked in and called me downstairs to show me a dozen golfsmith bags (my first reaction was to hit him over the head and return all the f*&@%in golf crap he just bought) but soon realized they were left overs from Don's (Tina's Mr.) Vernon PD charity golf tournament today. They each have water, gatoraide, a can of pringles, a snickers (he may find a few of those missing), a sleeve of golf balls, tees, and a few other items. So nice of them to spread the love and free snacks to last a couple weeks!Here's a good pic to share: This is the chicken I BBQed for dinner tonight. I had to take a picture because I was sooo proud of myself. Sunday I made boneless ribs that were so dry I found pieces Andres got tired of chewing in his napkin when doing the dishes (gross but that's really how bad they were). So tonight I did my best and I don't think I could have done any better. It was tasty, perfectly cooked on inside and outside with the right amount of juices. Yeah to me and a good dinner!!

And this is our pumpkin head...fast asleep! My camera died during this picture so it was the best I could do, but I had to capture her little feet (actually they are big like mine) hanging out while she sleeps sideways in her crib. She's crazy.

All right ladies and gents...I've paid my blogging dues for the last couple days. I am off to continue reading the Stephanie Plum series (I just started book one, 'One for the Money' and so far so good. Edward Cullen has yet to make an apperance but I haven't given up hope yet...I'm only on chapter 3!)

4 Day Weekend!

This was my day Sunday: This was my day Monday:

And this was my today: I got hooked on this book the moment I read the first chapter. Although they are about vampires and each run around 500+ pages, they are a rather quick read, probably cause you can't put them down! I'm not a vmpire fan, but I was sold the moment I met Edward. I will begin #3 tomorrow and am so excited... I would be glad to add your name to the pass on list if you would like to see for yourself. Or you can wait for the movie to come out in November!

Then on to our day today. Connor was running a fever all weekend so we took her in to see Dr. Asaad at 8:30 am. After we got home around 4pm, we were spent. They took blood tests right away and then we had to wait for this super baby to pee! They placed a bag on her around 10ish this morning and she didn't pee till 3pm! Can you believe that? Anyhow, they were able to run tests on the urine right away to rule out a bladder infection, but now we wait for the blood results to find out what's the problem. They suspect Roseola but we won't know till, A: she either breaks out in a rash by tomorrow or B: the blood tests come back with an answer. In the mean time, she's on motrin, tylenol and cool rags to control the high temp (which has been staying between 102 and 103...better than the 104 it kept hitting yesterday!)

My hypothesis was correct

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My locks of love

This was me at about 5pm this evening...look at my long, wavy locks (*btw-they were only wavy from being pulled back in a clip. Usually they are stringy and stick straight) And this is me NOW! Yeah to short hair and donating the long to locks of love.

Not my brightest moment!

So did you know that on blogger you can change your template layout and then change the colors on it too?
I was checking out Cheryl's page and noticed she had cute Christmas colors and I wanted a festive page also! So I looked everywhere for that page, after not finding it I picked one I felt was close enough. However, today I realized I still wasn't happy. So after staring at Cheryl's page and thinking 'is there a trick to this program that I don't know about?', it hit me; Cheryl made her page! DUH! So I hope you like my Christmas theme, I think it's fun!