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I NEVER........

do these stupid things, but I'm bored, and am in a weird mood.
Sorry you have to suffer. :)

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It's important to me

This will soon be a link on my side bar. I don't want to dive into the issue to deeply, but if you do some research you'll get the picture.

I wish I was able to do more, adopt some, foster some who knows. Maybe one day I'll be able to have a horse retirement facility charity something-or-other. It's important to me, so I thought I'd put the word out.

Da Girls

**WARNING**
SNEAK PEAK AHEAD
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE
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STOP HERE!!

UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE IT.....

Here they are, my girls. :)

(The one with the pink bow looks a bit cross eyed doesn't she? It must be the picture or the glare, because she looks just fine now.)




I am incredibly proud of these ginger gals! For starters it is the first time I have successfully crochet in rounds, and they are finished! 2 things I seem to not have very good luck with.

I had started out on a full gingerbread girl pattern, but it seemed so disproportionate with the head being so much larger than the body. So I tore out the arms and legs and thought they looked a lot better this way.

I have several more to make before I am completed, but I am so excited to get them done. I"ll probably make some as gifts for family too! They also look like they might make a great magnet.....hummm...... all the possibilities!

I am also swapping stockings, so I need to get that finished up also. I'm not nearly as proud of that so far!! Lots of stuff to work on, and I see my crochet ability increasing with each project!


On another subject; Rob and I are checking into the Embassy Suites in Everett tonight for the big Khaki Ball the Navy holds for all the newly promoted Chiefs. It was great fun last year when Rob got the promotion, I hope this year will be a nice evening as well. I am especially excited about my Mom being here to watch the kiddos so that Rob and I can have the whole night to ourselves!! YAY!! THANK YOU OMA!!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

Yesterday, My best buddy Stephanie had her little baby girl!! We are so excited for her!!

She named her Juliona Bronwyn
8 pounds 1 oz, 19 and 1/2 inches long
Lots of black curly hair

And What a CUTIE!!

We're proud of you Steph! You are going to make a Super Mommy!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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Supervision

HA!

In the last post I asked for help staying on task with my to do list. Someone took me seriously!

Here is my daughters kitty, Josie, taking on the job herself. I got the new photos out to organize them into scrapbooking topics and there she was, monitoring the job. She's a good cat, and a super friend to my daughter. She even has decided that I am okay! Bonus!

Oh- Sue, if you're wondering, this is not the cat that I say looks like Itsy. I'll have to see if I can talk my Mom into posting a picture of Daisy, Itsys twin!

A teaser and to do list

Here is a little teaser shot of what I have been up to the last few days. The "thing" on the bottom is a gift so I can't really describe anymore details. The item on the black is half of something I am crocheting for a swap over at CAL Pals. I would like to mention that the brown item was partially crocheted in rounds. Aren't you proud of me?? That was the one thing I couldn't master til yesterday. I was so proud of myself!!!

For several years now I have wanted to do homemade gifts. I never got a good enough jump on them and ended up not finishing and buying last minute. Hopefully this year I am ahead of schedule. I know of one more BIG thing I need to start, but am a bit afraid of. I'll stick to these things first and get them finished up, and then I'll tackle the big item.

A few weeks ago I blogged about my to do list and seemed to get a lot done. I thought I would do that again to help keep myself on track. Make sure you leave little reminders in the comments if I'm not crossing things out fast enough!! I depend on ya'll :)

• Shampoo carpets
• Back yard dog duty
• Clean out fish tank
• Remove AC unit from window
• Scrub bathrooms
• Sort kids toys
• organize playroom for kids
• organize newly printed photos
  
• Finish bottom item seen above
• Make dent in CAL swap
• Attempt to take professional looking picture of Son. (Wish me Luck!)
  

Well that should keep me busy!! I hope you all have a great week!!

Sharing the Love

Since I am an equal opportunity mother I need to spend some time gushing over my son.

Here's the little man. Handsome huh!!

Well, okay, he's not the real cookie monster. He thinks he is though. He is in LOVE with this monster and all things" cookie"

If you have ever watched cookie monster, you know that his trade mark is eating cookies while making something of a grumbling noise, and eating them way to fast! Al has picked up on this and it is SSOOOOO cute.

Al will grab up several of something, it could be anything, bring them to me and exclaim "COOKIE" and pretend to eat them all while stomping his little feet. He does this all over the house and with anything that he can get his little hands on.

Alright, that always makes me smile. Now, on with the gushing.



Al just turned 2 at the beginning of this month. Like I always say, it doesn't seem like that long ago. He came into our life at the perfect time and after a very long wait. The first few months we had a huge challenge as he was sick and a mammas boy ONLY. More recently he has decided that Dad is fun to be around and the acid reflux has gone away. THANK GOODNESS!!!

This cute kid and I have really strengthened our bond now that Sissy is in school. He LOVES playing with her and I often miss out of my daily cuddles and alone time when she is here. I am so happy though that they love eachother! Now that we have the house to ourselves during the day we spend time playing and reading, and he loves to help with the dishes and lunch preparation.



Enough gushing for now. Enjoy all the pictures!!

Scrapbooking and a Story

This past weekend I spent a lot of time working on the scrapbooks I make for the kiddos. I am seriously behind on them and need to make the books a priority!

Sometimes I hit a creative rut, and I can't seem to put a page together for anything. Other times I get on a roll and can't seem to quit. That is what happened last weekend, and I was able to finish and fix several pages.

Here is one I completed. This is the first official page in my daughters book. It has sat unfinished all her life because I couldn't get it "just right." On Saturday I made myself complete this task before starting on a new page and I am glad I did. I think it turned out nicely. I'm not a fancy scrapper by any means. I prefer simple and cute. Not necessarily frilly or over the top as others like.

The page is titled Waiting For You and I journaled the story of how I found out I was pregnant. As I re read it while taking the picture I realised that I can still vividly remember that moment when I found out. I also remember the moment that I believed it, they were a few days apart!!

I worked at the Base Clinic on Little Rock Air Force Base as a medic. I was always able to ask doctors questions in passing, with out an official appt. That was nice because I HATE being a patient. (It's up there in the top 3 HATES!) Anyway- I was given a prescription in one of those passing conversations that caused some major, lets call it "irritation."That night I had Rob in a tizzy worried about me, and even his Mom who was a nurse was worried. In order to avoid a trip to the ER I promised that I would get checked out in the am.

So when I say "major" I should let you know that it wasn't a heart attack major. I knew that I'd live to see the morning, I don't want you to think I'm nuts and would refuse something like that......

On with the story......

The next morning I actually scheduled myself as a patient, which was the first sign to the doc that something wasn't right. We did tests and blood work, and I was given a nice uncomfortable place to rest while I waited on an ultra sound apt.

I pulled myself together and reminded myself that I had gotten 3 negative pregnancy tests in a row and that I was definatly NOT pregnant. (Which I why I was on the new med) I had to remind myself so that I wouldn't be disappointed. I knew that I wasn't and that all this pain was something else.

Wrong.

I checked into the ultrasound apt and they asked all the regular questions. "Are you pregnant?" to which I answered "no". We continued the questions and out of the blue the receptionist said "Well the computer says your pregnant" To that I replied "Well the computer seems to be mistaken!"

Straight into shock I went. I was making myself believe that it was a mixup. I couldn't contain myself and I started crying at the OB apt several days later. I was really pregnant!!! I was extatic!!

Since then, I have been more intune with my body. I try to delay all medicines until the do or else point. I jumped into the meds that day, and maybe if I continued with them I wouldn't have the cutie patootie almost 6 year old today......

Anyway- Lots of rambling, but that's the story. Seems like just like last year.

Journal sample

I thought today I would give you a glimpse into my journal back from Sept 2001. Although it will most likely be pretty similar to what everyone else was feeling, I thought I would take myself on a trip down memory lane.

Sept 11, 2001

I'm speechless. This morning at aprox 8:42 the US was attaacked by terrorists. They are calling this the second Pearl Harbor. 4 planes so far have been hijacked and 2 of those were flown into the World Trade Center, another into the Pentagon and one crashed in PA........


Sept 12, 2001

How do you recover from this? Why does God allow these horrible things to happen? The hi ups in America don't think this is the end of the attack. So far they said just from the hijacked planes that 266 people are dead. There are some very sad, yet amazing stories from families of passengers on the flights that used their cell phones to say goodbye. SO Sad..............

Sept 13, 2001

Day #3 We are at war. War against whi is the question. Most people suspect Osama Bin Laden who is the wealthiest known terrorist in the world. There is so much going in right now that it's mind boggling.

I'm worried about Rob if this turns in to a full fledge war. What will his roll be? How will I ever explain this to Kielyn? Will we even recover from this? What will happen to air travel? We will ever be safe again? Today is the first day that this is all sinking in for me. I'm at a loss for words.

So there you have it. 5 years later, are we safer yet? I don't think so. Here in Seattle our ports are wide open still. People forget and get lax in the security, people forget and don't question things that seem out of order. People forget and assume that we are safe here in America.

5 years ago I realized that we arn't the most loved nation on Earth. People hate us. They hate us because we are Americans, they hate because we are free. Now they hate us because we are bullies. We invade, inforce, and lie. We get our way by whatever means necessary. I might not like us so much if I was over there either.

Okay- I'm off the soap box.

So where were you? What were you doing when you heard the news? I wanna know, so share, k?

Bill shock x 2

Oye Oye Oye!

Yesterday I about had a aneurysm when I opened the electric bill, darn near 700 bucks! WHAT?!?!?!

Yep 700 smackruls.

Pick up phone, make panic call to customer service while cussing the window A/C unit in my mind. Turns out it was an error on their part. Those were beautiful words, their fault. They restored the bill back to normal. I hung up the phone and took a deep breath. Whew.

Today, I got the cell phone bill in the mail. I was caught totally off guard when I opened it, and once again needed to make a panicked call into customer service. Holy Moses, I feel faint. Normally we have a bill that is around $80 a month for 2 phones. The number on this bill read $398.90. Huh?!?! Come again? Must be a mistake. It has to be a mistake. There is NO way!!

I was wrong. Turns out that we went way WAY WAY over our minutes last month. 700 minutes over to be exact. WOW. I'm stunned if you haven't figured that out yet. The very nice man I spoke with gave us a larger plan and retro activated it to create a balance that is much more budget friendly. Another crisis averted.

After thinking about it, my husband has been on the phone, work related much more than normal. He seems to be the person that everyone calls in a panic. I love that about him. I love that he is the one that everyone depends on, even when it takes time away from family. Well, you know what I mean. Now if I can just talk the Navy into paying our cell phone bill LOL!!

Everything else has been normal. I started a new mystery crochet project. I can't blog about it unfortunately because the lucky (or unlucky HA) gal who is my mystery swap partner reads me. Ah well, just trust me.

FIRST GRADE!!!!

I don't know what to say. I could say that I am SO, so proud of my little girl or that I'm a bit sad this morning seeing her off to the first day of First Grade. Most of you out there are Moms, and you know what I am going through. I am teary, but so incredibly excited for her.

Letting go is a tall order. No more good bye kisses in front of friends. No more blowing kisses out the bus window. I'm preparing myself to hear something like "MOM, my friends are here!" sob.

I know that you know all these feelings. I am just so proud. She is such a smart little toot. Mrs B, beware. Here comes the cutest little piece of my world. Please handle with care.

The Crochet Graveyard

Rest in Peace you evil, evil pile of yarn. I will not miss you. Well maybe I will a tiny tiny bit. But not much.

It's true, I threw in the towel on this project. I couldn't get all the pieces to match in size and I made them all too small. I tried again, and they ended up too big. So I quit. I need a one piece thing. Anyway, Toodles, crazy Woven Ribbons 'Ghan.

Now I have free time. I have decided to devote some serious attention to the scrapbooking side of me. I'll still do some small crocheting stuff but nothing all consuming like this was.

A Girl Date.

How Cute is She??? Holy Cow! I had a fabulous time out with my "little Big girl" yesterday!

I was planning an afternoon trip to the grocery store and to run some misc errands. The gal mentioned that she wanted to go too. She Hates shopping, and can be a pain when she is ready to go. I asked her are you sure several hundred times. She insisted, and I am truly happy that she did.

We started by unloading the mini at the thrift store. We got a coupon in return for the donation so we stopped in to see what we could find. We picked out 2 ponies for her (of course!) and I found a doll and some wrapping paper. (Stay tuned for a post about the dolls)

From there we went to the Chinese buffet located in the same parking lot. While we were eating our fills of the great crusine we discussed some topics that just blew me away. She opened up to me with no whining, or tattle tailing. She was just herself pure and true. No five year old crap came with it. I fell in love with her all over again, and I silently prayed to myself that we would always be able to have such candid discussions.

The trip to the grocery was great too. She asked questions about prices!! She's 5!!! And I only caught her trying to slip something in the cart once. What a doll!

The drive home was icing on the cake. The Girl likes Bon Jovi!!! BON JOVI!! I caught her singing in the back at the top of her lungs along with Bad Medicine. How cool is that??? A girl after my own heart!!

I Am So Blessed!