Crazy Days

It's been kinda crazy around here lately with all the holiday planning and all.  We had two family things to go to on Thanksgiving, which left everyone thankfully stuffed to the gills.  Then we had my nephew's birthday party to attend which was a big hit.  He got a lot of great presents and I got ideas for my DD's Christmas presents. Then on Sunday we went shooting down behind our house.  My oldest DD decided then that she wanted a "Princess Gun" for Christmas. I told her that I didn't think that they made a princess gun.  I guess she thought they did because she got a princess fishing pole this past summer.  LOL!  We are all excited that she will be singing this year in the Singing Christmas tree at Church.  I can definitely tell that Christmas is on it's way because my oldest DD attitude is getting worse.  Here I thought it was suppose to get better but I was wrong it's been like this every year so far.  The Christmas presents are coming along nicely.  I'm almost finished with the last set of wash clothes.  Here are a few pictures I've been meaning to post.

Mary looking pretty for the camera.

Mary chewing on her turtle.

Lexi holding up a picture she drew of a princess thinking about a fairy.

Our puppets we made.

Lexi posing for the camera.

Lexi pretending to read a big book.

Our tower that we built.

Random Pics

These are just some random pictures that I've taken.

Lexi dressed to go outside in the cold.

Lexi in her toboggan.

These are some washcloths I've been making.

This will be a shawl that I'm working on for a friend.

These are the other colors that will be turned into washcloths.

I Got a Camera Again! Yeah!

Hi to all my loyal blogger fans.  I'm sorry that it's been a while since I've blogged.  I just got drowned in kids, social events, and house work.  I did manage to get to the library and yeah we maxed out my library card put we got a card for my DH so that we could get more books.  What can I say, I have a love affair with books.  Plus I'm instilling that in my children. 
The kids had a wonderful Halloween and we probably got enough candy to last until next Halloween.  I'm so proud of my DD, Lexi, she  went bobbing for apples and actually got one.  She did really good for someone who is only four years old.  I don't ever remember getting an apple.
For all the knitters and crocheters out there I found some books who's work is based on a crocheting circle and a knitting circle.  Not sure if they are any good yet but I will let you know. 
Hooked on Murder
Dead Men Don't Crochet
How to Knit a Love Story

This is Mary eating a bitter biscuit.  She loved it.  I've also given her oatmeal since we talked last.  I can't feed her that fast enough. 

This is one of Mary "talking".   Well, to all the people in blogger land,  I hope everyone has a happy Wednesday.

Feel Like Cinderella Before the Ball?

I've got that Cinderella feeling but not the one when she found her prince.  The cleaning part.  Uhh!  Need I say more.  On a positive note:  My migraine has not returned yet today.  It has rained for the past two days so my DD, Lexi is dying to get outside but today is not the day to be outside because it's still very muddy around here.  I looks like it's going to storm some more today as well.  Actually we are in a tornado watch until 9pm tonight.


It's been a windy day and the temp. has kept around 75 degrees F about all day too.  The ditch that my DH dug a while back seems to be working pretty well, considering that the ground in front of my front porch doesn't look like a pond.  


Update on purse:  I'm still trying to finish the strap.  It's suppose to be 36" long.  


Well, hopefully tomorrow will be better.  Talk to everyone later.

One of Those Days

Today has been rather uneventful.  I'm almost finished with the book I started and I still give it five out of five stars.  It's definitely a page turner.  It's got everything murder, mystery, romance, and suspense.  I'm still working on my purse which is coming along but it's been a little slow.  I think I made to strap too wide so I'm going to double it over and sow it together.   I've got some pictures of my shoes that I bought the other day but they aren't any good but you'll get an idea of what they look like.

I'm loving the boots and purse but I'm still needing some ideas on something other than jeans that would go good with the peep toe pumps.  So if anyone has any ideas don't be afraid to let me know.  


Oh my breakfast this morning was really good.  I admit that it isn't that healthy but it really good.  I've got a serious weakness for sweet stuff.  Especially if it will pair well with my morning coffee.

This is apple cake courtesy of my Nana and Maxwell House Breakfast blend with cream, sugar and frozen Whipped Cream.  Yummy!  

Garfield- " I hate Mondays."

This morning hasn't started off that great.  Lexi decided that she was going to get into the baby powders and my bathroom ended up looking like Christmas came early.  When she came out she looked like a ghost.  Thing is I don't know how she got them.  They were in the medicine cabinet.  Or at least that's what I thought.  Yeah, even our tooth brushes got a dusting.  I really hope that today is going to end better than it started.  


Yesterday
We went to church.  We had a guest preacher.  Then we went to my Nana's for lunch/Supper.  It was good.  We had Mexican style food.  Mary's Halloween costume came in the mail so we tried the hat on to see how it looked.  Oh, it was so cute you could've cried.  I got my Nana to take some pictures of my new boots and my purse so that I could post them.  Reese rode his dad's Harley over because he had to leave early so he could come back and feed the cows for his dad.  

Oh the pictures of me aren't that great but we are talking about the boots and the purse.
Mary is going to be a lamb for Halloween and Lexi is going to be little bo-peep.

Mary Speaks!

Nothing really interesting happened yesterday so this will be a quick post.  We did have some really good burritos for supper.  Everybody got into bed at about 9pm.  Last night, Mary said her first word, Bye-Bye.  I'm not sure she actually knew what it meant but it was still pretty cool.  Except while we were trying to go to sleep she kept saying it.  Oh, the book I'm reading is getting really interesting.  I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what to spend my little bit of free time on.  Knitting, reading, or blogging.  Decisions, decisions!  Anyways, I should have some picture up this weekend because I'm going to borrow my mom's camera so that I can get some pictures of my new goodies that I got the other day.   Hopefully today will be more exciting.