Things that make me happy !

Sandy at Sandys creations is hosting things I love friday. As almost always, in my crazy life.. I'm running late... I grabbed my camera and started snapping pictures when I got home from work.. well, after I went grocery shopping... not that that matters, or that you even care!
so here are some pictures of things that I love and things that make me happy! my pepto bismo pink bicycle! need to get a basket!

one of the shelfs in my living room I love tiny things!!
(bet you didnt already know that! lol)

the colorful tags and books that I've gotten in tag swaps!

Figgles and frannie pants!

shelf in my craft room of sweet things.. see my grammy?? isnt she adorable!

so may sweet things ! look carefully in these pictures..

a lot of you will see things youve given me!

more more more!

a family of circus mice!

very precious treasures!

more treasures!

I just love stuff!

birdies and babies!

love my those tiny longaberger baskets! want more.. but they are sooo expensive!

♪♫ count your blessings.. count them one by one ♪♫

and.. threw this in for the heck of it, just picked it up tonight at the grocery store.. what a great issue.. grab it if you see it!

Happy Weekend Everyone!! I'm planning on doing some blog hopping early tomorrow morning.. so see you then!

sweet dreams!!

wanna know sumptin?

Ive got a little secret !
but I let the cat out of the bag to my mother and to my mother in law today..
there are a few others I need to tell..
but now I feel like telling my sweet and precious blogland friends!

I'm gonna be a grandma.......
oh.....
my.....
god.....

a
freaken
grandmother!

what ever will I do with a grandbaby??????????????
eiy yie yie!

now.. dont get me wrong..
On one hand I'm thrilled at the thought.
on the other... Im terrified.

I've always told me kids not to have any babies,
because I dont want to worry about anyone else in my life.
I already have too many worries!

but, I always knew that one day...
one of my children would bless me with grandchildren.

OH
MY
GOD!!!

OH
MY
GOD

OH
MY
GOD!

so, Bethany would be the one blessing me now.
She and her boyfriend are very excited and will make wonderful parents.
However, Bethany is a diabetic and considered a high risk pregnancy.,
so if you wouldnt mind sending up some prayers for a uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery!
And.. of course.. for an absolutely perfectly healthy and beautiful baby..

Oh, and while we're asking for favors from above?? I think id like a girl.
yes, If I must play this game.. a girl would be my choice!
lol!
A boy would be perfectly wonderful as well...
but, girls like dolls, and pink and crafts and cute clothes.. and pink.. did I say pink?

Ive know for a couple weeks.. but didnt want to post on the internet until I had told some family members first.
yes, this one of the things that had been causing me stress and was putting me over the edge.
not that I wasnt happy,
just in shock (We didnt think Bethany would be able to get pregnant so easy. At least thats what her doctor told us a few years ago.) She has polycycstic ovary syndrome.
Well
babys are blessings..
and now that I've had time to wrap my head around it..
I'm thinking..

OH MY GOD! I'm going to be a grandmother!!!
eiy yie yie!!!

happy mothers day!

Hi all! I'm not too good at this bloggy break stuff! I've been peeking in all weekend! but thats ok.. much less then I would have normally been on. Ive been on call and have put in a ton of time yesterday and today. Today alone I had in about 7 hours total! I was going to cook stuffed peppers for dinner, but there was no time, so we ordered pizza and wings. And I ate like a piggy! 3 pieces of pizza, 2 mozzerella sticks and and 5 boneless chicken wings.. complete with blu cheese! Then I had strawberry shortcake with icecream! Its all good though. After all, its mothers day!
My kids bought me the pink bike I had wanted! woohoo! now, if I just had pink hair to go with out.. oh what a happy freak I would be ! I'll take better pics tomorrow of my sweet new ride! I have to find the perfect basket for my bikey now!
So, since Ive been on call, I still havent gotten the things done that I needed to. Three of the bears are finished. but thats it! so, I still will be sort of on my bloggy break. I will surely take a peek in everyday, but will be on less time at least through this week. We had a wind storm yesterday so now there is even more yard work to be done! Once I get out there and start moving it wont be so bad.... just got to do it!
so off I go again. I hope everyone had a sweet mothers day!

All the kids came over, except for Little Tony and his girlfriend. He had to work late and then they went to his girlfriends mother. I didnt want him to stress about seeing both mothers today , so I told him not to worry about coming over and we'll see him during the week sometime when hes free. I didnt want him to feel bad. Its hard to share the holidays isnt it!?
OK.. off I go again!
hugs and see yas soon!!
a little edit here:
go visit my friend Flora at boneheadstudios!!
YOu just have to see the amazing ALICE doll she created.
OMG!

Creative well gone dry...bloggy break...

hello dear blogland friends! I have so much going on lately, eiy yie yie! My life is crazy.

Crazy.. yes, but blessed as well. I really should never every complain about anything.. because truely, I am a very happy person! Even when I'm miserable.. I'm still happy! does that make any sense!? but I am struggling lately to get anything done, at home and at work! Cant seem to focus on anything that I should be focusing on! And, Im seriously not managing my time well at all.

Which leads me to say, that I'm going to take a little bloggy break. (yeah, right.. lets see how that goes!) I really have things that I need to do here and I keep finding myself sitting in front of the computer! It is a time hog. I have many bear orders to work on . there are 10 here now and another 8 at least coming. I just keep putting them off though and I really cant do that any longer! So until I have the first two orders finished (6 bears).. I'm staying off. Maybe that will inspire me to get them done!

That should only a few days! I'll still be checking my email, so I'll see your comments. I just cant get on and start blog hopping and screwing around!

Besides the bears, I still havent done any yard work. I HAVE to get out there and get busy! Why dont you girls come help me!? I hate yard work and never really know what the heck I'm doing out there. I just need to get out there and get started! I need some inspiration!

Speaking of inspiration.. My creative well has gone dry! I actually had to drop out of a couple swaps. I am just blank! It really sucks. there are things I want to make, And things I need to make, but I cant seem to figure out which to do or how to do them. and then I think, why bother.. what on earth will I do with it when I'm finished!? Does that ever happen to any of you? Its frustrating.

YOu are noticing the pictures that I posted I hope. the first of my little naughties! Figgy and Frannie.. they are pregnant again. I think I already mentioned that in my last post. I know, I know.. so soon.. I didnt know she would go into heat so soon! Oh well.. this is the last litter. and they are so cute. I wonder how many she'll have this time?

AFter the kitties, are two pics of gifts that I recieved from my sweet friend Cindy Owens. she is SOOO kind and caring. She had already sent me a Cheerup package a week or so ago and then this came yesterday. I JUST LOVE IT! thank you sweet Cindy!

And then the next bunch of pictures are from the mayday basket swap, hosted by artsymama. Nicole Austin was my partner and boy did she spoil me. she got the short end of the stick in this swap! Thank you so much Nicole for all the sweet things!

So, anyways.. email me if you post anything that you think I need to see, or if you see anything in blogland that you think I shouldnt miss! I'll be back in a few days.. I just need to take a break and try to get on top of my life. I am lagging behind in all areas!!

OH! and thank you for the prayers the other night. I know I havent told you what you were praying about, but your prayers worked. I just had a kid that got a few tickets and needs the prayers.. He will need more on june 7th! (I'll remind you to pray then!)

OK... so Off I go girlies.. Gonna make some popcorn and then start stuffing bears! See you in a few days! I'll miss you all!

toodles! and huggles!!

what a wicked day!

I cant believe the weekend is over already! It went so fast! I need a couple more days.

But it was a fun weekend. Friday night I went to a friends house for a girls night. we just sat around talking, eating and drinking margaritas! mmmm!!

Yesterday I stayed home ALL DAY!! I didnt go anywhere, except for an hour walk in the morning before it got too hot out. Then I just puttered around at home. But honestly, even though I was here and cleaned a little, I dont feel like I was very productive! It was a good day though. It was nice to not go running.

I didnt have my car though, my son took it to work to fix some things on it and to put new tires on it. I got a flat tire a few days ago and it needed some stuff done to it.. (I have no idea what! I just drive it!) IF I had had my car here, I would have not stayed home, because I was wanting to go out. I wanted to go buy some new african violets and a new quilt! Ive nixed the quilt idea for now, but still want to get some new violets sometime this week,


Today I went to see WICKED. This is the third time Ive seen it. I do think its my all time favorite show. It is pretty much... AMAZING! I saw it in Toronto a few years ago and after that a couple years ago in Rochester. thats where I saw it today too. The talent just wows me! The person who wrote Wicked was also pretty talented. For anyone who doesnt know its a Pre-story to the wizard of oz. Its the story about the wicked witch and how she grew up and how she became the wicked witch. If you havent seen it.. and you get the chance.. GO!

These pictures that I have posted here are from this site

If you wanted to see more, you can check them out there.

After the show, I came home and made baked macaroni and cheese. oh so fattening! I didnt really even try to make it fat free, other then half of the cheese I used was 75% fat free. Then I ate a pretty large serving. And, after that.. I had one of my cotton candy buddy bars! YUMMO!

I feel bad because I have all these bear orders and I havent done anything with them, other then get them cut out. I need to get them finished, because I have another 8 or so coming in!

YOu know, sometimes when you Have to make something, it takes the fun out of creating! I'm always happy in the end with the memory bears because they make someone happy. but when I have a lot of to do, I get a bit overwhelmed with them!

hmmm.... Have I told you that Frannie is pregnant again? At least I think she is. as soon as Im sure she is, I'm going to get figgy fixed. My plan was two litters. she doesnt need to have any more then that. the other babies are really only about 13 or 14 weeks old! I didnt know it would be so soon. But as soon as all the kittens were gone, she went into heat again! EIy yie yie!

Remember when I was whining a couple weeks ago about stuff going on here? Well I would appreciate any prayers anyone wants to send up for us for tomorrow night as we deal with some of that craziness! lets see.. how about praying for mercy and grace for someone who needs it!

thanks in advance! You guys are all wonderful!

Well, I guess I should probably get ready for bed. Its really warm here tonight. I dug out our fans earlier and am looking forward to sleeping with one. Really, I should pull the storm windows out of the bedroom and sleep with a window open, but that sounds like a little bit of work! Plugging in the fan seems so much easier for tonight!

I hope everyone has a great week this week. I will be working and then working on bears. thats my only plans! Then, come Friday.. I'll be on call for a week. Just in time for mothers day. But thats ok. Hopefully it'll be quiet!

Thats all folks.. Sweet Dreams and have a joyful and creative week!