you just have to see these!

My violet pie!

OMG!!

I love her so much!

Isnt she precious!

Arent I blessed!?

I can hardly stand it!  and Im pretty sure nessa and tony are lovin life right now!

I think Im going to hire the girl who took these to do photos of all three baby pies together!  that would sure be a hard job.. maybe I'll wait til summer when violets a little older. 

anyway, just needed to share these!

happy sunday!!

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a busy weekend planned

yippee!  its friday and now, Im off for 9 days!   We already had thanksgiving and the day after off, and then I usually take the day before off as well, but I decided last week to take the rest of the week too!  Im looking forward to it,  though, there is stuff going on every day, none of the days are totally free.  But regardless, at least I dont have to go to work and I will enjoy my time off!

I  started it off by baking some peanut butter cookies tonight.  ummmm, they are really good.   guess how many I ate?    OINK OINK OINK!! i ate 6 of them.   I know.. naughty me.  well, I didnt eat them all at once.  I ate two hot ones out of the oven, then I had a cup of tea and two more...   and then a little later, I had another cup of tea and two more...   yikes!  I think I've had enough for tonight. 

I'll be starting out very early tomorrow morning going grocery shopping.  I plan on heading out the door about 7:00 am and being back home by 8:30.  I want to beat the crowd.  this is one of the worst grocery shopping weekends of the year!  then Im meeting a friend at 9:30 to go christmas shopping  for a few hours, she has to get back by 1:00 because she has friends coming from out of town and then Im heading to a doll show with jen and Ella.  In a couple years I'll be able to take Marla and Violet with me too!

Tomorrow night and most of sunday I will be playing. puttering and crafting!  Until about 4:00 on sunday when then the whole family will be heading to red lobster to celebrate Robert and Big Torry's birthdays.  

Afterwords, Marla pie will be coming home with us to spend the night. Then Torry will join us on monday and I'll have Marla and Torry all day!

ok.. Im heading to the couch,  Im pooped out.

have a great weekend girlie pies!

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good gobbly morning!

I made a turkey this morning.. 

thats about it ...

 I am feeling very lazy and sluggish this week!  I have to get back on track with my weight watchers and eating better again.. as I've been out of control and not behaving at all.  I know I'll feel better as soon as I make those changes again!

heres a pic I stole from Vanessa facebook,  they just got their wedding pics back.  I wish there was a way for me to show them all to you.. they are so many really great pics!  but heres a little peek of the bride and groom and his parents! lol!

Happy Day to you my friends!!

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Oh so sweet babypies and kittycats

 too cute for words!  I know!  isnt this the sweetest little face ever?!!    I know all of OUR grandbabies are.  yours and mine!  And our own babies too!  

 I feel like if I post one of them I should post one of all of them!  lol!  So heres a little morning dose of my sweetie pies!  Torry had his 3rd birthday party this past saturday, his birthday isnt for a couple more weeks, but I think his mother was smart to have it early seeing as december is sooo busy. Sweet little Marla pies birthday is in december too.  hers is the 28th!  Tiffany said she was going to do her party in feburary.  I think thats a good idea.  she did that last year too.  it just seems to work out better then piling it all on in december.

The party was at a place called bounce magic... fun for the kids.. but yikes!  Im not cut out for that noise level!  loud loud loud!  With my ADD... I was not capable of forming a single full thought while we were there! lol!  Marla pie and miss Ella had fun riding on the carousal!  dont you just love her red hair?!

OK. so other then enjoying my babies, I spent yesterday working on some little snowfriends for an ornament swap that Im in. Almost done with those, then I can start on my elves for the elf challenge. Then I will be working on some projects for Lori Hairstons Visions of Sugarplums.  Lori asked me if I would be willing to post a couple tutorials during the week of dec 2nd and to link into her Visions of Sugarplums blog event.  So I have a couple of ideas that I need to work out for then.  

Boy is it windy out today and it was all through the night.  I was grateful when I woke up and we still had power and no major trees are down in our yard... 

all looks well out there.. (had to snap a pic!)  thanks to all the wind, there is not a single leaf left on any tree back there.     oh November... making way for winter...  brrr!

Just had to throw this one in from last night.  there was no room on my craft table, but these two squeezed their way in!  

my precious little helpers!

and... since I'm posting these of figgy and frannie, I just thought i may as well post these other ones from the other day.. see... sometimes they are naughty and they get made at each other!

LOL!

happy monday girlie pies!

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blah blah blah and a cute baby picture! lol!

Good Morning girls!  Here I sit again rather then getting ready for work! yikes!  I have about half an hour before I have to put it in high gear and really get moving!  oh heck.. I got this, I do it every day... always rushing at the last minute.  I get up at 5:00 and dont leave til 8:30!  You would think I would be smart enough to do my little chores and get myself ready to go before I start puttering and playing...

But NO!  I wait until 8:00.. then I jump in the shower, dry my hair, get dressed, feed figgy, frannie and buffy.. and run out the door.  There is something wrong with me! lol!

oh well, such is life!  this is how I roll... LOL!  

So I  thought Id share a few more thanksgiving decor pictures. I only have one bin of thanksgiving. I do have to admit though, that I have the itch to decorate for Christmas already... well, then I think about all those bins.. up there.. waiting to stress me out...

And then I think... uhhhh... where the heck is all this stuff going to go?  But, I will be ready for it when its time.  It wont be time til the day after thanksgiving.  though, I may put just the tree up before thanksgiving....  why?  I dont know.. "why not" seems to be a better question!  lol

Okeedokie.. I suppose I should get off of here and give myself a few extra minutes to get ready.   oops.. two more quick things..   I forgot this weekend to post a pic of my little Robert (marlainas father) for his 25th birthday which was sunday!   

Happy Birthday Robby!!!   He is probably the reason why my hair is white!  lol!  but I wouldnt trade him for the world!  Im very proud of the man he has become.  and wasnt he the cutest little thing?   so was my Jasper cat.. Hes been gone for about 5 or 6 years now.  

and speaking of cute!

Heres a pic of Vanessas beautiful mom Dawn and the precious little Lovey that we share!  Isnt Violet freaken awesomely adorable!?   Someone called her a sweet potato on facebook and I LOVE that.  I think thats what Im going to call her.. she can be my sweet potato pie!  lol!  

OK.. really... .Ive got to get off this freaken computer!   

happy Day!

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