So I had this great idea….. I want to try a whole year (ROFLMAO! did I actually say that out loud??) of a REAL picture for my blog.  You know I always include a picture that I think goes with my “post of the day” WELLLLLLL what if I could find something in the house…… in the neighborhood……. in my scrapbook that would work?  Could I do it?  I dunno… I wanna try.  Sooooooo let’s start with today. DH had his appointment for the heart doctor.. (ahhh tooo easy!! Picture of DH with HEARTS!  I love to collect heart shapes. These are nature made heart rocks).  We are a go for the…

Another giveaway… it is a holiday Take a look at the Maisy necklace.  SO CUTE!!  SUPER cute!! It would look awesome around my neck.  CUTE!!!

GIVEAWAYS ARE CLOSED A lazy day for me use to be to search the Internet for giveaways dreaming of that great vacation, those HUGE diamonds, that super fast computer now?  NOW I’m all excited about Baby ITEMS!!??!  Between the cutest little tea set for Emma, the little car set for Eli….. all sorts of new items for the newest member of our family Baby T I want all kinds of baby things!  Wait!! What?!?!  When did this happen?????? I’m the GRANDMA!!!  I not supposed to get excited about a walker! (ROFLMAO!!!!!!  I made a funny!! By walker I do mean for a CHILD not for myself… I’m not that old yet)  So for today I have to…

Check out a great sweepstakes from Mommies on Vacation web site!!  iPad and a Kodak PlaySport video camera.      But hurry this one ends quickly!

~Your kids are becoming you… and you don’t like them… but your grandchildren are perfect! ~Going out is good.. Coming home is better! ~When people say you look “Great”… they add “for your age!” ~When you needed the discount, you paid full price. Now you get discounts on everything.. movies, hotels, flights, but you’re too tired to use them. ~You forget names …. but it’s OK because other   people forgot they even knew you!!! ~The 5 pounds you wanted to lose  is now 15 and you have a better chance of losing your keys than the 15 pounds. ~You realize you’re never going to be really good at anything … especially golf. ~Your spouse is…

Okay maybe it wasn’t really snow but the hail was coming down so hard and so fast it sure looked like snow for a little while! Course…. it was heavier till I grabbed the camera… isn’t that always the way?  Weather? Pet? Babies… whatever… grab the camera and “I don’t wanna do it anymore”

If EVER there was a craft book that SCREAMED my name it’s this!! I am cracking up just reading the description.  I need this book!! Fave Craft site is giving away a copy… go!  Sign up!!  : ) You’re welcome!  You know I’m always looking for cool stuff for you! You might be able to tell by the title of Amy Sedaris’s new book that she’s not clambering to become the next Martha Stewart. In fact, her goal in Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People seems to be to poke fun at the crafting community. Readers may be offended by the implicit sexual remarks and drawings included in the chapter…

I’ve been trying really hard to get my craft room organized after the remodel.  (Refresher: added an apartment for my Mom… we knocked out my old craft room in the process….)  The remodel is officially done.  Our little 4 bedroom house is now a 3 bedroom with a full on apartment!  WOO HOO!!  But, since the kids moved out the ‘other’ bedroom had became the ‘catch all….store (throw) it in here’ room (ALONG with everything from my craft room).   I know you are imaging a tiny room with floor to ceiling boxes and crap stuff everywhere.  You would be soooooooooo RIGHT!!!!  I feel so 100% overwhelmed by this ‘room’ (is it really a ROOM if you can’t get…