Steve took this picture of Princess on New Year's Eve...I was probably eating more gooey butter cake :) LOL Seriously, that cake was AWESOME!! :) A Paula Deen recipe...

Not much going on the last couple of days. I watched BigBlueEyes on Tues & Thurs. this week, and will probably have her again next week, at least one day...I've said it before, but really, I get a lot more done with her here!! LOL I think it's because I know if I want to get something done, I have to do it before it's time to feed her again or something. She's a lot of fun right now, too, and has such a sweet personality! :) Such a blessing :)

Today I went to McD's for our weekly lunch, and only one other Mommy showed up, and she wasn't really there for that :) LOL I'm a little disappointed that nobody called to tell me they weren't coming, it's not like we took a whole month off and they have to get back in the routine of coming, we only took 2 weeks off...Anyways, it kinda bummed me out that they didn't at least call...maybe they forgot, but I'm being a pessimist today...

Princess got "injured" while we were there today, so that wasn't much fun. I don't know exactly what happened because it happened up inside the tube slide, so we couldn't see, but she's got a mark on the top of the bridge of her nose, and her nose bled. Not very much, but enough for me...She didn't want to play after that, so we left & went to Hobby Lobby for me to just browse...$30 later, we left :) LOL I decided I was gonna make Princess's party invitations :) BTW, it's a Chuck E. Cheese's on Feb. 1st (a Thursday night because you get extra tokens on a "weeknight" & unlimited table time (I'm thinking for the adults). We did McD's last year, so this year we thought we'd do something a little different. She's never really been there before, though, so we might have to take her once before to get her excited. She sees the commercials for it all the time on PBS, though, so she knows who Chuck E. Cheese is...

So, tonight I'm gonna try & dig up a picture I can use on her invite, and then get stuff ready for our girl thing tomorrow...I was gonna work on her after 1yr album, but now I need to get these done pretty quickly...I'll probably get her pic done & copies at Wal-Mart again...gotta love digi cams!! :)

I'd better go...I know there are lots other things going on that I'm just drawing a blank on right now...OH!! :) Please keep our church in your prayers...we don't have a women's group, and another lady (Worship Minister's wife, actually) and I are meeting on Wed. to discuss some ideas for that this year. I'm so excited!! :)

Okay, better go for real, now...Princess wants to watch Caillou...again...

So, this is just a little click in time to show you how gracious Missy & MacDaddy were to us all on New Year's Eve!! LOL LOTS OF KIDS, and they had a blast :) And, how cute is I-Man holding both of the babies, like, "are you serious?!?!" LOL Very funny :) You should've seen all the commotion to get those pictures. It was absolutely like the Paparazzi!! Maybe even worse, that's why they're all looking in different directions!! LOL There were Mommies & Mammy's/Mimi's/Grandmas holding cameras!! LOL Lots of fun...I think Steve even got it on video, too, but I'm not sure....we might've forgotten the video camera...I don't remember...

Anyways, Princess is feeling better, finally!! We took her to the dr. on Monday, and he said it was definately an ear infection (her 1st ever) and prescribed Amox & these numbing ear drops (which are SO much fun to put in, btw ::rolling eyes::), so she's been on the Amox for a couple days, now, and she's definately acting like a different kiddo. She's just still so stinkin' whiny, though, and now it's just more of a manipulative, "but don't you remember my ears used to hurt me" kind of whine...UGH!! And, she's waking up during the night (like, at least 2-3 times a night!!!) and that is getting OLD...fun being a Mommy, sometimes, huh? LOL Actually, I can't complain too much, because Steve's been really good about sharing the middle of the night wake up calls, too...but it's just easier (and quicker) for me to do it, ya know? Last night I think she woke up from a bad dream, though, and that was different...She's never done that before...

Okay, so there's the sickie update :)

Tonight's AWANA, and I don't know that I should take her...She's still not feeling great, and she's awfully whiny, I guess we'll just have to see how it goes the rest of the day.

Saturday's GIRL DAY!! :) LOL I'm meeting Carebear & EnglishTeacher at Live.Love.Scrap (visit www.livelovescrap.com to get a "feel" for the place...it's so cool inside!!). We're gonna scrap for a little bit, and it's a potluck, so there will be eating & girl talk involved :) This shop just expanded their cropping room & it's HUGE!! :) It's actually in the same store as the Hallmark store (where Daisy & I used to work before they went out of business), all except the wall doesn't go all the way over on one side...but the cropping room is where I used to work the most!! It was where all the collectables were (Precious Moments, Boyd's Bears, Dept. 56, MJ Hummels (those collectors are CrAzY!!), and the "perfect mint" coin collections). Anyways, it's weird because the carpet's the same, and even where you get to the backroom is the same, but that's where the familiarity stops...it's amazing what they can do with drywall!! LOL :)

Wow, where did that come from?!?! LOL I must be in a weird mood.

So, anyways, that's what I'm looking forward to this weekend!! :) I still haven't figured out the whole babysitting situation, yet, but I hope that's cleared up soon...I know that Princess would LOVE to come "crap" (that's what she calls "crafts"), but I don't think that would be a whole lot of fun...although, she's got a few pictures she can use, and I've got a lot of those older "starting to scrapbooking" embellishments & stuff that she could use, so I think she'd have fun, but I don't know how much I'd get done...

Okay, better go...I just wanted to pop in, really, and share that pic & to say that Princess is alright (although, I could've diagnosed her ear infection...it was pretty much a dead giveaway when she was wimpering & cupping her ear & saying "m-m-my e-e-ear h-h-hurts-s, Moooommmy." Bless her heart...now I know she's milking it, though :) LOL

Have a great day, everyone!! :)

Sorry the link didn't work...I don't always do that right...here's the link again, complete with the cut n' paste version of the web address :) LOL http://cgi.ebay.com/Shabby-Primitive-Picture-Shadow-Box_W0QQitemZ260073106489QQihZ016QQcategoryZ41512QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

So, there you have it :)

Princess has been sick today. She woke up in the middle of the night with diarrea & vomitting, and now she's complaining that her "ear hurts" so we've got her on motrin & tylenol until we can get her a dr's apt. on Monday. The meds are working, and she's a different girl when they kick in, jumping & stuff, but when they start to wear off...WHINY CITY...I feel so bad for her, though, cause I remember being sick like that, and she's never really been as sick as this, especially with the earache & stuff...and diarrea's different with a toddler!! A POTTY TRAINING toddler, nonetheless...Oh, well, this too shall pass...Quickly, Lord, please?

Okay, better go...She's had a bath, now, and she's gettin' ready for bed :) I think we're skipping church tomorrow to give her another day to rest, and I don't want to pass it on in case we're carriers of whatever she's got, ya know? Anyways, that's the plan...I need to get up in the morning & make some calls...

Have a great Sunday!! :)

My Ebay Auction

So, I've put it out there...This is my test run. I finished it tonight, and decided I'll never know until I try, so I put it out there for the world to see my handiwork. It's a little scary!! LOL I have no idea if people will actually start bidding for it, or whatever...I'd like to get $10 out of it, so we'll see. It's a 5x10 frame, but it'll keep a wallet-sized picture in it (on the picture matte). I'm excited & nervous about it...Anyways, take a gander at it and let me know what you think :)

So, now that that's over :) LOL I've been thinking more about other aspects of my "business." Obviously home parties is where I'll be making my $$, I've just got to figure out what I need to do if I want to sell my creations at these parties. I know that Memory Works doesn't have a "competition clause" which means I don't have to worry about cross-selling (there are a couple of scrapbooking companies who don't mind this, so a lot of the people doing this sell for more than one company. I am not trying to aspire to that right now). So, I just need to know what I need to do before I can actually sell my personal crafts at these home parties, if I can at all. There might be some legal something-or-other against that...I have no idea...

Okay, enough about that...I'm just really excited :)

We didn't do diddley today. Well, we did go to McD's for lunch, then to Kroger for a few things, but other than that, we didn't do much. Princess is officially in big girl undies...again...She's doing really well, but her BM's have "snuck" up on her today, so other than that, she's done great...Sorry, that's really gross...

Tomorrow Steve's off work (both jobs...it's January...so he's a blockhead again...) and we'll take the tree down. This is actually early for us :) LOL But, I'm ready for it to come down. I'm still listening to Christmas music, though. I pretty much listen to that all year-round, though. It's too special to keep for just a month and a half of the year...

I'm making chili tomorrow :) I'm in a chili & hot dog mood, so that's what we're having for supper tomorrow. I love chili :)

Okay, since I'm pretty much just going on & on about nothing, I'll let ya'll go...it's night night time here :)

Have a great weekend, everyone!! :) Happy New Year!! :)

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!! Um, yeah, so I'm a little late for all that, huh? Don't worry, I was party-hardy-ing all this time (mostly), and was thinking of you all often. I just didn't have time to get online much, except maybe once/twice a week to check my email...Just that time of year...and now it's January 3rd already!! Of 2007!! Hope you all had a great holiday!! :)

So, I guess I never got back to report on how the Christmas play went...AWESOME!! People really pulled through, and it turned out really neat!! We got a lot of compliments about the tableaux's (the crux of the whole program), and people were saying, "When we do this again..." and "Next time..." so that's a good sign that it's "good enough" to be repeated and made into tradition. I have to say, I was VERY nervous on Saturday when we were still practicing without our "mini stage" being up yet, and only one flood light for the tableaux scenes available. But, that's how Christmas plays are supposed to be...CRAZY!! LOL I kept saying on Saturday, "Seriously, it's a beautiful effect" LOL I'm glad they believed me :)

So, after that I could really start focusing on our personal Christmas stuff...that was the really nice thing about having our program early...and I made a few gifts ( a scarf & 2 shabby chic/scrapbook shadow boxes, and at least 2 Gift Card holders), and that was SO much fun...It was neat to remember how much I love to scrapbook & everything turned out really cool & vintage/distressed looking, just like I like, and I hope they all liked, too. For MathTeacher's shadow box, I didn't used a lot of ink & chalk distressing because the paper already had that distressed look to it, and I didn't want to go too grungy for a baby's photo, and same with the other one I made for SkinnyCousin...I didn't do a whole lot of distressing because I wasn't totally sure that either of them really liked that as much as I do, but I know that shabby chic can go with a lot of things, and those shadow boxes are small enough they could take them to work, even, and just set it on their desk or something. Anyways, I was happy with how they turned out, and I think they both liked 'em, and that's all that matters.

New Year's Eve we went to Missy's house, and that was FUN!! :) I'm glad that Jodi & Buford could come for a little bit, too. I really missed all the hugs & stuff after the ball dropped. We used to, when we'd get together in KY at AuntSurvivor's house, do the whole countdown with sparkling cider thing, then go around the room hugging everyone...and you don't know how much you miss something like that until you don't have that for a few years...so, anyways, that was nice :) We stayed really late, too, because the boys were playing their little games in the garage while we girls played $25,000 Pyramid (and Missy ROCKS at that game, btw, no matter who her partner is, or how lame their clues are (there were a few that BB's sister gave that were, like, what?) Anyways, FUN :) New Year's Day we didn't get up until around 12:30/1p.m., then lazed around & got ready to head over to Mom & Dad's house for leftovers & stuff...Steve had Tuesday off, so we just kind of did stuff around here & then used our gift card for Cracker Barrell for supper. We drove around & around trying to get Princess alseep, and finally had that drive around looking at lights that we always try to do, but it just didn't happen until later this year...Thankfully there are enough rednecks & people like us who like to keep their lights on for just a couple more days after New Year's, so there were still quite a few lights to see...

That pretty much brings you up-to-date on what I've been up to. I could go on & on about "stuff" but I won't bore you. Oh, but here's a bit of gossip since I brought Negative Nelly up the last time I was here...Yeah, she & her Negative Hubby are "officially" leaving the church. Is it bad that I was relieved when I heard that? I mean, my theory is that they were obviously NOT happy, and they weren't encouraging or uplifting anyone else up, so let them go somewhere that they can be renewed & recharged & all that, but stop being toxic to this church family. I guess, though, that they wrote a letter to the elders that was petty & juvenile. I know what most of their complaints were about (even though my hubby who is clerk to the elders knows & didn't share anything that was in the letter), and all I can say to them is "Wow, is that a mote in your eye?!?! You better take care of that..." We are all that way, I know, and we want to "help" others, and have higher expectations of others, but the Lord wants to work in our hearts & improve ourselves, too. It's not all about helping others, ya know? I'm just as bad a sinner as anyone, and I know there are things that He's still workin' on me...to make me what I ought to be...(ring any bells anyone? LOL).

Anyways...oh, and prayers, please, for a new business venture I'm sure the Lord is leading me to do? I've been praying for months for the Lord to lead me to a home-based business that He wants me to do, and ever since making those shadow boxes, I've really been thinking that doing a scrapbooking business is what He wants me to do. I'll go into it more later, but just keep me in your prayers that He would keep the ideas & opportunities coming for me? I'm really excited about this, and am looking forward to providing a little "play" money for my family, and give my creativity an outlet. SO, that's just a little snippet about that...

Okay, off to catch up on ya'll's Christmases!! :)