Ohhhhh Corrine!!! This one's for you!

This is what I have done so far...

I made 4 of this kind, even though you only wanted 3... I can always use birthday cards! So, pick which 3 are your favorites.

The colors are kind of hard to see so I'll explain them the best I can... All of the cupcakes have glitter frosting... YUM!

White card base, hot pink ink and button and red ruffled ribbon.


Cream card base with an aqua bow and button and a buttery yellow ink and ruffled ribbon.


Cream card base with an olive green button and ruffled ribbon, a melon bow and ink


Light grey card base with a light blue button and dark blue ruffled ribbon and ink.

I hate Monday's...

But yet they keep coming back every week... *sigh*

It's been awhile since I've made a post on here... sorry about that! It was kind of a hectic week last week! I had to adjust my work schedule (again) so that I could get Mia to and from pre-school and still have Sophie in day care, etc etc etc.... I had a Dr appointment on Tuesday (nothing serious... just a normal check-up), I took Mia to "The Wizard Of Oz" at the theater on Wednesday night. It's the 70th anniversary of the movie so they were having a special showing at select theaters. It was the first time the movie was shown in hi-def. It was AMAZING!!! The ticket price was a little steep I thought ($10 a person... didn't matter the age) but it was worth it. I'm glad we went. Mia and I shared a pop and a popcorn and just had a great time. There weren't a lot of people there but that was OK. I thank my lucky stars that Mia is such a good little girl that I can take her to places like that and not have to worry. She's so well behaved. She just sits there quietly and watches the movie. If she wants to tell me something, she whispers. God love her!

Friday was Jeremy's and my 5-year wedding anniversary. We went out for supper on Saturday night. Splurged a little. It was YUMMY!!!

Saturday Jeremy and I both worked. He got home a little before noon. At around noon I drove to Pat's house to pick up bifolds to bring back to the school in town (there was a wedding that night). At around 1pm, I went over to the school and set up the bifolds and then had to set up a HUGE cupcake tree!!! 5 TIERS!!! Also had to plug in all of the lights. Got done at around 3pm. Had to go back at 4:30pm to light the candles... SO PRETTY!!!

Yesterday was a really busy day... got up and got ready (QUICKLY!!!). We all piled in the car. Dropped Mia off at Sunday school. Jeremy dropped me off at my work. Our cleaning lady is on vacation this week so I emptied the garbages, did the dishes and carpet swept the high spots while he and Sophie went grocery shopping. When they were done, they came back and picked me up, we went and picked Mia up and then went to McD's for a quick breakfast. Got home and then I went up to the school in Pemberton to tear-down from the wedding the day before. Got back home around 1ish. Jeremy and the girls were gone so I just vegged on the couch for awhile.

When he got home, he put the girls down for a nap and then I went to pick up my stuff from the craft show. I didn't do as well as I had hoped but I did OK! I guess I got a lot of compliments but people just weren't ready to buy Christmas/Holiday stuff yet. The owner has asked me to come back for their show in December and to bring a lot of gift tags, gift bags, Christmas cards, thank-you's and birthday cards. Maybe some more journals. Guess I'm going to be a busy little bee the next few months! :)

Now, back to work today. Blech. Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Fixed...

OK... I've fixed the comments section of my blog so that you can ALL leave me a message now. :) I had it set to only registered users apparently... Thanks for pointing that out Corrine!

Hope everyone has a great Monday! I think we are ALL FINALLY better at our house. I think we deserve a break. It's been a rough couple of weeks.

Mia started Sunday school yesterday and, as I predicted, had a great time! The girl LOVES to sing and they have a "music" time so they got to play instruments. That kind of thing is right up her alley.

She was pretty bummed that she had to go to day care today. She wanted to go back to her "pretty school" (translation: pre-school) today. I told her that she can go again tomorrow and that she and I have to do her homework tonight. That seemed to put her in better spirits. We have a "scrappy" project to do so it's pretty much a no-brainer for the both of us. She LOVES to help me scrap so this will be fun!

Back to work... Bye!!!

Scared Mommy!

Little Miss Sophie gave us quite the scare last night...

Yesterday, around 4pm, day care called and said that Sophie was running a temp and that she was just "irritable" (my words). She just couldn't seem to get comfortable and was not her usual happy, smiley, lovable self. I told them I would be right there.

Her temp was around 100*-101* and it seemed to be rising. I called Jeremy thinking he could just meet me to take Mia home while I took Sophie to Urgent Care but they ended up staying with us. Poor little girl... she was just miserable! Her eyes were all red and glassy and you could just tell she wasn't feeling well at all. When we got in to see a doctor, the nurse took her temp and now it was 103*! EEEEEKKK!!!!!!!! The doctor took a look at Sophie's ears and throat, listened to her lungs and they did a little oxygen test on her. All checked out fairly well... ears and throat were "a little red" but not enough to call it strep or an ear infection. Just to be on the safe side and to give Sophie some relief, she Rx some amoxicillin and gave her a dose of Motrin while we were there. By the time Mia and I got the Rx filled and got home, Sophie seemed to be doing MUCH better. She even had a little supper and sucked down about 2 bottles of milk! Things were looking pretty good.

Then came 11:30pm. Sophie woke up and was just kind of moaning. She was burning up and lethargic. She wouldn't open her eyes, she wouldn't take her bottle of milk. I couldn't get her to take her medicine if she wouldn't even drink her milk so I had to do something to get her to come out of it. I tried rubbing her back, singing her favorite song to her (Dora the Explorer) and nothing. Poor little thing just kept moaning and wanting to cry, but she just couldn't. Even when I sat her up, her little head just hung forward. I was getting pretty worried by this point when I remembered reading on someones blog about her son having a terribly high fever and she put him in a luke warm bath. So, into the tub Sophie went!

She was NOT a happy camper about that but I didn't care at that point. I just needed to get her temperature down (side note... my thermometer's battery must have died because it wasn't working and the paci-thermometer that I bought yesterday - Sophie wouldn't take it so I was shooting blind at this point). Jeremy has a laser temperature thing (I have no idea why or what it is supposed to be used for) and at one point when he tried that (hey, it was better than the big fat nothing I had!) it read 103*.

So after her first bath, she came around a little bit and I cuddled her a little and she drank a little bit of the bottle but it still didn't seem like she was "all there" so I put her back into the tub. This time for a little longer. Again, she was NOT happy but after a little bit she got a little better. When she seemed like she was more alert, I took her out. Poor thing just wanted to go to sleep but I wanted to keep her awake long enough to drink her bottle (I put the Motrin in there) to get some fluids in her again. I put a Dora DVD into the player and she watched enough so I could actually get a reading off of the paci-thermometer (she sort of took it - it was 102*) and to finish her bottle. While I was washing the bottles so I would have a clean one for in the morning, Sophie fell asleep so Jeremy moved her back into her crib and she slept the rest of the night.

This morning, it was like she was never sick! She must have broke her fever overnight because she didn't feel warm at all this morning and has been happy and playing all morning long. Hopefully the worst of it is over.

This may not seem like a big deal to some but this was for us. Mia is 3 1/2 years old and Sophie is now 1 and we have NEVER had to take either of them to the doctor for anything other than a well-baby visit. EVER!!! We've been SOOOOOOO lucky! Sophie broke our streak but I don't mind. I'm glad we took her in when we did... whatever she had needed a little something more than Motrin and Tylenol and now she is well on her way back to being healthy again.

Preschool and Parties...

Good afternoon all (if there is anyone out there actually reading this... I don't know... SPEAK PEEPS!!! SIGN IN!!! LET ME KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE!!!)

Today was Mia's first day of pre-school. The "official" first day was last Tuesday but I didn't get her signed up until that day so she missed it. To say that she was BEYOND excited to go to school is and understatement. In fact, I asked her, "Mia, are you just a little bit excited for school today?" Her reply? "NO! I'm A LOT a little bit excited mom!" LOL! We bought her a backpack last night. It's got all the bells and whistles. I was all set to get her the $5 clearance one which was cute... just a couple of pockets... that's all a pre-schooler needs, right? WRONG!!! She would NOT have it... she HAD to have the green cordoroy one with the pink butterflies with all the pockets. At least that was only $15 so its not like it broke the bank. And, she'll most likely have that thing for a few years so it's all good. I took pictures so I'll have to get those posted later.

We're FINALLY having a 1st birthday party for Sophie with Jeremy's family on Saturday. Its not going to be anything fancy... just fun. :) I hope my little chunky monkey starts to feel a little better... she's got a little cold at the moment that just won't loosen its grip (on either of the girls, really). I hope its not the same crud that's been going around that lasts for weeks and weeks and weeks like I've heard other people saying. :( That would stink. But, we'll just have to keep doing our best to take care of them the best we can. At least they aren't running fevers. Just a runny nose, congestion and a cough (Mia). Typical cold crap.

Last night I took some of my crafty creations out to a craft show to put up for sale. I took out cards, gift tags a journal and "boo" baskets. I hope I sell... SOMETHING!!! HA!!! I'm going to keep making things and take them out there little by little. Maybe something will sell. Let's hope so!

Well, time to get back to work. Tootles!

One more sleep...

'Til Grandma and Grandpa's house!!!!!!! WAHOO!!!!!!

We're getting all geared up to head to my parents' house tomorrow night after work (boo for having to drive at night...). Can't wait! We have a fun and exciting weekend ahead of us! Although I'm excited to go home (have lots of fun stuff planned!) I'm also kind of sad. A lot of my family members are going 4-wheeling this weekend. Jeremy and I would LOVE to go but it just isn't going to work for us this weekend. Maybe next year... Mom already told me that if we wanted to go, she'd keep the girls. :)

Yesterday was a busy day of boring errands. Run here, run there but we got a lot done. Wish I would have got more done around the house though! I'm going to be up LATE tonight finishing laundry and packing now. :(

Since we were gone most of the day yesterday, I left Wally outside. He really loves to be outside in this weather. We have an invisible fencing unit so he stays pretty well put. Well, there has been a stray dog around the last few days and to my knowledge he hasn't really done any harm except to bother the neighbors dog (who is in heat.... Oy....). Well, yesterday must have prooved to much for the dog because he apparently attacked Wally.

I was on my way back home when Jeremy called and said that Wally was bleeding (again....) and he wouldn't let Jeremy look at him. I immediately thought the worst and thought someone had shot my dog again! So I race home. Wally came running out from under the steps (a good sign!) to meet me at my car door and was all prance-y like he usually is when I get home (a great sign!). I give him a once over and find that the tip of his ear had been bleeding but wasn't anymore. I checked over the rest of him really good and that was the only spot. WHEW!!! Found out about an hour or so later from our neighbor girl that the stray was over and he and Wally got into it. We did find some blood in front of the small door to the garage which must have been where the dogs got into it or where Wally went to after the altercation.

I was busy putting clothes away and Jeremy was outside on the phone with a friend of his when all of a sudden there was yelling going on next door. Apparently that same stray dog had just attacked our other neighbors' dog, Kodi. Poor Kodi... he's 14 years old and can't see or hear a THING and that dog just came up from behind and attacked him. Kodi didn't even know that the other dog was coming or even in the vacinity. I saw Kodi limp away and he had some cuts on his facial area.

Those neighbors called the county sheriffs dept and a friend of theirs who is a deputy was on call and said he'd take the call so he came over. Since the stray is after the other neighbors' dog (Maggie) who is in heat, he was still around. Overall, he is a very friendly dog... just doesn't play nice with others and is protective of Maggie. So, we got the stray in a collar and a leash on him - like I said, he was pretty friendly and is obviously used to having a collar on because he didn't bat an eye when I put it on him - and put him in the back of the squad car. For some reason, and I'm not sure why... maybe my voice???... I was the only one that could get the dog to the car. Galen, a neighbors friend, was there so he was the muscle holding onto the leash but the dog followed me.

The stray was a HUGE chocolate lab and when he made the decision that he wasn't going to move, he wasn't going to move! PERIOD! But, he was pretty calm and followed me to the car and listened to me when I told him to get in so he is/was obviously someone's pet and has had collars and leashes on and has ridden in a car before. I hope they find the owner. I'm guessing its someones farm dog not too far away from town and left the yard or slipped his collar and was just following his nose.

So, that was what took up part of my night besides the girls' baths and supper..... I need a vacation..... LOL!!!!

Tootles!

Better Pictures and Other "stuff"...

Here's some better pictures of the card I did last week. I finally found my camera cord so I could get those pictures off instead of just the ones from my phone.

Mia got in to get her bangs trimmed today. We took some tomatoes fresh from our garden to Susie. I wanted to give them to her in something besides just a boring old sack so I recycled a paper sack. It had a sticker on it of the store that it came from so I quickly searched my "already made but didn't like so didn't use" stash and found the perfect cut and distressed patterned paper and an already stamped and trimmed house. I could find the exact sentiment that I wanted so I just went with a "generic" Just for you from PTI's 2008 Holiday Tags set. I added a little lace to the bottom and attached the house with pop dots. Tied a few scrap pieces of ribbon around one of the handles and voila! DONE!

I also just made my Frankie "boo buckets" but I don't want to post them just yet. I will say though, they are some of the CUTEST little guys EVAH!!!!

I just put Sophie down for the night and Mia is in the next room just giggling away at "Bambi". Time for me to sign off and get back to making a few more Frankie's for the upcoming craft show! CAN'T WAIT!!!

Tootles!

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*Supplies* (Gift Bag)

~ Paper: K&Co Bailey

~ Stamps: PTI 2008 Holiday Tag Collection; Martha Stewart Gingerbread
~ Ink: Brown
~ Other: Lace, PTI Vintage Cream Grosgrain and Ocean Tides Twill Ribbon

Family Shots

I wanted to get a picture of Sophie with everyone at the party so I can make an album of her first birthday. I have an album for Mia of all of her baby showers but being that Sophie is a 2nd child, it isn't customary to have a shower for the subsequent children around here and I wanted to do something for Sophie for later in life.

I have 2 of the luckiest little girls in the WORLD!!! Their families love them SOO much (and spoil them ROTTEN!!!)

Auntie Debbie (my sister) lovin' on Sophie...

Aunt Shirley and Uncle Brad (my brother) (Brett and Nichole's parents)...

My nephew Brett, niece Nichole and Sophie and Mia... (all the grandkids)


Great Aunt Jean and Great Uncle Arnie...

Grandma Karen and Grandpa Jerry (my mom and dad)...

Great Aunt Marianne and Great Uncle Bob...

Great Aunt Corrine and Great Uncle Jim...

Happy Hump Day!!!

Here it is again... another month gone by (and then some) and no posts from me. I'm going to give this a shot again...

I'm going to venture out and start posting some of my scrappy creations on here for funnsies. I enjoy anything paper-crafting and I enjoy sharing it even more... problem is? I don't share it online.... only the recipient usually. Which, is fine, I guess, but I'm hoping I can "pay it forward" somewhat and inspire others as I have been inspired by so many from their blogs. One of these days I'll figure out how to add a "tag" (or whatever its called!) to those inspirational people on my blog so you can see what I'm talking about. I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a photographer so the pictures I am going to share with you... well... you'll just have to deal with them as they are. They get the point across (I hope!) and that's all I can offer.

Last weekend was Sophie's first birthday! Can you believe it? NEITHER CAN I!!! Where did that year go? We traveled to Wisconsin and had a little party for her at mom and dad's house. We kept it simple - a summer cookout! We had brats and my mom's SUPER yummy hamburgers on the grill, corn on the cob, potatoe salad, tuna macaroni salad, yellow jello (thanks Marianne!), strawberry spinich salad and I don't even remember what all else but there was enough food there for an army and every last little bit of it was just AMAZING goodness!!! The forcasters kept calling for rain on Saturday so we were a bit concerned that we were going to have to move the party indoors but God heard our prayers and made the day just beautiful!

Dad and Jeremy set up our large screen tent outside while Sophie supervised (hee).


Can't you just eat up those thunder thighs??? :)


Mom made these ADORABLE table clothes out of some cupcake material that she found so we put a piece of plastic over them to protect them and set the tables up outside under the tent. Mia helped arrange one of the floral centerpieces and my sister brought a BEAUTIFUL arrangement that she made herself out of the flowers from her garden. Aren't they GORGEOUS?!?!

I decided to make a pennant banner for decoration since I knew were weren't going to be doing much other decorating since the party was going to be outside. I'm just going to take a minute and toot my own horn here because I am absolutely IN LOVE with how this turned out! I have saved this Daisy D's paper for a few years now and I've finally come to the point in my life where I'm ready to use it.... a little bit any way. :) I fell in love with this vintage-y feel nursery/baby paper the minute I saw it and bought 2 of every kind the store had. Of course, it needed some embellies to pretty it all up and I turned to non other than Papertrey Ink for most of it! Thank goodness I had most of the colors I needed on hand to complete this project! Just look at all of the yummy ribbons and buttons used! I cut the letters using my Cricut. Each pennant was backed with some salvaged cardboard from the backs of legal notepads my coworkers at work have been saving for me! I just wanted it to have some sturdiness. I connected each pennant together by punching a hole in each of the top corners and then just tied a scrap piece of ribbon in a double knot and voila! Added some pretty, wide, sheer, green ribbon to each end to tie it in place to hang it and thassit! Easy peasy and SOOOOOO fun to make!

Sophie showing everyone that she was, for a one year old, a member of the clean plate club! :)

Now... bring on the cake! (yes... I made the hat too... but let's not talk about that...) I'll try to do a progression of the mess without too many pictures (it's hard because she was just so darn cute!)

This is of her signing "all done". :)

Of course she wanted to share with Wally...

It was easier just to let him have at it at his own level (but we all sure got a good laugh out of watching Wally R-E-A-C-H to get what was on the tray when it was connected to the high chair!

All that party-down is really hard work for a cute, little one-year-old! We had to finally wake her up from her nap after 2 hours and there was NO sign of waking up when Jeremy went in and got her. She probably would have slept another hour at least.