mish mash

We have been busy, busy, busy this week. I am getting ready for a trip which mean in addition to the normal goings on, my to do list has somehow doubled.

It seems Mabry has been just as busy. What with watching her dessert bake in the oven:

Giving up and going for a horseback ride on Ted:

Doing a little car maintenance. We need that baby running for at least 200,000 miles:

Finally getting to eat the yummy pie:

Can I just say I love that Mabry is at the age where playing make believe is huge. She has such an imagination. I get the biggest kick out of the things she will say and do when we play.

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During some of the downtime from all the pretending (aka nap time) I had a chance to reorganize the tutorial page. If you haven't been in awhile, please make sure to check it out. I am constantly updating and adding new tutorials all of the time. There is a link in the header in case you don't know where to look.

Speaking of which, I found this great crochet tutorial for a slouchy hat:

(photo courtesy of jessicasuzanne.com)

I have been wanting one of these hats for quite some time. I can't ever seem to find them in stores and am leery about buying anything clothing related online.

Since I happened to have a skein of extra yarn laying around from a circle scarf I made, I figured I would give it a shot. Plus, it would probably come in handy to have a cute hat when I go up north at the end of the week.

One Thursday night's worth of TV watching resulted in this (How about we just agree not to talk about my hair, lack of make-up or profile, ok?):

I really like how it turned out. I think I am going to make another one this Thursday to send to Lexi.

santa baby hurry...

This afternoon, as I sat down to tackle a whole bunch of things on my ever growing To Do List, I found myself in the mood for some festive music. Which led me to write this tweet/facebook status:

Little did I know what strong feelings it would evoke in people. I had all kinds of comments about not getting a head of myself and people wanting to get through Thanksgiving, etc., etc.

Unfortunately I don't know any good Thanksgiving songs. Do you? Not to mention I have been dying to put up all of our Christmas stuff for over a week now. Listening to Bing Crosby dream about a white Christmas this afternoon sure helped scratch my Christmas itch. So aside from one little meltdown the other day resulting in a marriage of this tutorial and some Christmas scrapbook paper creating this:

I would say it is safe to say we will remain a (mostly) Christmas free household for another week.

adopt a soldier

One of the wives of Dan's old platoon in Washington is trying to put together an adopt a solider for the holidays program. Times are tough right now, but even the smallest of boxes can really help to keep this soldiers strong. The goal is to get 20 families to each adopt one solider and get a package together and mailed out by the 4th of December so they have it in time for Christmas.

If you are interested in adopting a solider, please let me know. I can get you the name and address of the solider as well as some ideas on things you could send.

Thanks!

call me stretch

I am smack dab in the middle of a blogging drought. For the life of me I can't come up with an interesting story, happening, etc. I haven't even picked up my camera (gasp!) in the last two days. More than anything I feel like Gumby and am mentally trying to stretch myself into a million different directions all in the name of trying to accomplish something, anything. This leaves little room for creative life story writing.

I promise you some photos and an update tomorrow. I have a few different projects in the works and would like to get at least one or two of them done before this weekend when I go out of town. Hopefully those will be up soon to share as well.

In the meantime...

If you want to read something that will not only give you goosebumps but will show you the awesome power of God, check this out.

If you want feel like a laugh, check out this video, it is at the expense of some goats.

just a little something

While out taking photos last week we stopped at a local antique shop. The owner was a really nice man who let Mabry hop up on the wagon in front to play. She wasn't sure what to think.