New Quilt!

I was having trouble getting excited about FINALLY starting this new quilt.....

So I did what all good quilters do!

I ate a piece of fresh homemade pumpkin pie with Cool Whip.....and I fondled the fabric...

oooooooooooo this is gonna be good!!!!

Goals!!!

So waaay back on the 6th I made some goals.....Here's my 2 week (uh, plus) update.





1) run errands - done! my errands included buying new pots for my new cactcusssses, mailing all my Christmas gifts, emptying out my life savings to pay the orthodontist, and finally buying some more contacts, 1st down!, ball on the 40!





2) go to the GYM! - done, well, I went last week. Last night, when I was finally feeling up to it, I decided that 25 degrees was just too cold to get out to the gym!! 1st down! ball on the 30!





3) repot my 2 new Christmas Cacti - but I may wait till they stop blooming to do that. - This is done, after a fashion. I actually just put the whole potted thing inside the new pots. I'll wait a bit longer to actually repot them since they're still THINKING about blooming. I kinda overwatered them and I don't think they get enough sun up there so the blooms aren't opening up much.

But I do love my new pots and the look of them above the TV! Isn't it great that the dark blue in the pots matches my wall perfectly?? Those little cacti plus two other little ones I got for $1.25 a piece will go into the pots with the big un's once I repot everything.

The big ones are fuscia and the little ones white so that should look really nice when they bloom again! 1st down! ball on the 20!

4) make 2 baby blankets for my friends that are due in April - done! one of the two has been delivered, the other will be sometime this week! they both look just like the flowers one in this post if you wanna see em. 1st down! ball on the 10!

5) get started on my sister's housewarming quilt. - not done yet, but ready to get started!

6) begin quilting my Mommie Quilt. - not yet.....

other things that made it onto my list in the last 2 weeks and got done:

*make gumbo with the LAST of my Lafayette sausage from my trip last July!

*mend the comforter that my mom made for Sonshine's birthday--it didn't fare well in the washer

*fix the pictures in the dining area....I took out last year's school pictures and put this year's in their places, then took several of my old pictures of the kids and replaced all hubby's Navy certificates with hooligan photos!

here's the best "before" pic I could find since I forgot to take one.

and the after shot:
I'm soo happy that I finally did this!!

So I'm claiming a TOUCH DOWN for this goal post!!

For next week (ish?)

1) Piece top for my sister's quilt

2) put away all ribbon etc and generally straighten up my sewing corner

3) continue rearranging and decluttering my "stuff and pretties" so that my living room is a bit more livable. The top of the entertainment center with my cacti is part of this ongoing process. I'll show you more as I go.

4) relax more, enjoy more, sleep more, exercise more.

and how about you? what are your upcoming goals??

What do you say to THAT???

So, yesterday morning as I was getting undressed for my shower hubby walks in followed by Sugars. (the boys were THANKFULLY at school) Hubby and I needed to map out our 1 car family plan for the day so I sat on the potty ~necked~ while we worked out who was going where when. I didn't think too much about Sugars being underfoot. After all, we're both girls.....

Well, as I'm sitting there she's looking me over.

I mean, she's oogling me better than a 15 yr old boy would oogle a cheerleader!!

After about 5 min or so of looking at me from every angle she finally looks me in the eye, and in her sweetest Angel voice says:

"Mommie, can I wear your boobies?"

A Knight To Remember...or three!

I do believe we've seen Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1(00) too many times!

Guess who got braces today!

nope, not Sugars

nope, not Gator-boy

Hoo-Ahh!! He LOVES his brand new purple braces!! I can't get enough of this sweet smile!

In other news, Daddy let Sugars pick her clothes out today......

right down to the pink hair clips.....
She has amazing color coordination......

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And now for a glimpse into my life via my facebook page:

Drinking hot tea to soothe my aching throat and seriously considering going to an allergist like my PCP told me to.....a year ago.



My constant companion missed me while I was on my retreat this weekend!

Sonshine (7) goes to take a drink from his sport bottle, the lid is loose dumping water down his front...he gets a new shirt and goes again for a drink...BEFORE I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TIGHTEN THE LID... it dumps down his front again....he says.... "This bottle has made a fool out of me!" ......WHERE does he get this stuff???!!


If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will. ~~ Abraham Lincoln

Okay so my 7 yr old just reached up and took something down from ON TOP OF the fridge.


It helps if you take your indoor prescription glasses off BEFORE you put your prescription sunglasses on!!!!!!

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It's been pretty busy and exciting around here. Seems I've been under the weather for toooooo long now! But I have been able to work my way down most of my todo list and goals!!

I'm gonna try to get another thing crossed off the list and then I'll put up my goals post so stay tuned!

I hope that each of you are having a fun and funny week!