Minggu, 30 Agustus 2009
Orions Pillows
If you've ever wondered what to do with your kids tshirts that they've outgrown - yet don't want to toss out or give away because they hold memories- then look no further than here: ORIONS MAMA
Senin, 24 Agustus 2009
Hiding Out
Dear Blog,
I'm sorry for my absence lately. I'm in a bit of a funk. Or maybe its a mood. A funky mood. Whatever it is, it's not fun.
I'm sorry for my absence lately. I'm in a bit of a funk. Or maybe its a mood. A funky mood. Whatever it is, it's not fun.
Selasa, 18 Agustus 2009
SIX
Tag, I'm it! Deb over at My Life As Orions Mom has tagged me to make a list of 6 things I love & that make me happy. I can do that easy!
1. For sure, being a mom to 3 rad kids: G-Bunny™, AJ, and Max.
2. The hubbo! Life has not been easy, we've been dealt our fair share of blows, including the death of our baby girl Kaitlyn, but together we trudge thru.
3. Snapping random pics of people & places I love. They don't always turn out so great because I've got a cheapo digi-cam and I don't know the best programs to use cause I'm not a professional, but that's neither here nor there, cause I still love doing it.
4. CROCHETING! I sometimes start more than I finish, but I get there eventually. I just love making stuff from nothing but a hook & yarn.
5. My crazy ol' calico kitty's Uma and Suki. Uma is big & fat & bossy as all git out! She came across country with us when we moved from California in a little critter crate, and she is never gonna let me live that down. Suki is special. Like really special. Like dropped on her head 3 too many times special. She's mostly AJ's cat and she is skittish all day and all night, scared of her own shadow, and won't go outside for all the catnip in the world. Here she is...
And Uma (her Jedi cat name is Queen Umadallah, lol, cause we're sometimes Star Wars geeks like that) in her poncho that I made her that she totally DID NOT appreciate. Made her mad for weeks. 
6. You all out there in blogland. I'm still stumbling along here trying to make this blog about more than just my ramblings & rants and I truly love to hop from blog to blog to see whats up with you. Nobody run off and leave your blogs, got it? I depend on you for smiles, inspiration, enlightenment, & craftiness.
AND NOW...I'm running around tagging:
1. For sure, being a mom to 3 rad kids: G-Bunny™, AJ, and Max.
2. The hubbo! Life has not been easy, we've been dealt our fair share of blows, including the death of our baby girl Kaitlyn, but together we trudge thru.
3. Snapping random pics of people & places I love. They don't always turn out so great because I've got a cheapo digi-cam and I don't know the best programs to use cause I'm not a professional, but that's neither here nor there, cause I still love doing it.
4. CROCHETING! I sometimes start more than I finish, but I get there eventually. I just love making stuff from nothing but a hook & yarn.
5. My crazy ol' calico kitty's Uma and Suki. Uma is big & fat & bossy as all git out! She came across country with us when we moved from California in a little critter crate, and she is never gonna let me live that down. Suki is special. Like really special. Like dropped on her head 3 too many times special. She's mostly AJ's cat and she is skittish all day and all night, scared of her own shadow, and won't go outside for all the catnip in the world. Here she is...
And Uma (her Jedi cat name is Queen Umadallah, lol, cause we're sometimes Star Wars geeks like that) in her poncho that I made her that she totally DID NOT appreciate. Made her mad for weeks. 
6. You all out there in blogland. I'm still stumbling along here trying to make this blog about more than just my ramblings & rants and I truly love to hop from blog to blog to see whats up with you. Nobody run off and leave your blogs, got it? I depend on you for smiles, inspiration, enlightenment, & craftiness.AND NOW...I'm running around tagging:
Sabtu, 15 Agustus 2009
Questionable Behavior
In true copycat style, I am taking my lead this morning from something that I found over at Blaze N' Crochet...
1) What assumptions would a stranger make about you based on the books you read or have read?
That I'm all over the map...I have chick-lit mixed in with serious stuff & mysteries, crochet books & self-helpy stuff, and a truckload of magazines. I also do not organize my books by Title or Genre or Big to Small or Hardback/Softback. Nope, no Dewey Decimal here - I organize by color of cover. And it looks awesome, if I do say so myself. Your eyes just follow the color...
2)Do you like taking naps?
FO'SHO'!
3)What's the worst thing you've ever done with your hair?Umm...crazy color & weird shaved areas under long lengths...I could have passed for the illegitimate love child of Cyndi Lauper and Simon LeBon. (Except I don't think they are old enough...)
4)If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
Lucy
5)Do you own an object of sentimental value?
Yes, a few from previous generations...but the most meaningful is the tiny flower wreath, now dried obviously, that laid atop my baby daughter's casket.
6)Are you a night owl or a morning person?Night owl mostly. Except this morning, I was up early expecting to babysit but they cancelled...and to think I could've met up with the chicks at the coffee shop to crochet this AM. Oh well...it gave me time to clean & enjoy reading blogs while everyone else slept in.
7)If your house were on fire, what material possessions would you grab?
Alot of my pictures are online (thank you photobucket!) so I would grab clothes & pillows...sounds weird, but I think it must be so difficult in a tragedy to not at least have your own pillow when you lay down in a strange new place.
8)What is more important to you? Photographs, scrapbooks or journals?Photographs...even though most are online like I mentioned, some are not and they are precious.
9)If you saw someone commit a crime, what would you do?
Duh, call the cops. (Me too. I am sick of criminals.)
10)What songs do you sing in the shower?The Star Spangled Banner. And anything Fergie....Boom Boom Pow!
11)In what ways are you still effected by childhood problems? I am often still intimidated by father figure types. My dad was very strict and you did not question his authority at all - so even to this day I have to tell myself its okay to talk back.
12)If you could find out the truth about one thing, what would it be?If it's true that my father's first wife had a child with him and if I have a sibling out there. He was in the Army & she served him divorce papers, pregnant at the time but told him the child was not his & then disappeared. He never saw her again.
13)You are grateful for your body today because:Despite my weight gain, I am healthy & fully functioning. Well, besides my brain anyways.
14)How would you cope if you lost everything you own?How could I lose it, I keep it all in one place! LOL Sorry...okay seriously, whatever, life would go on as long as I have my family & cats.
15)What makes you laugh?My kids....they always make me smile, but they also make me belly laugh the hardest.
16)What makes you feel guilty?
Buying stuff just for me. I always think "Do I REALLY need this?" even when I really do...
17)Under what conditions would you approve of abortion?Wow, thats a heavy duty question. First off, I don't think its my place to approve or disapprove. I would certainly do my damndest to talk someone out of it because that life was created for a reason. That said, if I was unsuccessful in my talk, I would still show the person as much love as I could because I imagine there will be lots of torment & grief afterwards. I *HATE* that it is used as a method of birth control.
18)Were you ever in any school clubs (speech, drama, etc.)?Drama & Summer Stock Theater, ran on the Cross Country team
19)Describe a favorite childhood friend and something you did with her or him.Jennifer Culbertson. She was the first girl to move into our neighborhood & I finally had another girl to play with....and you know what we played? All the same stuff as the boys! Go figure. We stayed friends for years & years. I miss her.
1) What assumptions would a stranger make about you based on the books you read or have read?
That I'm all over the map...I have chick-lit mixed in with serious stuff & mysteries, crochet books & self-helpy stuff, and a truckload of magazines. I also do not organize my books by Title or Genre or Big to Small or Hardback/Softback. Nope, no Dewey Decimal here - I organize by color of cover. And it looks awesome, if I do say so myself. Your eyes just follow the color...
2)Do you like taking naps?
FO'SHO'!
3)What's the worst thing you've ever done with your hair?Umm...crazy color & weird shaved areas under long lengths...I could have passed for the illegitimate love child of Cyndi Lauper and Simon LeBon. (Except I don't think they are old enough...)
4)If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
Lucy
5)Do you own an object of sentimental value?
Yes, a few from previous generations...but the most meaningful is the tiny flower wreath, now dried obviously, that laid atop my baby daughter's casket.
6)Are you a night owl or a morning person?Night owl mostly. Except this morning, I was up early expecting to babysit but they cancelled...and to think I could've met up with the chicks at the coffee shop to crochet this AM. Oh well...it gave me time to clean & enjoy reading blogs while everyone else slept in.
7)If your house were on fire, what material possessions would you grab?
Alot of my pictures are online (thank you photobucket!) so I would grab clothes & pillows...sounds weird, but I think it must be so difficult in a tragedy to not at least have your own pillow when you lay down in a strange new place.
8)What is more important to you? Photographs, scrapbooks or journals?Photographs...even though most are online like I mentioned, some are not and they are precious.
9)If you saw someone commit a crime, what would you do?
Duh, call the cops. (Me too. I am sick of criminals.)
10)What songs do you sing in the shower?The Star Spangled Banner. And anything Fergie....Boom Boom Pow!
11)In what ways are you still effected by childhood problems? I am often still intimidated by father figure types. My dad was very strict and you did not question his authority at all - so even to this day I have to tell myself its okay to talk back.
12)If you could find out the truth about one thing, what would it be?If it's true that my father's first wife had a child with him and if I have a sibling out there. He was in the Army & she served him divorce papers, pregnant at the time but told him the child was not his & then disappeared. He never saw her again.
13)You are grateful for your body today because:Despite my weight gain, I am healthy & fully functioning. Well, besides my brain anyways.
14)How would you cope if you lost everything you own?How could I lose it, I keep it all in one place! LOL Sorry...okay seriously, whatever, life would go on as long as I have my family & cats.
15)What makes you laugh?My kids....they always make me smile, but they also make me belly laugh the hardest.
16)What makes you feel guilty?
Buying stuff just for me. I always think "Do I REALLY need this?" even when I really do...
17)Under what conditions would you approve of abortion?Wow, thats a heavy duty question. First off, I don't think its my place to approve or disapprove. I would certainly do my damndest to talk someone out of it because that life was created for a reason. That said, if I was unsuccessful in my talk, I would still show the person as much love as I could because I imagine there will be lots of torment & grief afterwards. I *HATE* that it is used as a method of birth control.
18)Were you ever in any school clubs (speech, drama, etc.)?Drama & Summer Stock Theater, ran on the Cross Country team
19)Describe a favorite childhood friend and something you did with her or him.Jennifer Culbertson. She was the first girl to move into our neighborhood & I finally had another girl to play with....and you know what we played? All the same stuff as the boys! Go figure. We stayed friends for years & years. I miss her.
Jumat, 14 Agustus 2009
WINNER of SMJ Giveaway!!!!!!
First of all, thank you to Dining Rooms Direct - home of some fabulous dining room furniture - for making this even possible!
In order to make sure each of you received all the entries you earned by either commenting, following, and/or blogging I have made more comments on your behalf to account for each entry. Does that make sense?
Basically, I followed Shana's lead - she made a seperate comment to account for each entry she earned, which for her was a total of 8. This, I have since learned, is a super smart way to enter a giveaway because it helps tally everything up fair & square.
If you commented & named an item you loved from the website you earned (one) 1 POINT.
If you became/already were a Follower you earned another (two) 2 POINTS.
If you blogged about my giveaway you earned another (five) 5 POINTS.
So...depending on how many entries you earned, I made sure there was a comment for each entry, which then created a comment number. Doing this makes it possible for me to use the super duper fair & totally random number picker to determine the WINNER.
Are ya pickin' up what I'm puttin' down? Moppin' what I'm spillin'? Seein' what I'm sayin'?
Sorry if I am being nerdy in my explanation, but it's my first time doing this and I just want to be all accurate & everything, for your benefit, k? K!
AND NOW...after much-ado by my wordy self...LET DO DIS'!
Basically, I followed Shana's lead - she made a seperate comment to account for each entry she earned, which for her was a total of 8. This, I have since learned, is a super smart way to enter a giveaway because it helps tally everything up fair & square.
If you commented & named an item you loved from the website you earned (one) 1 POINT.
If you became/already were a Follower you earned another (two) 2 POINTS.
If you blogged about my giveaway you earned another (five) 5 POINTS.
So...depending on how many entries you earned, I made sure there was a comment for each entry, which then created a comment number. Doing this makes it possible for me to use the super duper fair & totally random number picker to determine the WINNER.
Are ya pickin' up what I'm puttin' down? Moppin' what I'm spillin'? Seein' what I'm sayin'?
Sorry if I am being nerdy in my explanation, but it's my first time doing this and I just want to be all accurate & everything, for your benefit, k? K!
AND NOW...after much-ado by my wordy self...LET DO DIS'!
True Random Number Generator
Min: 1
Max: 39
Result:
25
Powered by RANDOM.ORG
AND THE WINNER IS.....
Congrats Gloria - please email me your address so that I can provide it to Suzanne at Dining Rooms Direct - she will then mail you the Paula Deen Pie Bakeware!!! Please let us know when you get it & take pictures for us! I can't wait to see it!!!
Kamis, 13 Agustus 2009
Mama Needs Motif-vation
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You know what I love about motifs? They are so easy to make in a short period of time. Perfect on-the-go projects because you aren't lugging around a heckuva lot. Also, they tend to be more intricate and appealing.
You know what I don't love about motifs? Attaching them all together. Even laying them out presents issues for me. Let's not even discuss all the weaving in of ends.
Are you this way too?
What do you do?
What motif-vates you to complete these projects pray-tell?
I've made stacks of these darling hot pink motifs and would rather pluck every single cat hair off every single square inch of my sofa than sit down and behave and put them together like a good crocheter.
You know what I love about motifs? They are so easy to make in a short period of time. Perfect on-the-go projects because you aren't lugging around a heckuva lot. Also, they tend to be more intricate and appealing.
You know what I don't love about motifs? Attaching them all together. Even laying them out presents issues for me. Let's not even discuss all the weaving in of ends.
Are you this way too?
What do you do?
What motif-vates you to complete these projects pray-tell?
I've made stacks of these darling hot pink motifs and would rather pluck every single cat hair off every single square inch of my sofa than sit down and behave and put them together like a good crocheter.
Rabu, 12 Agustus 2009
Layout Commitment Issues, $imon, BAM!
Sorry for being such a maniac with the background today. I don't know why but I can't seem to decide how I really want this thing to look. I made my banner moi-self, then gave in & snagged the background. Even as I copied & pasted these very codes I had thoughts of doubt & dissatisfaction. Sometimes there is just no pleasin' me.
I promise I am not trying to be annoying on purpose. It just sort of comes naturally.
ANYWAYS...
What in the world is up with Simon Cowell getting 45million...MILLION!!!!...dollars a year for the next 3 years? Just for being an ornery sharp toungued meanie big mouth on American Idol? Really?
This upsets me you guys, and I'll tell you why:
A. I don't think I can take 3 more years of AI.
B. I don't think I can take 3 more years of AI.
C. I don't think I can take 3 more years of AI.
Also? I'm not entirely convinced he's worth it.
You know who WOULD be worth it? Bam Margera.
OK, so maybe Bam's not exactly the perfect fit for American Idol but I had to find a way to bring him up because we saw him this past weekend in Virginia Beach.
Most people talk about having an inner child. Me, well I have an inner teenager and she's got an unexplainable schoolgirl crush on this skateboardin' fool from West Chester, PA.
I promise I am not trying to be annoying on purpose. It just sort of comes naturally.
ANYWAYS...
What in the world is up with Simon Cowell getting 45million...MILLION!!!!...dollars a year for the next 3 years? Just for being an ornery sharp toungued meanie big mouth on American Idol? Really?
This upsets me you guys, and I'll tell you why:
A. I don't think I can take 3 more years of AI.
B. I don't think I can take 3 more years of AI.
C. I don't think I can take 3 more years of AI.
Also? I'm not entirely convinced he's worth it.
You know who WOULD be worth it? Bam Margera.
OK, so maybe Bam's not exactly the perfect fit for American Idol but I had to find a way to bring him up because we saw him this past weekend in Virginia Beach.
Most people talk about having an inner child. Me, well I have an inner teenager and she's got an unexplainable schoolgirl crush on this skateboardin' fool from West Chester, PA.
LOOK! It's the PURPLE LAMBO!!!!
My husband thinks I've fallen off my rocker a little harder than usual...and let me tell you he had no shame in his game selling me out to folks. Like the guy behind us in the tshirt line who had no idea who "this Bam-character" was, he was just there for his kiddo's. Do you think Mr. Jones could just smile & agree? NO! He fully embarrassed me to all within earshot by saying "Well we're here because MY WIFE wanted to come."
It's going to take me some time to get him back for that.
PS: Have you entered my giveaway?
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