Such generous bloggers....

One of the things I love about blogging is the generosity of bloggers. The give-aways they have are simply amazing. Like the one I just won from Sherri :-)

Another awesome give-away was announced over at Melissa's Heart and Home. Look at all teh lovely stuff (above) that she is giving away.!

I've only known Melissa for a few short months but I love her blog. She openly shares not only 'herself' (she's one of those bloggers you just know you'd love to meet in the real world and become great friends and neighbors with) but her lovely home too. Her decorating style is so 'me', I love it :-) I could surf her blog for hours.... but of course I don't, I mean I don't want her to think I'm weird or anything!! But despite the fact I just won a wonderful give-away, I couldn't resist entering for this one too. Part of me feels guilty, but part of me thinks I won't win anyway, so where's the harm, and then there's the part of me that says 'if I do win, then I will have to host another give-away on my blog to 'pay it forward' so to speak, then I won't feel guilty at all :-)

SO, hop on over to Melissa's blog and enter for your chance to win too.

Halloween Pics

Here are a few more photos from our fun night last night.

It was such a warm sunny day so we decided we'd set up a table out in the cul-de-sac and grill hotdogs and put out some 'munchies'. Cheryl, ever the gracious host even offered 'dogs' to the trick or treaters (and the parents that came with them) :-)

The deviled eggs I made were a big hit with everyone.....

and of course the kids loved the cupcakes Kristen and I had made earlier that afternoon....

Watch out, the prisoner is on the loose again. . . .

he was on the lookout for any dropped hotdogs!

Here's Kristen home from her trick or treating....

Look at all that 'loot'!

Hope you all had a fun night too. So.... next up is Kristen's birthday party, then Thanksgiving!

Just a quick pic

We had a fun night last night. This morning I'm getting ready for church (haven't been in many weeks!). And because the clocks went back last night it means I can make the early service.

Just wanted to share one little pic with you before I head out, and I'll post lots more later today.

Kristen was dressed as a wolf this year. Not the big bad wolf, or a werewolf, just a 'nice' wolf. She is fascinated by the 'real' creatures and likes to read books about them and see them at the zoo!

Happy Halloween!

Meet Prisoner K98URSHOOS!! (get it K9 8 your shoes!) LOL it took me a while I must admit ;-)

Kristen bought Boo a costume for this year! He's never had one before so he's not used to wearing shirts and hats. He doesn't seem to mind wearing the shirt but the hat doesn't stay on for long!

Here's wishing you all a fun and safe halloween night with your little goblins. You'll have to wait until tomorrow for pictures of Kristen this year ;-) I'll leave you with a sweet blast from the past.... her first halloween costume (she was 11 months old!)

What to blog? and a BIG thank you!

There are some days I just don't know what to blog about. I think I worry too much that my blog might be boring, and it stops me from writing a post at all .... that was kind of the case the past couple of days.

When I'm not blogging I'm usually knitting :-) And I've been knitting a lot of 'little' things lately. I usually just post my knitting projects on my knitting blog, but because knitting is a part of my every day life, I decided to share today what's been on my needles this week (just now and again, cos, ya know, I don't want to bore you!) ;-)

So, here's the 'little' things I've been knitting this week. . . .

As you can see, they are hat and scarf sets for your wine bottles! Celebrate in Style!

The stripey ones are knit in our local college football 'Texas Longhorn' colors :-) I am thinking of selling them at the craft fairs I go to with Cheryl? Of course the Santa one looks cute for this time of year, and I'm also working on a pink one and a blue one (with some G-I-R-L letters, and one for Boys too) to celebrate the birth of a new baby! I thought they'd look cute around a bottle of Champagne.

I'm also working on some hat and scarf sets for kids (again in college football colors, and the 'rivals' colors!). So, we'll see - they might sell, they might not!

I want to give a BIG personal thank you to Sherri at Sharing with Sherri. Remember I won her pretty Fall Giveaway last week. Well my goodies arrived last Saturday! (Last Saturday, and I'm only blogging about it now - bad blogger!) Sherri kindly sent the package priority mail and it was here before I knew it. Oh my, the goodies in it were so nice... (here's the picture from Sherri's blog)

Here's me wearing my new apron. I just LOVE this, and it is sewn beautifully. I will be wearing it all through Fall and Thanksgiving.

Those copper measuring cups are awesome, I love them and want hubby to hang them up for me somewhere, I just haven't decided where yet. And the tin was full of lovely teas and coffees and hot chocolate, can't wait to try all of them :-) Thank you again Sherri, your generosity knows no bounds.

Have a wonderful Friday ya'll ;-) If you stop by for a visit, please leave a comment and say hi, I'd love to return the visit if you have a blog.

Behind again....

Goodness! Why can't I keep up around here? I missed doing a post yesterday for 'Posh Porches', but then I figured I'd already shown you my porch decorated for Halloween, so I didn't worry too much about it. Here we are, Tuesday already and I don't have a recipe to share with you either!

I'm just gonna say hello :-) It's a lovely sunny morning today, much different than yesterday when it was pouring with rain and very dark when we went out to school. Today Kristen is home 'sick'! But thankfully she's not really sick? Her tummy was hurting her this morning, that is usually a sign of bad eating (don't I just feel like a very bad Mommy) gas and constipation (sorry for the tmi). I thought she would be ok in half an hour or so and I was right, she feels fine now, but this morning she could hardly stand up to get ready her tummy was hurting so bad. So now school for her today, which means no play time tonight outside with friends (that's just my rules) and I'll be making sure we get some healthy food in us today ;-)

Now I have to get on and clean house and catch up with a million other things I feel behind on. Hopefully I'll have time for blog-hopping later.

And the winner is.....

We did it the old fashioned way - placed names in a hat (and extra entries where appropriate) and pulled out a name. The winner is . . . . . . Jessica of The Pelkey's Place

Congratulations Jessica, can you email me your address so I can get your prize mailed out to you :-)

(denise@deniseschulz.com)