It’s about time. . .

OK, so enough of this procrastination! The house work is getting done, laundry is up to date (sort of), kitchen is tidy (sort of), I have craft stuff I’ve put to one side since before Christmas and it’s about time I got it out! I have things I can list in my Etsy shop if I would only get some photos taken, I have material to sew more aprons, if I would only plug in my sewing machine – you get the idea . . . it’s TIME to get moving.

Today I started making more tea cup bird feeders. I’ll be listing them soon.

Spring is on it’s way and I think these will be a great seller as everyone starts getting out in to their garden more and clearing up flower beds (something else I need to start doing), and of course Mothers Day is just around, what great gifts these make.

I have also listed two pretty aprons in my Etsy shop . . .

I bought some cute material a few weeks ago and will finally get out my sewing machine again and start making more. The next aprons will be a little bigger , without the flower and longer ties to wrap around the front.

So, if I get on and ‘do stuff’, then I’ll have more ‘stuff’ to blog about right? RIGHT!

What to post about?

I’m seriously having writers block here. It’s hard to post about stuff when you don’t do stuff!!!! Just wanted to let you know that I’m still around, trying to read blogs and comment, but I have nothing to share with you here :-(

I’ll have to put my thinking cap on! All my days are filled with laundry, house cleaning, eating ‘healthy’ lunches, making ‘healthy’ dinners, walking on my treadmill going to the grocery store and knitting! Doesn’t make for a very interesting read!

I’m sure I’ll have more to post about as the weather warms up and I get off my butt and get outside more, but until then, well there’s always my Healthy Blog or Knitting Blog to check up on too ;-) Sometimes I KNOW what to post about there!

Thanks for sticking around :-)

Who’s been playing with my camera?!

Believe it or not, Kristen took ALL of these photos this past week! She wanted to play with my camera and when she showed me the pictures she had taken, I just had to laugh out loud . . .

I bought this soft ‘beer bottle’ toy for Boo at Christmas.. urmm, I mean ‘Santa Paws’ left it in his stocking for him! When you squeeze it, it makes a sound like a can of beer cracking open! and then it sounds like it’s being poured :-)

What made me laugh even more was Kristen giving me a running commentary as I looked at the photos, saying something about a new beer for dogs . . .

“your dog will love it so much he’ll want to sleep with it” she said

“and he’ll even bring you one too!”

What can I say?!

Definitely in need of a hair cut… but you gotta admit, he’s cute!

they BOTH are :-)

CSN Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered the CSN Giveaway. The lucky winner of the $40 gift card is

ERIN from Little Texas Love Nest

 

 

Congratulations Erin, I will email you with your gift card info.

The Winner. . .

that would be ME!!!  Not for the CSN giveaway – I’ll post the winner for that tomorrow:-)  I was the lucky winner of Debbie’s ‘personal’ giveaway a couple of weeks ago, and last week a lovely parcel arrived from Debbie. I just didn’t get a chance to post pictures because of having Kristen home sick every day.

When I opened the box, this pretty bag was inside.

And these were the pretty little goodies inside!

I just love the cheese platter and knife, can’t wait to use this at our next wine and cheese night :-)

here’s a close up of the pretty necklace, it’s so ‘feminine’ I just love it.

   Can you tell I like the word ‘pretty’ ;-)   Thank you Debbie for your generosity, and for sharing your life with us on your great blog.

You still have time to enter to win $40 to spend at the CSN online stores. CLICK HERE if you haven’t already left a comment.

Back to Normal!

Kristen has been off school sick since last Tuesday, today is the first day back at school! I don’t like that she was off for so long, but she was running a fever so I couldn’t send her in. Monday she was fine, I went to her Valentine’s Day party at school, then I took her to see the Justin Bieber movie (which I thought was really good, and which she absolutely loved). Monday night she came in to my room and said she couldn’t get to sleep? We got up as usual on Tuesday morning at 6.30 but she seemed so weary and just flopped on the sofa. She didn’t look too good either, so I took her temperature. It was over 100! I decided to keep her off incase she was starting to get really sick, and I was praying she wasn’t getting flu. Her friend Emily’s little brother had it the week before and had been hospitalized for two days with pneumonia :-(

So, we had a quiet Monday, she watched tv on the sofa, didn’t eat much, had Tylenol and slept with me again that night. The next day …. same thing! Still a fever but no other symptoms. This went on all week. We are told not to send the kids to school until they have been fever free (without meds) for 24 hours. Friday morning was the first day her temp went down to 98 without any meds! I’m just glad she didn’t get anything worse than a fever and a little tired. Her appetite still isn’t that good either, but she’s been ok over the weekend so I’ve taken her to school today.

I’m saying all this because that is why I haven’t posted anything since last Wednesday! I’m about to make my menu plan for this week and head up to the grocery store. I have a lot to catch up with around the house too.

I’ll be back tomorrow with pictures and a brighter post!

CSN $40 Giveaway!

I was contacted recently by CSN Stores and asked if I would like to do a review or giveaway on my blog. If I did a review I would get a $40 gift certificate to spend at their online store. If I did a giveaway YOU would get the chance to win a $40 gift certificate to spend at their store! It wasn’t a difficult decision – I chose the giveaway!

I’ve seen other giveaways for CSN Shopping and have looked around their site and entered. With over 200 online stores, they have everything from Modern Office Furniture to cute shoes and stylish picnic baskets!

These ones in particular caught my eye!

 

Modern technology never ceases to amaze me – to think that we can sit at our computers  in our pj’s no less and shop for desks and chairs and anything else we need without leaving the comfort of our own homes – yes, Amazing!

One lucky reader will be chosen at random one week from today (Feb 23).  

To enter for this giveaway,

1) leave me a comment  on THIS post. 

2) mention this giveaway on your blog .

3) become a follower of my blog (if you already follow, mention that in your comment for an extra entry).

That’s 3 chances of winning!  Good Luck.