Sweet!

 My Aunt ROCKS!!!

I had such a sweet surprise today! My Aunt Lynda called and said she had "a little something" for me! It "wasn't much" she said... She came in to deliver my "little something" and this is what it was....

Everything I need to make German Pecan Drop Cookies

This is more than "a little something" and the PERFECT gift for me!!

 Here is everything that was in it... Right down to the cookie sheet!

What is that little red box you ask?? It is "1 dozen home made German Pecan Drop Cookies to enjoy until you have time to bake your own" 

Oh yeah... that's what I'm talking about!!

What a TREAT!! Thank you SO MUCH Aunt Lynda!!

You MADE MY DAY!!!

Kiddos

Oh, how time flies...

This picture was taken September 15, 2009

This picture was taken September 23, 2010

Almost exactly a year apart... they GROW SO FAST!

Sedum

We had sedum plants across the front of our house...

I didn't like them at all...

They were big and bushy and attracted tons of bees and bugs to the point that I didn't want to use my front door. Granted these are beautiful plants, they are just not something that I like...

SO... AWAY THEY WENT!

 Dad came over and helped Andrew dig them up. They are going to go live at my parents house! Then they pulled up the plastic and worked the ground to prepare it for next year.

One step closer in our "home improvements!"

Thanks again Dad! You were a HUGE HELP!!!

Going, Going...

GONE!

Your voices have been heard!

My Playlist is...

GONE!

Thank you all for your input! I was pleasantly surprised that people actually stop by and check on my blog! I actually didn't really care about the music. I often found myself shutting it off for the same reasons as most of you!

Thank you everyone!

Stay or Go??

My dearest followers... hahaha... just kidding... I don't even know if anyone follows me! BUT... if you are out there... LET ME KNOW!!!!

Stay or Go?

No... I am not talking about my blog... I am talking about the music that plays automatically when you visit me. 

Stay or Go?

Is it fun? Annoying? What?

Do you just scroll down and turn it off as I often find myself doing? 

Stay or Go?

(CONFESSION: I also kind of want to see if anyone even reads my blog)

GUTTED

So... Last Wednesday, October 27, I was GUTTED...

I had surgery to remove both my gallbladder and my appendix.

They both had STONES in them.

Recovery is going well. I have been doing my best to get up and be moving... which has helped. I still feel like someone picked me up and shook me as hard as they could, displacing all my organs...and I guess removing some too! I have 7 holes in my abdomen...

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I have been SO LUCKY to have such AMAZING people around that care SO MUCH! My Mom stayed by my side practically from 6:30 Wednesday morning until 6:30 Saturday night. She was the one who made sure I got up and moved, and took my pain meds (which I HATE)... THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I have also had so many people call and check on my, come visit, bring dinner, and their babies to make me smile! 

All in all, surgery sucks... but I have people around who make it ok!

THANK YOU!

Lucky 13!

We had SO MUCH FUN this weekend! 

Saturday was Justin's birthday and we wanted to do something fun to celebrate! Joe & Jodi came with us last year to Long Acre Farms... and that is what we decided to do! 

TRADITION!

So... here is a picture of this years maze!

LUCKY 13

From the website: "The Amazing Maize Maze is much more than a walk through the corn.  It is a 5 acre game with 2 1/2 miles of paths, music piped throughout, 2 bridges, a tower, 12 hidden mailboxes, 12 "Kernels of Knowledge", and of course groups of people having fun."

TEAM WINNERS!

 TEAM LOSERS!

Yes... the boys decided to cheat again this year! We were in the middle of the maze when we got a phone call from the boys saying "we accidently found the end... but we didn't collect all the pieces..." Well... they wanted to be done. Granted it was dark and raining... but still! We collected more pieces to the map, this making us, the girls, the WINNERS!!!

SO MUCH FUN!

Justin, I hope you had a GREAT!

Happy Birthday!

Love

I LOVE this little girl!

This was nap time at my house yesterday!

 How CUTE is this little BUM!!

And my FAVORITE... look at her little FEET!

I LOVE YOU BEAN!

Spice Rack...

So... when i was registering for our wedding, I decided we just couldn't live without this SPICE RACK! I really like it! It spins and everything!

Well, we got it!! And it immediately took place on the kitchen counter!

There it sat... and sat... and sat... I NEVER used it!

(ok... that is not true... I used it a couple of times)

I was heart broken... I love this thing, and my cousin paid good money for it... I couldn't get rid of it or give it away...

SO... I decided to give it a little lift!

 

I took all the jars out. Emptied their contents... washed and sanitized them and their lids... and got them ready for their new life!

You all know I love to bake... so I made it into a

SPRINKLE RACK!!!

Getting everything ready...

 my funnel would not have fit... so i just cut a paper cup, which ended up being really nice because I could then squeeze it and pour the rest in!

 Side view!

LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!!!

Ahhh... I just can't wait to make something!!

 My SPRINKLES... Colored sugar, hearts, polka dots, black cats, regular sprinkles, metallic sprinkles, pearly white sprinkles!!!

And here is the finished product!!!

From SPICE RACK to SPRINKLE RACK!!!

I LOVE IT!!!

now, I just need to make cute labels for the tops!

DUM DUM DUMB

This is me...

I am SO DUMB!

Yes.... I am feeling pretty stupid tonight.

Last year I surprised Andrew with a MEMORY FOAM Mattress for our bed. I was so excited and wanted to get it on the bed really fast before he got home to surprise him!

My mom helped me get the cover on in and set it up!

Ok, I have to admit... I thought it was pretty comfortable! Really... I was impressed! It was a great improvement from what we were sleeping on.

So... time passes... life gets busy.

We move. I roll up the Memory Foam and take it. I set it up in our new hose. Bed continues to be comfortable.

Today I came home from the Women's Conference in the mood to clean. I stripped the bed and threw the sheets in the wash. Then I decided I could probably handle pulling that cover off and washing it. (please don't think I am nasty... i never thought to take it off before... it was always covered with a sheet... ugh.) 

As I pull the cover off I noticed something interesting. The mattress is 1/2 yellow & 1/2 blue. YES... it is 1/2 FOAM and 1/2 MEMORY FOAM! ... 

FOLKS: WE HAVE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE FOAM.

That nice blue memory foam has been sweetly cushioning our mattress... not our bodies...

can you believe it?

WOW!

So here is the direction we are facing now... MEMORY FOAM UP!

I CANNOT WAIT TO SLEEP IN IT TONIGHT!!!

It will be our FIRST NIGHT on MEMORY FOAM!!!