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As I said it has been a busy few months. First we are so excited to announce that we are GRANDPARENTS! Woo Hoo!! Our daughter delivered Landon Reilly Johnson, April 5,2010.He weighed 8lbs 14 oz & was 22 inches long. He is so unbelievably gorgeous (if I do say so myself). He looks so much like her when she was first born & so much like her brother. His lips are definitely his dads. It is crazy

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Wow its been forever & I have a lot to post about. I will be back tomorrow with all the news & projects in the works. I always seem to be apologizing for my absences. I am truly sorry that life seems to interrupt me at times. It gets a little overwhelming at times & unfortunately my blog is the last to be tended to. I will be back tomorrow to catch you up. Until tomorrow....toodles

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WooHoo I finally got this darn thing done. It was fun putting it together. She loved it! Here are the pics of each page. Enjoy! I am also going to post pics of the cupcakes and cookies I made for my daughter's work shower. We made the little monogram picks from my HUGE collection of stamps and punches. I went and purchased a baby set of cookie cutters from Hobby Lobby. Gotta love the 40%

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*Warning...Pics are horrible...I really need to take a class...get a background or something...SHEESH! Anyways, here is the GLAM cake & cupcakes I did for hubby's co-worker. She is such a girly girl I ran with it. The pictures really dont do it justice at all. She loved it. She's leaving on a girlfriend getaway & wants to figure out how to take it on the plane. Not sure how that one will pan

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at the page I did for Landon's scrapbook. I love how it turned out. It is kind of busy but I still love it. :) I just have to get the shower scrapped now. So much to do. I've also been looking at wipey cases & how to decorate those. I guess its the new rage. We never had those things when my kids were young. It's amazing all the new gadgets they have for making life easier. I know this is

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Crazy & Hectic pretty much sums it up around here. lol This is how we spent lastnight..... Yes, in labor & delivery. Tarynn has been having pain for a few days. She contacted her OB/GYN & they recommended she go in & be checked. She was already dilated to one.  As us mothers know it can still be a long road to delivery from there. So they checked her out & gave her something to help her

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Wow it has been hectic around here. I had the cake order for Brice's 15th B-day party & my daughter's Baby Shower. It has been non-stop.I wanted to share the cake I did for Brice. I also did cupcakes & cookies for her Girls Night Out.It was very bright & shiny. lol I was afraid it was too crazy but she liked it.The week before that I hosted Tarynn's "Rock Out" Baby Shower. It came out so cool. It

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I missed a day...I'm so sorry. I have been sick with a horrible cough & it finally took its toll on me.Today we experienced our first ice storm. It was kind of neat to see. I'm quite sure my hubby would not share my enthusiasm at all. He went ahead and trudged into work to find only a handful of people actually showed up. We lived in northern Idaho & have seen our share of SNOW. I can honestly

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I told you I'd be back. lol If you did'nt already know we are expecting our first grandbaby in March. We are over the moon excited. His name will be Landon. I cannot wait to hold this baby. I have a feeling he will be a big baby. My daughter is huge. She gets asked almost daily if she's having twins. lol So far they have only seen one. :)We have been planning her baby shower for quite awhile. We

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That's all I can really say. I'm exhausted & cant seem to find the motivation I need to get going.The holidays took us by storm. We had a houseful. It was so nice spending our holidays with family & friends.I cant believe that I let so much time go by without posting.Well I am going to get back on track with a new year starting & lots of new changes for our family.The next event we have is

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I wanted to share with you the newest ornies I completed. The penguin ornie I adapted from a Threadbare Primitives. I love her patterns & have adapted many to suit my current needs. I am really loving how the penguin turned out.We have been busy as bees here trying to get ready for our family to come. The count right now is 6 guests. Not exactly sure where we will stack them. LOL I told hubby we

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Lets get ready to decorate! lol I cant believe Thanksgiving is over in a blink of an eye...GONE! We had our first "Official" T-Day dinner with invited guests (can you believe it....invited & they came.) Seriously though, we had an amazing day. Everything went off without a hitch. It was kind of scary. Our daughter Tarynn's boyfriend's family (are you lost yet?) came for dinner. It was really

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Well I have four of the six ornies done. I loved making them. It's always fun working on Christmas goodies. I also love the fact that I can sit with the family & stitch while they watchtv or take it on the go in the car. Since I made a few extra....if anyone would like to purchase any of these cuties, just message me. I can take a handful of requests so I have time to get them to you to enjoy

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I was right. It's going to be a boy. They have the name Landon picked out. Tarynn came by with her MIL & brought a balloon & a blue carnation. It was a super cute way to announce it. Here are the quick pics we snapped. They are'nt the best but we have something for the scrapbook. :) My santa is just about finished. I should have the pic tomorrow to post. Then I think I will move to the moose. He

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Is'nt she adorable? My friend Leanne is hosting this months giveaway at our CPLG (Country & Primitive Ladies Group) Blog here. She has made this adorable doll & a handful of cookie recipes. Who cant use cookie recipes this time of year. All you have to do is go over to our CPLG blog & follow the directions to have your name submitted to the drawing. I already went over & entered. So go....dont

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Hello Blogland~I survived the weekend. My daughter & I were in a contest here locally called the Diamond Dash. It was set up like a mini Amazing Race. You had to write a letter telling why you should be picked. I wrote about my daughter and her unselfishness & her willing to help out others. So we did get accepted & were ready for the challenge. The race had 250 teams competing for a $12.000.00

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Hi Everyone~I wanted to share with you a crafty card I made for a recent baby shower. The girl having the shower is having a boy. They are decorating his room with the Browning Deer logo & her colors are lt. blue & brown. I wanted to make a special & unique card for her. First off, I had never heard of Browning Deer only the all favorite John Deere lol. So I scouted out some ideas online & came

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We were so looking forward to Halloween this year. It was kind of a bummer in the end. My hubby LOVES halloween. It is his favorite holiday of all. He has collected body parts, spider webs & all things creepy just for this one day. He was beyond thrilled when we moved into our new house. Finally, a yard that would work with the plans that he had. He went out & purchased products at the man candy

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I thought I would share this fun project that we did to some of our friends here in town. We went & Boo'd them. We had been Boo'd a couple years back when we lived in Idaho. We got such a kick out of it that we have wanted to do it ever since. These are the cute little gifts that we made up of stuff that I had in my craft room. It was great for once I did'nt have to go buy something to complete a

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I am so sorry for the long break. Life just kind of takes over at times. Blogging just seems to get put on the back burner. I owe you all a months full of catch up. So I think I left off with Travis' B-day. We had a great day full of special surprises for him. We started at 9 a.m. & didnt get home until about 9 p.m. It was all worth it. So lets get to the days events. We headed down to the

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I'm going to write this today knowing it wont publish until tomorrow 10/3/09.October 3rd is my Travy's birthday. He is going to be 12 yrs old. It just seemslike yesterday that we were at the hospital having him. He had a rough start in life..many complications but you would never know that now. He is the happiest, kindest & funniest kid I know. Ok, so I am a little biased. No really he is a great

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gone. It was a nice relaxing one. We had friends come over & play the WII. We have a bunch of addicts on our hands. It is so fun to watch people play. They are so animated & really get into it. I made Sloppy Dawgs from the Rachel Ray show. Oh my gosh they were good & a big hit. So stinkin easy to make too. You have to go over & steal the recipe & try em out.My girlfriend's horse got sick this

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ll the birthday went off without a hitch. He had a great day at work. Our daughter got him a huge bouquet of balloons. His co-workers got him a very nice card & Best Buy gift card. Now what man wouldn't be happy with that? The chocolate cupcakes with mocha/caramel mousse filling were a hit. In fact, I got an order for a dozen this friday. I'm rather excited! He LOVED the fish tacos too. I have to

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Today is Jim's birthday. The big 39! I cannot wait till next year....we are so throwing an Over The Hill Party! Every birthday the guest of honor gets to choose their dinner of choice. It looks as if I will be making fish tacos with all the fixins. They are soooooooo yummy. I am so lucky to have him. He is a wonderful man that makes me laugh each & every day. He is kind, compassionate & would

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I finally got the dollie done for Tarynn's friend. It was going along with the black & pink pop-up album. She came out so cute. She is so tiny all of 5" total. I hope she likes the gifts. I even added a pic of the tag I made. I thought it was cute. LOL I'm throwing in another picture of a kitty doll that I started when we were living in Idaho. I unpacked her & want to finish up her last details.

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and a few more to go....Seems to be my personal motto these days. I really have strived to get things done & finished up so I can share here with you all. It seems my heart is in the right place but my motivation isn't. I have the pop up album done for a friend at Tarynn's work. I love how it came out. I love the black, white & pink combo together. I am almost done with her lil' dollie too.

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*YIPPEE* its friday & a holiday weekend! So looking forward to spending those three days with my family. The hubs has been putting in a lot of overtime & I know I am ready for him to be home (I'm pretty sure he is ready too. LOL) We plan on doing some shopping for some home furnishings. Slowly but surely we are getting the house put together. I didn't realize how many things I tossed & have had

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I wanted to update everyone on my weight loss since surgery. It has been five months & I have lost 50lbs. I am extremely excited. It does seem a little slow, but I really cant complain. My goal now that we moved is to get active. I really need to walk & swim. So I will be scouting out some areas where I can accomplish that. My hubby takes pics every month to see my progression. Unfortunately, the

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I finally got my Halloween/Fall Banner Garland listed in my Etsy shop. I feel a little sense of sccomplishment. I have been working on this banner for quite some time. I wanted to make it reversible. In doing that it had to be put together just right. I really love how it turned out. I only wish I had a fireplace to put it on. I have to admit again, I wouldn't mind holding on to this one. I

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gross! I'm not sure if I mentioned that I HATE REPTILES! I hate them with a passion, Doesn't matter what they are snakes, lizards etc. Knowing that we were moving to the south I had been warned that they have all kind of eebie jeebies here. Not fun! Ok, I can handle my share of bugs. I dont like them, but I can tolerate them. I'm not sure if I told you the story from a week or so ago about the

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Yes, I finally got my two little cuties done for the "Falloween" launch on Ebay. Yay! It was so good to dig into my stashes of patterns, fabrics & oodles of goodies. I wanted to share a peek at them. You can click on the "Falloween" link above & it will take you to our page on Ebay. Please hop on over there & check out everyone's creations. I am so wanting to keep my two little dollies to put up

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Well yesterday was the first day of school. My baby started the sixth grade. :( Gosh I remember his first day of school getting on that yellow bus looking so tiny in comparison. He's my last one & I just remember how fast it went for Tarynn & Taylor once they hit junior high. He's gonna be gone before I blink. It makes me sad to think that I am heading into a new season of life without my kids

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I have to apologize for my lack of postings. I am still fighting with dial up. Oh my gosh I could just throw this computer through the window. Hubby is still trying to get our wireless card so we can resume at normal speed. This thing now is far from normal. So anyways, on to good stuff. I am super excited! I reached a goal of 50lbs. Yes, I have lost 50lbs since surgery. YIPPEE! It is very

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Yes, we finally made it to the south. Boy they were'nt kidding when they said it was hot & humid. It really has'nt been as hard to take as I thought it would be. Now the bugs, frogs, lizards & snakes are a whole nother story. LOL I hate anything that is reptile related. It just gives me the eebie jeebies. So far I have been eaten alive by skeeters & what we think are chiggers. Its just plain ol

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Travis was invited to a birthday party at the beach this week. You know how in your busy life you sometimes get overwhelmed & dread having to fulfill obligations. I was kind of dreading the party thinking of all the things that I could be doing in that time frame. Well, I am so glad we went. I even got to drag the hubs with me (mind you he hates the beach....sand yuck!).Surprisingly enough, we

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This weekend is the Bulls Only Rodeo. It is so weird to think that my brother has officially retired from it. Every year for the last umpteen years he says, "this is my last." This year he stuck to his word. It is kind of sad to see him stop, but nice to see him not go home broken & bruised by yet another wild horse. He has plenty of broken bones, scars & missing teeth from this sport they call

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I have to share my day yesterday. I made some plans for running to some quilt stores to look at wool. As I sat at the computer figuring out my stops & such my son Travis walks in. He says, "Mom can we go to lunch at Olive Garden?" I said, "Well I was gonna run around, why?" He says, "I just wanted you & me to go there cuz I like it & Sissy used to work there." Well how can a mother say no to

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Ok I got more goodies to share. I was running around the other day with no intention of going to the quilt store (really I didnt *wink*). I was killing time waiting for our kitty to get groomed. I already told you I ♥ fall. When I stumbled upon this fabric I knew it had to be mine. hahaha I am seeing raggedy doll dresses. Yep! The other goodies that snuck into my basket were this halloween panel

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This was the view from our front porch tonight. Just beautiful isnt it? I ♥ sunsets. They make me happy. You could be having the worse day ever & look at this & it all just melts away. I willmiss this view but look forward to new views in a different part of the country. Not much to write about today. I am trying to get last minute things in place for moving. Ready to hit my big comfy bed & just

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Yes, I am ready for fall. I am one of these weird people who HATES summer. So on my little outing yesterday to the quilt store I found these yummies. Two of the patterns are Myra Mahy of Country Faces. I have loved her stuff as far back as the early 90's. I have done several of her tole painting projects. The other pattern is from Suzanne's Art House. They had the pumpkin & pinwheel quilt hanging

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without me keeping up! Hahaha Where does the time go? I just cant seem to keep up with all the day to day things that need to be done. A lot has happened in the last few months. I'm not even sure where to begin. A few months back I bought a few lottery tickets. Now mind you, I dont usually do that. About my 2nd ticket in I scratched it & could'nt believe my eyes. I had won. It was so exciting! We

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I have always had a fondness for all the altered art out there. I decided to give it a try this last week. So here are the pics of the wooden tags I created for my daughter Tarynn & Brittney(my 2nd daughter). They have decided to do the American Diabetes Association Walk. I thought it would be cute to make these tags to pin on their shirts somewhere. After completing them I knew they would be to

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You know I mentioned Kathy being here for our quilting retreat weekend? Well her sister in law Joan made this for us for dinner. I was blown away. I have to admit, I am not a big chili person and white chili....lets just say, I wouldnt be first in line for it. Boy was I mistaken! I am so thankful that I was visiting & wouldnt consider turning down dinner after graciously being invited. The

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get caught up. :) It has been a crazy month or two. Some of you that know me know that I have been trying to have WLS (weight loss surgery)for quite some time. I was finally approved. It all kind of took off quickly after that. HahahaThey approved me for surgery & had me scheduled in a matter of a week. It was crazy fast. So as of March 31st I am now on the path to healthier living WooHoo! The

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**Well this draft has been sitting in my inbox for just about a month. I am gonna go ahead & post it & move forward to whats new....boy has there been a lot going on. Ü Hi Family & Friends~Life has been heavenly the last couple of weeks. My son came home & I am on cloud nine. It is so exciting to see him & hug him in person. He has'nt changed to much physically, but mentally he has. He is still

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Two posts today. Write it on the calendar because it probably wont happen again in this lifetime. Hahaha Since I have the crown for being the worst blogger ever! I told you a few days back that I was working on a mini album for my future daughter in law Sammy. I got it finished & wanted to share it with you. It came out cuter than I had imagined. I think she will love it since all the pics

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Today is my son Taylor's (or as we call him "Bubba") 19th birthday! I talked to him this morning & got to wish him a Happy Birthday. I am so glad he is home from Iraq so I could do that. It is so sad that he is far from home & has to spend it alone. I wish we were closer so we could celebrate with him. I told him that in March we will be having a Christmas celebration & birthday all in one. I

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Today I am dedicating my blog post to my beautiful daughter Tarynn. She is 21 yrs old. She works full time & goes to college full time as well. Her goals are set & she knows what she wants out of life. I love her spirit & drive. Tarynn is liked by everyone. This girl has so many friends we cant keep up. Tarynn is our only daugher & the oldest of all the kids. She is a great sissy to her brothers.

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We just got these pictures at school yesterday. Travis & I went to the Mom & Son Superbowl Party. It was a lot of fun. They had a DJ, played numerous football related games, danced & had lots & lots of pizza. They had a woman photographing anyone who wanted to participate. The picture isnt the greatest but it is a wonderful reminder of a fantastic night together.Travis is my baby (11 yrs old now)

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Happy Valentines Day to each & every one of you.I am so excited to say that my son arrived home from Iraq yesterday. I am counting the days down until we get to see him.I am at peace now knowing he is safe & sound. I love this picture of my husband. I am an avid picture taker. Since I scrapbook I can say that there is'nt much that I dont document in pictures. My family has gotten use to it. :)

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I am so excited! My son Taylor is finally coming home to the states from Iraq.He will be leaving Baghdad in the next few days. He heads to Germany then to the states.We are so proud of him. I know the time he served was not to his liking but he did it & thats what counts. He will be headed back to his base & preparing for school. He has lengthened hiscommittment to the Army & will be starting

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dear friends. It has been so long. I apologize for such a long absence. Life has been so busy & so full. Our household has had so many changes...some good & some not so good. I promise to jump back in & get you all up to speed. I have so many pictures to share too. I hope this is finding you all well & living life to the fullest. I am off to make two different chili recipes for a chili cook off

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It has been a busy week here. Rush, rush, rush! I have been just a running & a running.Monday Tarynn & I got up early & left for Spokane to watch my son Taylor be sworn into the Army. It was such a proud & yet sad moment in my life. My kids are growing up & flying the coop. :( It was so neat to be able to witness it though. Taylor was on cloud nine. This has been such a battle to get to this

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Hahaha. Once again I am apologizing for going so long in between posts. Life has kind of taken over the last few weeks. It has been crazy around here. We got through prom without a hitch. It was so fun! I am adding a few pictures of Taylor & Sam. They had a blast & looked so cute.Tomorrow is the big rummage sale. I have been weeding through junk for the last two weeks. It is rather refreshing to

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Good Morning *Ü* Since my time here in the Silver Valley of Idaho is nearing the end I am becoming more nostalgic everyday. I drove Taylor to school this morning & just took in the awesome views around me. There is so much to see here...not so much to do...but none the less, tons to see. I am going to add a link that provides some tidbits about where I live. Did you know that the movie Dante's

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It has been crazy here. Trying to get the remaining things sorted for the big sale. I finally set the date May 17th. I will be pricing it all this week. I will be so glad to have all this stuff out of here & the sale over. ;) I definitely fall into that "hoarder" category. I wouldn't say to an obsessive stage but I do love me some junk. LOL It really is a good feeling to finally be rid of some

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Yep, I decided to give myself a day off. YIPPEE!! I am taking the day to do some fun things at home. I have had sugar cookie dough (recipe courtesy of Heidi) waiting to be rolled out for a day & a half. So yeah, I am thinking lets get this taken care of. My son Taylor has been chomping at the bit for those to be done. I also am going to scrap today. I am feeling inspired by my friend Laura's

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to have my meltdown. Two whole days in fact. LOL Was having a pretty good day I thought & bam out of nowhere....the tears came rolling. Not sure if I had just been holding it all in. I thought I was at peace with hubby leaving & knowing I have to get everything all ready. I think it finally hit me that he is gone & it is on me. LOL Everything is just better when he is here. He makes me laugh &

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Hahaha....Yep it's down in the basement again for me. Jim & I are going to go down & get through the last of the boxes. Once we get to that point they will atleast be seperated according to keep & discard. YIPPEE! I will then have the distinct honor of re-packing the keep boxes so they will survive transport mode. Can you tell I am overjoyed & jumping up & down with excitement....NOT! LOL Going

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drumroll please..................................................and the winner is:True Random Number ServiceRandom Integer GeneratorHere is your random number: 14Timestamp: 2008-04-08 18:51:23 UTCand number 14 belongs to:**Jackie Young**Congratulations Jackie!! WOO HOO Please email me your address. I will mail her out tomorrow for ya.I just want to thank all of you for participating. Keep in

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until the big giveaway! **YIPPEE** Are you totally excited? I am! I will be using Random.Org for the official winning number. I figure that is as fair as you can get. I will draw the winning number first thing in the morning & announce it here. I will then need the winner to email me their home addy. Wishing you all the best of luck tomorrow. Thank you so much for playing with me & visiting my

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Ugh is all I have to say. You know it really sucks to be a pack rat. LOL I save everything & collect everything. Jim & I have been sorting, organizing & tossing for the last two days. We have gotten quite a bit done in the basement. I am holding his plane ticket to San Diego hostage until the basement is completely done. I told him I will do the rest of the house but he has to help get that

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Ok, I am an idiot. I am editing this. I just realized that I answered the wrong tag game. Oh well I am leaving it in here. Hahaha Par for the course with my scatterbrain. I should of named my blog "If I Only Had A Brain....." As for the real answer that I was supposed to give.....the reason for my blog name. When we moved up here to Idaho, we lived very remote on a road next to a creek called

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Hahaha...story of my life these days. Well without any more delays.....here she is! This is my Spring Banner Annie that I made for the contest prize. I think she is too cute. I am in love with all the banners that I am seeing out there in blogland.....especially the ones that Candice Carpenter makes. Hers are to die for! If you haven't visited her blog or her shop Peacoats & Party Hats...run now

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Does anyone else feel this way? I just can't seem to get a handle on prioritizing what needs to be done. It is driving me mad.I am sure you have noticed how behind I am on my MITM (Monkey In The Middle) projects. ARGH!!!! I have had some orders come in which are GREATLY appreciated & welcomed but I feel like I am falling farther behind than what I want to be. LOL So with that, I want to apologize

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Today was the day for Travis my 10 year old to do his shoot for his Hunters Safety class. We have been attending classes every monday for the last eight weeks. Although mom found it quite boring Travis was ecstatic about it. He has been wanting to go hunting with the big boys for a couple of years now. Needless to say, he has been chomping at the bit to reach the golden age of 10 so he could

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Well I thought it was supposed to be spring. I got up this morning to find it snowing like mad....like mad I tell ya. :) I went and snapped a couple of pics to show you. Nope I dont see any signs of spring at all. Looks like we will be having an indoor egg hunt for my youngest. We are going to dye our eggs tonight. I am excited about deviled eggs & egg salad sandwhiches...YUM!How are you

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Ok so it has been years & years since I have done this. Over at Carm's blog she had the recipe for the Amish Friendship starter. I saw it & it gave me fond memories of when my older two were little ones. I had those starters sitting all over my counter. It really made me smile to think about those days so I decided to start a starter batch LOL. I thought maybe you might like to do the same &

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My first blog award! YIPPEE :) Carm over at Shweet Potato added me to her list of recipients. Thank you so much Carm *Ü*You made my day brighter. So I will now pass this on too.Now the rules for the “You Make My Day” award are to re-present it to those whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel happy about blog land. Let them know through email or by posting a comment on

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Well this week got away from me somehow. Monday just kind of came & went in a blink of an eye. I have to hang my head in shame.I did get my bunny pillows done. Yippee! Sad to say I did not complete my other bunnies or the album for Carolynne yet.....notice I did add "yet". Hahaha I have listed the pillows on Ebay & Etsy so go take a look at those. :) I received a wholesale order that has kind of

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H♥E♥L♥L♥O.....Sending Monday LOVE! LOLHow was everyone's weekend? Mine was pretty quiet for the most part. I am excited to say I did get some of my WIP's (works in progress) finished. I did not, however, get them all done. :( I finished two of the three. I am happy though. I am a lollygagger, so for me this is progress. Hahaha I am attaching my finished pics. You can look at the previous post to

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I decided I would put my pics up of the three projects that I have in the works at the moment. I know I am supposed to do it on Monday but I didn't get in here this week until yesterday. *Shame* :)I figured since hubby is on patrol tonight & just announced he is working Sunday too....that it would give me some time to (hopefully) get these done before Monday. Oh and don't doubt for a minute that

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Well, it's good to be back. Sheesh! I never intended to be gone for this long. With the holidays, conventions & just plain ol sickness my absense just grew & grew! I am glad to be back. Woo Hoo! I promised myself I was gonna get in here & get busy.....shake things up a bit!First off Steph, from Sunshine N Ravioli, has started a Monday Blog called Monkey In The Middle. It is a way to post all of

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all the festivities?? I have done my shopping & am readying myself for all the prepping. :) We will be having Thanksgiving dinner with the in-laws so there isn't going to be too much that has to be done. We are planning a home dinner for the weekend with all the trimmings. Now thats when the work will begin. LOL I wanted to share with you a couple of pictures that I took at the in-laws a couple

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I am a little frustrated with the blogging process. I am new to this & have had to go to tutorials to get myself up to this speed so far. I am frustrated that I cannot find any tips on how you get the email addys from your people commenting. I would like to be able to respond & thank them when they post. Unfortunately I have not been able to decipher that one.I just want you all to know that I am

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Hey you guys....Remember the party I was talking about having for my son's birthday? The Halloween/Birthday party combo with the neighbors? Well we had it last weekend & the kids loved it. They wore their costumes & we judged all of them. There was some greatones. My son had his heart set on a grim reaper but at the last minute decided on an alien....go figure! Here he is....I have to show you

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Hi Everyone~I have to apologize for being gone for so long. Life kind of took over & ran with me. LOL I never intended to go this long without posting. What a whirlwind it has been here the last few weeks.For starters I had my Dad & Stepmom Debbie come for a visit. It was so nice to have them here in our new house (well new to us). ;) They haven't been up in 2 years. We had such a great visit.

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Hi~I have been getting some feedback that people are having problems commenting on my page. I went in a changed a few of the settings hoping that this will help. Please let me know if you continue to have problems signing up for my blog or commenting. :) I dont want to miss out on any corresponences that you may be trying to get through. :)Today is my son Travis' 10th birthday & we are off to

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Welcome to the Kingdom of Nakedness..... I told you that I have a lot of projects in the works. Look at all these nekked babies sitting around freezin their hineys off. These are just a few of my projects in the works. I have set them all out so they can look at me & beg to be finished. LOL I am hoping, with them sitting here, I will continue to work on them one at a time until they all are

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so little time!!!! It seems that the holiday season has kicked into full force. I have so much to do to get ready for the upcoming season & holiday shows. I have my first show in a month & am so not ready! Argh! I will be in & out until I get some stuff whipped up.I am also trying to coordinate a Halloween/Birthday party for my son Travis' 10th birthday. We are trying to pull it off as a carnival

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Well, last night was my first quilting class. It was so much fun! I haven't taken a quilting class in quite some time. I have had a stack of these gorgeous pink & brown fat quarters that have been calling my name. :) I have been saving them for something special. Well, after racking my brain on what to do with them...I finally decided to do the Turning Twenty Around The Block by Tricia Cribbs. It

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we had yesterday. My hubby & I spent the day together & had a blast. I was so excited because I got to go fabric shopping. (My absolute most favorite thing to do next to scrapbook goodie shopping). *Ü* I am thrilled that I found the Michael Miller "Dick & Jane" line. I have been wanting it forever. I have a new dollie in mind for this set. I also found some gorgeous Christmas fabric for some

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Woo Hoo....I finally have it done. I have been playing with this blog trying to get it just right. :) I know it still needs some work. For someone who is is completely lacking in computer skills....I am thrilled to be up & running!Now that the kids are back in school I am hoping to have more time for crafting & visiting everyoneelses blogs. I cannot wait! Well I better get back to work. I have

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