tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16724212812825286862024-03-14T00:20:05.374-04:00Frilly Lillyamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930300090734595274noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672421281282528686.post-80562987727514503832011-07-11T22:20:00.000-04:002011-07-11T22:20:33.479-04:00I Love Wikia!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rMnccIqnxH8/ThupqQz90NI/AAAAAAAAATw/BVTNJDPbDFs/s1600/P7111629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rMnccIqnxH8/ThupqQz90NI/AAAAAAAAATw/BVTNJDPbDFs/s400/P7111629.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Remember <a href="http://amyfrillylilly.blogspot.com/2011/03/repurposed-window-pane-to-towel-rack.html">this</a>?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A long while ago I heard about a web community called <a href="http://easycrafts.wikia.com/wiki/Easy_Crafts_Wiki">Wikia</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="mw-headline">"Wikia sites are written by community members that are passionate about subjects ranging from video games, TV shows and movies to food, fashion, and environmental sustainability."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">Back in May I entered a <a href="http://easycrafts.wikia.com/wiki/Spring_Craft_Contest!">craft contest</a> at <a href="http://easycrafts.wikia.com/wiki/Easy_Crafts_Wiki">Wiki Easy Crafts</a> with my <a href="http://amyfrillylilly.blogspot.com/2011/03/repurposed-window-pane-to-towel-rack.html">windowpane turned to towel rack.</a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">I WON!!!!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">I was so shocked when I got an email from Wikia telling me so!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">Me...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline"> A WINNER!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">GET OUT!!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline"><span class="mw-headline">I received my "Winner's Circle Loot" in the mail today.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">Three beautiful hardcover books</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">titled <u>Paper + Craft</u> by Monhee & Truman Cho,</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline"><u>Silhoutte Art</u> by Vana Chupp,</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">and</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline"><u>Sublime Stitching</u> by Jenny Hart</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">as well as three bottles of Extreme Glitter Acrylic Paint from Plaid</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">and</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">Shimmer Fabric Paint from Tulip.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">I'm feeling all giddy!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">I was so pumped up & excited that I ran an extra mile tonight in hopes to contain my excitement a bit.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">Running extra didn't help...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">it just made me sore</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">&</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">I'm still giddy.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline">Thank you Christina for the lovely package!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">My original plan was to paint a few coats of this beautiful blue, then cover the blue with white paint.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">After painting, I wanted to distress it by sanding/scuffing it up a bit around the edges, legs & top so that the blue would pop through.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F09G7_8mBfY/Thh6v-vGKzI/AAAAAAAAATY/N2-MK_AujGw/s1600/P7091626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F09G7_8mBfY/Thh6v-vGKzI/AAAAAAAAATY/N2-MK_AujGw/s400/P7091626.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Here is my true dilemma...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">do I leave the table this shade of blue</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> & scuff it up</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">or</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> do I go ahead</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> & cover with white paint </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">then scuff it up</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">or</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">do I paint a couple coats of white then blue again so that the table remains blue on the top coat </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">& pops of white show through once I scuff it?</span> </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I think I am going to have to leave the coffee table as is & ponder over it for a few days.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">the wee ones & I picked our first bounty of green beans from our garden yesterday!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I just love knowing where our food is coming from</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">& </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">that it is safe for my wee ones.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Ive been featured over at </span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/2011/07/inspire-me-fridays-14-linky-party.html#links">...Joyfull Stamper: Inspire Me Fridays-Linky Party</a></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">for </span><a href="http://amyfrillylilly.blogspot.com/2011/06/baby-ms-very-first-birthday-bash.html"><span style="background-color: white;">Baby M's First Birthday Bash</span></a>!!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I am super excited!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">You should head over to Maria's blog & check it out.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Lots of inspiration to be found!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thanks Maria!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Although, our camping trip wasn't a total bust, I have vowed to</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">never, </span><strong><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">never</span>, </u></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">go on another camping trip with a wee one in diapers, toddlers or with very small children.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I predicted that the trip would not go smoothly, but my husband thought otherwise</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">and, well,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I agreed to partake in his crazy idea</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">even if only to prove a point.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">That point being that camping is not for BABIES!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Especially tenting out!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">What is especially surprising, now that all is said & done,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> is that </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">the husband agrees with me!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I truly love to go camping, but put very small children into the mix</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">& </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">well,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">not my idea of a good time.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Let's see...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">prior to us leaving Baby M had a terrible allergic reaction to penicillin and broke out, head to toes, with hives.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She was incredibly red, puffy, swollen, itchy & uncomfortable.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It looked as if she was punched in the face!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Her entire body was covered!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So pathetic & sad.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She also was cutting teeth so that added to her misery.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Then, the next day, after being promised by the ding dong weatherman for a sunny weekend, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">CLOUDS.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And lots of them.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">We managed to get a nice long hike in & when I say "long"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I am not over exaggerating. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">May I offer a bit of advice to all you lovely ladies?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Don't ever,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">EVER, <span style="font-size: x-large;">EVER</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">allow your husband to interpret </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">a</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And, well, that sealed the deal for us</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">to pack up </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">&</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">head home.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I told the husband that</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">he is more than welcome to take the older wee ones camping,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">but</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">the babe & I are</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">STAYING HOME!!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I hope you all had an enjoyable & adventurous</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> Fourth of July!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930300090734595274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672421281282528686.post-17433645135479326782011-07-02T09:55:00.000-04:002011-07-02T09:55:07.683-04:00Camping for the Weekend<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The family & I, plus a friend of my son's, are packing up to go camping for the weekend.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">We are heading to a beautiful island & doing some ocean side camping!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Excited, yet, a bit apprehensive.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Baby M has had a bad allergic reaction to penicillin is covered, head to toe, with hives.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She is also cutting 3 molars & nursing an ear infection.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930300090734595274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672421281282528686.post-51316731652687529232011-06-30T21:48:00.005-04:002011-07-08T11:18:37.969-04:00Baby M's Very First Birthday Bash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SUnK7xeKPvQ/Tgy-9A8alwI/AAAAAAAAARA/fQw4R68NueI/s1600/P6261571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SUnK7xeKPvQ/Tgy-9A8alwI/AAAAAAAAARA/fQw4R68NueI/s400/P6261571.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a bit poky about getting the shin dig posted.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">A little birthday recovery effort has been going on over here.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Then add my home being invaded by neighborhood kids & well,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">my time for me, myself, and I gets put on the back burner.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The birthday bash was incredibly laid back & very small compared to past birthday gatherings that have taken place for my other two wee ones.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> I also made mounds of ruffled streamers & covered the "rafters", table & Baby M's highchair with them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The cost for the ruffle streamer loveliness cost $2.00!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The streamers were so easy & fun to make!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I just took some plain old, boring streamers, set my bobbin tension to it's highest on my sewing machine & then placed two different colored streamers together & started sewing.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Presto!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">No face plant into the cake.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">No two handing cake into her mouth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">No throwing it all about.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be linking up to some fab <a href="http://amyfrillylilly.blogspot.com/p/monday-tuesday-wednesday-thursday.html">parties</a>!</div>amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930300090734595274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672421281282528686.post-27809384870794342082011-06-23T23:07:00.000-04:002011-06-23T23:07:42.605-04:00It Was Like Giving Birth to a Pony!!<div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qzi0M7KOd-A/TgP8Rbf8W1I/AAAAAAAAAQw/hFBCRO2rU9k/s1600/M1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qzi0M7KOd-A/TgP8Rbf8W1I/AAAAAAAAAQw/hFBCRO2rU9k/s400/M1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My wee-ist turned "1" today.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I still cannot get over how big she was at birth. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I mean, seriously, it was like giving birth to a pony!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I am not joking!</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And I delivered her O-Natural with no drugs.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">What was I thinking??</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Ouch!</span><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It was a tough pregnancy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> An even tougher delivery.</span><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She has had an uphill battle with a birthing injury and she has fought bravely and ferociously.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">That is her personality.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">A fighter!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Strong.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Very LOUD!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">My little fire cracker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Happy 1st Birthday Beautiful Baby M!</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Just look at her...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Big chubby cheeks that you just want to kiss & squeeze,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">eyes the size of saucers,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">dimples galore,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">and the cutest little smirk that's simply hard to resist.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">During Sweet Baby M's nap, she made a stinky in her diaper. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">No big whoop...happens all the time with wee ones.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">However,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Baby M decided she didn't want her diaper on any longer.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She easily disposed of the diaper & emptied the contents.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She then proceeded to finger paint all over her crib rails & nearby walls.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> The finger painting with her own poo just wasn't enough with this darling, angelic wee one.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She wanted to "one up" on all those other babies who have experimented with poo finger painting!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Seriously! I couldn't believe my eyes!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Needless to say, I was a tad bit mortified.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">However, as sick as this may sound to some, I found it quite comical.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Especially seeing how she realized that snacking on the contents of her diaper really wasn't something so fantastic.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">In fact, if she were able to talk she would have probably told me it was disgusting!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I am going to savor this moment & know</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> during her teenage angst years, I will have some kind of leverage with this tale.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">A bit of blackmail, if you will.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And I won't be afraid to use it!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Little Man N will be spending his last day as a 2nd grader today!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Wowzer! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">This year flew by so incredibly fast!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And to add to the craziness, Baby M took her first steps last night!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">All my babies are growing up waaaaay too fast.</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I wanted to make Little Man N's amazing teacher a gift for her "amazing-ness" & for the wonderful job she did. She was able to make my Little Man a serious learner & that is so fantastic.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Nearly every day he looked forward to attending school & I truly believe he enjoyed going this year.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">(Although, he may tell you otherwise if asked.)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I am so proud of his accomplishments & I owe so much of those accomplishments to his teacher.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">With her guidance, patience, love for teaching & perseverance, Little Man N was able to reach goals that were thought to be unreachable in a short amount of time.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I made a simple tote bag, but to make it unique, I sewed the fabric to look like notebook paper.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Super-cool, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I got my inspiration <a href="http://cometogetherkids.blogspot.com/2011/05/guest-host-rachel-from-sun-scholars.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">here</span></a> & <a href="http://roubidou.squarespace.com/roubidou/2011/3/31/strange-parts.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">here</span></a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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**I'll be linking up to some fantastic <a href="http://amyfrillylilly.blogspot.com/p/monday-tuesday-wednesday-thursday.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">parties</span></a>!**<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, no, you're not seeing Grizzly Adams or a member of the group ZZ Top,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">this man is my very own cool Dad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the highlights of the weekend was when I went to check in on Little Man N at bedtime.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">He was tossing & turning so I asked,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">"Hey Bud, are you okay?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">He replied, "MOM! What is that noise? It is so loud. I can't sleep!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I giggled & said,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">"Um, those would be the frogs croaking & crickets chirping."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">"Tell them to STOP!" he bellows.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930300090734595274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672421281282528686.post-76373784291774459182011-06-09T21:43:00.002-04:002011-06-10T10:20:15.628-04:00Pillow Fight-For a Cause<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am super excited to be posting about this fun Pillow Contest over at <a href="http://www.ladybirdln.com/2011/05/pillow-fight-for-causepart-1.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ladybird Ln</span></a>.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every month, Carlee & Alyssa <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">feature a charity, service organization, or project to spotlight during the month.</span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">During the month of June they are doing a contest called, <strong>Pillow Fight--For a Cause </strong>to help an amazing, beautiful & very talented young lady named Malynn.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Malynn is 14 years old & has spent many months inside a hospital. She has made it her goal to donate <strong>100 bright & cheerful</strong> <strong>pillow cases </strong>to Primary Childrens Medical Center to brighten up the patients rooms.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Malynn thought it was helpful to have her own pillowcase during her hospital stay. It helped her feel more at home & made the room more cheerful & she wanted to share that with other patients.</span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JWQDnTtk_qU/TeHSbwI9sTI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/sr0WHopUi8E/s1600/Pillow+case+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JWQDnTtk_qU/TeHSbwI9sTI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/sr0WHopUi8E/s400/Pillow+case+collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, get over to <a href="http://www.ladybirdln.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ladybird Ln</span></a> <span style="color: black;">& join in on the fun!</span></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Use my <a href="http://amyfrillylilly.blogspot.com/2011/02/easy-pillowcase-tutorial.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">easy pillowcase tutorial</span></a> & get donating, Ladies!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just when I didn't think my day couldn't get any better...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I noticed that I was featured on another blog for my <a href="http://amyfrillylilly.blogspot.com/2011/02/petal-pillow.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Petal Pillow</span></a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you <a href="http://easyascutandpaste.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jonie Marie</span></a>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I also won a spring craft contest on <a href="http://easycrafts.wikia.com/wiki/Spring_Craft_Contest"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Wikia</span></a> for my <a href="http://amyfrillylilly.blogspot.com/2011/03/repurposed-window-pane-to-towel-rack.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Re-purposed Windowpane to Towel Rack!</span></a></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Wow! Wow!! <span style="font-size: x-large;">Wow!!!</span></span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have any birthday parties coming up?</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.blog.birdsparty.com/2011/06/friday-giveaway-2-readers-to-win-helium.html"><span style="color: red;">Visit Bird's Party Blog</span></a> for a chance to win a Helium Balloon Kit!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">My wee-ist will be turning 1 in a few short weeks & I would love to win this for myself!</span></div><div align="center"><u></u></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and if you don't win, she has a promotional coupon for $2.00 off if you are looking to purchase a kit!</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Because she, as well as my other two wee ones, have been feeling funky, the photos that I took of her are not so "happy & fun".</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She really wanted no part of it. She also didn't enjoy sitting on the grass. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She kind of freaked out about that. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I could hardly get her to look at me and the camera at all. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But, here she is, all 11months of her.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So round and beautiful with a big personality.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been in a sewing frenzy making clothing for me wee ones. My 4-year old is fixated on skirts/dresses so I have been going all out getting a bunch made for the spring & summer months. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Here are just a few that I have made over the last few weeks... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R_JazXKZJSo/TdR2Nz1f45I/AAAAAAAAALk/1n6Ns1fp_Pw/s1600/P5131341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R_JazXKZJSo/TdR2Nz1f45I/AAAAAAAAALk/1n6Ns1fp_Pw/s400/P5131341.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9nTHYvBSxtg/TdR5DA_JkFI/AAAAAAAAAL4/2q7qaFL7BRs/s1600/P5131332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9nTHYvBSxtg/TdR5DA_JkFI/AAAAAAAAAL4/2q7qaFL7BRs/s400/P5131332.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This happens to be one of my FAVORITES! So, so cute!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I just love the ruffle on the bottom of the skirt!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Underneath this adorable skirt is a pair of skorts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7aaJFSsPuLY/TdR2YfJrG6I/AAAAAAAAALo/W2ya6eRhklA/s1600/P5131335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7aaJFSsPuLY/TdR2YfJrG6I/AAAAAAAAALo/W2ya6eRhklA/s400/P5131335.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gO9V7Q15pVw/TdR5jvhaKpI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Ejpn5aJvEu4/s1600/P5131339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gO9V7Q15pVw/TdR5jvhaKpI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Ejpn5aJvEu4/s400/P5131339.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I followed the <u><a href="https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/featured-products/little-ruffle-skirtskort-sizes-12mths-8.htm">Little Ruffle Skirt Pattern</a></u> tweaking it here & there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She is able to wear a skirt & play & not have to worry about her undies being revealed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So fantastic!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A sweet little double layer skirt perfect for twirling. This lovely, beauty has a ribbon drawstring that pulls up the top layer to reveal more of the bottom layer which gives it a bit more "oomph".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> So sweet!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">She loves it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The perfect twirling skirt.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1gSjCYiAmkk/TdR6vPnSsiI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/zLlQnndALQk/s1600/P5171366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1gSjCYiAmkk/TdR6vPnSsiI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/zLlQnndALQk/s400/P5171366.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fh8LlWm1NsI/TdR64_w79vI/AAAAAAAAAMU/ukWi0GpwKNM/s1600/P5171367.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fh8LlWm1NsI/TdR64_w79vI/AAAAAAAAAMU/ukWi0GpwKNM/s400/P5171367.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I followed a pattern from <u><a href="http://littlelizardking.com/">Little Lizard King</a></u> called the <u><a href="http://littlelizardking.com/shop/matching-doll-daughter/peek-a-boo-skirt/">Peek-A-Boo Skirt</a></u>. I had to tweak this one a little bit as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here, Baby M is wearing the same style double layer skirt, but the photos are horrible. I will have to try another day to get a better photo. She just wasn't in a willing mood on this particular day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SjZKf4jsAcI/TdVK084ZqQI/AAAAAAAAAMs/iSpWNvz6N0I/s1600/P4251259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SjZKf4jsAcI/TdVK084ZqQI/AAAAAAAAAMs/iSpWNvz6N0I/s400/P4251259.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yrv6diPg2OA/TdVKpr9IgMI/AAAAAAAAAMo/mWdKfUm0C-E/s1600/P4251257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yrv6diPg2OA/TdVKpr9IgMI/AAAAAAAAAMo/mWdKfUm0C-E/s320/P4251257.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Baby M sporting a simple peasant dress/shirt using a pattern from <a href="http://leilaandben.com/sweetdress.htm">Leila & Ben</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Super easy & quick. And, I love how you can really make this pattern your own by altering/cutting/piecing different fabrics. I just opted for plain & simple this time. I may go back & gussy it up a bit with some fabric flowers, ruffles, and/or lace. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It's also a bit too big for her right now. Therefore, it looks a bit like a potato sack on her. Oh well, she'll grow into it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have a few more skirts that I am working on for my girls. I hope to have them finished by the weekend. I really must start working on some things for my Little Man N.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I feel as if he is being shafted.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Yikes!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Proudly linking up to some fab <a href="http://amyfrillylilly.blogspot.com/p/monday-tuesday-wednesday-thursday.html">parties</a>!!</div></div>amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930300090734595274noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672421281282528686.post-30304200844779197442011-05-18T21:43:00.001-04:002011-05-18T22:12:40.869-04:00More Happy Mail!<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Look what arrived in my mailbox today...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am super, <span style="font-size: x-large;">super </span><span style="font-size: large;">excited!</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It's a Singer Side Cutter Attachment!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It's suppose to sew and serge and I cannot wait to give this thing a test drive!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I dream of owning a serger, but it's not in my budget at this time. Ho hum.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I saw this attachment and thought what the heck. Let's try it out.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I will be sure to give a thorough review soon! Maybe, even by tomorrow if my wee girls play nice and let me play in my sewing room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Happy Wednesday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">~Amy</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930300090734595274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672421281282528686.post-68463987044155128692011-05-17T12:42:00.002-04:002011-05-19T13:58:19.847-04:00Oh, How I Love....<div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, how I love big, boxy brown trucks and the brown uniformed men/women that drive these marvelous vehicles to deliver incredibly happy, <span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>happy</strong> </span><span style="font-size: large;">mail.</span></span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">This is what appeared on my doorstep last week.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I have been wishing and hoping for a dress form for soooooo long & now, I have one!</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Woot! Woot!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I am just so darn giddy! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Finally, something for just me.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Now to find the time to make something for myself.</span><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I am thinking "she" needs a name.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Hmmmmm....what to name "her".</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Happy Tuesday!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">~Amy</span></div>amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930300090734595274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672421281282528686.post-4713115502632695042011-05-16T10:30:00.003-04:002011-05-16T14:51:55.130-04:00Have You Visited "Pick Your Plum"?<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you visited <a href="http://pickyourplum.com/">"Pick Your Plum"</a> yet?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">If not, you NEED to!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It's a "get it before your neighbor does"online crafty store. Every morning at 7am they list an item at a crazy low cost</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Supplies are limited so you have to get there <span style="font-size: small;">fast</span><span style="font-size: large;">, fast</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">, fast</span><span style="font-size: large;">! </span></span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Only $3.50!!!!!! It was 71% off the original price! Unbelievable! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I cannot wait to receive it in the mail.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">How happy I shall be to </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> receive some <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Mail!</span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Because of many unforeseen circumstances, my blogging has been a wee bit non-existent.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But, I promise to get my rear back into gear.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I have lots to "show-and-tell"!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<strong> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Happy Monday!</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;"><strong>~Amy</strong></span></div>amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930300090734595274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672421281282528686.post-42232758832674565552011-04-18T14:15:00.005-04:002011-04-19T11:38:10.703-04:00Yup, That's Right! I'm Just a Mom!<div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last week, Baby M & I stopped into one of our restaurants just to say "Hi". I am chit chatting with an employee about this & that & asking about his wee one. He then asks the question/makes a statement that really is quite offensive & tends to set me off on a tangent...like I already don't have enough that sets me off on a tangent. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span> </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Employee: "So, what are you up to these days? Just being a mom?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Me: "Yes, that's right. I am <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>JUST</u> </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">being a</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> mom."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seriously?! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Because staying at home is a walk in the park.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It's oh so glamorous.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Yet, this statement coming from a male, is really not big shocker to me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">First of all, for myself & I am sure for many other SAHM's, there are trigger words and/or statements that will, most often, make the person that said those particular words and/or statement, want to take cover because I may/may not unload on them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><u><strong>"Just a Mom"</strong></u> happens to be "<strong>that</strong>" statement for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Yup, that's me, just a mom sitting in front of the "idiot box"(a little something my step-father liked to call the television...a pleasant term, isn't it?) watching soap operas & talk shows all day, all the while, letting my wee ones run rampant as if they are characters from the novel by William Golding, <u>Lord of the Flies.</u> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I wish! Well, not really. Only sometimes, kind of.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Here's a little reality check to the ding dong(s) that have made that trigger statement to me. You know, just a <strong>small </strong>glimpse to what my day/night really is like. No two days are alike because we are a family of 5, which means, different days of the week mean different days of craziness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Mornings usually begin anywhere between 5am & 6am by way of screaming baby. Let me add that the early wake up call is after only getting between 2-4 hours of less than blissful sleep. No joke. Always a heavenly way to awaken each morning. NOT!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Change diaper then nurse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Two more wee ones slowly meander from their rooms & within seconds are talking, talking, talking & questioning, questioning, questioning before I am able to consume even a 1/4 cup of coffee.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">(I am, by no means, a morning person. Just ask my family. I am pure evil. It's pretty ugly. I have a hard time tolerating any kind of chitty chattiness of any sort until coffee consumption.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Then, prepare breakfast, pack lunches, get backpacks together, clean up breakfast, help with homework, argue about getting dressed for the day and brushing teeth, send older wee ones in rooms for time out because one or the other just kung foo kicked the other in the face and/or screamed out "JERK FACE"!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Hustle out the door to catch the bus then hustle back inside to possibly take a shower, get me & the babe dressed for the day, listen to babe wail because I am not lugging her about, then head out the door for appointment or ready ourselves for Baby M's physical therapy session only to have to stop, again, to change yet another poopy diaper. Yippee!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">4-year old complains that she is hungry even though she just had breakfast 20 minutes ago. Get her snack then clean up the trail of crumbs that she has bestowed upon me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">More baby sing song-y wailing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Baby is still sick,therefore feed her more good bacteria killing antibiotics & hope this medication finally works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Vacuum & mop the floors while lugging an extra 18 pounds aka Baby M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Put, yet another, load of laundry into the washer/dryer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Find crafts project for 4-year old, put baby down for nap & put in another load of laundry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Fold, fold, fold the mountainous laundry pile & possibly, put away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Head outside with 4-year old, if it happens to be nice enough, & get a bit of much needed fresh air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Lunch time!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Make lunch, clean up lunch. Baby now awake. Nurse baby, change baby, feed baby "real food". Oh crud!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Down to my last cloth diaper. Put diapers in wash & feel guilty about having to cover baby's bottom with disposable diaper. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Get over it and move along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Clean up baby & head to the supermarket.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Unload groceries & wee ones.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Put away groceries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Entertain wee ones, change another diaper, find another snack, play the nurse role, clean up & do dishes AGAIN!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Start prepping for dinner, walk down to bus stop & pick up son, empty out backpack & talk about his day at school, get him a snack.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">More wailing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Ask myself, "What the Hell was I thinking??? Motherhood blows!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Then watch baby roll herself into sitting position & smile with accomplishment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I then say to myself, "This is why I wanted to play the role of Mom." And clap along with baby for her major accomplishment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Another diaper change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Break the older kids apart, yet again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Prepare dinner, ask older wee ones to help set the table to only have to separate once again because they are arguing about who is going to place the napkins.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">End up setting table myself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">More wailing from babe. Give babe basket of food containers as entertainment so that I may finish dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Daddy is home! More chaos.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Bring dinner to table, clean up the food container mess, fix plates for the wee ones. Remove myself from table for the millionth time because somebody needs something.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Finally sit down, help feed the babe, get a few bites in and try to rally for clean up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Clean up dinner, do dishes, get an older child in shower, tidy up the babe & dress her for bed, get snacks & waters for older children & prepare for quiet time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Bring baby to bed, nurse then head back upstairs to read books and put older children to bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Do some final tidying up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Finally, get my pajamas on. It is now probably 8:30or 9pm & it feels like midnight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Just when it is finally quiet, oh, what is that sound? Why, it's the baby wailing once again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I'm super-excited at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And, this is an easy day. Almost like having a day off. Oh wait, I don't get days off. In fact, it's rare that I get any time at all to myself. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I would love to use the bathroom by myself!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">That would be a cause for celebration!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Which is why, at times, I do envy my husband and others who are part of the work force outside of their home because for many once they clock out from work, their day is over.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">They go home & that's it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Now, don't get me wrong, I am incredibly grateful to be able to say at home & watch my wee ones grow. I, most of the time, would have it no other way. I love the fact that I am not working outside of the home solely to pay someone else to raise my children for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I have made great sacrifices & continue to make sacrifices so that I am able to stay at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Being a mother is no easy feat. I dare challenge anyone who views it to not be so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, instead of me whipping off a bunch of unkind name-callings & cuss words, or expressing myself by way of explicit hand gestures to all the naysayers,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">my Sweet Little L & myself offer something a little more mature & oh so grown-up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Na Na Na boo boo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">You're a big</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Poo Poo!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know, I know. I said no name calling.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">(I possibly see a Part 2 for this posting in the future.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I'm a bit fired up now. Oh dear.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> It's 3am & I am bright eyed and bushy tailed. Oh yippee doodles! I have actually been wide awake since 1am (what the heck!!!). I think getting 4 uninterrupted hours of sleep created more damage than good. Therefore, I have decided since sleep wasn't happening for me, that I would finally post something on this very neglected blog.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The past couple of weeks have been filled with oh so much fun. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Baby M has been sick since last Wednesday with an ear infection that will not let up. Her temperature has been sky rocketing & scaring me. We have visited the doctor's office three times since last Friday and she is now on her second type of antibiotic. I am hoping, fingers crossed, that this antibiotic actually works this time!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I loathe my wee ones taking a bunch of stuff that really isn't all that wonderful for their little bodies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">My Little Man N was sent home from school Tuesday morning because he barfed all over his classroom & himself. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I bet the school janitor just loved getting that call from the teacher.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">"Clean up in Grade 2. 8 year old has barfed all over the carpet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Needless to say, not a whole lot of much needed time for me & my creative outlet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I, however, did manage to accomplish a few simple things.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I made this with cupcake liners, tissue paper, foam eggs & a foam wreath.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So simple. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">My 4 year old, another lover of all things artsy-crafty, helped with this.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She had so much fun squishing the cupcake liners.</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Most days you will find me in my kitchen baking & cooking. It feels like if I am not running out the door for a doctor's appointment for one of my three wee ones, I am in my kitchen with wooden spoon in hand, the kitchen aid whirring, cupboard doors opening & closing & me snippy snapping at my children to, "Stop putting your fingers in the batter" or "Dude, you just ate raw flippin' eggs! Disgusting! Out! Out! Out of my kitchen!"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(With my bionic read your mind powers, I am able to hear the mutterings in your head, and yes, I do know that the kitchen is the heart and soul of a home, and no, I do not always kick my wee ones out of the kitchen. Only if the baking & cooking is business related.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I know, I know. You're also wondering if I am constantly baking and cooking, why is it that I am so stinking horrible at cracking eggs. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">And, I have no answer, really. Maybe, I have a secret fear of them. THAT'S IT! I fear pathetic little eggs!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I wonder if there is a name for this kind of thing. Hmmmm...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Last summer I was preparing a caramel swirled cheesecake with a gingersnap crust for our restaraunt. Sounds yummy, right?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">As my kitchen aid is whishing about I begin adding the egg additions. The first few eggs are added without any incident & I am feeling overly confident.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I begin to add my next egg addition and would you like to know what happened next? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That little sucker slips out of my hands & lands into the cheesecake batter.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;"><strong>While the kitchen aid is mixing!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I hear intense sounds of egg crunching & I tell myself to not overreact. I can fix this, I can save the cheesecake!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I turn the machine off & realize that freaking out <strong>is</strong> in order.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It has never occured to me just how much damage a little egg could create.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thousands, no, millions of egg shell pieces are now mixed into the batter and there is <strong>absolutely</strong> no hope of rectifying the situation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The batter needs to be dumped into the trash & I need to start over.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Which would not seem so terribly awful, but I did not have the two incredibly important ingredients necessary to re-make the batter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">EGGS & CREAM CHEESE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Bring on the tears & cussing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> I rein in my overly charged pregnant hormones, grab my keys & money, & head out the door to go to the supermarket, <strong>again</strong>.<strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I forgot to mention that I had already been to the supermarket an hour or so prior to "Cheesecake Pandemonium".</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The cheesecake did get made, although it took me an entire day, and it was delicious. (No egg shells second time around. I decided to turn off the machine when it came to the egg additions.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, there you have it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">True story!</span><br />
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****update: I just googled "fear of eggs" and there is such a thing!!! Too funny! It's called ovaphobia! I nearly fell out of my seat laughing***</div><div align="center"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> now a beautiful, smart, funny Little Man as well as being a major pain in the butt </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;"><strong>super-awesome!</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">An <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2009/08/05/childs-apron-tutorial/">apron</a> using a tutorial at Skip to my Lou</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">& a child size oven mitt. The flower that is attached to the apron can be found <a href="http://blairpeter.typepad.com/weblog/2006/03/fabric_flowers.html">here</a> along with the tute.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The oven mitt pattern I just made up myself by snagging my 4-year old, slapping her hand down on a piece of paper & tracing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The oven mitt came out a bit wonky along the cuff. I was rushing to get the gift made & I didn't have any double fold bias tape or blanket binding on hand so I used satin ribbon that I <strong>did</strong> have on hand. Anyways, the ribbon wasn't quite wide enough & all I can say is, "GRRRRRRRRR!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Oh, well. I'll make the little girl another mitt and make the bias tape when there is time to spare.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">our very weird kitten, Hamilton aka Hammi.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">If something belongs to the baby, he seems to think it belongs to him...such as the highchair. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I have to hide the car seat from this "Ding Dong"(a nickname Sweet Little L likes to call him).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am so thrilled at how this turned out! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">My husband & I have been remodeling our upstairs bathroom. He wanted to purchase a generic towel rack & I thought to myself, "I can do better than some crummy, generic, overpriced thing!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I took this old windowpane....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The windowpane was a find on the side of the road a long while back, the glass knobs were attached to something that was given to me and the paint is something that we seem to always have on hand because of all the remodeling being done to our home!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Being a cloth diapering mama means finding pants to fit Baby M's rotund booty to be rather hard. What happens is that I put pants on her that are a size or two bigger to accommodate her plump booty, then the leg length is obnoxiously long & requires lots of folding of the cuffs. ICK!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I made her a simple tote that I stenciled using a paper doily, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">a gathered clutch that I, mostly, followed <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2010/04/gathered-clutch-tutorial.html">here</a>, but I modified a wee bit</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am also going to add to her gift pack a case to carry her glasses, a pen holder and a key fob.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also have started preparations for my son's 8th Birthday Bash. Here is the invite that I made:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just took a close-up photo a few of my son's Lego pieces using orange construction paper as the background and then used a fantastic site called <a href="http://www.picnik.com/app#/home/welcome">Picnik</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">to add the wording and editing options. I then had them printed at Target. Easy-peasy, nice & cheesy, lemon squeezy! (A little something my little buggers like to say.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I got the idea from a few different places when I was poking around the web looking for some cool ideas for his birthday. I will link to them once I locate them.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When things begin to finally settle down a little here, I am hoping to post more with better descriptions and some tutorials. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well...not everything was accomplished, not even half of my list was checked off. But, considering that my 4-year old has been sick & barfing since Friday & my 8-month old only allowing me a few hours of sleep each night, I think, in hindsight, that I did my fair amount. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Here is what I was able to successfully check off on my list ( the rest will still be there for me to check off later) :</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">#3 on my list</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><strong>Whoopie Pies for "The Annual Men Only Ice Fishing Trip"</strong></span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I made two different flavors:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">a standard whoopie pie</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">&</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">a dark chocolate whoopie pie filled with a fluffy and lite peanut butter frosting then rolled into peanut butter chips</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Yummmmmmmmmmmmm!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">#7 on my list</span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Desserts for the Restaurants:</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dark chocolate stout cupcakes filled with an Irish whiskey ganache center and then topped with a salted caramel buttercream frosting! AMAZING! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I also made a flourless chocolate and vanilla marble cake but forgot to take a picture of. {Big Sigh}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Rich and decadent...oh my.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Yet, another storm in the northeast. Not so much a big shocker, really. It is winter in Maine after all and "snow happens". Just gives many "Mainers" (you know, the ones that have lived here their entire life or pretty much their entire life</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">) something to complain and rant about like this kind of thing doesn't happen EVERY FREAKIN' YEAR! </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, just so you know, I didn't actually force my 7-year old to shovel. He is the one that asks me if it's okay to go out & shovel. Given that in a couple of years he probably won't be doing any shoveling without heavy arguing and grumbling, I thought I would, just this one time, allow him to shovel to all his heart's content</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I know, "Mom of the Year" candidate, right? :)</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Because I am afraid my really cool mom will be reading this post, I will not be showing you what I made for her until she receives it. </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">#8 on my list</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Do a little housework</strong></span></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I did do some, even if only a minimal amount. </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">All and all, I think I was pretty successful. To top it all off, I was also able to get myself and my three wee ones out the door by 7:30am this morning for my son's last hockey practice for this season! Yay for the last day of hockey season!! </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Woot! Woot! No more hockey until next season! Whoo hoo!</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Am I sounding a bit too excited? Well, that's because I am!!!!!!!! </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Hockey seems to go on & on & on & on.....</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Love hockey, but good grief!</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, amongst all the chaos, the barfing, and some minor melt downs (me, being the one with the melt-downs) it was a pretty great weekend.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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