This is a really old picture of Sarah from 2005. I printed it with the thought of putting it in the canvas collage that I made in November, but it didn't make it. So it was sitting around looking super cute and her you have it's new home. :D
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Recent Cards and Layouts...
This is a really old picture of Sarah from 2005. I printed it with the thought of putting it in the canvas collage that I made in November, but it didn't make it. So it was sitting around looking super cute and her you have it's new home. :D
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
blatent advertising...
So I was doing my grocery shopping the other day at Fred Meyer. I peeked into the kitchware area to see if I could find a thermos for Sarah to take to school. On my way back out of those ailes, I saw these cute little red bowls by a "famous" tv chef. I love anything red, so of course I stopped and looked. I was SHOCKED. SHOCKED I tell you, to see the price was $24.99 for three little tiny prep bowls. They probably don't hold more than 1 1/2 cups per bowl and they don't come with lids, either!!!
This of course made me very grateful for my cute little prep bowl set from Pampered Chef ... eight bowls WITH lids for only $20.00. I use these bowls for Sarah's lunches, leftovers, butter, all kinds of things. And clearly they are even a better deal than I had realized!!
This of course made me very grateful for my cute little prep bowl set from Pampered Chef ... eight bowls WITH lids for only $20.00. I use these bowls for Sarah's lunches, leftovers, butter, all kinds of things. And clearly they are even a better deal than I had realized!!
I know it sounds corny, but I just love my pampered chef things. It's nice to have products that work as they should and make my life easier. Spatulas that don't fall apart or warp in the pan. A garlic press to make you crave garlic. Measuring cups that make you HAPPY to measure. **Sigh***
Leave a comment on my blog and say HI! and I'll put you in a drawing to win a few PC goodies!!!
If you don't have the address of my Pampered Chef Store, leave a comment on the blog and I'll email it to you.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
12 on 12
Last year I heard about this thing called 12 on 12. It's where you take 12 pictures each month on the 12th of the month. Surely it was started by someone who felt the didn't take enough pictures as it is. ;) Anyways. I decided to do that this year. I thought it would be need to track a few things during the year such as gas prices, mileage on my car and so on. So here is January's 12!
The table at the end of the day.
Our mailbox
Miles on my car.
Goodnight, sweetie!
Price of gas at our gas station.
My apron!
Cooper!
Sarah's new chart system.
Done with coffee.
A layout I started today.
Andy at the end of the day - he worked both at the shop and Volleyball tonight.
I didn't quite get my 12 in on the 12th... this is Sarah and Andy leaving this morning - on the 13th. :D
The table at the end of the day.
Our mailbox
Miles on my car.
Goodnight, sweetie!
Price of gas at our gas station.
My apron!
Cooper!
Sarah's new chart system.
Done with coffee.
A layout I started today.
Andy at the end of the day - he worked both at the shop and Volleyball tonight.
I didn't quite get my 12 in on the 12th... this is Sarah and Andy leaving this morning - on the 13th. :D
Monday, January 5, 2009
More Snow Pics
Ok, here is the last (we sure hope!) snow pictures. The snow was over 18 inches and took down some powerlines that run behind our home... fun. Here is the view of Sarah's swing set. I love how deep the snow is around her swing (which she struggles to get into a bit - that's how high off the ground it is). I would say it's all gone now, but it's snowed a few times since this all melted off. We had about an inch last night, but thankfully it was gone by morning!
In other weather related news, once all this snow melted off (by about New Years), it started POURING rain... over 4 inches in one day. So the night of the 1st was spent up very very late using the shop vac downstairs trying to keep up with the water coming into our basement. I'll post pictures later this week. A basement remodel is up next for us, I guess.
Heavenly Aprons!!!
APRONS!!!!! Such wonderful APRONS!!!! On lifetimemoments I have a wonderful friend named Cheryl who is super talented and kind. She kindly agreed to make some aprons for me earlier in the year and I loved them so much, I had several made for Christmas presents...
Here is my sis, Rebecca, in her apron. I chose this fabric from http://www.millendstore.com/ (which was nearly flooding the other day too... that Mill Creek was HIGH!) just for her. I retrospect, I should have chose a thicker fabric. None-the-less, the sis loves the cool orange and purple of this apron. Hey, Bec, there's another ORANGE blog entry for you!
Here is my mom in her purple teacup apron.
And here is Patty in her Heather Bailey print apron. She was so thrilled to get an apron like this - she said her mom used to make aprons like this for her for Christmas. Sounds like I'm Patty's favorite now ;)
Cheryl is very eager to help out in any way Heather so I was able to talk her into one last apron despite the fact that she was moving. Did I mention just how awesome Cheryl is?? How blessed am I to have friends like her!!!
Cheryl kept going on and on about finding just the right Ric Rac for Patty's apron and how she had to special order it (cuz she doesn't live near Mill End Store like I do!) and how great it looked once it was on the apron. I didn't see the apron till it arrived here. I promptly ran to the computer and told her I needed another apron, there was no way I could give this one away and how on earth did SHE manage to part with it???!!! Unfortunately, Patty loved it, so I didn't get to keep it for myself. :(
Anyways, Patty's apron sure came out great with all this lucious brown ric rak on it. Here is a picture of the pocket detail.
I have a beautiful apron too, but I forgot to get someone to take a picture of me in mine. I've had a cold and the brain cell is very clogged up at the moment!! I'll get Andy to take one of me tonight or something.
So, long apron strings short, If you need a very very beautiful Apron, shoot me an email and I'll hook you up with my friend Cheryl. :D
Here is a great pic of two of the cutest guys around!
Taken on NY at midnight. :wub:
Here is my sis, Rebecca, in her apron. I chose this fabric from http://www.millendstore.com/ (which was nearly flooding the other day too... that Mill Creek was HIGH!) just for her. I retrospect, I should have chose a thicker fabric. None-the-less, the sis loves the cool orange and purple of this apron. Hey, Bec, there's another ORANGE blog entry for you!
Here is my mom in her purple teacup apron.
And here is Patty in her Heather Bailey print apron. She was so thrilled to get an apron like this - she said her mom used to make aprons like this for her for Christmas. Sounds like I'm Patty's favorite now ;)
Cheryl is very eager to help out in any way Heather so I was able to talk her into one last apron despite the fact that she was moving. Did I mention just how awesome Cheryl is?? How blessed am I to have friends like her!!!
Cheryl kept going on and on about finding just the right Ric Rac for Patty's apron and how she had to special order it (cuz she doesn't live near Mill End Store like I do!) and how great it looked once it was on the apron. I didn't see the apron till it arrived here. I promptly ran to the computer and told her I needed another apron, there was no way I could give this one away and how on earth did SHE manage to part with it???!!! Unfortunately, Patty loved it, so I didn't get to keep it for myself. :(
Anyways, Patty's apron sure came out great with all this lucious brown ric rak on it. Here is a picture of the pocket detail.
I have a beautiful apron too, but I forgot to get someone to take a picture of me in mine. I've had a cold and the brain cell is very clogged up at the moment!! I'll get Andy to take one of me tonight or something.
So, long apron strings short, If you need a very very beautiful Apron, shoot me an email and I'll hook you up with my friend Cheryl. :D
Here is a great pic of two of the cutest guys around!
Taken on NY at midnight. :wub:
Sunday, December 21, 2008
The Snow Tower
We don't get a ton of snow here in Portland, usually just a few inches that melts within a day or so and is usually not enough for a snowman. Yesterday, we were faced with a different snow problem... the snow was TOO DRY to roll into snowman balls. So Andy got out some recycling tubs and made a SNOW TOWER with Sarah. :D
Clearly, Cooper was NOT impressed!!! rofl!
Clearly, Cooper was NOT impressed!!! rofl!
But Sarah was proud!
Winter Wonderland
Normally, I really dislike un-christmas songs like "Winter Wonderland" or "White Christmas" and I REALLY dislike "Let It Snow" (it's about an unmarried couple hoping for the excuse to spend the night together...) However, we've had record cold and snow here in the Portland area this week and NOW those songs are appropriate! Bring on all the Christmas and Winter music, let's jingle bell rock!!!
So, "little dog" Mercy is REALLY turning out to be a "Butler"... he will pull kleenex out of trash cans and "fight" it into little bits of white all over the house and my red living room rug. He turns my home into a winter wonderland of a tissue kind - very similar to what Butler did with bread when he was a kitten. Mercy also plays chase and bites at feet the same way Butler did. He really is a love and fitting into our home so well. :D
Ok, so snow. Want to see pics?? Here we go:
Here is the car early yesterday. Andy had to clear it off 3 or 4 times before we went out to run some errands yesterday. It is now coated in a thick unpenaterable coat of ice holding Andy's gloves hostage.
Our pretty front porch. Also early yesterday.
We lost power last night until mid-day today. Brrrrrrrrrrrr it was cold!!! Here are Mercy and Cooper snuggled up together. Shared body heat helps in times like these. :D
Another picture of our house yesterday morning. You can't see any of the stones in front of the mailbox or flower beds any more. You can't tell the street from the yard either. I asked Andy to take another picture for me today. No, I'm NOT going out in that again. Yesterday was enough!
I got up this morning (in the freezing cold power outage) and sat at the kitchen table bundled up in my flannel jammies, wrapped in 2 blankets, finishing up our christmas cards. There are about 175 cards so far, be patient, we'll get them out. Soon. After I had enough of that freezing-ness, I crawled back into bed and fell happily asleep. Andy got up though (so much for shared body heat!) and called his folk in Germany. No power, but a working phone! He had a good visit with his parents while Sarah took a bunh of pictures around the house. Merry Christmas, Oma & Opa!
That's about it for now. It's been a weird week with school and church and their related holiday events canceled. I hope the weather is ok for a Christmas Eve service. Besides the short power outage, we're all happy, healthy and safe. Sarah's in HEAVEN with all this snow. Cooper is too! He gets good playtime outside with Sarah and then he gets to stay in the house for hours at a time. Rough life.
Ok, back to finishing up the Christmas cards. I'm up to "Lick envelopes". You can see why I would take a break from them, hahah!
So, "little dog" Mercy is REALLY turning out to be a "Butler"... he will pull kleenex out of trash cans and "fight" it into little bits of white all over the house and my red living room rug. He turns my home into a winter wonderland of a tissue kind - very similar to what Butler did with bread when he was a kitten. Mercy also plays chase and bites at feet the same way Butler did. He really is a love and fitting into our home so well. :D
Ok, so snow. Want to see pics?? Here we go:
Here is the car early yesterday. Andy had to clear it off 3 or 4 times before we went out to run some errands yesterday. It is now coated in a thick unpenaterable coat of ice holding Andy's gloves hostage.
Our pretty front porch. Also early yesterday.
We lost power last night until mid-day today. Brrrrrrrrrrrr it was cold!!! Here are Mercy and Cooper snuggled up together. Shared body heat helps in times like these. :D
Another picture of our house yesterday morning. You can't see any of the stones in front of the mailbox or flower beds any more. You can't tell the street from the yard either. I asked Andy to take another picture for me today. No, I'm NOT going out in that again. Yesterday was enough!
I got up this morning (in the freezing cold power outage) and sat at the kitchen table bundled up in my flannel jammies, wrapped in 2 blankets, finishing up our christmas cards. There are about 175 cards so far, be patient, we'll get them out. Soon. After I had enough of that freezing-ness, I crawled back into bed and fell happily asleep. Andy got up though (so much for shared body heat!) and called his folk in Germany. No power, but a working phone! He had a good visit with his parents while Sarah took a bunh of pictures around the house. Merry Christmas, Oma & Opa!
That's about it for now. It's been a weird week with school and church and their related holiday events canceled. I hope the weather is ok for a Christmas Eve service. Besides the short power outage, we're all happy, healthy and safe. Sarah's in HEAVEN with all this snow. Cooper is too! He gets good playtime outside with Sarah and then he gets to stay in the house for hours at a time. Rough life.
Ok, back to finishing up the Christmas cards. I'm up to "Lick envelopes". You can see why I would take a break from them, hahah!