Today, linking up with SITS for a stroll down bloggy memory lane. Last year, I was talking about food. I know, SHOCKER!! Check out what we were eating Sept 29, 2011
The September before that I was talking about food, too but in a different way. Check out what happened to me in 2010.
In 2009, I was talking about my weight. Maybe I wouldn't have to if I didn't talk about food so much. Maybe there is something there. Just to update this post from 2009, I am down past my weight goal and have kept it off! Woo hoo!
In 2008, I was writing about what things we do when we are sleep deprived. I was sleep deprived then with a new baby. I am sleep deprived now because I stay up too late! Read about it here
If you want to hook up with my SITStahs, then check them out here.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Fall Craft...Pin This!
For The SITS challenge today, we are to share a craft or recipe. At this blog, you will not 1 but 2 crafts that are easy to make and cost less than $5 each to make. Lots of pics and all my steps to completion!
Craft #1: Front Door
All the things on Pinterest are about picture frames for your front door. Well, I was doing this before it was cool(like last spring). Take a look!
Craft #2 Sign
Another rage right now is make signs with building blocks. My father-in-law made some for the kids. I took 3 and made them into a craft with some paint and some leaves from the yard(or my neighbors).
Craft #1: Front Door
All the things on Pinterest are about picture frames for your front door. Well, I was doing this before it was cool(like last spring). Take a look!
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| Tie a bunch of raffia on the bottom. |
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| Add Fall flowers. I found mine at the $ store. Tie off or use glue gun. |
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| Tie ribbon to top and hang on front door. I got the ribbon at $ store, too! |
Another rage right now is make signs with building blocks. My father-in-law made some for the kids. I took 3 and made them into a craft with some paint and some leaves from the yard(or my neighbors).
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| Spray painted the blocks white and used wood stain to give this color. |
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| Orange paint pen and my favorite saying and BAM! Cute craft! |
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
My Favorite Things
These are a few of my favorite things:
Leaves, red, yellow, brown,
Air, crisp, cool, fresh
Long sleeves, jeans, and boots
Football, cheering and playing
Coffee, lattes, and cappuccinos
Pumpkin patches and apple picking
Warm, cozy scarves and fluffy slippers
Blankets, toasty and soft
Jumping in piles of leaves
TV shows returning
Bonfire burning
S'mores, toasting and eating
Kids, Trick or Treating
Thanksgiving and Halloween
Corn mazes and haunted woods
Candy corn, popcorn balls, caramel apples
Shorter days and longer nights.
Hooking up with The SITS Girls for a Back to Blogging Fall Extravaganza. This was my feeble attempt at poetry. Don't be overly critical! I am no e.e. cummings!
Leaves, red, yellow, brown,
Air, crisp, cool, fresh
Long sleeves, jeans, and boots
Football, cheering and playing
Coffee, lattes, and cappuccinosPumpkin patches and apple picking
Warm, cozy scarves and fluffy slippers
Blankets, toasty and soft
Jumping in piles of leaves
TV shows returning
Bonfire burning
S'mores, toasting and eating
Kids, Trick or Treating
Thanksgiving and Halloween
Corn mazes and haunted woods
Candy corn, popcorn balls, caramel apples
Shorter days and longer nights.
Hooking up with The SITS Girls for a Back to Blogging Fall Extravaganza. This was my feeble attempt at poetry. Don't be overly critical! I am no e.e. cummings!
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Fall in My Neck of the Woods
We, also, go apple picking and make applesauce. If you have never had home made applesauce, then you are missing out! It is literally so yummy that you can sit and eat the whole thing. But, I freeze it and we have it for the whole year. Delish!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Tackle It Tuesday
Is there something in your house that just drives you crazy? No, not your husband or kids but some task of chore that you can never seem to get to that makes you want to scream? This is my something!
Every time I open this my blood pressure sky rockets and I just get mental trying to find the pizza cutter or some such nonsense. Here is the top drawer:
As you can see, it isn't near as bad off as the other but this is after my attempt to make it better via the baskets. Here is my solution. I won this from SITS when I entered a contest on how to feed a family on less than $5. Read about it here or should I say I won a gift card and this is part of what I bought with it:
Every time I open this my blood pressure sky rockets and I just get mental trying to find the pizza cutter or some such nonsense. Here is the top drawer:
As you can see, it isn't near as bad off as the other but this is after my attempt to make it better via the baskets. Here is my solution. I won this from SITS when I entered a contest on how to feed a family on less than $5. Read about it here or should I say I won a gift card and this is part of what I bought with it:
Friday, April 15, 2011
I won! I won! I won!
Recently I entered a contest on the SITS website. SITS is a community of fellow bloggers who support each other and seek to grow us in our bloggy world. They recently asked members to send in recipes that can feed 4 people for $5. In this day of economic insecurity, I entered my black bean and rice recipe. It will feed my 6 people with at least another 4 servings left over which I freeze. Check out the article with my recipe and the runners up whose recipes I can't wait to try!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Everything I have learned I learned from SITS
About blogging that is! Over on the SITS website, I am participating in a 31 day challenge to make my blog a better one. I admit that I am not hitting everyday as, well, life gets in the way, kids, work, home school, kids, chores, did I mention kids? My 4 seem to be taking up most of my time these days. I have learned some great, new things. I have made some great, new friends. I am also confused by some things but there is nothing new in that statement. Here are some things that I have learned:
1. linking to other sites. This helps me feel more validated in my feelings and information.
2. list posts are effective. You are reading one now so, ha! There!
3. there are 100s of kinds blogs out there. I can literally spend all day reading blogs. There are some really funny people in this world and I am out to find them all.
4. comments are great and affirm me. I am not saying that I need comments to make me complete but I am not NOT saying it either.
Thanks to Shelley at I'm Still Standing (anyone else have Elton John singing in her head) for hosting a crazy party on her site. I have my party hat on, do you???
1. linking to other sites. This helps me feel more validated in my feelings and information.
2. list posts are effective. You are reading one now so, ha! There!
3. there are 100s of kinds blogs out there. I can literally spend all day reading blogs. There are some really funny people in this world and I am out to find them all.
4. comments are great and affirm me. I am not saying that I need comments to make me complete but I am not NOT saying it either.
Thanks to Shelley at I'm Still Standing (anyone else have Elton John singing in her head) for hosting a crazy party on her site. I have my party hat on, do you???
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
My 6 Fathers
So yesterday's task was to re-post a post that you wish more people had read. I am reposting this one. The important people in my life have read it but others might find inspiration in it as well. Thanks to SITS Girls for reminding me of this post and to their sponsors Florida Builders Appliances, Standards of Excellence, and Westar Kitchen and Bath. This was one I wrote several years ago on Father's Day.
I know that you are intrigued by my title so let me explain. I have had 6 fathers in one sense or the other. No matter the way they treated me, they each taught me something. Or I learned something from each of them.
Let's start with #1. He would be termed my birth father. He contributed the genes that make up half of me. I don't know much about him or his family. I do know that he had curly, blond hair and blue eyes and a twin sister. His family is or was a well to do family in the town in which I was born. He gave me life despite the fact that he was a teenager and I was the product of teenage passion. I am grateful for that. I learned from him that teenage love is, for the most part, fleeting. I wish that I had learned that when I was a teenager. I, also, learned that when things get tough you run away. I lived under that wisdom for a long time. No more!
#2 was my step-father. He was married to my birth mother for a short time. In the brief time that I lived with them, I watched him beat her and shoot her and felt the sting of beating on my backside. He took advantage of me as a baby in a way that ruins a person. He was a mean drunk and a not so nice sober man. You ask what could I possibly learn from him? The first lesson I learned was inappropriate love. I also learned fear from a man. I, also, learned to protect others. I had a little step-sister. I would take her from him and tell him to not do that to her but to me instead. It was as if I knew that I was already damaged and I didn't want him to damage her. Our time ended together the night he aimed a shotgun at me and fired. Obviously, he missed. Just like Jimmy Carter led us to Ronald Reagan. He was followed by my adoptive father.
#3 is my adoptive father, Steve. He is also my grandfather. Baffle you? I was adopted by my grandparents. Dad was a great provider. There were 8 kids that he had to raise. 4 of his and 2 of my moms and 2 adoptees. I call us the Brady Bunch on acid. We never went without the things that we needed. We may not have had everything that we wanted but we never went naked or starved. I know that some of you will find this hard to believe but I wasn't always the easiest child to raise. I had "issues". He handled them the best way that he knew how. He taught me the value of hard work and a dollar and paying your bills on time. He taught me that sometimes people make mistakes but family always helps family if they can. I watch him with my kids and envy the easy relationship that they have but ours is getting better and I can say that I love him with my whole heart. He sacrificed more for my siblings and me than I could ever say. He did it quietly and without any expectations of repayment. I am glad that God chose you to be my dad!
#4 is my spiritual father. Those of you who aren't Christians may not understand this one but Michael led me to a real, saving relationship with Christ. Michael is also my husband and the father to my beautiful children. He is a great daddy and does what most men won't. While I was in the hospital, he worked full-time and was mommy and daddy to the kids. It was hard on him. Leading me to Christ makes him my spiritual father. He teaches me humility and to see the good in life and not drown in my sorrows. He is always positive and even keeled. But best of all, he loved me so much that he wanted to spend eternity with me. Not even roses and chocolate can beat that kind of romance.
#5 is related to #4. It is my father-in-law. I love that man. I love the boy that he raised who became the man that is my husband. Mike and I have a great relationship and I can talk to him about so many things. I learned from him that in-laws aren't horrible people like you hear in books and from comedians. I, also, learned from him that fresh flounder and shrimp straight from his boat can't be beat. He is a great fisherman! He has taught me that generosity is a precious thing and he often works his fingers to the bone in my home. He is a great grandfather and my kids adore him. I look forward to raising you in your old age!
#6 is my Heavenly Father. I can't possibly write everything that He has taught me. The internet could not contain it. I will write the highlights. Forgiveness, gentleness, patience(even though He didn't give me an abundance), real, true love, the value of life, grace, mercy, salvation. My relationships are all centered on Him. I am grateful that I can come to Him at anytime and He wraps His arms around me and loves on me. He taught me that no matter how far I stray I am never to far from Him. All I need is a trip down onto my knees to be near Him. I can't wait to spend eternity in Heaven praising His holy name. God is the most important father that I have. He sustained my family during our time of crisis and we wanted for nothing. He performed miracles in my life and the lives of my children and in many of your lives. God, forgive me for not even scratching the surface of what You have done and who You are.
So that is the tale of my 6 fathers. They each shaped who I am today and some of them continue to shape my life until the day of my death and beyond. I wish each of you Happy Father's Day. Call your dad and let him know how much you appreciate what he has done for you or has taught you. You can learn something from even the worst dad or the nonexistent one. Most importantly, thank God for His saving grace and for saving you. May God bless each of you!
I know that you are intrigued by my title so let me explain. I have had 6 fathers in one sense or the other. No matter the way they treated me, they each taught me something. Or I learned something from each of them.
Let's start with #1. He would be termed my birth father. He contributed the genes that make up half of me. I don't know much about him or his family. I do know that he had curly, blond hair and blue eyes and a twin sister. His family is or was a well to do family in the town in which I was born. He gave me life despite the fact that he was a teenager and I was the product of teenage passion. I am grateful for that. I learned from him that teenage love is, for the most part, fleeting. I wish that I had learned that when I was a teenager. I, also, learned that when things get tough you run away. I lived under that wisdom for a long time. No more!
#2 was my step-father. He was married to my birth mother for a short time. In the brief time that I lived with them, I watched him beat her and shoot her and felt the sting of beating on my backside. He took advantage of me as a baby in a way that ruins a person. He was a mean drunk and a not so nice sober man. You ask what could I possibly learn from him? The first lesson I learned was inappropriate love. I also learned fear from a man. I, also, learned to protect others. I had a little step-sister. I would take her from him and tell him to not do that to her but to me instead. It was as if I knew that I was already damaged and I didn't want him to damage her. Our time ended together the night he aimed a shotgun at me and fired. Obviously, he missed. Just like Jimmy Carter led us to Ronald Reagan. He was followed by my adoptive father.
#3 is my adoptive father, Steve. He is also my grandfather. Baffle you? I was adopted by my grandparents. Dad was a great provider. There were 8 kids that he had to raise. 4 of his and 2 of my moms and 2 adoptees. I call us the Brady Bunch on acid. We never went without the things that we needed. We may not have had everything that we wanted but we never went naked or starved. I know that some of you will find this hard to believe but I wasn't always the easiest child to raise. I had "issues". He handled them the best way that he knew how. He taught me the value of hard work and a dollar and paying your bills on time. He taught me that sometimes people make mistakes but family always helps family if they can. I watch him with my kids and envy the easy relationship that they have but ours is getting better and I can say that I love him with my whole heart. He sacrificed more for my siblings and me than I could ever say. He did it quietly and without any expectations of repayment. I am glad that God chose you to be my dad!
#4 is my spiritual father. Those of you who aren't Christians may not understand this one but Michael led me to a real, saving relationship with Christ. Michael is also my husband and the father to my beautiful children. He is a great daddy and does what most men won't. While I was in the hospital, he worked full-time and was mommy and daddy to the kids. It was hard on him. Leading me to Christ makes him my spiritual father. He teaches me humility and to see the good in life and not drown in my sorrows. He is always positive and even keeled. But best of all, he loved me so much that he wanted to spend eternity with me. Not even roses and chocolate can beat that kind of romance.
#5 is related to #4. It is my father-in-law. I love that man. I love the boy that he raised who became the man that is my husband. Mike and I have a great relationship and I can talk to him about so many things. I learned from him that in-laws aren't horrible people like you hear in books and from comedians. I, also, learned from him that fresh flounder and shrimp straight from his boat can't be beat. He is a great fisherman! He has taught me that generosity is a precious thing and he often works his fingers to the bone in my home. He is a great grandfather and my kids adore him. I look forward to raising you in your old age!
#6 is my Heavenly Father. I can't possibly write everything that He has taught me. The internet could not contain it. I will write the highlights. Forgiveness, gentleness, patience(even though He didn't give me an abundance), real, true love, the value of life, grace, mercy, salvation. My relationships are all centered on Him. I am grateful that I can come to Him at anytime and He wraps His arms around me and loves on me. He taught me that no matter how far I stray I am never to far from Him. All I need is a trip down onto my knees to be near Him. I can't wait to spend eternity in Heaven praising His holy name. God is the most important father that I have. He sustained my family during our time of crisis and we wanted for nothing. He performed miracles in my life and the lives of my children and in many of your lives. God, forgive me for not even scratching the surface of what You have done and who You are.
So that is the tale of my 6 fathers. They each shaped who I am today and some of them continue to shape my life until the day of my death and beyond. I wish each of you Happy Father's Day. Call your dad and let him know how much you appreciate what he has done for you or has taught you. You can learn something from even the worst dad or the nonexistent one. Most importantly, thank God for His saving grace and for saving you. May God bless each of you!
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