Simple Pleasures

Yes, Simple pleasures. Thats what I had last night. My hubby and dd went away for some last minute gift and food shopping and I stayed HOME...by myself and took a break! SO, I turned on the tv ( I read and am on the computer ALL the time) so watching tv is different for me. I found an Ice skating special. I think it was Brain Boytano?(sp) SO, I turned it on and he was just starting to skate a new routine and it was country. The song was an old one from Sonny & Cher! lol Then he continued with another newer upbeat song (CottonEyedJoe!) That used to be a very popular country line dance song and really MOVES!!! When he was done and the next person was introduced, they were going to skate to Barry Manilow singing LIVE right there with them!!! OMG!! He is my all time favorite too!!! I LOVE Barry! Well, it was not just that one song, he sang a bunch more for the next hour for a bunch of different skaters. PLUS, then Dorothy Hamill was skating too. I used to love her to when I was growing up. Heck, we even had hair cuts like hers!!! lol SO, to see her skate again and to Barry singing, it was AWESOME!!!
It was great to that NO one was home to pick on my OR my skating OR Barry singing! I had a great hour!
THEN, of course it was over, family came home, and back to reality!! lol

Ready? or NOT??

Ready or NOT?

( Im cheating on this today...I just posted THIS all on MySpace page!) COpied it over here too.

Well, I see by the count down that Christmas is only 9, yes NINE days away!!! WOW. Most of this month it hasnt even FELT like winter or DECEMBER! At least NOT here in PA!!
Ready or not, its coming. Are YOU ready? We are just about there. Most of the gifts are bought and done and we just got the cards done and ready to go out this weekend. Whew.........
Might pick up a few more small things for stockings and candy and stuff like that. We ordered something else the other night too that should be here soon. Then, My big thing is wrapping! UGH....I really do NOT like to do it and we ALWAYS wait till the LAST minute. We are usually UP late Christmas Eve wrapping and playing and doing the whole santas elf thing! Lol But, all the money and work IS worth it to see my daughters excitement and faces and FUN on Christmas day! :)

BUT, I also was productive THIS weekend. I got all the candles done, bagged and tagged and hubby delivered them on Sat. since he had to go in to work for a bit. Then we all sat down and did our Christmas cards yesterday too! Yipppie. I am gonna try to put a picture here of the candles.

I think in all we made about 15!!! Then I bought the glass holders and then wrapped it in tissue paper and put each one in its own little gift bag. It worked out pretty cute. AND, my daughter got to help!!

Yucky weather day

Well, the weather is horrible here today. Not sure if it will get worse, like its supposed to or not. The schools closed early and the children are home.
I think I am going to go try to make some gifts that I really NEED to get done soon!! Then tonight hopefully we will do our cards and get them sent out. Then, I will be pretty much caught up. We dont really have much to buy yet. Im done no matter what! lol No more time soon and no money will help that right along.
OK, off to be productive.

Catch up!!!

HEY, guess I should fill the last however long in! We are still trying to get the old car Buick fixed...theres a list. Also, trying (wanting) to sell the Jeep so we can buy the van. We went away for thanksgiving and we borrowed the van to go. It was very nice! Comfortable, nice ride, lots of room too. Guess a van isnt soo bad. I feel terrible though...."I" HAVE to have a new car, so we have to sell the jeep. I think everyone is bummin. Its not comfortable for any of us, its not a family car, and we just can NOT keep fixing it. Unfortuntaly we dont even go in the woods to 4wheel anymore either. BUT, I still feel bad.

Tried to get some christmas decorating done this past weekend. That usually doesnt go well either. A LOT of things right now are not going right for me. Im a problem! Between my pain and trying to do things and NOT being able to do things and REALLLLY wanting to do things, I struggle. SO, I nag hubby to bring up the decorations, then I need to DO it. The only problem with that is, you must UNDO everything and clean up before you can DO the decorating! lol Here lays the problem. TOO much work. I know I should and DO do it in sections...or a little at a time. That is the only way I CAN do it. It will get there.

Do you ever feel that you dont appreciate what you have? I have been thinking that a BUNCH lately. There are things I want and maybe even need, but I already HAVE sooo much that I am not grateful for it seems. I have a car, but I need a better one, a newer one, just Because I WANT one.....that doesnt sound nice. Sometimes I just need to step back and breathe and appreciate what I already Have. Its hard to do that sometimes I think. I mean everyone always wants something else or more, no matter what we have.

OK, enough pity party. I gotta go make supper and do something!!!

Car Saga continues......

UGH, this CAR (Buick) is turning into a money pit! SO, I take it to the garage yesterday, drop it off and ask them to change the oil, do a 4 wheel alignment and rotate the tires. I pick it up HOURS later, the only thing done is the oil change AND we have a WHOLE new list of STUFF WRONG with this car. So, those noises I was hearing.....they really WERE something! SO, I have TWO bad tires, some bushings things in the front and a different sort in the back (where we have been hearing noises) AND my serpentine belt has some chunks out of it!!!! WOW. So, I cant afford the new van, I cant really afford to fix this car all the time, but you have to! I also think that cars KNOW when you have a little extra $$$!!!! I am supposed to be going away this weekend to my friends over 2 hrs away, and we are taking MY car away for Thanksgiving too. SO, we gotta do something.
I was supposed to go do some learning/stamping stuff this morning at my up lines house, but I decided NOT to. Was almost ready to walk out the door, but I just couldn't do it. This has NOT been the greatest week of my life and I'm either having panic attacks or a nervous breakdown...or both!? Who knows. I need to pack and get ready to leave tonight yet too. I wasn't sure I was going, so I didn't do anything last night to get ready! We are going to be making cookies and fudge. Yum. Maybe this will help me 'get it together' a little better. Taking a break and seeing my girlfriend.

Me, in a Mini VAN??!!

Well, I'm not sure yet and it wont happen today, BUT, we are looking for another car for me and we seem to be heading in the MINI-VAN direction!!! UGH! ME?!? lol I have a 4 door Buick now and we are getting rid of our Jeep, and wanted to try to get another SUV type vehicle. Hubby will probably end up with my car then. Well, suv types are expensive to buy and to repair...so we started looking at other things. I dont want another 'car' like the Buick, or I would just keep it. I want and we need, something a little higher off the ground and a little bigger. I looked at a Pontiac Transport (Montana) last night to get the idea. Its got ALL the bells and whistles that I really wanted but did NOT think we would be able to get. It has LOTS of miles on it though?!? I don't know what to think. I am going to go and take it for a test drive today, just to see what I think and IF its comfortable. I'll let you know!!! School gets out early today, so we are off to a longer weekend. lol :)

Calligraphy, Volunteer Lunch, shopping, etc!

I have been really busy the past few days. Trying to get some things done. Ran some errands and went to Walmart shopping on Tuesday. I spent over TWO hours in that store!! HOW? Well, for one, no kid, NO hubby!!! Plus I wasn't quiet done and it was lunchtime, so I got a bite to eat at the Subway there too! Got a few Christmas presents too. Then last night I went to a class at my local scrapbook store last night on Calligraphy. It was pretty cool!! After about 2 hours straight of writing and hand cramping, we were all tired! lol It was hard for the teacher to show us on a white board, like how to hold the pen and at what angle, but when she came and showed us on our paper with the pen, it worked much better!
I volunteer at a local clothing/food bank every Wednesday morning and I went there today then we also had our Thank You lunch today too. Its when the board members and such serve US volunteers and just thank everyone. It is really nice.
OH, I almost forgot.....I actually WON something on the FIskateers online crop this weekend too! I cant wait to get it!!! I will let you know what and when.
Tomorrow......I don't think I have anything on the calendar!

Fiskateer Round Up What? Read more to find out!!

OK, Did you ever hear of a Fisk-a-teer? Well, if not, you need to. Go to http://www.fiskateer.com I am sure that most of you have heard of Fiskars and all their wonderful products. Well, as a fiskateer, you can learn about them, post pictures & projects in their gallery and chat with people on the message boards too. You email one of the original Fiskateers and they will tell you what to do! Now, What is a Round-up? They are hosting an online crop. So hopefully you can get in quick if you are not already a fiskateer. May (just one of the original fiskateers) will be online all weekend long with RAKs, projects and allllll kinds of awesome prizes! She also set up a special blog right here on blogspot for this event. http://www.fiskateerroundup.blogspot.com/
Well, I gotta go check out some threads on the the site and get some crafting done!!!
Hope you can join us.

Some Artwork!

Well, I either dont take pictures or just do not share my cards, pages and what nots, so here is some things I have done recently. Hope you enjoy them.

Long Time

Well, its been a while again. I got my car back and then was never home! lol I was gone pretty much the last 2 weekends. Beginning of Oct. was my whole weekend crop at CRC in/near Port Royal, PA. A GRRREAT place to go and awesome people too!! I LOVE it up there. and NO my car did NOT break down! Lol I had the same person with me too, so I'm really glad that did not happen! Now I have to wait until March to go there again. I love the mountains and the scenery.
Today, I was cleaning!!! What the heck brought THAT on? I have NO clue. lol I think I am just tired of living in a mess. I really paid for it tonight though. I hurt like the dickens. ouch. I was doing the kitchen. I dusted some, swept, cleaned off a whole rack of cookbooks, and then mopped and put everything back again!!! Whew. My dd helped me fix it when she got home from school. We even cleaned the wooden chairs! Geeez, scary!
We had a wedding to go to on Sat. It lasted ALL day! Between wedding and reception, and how far away it was, we left around noon and did not get home until like 1030 at night. Long day for all of us. We slept in on Sunday (still NO church?) and then we met some friends for a late lunch.
Tomorrow, I must take some of my not wanted scrapbook items into a store. She has this AWESOME scrapbook yard sale coming up on Sat. We take our stuff in (priced and # and ready to go) she sells it to whoever comes for the yard sale, keeps track of it all and then gives us our money to spend in her store!!!! I LOVE it. I was only there as a buyer last year, and got some great stuff. NOW, I'm taking a box in and hoping to do well on both ends! :)
Well, the rest of the family is in bed. Guess I should head there too.