SOMETHING FUN...

Here's something fun... :-)

http://www.funstufftosee.com/optustennis.html

KIDS IN A CANDY SHOP

My daughter's school is having a fundraiser with a local store. They're donating a percentage of the proceeds to her school.

Being a nice mom, I thought I'd check it out. :-) Plus, the name of the store was intriguing....Powell's Sweet Shoppe. :-)

OH MY GOSH! It was like walking into Farrel's as kids! CANDY EVERYWHERE! Every surface just covered, hanging from the ceilings, dripping off the cupboards, etc., etc.! Drawers of unheard of candy, stacks and stacks of candy! They even had ice-cream! I had told the kids we were only spending $10...well, that turned into $10 each...

The picture above is what we purchased :-) You may notice some oldies but goodies in there :-)

http://powellssweetshoppe.com/pages/home.html

CATHEDRAL WINDOW QUILT

I had a nice day today - hubby took the kids in to get their bikes tuned up and I worked on the house. I unpacked a few more things that I've been putting off, and organized a bunch of pictures. It was just a nice quiet day. I even got time to work on my cathedral window quilt - that I haven't touched in TWO YEARS! :-( I swear, I'll never finish this thing! LOL It's a really time consuming quilt. It's sooooooo awesome, but mostly hand stitched. I'll see if I can find an internet link....

It's a true labor or love and I plan for it to be a family heirloom. All my scraps are from past sewing projects (dresses for daughter as a baby, blankets for the kids, etc., etc. ), clothes the kids wore when little, clothes of mine that were special, patches from hubby's old shorts, or scraps from my SIL's quilts. I want it to have a story and meaning. :-)

















Here are some links I posted from my spark friends:

Here's an AWESOME tutorial! It's not exactly how I'm doing mine - this is actually easier - but if you guys are interested, read it and scroll through so you can get a good idea of what I'm doing :-) Mine right now is about 11x10 squares - so...110 squares! Each square is about 4 inches? My centers are 2x2.

hyena-in-petticoats.blogspot.com/2007/08/c
athedral-window-quilt-tutorial.html

Here's a great picture of one:
www.flickr.com/photos/23405961@N03/2575121
779/in/pool-cathedralwindows

STAR WARS ADVENTURE

My little Jedi got to test out part of his Halloween costume when Darth Vadar, a Stormtrooper, a Jedi and I think an Imperial Fighter (I've been told numerous times who that orange guy is, but just can't seem to absorb it...) visited our local Pottery Barn kids store. We waited in line for an hour to see these guys and get their autographs. We were joined by little man's new BEST friend and his family.

My Big Jedi daughter thought she'd try out her Heelies that day. She was very proud of herself that she could roll from the wall to the strap without falling (about 1.5 feet...).





It was a fun day :-)

SO PROUD

FREE HAT FROM USTA!

I'm just too excited! :-) I signed up for USTA (United States Tennis Association) and they had a promotion going on that you got a free hat for joining. I needed to join so I could play on a team, but the hat was GRAVY!

I can't believe it, but it came in the mail over the weekend! WOOHOO! So, now I am just TOO CUTE in my 2008 U.S. OPEN hat! :-)

Oh, and have I mentioned I got ranked 3.5!?! WOOHOO! That means I get to play people BETTER than, or about the same as me! I love playing with pretty much anyone, but the challenge is really fun!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

The much anticipated first day of school has finally arrived! All the nerves, dread, excitement finally about to be released! Our son is excited about finally graduating into the "full day", "big kid playground" world! He got up this morning and even showered! We put a little mousse in his hair so he could look EXTRA cool and sexy. :-)
Baby girl has been DYING for a rolling backpack for the past few years. We just didn't want to do that big honkin' backpack, so promised when she went to middle school she could finally get one :-) Doesn't she look proud! She wore some of her BEST Abercrombie clothes and went to school feeling pretty confident. It helped that she's met some really nice kids at church and had plans to meet up with them.





The after school report is that everything is GREAT!!!! They both made friends, sat with people at lunch and liked their teachers. Daughter was very pleased that her teachers were all young - which is a rarity in this state! I was pleased to hear from one of the moms in my son's class that his teacher is phenomenal. PHEW! :-)

TEST FROM THE APPLE STORE

Hubby purchased a year of tutoring for our daughter when he bought the Mac book for her. She and her brother (and anyone willing) have LOVED making video's!!! This is an example of video's they make - very obnoxious, and extremely boring to anyone over the age of 12 :-) LOL

This one is with their cousin who was visiting this past weekend. For anyone over the age of 12, you may want to turn your volume down... :-)