A Tuesday teaser!

I found this on someone else's blog and I think it would be something new and fun for 2009! So here it is:

Grab your current read
Let the book fall open to a random page
Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you're getting your "teaser" from ... that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given!
Please avoid SPOILERS

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"I sneak down to the kitchen when I'm supposed to be filing," Dakota said now. "Not all the time. But often enough that Andrea is pleased to see me. I even go there when Lucie's home and I don't have to watch Ginger."

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This is a teaser from Knit Two by Kate Jacobs.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Resolutions!

Well I can't believe it is almost 2009! The time has FLOWN by. So I have a few resolutions.

1) No more soda, lose 5 pounds and keep up with working out.
2) Read 100 books. I think I read 64 or 65 this year!
3) Finish 80 cross stitch projects. I think I did 41 or so this year.
4) Attend women's retreat this year. I KNOW I will be blessed to attend this event with other women from my church.

What are some of yours?

Well I have another finish to share. It is the little piece from the January SMO calendar.



Thanks for visiting and happy stitching!!!

Christmas, birthday, weather oh my!

Well first off I hope everyone had a wonderful, safe and warm Christmas. We did! Quiet and really nice. Yesterday, the 26th, was Hunter's birthday. Here are some pictures of him opening presents:







Blow that candle!!!



Yesterday morning DH got called out. After opening presents and eating cake, Hunter and his friends were watching a movie and the girls and I thought we would have a dance off last night. DH came home I think around 9:30 PM or so. So that ended that. Lex and I dance like elephants hehehe, so we thought we would stop before we woke everyone up.

DH got called out AGAIN this morning. So I got some food ready for him, his coffee and sent him on his way. Then I made bacon and waffles from my new waffle maker!!! It was awesome. Well everyone else is ready for the day, so I am going to go get ready too. I will leave you with 2 finishes I had yesterday. Both of them are SMO. One is LOVE, and the other one is Redwork Hearts but I changed the color to the mauve color.





Happy Stitching! Stay safe and warm!

(My camera is cooperating, but when it does, I will post the pictures mentioned above!!! ;) )

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

Well we have more snow! Surprise surprise! Ha not really. DH didn't have to work today but we expect he will be called out. Wahhh I am going to disconnect the phone. No, not really but I wish I had the guts to. I don't want him to have to work in this mess and be away for Christmas.

Today we have played games a bit, watched some TV. DH is working on Britt's room. Redoing the walls so we can paint in the spring. She also had to work on her dresser. She broke a drawer so he had her help fix it. Such a handy man!

Been reading a bit too. I haven't really stitched. I picked it up but kept thinking about Knit Two by Kate Jacobs, so I put it down again.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone! Have a safe and warm one!

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

Well we have a bit more snow, and I guess we have 24 hours before we have another one come through. Blessings, we will have a WHITE Christmas!!!! We have food, heat and a home to be in, so we are indeed very blessed. The kids are going a bit crazy, but they have been able to get out with friends a bit, before two ahhem got grounded.

We have watched movies, played games, made cookies, laughed, sang and enjoyed each other, for the most part. Tonight is our church service.

Check out my reading blog thingy at goodreads.com!

(I hope this link is what I wanted ;) )---

Whatta storm!

And it isn't done YET! After my last post, our power went off AGAIN. It came back on and was on for 4 hours. I was right in the middle of making some Russian Tea Cakes, finishing up dinner, trying to get everyone ready for Hunter's Christmas program. Power goes out. Of course, if the power is out, DH isn't coming home. So the kids and I lit some candles, got the battery powered radio, sang and waited. We had to leave @ 7 so I told the kids if the power wasn't back on after the program, we would head to McDonald's. Here is a picture of the Christmas program:



But it was on afterward. We got home, started heating up dinner and DH calls. Says everyone is running so much power that it keeps blowing. Was joking and said to tell everyone in our neighborhood to turn off everything you don't need. He finally got home around 10:30. Wed went off pretty good. Just lots of snow. We had family conference all last week at church. It just ended last night. Thursday lots of snow but good. Friday morning he got called out at 1:30 AM, came home at 5 AM. Went to work at 8 AM, got home at 4:30 PM. We were right in the middle of making dinner for the visiting pastor, when he got called out again. So I had ONE hour to get the 4 children ready, get dinner ready and eaten for us and get the dinner ready for the pastor. WHEW!!! We made it though. The girls helped a LOT. Jeff made to church at 8:30 PM. Sat the kids had play practice and then Jeff took the girls to The Dalles for the day. Hunter and I made chocolate chip cookies and played games. Yesterday we had church. During church I got a bad migraine so I came home and slept. Jeff took the kids plus 2 others sledding. Then he went and helped shovel the church parking lot. Here are some pictures from the play last night. The only one you won't see is Britt. She was the voice of God.







I have been able to stitch quite a bit. I will be back later with pictures of everything, the snow and my stitching! There is another storm we might be getting, so I hope to stay in and stitch more! Let it snow!!! Everyone stay warm, and Merry Christmas. God Bless.

Power is back!

Good morning! Well we don't have any new snow, but it is icy and COLD. 3 degrees out! EEKS! At 6 AM our power went out. We hurried out here, plugged in the old phone, kids came out and giggled at no power. They weren't giggling in a few minutes after they discovered they wouldn't be able to watch TV, cook breakfast or take a warm shower without power ehehehe. Not long after we got up, the phone honked, Dad had to go to work. Well my hero said he would get my power back on and about 30 minutes later there it was! He was teasing me though, because we got some oatmeal and toast done, 2 girls got showers and bye bye power. It went back off for about 30 more minutes. Whew! All kids are at school today. Hooray! I know they won't be doing much at school, but they still have 4 days left.

Here are a few pictures of the outside of our house at Christmas and our little snow/ice.









Oh my so I got a Christmas card and gift from Kay!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU! That is the sweetest thing anyone has ever done. I loved this fob from the minute I saw it! I will get you back though. ;)




Isn't it soooo cute???? The girls were drooling over it yesterday. "You don't need that do you mom??" HA! :P

So I got to stitch a bit. We played games too, so I didn't get very much done. I hope you can see a difference!



(I have NO idea why it turned this picture sideways!! SORRY)



Well have a great Tuesday everyone. 9 DAYS till Christmas! Stay warm and happy stitching!!!

Snow day!!!!

WOOHOOO!!! Well we got 4 calls (because of 4 children) from the super this morning at 6 AM saying school was delayed 2 hours. Then at 7 AM we got 4 more calls saying school was canceled because of the ice and cold. Wooohoo. So here we are:





I have been up since 2 AM, so I took a mini nap and may take another one here after lunch. Kids have rooms clean and clean laundry put away so they are watching Hoodwinked. After they are done with that, I have a TON of Hallmark movies to watch from the DVR. I am going to be working on this, perfect for a snow day!





Also, we put up the tree yesterday. Here it is! (I love purple if you can't tell although I would LOVE to have a pink one some day!! ;) )



Anyway, have a wonderful Monday everyone! Happy Stitching!!!

Brrrr it's cold outside!!!

Well we haven't had as much of a storm as to the West of us, but it is snowing, windy and COLD! Good day to stay inside. We have been playing games and a bit of chores. Going to eat lunch now and I am thinking about watching some Christmas movies and sti
tching.

I have three finishes to share, but my camera is charging.

First one is SMO Doodle #4:



Next is SMO Doodle #5:



At last but not least is SMO Merry Christmas:




I am sauteing onions and frying up some maple bacon. Then I will melt cheese on some tortillas and cut up some fresh tomato. YUM!!! I have no idea what to have for dinner. After cooking all week my mind is blank. Good thing Jeff is home but if he gets called out, well heck we might just make it a junk food night wink wink ;)

So is everyone ready for Christmas? We are! The tree is the only thing not up yet. I am thinking later today or tomorrow. This next week will be busy because we have family conference at church all week. Plus 2 Christmas programs.

Well have a wonderful Saturday. (I will be back later to post those pictures!) Happy stitching!

Fabulous Friday!!!

Hooray it is Friday!!! Well I am going to put my knees up and relax. Have to take care of them. They are thinking I need PT, but we will see what the MRI says. So on with my UFO day :)

Here is an update of All Hearts Come Home For Cookies:





Now here are 3 other UFO's that I pulled out that I am GOING to get DONE this weekend!!! All of them are SMO, of course!!!

Way Up North



Doodle #4



Doodle #5



Today the sun is shining and it is a beaUtiful day!!! I wish I could take a walk but my knees wouldn't let me. So this weekend is pretty busy. Lex is going on a little cruise with some youth from church and surrounding churches tomorrow. Brittany has Sat school because of missing assignments. Hunter's school is having a Winterfest so Jeff will take him. My knees would bother me so I doubt I will go. We are also cleaning carpets this weekend. K's paw bled last night but also from Ellie getting sick. They just need to be cleaned. We cleaned them about 2 months ago but want to get them done before we decorate for Christmas!!!!

Sunday of course is church in the AM, and then in the PM we have Christmas play practice and church.

Well I hope everyone has a fabUlous Friday and happy stitching!!!

(Everyone should be safe because I can hear a few FROGS under my house!! HEHEHEHE!! I will keep em there for you!!)

What will you get in your stocking?

Christmas Stocking





This year in your Christmas stocking you will get :


The Secret To True Love


Find out what you will get in your Christmas stocking at Quizopolis.com

Gift of gab!

Some people have it, some don't. I seem to, really bad at times! LOL

So I completely forgot to post about DH's uncle, who had heart surgery on Monday. He had a tumor on one of his heart valves. No damage was done to the valve, the tumor was large, but they are going to test it now I guess. Please pray for him and for Jeff's mom and grandma who are there taking care of him.

We have been sitting down as a family every night and reading a few chapters of the Bible. I tell you this has been a real blessing to our family. We aren't plopped in front of the TV, but sitting, communicating and learning together.

Today, Hunter has a procedure at the dentist, so we will be there for a few hours today. Please pray for him as well. He is such a trooper.

Didn't end up stitching much yesterday. Did some stuff with the kids, homework, play practice etc. I am reading and reviewing a book that will be out sometime in 2009. It is really good, I can hardly put it down! I hated to go take a shower! LOL

Last night after reading our chapters and Lex going to dance, the girls and I did facials again. I am reviewing an acne cleaner system, and I thought it would be good to see the results on a 14, 12 and 10 year old and not just me, to see what it does. Then we clipped toenails, painted them and then massaged them with dead sea salt! It was really fun.

Anyway, I have to go get ready for the day, but everyone have a great Wednesday!

Love is in the air!

I am sooo bad! I started a Valentine piece. I just felt like doing PINK and HEARTS!! So I am doing LOVE by SMO. I will post pictures later. I will also post pictures of our Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time, I hope everyone did as well.

An hour before we were supposed to eat, Ellie got sick to her stomach. So she slept the rest of the day. We played games and watched movies. Sometime during that time, I went to go get up and a ligament in my knee twisted. Talk about pain! Everyone could hear it, and it did it again on Sunday. So I am a limper right now.

Friday Jeff worked to help put Christmas lights up for the city. Lex has a friend from class that has a not so good situation at home and so he has been coming over to eat and have somewhere warm to go.

Saturday we went and picked up our Christmas pictures! They are awesome!!! I don't remember what else we did. Sunday we went to church, came home, watched football and rested a bit. Then back to church.

I haven't stitched very much. I had to frog the cookie one I was working on. Then I had gotten a bit farther, but the frog has come again, so I am frustrated with it!

Well I can't believe it is Dec 2 already! Where has the time gone? I hope everyone stays warm and has a wonderful Tuesday!