Well it's been a long while since i have been on here. I couldn't figure out my password and was frustrated trying to get a new one cuz my computer got a virus of some sort and was freezing up..... so now my computer is clean again....and I am back in the game. A lot has happened so I will try to give a quick synopsis of my life in the last few weeks.
Both kids got a well needed haircut....by mommy. Brianna didn't pose for the camera that night so only got Christian.... He looks so handsome.




Another really fun thing is that my dryer went out. An almost brand new dryer...a Maytag too... it was continually heating even when turned off. Scary for me since I have lived through a house fire before. No thanks. I unplugged it and have been waiting TWO weeks for the repairman to show up. We have a 4 year warranty on it thank goodness. I just need to put pressure on the people instead of being TOO nice. In the meantime I have had so much fun hanging wet clothes all around the house. NOT. It is aggravating but I have to do something. I couldn't find enough places to hang all of the little kiddie socks...so I rigged up a nice redneck dryer using my pellet stove.

Hey it worked....dont laugh...

This blanket is one I made years ago....a friend of mine got me started on a granny square and I just kept on going. I love the colors in it. I am such a dark blue person although lately I am somehow getting excited about the sage greens....which I never thought I would like...

Here is a granny square that my friend Sara started for me. I still can't START one by myself though....ugh

One of the gifts my mom gave to Brianna this year was a Paula Deen cooking apron. It's really cute. The pockets had some cooking utensils just her size. Too cute. Here is a pic of her posing in it.

While helping my friend Sandra out by taking Mariah to cello lessons, I had the opportunity of talking with her instructor Miss Sue. She offered me free piano lessons for Brianna in leiu of working at her music studio a couple hours two days a week. Just sitting in the shop to keep it open while she goes to a college class. Awesome !! I have been wanting to get lessons for Bri but cannot afford it. So as much as I DO NOT like leaving my home ....and I am not a morning person at all,...I guess this is God saying hey this is your chance...so I may take her up on it.

I did a lot of SITTING in my recliner for about a week cuz I woke up last Sunday with a pounding headache. That's what I thought. By the end of the day it was still pounding and motrin was not helping. I figured out a couple days later it was actually a pinched nerve in my neck. OUCH. It's way better now...Praise the Lord for that.

The weather has been weird...warm day and then back to cold. Getting me excited about spring and then hear we may get snow this weekend.

Church has been awesome. I got to visit the Fredericksburg Prayer Furnace and oh my goodness that was a great time. We stayed till midnight and then had a two hour drive home. I would love to go every Friday night but the drive is hard and that's a lot of gas money.

Life is good......God is awesome. Brianna is now 7 and didn't want to have a birthday party ON her actual birthday because big brother Kyle wouldn't be home. So if the snow is not too bad this weekend she will have cake and ice cream on Sat. afternoon. Big brother will be flying in this wed or thurs !!

Well I sure do miss my visits with Kathie the cook and her six children. I need to get over there again soon. This week I shall be cleaning and organizing so maybe next week will work. I really need a day to learn all about...ground beef. It's cheaper than most meat and I have no clue what to do with it other than spaghetti sauce.

I am enjoying a nice quiet evening for once. Everyone went to bed at a decent hour. It's just me and the computer. I think I will do my online reading for the bible in a year and then go to IHOP 24 hour prayer center live and fall asleep listening to them sing.

Enjoy your week and as always ....

Be Blessed !!

Today was a great school day !! While Brianna was excited that she got an A on her math test and her spelling test, I was excited that she did well on her reading comprehension. We had a good day and of course Christian wants to be in school as well so he sat down to work on tracing the alphabet letters. Pretty good work for a three year old. He is such a good boy.



So another big excitement for me today was receiving a free sewing machine and table. A girl on freecycle gave it away !! Its an older table that could use some resurfacing work on top and the machine is a really old Sears Kenmore model. It had all the original paperwork with it and extra needles and other things that I haven't fully investigated just yet. Jimmy went to pick it up for me since it was heavy and when he brought it through the front door I happened to be cooking dinner. So I quickly snapped two photos for my blog and I will get acquainted with the new machine later tonight.
I cannot believe the things I have received from free cycle. It's truly amazing to me. I have given lots of things myself...mostly clothing but it is truly a blessing to use this site and save the landfills. Of course if I can't get the machine to work properly I will have Dr. Kathie take a look at it. She is my resident genius when it comes to sewing machines...lol.


Since the top is kinda messed up I may just sand it down and paint it a nice color to fit into the living room/dining room atmosphere.

















Our dinner tonight was baked Chicken and homemade mac and cheese and corn. The dinner was delicious. Jimmy love it !! Means I am getting better at cooking. I spent a couple hours today cleaning the toy area.....and its still a complete zoo minus the live animals...lol. We also began the fun process of taking the tree down. Most all of the decorations are meaningful or homemade so we have to be extra careful taking them down so as not to break/tear any. Now I will have the entire corner back....yippee for space !!!!!!!!!!!!! I could really use some organizational help here. A lady at my church offered to come help me but I am too embarrassed for her to see the mess. Anyways, tomorrow I will work some more on the toys and try to catch up on the laundry!! We are watching a movie now so I will end this for today. Stay warm. Supposed to snow tonight again !!!

Be Blessed !!

Okay it's been a while since I sat down to write here...and boy do i need it. Good therapy for me. Last night it snowed so its super pretty here. I love waking up to a beautiful white scenic view out of every window. It makes our home brighter.


I have a lot to catch up on ...starting with Brianna has really taken an interest in cooking. So the other day she asks if she can make us lunch. I was more than happy to let her. She used her new Paula Deen Cookbook for kids that mammaw bought her last year at Christmas. She made us a delicious homemade pizza. It was so good I had to take a picture of it since it's her first. She did it all by herself too.



I took Ky back to North Carolina this past Sunday. We left around 8:30 or 9:00 ish and had a very nice ride ALONE to his base. He slept for a couple hours but for the most part we got to talk and laugh and just be together which I miss so much. I love him so much it hurts. God gives us a love for our children that I cannot understand. It's so deep and unconditional and wonderful. Wish God gave us that kind of love for other people too. That is not so natural...lol We got a good laugh at some of the small towns in North Carolina and how really backward they are. WOW. I had no clue that people living only 6 hours away were that behind the times. Some towns were only a few streets long and their biggest excitment was a Handy Mart gas station. Oh my I would go nuts there. Anyways people are different and that is a good thing I guess.
We had the directions from mapquest and a GPS and still got lost. Their roads are not updated in the system I guess. We went an hour out of the way. I still have no clue where Camp Johnson is but we did find Camp LeJeune and called a taxi from there to come get him. I drove home alone. Took about 6 and a half hours....stopped for strong alert coffee around Richmond. I sang and cried most of the ride home. Partly missing Kyle and partly the music just gets to me. I am moved by music. Alone time in a car is really nice.

Back to school and we are getting back into the groove of studying after a long holiday break. Bri writes about God in her daily journal and Christian has a dry erase wipe board that he traces his alphabet letters on. He wants to be in school too !!

Tuesday I had a Dr appointment in Waldorf......I hate that drive. Dr. Leon has a lot in store for me. X-rays, and surgery, and bloodwork and prolotherapy ....I will be busy the next couple months with all that. I pray my back will finally feel better after the new prolotherapy treatments and after my surgery I won't have to walk around with this large hernia in my belly. Getting old is so much fun. Too much dancing when I was younger I guess has now taken it's toll on my body.

Thursday I went to my friends house to make a new church dress for Bri. So much fun. Sarah had make some yummy beefaroni (homemade) and after that we got to work. She is my instructor for sewing and gets help from sister Anna and mum too !! They are like sewing experts...(in my eyes anyways). The dress came out beautiful and Bri loves it.









Thank you Sarah, Anna and Kathie for your loving patience and expertise. I want to go back really soon to do more cooking !!
Last night I made a matching purse with leftover material and today I am making a slip. So today is Friday and I am in some pain but not too bad. I will not do too much in the house today. Trying to figure out the elastic part of the slip and waiting for Sarah and Ruthie to come over to play..... Life is good. Enjoy every minute of it.

Be Blessed !!