Grasshoppers and Butterflies

What Happened To You?

Yes it is true.  I have been neglecting my blog for the last few weeks.  First we went on vacation.  Then when we got back I got a nasty cold and didn't feel like doing anything.  As a result of not doing anything, my house turned into a huge mess.  Plus we are full swing into the school year and homeschool takes time too.  I am happy to say that everyone is well now, my house is sort of getting back to normal, we are in a homeschool grove and I am fervently working on craft show items.  Here is one of the items I just finished up and listed on Etsy.  The craft show is in November which is sneaking up on me faster than I thought it would.  Later!

Self Hosted Blog!!

If you follow my blog then you should bookmark my new site:

Grasshoppers and Butterflies

In a couple of months I will no longer be posting to my blog on typepad.  Right now both blogs are current.  I will just be hosting my own blog instead of Typepad hosting it for me!

Jennifer

Tasty Kitchen Anyone?

I love reading The Pioneer Woman website and following the happenings of fellow Oklahoman Ree's life.  Then I stumbled across her other website Tasty Kitchen.  It is awesome!  I love trying new recipes out and there are definitely a bunch I will be trying out on this site.  It is a community so you can join and post recipes of your own.  Let me just say that I am not being compensated in any way, shape or form for mentioning these sites.  I just like to share the things that I love with others so that they might enjoy them too!

On another completely different topic....

For the last couple of weeks or so I have had this weird pressure like sensation on the left side of my body.  It was mainly in my neck and jaw but sometimes on the left side of my chest too.  Plus my left hand was tingling from time to time.  So I start searching the internet (sometimes this is not a good thing) and start thinking to myself that I could be on the verge of a heart attack.  After a few nights of not being able to sleep I decided to go to an after hours clinic and have it checked out.

The doctor did a chest x-ray and an EKG and I am happy to report that he said I would be around for graduation (kids) and all that good stuff.  So what is the deal you ask?  I guess it is some kind of muscle or nerve thing that I aggravated somehow.  No more anxiety and I slept for eleven hours last night!

Anywho, my computer is about to run out of battery juice so I will sign off for the evening.

A Change In Plans

Today I had planned on breaking out my new patterns that I got a couple of weeks ago and getting started on them when my oldest walks in and says, "Mom, my head itches."  So I started inspecting her head for mosquito bits or whatever and that's when I saw it.  Lice!  Yuck!  I don't know where she got them from but I can tell you that no one will be entering our household without being inspected first!

My point to all of this is that instead of sewing I spent the whole day disinfecting and washing everything in hot water and treating the girls and myself.  I just now finished putting the girls beds back together so now we are all going to crash.

I am not sure what purpose in life lice serve but I do think that is a question I will be asking God one day!

I'll Be Back Tomorrow

I apologize for being absent from blogging over the last week.  I will get back to it tomorrow.  I have been busy with lots of different stuff that I will share tomorrow but it will have to wait until then.  Later!

TypePad Ate My Post

...and I don't feel like retyping the whole thing.  So in a nutshell here you go.

No Thrift Shopping Thursday - Oral Surgery extremely expensive.
Broken lawn mower - $750 to fix...not gonna happen.
Thinking about buying Push Reel Mower - still have research to do.
Not happy with TypePad right now.

 

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

I hope everyone is having a good weekend.  The weather has been great and I am so glad it cooperated with the garage sale I had with my neighbor Krysta and another friend.  We did really good.  I had a lot to get rid of with all my de-cluttering that has been going on.  I bought a new SD card for my camera so now I can take pictures again.  After the garage sale was over I have spent most of today trying to organize the rest of the stuff in the garage.  I still have a little bit to go but I am almost done and then we will be able to get both cars in the garage.  My husband will be very happy about that.  Hopefully I will be able to take some pictures tomorrow!  Have a wonderful holiday!

 

I Got Nothin'

Yes I know, it's been a week since my last post.  Here's the deal.  Last Wednesday this big line of storms was headed toward Oklahoma county.  Right before it got here it split and pretty much missed us.  The sky looked awesome because you could see all the storm clouds with the sun shining behind them.  I ran to get my camera and took a bunch of pictures but when I came in and plugged the card into my computer they were gone.  POOF!  They had completely disappeared.  Turns out my memory card is bad and pictures just randomly go off into never never land.  So I have absolutely nothing for you and I don't think that the situation will be recreated anytime soon.  Oh well!

I was a little bummed that I didn't have the pictures to share so instead of blogging I turned to cleaning more clutter out of my house and have begun the garage sale preparations.  Over the next couple of weeks I will finish up and my neighbor and I will hopefully be ready for the garage sale!

So for now that's all I have.  We had dance recitals for the girls last weekend plus daddy/daughter camp.  There is only one more week of school for us and things will finally start winding down.  Yea!

Photo Attempt

I am following the directions to post a photo from my BlackBerry. Let's see if it works. If it does, you should see a picture of my darling oldest asleep amongst her new books. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Bloggin' From My BlackBerry

I am just testing to see if I can blog from my BlackBerry and also if I can post pictures from it too! I don't see a place to post pics so I guess I will be doing some research to find out more info.