4 Sweet Sisters

Can I just say it's 3:16 A.M.!!!!!!!!!!!! What is the matter with me? I started my B-12 today and had a route 44 Sonic (stevia sweet) tea (i REALLY like there ice and they gave us a 99 cent sticker for our car)! I think I finished around 9pm. What was I thinking? First off..... A Big Squeeze to everyone who stopped by and commented on my crafty room and everything. I needed the pick me up. Thanks for the love! Second...... Praise the Lord (seriously), I'm actually starting to feel better. My ears are still clogging on and off, but that's about it. 2 1/2 weeks of illness is crazy! I haven't been this funky kind of sick since High School. My Mom thought I was pretending to get out of wearing the lovely black, stretchy polyester dress she had to make me for chorus.( disclaimer: s he had every right to think I was pretending ) We ended up in the docs office for an adrenaline shot. Where does that kind of stuff come from? And who new????? It only takes 44 ounces of c...

Today is Frugal Friday over at Biblical Womanhood and the question has risen. How to shop well and frugally w/o coupons. I would say I'm pretty much there... not because I'm Super Woman and have all the time in the world. No, my husband and I are not big on processed foods, even the organic variety. I'm rambling.... So here's what we try to do MOST of the time. -I keep a pantry and always try to keep it stocked. I restocked this week after eating out of it for over a month. So if it's well stocked I can usually handle a small $200 or $300 emergency. - We use a Organic Veggie Co-op. About 1/3 of my grocery bill goes towards. We get amazing produce! Actually we received something like 8 - 3# bags of apples this week. So I'll be making apple chips on the dehydrator for future snacks. - We grind our own wheat and make all our bread type items. I buy it in bulk and have been doing this for well over 10 years. It doesn't take that much more time (except for t...

Well I wanted to get these up because Nestor is having a 10 minute to a beautiful room party . This has definitely taken more than 10 minutes. But in my brain it was only suppose to take a day! It's far from finished, but that's what a craft room is for. Right? Here's a couple of before pics during the Children's Christmas play. Basically every surface was covered and I had to move stuff just to work. Five of us craft, sew, scrapbook etc in this room. So space and good storage is an issue. The room is apx.10x11. I really want my daughter's to grow up being Keeper's of their Homes. Home Decorating and Crafting Frugally is a must! You can have a beautiful home on a very tight budget. I also want them to be creative and have a place to show and explore their abilities. ( alrighty let me jump down from my horse; ) Here's some after photos. The paint was from the $5 bin and too yellow. So I added alot of white that we had from another project! Th...

No, no Farmer Girl that's a lovely, little earth worm. Now let's let Urban chick get to work! Quite surprisingly Urban Chick was going nuts today waiting for Superman to come home so they could start her 1st dissection project. I heart Biology! A bit grossed out at the prospect of using fingers instead of gloves. Notice the "protective eye wear". Splashes happen. Getting down to serious business. She even has a secretary to take notes. I don't think it looks like a green bean... What do you think? Now that everyone has gotten bored, the "real" dissection can start. CSI ? I think not. There's a big difference between an earth worm and a frog (that happens in a couple of weeks). But I'm glad she is so excited! I'm not sure I'm ready for the fetal pig....... Only 3 more earth worms, 4 more crayfish, 4 more frogs, 4 more pigs and 4 more nurse sharks to go! Anyone want to help? Julie

The whole reason for our Spur of the moment trip to Connecticut. My Great Aunt just turned 80! I can't wait for 90! Alot of family from all over got together to celebrate. We saw so many new and old faces. Talked late into the nights and even learned a new game or two, hmmmm . I was soooooooooo sick and returned home to a sick hubby and children. Note to self: don't let Superman kiss me before a big trip. But we still had fun in spite of my illness. The chickadees 1st time seeing snow and making snow angels. Cooling off after a hot Florida winter! We stayed with my cousin Mary and her wonderful family. They let 5 women and 2 little ladies take over their home for one long, but fun weekend. Thank you so much Mary and Nick! I'm heading off to kill the rest of this cold....I never did get to take my whiskey, honey and lemon.

I'm just stopping by.... I have so much trivial and mundane stuff to share, but I just haven't had the time. My real job has been super busy with a Surprise Trip out of state thrown in! So I've been feverishly knitting scarves and crocheting hats ( 1 goal down for the new year!). I crocheted this hat.... not the scarf (target clearance) I did crochet this hat and I knitted this scarf... I've been doing a lot of sewing and school with the chickadees . We pretty much finished my Christmas/Birthday Room which I'm putting off sharing until I get back from the Great White North. Which incidentally we hear will be having a warm snap while we're there! Pray for SNOW !! The other item I wanted to share is the Surprise Baskets for the little chickadees. It's a tradition my Mother started when we were young. Depending on the age of the person you may write notes and/or give tiny gifts to open for the days you are gone. I did this for Superman when he had to trave...