The winners of my give-away are
Katie- Day Solution
Vicki- Primitive Felt Nativity Pattern.
Hope you love them!!
Vicki, send me your email address so I can send you the PDF file.
Much Better
6 JunI leaned something profound today.
Something rather life-changing.
A day which doesn’t begin well can be made much better if the Man of the House cooks dinner.
These Chipotle Lime marinated shrimp were muy delicioso. It is a secret recipe that DH found on the internet and made more secret by adding garlic and cilantro.
Also, I have to brag on my kids, who finished their first sewing projects. (“Finished” being key, as the both have begun things in the past which never reached completion.) Way to go Cherry Pie and Bubba
Cherry Pie over decorated hers. I started stressing out and then I took a deep breath and reminded myself that it was her little bag and she could have it how she wanted.
And Cutie Pie got her first hair cut–which makes me a little sad, because I can’t do these piggy tails any more. But she already seems cooler, so it is worth the sacrifice.
Morning Chores
2 Jun
I left the window open yesterday
the day was so warm, and
flies invaded.
I heard them buzzing this morning.
So I stood in the doorwayofmyroom
swatting them.
I am
the cyclops
(not blind but
cl
um
sy)
They were having a CIRCUS
with acrobats
and Ferris wheels
When I was finished
I swept their bodies off my rug.
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p.s. Don’t miss my giveaway
100th Blog Post
27 May<>
I have blogged about my slightly un-balanced life and my random crafty projects 100 times. Okay. Actually 103 times. So it’s time to celebrate
YAY!
I’m doing a give away.
Mary Kay Day Solution: This is one of my favorite Mary Kay products. It has SPF 25 to protect you from sun damage. It is so light weight that it actually feels good on my face. Lo-ove it and perfect for summer, right?! It retails at $30 so free is pretty sweet, huh?!
I am also giving away 1 copy of my Primitive Felt Nativity Pattern–crafty goodness!
So post a comment and let me know which one of my posts was your favorite or what you wish I would blog about more often and I’ll put you in my drawing.
lots of love to you my fans
And yes, I will give you two entries in the drawings if you link to my give-away on your blog/facebook.
p.s. while you ponder which post was your favorite, here is my new favorite song to listen too. I’m not sure what he is trying to say–but I like the music and the phrase “I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing” has captured my fancy.
Milking Cows
19 May
Milking cows is like being in prison.
Only in prison, you don’t have to milk cows.
a hahahahahahhah! I love it. Thanks, Sister F., I’ll be laughing for a long time.
*this photo stolen from wikipedia
The Sandwich that Makes the Man of the House Happy
9 May
This sandwich makes the Man of the House very happy. He calls it “real food.” I love it because of the green peppers and the mayonnaise.
**caution Must be made with complete disregard for fat and/or calories, but I consider it healthy (sssh. don’t tell the Man of the House)
Ingredients
olive oil
1 pound beef round stake
1 large yellow onion
2 large green peppers
salt, pepper, garlic powder
oregano or Italian seasoning
mozzarella cheese
yellow mustard
mayonnaise
homemade bread sliced thickly or homemade french bread subs
Directions:
1. Slice steak thinly
2. Drizzle olive oil in a skillet on medium high heat. Add Steak.
3. Sprinkle generously with salt, pepper and garlic powder. (but not too much salt)
4. Slice onion. When steak is pretty much done browning, add onion to pot
5. Wash, seed, and Chop green bell pepper. Add to pot
6 . Sprinkle generously with oregano or Italian seasoning.
7. Reduce heat and put lid on pot. Simmer about 5 minutes until onions are soft and peppers are tender-crisp
8. Cover with layer of grated mozzarella cheese, maybe some Parmesan too, and cook long enough to melt cheese.
9. Spread bread with mayo and mustard. Top with hot steak.
Serve to Man immediately. You can eat some too.
**This Blogger not responsible for resulting results.
Decided!
8 May
Thank you, all of my wonderful friends who left your suggestions and sympathy.
After reading through your comments and doing some soul searching, I realized that what I was hoping everyone would say was “CUT IT and Cut it NOW”
I decided that I really hated the shape of my hair, not necessarily the length. So, armed with new vocabulary like “long bob” (thanks Sarah) and “less layers” (thanks Mamabyrd) I went to a new haircutting place where the DH often goes. I like it there because the stylists don’t make me feel like a hillbillie when I walk in. I sat in the chair and Betty, my new BFF, asked me a million questions until she understood both my hair and my unhappiness. Then she provided a solution that made me happy and kept my hair as long as possible.
And because TheLeader and JillS are right, I still plan on dying it –because that is too fun to skip. I just have to find that box ….. Here’s a photo of the new happier me in the mean time. And the lighting is bad enough, you can get an idea for how I’ll look with darker hair, which it will be.
The DH is contemplating what it will be like to be married to a goth chick. He’s intrigued.
Hair 911!
3 May
Okay, I need advice. Hair advice. My hair is making me crazy right now. It is a horrible cut. I have to spend 30-40 minutes with a curling iron and mousse to beat it into reasonable submission. I don’t have that kind of time on a daily basis.
I want to chop it all off like this:
or this
See, I need something that can be cute fast. I have 5 kids, a house to clean, meals to cook, 10 piano students to teach and a Mary Kay business to look after. I loved this cut. All my girlfriends loved it to and I got tons of compliments each day.
However, there is one person who didn’t love it.
You guessed it, my DH. He is wishing for something like this:
This is 4 years ago and was an exceptionally good hair day for me.
The thing is. I’m probably 6-12 months away from that kind of length–if I start remembering to take my vitamins. What do I do between now and then?
Plus, with all the effort, will the DH dole out compliments generously to compensate for said effort? Probably not.
The other day he remarked that I looked “nice”. Now, just to clarify, that remark made me much happy. Also, remarks of that nature happen about twice a month these days, sometimes weekly–which is a much higher frequency than the first 10 years of our marriage.
So I’m happy and, you know, grateful for the improvement in positive feedback.
And yet, can you picture me as I spent an hour on my hair that morning? before dashing off to deliver Mary Kay, grocery shop, and knock out my visiting teaching. Do you suppose I was thinking, “I sure hope my husband thinks I look ‘nice’ today.”
“Nice” just doesn’t quite make up for the near anxiety attack that I have every time I walk out the door, stressing out about my hair.
I realize that it is a little crazy that I am freaking out about my hair. But here’s the thing. I have control over my hair. I can do stuff to it. I often do things to my hair when other things that are bothering me are beyond my control. –hence the fact that I always cut my hair about 2 weeks before I give birth. There is stuff going on in my life right now that I have no control over and it sucks. So instead of worrying over it, I am obsessing over my hair.
So what do you think? Cut it? Not cut it? Mousse it? Dye it? Perm it? To hell with it?
I obsessively await your ideas. Don’t worry. I’m only checking the computer every 5 minutes. The rest of the time I am distracting myself with chocolate and avocados.
Troubled Skies
1 May
First world problems: I’m reading a totally exciting novel but I could only get it to download on my computer– not to my phone, so I’m having to fight with the 5 year old for computer time. #troubledskies #whathappensnext?
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28 AprMy brother spent a night in jail. Because he didn’t have proof of insurance in his car when he got pulled over.
Check out his experience at his blog
Marvelous Pigs in Satin 