From 6-0

Well life certainly changes at times...With Bree in Idaho..She does call from time to time...YAY!!!...Marilyn called on Tuesday to see if she could take the girls for a week to 2 weeks...I said sure..Only Cassie can't go cause she has cheerleading practice and gymnastics...So even tho Cassie is grounded, she did get to spend the night at her friends house...Brian and I had the house to ourselves for the 1st time in almost 20 years...We ate porkchops and baked potato and watched Platoon...I've never seen that movie and not one I'd care to watch again anytime soon...

So what am I doing on my 1st offical kidless day?..I'm on the internet...lol...I did go outside and eat my cabbage soup..I'm on my 3rd bottle of beaver water..lol...When the girls get back or I get batteries for my camera I'll take a pic of what I call my beaver water..It's just a plastic water bottle with the Oregon Beaver logo on the band where the water name goes...I HATE water, so I have to have something SPECIAL to help me out....I also added some lemon slices and a sprig of mint to it...YUMMMM!!!!!!!!!!....

My garden is growing, growing, GROWING!!!!!!!...I'm about to pick my 3rd zucchini ...YUMMY....Waiting on those darn tomatos..But I know when they come on they will really come on...I have beefsteak tomatos, and the cherry tomatos..The girls just LOVE to eat the cherry tomatos and I LOVE to eat them on salads...Salads=weightloss=ME....Yes, I weigh almost 200 pounds...Nobody believes me and I'm wondering why I would LIE about my weight..I want to say I weigh 125 pounds...Someday I will get there...I want to before Brian and I go on our HONEYMOON..Summer of 2012...Our anniversary is actually November 2...But with snow and everything we'll wait...Saving our pennies and I'm saving cans for the day...The girls have gotten into my cans, but that's alright...lol..I usually love to read but for some reason I haven't been in the mood...I'll have to change that..Cause I have books due soon and don't think I can renew them..Adding some pics I think you may enjoy.....

My 6 Easter time 2011...



Katie enjoying life...



Cassie our cheerleader



Katie and Bree and their men...



The girls with their cousin Graffiti Weekend 2011


Hope you enjoyed my pictures..Next time I'll publish pics Katie has taken..Til next time..Crafty Hugs..

2011...

Boy, I haven't blogged in a long time....We moved to Oregon in March of 2010..We were considered homeless from then until February 2011...We found out we may have to move in December, not such a joyous time to move..But I'm trying not to worry about that...Briana is 19 now and has a boyfriend Jeff..He's 20 and lives in Idaho...Bree just left on Saturday to live with Jeff and his parents, not what we want for her or raised her to do...But children do have a free will...We just know we did our best to try to get her to rethink her decision, but ofcourse she's a kid and "in love" so she didn't..Surprise,surprise..NOT.....

Katie is going to be a Senior this year...WOW...She has a friend named Austin...He's a sweet kid and we like him alot...He'll be a permanent fixture soon enough I believe...

Cassie is going to be a Freshman and a Cheerleader....Double WOW...She's our 1st cheerleader so it's a learning experience..How expensive it is and how time consuming...But with Brian's job it's good...We have it covered...

Andie is going into the 7th grade..And I've gotten her school books already...She homeschooled now...It is her choice, she says she might go to school for her 8th grade year..I say YAY!!!!!!!!!!

Valerie is in 3rd grade...She's also homeschooled..This will be her 1st year with Connections so we'll see how it goes..

Sarah, we're gonna be working with her and buy her school books...She didn't make the cutoff for Kinder this year..So we'll buy some books for her so she can go next year...Not sure if she's going to public or cyber..We'll see when the time comes...

As for me and Brian...I've been crocheting a bag for a swap I'm in...Will post pics soon...Don't know why it's not letting me post pics right now...Grrrr....I'm trying to get our life back in order and some normalcy...I'm soooo hurt and aggrivated, but my other 5 girls need me to lead them...I just want to curl up and cry...None of my seeds or bonsai tree survived the move...Blue was stolen, Simba ran away, lots of things were stolen from us...Almost 1000.00 worth of stuff...But that's just stuff..My neice had a baby Feb 2011..My sister has him for now while she takes care of her legal stuff..And joy joy NOT she may be pregnant again...I have some devils to make and try to sell...I still make my candles, and seriously contemplating on marketing them....I'm trying to lose weight, just starting to get serious...

Brian is hanging in there...He goes to work, comes home,eats,showers and sleeps...I try to find fun things to do on the weekends...He's a darn good man...

I'm looking for ways to make money online..So if you know any, give me a holler..I've done just about every selling thing and never did get the hang of it...Take care..Crafty Hugs...

New Truck..

Hello, hello...Well, we've decided to go ahead and move to Oregon..So I've been packing and sorting and pitching things..We have 4 vehicles and 3 drivers..lol..So Brian's white truck is going on our 14 ft trailer..So I can pack the crap out of it..
Will post pics of the truck when I get my camera back..Nobody knows where it is..lol..

Planning on Valerie's 7th Birthday party..She's growing up sooo FAST!!!..Doesn't seem possible 7 years have gone by since she was born..Here's a couple of my favorites..She's wanting to grow out her hair..lol..





Here's a pic of Valerie and her sister Cassie and cousin being silly..


I'm gonna be making some of her presents and buying her some clothes and such..Only 11 more years, sounds like alot but it's GONE in the blink of an eye..My 1st baby is gonna be 18 in July and I'm excited for her,but sad for me..Let's just hope she doesn't leave too quick..So my next phase in life is gonna be Emptynest and grandma..I'm looking forward to Grandma not the empty nest..

The days have been GORGEOUS!!!..Overcast and cool..I get to drink hot chocolate..Alot of it..lol..Soon will be making doggy treats for our lil beasts..And some yummy treats for my human beasts..

Hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL DAY!!!

Crafty Hugs..

My day

Well I had the day to myself..I checked some sites I like to go on and joined a couple swaps..A couple of them are email swaps, then I have a bookmark swap to make and valentine's cards to send out..I'm gonna make a bookmark to tuck inside..

Out of 19 puppies they are all gone except the one we're keeping cause she looks like her mama..Her name is Tracy..



And I made her a sweater..lol...



The girls should be coming home soon..They are at the after school program..Andie is getting an award for straight A's tomorrow..She's proud as punch..
Sarah and Valerie are watching Dora, and Briana is eating chips..lol...

Crafty Hugs..

Good Afternoon

Hope everyone is having a SUPER day...Whew..Got rid of 18 of the 19 puppies we had..We're keeping the last one, since she is a spitting image of her mother..We have 3 dogs,2 cats and 3 birds..When the older 2 move out I'll have 1 cat and possibly 1 dog..There was alot of tears shed as Cassie wanted to keep a puppy..But daddy wouldn't let her and her cousin got rid of her at 8am..So it's been a bit sad..I had a favorite and she left when I was helping my hubby at work..I was sad, but glad she got a good home..The lady came back and met me..

Morning..

Just took our tree down for another year..Went through my patterns and saw everything I didn't make for the season..Someday I will make it all..lol...Thought I would show some pics of my Wisteria's..I have 2 Cypress now growing..My only fear is losing them when we move back to Oregon, but I'll wrap them really good..I especially don't want to lose my Bonsai tree..It's a Fukien Tea and I think she likes it here..She only dropped about 7 leaves..I need to shape her just haven't decided how I want her...lol...
This is them about a week ago..


And here they are now..They grow sooo FAST!!!


Here's a couple pics of the girls as well....

Katie,Briana and Cassie..My 3 teens..




And with their cousin John..


My hair is a bit crazy here..But this is our family..



Hope everyone is having a AWESOME day..

Crafty Hugs...

HAPPY 2010!!!!!!

WOW..2010, just doesn't seem possible..Another year behind us and a new year of possibilities ahead of us...I don't really do resolutions but mine would have to be to take life less seriously..I'm a worrier about everything and I tend to not just enjoy life..Looking forward to seeing what the new year has in store for me..Maybe I could take a hint from my seeds..3 Wisteria's have sprouted..I'm soooo excited...
Crafty Hugs...