whatever

three things.

1.  i listened to an entire justin bieber song in the car today alone.
     because i like it and my kids don't.
     they are on the "justin bieber is lame" bandwagon.
     annie is on the fence.
     she says yells "GUYS!  it's OKAY if you like justin bieber....it's OKAY! i don't but it's not bad if you do"

     (she may have heard it many times from me...maybe....but it's true!  it IS ok) 
    
     even if you are 35.
     it's just catchy. 

2.   please enjoy this video that makes my heart nearly burst with so many feelings.
      so proud of her....
      so sad to lose my baby officially....the last one to learn to read.
      so happy that she can do this....
      so proud to be her mom.

3.  yesterday i went antiquing with kimberlee.
     look what i found.

awesome green suitcase with fabulous wear and tear.....


but wait....there's more.  
inside it had ROLLER SKATES!
 

i lived in skates growing up.
i wore out our neighbor's driveway on my roller skates wearing my gray sweater with colorful stars.
i was going to win the grand champion roller skater....something i made up in my head....but i was going to win.



they are even my size.

for reals!!!!!
 
i see some shoe lace pom poms and knee high socks in my future......

 

 

craft weekend.

lots and lots of pictures from the weekend.

three of the girls flew to kansas...two from california...one from alabama.
two of the girls drove from oklahoma.
the rest of the girls were local within 30 minutes.
three of us went to the airport to pick them all up...there were even some tears of joy upon meeting in real life. 

craig is a super star and took all of our kids to his mom's for the weekend...with the stomach flu.

all the blogger girls stayed at my house.
i have lots of beds....a little known fact apparently.
everyone had their own mattress. 
we must be mattress hoarders. 

my dining room that turned into a game room decided to become a craft retreat lodge this weekend.
we fit in there so well!
all the sewing machines were on the pool table!
it was like the room was made for it.


on friday night we made our first craft led by julie.
we used this tutorial by little miss momma.

they turned out so cute.
almost everyone chose a different color.
you need to make this!


kimberlee didn't have on lipstick so we had her use her necklace for lipstick.




lots and lots of chit chat while we were crafty.
and i see waffle's paw at the bottom left corner of this picture.
he was by our sides every minute....loving the the attention from the ladies.



there was so much good food.
cindy made breakfast on saturday.
we got to sleep in....a requirement made by me.
don't you hate going places for a "retreat" and then have to be at breakfast by 7:30 am??


 
there was even a sweet little baby in attendance!



after cindy filled us with crepes with fresh fruit and quiche we loaded into a 15 passenger van to go antiquing.
we debated about decorating the van with bunting......


so fun.
we are any stores DREAM.
a van pulling up with 10 women to shop???
we were met with big smiles.




9 out of 10 ladies left with new found treasures.


cole with his mama picking out all the best doilies.




i took them to my favorite antique store...Bearly Makin It.
so much to choose from.
if you are in kansas....you should go.


heather found silverware for her party planning business.
a total score!


anyone need a milk jug???


loving the sunshine!    


all the ladies took turns holding sweet baby cole.
it was our pleasure.
he hardly made a peep the whole weekend. 
and everyone had envy of julie's gorgeous hair....it is soooo pretty.

on saturday in kansas we had a really odd extremely warm day.
we were so grateful for it.


can you guess what i bought from all these goodies?  ha ha ha




after a sonic happy hour run we made it back to my house for more crafts.


the ruffle pillow tutorial heather taught us with is here.


3 women had never sewn on a machine before.
they ended up being ruffle making rock stars!
they did fantastic.
ashley's machine made the best ruffles...we all waitied for our turn on her machine.
no one knew what the secret was....but it worked....no gathering required.


i love being around people who love technology as much as i do....


threading a needle....


the third craft was embroidery hoop art.
we were given lots of examples that we could make or we could make our own design.


amy's was amazing.  


we stayed up crafting and listening to frank sinatra on pandora and eating tiramisu until 2 in the morning.


kimberlee made breakfast on sunday.
there was frosting involved.

YUM.



another great thing about crafty girls weekends....women clean up.

always.

there were cameras everywhere.
and fabric everywhere.

dreamy.
and my brass lamps from the thrift shop.  :)


there is a peek at amy jupin's ruffle pillow.
i am in love with the ruffle pillows...i want to make a hundred of them.
and her turquoise flower necklace is also in the picture.

these were all of our hoops together...not all finished but all together.
mine is the one right 
here under these
letters.      

trying to set up our cameras for a group shot....caught kimberlee being silly.


                                                  jana (no blog....yet) and amy jupin.


                                                             jess  and  julie.


                                                                  ashley and cindy    (also no blog....YET).  
cindy came with ashley so she didn't have to drive alone and show up to a house full of women she had never met and be trapped with us if she didn't like us...
turns out we LOVED them both!
very much.


                                                                    heather, cole and me.


                                          amy   (my neighbor) and  kimberlee  (my cleaning partner)

and that was that.
they went home with their suitcases full of new crafts, antiques, julie's messy flowers and full tummies.

and i haven't stopped smiling since.

God gave me blogging.
He gave me a gift that i get to continue opening when i meet new friends from all over.
God is so awesome.

my mind feels full of creativity.
my heart feels full of love and friendship.
my body feels too full of cinnamon rolls and cheesecake.

the retirement center has been missing me.

my bloggy friends left just in time....we are snowed in here and it's FREEZING.
my house has never been this cold.
i am bundled up in a blanket with many layers and hot coffee and i am still frozen. 

around the house today.

  
 




 
i made it home and got some good sleep last night.

i got to see scott's last game of his basketball tournament yesterday...they won!  
he was so happy.

i am gearing up for craft week.
day one is in an hour or so....still undecided on what we are doing.
but whatever we do i will share it with you.

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donate and enter.  :)
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