Days Come & Gone ~

Yes....i have been very M.I.A.! We have been sick and had visitors and trying to soak up every bit of summer {or what is left of it} as much as we can. In other words ...family time has trumped blogging time. I'm loving this weather we are having....just perfect! Hours on end outside.
Its that time of the year when the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cooler. In a few short weeks we will be getting our first frost. And in a few short days fall will be arriving. I am definitely getting geared up for fall. Tons of new recipes to try and lots of crafty goodies for the me AND the kids. :o) And i will be sharing along the way.

I have one thing i want to share today. Something i have found that is awesome. Something that alows me to have more time to do other things that need to be done or for me to just be lazy. HA! I'm sure alot of you have seen it but i just found it a few weeks ago. CROCK POT GIRLS !!!

Have you seen it or "liked" it? If not you need to go on Facebook and check it out! You are not gonna believe all the great recipes. Ahhhhh....life/dinner just got simpler! :o)

In my last post i said that i had a tutorial...well i do....promise. Just gonna take alittle longer for me to get it on here. Until then....go getcha some awesome crock pot recipes and get to cooking! Happy Weekending!!!!

Something Funny {but not to me} ~

Nothing like documenting experiences. Well do i have one for the record. This weekend i FINALLY used my spa day gift certificate that my awesome hubby got for me back last December. Yeah, i have not used it till now. I kept telling myself that once the bulk of the kitchen was done i would go. So this weekend i decided it was high time to go. I have been before and the gentleman that they used to have is gone. He was a gay guy and very professional. This go round i was not so lucky. Let me explain. So i get there first thing in the morning and all the employees were in a staff meeting. When they all came out i watched to see other ladies go with whoever for whatever they were doing. I saw this guy and hoped he was not the one to give me my massage. He was very scraggly looking....and that is being nice. Next thing i new....he was introducing himself to me. GREAT. All i kept telling myself was ...hopefully he is good at what he does. I got on the table and closed my eyes and tried to relax. At first i thought well this isn't so bad. Then i heard him get the oil and rub it on his hands. Still not so bad. AND then i heard him get more oil and rub it on his hands again....and his arms. Now for those of you who have had a massage you know that they use their arms sometimes across your back. And this can be very relaxing if done right. BUT this guy was a total GORILLA!!!! All i could feel was his hairy oiled up arms scrubbing up and down my back. So not the relaxing experience i paid for. I couldn't relax one moment. And it took all i had not to barf threw the pillow hole my face was in. In the end i ran out of there as fast as i could. Gross, Gross....GROSS!! Has anyone ever had an experience like that? Yuck!

Ok...lets talk about something better. So i totally had a tutorial for you lined up for last week. And i deleted the pictures i took. Ugggg! I will have to take more before i do the tutorial. So if nothing happens and the kids take a good nap i should have more pics and a sewing tutorial for ya coming soon....... :o)

Wednesday ~

Thanks to Lee we have had plenty of R.A.I.N. Wanted to grill on the holiday but our grill out got rained out. So what did we do? We shopped. :o) No complaining from me...hehe! And i finally convinced my hubby that we need a new t.v. Lets just say ours is small and old and well something is wrong with it and we have been watching green t.v. for awhile. Now i'm not a tvaholic...buuuuutttt.....i do love a good movie and a favorite t.v. show is coming back on. PSYCH! That show is HI-larious! When i was in labor with my daughter {after epidural} there was a Psych marathon on and the hubs and i laughed till it was time to push. Anywhoodles...i talked him into a new t.v. We got home and started the t.v. exchange. I will show you the new edition to our family when i get our living room back in order. No body wants to see wires and electronic devises everywhere. HA! What did you do on your holiday weekend?

So lets talk about Wednesday. I originally wanted to do a "Organize your Life" post on this day but as i started thinking about it.....well it got overwhelming. It's a time of year that flys by and there is tons of things to do and between now and January 2012 i've got my days pretty filled up. How about you...!!?? Now i do still need to get a few things organized around here but it will be small things {like a sock drawer} not big things {like a whole room}. So the big things will come after January 1st. The reason i want to do this is to finally break down and do this right. I continually try to clean and organize but nothing seems to stick and next thing i know what i just organized isn't very organized anymore. Are you the same way? SO what i want to do is go by this book i own {it is awesome} and list what is to be organized by date. I'll do my organizing...then i would like to hear feedback as to what you did to organize your space. I always have my eyes out for some help in this department. :-/

I have a tutorial for ya soon! :o) So make sure to check back...........

Etsy Favs Friday ~

Today's the day. Gonna try a few new things. IF you like what i do on a certain day ....let me know. So today is friday {and a holiday weekend too, yippie} and i thought i would feature a few things i happen to like on Etsy. I love Etsy...don't you? I find so much inspiration there and I have to limit myself to only 30 min. a day. HA! It is my first place to go when i'm searching for a gift. I'll either find something i like to buy or find something i think i can make myself. Either way....I. LOVE. ETSY! And here are a few things i spied this morning while drinking my coffee.....

Etsy store : Raceytay

I don't know about you but i have been drooling over some fall color i see on Etsy lately. And this Picture....well it is just beautiful. Makes me want to pack the family up and go for a hike in the Mountains. Waking up to a brisk chilly morning and putting on my favorite sweatshirt. I would love to have a picture like this in my home. Isn't it just breathtaking.....

Etsy Store: kbillard

I love these tutu dresses. And next up on my list of things to make my little girl is one like this. I can just imagine my little sweet little darling prancing around in a field of sunflowers wearing this. :o)

Etsy Store: thepunkinpatch

My little man loves his books. And i have been meaning to make everyone their own library book bag for some time now. I thought this one was just too cute.

Etsy Store: Stewdio9

Isn't this just lovely. Handpainted Vintage Headboard. I'm loving this right now cause i have a headboard in my garage that i'm going to be painting later this fall when the temps are lower than 106!

Etsy Store:tvkstyle

I know how to knit....kinda. I know how to make straight lines and made a baby blanket once. But the problem is...i don't know how to stop. And by stop i mean i don't know how to "face off". Sigh! One day i will teach myself but till then i want to order me a Slouch hat and neck warmer. I also want to make sure that it isn't toooooo "Crunchy" looking and this pink set is just the ticket. :)

Well that is it for this friday. This is what i found this morning that i have on my "Want or Want to do" list. Is there something you are loving on Etsy right now?

Happy Labor Day Weekending.......

<