not me monday

check out more NOT Me's at Mckmama's blog HERE.

This week as I was taking my three year old in to a bathroom I was not so interested in my conversation with her that I accidentally closed the door on it ..(not all the way just enough to pinch it good and make a red mark) she most certinately DID NOT throw a fit in the middle of this place forcing other people to stare and talk quietly amongst them selves..

I would never order cloth diapers from CHINA on eBay and then wait a month to get them only to find out they are knock offs from a REAL company in the USA.
I would NEVER EVER use my doctors orders of COMPLETE BED REST to my advantage to get my hubby to let me order MORE yarn and crochet magazines offline to help "cure my boredom"NOPE NOT ME!!!

I most certainly dont lay in bed at night while my unborn is kickin the crap out of me because I DID NOT drink 2 large glasses of OJ right before bed and wonder how big of a change it will be to go from two to three kids and remember HOW hard it was to transition from one to two with them being 19 months apart, these two will be 26 months apart..NOPE NOT ME!!!

happy homemaker monday

The weather in my neck of the woods:
nice and fallish ..

One of my simple pleasures
left over Halloween candy

On my bedside table:
phone, yarn, earplugs, crochet magazine, what to expect when your expecting, your pregnancy week by week. babycenter guide to pregnancy

On my TV:
Storm chasers

On the menu for tonight:
Speghetti Bake , salad and garlic bread

On my To Do List:
crochet and rest

New Recipe I tried last week:
Deer meat chili. YUMMY

In the craft basket:
Ellie's blanket, and Christmas projects


Looking forward to:
my doctors appointment on Thursday

Homemaking Tip for this week:
make sure everyone who lives with you follows your family's rules and expectations



Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):

this one HERE form Five Mom's and a blog

Favorite photo(s) from last week

this is a few pics of my hubby and his dad i took today .. so you still think they look alike?


from the backside

they are "talking"

about who knows what ??

and one pic of gus and dan napping..

Lesson learned the past few days:

sometimes you just have to put your foot down.

On my Prayer List:
braxton ( little boy with neroblastoma) ,my friend holly and her little girl with leukemia named Macy , me i have placental previa, my cousin and his wife they are trying to have a baby.a friend who is having a hard time with a few things..

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

John 8:31-36 (New International Version)

³¹To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. ³²Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

making you home sing monday

Welcome to the Making Your Home Sing Monday meme! Every day you are doing something to make your house into a home for yourself and your family (if you have one). My point with each Monday post is, what are you doing or going to do today to make your home sing?

So this week what is making my home sing is LAYING DOWN THE LAW.. I finally grew a "pair" as my hubby said and told my sister It was my way or the HIGHWAY!!we are only 2 days in but a lot is getting done.. AND I 'm getting to rest more.. SO we will see how things go.. As far as what is cozy . when ever i think of cozy i think of my grandmas at the holidays .. even though they have passed away i have tried to recreate that at my house for my kids during the holidays..

Wordful and Wordless Wednesday

So it is time for Wordful and Wordless Wednesday and I super busy so I am combining them..CLick on the button below for wordful wednesday

and here for Wordless Wednesday.

here are some pics of my hubby when he was little..and my kids..I THINK they may look like their daddy just a little and he MIGHT look like his daddy ?? WHAT do you think..maybe sweet little ellie will look like me.. on second thought..lets hope not..LOL

Miah at 15months Dan at 12 months


Dan at 8 month and his daddy.. Dan and miah when she was born



dan at 6 months and his daddy again dan and gus at 8 months old


dan at 6 months gussy at six months





Dan at 15months gussy at 21 months..

my little Gussy

so here is a pic of gus when he was only a day old in the hospital. when i was goin thru some baby stuff we found the little hat he was wearing and a pacifier (new in the package cause neither of my kids would EVER take one) and here is what happened.. he is just TOO cute..

Gus one day old

Gus 23 months old.. I cant believe it has almost been 2 yrs since this handsome little man was born..

Im so sad that he is no longer a baby .. but quickly growing in to a big boy..

making your home sing Monday

Welcome to the Making Your Home Sing Monday meme! Every day you are doing something to make your house into a home for yourself and your family (if you have one). My point with each Monday post is, what are you doing or going to do today to make your home sing?

So you know how last week I was ranting and raving about my useless sister.. well Monday I was in the Hospital with preterm labor and resleased to home on COMPLETE BEDREST.. well sometime in the night my sister up and left with two friends for a road trip to texas.. with no money and KNOWING i needed help.. SO while my week has been met with many challenges of how to figure out how to juggle two kids and a household while on complete bed rest I think I did pretty well (well expect for that trip back to the hospital for MORE contractions) and have thoroughly enjoyed her being GONE.. I dont know when she will be back but I is amazing how much more peaceful my house has been. Ive kept it clean NO PROBLEM doing minimal work each day and with hubby's semi useless help..So my home is Singing LOUDLY.. and I am so relaxed with out her here it . It has come clear to me and hubby it is time for her to "spread her wings and fly" to her own nest.. I have felt so much better this week with out her here..that sounds so mean but I aint running a homeless shelter for moochers.. I am goin to present her with the NEW rules and list of things that MUST be done everyday to keep things to MY standards and give her a time limit on how long she has to find a job and her own place.. I cant just throw her ass out in the street it is late fall in Arkansas after all..(not that it wouldn't feel great) lol. I believe in helping those who help them selves but if you cant help your self then NEITHER can I .. I only have a few dish's to wash . two loads of laundry to wash , two loads to put away and the wood floors to sweep and mop.. that might take me an hour so i will try to stretch it out through out the day and if the laundry dont get put away there is always tomarrow.. Im not goin to over do it for a pile of clean laundry .. (p.s. have I mentions I HATE LAUNDRY) hope ya'lls home is singing .

Happy homemaker Monday..

The weather in my neck of the woods:
WONDERFUL sunny and nice..

One of my simple pleasures
my son asleep on my chest in the middle of the night and the smell of his hair..

On my bedside table:
phone, yarn, earplugs, crochet magazine, what to expect when your expecting, your pregnancy week by week. babycenter guide to pregnancy

On my TV:
Nascar race..

On the menu for tonight:
no clue..

On my To Do List:
crochet and rest

New Recipe I tried last week:
deer meat taco's

In the craft basket:
Ellie's blanket, and xmas projects


Looking forward to:
braxton hicks contractions STOPPING!!!

Homemaking Tip for this week:
organize organize organize.. a must when you have several children.. or husbands who act like children



Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
ONE of mine.. this one about my 3yr old's explaniton of the SWINE flu

Favorite photo(s) from last week
click here for this one with pics of my kids and their daddy as a baby .. do you think they look like their daddy??

Lesson learned the past few days:

kids say the darnest things.. read my swine flu post above

On my Prayer List:
braxton ( little boy with neroblastoma) ,my friend holly and her little girl with leukemia named Macy , me i have placental previa, my cousin and his wife they are trying to have a baby.

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
i sawt his on Alicia's Blog. HERE..
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our potter; and all we are the work of Your hand.-Isaiah 64:8