Month of Gratitiude

A day of gratitude is going to come once a week it seems...

day 2:

Family outings! (Chimney Bluffs State Park, NY- this particular place reminds us that the world around us is constantly changing) We love going on adventures hiking! P.S. The matching shirts weren't noticed until the boys hit the car...sorry, too late to change.

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day 3:

Goofiness that comes with my boys...it helps me smile.

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day 4:

Waterfalls...natural or man-made. I can watch them for hours. This one is man-made and at Bird Kingdom in Niagara Falls, NY (another adventure).

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day 5:

Knowing  that my friend Angela's son is going to love and enjoy playing with this hand-me-down (that took my youngest son until he was 11 years old to finally be ready to let go) as much as we all did. 

Just spotted this today...

from Polka Dot Cottage

I'm going to try doing it...Everyday I'll just show a picture for things I'm thankful for. Just so you know...these are in no particular order. They are just what happens to make me feel good the day that I post.

Starting today...

My boys! (All three of them.)

Drum covers?

Sam: "Drum covers? Really? That's what you want me to make you?"
Reply: "Yup! I need them. And I know you can do it."
Sam: "What do you want them to look like?"
Reply: "I trust you...maybe with a draw string...Oh...And it has to have a light blocking top."

So here it is...
She left me to my own...

Now I just need to make her the one for the big drum!

Sickies

I hate when everyone in the house gets sick! This time...it includes me.

'Nuff said!

Facebook status

It's breast cancer awareness month again...

 Last year's question was..."What color bra you were wearing?"  Last year the media went mad and they got lots of coverage...


This year it's..."Where do you like to put your purse?" So you just post as your Facebook staus (I did mine on my personal page)..."I like it ___________!" 


Get's everyone wondering!!


 Have fun with it!! 


And please pass it on to all of your female friends (through private message).

Pincushion ring

I just received this new emery pincushion ring. It's awesome! I have always wanted to have something like this but never knew how to make one. I always take my hand sewing to some place more comfortable (than my hard sewing machine chair) and have no place to put my pins that are no longer needed. Then one day one of my friends showed me hers...I had to have one! .Now I'll have some place to put them besides into couch cushions.

Here's a link to the shop where I bought it.

Dottyral.etsy.com

I love giveaways!

I found this great blog last week. Today, while checking to see what they had to say I bumped into this great giveaway!

Finer Ribbon personalized ribbon giveaway on Grosgrain's blog



They are giving away some personalized ribbon. It can be used just as a ribbon or as item labels...or anything else you can think of.

I know that if I win I'll be using mine as labels for my purses and things.

If I don't win...i just might have to go and buy some myself!