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wonder if it worked??? Ok so I have the template I want but it only shows up when I click on a specific post not for the main background. I am totally lost here ARG!!! Can anyone help??? ok I am about in tears..I am walking away :(
So, as you can see I did not get around to posting pics and if you have been here before you can see my blog looks different. I did not say better but different. I spent hours today trying to change my blog background and all I did was accomplish messing it up :(
Me and the hubby, middle daughter and her family had a nice couple hours with my son who turned 18 today! So hard for me to believe he is all grown up...he will always be my baby and my only son :) He let us know tonight that he is getting his first tattoo tomorrow. My hubby who is terminally ill has a "Mr. Lucky" on his chest...a skull in a top hat...it was his very first tattoo and he dearly loves it. Well, our son informed us that he is having "Mr. Lucky" put on his shoulder tomorrow for his "dad". Hubby is their step-dad but has helped me raise them for the last 11 years. He made me cry:)
I accomplished absolutely nothing today lol I had planned on finishing off 2 swags that I made yesterday. They just need some little bows, but I could not even get to that! I thought I would get some time to sit and work on the sock orders...yeah right! Housework, Laundry??? Ummm....maybe sometime this week :P And the poor hubby got left overs for dinner :D
Wednesday I am going to my oldest daughters to visit and have her computer guru fiance help me get my blog set the way I would like. I will be taking a notebook and taking very detailed notes LOL

Working on some more .....

Valentines Day projects. Hope to be back later this evening with some pics. And I am still trying to change my blog template! I have the WORST time everytime I try to do this. I really could use some help in this area from someone please!!!

Want to introduce a brand new blog to you.....

Go over and check out Jamies blog about her Life as a Momma! She is brand new to blog world and I am sure that she will keep us laughing day to day with stories of her little ones. http://lousmomma.blogspot.com/

And obviously now I have to figure out how to link.....ugh!

My Valentines Day Project

Well I did it again! My pics are backwards! How hard is it for me to remember to post them backwards to begin with?? So I have to say thank you to all the wonderful women whos blogs I follow for inspiring me to do this!!!I seem to get myself in a "rut" persay. When I start to knit that is all I do, or crochet, or paint or paper craft. Thanks to all the wonderful blogs that I follow I have gotten out of my "rut". I have learned that I can set down my knitting and head to the craft room for some quick, cute, fun project and no one will be injured because of it. LOL
So, through all the wonderful blogs that I follow, which you will find listed to the right side of this post, I found the alphabet templates at Happy Together. They are originally posted for "rag alphabet" letters for little ones to play with. Anyways, I took those letters and started by pulling out my felt and finding a glitter wool red felt. Then I came across a stash of glitter white felt..more on the thin side and cut around the letters a little larger with my pinking shears. Ok, so what to do next? I had plenty of both felts left so cut some red hearts.....decided to stay with the layout of the letters and cut white centers. I used the pinking shears for both red and white heart.
OK...so now I have all of this....what to do with it???? Start looking at more blogs! Viola!! I have an idea. Kind of LOL So I head to JoAnn's for some ribbon. Found the main banner ribbon in the Valentines 50% off section and the ribbon that the letters hang from! Chaching!!
Come home and start playing with ideas.....after a little brainstorming :P and some added red bows to the hearts this is what I came up with! I had origally wanted to "curl" the ribbon on the sides but it did not work:( and I did not want to cut so into bows it went! Hope you enjoy :D

UGH!!!!

Ok I am trying to get my blog set up with all my bells and whistles to no avail. I by no means very computer literate and I think I am making it look worse instead of better! If anyone can tell me how to move my followers to the side of my blog and the blogs I follow I would greatly appreciate it!!!!

Finally some time to update part 1

This little storage unit I found at Family Dollar for $20, just perfect for
putting in the closet to hold yarn!

A bookshelf holding an assortment of things.

My mother in law found this at a yard sale and bought it...I just had to

have it! Have to figure out how and where to hang it.

One of my favorite chairs, a lap quilt waiting to be quilted and

another shot of the old bottles

a few days ago this was just a large cupboard. After a trip to

Lowes it now has shelves and is more usable. It is not the best

place for my fabric, but it works.

So, I have been trying to get the socks done for the orders that were placed. It is slow going. Since getting home from the hospital there has been so much to do in the house and for the family. And I am finding that I am just very easily distracted and frustrated lately. Think I am stretching myself to thin.

I am excited to tell you that the first week of April I will be going to my hometown for a week! I have not been home for 12 years and can not wait to see the old town. I will be staying with my little sis and her family. I had not planned on leaving her house except to video around town for my hubby and kids, but just recently hooked up with a load of highschool friends through Facebook! I am hoping to be able to meet up with some of them while visiting :D A week just is not going to be long enough :(

Finally some time to update

Ok these are backwards LOL This is an after shot of part of the craft
room. Before I started this room you could not open the door and I
forgot where the table was. It is by no means done. Have to get the
walls painted, curtains made and some more storage shelves.

this is is a little guy I made a while ago, but felt like sharing.
Baby Snow Dragaon
One sock completed for a 2 pair order...have a ways to go lol


the skull lcaps I made for my hubby

More to follow above this.