H is for Hot Pot Holders

My sister, Sarah, over at Crochet by Sarah talked me into doing this A to Z Blogging Challenge for the month of April. Unfortunately I was too late to sign up to do it with everyone over at Tossing It Out and I'm too late to do it the "proper way" so I'm just going to wing it. I will be posting 1 blog per day except Saturdays where there will be 2 posts in 1 so to speak.

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Josh's God mom's mom say that 3 times fast lol gave me these awesome hot pot holders a few years ago that she crocheted her self. I love everything about them and I have been wanting to learn how to make them for a while. Last night I pulled out my cotton and one of those pot holders and managed to figure out the pattern just by looking at them. The are so fast and easy! I think I'm going to change my give away prize. Not every one wears scarves, but EVERYONE needs pot holders!! Pictures to come soon!

G is for Give Away

My sister, Sarah, over at Crochet by Sarah talked me into doing this A to Z Blogging Challenge for the month of April. Unfortunately I was too late to sign up to do it with everyone over at Tossing It Out and I'm too late to do it the "proper way" so I'm just going to wing it. I will be posting 1 blog per day except Saturdays where there will be 2 posts in 1 so to speak.

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20 followers and I'll have my first give away. And the winner of the give away will get a scarf made by me.Picture to come soon!

F is for Followers

My sister, Sarah, over at Crochet by Sarah talked me into doing this A to Z Blogging Challenge for the month of April. Unfortunately I was too late to sign up to do it with everyone over at Tossing It Out and I'm too late to do it the "proper way" so I'm just going to wing it. I will be posting 1 blog per day except Saturdays where there will be 2 posts in 1 so to speak.

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F is for Followers

I have been blogging for about 7 or 8 months and haven't really gotten many followers. For the last few days my sister Sarah has been adding me to her A to Z challenge to try and help me get more followers. So now that I've jumped from 5 to 7 (big whoop right?) I'm going to make a deal. As soon as I hit 20 followers I will have my first give away. I always have projects in the making and would love to give one to one of my followers.

SO!! Get the word out there and you could win!!

E is for Energy

My sister, Sarah, over at Crochet by Sarah talked me into doing this A to Z Blogging Challenge for the month of April. Unfortunately I was too late to sign up to do it with everyone over at Tossing It Out and I'm too late to do it the "proper way" so I'm just going to wing it. I will be posting 1 blog per day except Saturdays where there will be 2 posts in 1 so to speak.

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E is for Energy

I have had this horrible cold for the last week and I just can't seem to kick it. Been to the doctor if you can even call those people at the free clinic who smell like garlic and barely take one look at you before tossing you out the door twice and hear the same thing, "SEVERE cold. Drink lots of fluids and get plenty of rest." Ok, fluids CHECK I've drank enough tea to kill an English woman and enough water to kill a fish. I have actually drank more tea in the last week then I have in the last 6 months. As for getting enough rest... well I have a 2 year old and a fiancee who works graveyard. There is no such thing as plenty of rest.... except for tonight. I am going to take NyQuil and SLEEP cause Josh has today, tomorrow and Thursday off!!

My kitchen looks like a food and dish bomb went off, laundry needs to be done, Nathaniel needs a bath I'm sure he smells BUT since I can't smell anything its ok to wait another day... right?, and I barely have the energy to haul my butt up off the couch and go get my self more tea.

Maybe tomorrow.

Energy... I miss you.

C is for Cousins; D is for Details

My sister, Sarah, over at Crochet by Sarah talked me into doing this A to Z Blogging Challenge for the month of April. Unfortunately I was too late to sign up to do it with everyone over at Tossing It Out and I'm too late to do it the "proper way" so I'm just going to wing it. I will be posting 1 blog per day except Saturdays where there will be 2 posts in 1 so to speak.

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I was too busy to post yesterday so I'm going to do 2 today.

C is for Cousins

The last year or so I have been able to reconnect with cousins that I haven't seen in YEARS. But I also managed to meet my 2nd cousin (my cousins daughter) Kassie for the first time back in December... I've mentioned her a couple times in some past posts.

Anywho, over the last few months Kassie and I have gotten fairly close. So close that I've asked her to be a bridesmaid in my wedding. Yesterday I had to go pick up my wedding dress (which is amazing BTW) and she came along so we could find her dress. I think it was the 3rd one she tried on that we decided was the one. She looks so pretty in it and I can't wait to see the dress in the color it needs to be.

D is for Details

Wedding planning is hard work. Its not just about finding the perfect dress, venue, cake, ring... there are TONS of other little things that no one thinks about until its actually time for them to start planning their wedding. Things like bubbles or bird seed, guest book or signed picture frame, bow tie or tie tie, real or silk flowers... etc. IT NEVER ENDS!!! I now know why the people who can afford it hire wedding planners. lol

A to Z Challenge April 2011

My sister, Sarah, over at Crochet by Sarah talked me into doing this A to Z Blogging Challenge for the month of April. Unfortunately I was too late to sign up to do it with everyone over at Tossing It Out and I'm too late to do it the "proper way" so I'm just going to wing it. I will be posting 1 blog per day except Saturdays where there will be 2 posts in 1so to speak. So.... are we ready to get this thing started?!?!

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A is for Army Wives

Not many of you know that I love TV. I watch everything from Ghost Adventures to sappy Lifetime movies. Recently I've been seeing previews for Army Wives on Lifetime. I knew that they were on season 5 or so and didn't want to miss so much. And then I found all 4 of the first seasons on NetFlix and am able to stream it on my Wii. I have fallen in love with this show and have a new found respect for spouses of all military personelle. I've spent so much time watching this show that I've actually fallen behind on the others shows I watch. lol

B is for Books

I haven't spent a whole lot of time reading in the last 7 or 8 months. But I LOVE to read. I have so many different kinds of books that I like. A couple of my favorite authors are V.C. Andrews and Elizabeth Chandler. I'm the kind of person that will read a book over and over and over. I have one book by Elizabeth Chandler that I have to replace soon because the spine is so worn out.

Amazingly, my love for books has sunk into my son too. Nathaniel loves to read too. He even sleeps with his books. lol

Flashback Friday: Granny and Popa

 This last week or so has really had me thinking about my Granny and Popa. I lost my Popa in December 2004 and my Granny in July 2005.

They were two of my most favorite people in the world. Well... truthfully, I don't remember my Popa being one of my favorites, but my mom tells me that he was my favorite when I was little... I believe her. For as long as I can remember Popa was cranky and kind of scary. lol Granny was a sweet soft spoken woman, but if you had even seen these two together you would know that SHE was the one who was really in charge. We always knew that Granny was the one you went to if you wanted anything.

The death of my Popa hit me harder then I ever thought it would. I spent so much time with him in his last few days. I remember the week before he died him, my sister, and my step-grandpa were all in the same hospital at the same time on differen't floors. What a crazy time that was. I would leave my Granny and Popa's house in the middle of the night to go sit with Popa and just talk to him. Some times I would just sit there and hold his hand. It was during one of those nights that he told me he loved me for the last time and for the first time I could ever remember. That brought tears to my eyes and to this day I get a little emotional when I replay that memory.

My Granny's death was hard, but not as hard as Popa's. We were ready for her to go... she died of a broken heart. The death certificate says "Failure to thrive"... she started going down hill after Popa died. My mom and I took care of her for 2 months after he passed and then we decided to put her into assisted living. She was in there until about a week before she died. At that point we needed to move her to a place where she could get more personal care. The day before she died the adult foster home she was in called me and asked if I would come try to feed her because she wasn't eating. So, Josh and I drove out there and she got to meet him for the first and only time. It's because of her that I refuse to give up on him no matter what happens with us. When we got there she looked at me and then looked at Josh. Then she looked at me with that questioning look on her face so I told her "Granny, this is my boyfriend Josh.". She looked back at him and then back at me and SMILED. My Granny approved... she knew that Josh was the one. After all, she would know. She was married to my Popa for 50 years after only knowing him for 3 months. When you look up true love their picture SHOULD be next to it. lol The next day she returned to the loving arms of my Popa.

Josh and I are planning our wedding. We will be getting married on August 28, 2011... my Granny and Popa's 57th wedding anniversary. I get emotional just thinking about it. What a great day for us to claim as ours... A day for us to be happy and remember a love so deep that it inspired me to love so deeply with all my heart. A love so powerful you would think it only happens in fairy tails.

Granny and Popa's wedding picture.