pooped...

Today I'm so tired!
Waaaaahhh, I know.
I got home late last night and woke up very early to get the girls ready for school. I had time to sleep at least 45 minutes more but I was sooo afraid if I fell back to sleep I'd never get up in time.
I hate feeling like this and hope I'll catch my second wind here soon!
I'm behind on everything.
Orders.
American Idol.
The Octo-Mom.
You know, all the important things :)
I'm thinking a good dose of B-12 might help.
Peace out.
xo

I'm feeling a little crazy today

• Christmas cards still have not arrived.
• My sewing machine has been acting up today with loads and loads of sewing waiting in the wings...this is not a good time Mr. Viking!
• Mr. Brown aka UPS arrived with just two out of the eight packages I'm expecting.
• I haven't even begun three important gifts I planned on making. I've got ideas and already dyed the fabric in...get this Starbucks coffee...just need to get around to the actual designing part.
• I still haven't wrapped a single gift.
• I made two batches of cookies this morning and the basic mix for several more...when the hoot am I going to have the time?
• We're expecting a ton of snow tomorrow, Sunday and Christmas Eve.

The bottom line is...and I do this to myself all the time. All the time. I put too much on my plate. At this point I'm convinced I do it on purpose. You know, for the thrill of it all. To see if I can actually accomplish everything I want to accomplish and still have a neat house. It's a little game I play...I know. Sicko.

please pray that I get my everything tomorrow...K?

xo

Did you know we have a rooster living in our house now? I was making my morning coffee when I hear Stella call 'Mama!'. I head towards the stairs to go get her when as I'm starting to walk up I hear 'cock-a-doodle-dooooooo'. I round the corner and Miss Stella is sitting up in bed, head tilted skyward, singing 'cock-a-doodle-dooooooo'. It was hilarious!

We went on a great little hike this morning. Stella fell asleep in the backpack I was carrying and boy did my back and shoulders hurt when we were done! She ended up sleeping for a record three hours!!! Unbelievably she then took another nap this afternoon. I tried waking her three times...using bribery such as chocolate and TV. She wanted nothing to do with either so I let her sleep until 5 when I finally dragged her lazy butt out of bed! Yes, I'm paying the price for her afternoon siesta now (It's 9:15 and no sign of night night yet).

After the hike we ran to Starbucks and I got the BEST cafe mocha I swear I've ever had! It tasted so good and had just the right amount of chocolate added.

Zoe had a half day at school so we headed to the playground around noon. We didn't get home until almost 3! It was so nice out!

We've got a busy day tomorrow with orders to finish and Zoe's room to get together. She's finally getting her own room! Her furniture arrived on Tuesday beautifully painted...thank you Jeff! So I'm off to get some rest...I am one sleepy Mama :)

xo

my muse of the day...

My muse. She (a-muses) me each and every day. She had such joy in her this afternoon. I think it was the unseasonal warm weather that gave her a bit more hip to her hop. She wanted me to chase her so I indulged...it was great!

Did you vote today? I did first thing this morning and would you believe I FORGOT to go to Starbucks for my free java???? How could I????

I'll be busy over the next couple of days getting a couple orders done and on their way to some special lovelies. Can you believe I had an order yesterday from someone all the way in Ireland??? It feels so cool knowing someone so far away actually wanted something I make! I'm truly touched by each and every sale I make...so THANK YOU!!!

I'm trying to re-photograph most of the things in my shop. I only did a couple of shots today and it was sooooo time consuming...yikes, any pros out there that want to do this for me???

Ok. I'm off to get the girlies to bed....night!

xo

sssshhhhhhhhhhh.....

I just finished this sweet pillow for my Mom for her birthday tomorrow...hope she likes it!

Now I'm off to make another cup of Starbucks :)

xo

today's goodies...

got busy with the designing on these yesterday and finally got them sewn today.

not sure what happened with the monkey shot...definite re shoot tomorrow.

sparklies:

• finished sewing the above tees
• received the cutest fabric from one of my faves over at etsy: sweetflavor and can't wait to play!
• talked to my girl Lisa whom i haven't been able to see in awhile
• the breeze was extra comforting today
• didn't have to cook dinner due to the excess in enchiladas last night
• got to have a coffee at starbucks while S had a danish and vanilla milk :)

xo

okay...so i've started my collection of treats from the black apple and i couldn't be any more excited about it! yes, i bought the the pic below AND the one above! i know just where i'm putting them and it's NOT going to be in the girls rooms. not sure why exactly this artist has me 'in love' but she does! maybe it's the big eyes, the sassy attitude...they're just F.U.N!

today's sparklies:

• the yard sale is over and we made about $100...plus it was pretty painless :)
• did a quick shop at the grocery store with R and stopped to get a starbucks...yum!
• no need to make dinner tonight, we're taking the kids to chucky cheese.
• saw some neighbors we don't see often and had some laughs.
• bought two prints from the black apple.
• got a huge box of fabric scraps from lassiegirl and as always...THEY ROCK!

have a great rest of the day!

xo

on the way...

to what's been dubbed 'the wood' park we passed this huge field of sunflowers...sunflowers always make me happy...they look as if they're smiling right at you...so cheerful.

anyways, we get to the wood park and there's a huge yellow sign saying NO PLAYING ON THE FIELD and in itty bitty letters '& playground'. now, after dragging three kids to this out of the way playground i wasn't going to let a little thing like a HUGE yellow sign saying no playing get in my way...probably not a good message to send my kids but i was hot. so we carried on and to my relief there were a couple other moms breakin' the rules. i immediately asked them what was up with THE SIGN but they claimed they hadn't seen it (i'm thinking uhhhh how could you not?)...anyhoo we giggled about our unlawfulness together and let the kids play away. about 45 minutes later a cop shows up (we're talking tiny little town here folks...not a ton of crime...gotta bust the moms at the park)...gist. we got kicked out...but it gave the kids just enough time to play and then it rained after we left anyways.

now for some random spewing:

~ i've gotten 9 migraines already this month and am out of my prescription (which by the way is a miracle worker) i should know, i've tried just about everything there is. so now i need to go spend $50 on two pills just to get me through...hopefully that's all i'll need until the 8th!!!

~ why the heck isn't there a trader joe's in southern new hampshire...are we not hip enough??? cripes, i'd spend enough in your store to justify putting one here...(dear trader joe, if you're coming no more than 20 minutes from my house would be ideal)

~ i love you starbucks and all your store closings and layoffs really has me scared you're going to bite the dust completely and leave me without my favorite beverage.

~ i'm dreading my trip to walmart to get more fusible web...i hate making 'quick' trips with three kids....it SUCKS!!!!

~ we're off to santa's village this weekend and of course it's supposed to....RAIN!

~ i miss my friend lisa and working out at the gym...can't wait for school to start again!!

~ i just ordered labels for my etsy stuff and a new banner and avatar for my etsy site.

~ molly is shedding like you wouldn't believe and no matter how much i brush her she still has hair falling off everywhere...where the heck are c's clippers.

~ why in the world does r still like to watch caillou??????

~ lastly....what am i going to make for dinner??????

right now...

later i'll catch you all up with random musings but right now i can hear da ladies battling it out upstairs...doesn't quite make for good concentration...till then i'll leave you with some recent shots. xoxo

z holding the tiniest frog you ever did see

a sweet bib i made

my favorite afternoon treat...yum!

lassie girl treats...can't wait to dive in!

loved