Something I Love...And a Little Something Else

I need to do more homeschooling posts.  Here's something I love about homeschooling....sharpening the colored pencils while she works on her math...I love it!!  Don't ask me why...maybe the mix of colors against the background of the plain wood shavings??  Whatever it is it is very soothing to me and makes me happy to look at when I'm done.  :)  Of course I also love to hear her doing her adding and counting and so forth too....but it's not quite as colorful.  :)  Oh yeah...totally different subject, but if you love Target and amazing stamped jewlery...you have to do go here!  I'll be back soon!  Good weekend to you all!

YOU CAN WIN THIS...STAY TUNED!

Yep...see this little beauty....you can get her for free...just stay tuned!  Filled with aqua and red and screaming cute...she might be sitting in your house soon. :)  Hope you all had a beautiful weekend!

LAST DAY FOR 12 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS!

Final day for giveaways at April's blog.  There are some adorable clip arts to choose from and some cute stamps.  I can always use stamps...yeah, right!  I just got them out the other day and found some I didn't even know I had!  oops!  Crafting can easily become collecting, can't it? :)  Have a good weekend...I'll be back with some pics (hopefully) next week!

SHE'S OUTDONE HERSELF!

I can't believe the cute shops April has had on her 12 days of giveaways this week!  Another great shop was featured later this afternoon!  It has the cutest little inspiration packs, etc.  Go take a look and try to win yet ANOTHER great giveaway from her!  Just when I think my favorites on Etsy is going to explode or reach a "limit", I find more talented people!  Does this happen to you too??

DO YOU LOVE FABRIC?

Even if you don't sew, you have to admit there are some fabrics that just beg to come home with you or your mouse seems to come alive and all of a sudden it's grabbing that bundle or that yard and adding it to your "cart."  All of a sudden your checking out, (whether online or in the store) and you've discovered you'll be adding a new set of colors to your fabric stash.  Well, today my friends there is a wonderful place here where you can win a bundle!!!  Go now and try to claim it!!  Maybe this will be your first stack of fabric or maybe it'll just add some new colors to your stash, but either way, I promise it won't be your last!  :)

WARNING TO ALL...AND ANOTHER GIVEAWAY TO MENTION!

Ok...sorry for a boring post with no pictures, but guess what??  My hard drive is on the fritz!!!  This means all the pics I've taken in the past year and haven't printed are on very shaky ground right now.  I'm in the process of backing everything up.  So...if you don't back up your pictures, documents, etc...here's my warning...PLEASE DO IT NOW!!  When I walked into the Apple store last night and the guy told me what was happening I almost started to cry!  I started to think of the pics of my daughter's first haircut, the pics of all my son's firsts while my husband was deployed, etc.  So...consider this a friendly reminder to please back up your pics somewhere, and anything else that is important to you.  On a lighter note...I have mentioned April's 12 days of giveaways a few times already this week, but the shop featured this morning is amazing and the talented owner of the shop is here in San Diego...yay!!  If you love vintage and Christmas and goodies of all sorts, please head over there right now for this amazing giveaway!  Thanks and hopefully I'll be back later this week with a perfect-working hard drive.  

I ALMOST FORGOT!!

This girl is doing something spectacular this holiday season and I'm determined to be in on it. Go here. Some cool things are gonna be up for grabs (I'll be donating some items)...but this is NOT a normal giveaway...no, no, no. This requires more than a comment, but you will be providing something for others that we take for granted everyday. Go take a look, please? You'll be happy you did.

ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!!

Ok...I might overload you with some giveaways now...I just found a bunch! Go here! Such cute stuff to be won!!

GREAT GIVEAWAY TIME FOR BLOGS!

I love this time of year when all the crafty blogs start doing giveaways! It was this time of year when I originally started following blogs regularly just because it was so much fun to think I might just win some amazing item (or possibly even two!). I have won some things here and there, but never from the infamous Pioneer Woman (the chances with her are like playing the lottery!)...nor have I won anything from this creative girl (who by the way has one of the cutest Etsy shops ever!)....nor have I won anything from this creative girl (who has another Etsy shop that I frequent a lot!). I decided that all my luck is going to change this season because I'm going to try even harder to win whatever is being offered....especially if I love it. Well...there's an great 12 day giveaway over at her blog and the most current offer is from such a cute Etsy shop...you have to go check it out! I'm gonna win this giveaway...but if not...I'd be happy if one of you won it too! :) I'm actually ruining my chances of winning by telling you about it, aren't I?? Oh, well. Go head over there and check 'em out everyday! This girl has great taste! I'll keep you posted on other fabulous giveaways I find! Have a great Friday!

AWESOME GIVEAWAY...and a short update.

Ok...I have found the coolest site...there are giveaways all the time and this one in particular caught my eye and I really want it!!  Go check it out at kiddio.org.  

I also wanted to let people know what is going on with our court stuff.  Tomorrow morning at 9am we will know what the judge will decide about custody of my step daughter.  We had court today and it wasn't pretty.  Both sides got attacked by the judge and I had to hear all about the sins of my youth as if I am still that person.  We had the support of a few close friends that stayed all day with us in court and if it weren't for them I don't know if I could have handled the words that were being spoken.  At the end of the day the judge was unable to come to a decision so we were told to return tomorrow morning.  If you happen to read this tonight or in the morning, please keep us in your prayers as this has been emotionally exhausting and we are trying to be open to whatever God's will is.