The anticipated arrival of our first grandchild is so exciting. The entire house is abuzz with shopping, planning, decorating, preparing for the shower and chatter of the joy to come. Even the boys are coutning down the days until their sweet little niece will be born. William has even picked out what he wants to buy Amelia for her first Christmas.

I have started crocheting a great little sundress for her in size 6 to 12 months. It's from a pattern in a book I have entitled "Crochet with Bits and Pieces". It is turning out so nicely and it's going really quickly. I may make her a couple of them if I like the final outcome. I'll post pictures as soon as it's done.

Miriah and I went shopping for clothes at Walmart, Ross & Old Navy and bought a bunch while everything is on sale for back to school. Her closet is getting overfull. We are going to be painting and hanging wall paper in the nursery over the next two weekends, then we will go baby furniture shopping to stock it! That will be so much fun!

Hi everyone. I wanted to make a post to help promote a great book by someone very dear to my heart; my daughter's grandmother, Barbie Root. This is a story of her family's trial's and triumph's after Hurricane Katrina. (and yes, the "Miriah" that is in the story is my baby girl) Please help me support Barbie's first published book by pre-ordering or recommending it to everyone.





Life After Katrina

Already July?

Wow! Where has the time gone this year? I can't believe that it is only 4 weeks until my kids are back into school. It seems like this year has just flown by without heistation. It seems like just a few weeks ago was New years.

My daughter had her ultrasound and found out she is having a girl so the baby's name will be AMELIA JANE. She chose Amelia because it's an older name and is very elegant and she chose Jane because my oldest niece (Jane) will be the baby's God Mother. I think she has made a very nice choice. Her boyfriend is just super excited that they are having a girl!

Now, I will begin her scrapbook, and begin crocheting some cute little baby dresses!

I will be posting some new items very shortly. I have been working crazy hours lately so I'm running behind.

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!

Happy Father's Day to all Fathers aout there! I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday/holiday! I know I am. Actually, the entire weekend has been great! We got alot of things accomplished and even had time for a BBQ with my parents.
We are currently in the middle of painting the interior of our new house. When we purchased it, every wall was flat white!!! Talk about showing dirty handprints from the boys... I hate it! We started with my hubby's gameroom in the Nascar theme, now we are working on my bedroom/bathroom. It's coming out lovely. We should be done with it in a day or two. Then I just need to buy a few ornamental touches and I'll upload the photos. After that, it's on to the living room, then the kitchen/dining area, then the kids room, then finally my dream "craft heaven"... Yippee! Can't wait to get it all done.

I am in a card swap on the Card Makers Magazine website and I've got 3 more to get done, then they can go in the mail. I'll work on those later tonight after everyone settles down. And I'm also working on handmaking 100 invitations for my daughter's baby shower which is Oct. 4th. Why she needs 100, I'll never know, but thats what she ordered. She does have 4 families so... (mine, my hubby's, her real dad's and the baby's dad's) plus all her friends, so maybe 100 isn't too far-fetched?

As you can see, I'm so super-busy with extra stuff, plus everyday work and mom/wife things. I don't know how I'm not crazy yet. But I love every minute of it. If there was nothing to do, I would be crazy. LOL

Thanks to all who have signed up as followers on my blog. I'll try to get things more "professional" in a few weeks. Right now things are crazy. Hope you are all enjoying my blog. Refer me to others whom you think may enjoy it. My fans ROCK!!!

Thanks for the award!

I would like to say Thanks to Tracy for giving me my first award! The Honest Scrap award. I think it is so cute and am happy to display it here on my blog!

10 Things About Me

1. I am naturally blonde with blue eyes.
2. I was a teen-age mother.
3. I am expecting my first grandchild in November.
4. I am a history buff.
5. My favorite tv channel is History International.
6. My favorite tv show is King of the Hill (they remind me of my silly family)
7. My hubby has everyone, including the kids, calling me blondie.
8. I am a Hurricane Katrina survivor.
9. I started to learn crochet when I was 13. Didn't get it until I was about 23...
10. My favorite food is hotdogs.

Great place for card makers

I found a wonderful place for all card makers. They have swaps, chats, trades, tips and tricks, drives for charities and much more.
Card Makers Magazine when you get there, click on the CARD SWAP link to go to all the forums. Thats where you'll find everything you need to get started.
Everyone is so nice there. I even signed up for a swap and I am starting on the cards for that tonight. Can't wait to see what I get in return!