Happy Valentines Day

I know Valentines Day has past but, I only got my craft project done 2 days before Valentines Day..... So I am enjoying them now (It's still February....) Jenny and I made these cute hearts covered with scrapbook paper (they were so fun and now I am addicted to paper/wood crafting) modge podge, glitter, paint. paper..... so much fun!!!! What else could a girl ask for (maybe a little sewing?)

I forgot about this blog

Just a new post because those strawberries creep me out!!! Hopefully there will be more to come sooner or LATER!!!

Spiderberries...

Strawberries are one of my favorite foods... I LOVE them. I usually buy 2 great big flats at Costco a week....Although I am now trying to get past my fear of eating them... The other day I was cutting the tops off strawberries as I grabbed one I happened to look inside it and saw a spider... I thought euuw gross and chucked it in the sink. I then told my husband what had happened. He came to see. He picked the strawberry up an there was no spider to found... (It must have been alive, I knew I saw a spider)
Ever since then I have been a little freaked out.... Every time I have strawberries I have to cut them up, I was thinking to me self (I am so mental... what are the chances I would ever see another spider in the middle of a strawberry???) just then I cut one open and "There was a spider right in the middle and it was alive!!!"
Well, I have decided I am not a mental case.... In all three spiders were found!!! I was taking to my sister and she also had found a spider in the middle of her strawberry!!! I decided to take a picture..... So you could all see what I am taking about!!!!

I will never be able to eat another spider-berry again without cutting into it.... I guess this rules out Chocolate covered strawberries for me.... Oh, and I wonder how many spiders have been eaten with out anyone even knowing it???

If You Give Mom a Wash Rag

If you give a mom a wash rag, she will wash the counter!

Then she will see all the dirty dishes and think I better load the dishwasher.

Once she starts the dishwasher, she will think of her washing machine.

That will make her want to go switch the laundry!

As she throws in a load of darks, she will wonder if there are any dirty clothes in her kids room?

She will want to get those dirty clothes so she can wash them.

When she goes down stairs she will pas the computer, then she will think of her email...

She will want to check her email. Once she reads her email she will see that someone left a comment on her blog. That will make her want to post on her blog. Then she will want to read everyone else's blog.

Once she is done, she will see a shoe on the floor. She will want to put the shoe in the closet where it goes.

When she opens the closet she will see the vacuum, that will make her want to vacuum. When she is done vacuuming she will notice how dirty her kitchen floor is.

She will want to sweep the floor. Once the floor is clean she will want to mop it. While she is mopping the floor, she will hear the phone ring.

She will want to answer the phone. If the person on the phone is her sister she will talk for an hour! She will get tired of standing so she will sit on the couch...

All of the sudden she will ask her sister what time it is??? If her sister says "it's a quarter to four" She will say "bye, I have to go do carpool!"

She will get into her car and go pick up her kids. When her kids come home they will be hungry. She will want to make them a snack. After her kids eat their snack they will be messy.

She will need to wash them off, she will get a wash rag.... Once she gets the wash rag you know what it will make her want to do!!!!

This was my life the other day.... I had recently read "If you give Mouse a Cookie" to my kids and decided I should write a little book!!!

The only person who thought it was funny was my sister!!!!

Santa Claus Ain't Comin' to Nobody's House!

My sister and I decorated gingerbread houses with our families on Sunday night. I just love her creative House/Pirate Ship. She is such a good mom of all Boys. We had a really fun night!

Notice the decapitated Santa swimming with the sharks.

A friend emailed this to me, and I thought I would share 

it with anyone who wants to take the time to read it.

Too many people put off something that brings them joy 

just because they haven't thought about it, don't have 

it on their schedule, didn't know it was  coming or are 

too rigid to depart from their routine.

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the 

Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful 

night in an effort to'cut back the calories'. 

From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible!

How many women out there will eat at home because their 

husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after 

something had been thawed? Does the word'refrigeration' 

mean nothing to you?    

How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in 

silence while you watched 'Who wants to be a millionaire' 

on television?   

I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, 

'How about going to  lunch in a half hour?' She would 

gas up and stammer, 'I  can't. I have clothes  on the 

line. My hair is dirty.  I wish I had known yesterday, 

I had a late   breakfast, It looks like rain.' 

And my personal favorite: 'It's Monday.' She  died a 

few years ago.  We never did have lunch together.     

Because we cram so much into our lives, we tend to even 

schedule our  headaches. We live on a  sparse diet of 

promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions 

are perfect!   We'll go back and visit the grandparents 

when we get Steve toilet-trained.  We'll entertain when 

we replace the living-room carpet. We'll go on a second  

honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.     

Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. 

The days get shorter, and  the list of  promises to 

ourselves gets longer.. One morning, we  awaken, and  

all we have to show for our lives is a  litany of 

'I'm going to,' 'I plan on,'  and 'Someday, when things 

are settled down a bit.'    When  anyone calls my 

'seize the moment' friend, she is open to adventure  

and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new 

ideas. Her enthusiasm  for life  is contagious. You 

talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready  

to trade your bad feet for a pair of roller blades 

and skip an elevator for a  bungee cord.    

My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. 

I love ice cream. It's just  that  I might as well 

apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and  

eliminate the digestive process The other day, I 

stopped the car and bought a   triple-decker. If my 

car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have 

died  happy.  

Now go on and have a nice day. Do something you 

WANT to...not something on your SHOULD DO list. 

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone 

call  you could make, who would you call and what 

would you say? And why are you waiting?  

Have you ever watched  kids playing on a merry go 

round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? 

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed 

at the sun into  the fading night? Do you run 

through each day on the fly? When you ask 'How are you?' 

do you hear the  reply?    When the day is done, do you  

lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running 

through your head? Ever told your child, 'We'll do  

it tomorrow.' And  in your haste, not see his sorrow?  

Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die?  

Just call to say 'Hi? 

When you worry and hurry through your day, 

it is like an unopened gift...Thrown away...

Life is not a race. Take it slower. 

Hear the music before the song is over.  

"Life may not be the party we hoped for... 

but while we are here, we  might  as well dance!"

Neglecting Blogs...

Life is crazy... If you don't stop to enjoy it every once in a while, it will pass you by...

To anyone who is still reading this blog, sorry I have seamed to neglect this poor little blog!!! I am trying to finish up a football video and then maybe I'll get back to posting... (Maybe) or who knows I might let it go another month... Just so you all know my intentions are good...

It's the thought that counts.... and believe me I have a lot of thoughts!!!