crazy dancing guys

Matt found this video today and said it was pretty funny...I thought I would share with everyone.

New beanie/scarf combo

I hesitated to post this because this is likely a Christmas present for one of my readers but I am proud of this set and really like it so I wanted to show you all! I made it them today while watching football this afternoon and evening. My favorite is the hat because it was a pattern I thought of in my head a month or so ago and wanted to try. It actually is a variation of the pattern I want to make because of the yarn thickness but I really like it. All of the pieces are made of super soft almond colored acrylic yarn.

This buckle is for the scarf as a different option to cuffing it around your neck.

Utility Bags

I finally got around to making these things for my kitchen. I havent come up with a cute trendy name for them yet, so utility bags it is, for now. The idea for them came from an article in Country Living I think. Pam saw them and thought it looked like something I would make. I guess she was right :) The white fabric with yellow flowers is some old vintage fabric from a lady at church and the yellow flower patterned fabric were just some "fat squares" from Joanne's fabric. I like those things alot because you can usually get just what you need without a lot extra wasted fabric. And often times, like today, they are on sale for $1.00. I went to purchase just a couple of yellow ones and ended up buying like 30 of them for future projects.

I had actually made some last week but they were too short and the utensils were kind of falling out. Thats why I made more this week. These turned out a lot better. I am very pleased with them. I wanted them to hang above the stove but I forgot that there is some plastic back splash stuff that you cant screw into. Oh well.

And they can be multi-purpose as well. A few months ago I made some for Katie's nursery to hang on the side of her changing station to hold wipes, diapers, etc. They could also be used in a bathroom to hold curling irons and hair dryers and stuff. Although if you have been in our bathroom, you would know that it is WAY to small for something like that. I will have to wait on that for another house.

lucy, meet olivia....olivia, meet lucy

Earlier this week, Katie came over with Charlie and Olivia and Lucy got to meet Olivia for the first time. I tried to get some good pics but as you know, Lucy is not a fan of the camera. But a couple turned out pretty good. It was cute because at first, Lucy didnt even notice there was a baby in the room until she cooed and then she was like, "whats that." Then as most dogs do, she sniffed her baby butt significantly whilst wagging her butt like crazy. Then when I was holding Olivia, she kept trying to lick her face but I wouldn't really let her do that. So she had to settle for her little baby ears. That is what I was trying to capture here but she was camera shy.

It was cute because she was licking her ear so much that she got her baby hair and made it curly because of all the licking :)

This one looks like Olivia is mocking people that make silly faces at babies. I guess Lucy is ready for some baby-sitting. She seemed to really like Olivia :)

Cuddly buddies

Here is a pic of Lucy and Jack cuddling. I didnt even force this one. Totally on their own doing.

How much do I love my mom...

Well this ought to prove it :)

So after the race, we rushed home, took showers super fast, packed our clothes, packed lucy's things, loaded the car with a whole bunch of stuff and bolted for T-town because we had to make it to a wedding in 3 hours. For a while now, we had been planning on doing the race, going to Janoah's sisters' wedding and hanging out with the fam this weekend. My mom's friend had a dresser that we thought we would transport to her since we were coming as well. Well, I didnt think about all the logistics before we headed out so I had an interesting trip to Tulsa.

For one, I forgot that Lucy is a large dog with a large crate that had to come, along with a dresser, a whole bunch of other stuff and two people. After we packed the car, I decided to sit in the back so as to not make our dog get freaked out and let her sit in the front seat. So basically, Lucy sat in first class and I sat in coach.

At first, I thought I could just sit in the 16 inch sliver the whole way and it would be alright. Well my hips are not that small so that didnt last long. Eventually, I went to this position:


laying like a sardine in a can. And thus we began our trek to Tulsa. Thankfully, we made it without too many more issues. There isn't much I wouldn't do for my mom, and Lucy apparently :)

On a side note, the wedding was fun and so was hanging out at mom's. We got to watch football and sleep in. Doesnt get much better than that.

Janoah and the bride, Jordan!

Race For The Cure 2009

Last Saturday, Matt and I, along with a group from church and 16,000 Oklahomans participated in the event. It was probably the coldest day of the year (post-summer) so far. The temp was 39 degrees when we woke up and around 41-45 degrees for the race. If you know how I feel about running you would know this was not good news for me. I am totally a fair weather, fair terrain runner so I had to get pumped to run in the frigid-artic tundra. And actually, it wasnt too bad once we started the race. Only my hands were frost-bitten but got better after about half the race.
This is a before shot of some of our team. We had planned to all meet together at 7:30 but several people got stuck in the traffic. The night before, I pretty much got "high" off of sharpie markers making all these signs with the names of our Mayfair breast cancer survivors to take a picture with but we didnt have enough people to hold them all so we just held this one sign. Wah, wah...

And here is a pic I stole from Annaleise's blog of most of our group at the end. I didnt think to bring my camera with me for a group pic at the end but at least some others did. All together we had about 19 people participate with us from Mayfair and we all made it to the end. Thanks to everyone who participated!

This one's for you Shay...

I hope you start feeling better soon and dont turn into a pig or bird or something!!

If your not a Seinfeld fan, this is an episode where everyone at Elaine's work gets on her nerves because they bring cake for every little thing and sing songs for every occasion. It is pretty funny and just making fun of that.