Free Craft Kits For A Year! {contest}

In honor of National Craft Month and the Anniversary of Freckles Crafts there is a contest going on!

You have until Thursday 03/31 to enter to win free craft projects for a year ;)

Check it out here

http://frecklescrafts.com/blog/free-craft-kits-for-a-year-contest/

and get to entering and good luck

Weekly Update ~ 03/28/11

Well last week I was soooo excited...SPRING arrived!! YES ~ finally ;) But the weather is NOT cooperating. It is still cold and snowy and dreary and I DON'T LIKE IT! I am more than ready for some sunshine and hot weather or at least some warmer weather.
JACOB
My daughter Tia gave Jacob's room a make over this week! He got a loft bed and a new paint job. He picked blue and red (superman colors) and his themes are Super Hero Squad and Dinosaurs!


He has the Super Hero Squad bedding and decals all over his walls and he has stars and planets that glow in the dark on his ceiling so he can sleep under the stars EVERY night! He loves his room so much he never wants to come out...

ABBY
Went to see my brother, sister-in-law and niece yesterday. We meet for lunch and Ms. Abby was not that excited to be at Red Robin! She finally calmed down and studied all the people around her (especially the ones at her table ~ LOL). I don't think she was all that impressed.

MOVIES
Watched a couple of movies this week. The family movie was Megamind which is what Jacob had been waiting for. It was kinda cute and I even found myself laughing at it a time or two. We also watched a great movie with Denzel and Chris Pine called Unstoppable. It was most excellent; totally action packed and a nail biter! I totally recommend it.
BOOKS
I have been really going thru the audiobooks. This past week I have been listening to Sue Grafton's Alphabet series. I got thru D is for Deadbeat, E is for Evidence and F is for Fugitive. They are quick books to listen to! I read the second book in the Monica Ferris' Needlework Mystery series, Framed in Lace. Next I think I am going back to the Joe Reacher series and see where he takes me now!
STITCHING
I made progress on both of my WIPs this week! YIPPEEEE First up is my March Flower for the EMS SAL. I definitely will not be finished with it in March since it is my weekend project...but hopefully I will not be too far behind!

Next is L*K's ABCs of Parenting. I made some decent progress on it but I still have soooo much more to do! Hopefully I can work on it some this week :)

Well thanks for stopping by...I appreciate it.
I am going now to await the arrival of SPRING! Hope it will finally get here this week.

Weekly Update

Missed posting last week...but nothing really exciting was happening.

Spring arrived today! YES...it finally got here but now the better countdown starts! The countdown to SUMMER ~ my most FAVORITE season ever. I am one of those people who love the heat. The hot weather doesn't bother me at all...so BRING IT ON!

My daughter Tia and Jacob my grandson got a chance to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather we had yesterday. Jacob got on his bike to ride it up and down the street and they discovered he grew to tall for the bike he got last year! So off to the store we went so my daughter could buy him a new one. Here he is trying it out at the store...new bike and helmet!

He was overjoyed and can't wait for another warm day so he can go outside and ride! Today it has been raining and now we have the thunderstorms.

STITCHING

I managed to get in a bit of stitching time on both of my WIPs but not nearly enough as you can see.

I made a little progress on L*K's ABC's of Parenting, but I still have soooo much more to do!

I don't think it will be finished in time for the arrival of the twins but HOPEFULLY it will be done shortly after that? Maybe I can try working on it EVERYDAY after work this week and see how far I can get.

Here is my progress on my weekend project; which is EMS's March Flower.

I am really enjoying doing this one and I can actually see the progress I am making on it.

READING

During the last couple of weeks I read or listened to a number of books. I listened to J.A. Jance's Fatal Error, which is the latest book in the Ali Reynolds series. I also started to listen to The Alphabet Series by Sue Grafton and I got thru A, B and C. I read the 10th book in the Jack Reacher series, The Hard Way and Crewel World, the first book in The Needlecraft Mystery Series by Monica Ferris. I remember reading some of this series a long time ago but didn't know how far I got so decided to start over with them. Not sure which book I will start tomorrow, guess I will see what I feel like when I get up and ready for work!

MOVIES

We watched a few movies during the past couple of weeks. We saw one of Jacob's favorites. Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2. He absolutely loves that movie...but he is 5 :) We also watched Easy A, You Again and Stone. They were all good but I really like You Again.

Have a wonderful week and go out and ENJOY SPRING!

Weekly Update

Just watched that show Millionaires...I think I like it but it looks like am going to have to stock up on tissue to watch this show!

STITCHING
This week I didn't get much stitching time in so I only stitched a little on the L*K's ABCs of Parenting. This is a picture of the progress as you can see I only stitched about two words!

I really should get going on it since the twins will be born in April. I have decided that I will stitch this during the week and on weekends I will stitch on the EMS SAL. We started this one on March 1st...with the March flower. I started working on some of the borders a couple of weeks ago so I could just stitch the flowers when the month came but of course...I didn't do the March border until last night and started on the flower today after church. This is how far I got

And guess what else?? I won the Monthly Chart giveaway at 1-2-3 Stitch! I won the chart Happy Holidays by Sue Hillis Designs. YIPPEE!! :)

WEATHER
The weather here is still terrible! I can't wait until winter is FINALLY over. On Friday the temperature reached the high 50s and then this morning we woke up to snow and ice. This weather is crazy and I am so ready for some warmth and sunshine!

BOOKS
This week I listened to the book Ice Cold which was the last book (for now) in the Rizolli & Isles series by Tess Gerritsen. That one was very good...and I think it may have been the best one in the series. Also listened to Mary Jane Clark's To Have and To Hold; it was just ok. I read over half of Michael Palmer's A Heartbeat Away. I was really getting into it when I realized it had to go back to the library so I will have to finish it later when I can check it out again! LOL I started another book and can't wait to finish it...It is GREAT! It is called The Room by Emma Donoghue. I am enjoying it and should be finished with it tomorrow, can't wait to see how it ends.

MOVIES
We watched a good movie this week. The movie is based on a Karen Kingsbury book called Like Dandelion Dust and it was a great movie ;) Didn't watch any other movies...cuz I was cleaning off some stuff on the DVR. I like to watch Dateline and so I watched a few episodes this weekend.

Not to much else happened this week...so until the next time! Have a wonderfully blessed week