Under Pressure...ding, ding, ding, da-da, ding, ding...

Now do you have that song stuck in your head?  Under Pressure by Queen!  You know, that catchy ding-ding, dada ding ding that Vanilla Ice tried to snag for his song: Ice Ice Baby....?  Anyway, I'm only under pressure due to not even thinking about the Holidays until they are upon me!  I've been trying to fill my etsy store full of goodies, but my internet is running SO slow I am ready to shove a tin foil rod up my bum and stand on the roof!

Anyway...

Here's some stuff thats going on:

New tool for a new project:

Supplies for said new project:

Fun thing to-do over Thanksgiving break:

Cute new plate, $5 at Target!!:

New Project:

Granny Square Quilt

for this room:

Cute new HOLIDAY outfit:

Christmas cards, picked out and picked up, thank you Costco!:

(50 for $14.99!!!!)

Ok, now that I've taken 12 hours to download my pictures from my turtle computer, I'm headed down to get something done...

Happy Monday!

(run club tonight!!)

I'm back in black...

I feel like I need to recap since I've been gone so long, but in truth, nothing interesting happened.

Friday, Darling & I went to see Shrek 3-D, it was good.

Saturday.... I'm literally sitting here thinking what DID we do Saturday?!  Ummm, I remember Costco and getting pictures developed and begging the Mister for ANOTHER new pair of glasses because they have Betesy Johnson frames and they are TOO CUTE!  

Oh wait then there was the Avocado burger... Oh yeah- the boat!!  Ok, it's all coming back to me now!  We went to see friends that have a boat over on Lake Michigan!

The weather was gorgeous and we had a great time!

Yes, that IS the sparkle star boob suit!  

Then we did the family picnic that we do once a month with the Mister's family on Sunday.

Monday we took Darling for a bike ride on the paved path.  She just learned to ride a 2 wheel bike so the paved path is a good place to practice.

For the record, I had nothing to do with this outfit:

I thought the turquoise shoes were a nice touch!

There she goes...

My allergies have been HORRIBLE!  The cottonwood looks like snow falling...

Achooooo!!!

As Darling left for school today she said "well, it looks like someone sure has laundry to do" and she wasn't kidding!  I better get right on that!  I've already been to the dentist this morning and I'll fill you in on that later... brother!

Anyway if you're a new reader, I'm usually more entertaining, lets blame it on the fact that I feel like crap and am not feeling like entertaining anyone at the moment...

and because it's been a while....

a little plug about my BABY HAT DRIVE 

As most of you know, my daughter was adopted from China and I left a little piece of my heart there.  I'm collecting hats to keep the children and babies warm in the winter.  Many live in orphanages that are without heat.

1. make a baby hat, toddler hat, or kid sized hat (you can take the non-crafty way out and buy one if you must)

2. email me at: chinamommy_04@yahoo.com for my address.

3. I'll take care of shipping them to CHINA next fall.

any questions- please feel free to email me!!

Can you buy a new brain at Costco?

Yikes...

Everyone is cranky here...well, not the Mister but darling daughter and I seem to be and did i mention my back window is down on my car and i can't get it up (that's what she said) and it's raining?!  Let's move onto breaking news, I have!

Poor Bret Michaels

he can't cut a break with his health, he's back in the hospital with a hole in his heart and a warning stroke.

Lindsay Lohan

is back in the USA but they aren't putting her in jail....what?  I know I'd be there trying to choke down a bologna sandwich while keeping Big Bertha's hands off me!

It's raining here and I need to go buy shower cleaner which I should have got yesterday.  Speaking of yesterday... I went to Target and got some black basketball shorts for myself 'cause i'm 4' 11 3/4" & the Piston's won't quit calling.  Plus I grabbed this...

is it a top? is it a dress? 

It's Iike the El Camino of shirts!

I then went to Costco to get Darlings school pictures printed.  I bought the CD which comes with a copyright release so I can print my own.  Oh they (the pictures) are too funny... the pose, the look on her face, the fact that her glasses are sliding down her nose! I couldn't help myself, I got an 11X14.

Anyway- I go into Costco and make my pictures, then I have to go out to get a cart, then I have to go out and get my coupon book, so I've just come in 3 times to the same store.  I shop, I check out, I remember I didn't pick up my pictures, I go in AGAIN.  The old guy at the door thinks I want him... He's over 50, I might!  The word on the street is, I have a thing for older men!  It all started in 4th grade with a little show called:

Magnum PI!!!!!!!!!!!

Mmmmm... delish!!!!

Come on Michigan girls... the Detroit hat?!

You're Welcome!!

So, after I got the pictures at Costco I remember I never got what I REALLY needed at Target, so I go back.  I've been to Target twice and Costco 4 times (plus their gas station once) and I didn't get any shower cleaner.

I hope you have a GREAT weekend- How could you not after that post?  It has celebrities, fashion, a darling girl, and an El Camino... is there anything more?  I think NOT!

a little plug about my BABY HAT DRIVE 

As most of you know, my daughter was adopted from China and I left a little piece of my heart there.  I'm collecting hats to keep the children and babies warm in the winter.  Many live in orphanages that are without heat.

1. make a baby hat, toddler hat, or kid sized hat (you can take the non-crafty way out and buy one if you must)

2. email me at: chinamommy_04@yahoo.com for my address.

3. I'll take care of shipping them to CHINA next fall.

any questions- please feel free to email me!!

The Bachlorette recap & more...

Ok, i know it's Wed. & The Bachlorette was Monday but what can i say...? So they (Jillian, Ed, Reid, & Kiptyn) are in HAWAII, my favorite place on EARTH & they're on Maui- which i LOVE LOVE LOVE- darling daughter & i were scoping it out to see if we recognized anything & low & behold Jillian & Ed were on the same boat we took for Whale watching- The Trilogy (Hi Capt. Kevin... like he's reading this, duh!). So Ed has some catching up to do... he bring his parents to meet Jillian since he took off before the home town visits to go back to work but now has returned. Bet that was a hard sell: "hey Mom & Dad would you like to go to Maui & meet this chick I have the hots for? You'll do an hour at most & have the rest of the time to hang out in HAWAII?!!" Now, i don't get this whole "overnight drama" that occurred with Ed... Were they not feelin' each other or were they not "FEELIN" each other? Did Ed need a Viagra & an old fashioned claw-footed tub overlooking some Mountains? and... are those tubs full of water or do you just sit in them naked looking at mountains waiting for "something to happen"? (you know the commercial). AND is the overnight date to fool around & then pick? If so that totally grosses me out...

I would like to point out that while i liked the grey & yellow t-shirt style dress she was wearing on her date with Reid, it more than showed off the fact she was wearing a thong as she got on the helicopter! Am i the only one that noticed this? I have nothing against a thong, but the whole showing it off... seriously ladies? I realize in a t-shirt dress you're going to have some of that. I better move on before i start on my whole "what is up with girls in low rise jeans thinking they're plumbers!". Have i mentioned before i have a crush on Reid? I know i'm like totally "cougaring out" on that & like he wants a 40 year old, but i still find him enjoyable, not that i would enjoy him- i am happily married. So anyway he is just so cute & totally reminds me of Chandler from the show "Friends" mixed with my HS pal Kevin (not to be confused with Capt. Kevin of the Trilogy!). Reid doesn't confess his undying love & in the end get's the boot... I have a feeling this is not the last we see of Reid... hooked on a feelin' whoa, whoaaa..

Ok, my recap is boring me, so let's skip Kip- he doesn't float my boat anyway.

Yesterday i had an eye appt. at 1:15 in the afternoon (like it would be in the AM?!), i left late. It's at Costco, do i have my Costco card?- of course not. i call Costco to tell them i have an open head wound & this makes me stupid, they'll let me in but i am not allowed to buy anything... really? i call the mister to tell him to bring home a tool that will remove my head from my butt. As we are chatting on the phone i see the giant arrow on the back of a truck pointing left & the sign that reads "Right Lane CLOSED Ahead". Well, i'm going 57 MPH & i'm talking to mister & daughter is watching a "Brady Bunch" DVD in the backseat & Rush is on the radio & I have an open head wound... I NEED to go RIGHT!! I see it's the lane that's closed, but not the TURN lane so i get in the turn lane but realize it's the turn lane to turn into the gas station & i don't have time to stop!!! I figure i'll just stay in that lane that doesn't really exist all the way to the road where i have to turn right, so i'm driving in a lane i've just made up & men are filling pot holes on my left (hello it's MICHIGAN- the land of the giant pot holes!!) & i'm looking away from them saying "don't look at me, i have an open head wound & I know i shouldn't be driving in this pretend lane, but have you SEEN MY HEAD WOUND??" Don't worry when i said "oh this isn't a real lane" the mister & i hung up!

As we pull onto the road where Costco is i start yelling directions to darling daughter like we're going down in a burning plane: Get the DVD turned off, put it on the seat, remove all items from your carseat, when the car stops unhook your seat & unload as quickly as possible... i HATE being late, i really do! BUT... i think i am an adrenaline junkie! i am always pushing everything to the last second & arriving with sweat rings under my arms. maybe i should take up skydiving & get it out of my system?

I can't sew, so i bought these patterns off of etsy, i'm off to tear my hair out while trying to sew whilst i can't...

Happy Hump Day!

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