Well, HELLO!!

Does it seems like it's been a while since we last chatted?

Hope you had a drama-free Thanksgiving, because isn't that the goal of the holidays?!  My cousin had her brand new baby girl at our get together...She is just beautiful!!  The pictures of her... yeah, they're on the "good" camera and you know how I can't figure that whole deal out!  

I want to show you some good stuff....do you have ceiling fans?  You need to meet my new BFF, Fannie!

If your ceiling fans are like mine, they like to suck all the dust out of the air and keep them on their blades, which, in a way, is kind of nice.  Fannie is fabulous, just slip her over the blades and scrub the dust off! HINT: do not look up with your eyes and mouth wide open!

Darling and I went to see this (in 3D)

CUTE!

I made this for my etsy shop: chinamommy

Corset Coffee Cozy!!

i like it, i like it!

and I got myself a little "cyber Monday" present (Shhhh!!!)

what is it?

go here and see for yourself, AND if you decide you MUST have one, email me at: chinamommy_04@yahoo.com and I'll share a special discount code with you... but it's good ONLY today!

Here's the link to check it out:

Silhouette info here!!

Have a great day, I'm thinking about getting started on the Christmas decor later today with Darling.  Have you started yet?  I'm thinking I need to do all PINK and SILVER... I saw some ornaments yesterday that made me re-think everything I own...but then again, that happens EVERY year!

Happy Monday!

Thanksgiving Re-Cap

I'm happy to report no "wanna be celeb's" crashed our Thanksgiving! Which goes to show if the President would surround himself with Amish, it would have never happened! My parents are surrounded by Amish & nothing like that happens at their place.

I did a horrible job photo documenting our family event... Do you know what I got a picture of? This:

That's right, I took a picture of this box 'cause, well... it cracked me up! I love to jog on a mini tramp looking like one! Aren't those VELCRO shoes cool? Were they ever? The underwear over the tights? A look I'm proud I never took part in- yeah, I had legwarmers & giant sweaters, but underpants over outerpants? NEVER! That "man", that kid?

So, let's review: I took no pictures of the food, the house, the family or the kids, but i DID get a picture of a box from the 80's that houses a mini tramp! AND... why was this box in my parents kitchen during Thanksgiving?

Ok, enough of Thanksgiving because apparently is was uneventful...although delicious.

I got this advent calendar last year at the "1/2 off Target after Christmas sale". I thought it was UGLY, but knew with a little love, glitter, & glue it could redeem itself.

This is what it looked like yesterday:

I decided I was going to paint each little door, so I had to sand all the shiny paint off... ugh! I hate the work part, I'd rather just get down to the glitter part! As I was sanding I got to thinking how tedious it was going to be to paint each little door & how hard it was going to be to keep the trim between each door black, so....

I sanded each door then painted the whole thing black & cut some 2" squares from my scrapbooking papers. Mod-Podge to the rescue!! I love how I've had all year to do this but decided to start it yesterday when I need to start the countdown Tuesday! See the pink blur in the top right corner of the picture below? That's Teddy the Yorkie in his new PINK winter coat. I think he's running so his buddies don't see him & make fun of his coat.

I've got a pile of "stuff" pulled to glue on the doors & top... I can't wait to see what I come up with because if you know me, you know I have NO plan at this point! I'm a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda gal!

Today is my 1st crochet class... can you flunk a class at JoAnne's? I better run- literally! I have to go get my run in then run to my class & I've got a sick kid. My *~WONDERFUL~* Mister is going to come home from work so I can take my class.

Wish me luck! I'll report back tomorrow!

I'm outta here....

My 1st crochet class is this next Monday so in honor of crochet (& because I'm flying by the seat of my pants today for blog material)... let me introduce this little doll from etsy: owlishly. Make sure you check out her store if you're into these cuties! She sells the patterns, but I believe she'll make them for you too! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family...Gobble, Gobble!!!

LOVE this little strawberry girl... too~too cute!!!

Cuteness, no? I really hope i love this crochet class ...