Days like today UGH

For the most part I lead a very happy satisfied life. Yes I wish I had more at times and then there are days like today.

Nothing has gone right today. Nothing major has happened, just a lot of little stuff. I think mostly it's because I have not had any time to myself in more then 3 weeks. Everyone needs a little down time to do what they wish. Even 30 min would and could do a world of good.

I keep having to remind myself to just take a deep breath and breathe, slowly and relax. It's not working very well though.

I really do love my kids, grandchildren and great granddaughter, I really do love my kids, grandchildren and great granddaughter, I really do love my kids, grandchildren and great granddaughter, I really do love my kids, grandchildren and great granddaughter... I think if I keep reminding myself of this maybe it will go better.

I just needed to rant today, I really would like to just scream but I won't. Maybe a good cry would help???? No then my eyes will get all puffy. I don't even think "Calgon take me away" would work.

Well tomorrow is another day. I hope everyone has a good one and stays safe and smiles. God loves you!!

Thanksgiving 2011

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family this year. We had lots of good food and everyone enjoyed themselves. Randi was happy and running around to everyone and grazing off their plates. Well until she spotted the bowl of black olives, then that all ended. She grabbed the bowl, got up on a chair and ate the whole bowl. She would put them on her fingers then eat them off. Her mother used to do the same thing along with my girls. We will be going over to my mothers later today to have leftovers. Yum Yum always good the next day.

Randi had not taken a nap all day yesterday because she was just to excited to see everyone. By the time we got home she was pretty tired but it was to late to put her down for a nap and to early to put her to bed. So we did the next best thing, we turned on Spongebob Square Pants for her on the TV. BobBob is her favorite thing to watch. She was perfectly content to sit in her chair with her feet up with her sippy cup of juice and watch her favorite show and relax after a long fun filled day.




I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.

Attitude of Gratitude

I have many things to be grateful for. Sometimes you take those things for granted. You don't mean to but life happens.

I have been busy it seems lately just living life. Between babysitting and taking care of daily things, time just gets away from you.

My granddaughter and great granddaughter are now living with me. I am happy she has left her boyfriend as he is not a very nice person to put it mildly. You don't have to be physically abused to be abused. Verbally can also be a bad thing. I hope she sticks with it this time. She needs to focus on her daughter and make a better life for both of them. I wish I had the answers but I don't.

I am grateful for the still half way decent weather we have been having. I am keeping my fingers crossed we don't get bombarded with snow for a long time. I know living in Northern Indiana you can expect snow but I can still hope it delays happening.

I am grateful that my cousin Dale is doing well after having to have a defibrillator put in a little over a month ago. He is back to work now and getting stronger every day. He still worries over little twinges he gets because he ignored these twinges before and he ended up in the hospital. But it will take time and he will get through this and continue to enjoy life.

I am grateful for my own health and my families. Everyone at the moment seems to be healthy and well.

I am grateful for the many blessings I receive daily. I am grateful for my faith. I am grateful for the Priesthood and the keys they hold. I am grateful for the friends I have. I am grateful for the many opportunities I have and the ability to do the things I want. I am grateful for the freedom I have to explore the opportunities and religion as I see fit.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful life experience. Please take time to enjoy life.

Halloween Party

Tonight my church had a Halloween, Trunk or Treat and Chili Cook Off Party. This was the best so far for turnout. Pretty much everyone from church was there. So many kids dressed up in cute costumes. We had the cook off and ate first then we all headed outside for the trunk or treat. It was so much fun to see all the kids dressed up and getting so excited about getting candy. I tried to take some pictures outside but they didn't turn out. Oh well that happens sometimes. I did get a few pictures of my family at the party and of course of my grandson Noah, which this is his first Halloween, and my great granddaughter Randi. She just loved seeing all the kids at the party and kept running from table to table to see everyone. She had a blast. By the time the night was over and all the candy gathered, Noah was out like a light. He seemed to have a blast also and kept smiling at everyone. It's nice to get together like this from time to time. I look forward to the next activity.



I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween no matter how you celebrate or not celebrate the day.

Pumpkins in Classroom

I remembered this time to take a picture of my classroom after I hung up some decorations. My daughter and her boyfriend came and helped me tonight to hang up the pumpkins in my classroom at church. The kids are going to be happy and surprised to see the change in the classroom. Tonight was Young Women (YW) activity so there were a lot of kids around. Everytime someone came by they made a comment on the pumpkins and said they liked them. It looks cute in the room.I also showed the YW president how to make tissue paper flowers. She wants to make some for the table decorations for an upcoming program for the young women. I told her if need be I would help them. So will see what happens. :)

Have a good day everyone :)

A little craftyness

Hmmm I wonder if " craftyness" is actually a word? Oh well sounds good to me. Anyway...I have been busy as usual with babysitting, which seems to be what I do everyday. But I did find sometime to get in some crafts this past couple weeks. I need to change the decor in my classroom at church and I saw these cute pumpkins on Pinterest a while back and decided these would be good for Oct and Nov. I made a few with the orange construction paper that I had on hand and need to go to the store to get some more orange. They turned out cute and will look nice hanging from the ceiling in the classroom. I am sure the kids will like them. I will have to remember to stick my camera in my purse so that I can take a picture of them hanging in the classroom.
I also needed to make some things to go along with my lesson for last Sunday. The lesson was on "I can be honest" I was trying to think of something that my kids could relate to as they are only 4yrs old. Well my very good friend Deana had sent me link to some Halloween items to make and they were just what I was looking for to relate to this lesson. I already had the Perler beads on hand so that wasn't a problem to make these spider webs. I explained to the kids in class that we shouldn't "spin a web of lies" hence the spider webs. Well its a stretch but they really liked it. I put magnets on the back so the kids could put them on their refrigerator at home and they would be reminded to always be honest. I also gave them some spider rings I had on hand to go along with the webs. One of the kids was so happy to tell their parent about why they had a spider and web. It was cute to see them explain it.
I took some fun foam strips and some letter beads that I had and glued "I can be Honest" down the front of them and also added magnets on the back. They also loved these. The kids really love taking things home with them. I usually let them make something in class and they did draw their own spider web and then drew a line through it to remind them not to lie.I really enjoy working with these kids at this age. They are so much fun. I will only have these kids till the end of December. Come Jan I will have a new group. Not sure how many I will have next year. I probably should actually look in the Nursery and see. Who knows I may not have any kids for this age group and they may move me to another age group. One of the little girls told me she wanted me to stay as her teacher because she likes me and I make cool things and let them make fun stuff. I thought that was so sweet.

I have a few more projects in store for myself in the very near future. Including making my great granddaughter a trick or treat bag that matches her costume. She is going as a ladybug. Her mother found some really cute pink ladybug fabric so will get on that this week.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week ahead and take time to do things for themselves. Everyone be safe.

Will it ever end

Seems like lately things keep happening all at once. I keep wondering if it will ever end anytime soon. I have been busy babysitting Wyatt a 4yr old very good but headstrong boy and also my great granddaughter who is almost 2. They really get along very well, but at times I wonder if I have lost my mind at my age in taking on babysitting on a regular basis. Don't get me wrong I love kids very much and really enjoy being with them and doing all sorts of activities and crafts but...I am tired. I find myself falling asleep in my recliner within a half hour of them leaving and my house being quiet. I find myself many night falling asleep before 9p. This past couple weeks also have been busy for me as I have been up to the hospital visiting my cousin who long story short ended up having to have a pace maker/defibrillator put in. He is home now and doing great, but can't do much at the moment. I have been going over there helping him do some things and taking him to pick up meds, groceries etc since he can't drive at the moment. I also have been battling my own health problems but I do believe they are all taken care of for now. I had a kidney infection on top of having an upper respiratory infection. So after 2 rounds of antibiotics things are looking better, just some lingering gunk I keep coughing up. But that's a good thing.

I also needed to finish up a few gifts for a baby shower yesterday at church for the Bishop and his wife who adopted a baby boy the end of August. He is adorable. I made a cross stitch birth announcement, which I truly like but I just wasn't happy with the lightness of part of the lettering after it was all finished. I kept telling myself it was fine that it was just me being picky. But the more I looked at it the more I disliked it. So yesterday morning around 5a I woke up and could not get it out of my mind so I decided to change the color of the lettering by going over it with a darker color. I also was not happy with the ironing of the fabric. I tried and tried to get the folds out of it. I steamed it, completely wet it down then ironed it, no matter what I tried it just wouldn't go flat and look neat. I didn't want to try to much as I didn't want to mess it up. It looks fine and the couple really liked it but I am not happy with it, which is my problem not anyone else.
I also made 3 bibs from a tshirt and 2 little boys shirts. They turned out really cute. The couple are avid readers and love Harry Potter so when I found the Hogwarts tshirt I knew I had to get it and use it. I still wanted to make one more shirt with a tie but just ran out of time to get it done. I may still try and get it made this week and just give it to them at church next week.

I have some plans this next week to get some Halloween decorations to get done for my classroom at church and for my home, and to make a couple of trick or treat bags. None of which will take much time at all, its just finding the time to get it done along with the daily things I need to do. Then it will be time to make some Christmas decorations I have in mind and some gifts. I can't believe this year is coming to an end already. I am so enjoying the nice beautiful fall weather we have been having the last couple weeks because I know it won't last.Here is a picture of my great granddaughter Randi wearing Wyatt's hat. She would not wear it any other way then that no matter how many times I tried to turn it around. We just kept laughing and she seemed to like that all the more.

I hope everyone is enjoying themselves and taking the time to do the things they love.