tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876029242510786052024-03-05T23:26:03.772-08:00Bitter Sweet MomentsBitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-1289271685815178972009-10-20T13:34:00.001-07:002009-10-20T18:21:48.138-07:00A Post for Ave of Made in Canarias.....<div align="center">Yeah Me!!! </div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">A very special thanks to Ave of <a href="http://tite-roy-gatra2.blogspot.com/">Made in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Canarias</span> </a>for this amazing blog award........ Stop by and show Ave some comment love. She has a really neat blog. Thanks again Ave!!! </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2TaT-MNqcOXfTKU6qhlcy3C3Se4kjmGz0YvQUf_zo-Jwhr4UXkYO_Cq_5kMAJy4D36uV9fhIfu12oaCfpW4oVYaSeDJ7SXk2gPJBdJY6wEPeNf6WO44ukLoklN47wlVeHdHWgUvuH85s/s1600-h/best+blog+award.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394783424666062994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2TaT-MNqcOXfTKU6qhlcy3C3Se4kjmGz0YvQUf_zo-Jwhr4UXkYO_Cq_5kMAJy4D36uV9fhIfu12oaCfpW4oVYaSeDJ7SXk2gPJBdJY6wEPeNf6WO44ukLoklN47wlVeHdHWgUvuH85s/s400/best+blog+award.png" border="0" /></a> <strong>Rules:</strong> To accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his/her blog link. Pass the award to 10 other blogs that you have recently discovered and think are great! Remember to contact the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bloggers</span> to let them know they have been chosen for this award.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">The Best Blog Award goes to:</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://wwwforyourtears.blogspot.com/">For Your Tears</a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://dottiestripelayne.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">DSL</span> Kids</a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://brinoahslittleworld.blogspot.com/">Carrie's Little World</a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://godsheart-heart2heart.blogspot.com/">Heart 2 Heart</a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><p align="center"><a href="http://2toddlersandme.blogspot.com/">2 Toddlers and Me</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://thetexasdarlings.blogspot.com/">Texas Darlings</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://familyofshorts.blogspot.com/">Family of Shorts</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://sipesfamily-angies.blogspot.com/">Just Shy of Y</a></p><p align="center"><br /><a href="http://greggdigressions.blogspot.com/">But I Digress</a></p><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br />Thanks again Ave!!! You made my day:)<br /><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" />Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-23132049871797354872009-10-19T10:35:00.000-07:002009-10-19T11:02:56.805-07:00Friend Makin Monday.......<div align="center"> <a href="http://kaseyhelder.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff98/klhelder/fmmbutton.png" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">This weeks Friend <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Makin</span> Monday is hosted by <a href="http://amberfilkins.blogspot.com/">{<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ae</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">filkins</span>} for all the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">OMG</span> moments in life</a> . Stop by and check out her blog to play....while you are there take a look around. </div><div align="center"><br /><strong>Today's Topic: The Things that make you Happy in Life</strong><br /><br /><strong>My Family: </strong></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_4JHRnIJh7GFK9cYB_gI2XDSiYKca5A0KgH0WUtwoep6y3xr3RHtF7YH8Lv_RaUEiIjBmvv7NVKv9O9q9ptsHVhQFYF_u3qrMMYmdZG7KHBOaEs3sbprc5nFCpKr-4-DWXgT_nvBqfR4/s1600-h/Misc+thru+September+2009+144.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394368937869272642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_4JHRnIJh7GFK9cYB_gI2XDSiYKca5A0KgH0WUtwoep6y3xr3RHtF7YH8Lv_RaUEiIjBmvv7NVKv9O9q9ptsHVhQFYF_u3qrMMYmdZG7KHBOaEs3sbprc5nFCpKr-4-DWXgT_nvBqfR4/s400/Misc+thru+September+2009+144.jpg" border="0" /></a> My Hubby<br /></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3OIkKnpJRHUBagoGelAMmCkpwkI6aDKnByCQ0EbvEXNVAJXNZSjv5CujEeDtBZkO0pTFSbv9YtZ9Uref9hFLrgFKbW-dQnhmAKBHTFNJVF9Rn7avW93FqOnumXgkJUikaqwsvavrlvq-/s1600-h/Misc+thru+September+2009+066.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394368928681809378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3OIkKnpJRHUBagoGelAMmCkpwkI6aDKnByCQ0EbvEXNVAJXNZSjv5CujEeDtBZkO0pTFSbv9YtZ9Uref9hFLrgFKbW-dQnhmAKBHTFNJVF9Rn7avW93FqOnumXgkJUikaqwsvavrlvq-/s400/Misc+thru+September+2009+066.jpg" border="0" /></a> My <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Niece</span> and Nephew </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPapdX4gLx0rglfz0EDojfZfmdDZj_9fHO5oWwC0k18dRK1B7prvvmXgX2s6kmWpI6fQPw2r57uEiPiQXNjJMi_Sx40f6qKZoEk1rl2ljciNA02FocXRrlTCkQxg7K16Mv-xPEHsBLQM_/s1600-h/100_3392.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394368914248146578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPapdX4gLx0rglfz0EDojfZfmdDZj_9fHO5oWwC0k18dRK1B7prvvmXgX2s6kmWpI6fQPw2r57uEiPiQXNjJMi_Sx40f6qKZoEk1rl2ljciNA02FocXRrlTCkQxg7K16Mv-xPEHsBLQM_/s400/100_3392.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mom and Dad<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXOidCp-dbR5O0058Av4FdPXva6rwQ9jIkBopItmSI47JP7z0WfPxQUOlew5u-gbe6IZGyo-PzrYCIdMiGnFSplOJ41mmYyu0VeFNNjD9lFxMV_DfCQLINbrjS081GLNLrscxF43ShV_7/s1600-h/100_4576.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394368904097472546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXOidCp-dbR5O0058Av4FdPXva6rwQ9jIkBopItmSI47JP7z0WfPxQUOlew5u-gbe6IZGyo-PzrYCIdMiGnFSplOJ41mmYyu0VeFNNjD9lFxMV_DfCQLINbrjS081GLNLrscxF43ShV_7/s400/100_4576.jpg" border="0" /></a> My sister<br /><br /><strong>Sewing: </strong><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394370976457813666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjay1GO0vRmM4L4PWG7x4lWrRyfMt3eX_GVusAFB6xDpsyp70YQ9Qtxsri5H4o_DBJzOkXcpiOtHBa7H3COxa2Ruuc4CfHz7zWDPyRudOxlAUDSc7uagmQ_kZtO2VdOLhviA5bbSdLIGbDv/s400/back+to+school+bash1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsq4i1YKAMlxrOPCppuLu2x3G8U2I8aDtHwT5mPsaoHru4-DSx9OtVk7PGLy3pjip3GgTFMHXDx93-GMSEtS6lU1i7OYb6XaK4R9Va-mHX2qDPKFJkPbdZgHPD08CNLenbl3LqByMrLDi/s1600-h/Winter+2008+part+2+020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394368898458533506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsq4i1YKAMlxrOPCppuLu2x3G8U2I8aDtHwT5mPsaoHru4-DSx9OtVk7PGLy3pjip3GgTFMHXDx93-GMSEtS6lU1i7OYb6XaK4R9Va-mHX2qDPKFJkPbdZgHPD08CNLenbl3LqByMrLDi/s400/Winter+2008+part+2+020.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Clemson Football: </strong><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394370961560128546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 111px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvnkr4JWgmWM1PinOSFqkj1THDc55QalBgdC2rJEZ-o7y0dOGHZilIN9oHsRdA5njCOyRmF9SSu6PY7TIF0HkzAxeN8WYhA5kw94UZuQRzHmUr7usBmC2LrSsAZgHRgn5oFZPAZ-EcOIq/s400/Misc+thru+September+2009+059.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Cooking: </strong><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394370958707852610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUDaXZdQm77ZzPWowv3lc7c0WsBiZ-_8weV-qFVJekKt05Aj_4Km8-P2u7iK538Mlf63rNMbFGzL7IJDd9b5wNhhPAlZvE3PtWJ00tMPIpfamiE6oCH8zaH9AF5GLv0vl8lzMFFgDFxq0/s400/Misc+thru+September+2009+011.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Balloons:</strong><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394370950167952162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqX1qmmrLh9ZEWyPIU1HYfmoislz8dr0fPHlvi2zDhlREMx4sEGHZ2U517XeGyJRuxk7E0QKpvA0bn-RVw2gCcvtNyhRXd6cPuPaROH3IczHkp2DQlUDAFUxa5gigBo7j0OkqIYzURWcvd/s400/Misc+thru+September+2009+126.jpg" border="0" /><strong>The Beach:</strong><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394370939240545090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTsVMQ-U-10NwPZZMXDQN2VbO2jlK4ZL_FB8mMwWKC-CGgwWvlQmYILZhtRWEt9FCdL3zoT89HM2gZNFV_Y888TNIuc4U451ycnpfl7afDIUSO25F2GFmrdDId2xbjgpZ6h8G7YueHacm/s400/105_6150.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />That is a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">snapshoot</span> into the things that make me happy....I had to make myself stop my list:) Have a great Monday!!!<br /><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /> </div><br /></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-5450944191109770382009-10-17T13:27:00.000-07:002009-10-17T13:31:49.797-07:00Six Word Saturday.....<p align="center"><a href="http://www.showmyface.com/search/label/6WS"><img src="http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp35/showmyface/guts/6wsButton.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center">Spending a Lazy Saturday At Home!!! </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left">These past few weeks have been crazy.....with all the Halloween costumes. After much running around and very little sleep I have declared today to be do nothing day:) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span> well that's not entirely true...I have had to work on a couple of costumes and Halloween bags, but for the most part it has been a great lazy Saturday:) </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-1228886134676597922009-10-04T18:23:00.000-07:002009-10-06T18:49:23.625-07:00Halloween is here......<div align="center"> Halloween + Costumes = One busy lady<br /></div><br />I love Halloween.....I have been pulling all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">nighters</span> to make the imagination of a child come true. There is nothing more exciting that watching a little one transform into something they never thought possible for a day.<br /><br />For those of you who didn't know...I design children's clothing and accessories. For more information on that visit my <a href="http://dottiestripelayne.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">DSL</span> Kids </a>blog. I usually keep the two blogs <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">separate</span>, but I love Halloween and decided to share some of what has been keeping me so busy. I would like to point out that I do have a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myimagesbymonica.com">photographer</a> for my clothing line....and you will understand that statement when you see the difference in photos below between the ones I took and the ones she took:)<br /><br />Why have I been so distant to blog land you might be asking? The answer is this: First week in October and I've already made 8 costumes and 12 Halloween bags......I have 15 costumes left to make and 24 more Halloween bags...................<br /><br />By the end of October I'm exhausted....but I love every minute of it:)<br /><br />So here's a sneak peek at a few of the costumes <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">I have</span> made so far........<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzCZ1kK9c60jQANSGCMNxJ2aQlNLgrlP13lPIlJAv_AtudrPT01qB5RQx7bRqsd1Mn8ra53UShuGY99L120YPKb8JDk2HdfjspBpmdrvvM9ZpaQu9yKvLMG9gChLMlZg5K88q3jMxE3DS/s1600-h/scarecrow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388922365013316834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzCZ1kK9c60jQANSGCMNxJ2aQlNLgrlP13lPIlJAv_AtudrPT01qB5RQx7bRqsd1Mn8ra53UShuGY99L120YPKb8JDk2HdfjspBpmdrvvM9ZpaQu9yKvLMG9gChLMlZg5K88q3jMxE3DS/s400/scarecrow.jpg" border="0" /></a> Scarecrow<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaigWnF2ZsYPKwMu7twU1jYEMmCG5DwBjREhjXf4cc-Y969Z7LvomTKGgvbL1ZKgRlSiP_fsoZLEw76mFNsctBDnBXqRd_lMD3GouI6ymGsR0lKQkQTgiTt0kTpiv5BRlMdZ6qCCQ7w5Xv/s1600-h/Minnie+Mouse+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388922356989762770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaigWnF2ZsYPKwMu7twU1jYEMmCG5DwBjREhjXf4cc-Y969Z7LvomTKGgvbL1ZKgRlSiP_fsoZLEw76mFNsctBDnBXqRd_lMD3GouI6ymGsR0lKQkQTgiTt0kTpiv5BRlMdZ6qCCQ7w5Xv/s400/Minnie+Mouse+3.jpg" border="0" /></a> Minnie Mouse 1<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmxWXfiMH0tZU8rXoSmgVQVBer6I5BdipK7jKSUaYLcXR4nnBuxzVW3qa8wSw69FJkP9y4okW3CwktzJsX2keKpXvIHJpPfao7qt-Pvh9jH-q54xBbPJQEf3gEmNbwob1j72j-yWUaaxz/s1600-h/pippy+long+stockings.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388922351537049906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmxWXfiMH0tZU8rXoSmgVQVBer6I5BdipK7jKSUaYLcXR4nnBuxzVW3qa8wSw69FJkP9y4okW3CwktzJsX2keKpXvIHJpPfao7qt-Pvh9jH-q54xBbPJQEf3gEmNbwob1j72j-yWUaaxz/s400/pippy+long+stockings.jpg" border="0" /></a>Pippy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Longstocking</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoi3VDxzR1q3MVvItiyxBn1o37e8hR494PNhxyNl5IN9d2qvu40rIrg6qh26-tPi5TtYNcJrBbv3uwXEplxla_L08Qg6_p1rN-g51QWr-0gtkmfJRM7hyphenhyphen8DoezQKt-Qlpf-CholtaBuBY/s1600-h/Lion.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388922341234929458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoi3VDxzR1q3MVvItiyxBn1o37e8hR494PNhxyNl5IN9d2qvu40rIrg6qh26-tPi5TtYNcJrBbv3uwXEplxla_L08Qg6_p1rN-g51QWr-0gtkmfJRM7hyphenhyphen8DoezQKt-Qlpf-CholtaBuBY/s400/Lion.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lion<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2pyad4pDTvEnBLTHI_rohxx3jiORHQopcAwk3MUsmlCu78URwGbN-ISCS4TfMs4j2ot_qOdCGqDgGD9Zd1gF7RJ6bRkS70qTL_mgZlRTId-1p3vBeu7bWUVgliFkuS6o97VoyUHJV6Xc/s1600-h/Minnie+Mouse+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388921579573941938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 367px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2pyad4pDTvEnBLTHI_rohxx3jiORHQopcAwk3MUsmlCu78URwGbN-ISCS4TfMs4j2ot_qOdCGqDgGD9Zd1gF7RJ6bRkS70qTL_mgZlRTId-1p3vBeu7bWUVgliFkuS6o97VoyUHJV6Xc/s400/Minnie+Mouse+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Minnie Mouse 2<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwyo1VrbKNGl1D8DQiUGh4efLV-uOYK6gP_QlC_dRM2APml6tjaJIa3Qj2_9AMMsH4_GIGLefNrgmP-LmcdqIteQM8c4KNqFxTbqzZWrVjVeGrU9nfkoYK3JEmINxEYgksNBwPgQRapL_/s1600-h/Little+bo+peep.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388921573702145426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwyo1VrbKNGl1D8DQiUGh4efLV-uOYK6gP_QlC_dRM2APml6tjaJIa3Qj2_9AMMsH4_GIGLefNrgmP-LmcdqIteQM8c4KNqFxTbqzZWrVjVeGrU9nfkoYK3JEmINxEYgksNBwPgQRapL_/s400/Little+bo+peep.jpg" border="0" /></a> Little Bo Peep<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrAQmg76RW9G1y6VT_V7GvCv32W32VIOA9s1tO3XSiR3jZxoe9oMHfyC8xCLdziBaYBs4M0aUJRQPzqEnOiRzJoE5uS-kGUsssSI3_6uTZe-xH6kUJPURChQ5xG2dCYPK9X4X95Eh6IR0/s1600-h/Captian+Hook+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388921559248584114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrAQmg76RW9G1y6VT_V7GvCv32W32VIOA9s1tO3XSiR3jZxoe9oMHfyC8xCLdziBaYBs4M0aUJRQPzqEnOiRzJoE5uS-kGUsssSI3_6uTZe-xH6kUJPURChQ5xG2dCYPK9X4X95Eh6IR0/s400/Captian+Hook+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Captain Hook<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fUJBDnmRcrVdAEopK1J7EbGNAheqY3l8HCVmiKNUB29Xz-k3ssfH87GqPvswXNPlYghHy32jIcGa7MGf3yVo8Dw6ijcYdDYqjDwW6zsTKDIrAsFrSvNWai-hdXIYIbg-Uq1YE-BfOpoq/s1600-h/blueberry+muffin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388921555673873778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fUJBDnmRcrVdAEopK1J7EbGNAheqY3l8HCVmiKNUB29Xz-k3ssfH87GqPvswXNPlYghHy32jIcGa7MGf3yVo8Dw6ijcYdDYqjDwW6zsTKDIrAsFrSvNWai-hdXIYIbg-Uq1YE-BfOpoq/s400/blueberry+muffin.jpg" border="0" /></a> Blueberry Muffin</div><div> </div><div align="left">Costumes Left to make: </div><div align="left">Raggedy Ann</div><div align="left">Andy</div><div align="left">Strawberry Shortcake</div><div align="left">Tinkerbell</div><div align="left">Pebbles</div><div align="left">Little Red <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ridding</span> Hood</div><div align="left">Mickey Mouse</div><div align="left">Pirate Boy</div><div align="left">Pirate Girl</div><div align="left">Scarecrow girl</div><div align="left">Snow White</div><div align="left">Black Cat</div><div align="left">Duck </div><div align="left">Queen of Hearts</div><div align="left">Dorothy</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Fall is my favorite time of year!!! Not just because of Halloween, but I love being able to wear layers;) Gotta go work on more costumes!!! </div><div align="left"><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-80349662585027295602009-09-28T14:27:00.000-07:002009-09-28T14:49:35.262-07:00Friend Making Monday...........<div align="center"> <a href="http://kaseyhelder.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff98/klhelder/fmmbutton.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>List A Few Things You Can Not Live Without</strong></span></div><br /><div align="center">This weeks topic comes from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kenz</span> @ <a href="http://alltheweigh2009.blogspot.com/">All the Weigh</a>. To see more list visit <a href="http://amberfilkins.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ae</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Filkins</span></a>. </div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ok</span>, so maybe I wouldn't die, but I sure don't know what it would be like to live without some of these:)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My Hubby: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Geran</span>......I mean it has to only happen once in a lifetime that you get the opportunity to marry your best friend. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigo5fmN0FnDdEnU89xkV2P-wSbP_eTojSD6V8r4TYJ6942mpCjKN5sRf9JRxWh-cnQAl9PizOrT8dZC9rsJCXhswuzOokZeSK4hjxw3KJdxdwuYd7Is65rTr2MriWnAlqfp8Q1Vroma8ne/s1600-h/100_1146.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386634167071911586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigo5fmN0FnDdEnU89xkV2P-wSbP_eTojSD6V8r4TYJ6942mpCjKN5sRf9JRxWh-cnQAl9PizOrT8dZC9rsJCXhswuzOokZeSK4hjxw3KJdxdwuYd7Is65rTr2MriWnAlqfp8Q1Vroma8ne/s400/100_1146.jpg" border="0" /></a> My <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Neice</span> & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Newphew</span> : <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Alivia</span> and Tyler (can't imagine my life before they were here:)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcFXCwwiXrfI7kxgXACS3Nm6I-qQsPKN9la6dbu00EAWnfNktsd_5iDSInL_JyjSQ_7h3qrteaSuDaQtyckpLe4HGk0xIBKErvQ5ksq_t8VSmVHDyriXQVjhkJO5jcPf7dp95-wBTc6rp/s1600-h/100_5166.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386634165451278786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcFXCwwiXrfI7kxgXACS3Nm6I-qQsPKN9la6dbu00EAWnfNktsd_5iDSInL_JyjSQ_7h3qrteaSuDaQtyckpLe4HGk0xIBKErvQ5ksq_t8VSmVHDyriXQVjhkJO5jcPf7dp95-wBTc6rp/s400/100_5166.jpg" border="0" /></a> My parents: I mean <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">who else</span> knows everything about you both good and bad and loves you anyway:) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvVw_OTiLirexQ9wvXHCZFMpDdh5Ce3-Ku1DGcKgwkrkSrdHrWPrCHaKxLj1ZdA7pOXLGLr12rq5LbXeYdbM7tzGiNRPFABbiGnlmuuozcp5OvdC7CbjOnOiu2TUOyDIivxmsHUhhVsbv/s1600-h/100_3392.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386634155819722274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvVw_OTiLirexQ9wvXHCZFMpDdh5Ce3-Ku1DGcKgwkrkSrdHrWPrCHaKxLj1ZdA7pOXLGLr12rq5LbXeYdbM7tzGiNRPFABbiGnlmuuozcp5OvdC7CbjOnOiu2TUOyDIivxmsHUhhVsbv/s400/100_3392.jpg" border="0" /></a> My Sister: Amber....probably the only person in the world who truly knows everything about me....I mean you can only do that with someone you know just as much about right!?! When we were little I always made her participate....that way I knew she wouldn't tell.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLPhf7a8Rz0qWcyj9JPbG1v7H9UMuva92Ar4PbI9gVKGbov39V98DIWji5PLXZdvQCDwgYkxI59YWbXbrQTSXJ_VKcDyrQr-NzJwJe92I8F55LH2aq8qHn5QC_n4EIINAmke551akjrRV/s1600-h/100_4576.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386634048159470994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLPhf7a8Rz0qWcyj9JPbG1v7H9UMuva92Ar4PbI9gVKGbov39V98DIWji5PLXZdvQCDwgYkxI59YWbXbrQTSXJ_VKcDyrQr-NzJwJe92I8F55LH2aq8qHn5QC_n4EIINAmke551akjrRV/s400/100_4576.jpg" border="0" /></a> Ice Tea: I mean what southern girl doesn't love some sweet tea!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIQtsxHUIzHSb_z-q7kK11kg2pZ8k4ipDz0j5ovBZykNW6HIl5UMtIKvxyJ1pxJf7rQ2tsKVlLVlrxgagpeC3HebcW5HvrHkAtVE6sWJCX5IaVkZgXfbPwNApMDYYNMxKNLOVnQb3h5RO/s1600-h/tea.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386634037499648050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIQtsxHUIzHSb_z-q7kK11kg2pZ8k4ipDz0j5ovBZykNW6HIl5UMtIKvxyJ1pxJf7rQ2tsKVlLVlrxgagpeC3HebcW5HvrHkAtVE6sWJCX5IaVkZgXfbPwNApMDYYNMxKNLOVnQb3h5RO/s400/tea.jpg" border="0" /></a> My Computer: I mean what did we do when we actually had to use snail mail!!! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386637821862510546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXW_wTFMea_vQwzo6GSHoQ5iTl58FnTDK6tRC_YlVbg147KiIhPSFHlkOUjZqvN8_b6ErAyb4_6YfDdQx2DkhggdqTH3dYFUgj1WI2VHwdAdJm6qfv1ombarP7j4ti_d58T6EQ-EIYyIep/s400/laptop.jpg" border="0" />Fruit: I love some fruit......all kinds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdkpS7BgwAdJGJwtrlVOWWiRSBGEIbsbjsKLA3r13zz95wOX1cLQ3xz8MomtpdJnIaBWxbPRpFUWdwquwmA1IaKePSGyoHeUb0akFEgnHKGZOkSf2i-2eW0C9l_4TeQTwypb7JuNcSeVo/s1600-h/fruit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386634024487375602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 145px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 108px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdkpS7BgwAdJGJwtrlVOWWiRSBGEIbsbjsKLA3r13zz95wOX1cLQ3xz8MomtpdJnIaBWxbPRpFUWdwquwmA1IaKePSGyoHeUb0akFEgnHKGZOkSf2i-2eW0C9l_4TeQTwypb7JuNcSeVo/s400/fruit.jpg" border="0" /></a> Diet Dr Pepper:...my husband says you don't want to talk to me in the morning until I've had my Dr fix:)<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWA9351XYd_xOBfMuLbNzaC1tfplenK8yq-Rqic-7VzkdP-9ZvWSBFnfqq45MEO2Z7r4Fyc8rRmHfOwsnBEL4DtkHG6YwSovZJlf4EOPygUIc6yA3-7VpiCUV19TtnxcfZE_qBDZLteao/s1600-h/dr+pepper.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386634017284961186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWA9351XYd_xOBfMuLbNzaC1tfplenK8yq-Rqic-7VzkdP-9ZvWSBFnfqq45MEO2Z7r4Fyc8rRmHfOwsnBEL4DtkHG6YwSovZJlf4EOPygUIc6yA3-7VpiCUV19TtnxcfZE_qBDZLteao/s400/dr+pepper.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ok</span>...so I could keep going forever!!!<br /><div><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-82751121539424938112009-09-26T07:04:00.001-07:002009-09-26T07:11:21.342-07:00Six Word Saturday...........<div align="center"><a href="http://www.showmyface.com/search/label/6WS"><img src="http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp35/showmyface/guts/6wsButton.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div align="center">Pointless to Whine over spilled Milk!!<br /><br /><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /> </div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-5874523341322750952009-09-25T22:08:00.000-07:002009-09-25T22:35:10.982-07:00Another Award....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcm5gXFyonN8sdSuH44iRAA58Wya5ZA-SztTqB7YprlPPpqDQSuSAEcZxEFxl6Uy7RipF5kisksmEdloKcKpptgGzDF8Yr7x8GJLQoyt3vBnLoQxOoNfDvds9k0fpizCr9Sx92jI3YOxY/s1600-h/Overthetopaward%5B1%5D_thumb%5B3%5D.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385639119353863746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 215px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcm5gXFyonN8sdSuH44iRAA58Wya5ZA-SztTqB7YprlPPpqDQSuSAEcZxEFxl6Uy7RipF5kisksmEdloKcKpptgGzDF8Yr7x8GJLQoyt3vBnLoQxOoNfDvds9k0fpizCr9Sx92jI3YOxY/s400/Overthetopaward%5B1%5D_thumb%5B3%5D.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">Ave over at <a href="http://tite-roy-gatra2.blogspot.com/">Made in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Canarias</span> </a>has given me a new blog award!!! Thank you so much Ave!!! </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This award comes with some rules and a survey I have to fill out. </div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Rules</strong><br />1. You Can Only Use One Word!<br />2. Pass this along to 6 of your favorite <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bloggers</span>!<br />3. Alert them that you have given them this award!<br />4. Have Fun!</div><div align="left"><br /><strong>The Fun Part</strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/k"> </a><br />1. Where is your cell phone? couch</div><div align="left">2. Your hair? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Blonde</span><br />3. Your mother? Asleep<br />4. Your father? Asleep<br />5. Your favorite food? Chicken</div><div align="left">6. Your dream last night? None</div><div align="left">7. Your favorite drink? tea<br />8. Your dream/goal? Mother<br />9. What room are you in? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Livingroom</span><br />10. Your hobby? Reading<br />11. Your fear? Death<br />12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Mom<br />13. Where were you last night? Ballgame<br />14. Something that you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">aren</span>’t? sporty<br />15. Muffins? strawberry<br />16. Wish list item? camera</div><div align="left">17. Where did you grow up? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Woodruff</span></div><div align="left">18. Last thing you did? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Facebook</span></div><div align="left">19. What are you wearing? Pajamas<br />20. Your TV? ON<br />21. Your pets? Cat<br />22. Friends? Michelle<br />23. Your life? full</div><div align="left">24. Your mood? tired</div><div align="left">25. Missing someone? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Alivia</span><br />26. Vehicle? Dodge<br />27. Something you’re not wearing? socks<br />28. Your favorite store? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kohls</span><br />29. Your favorite color? Pink</div><div align="left">30. When was the last time you laughed? Today<br />31. Last time you cried? Yesterday<br />32. Your best friend? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Geran</span><br />33. One place that I go to over and over? Carolina</div><div align="left">34. One person who emails me regularly? Monica<br />35. Favorite place to eat? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Myabi</span></div><div align="center"> </div><strong>Recipients</strong><br /><strong>1. Penelope @ <a href="http://penelopesoasis.blogspot.com/">Penelope's Oasis</a></strong><br /><strong>2. Shannon @ <a href="http://snicholscrap.blogspot.com/">Snichols Scrap</a></strong><br /><strong>3. Angie @ <a href="http://sipesfamily-angies.blogspot.com/">Just Shy of "Y</a>"</strong><br /><strong>4. Melessa @<a href="http://greggdigressions.blogspot.com/"> But I digress </a></strong><br /><strong>5. <a href="http://www.skyesofblue.blogspot.com/">Just Breathe</a></strong><br /><strong>6. Becky @ <a href="http://www.mylittlebecky.com/">I'll Go Eat Worms</a><br /> </strong><br />Again a very special thanks to Ave!!!<br /><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" />Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-68898836725222384852009-09-22T08:12:00.000-07:002009-09-22T09:29:28.236-07:00Yeah Me......<div align="center">Blog Awards<br /></div><div align="center"></div><br />While I was away from bloggyland....some wonderful people were gracious enough to honor me with some new Blog Awards!!!<br /><br /><div align="left"></div>My First Award:<br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384311198908914450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAZ6bVKIv6M85R4F2UaG0NGy4rmQShI6S1f85wk7ImloqHTE6tmn92W_NbVevLpVJNkjRkXof5d9TgR3gBg_daW-87GFxR9CRE6ILu9pRcAR3Rk7jwDMFVB94Qw6TXoVribUGQyKkHfs1/s400/Honest+Scrap.png" border="0" />Ave from <a href="http://tite-roy-gatra2.blogspot.com/">Made In Canarias </a>awarded me with this blog award!!! A very special thanks to Ave for thinking of me:) If you haven't visited her blog....check it out...it's well worth it!!! Thanks again Ave!!!! </p>The rules here are to pass the award on to 7 bloggers who I think are honest in their blogging and to list 10 honest things about myself.<br /><br /><div align="left">Ten Honest Things about myself:</div><br /><div align="left">1. Fall is my favorite time of year....I love when the leaves change color and it's not too hot and it's not too cold....not to mention Halloween!!! I love to see the excitement on the little ones faces when their imagination takes flight for a day:)</div>2. I am a lover of life...I find ways to keep myself busy yet envy those who have figured out it's ok to take time to stop and smell the roses along the way.<br />3. The thing I want most in life is to be a mother......<br />4. I love to read books by Jodi Picoult....hopefully she writes faster than I read, so I don't run out of books:)<br />5. I am an accountant by trade but have been loving every minute of staying at home with my neice Alivia for the past three years!!!<br />6. I love lazy rainy days around the house.<br />7. I am very crafty...I design children's clothing, hairbows, and love anything else that is crafty.<br />8. I take friendship very seriously...I think there is nothing better in life than a good friend...I was lucky enough to marry my best friend!!<br />9. I believe in the philosophy that you are only as good as the people you surround yourself by...so choose your friends wisely:)<br />10. I love my life....sure there are times when things aren't perfect but I wouldn't trade if for anything....because afterall it's my life!!<br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div>I am passing this award to:<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://wwwforyourtears.blogspot.com/">For Your Tears</a></p><p align="center">H<a href="http://godsheart-heart2heart.blogspot.com/">eart 2 Heart</a></p><p align="center">Tina @ <a href="http://itmaybeacrazylifebutitisourlife.blogspot.com/">It May Be A Crazy Life, But It's Our Life</a></p><p align="center">Caroline @ <a href="http://croleyc69-thecroleygang.blogspot.com/">The Croley Gang</a></p><p align="center">Amy @ <a href="http://thebeedot.blogspot.com/">The Bee Dot</a></p><p align="center">Lisa @ <a href="http://simplythingsfamily.blogspot.com/">Simply Things Family</a></p><p align="center">Carrie @ <a href="http://brinoahslittleworld.blogspot.com/">Carries Little World</a></p><p>The Second Award:</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384323044990608770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 185px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJmB1oABWtrtK-5w_DbNg_o3QPI63u5irZMZKd6FwTtfVQU5RLvfw6wdhFGAkQixP_3MKxv9Vq-J1t3dDHyExprxrN1dvR3qJAH-6HN43ZTDFPzhUfOBcdHekaQ7x0XcEgJOrQ6R2R8-V/s400/fabulous+award.jpg" border="0" /> A special thanks to Heather at <a href="http://sugarplumgarters.blogspot.com/">Visions of Sugarplums </a>for this award!!! If you haven't been to her blog check it out. She makes amazing wedding garters!!!<br /><p>I’m suppose to list 5 obsessions I have and then tag 5 others.</p><p>My obsessions: </p><p>1.Crafting: I love to make things especially children's clothing. I am so grateful to be married to a wonderful man who puts up with my oh so messy crafting:)</p><p>2. Photos: I love photos...I take pictures of everything....my husband gets agrevated sometimes because I have to have so many. I just feel like as long as you have a picture of it you'll never forget that it happened.</p><p>3. Ribbon: I have so much ribbon at my house it is crazy. I have it to make hairbows...but I save even the smallest pieces of it that are too small to make hairbows just incase I find something else crafty to do with it;)</p><p>4. Cloth: I design children's clothing so I am constantly in cloth stores, but I have a hard time not buying it all...I can always think of something to make out of it:)</p><p>5. Family: I think that there is nothing like family. I love spending time with my family and being there for them. </p><p>I'm passing the award on to:</p><p align="center">Michelle @ <a href="http://danandmichellefinn.blogspot.com/">Tickled Pink and Fabulous</a></p><p align="center">KT @ <a href="http://sneakerteacher.blogspot.com/">Sneacker Teacher</a></p><p align="center">Tina @ <a href="http://talkinwithteenie.blogspot.com/">Talkin with Teenie</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://wwwforyourtears.blogspot.com/">For Your Tears</a></p><p align="center">Sandy @ <a href="http://mom2howells.blogspot.com/">One Day At A Time</a></p><p align="left">A very special thanks to Ave and Heather for my awards!!! Thanks so much!!! </p><p align="left"><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></p>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-41274392126528989392009-09-20T12:29:00.000-07:002009-09-20T17:17:15.237-07:00Finding your Lemonade Moment......<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">When Life Throws Lemons...Make Lemonade</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kJ5axiEpOAQud-Pb2WP-GfWpXUr1FqReHlJPh-VzO8h3L5zOUbBbeyAcsZZA4AnzXDOfZ-K2jvSYL5bvbYy-g49nmx5XopdgSMpNJCAZN8mP1iwhFxm-QH2uyQh1kqRkxAsmwP6_V1IT/s1600-h/6fe9fc71afa9a1ba.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383641138261825090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kJ5axiEpOAQud-Pb2WP-GfWpXUr1FqReHlJPh-VzO8h3L5zOUbBbeyAcsZZA4AnzXDOfZ-K2jvSYL5bvbYy-g49nmx5XopdgSMpNJCAZN8mP1iwhFxm-QH2uyQh1kqRkxAsmwP6_V1IT/s400/6fe9fc71afa9a1ba.jpg" border="0" /></a>I can't believe it has been almost two months since I have blogged:( Where does the time go?!? <div></div><br /><div>I loged on to blog and saw my last post.....hince the title of my post. What a suiting title!!! I had no idea when I posted that post that the next two months would be filled with life throwing one lemon after another. Life is funny sometimes the way something happens that you don't understand and then looking back you realize that God has perfect timing!!! The Saturday of my last post...I had just finished making lemonade and sat down to do my six word Saturday...so that's where the phrase came from that day. However over the past two months life has thrown me lemon after lemon, and many times I have thought of that phrase. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383641132827503186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5zrKVyyZTtSFkTGEu8vokKMKturNAIcKo07SswfsO29VTRkotOZUaKsSO0twpz3oWI9VRNkx7oOLAIJWdTXe2i7URZn2l5ZJnJZD69QCtVcI2HHCDF5dPI7aEyOzrGoHgv8NiP4ACM8E/s400/3dc2a4ca61b9c564.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><div>I have come to understand that life is full of lemons (things that leave a bitter taste/feeling in your mouth/life). But when we learn to take those bitter things in our life and mix them with the sugar/sweetness of life we realize that the end result is something wonderfully delicious. Many times we tend to focus on the lemons in our life because they are so apparent...they have a strong and lasting taste/effect that is hard to forget. We are so busy focussing on them that we let the sugar or sweetness of life pass us by. I have often wondered why some people who are on their death bed look so peaceful and content.....maybe it's that they finally see the finished product of their lives (the lemonade) and realize that without the lemons their life wouldn't have been so wonderfully delicious.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383641129346782274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGpbrF72uiai7ODnKYdr-6bCfm2jOWk0CCvnBjB-gxr3ggMPUO4ianx_1RegydLXAuny0aU2Tl6n8Sxwhfht_MYmkNGnWDqqtMR3UaigybmmpTYH42c_voP8FYvGM_rDivgV9KmAq7XOq/s400/66871ebf487e605c.jpg" border="0" />I'm glad to be back......I missed my bloggy friends:) </div><div><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-35216170571899993972009-08-01T19:30:00.000-07:002009-08-01T19:49:45.860-07:00Six Word Saturday.....<div align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.showmyface.com/search/label/6WS"><img src="http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp35/showmyface/guts/6wsButton.jpg" /></a><br /><br />When Life Throws Lemons....Make Lemonade!<br /><br /></div><p align="left"><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></p><div align="center"></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-72414469105181789662009-07-30T17:04:00.001-07:002009-07-30T17:53:08.307-07:00Tell Me About it Thursday...."An event in your life that changed your life forever"<a href="http://mom2howells.blogspot.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364408541269497778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgk5c0Zf6CabIKbd_bsCTNGY6wvI61Q7fX122JiZUmse0Uwe_hVUoxF6Yh_zoYAQT_epgRbqL0I7l61HYbMmBQdklJSxSr6TYVCwoow67E2r-ASy38K1EBvLODVI8IEopptj5duW7TeHu7/s400/tellmeaboutit.JPG" border="0" /></a> Where does the time go....Thursday again and time for Tell Me About It Thursday.<br /><br /><br /><br />Today's Topic: <strong>"An event in your life that changed your life forever"</strong><br /><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>There have been many events in my life that have changed my life forever....finding Jesus (best choice I ever made:); getting married (also a wonderful choice, not always easy but I'd do it all over again); or the birth of my newphew and my neice (both great events). However the event that I decided to talk about is <strong>The day God Choose to Spare My Life; My miracle!!! </strong></p><br /><p>A couple of weeks ago I participated in another weekly blog theme where I listed <a href="http://geranandchrissy.blogspot.com/2009/07/thursday-thirteenwho-am-i.html">13 things about myself</a> where #8 was that I was a miracle. Many of you asked questions....so here goes.......</p><br /><p>October 16, 2006:</p><p>The story really starts on April 4, 2006 when I went to work like a normal day and realized that I couldn't feel my legs. Later that day in the neurologist office I was told that I had Guillain-Barré Syndrome that I had gotten from a stomach virus which attached to my nervous system. By the next day I was paralyzed from the neck down. I stayed in the hospital for 2 1/2 months and was released in a wheel chair to learn to walk again. </p><p><br />That leads us to the "Miracle event" in my life. On October 13th 2006, while my husband and I had went out to dinner, which at this time was still a huge deal because I couldn't walk, I had the most overwhelming pain in my side I have ever felt in my life. Feeling bad was something that I had become accustom to, but nothing like this. I told my husband I needed to go home and go to bed. During the night, I spiked a fever of 105 and my heart started feeling like it was flying. It was a Friday and I was determined not to go back to the hospital, so I told my husband I would hold out and go to the doctor on Monday. By Sunday, I couldn't breathe at all. I had to take a breath twice to say one word. </p><p><br />Monday morning I went to the doctor as planned. I was there all of about 3 mins and ended up in the ER, where they discovered that I had threw blood clots to my right lung. Not just one clot but multiple massive clots. Judging from the damage to my lungs; I had thrown the clots on Friday at some point. (I feel like during our dinner). My heart rate was 178 which was stroke range. By 4 that afternoon, I was in ICU not expected to make it thru the night. I remember like it was yesterday a lung doctor standing at the foot of my bed talking with my mom and my husband and telling them he was going to make me an appointment to come to his office in three weeks, but he doubted I'd make it out of the hospital. </p><p><br />Thank God...He had different plans. That will be three years this October. It was that moment that taught me the important things in life. I had spent the past two and half years of my life trying to climb the corporate latter in the accounting field. I had no time for my family or friends. It was in that moment laying in ICU, that I vowed to treasure the things in my life that really matter. To live each day to its fullest. Sometimes life goes so fast that we forget to spend time with the people who mean the most to us, our family and friends. We put off saying things today thinking that we can tell people tomorrow. I now realize that we don't always have tomorrow, so the best time to say what you need to say is today. The best time to stop by and see family or friends is now. I have realized that at your lowest point your family and friends will be there for you. </p><p>My favorite definition of love was in an e-mail where a 4 year old was asked what love meant. The child's neighbor was an elderly man who had just lost his wife. When the child saw the man cry, the little boy went over into the man's yard and climbed on top of the man's lap and just sat there. When the boy's mother asked him what he'd said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry". You know sometimes you don't have to say anything to show someone you love them. You just have to help them cry. </p><p>Life is too short to worry about the little things in life. The things that don't matter....like who's mad at whom or who has the most money. At the end of the day....none of those things matter. What matters most is how we choose to spend the time we have here on earth. I will never forget that day as long as I live. The day I started living....I mean truly living. <img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></p>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-73962315876080838362009-07-28T13:32:00.001-07:002009-07-28T14:04:43.816-07:00Portrait of Words...........Unpredictable Happenings of The Banal family<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdGA9ZDgN9eb8BxSyTvlPnv-haCp81xUEuaeZ_iNnJtqZ5BkwycFKWFyem6Y3pD19upL2zDrpS0Gv2ZsuY3HwqaqBe-U2xRlCRne1EZkXOBLmX5MKpyZvxo-u7SPNo8ZgutjzbYhEzPxz/s1600-h/POWords_Graphic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363612099009783746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdGA9ZDgN9eb8BxSyTvlPnv-haCp81xUEuaeZ_iNnJtqZ5BkwycFKWFyem6Y3pD19upL2zDrpS0Gv2ZsuY3HwqaqBe-U2xRlCRne1EZkXOBLmX5MKpyZvxo-u7SPNo8ZgutjzbYhEzPxz/s400/POWords_Graphic.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Unpredictable Happenings of the The Banal Family</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="left">Below is a picture of the remaing Banal family two day's before they lost another member. Pictured below is Mother, daughter, and two of the four grandchildren. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokzET_yFvfTYYE3T8bnvyTRaD0wy3pvUGhxzUtZ_gdfHTXgRKRIheBOfyWBKkb_d8QXr7WUYJtVPD2nUDv3UQFhKFelnGW6a7UVu5dRtgMFb2hSOdEiKnFR9lEMqwdmvxZ1ewg4PLliSb/s1600-h/people.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363612099794335010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokzET_yFvfTYYE3T8bnvyTRaD0wy3pvUGhxzUtZ_gdfHTXgRKRIheBOfyWBKkb_d8QXr7WUYJtVPD2nUDv3UQFhKFelnGW6a7UVu5dRtgMFb2hSOdEiKnFR9lEMqwdmvxZ1ewg4PLliSb/s400/people.jpg" border="0" /></a>Two days after the above picture, Mother Banal was hospitalized in the "crazy house" pictured below.......<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1NQsfvvY7jojDETitBe4zCbpb4BpRFfJmOkhqW_Ugp9x1Vv8rer_ZvFcZ0M7vSTc-217MZLBAwI258RKuqpGoFcOoLLe_Y6hZFmAdy8zd8oYYH7k4zZSsKHSrtzJAoWJIKNP6X6ylV7q/s1600-h/place.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363612097445703890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1NQsfvvY7jojDETitBe4zCbpb4BpRFfJmOkhqW_Ugp9x1Vv8rer_ZvFcZ0M7vSTc-217MZLBAwI258RKuqpGoFcOoLLe_Y6hZFmAdy8zd8oYYH7k4zZSsKHSrtzJAoWJIKNP6X6ylV7q/s400/place.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Mother Banal's hospitalization happened after she was finally apprehended in a high speed police chase in the car pictured below. I use the word high speed in loose fashion as the speedometer on the car would only reach 55 miles an hour. Mother Banal lead the police on a 3 1/2 hour chase for simply running a red light. To the amazement of the police, Mother Banal's explanation for the chase was simply she always dreamed of being OJ. <br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcAsH0bIfdXsTg_Coy93s6R-sBuffD3VKXIfbV2zRnR5FItkpjDeqNZ71jVFnyaJjO8WKid50iDaQj2g7M79UIlfmR5wDMcDAn5gsAtRWEkfJSk8Chc44IQ8TZE9e61kJj4ZYTinyrKV5/s1600-h/transport.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363612093248509426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcAsH0bIfdXsTg_Coy93s6R-sBuffD3VKXIfbV2zRnR5FItkpjDeqNZ71jVFnyaJjO8WKid50iDaQj2g7M79UIlfmR5wDMcDAn5gsAtRWEkfJSk8Chc44IQ8TZE9e61kJj4ZYTinyrKV5/s400/transport.jpg" border="0" /></a>That leads me to the only sane member of the Banal family......Biscutt. This is the last known picture of Biscutt since he recently made his escape to freedom. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZb0xqgghlllJEvwvkXoeT-4QpSoyZdMryRN-_XPqjhoKRkM6wTa2i8qqRjCE5Lor8oYO1HEKGMif3Aku0FDaT5BcVf9ubN8QFYyW4jER8GUdh6O4uPkeX7_J-GIfy7u342uLwIEpM5KQ/s1600-h/optional_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363612092259224946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZb0xqgghlllJEvwvkXoeT-4QpSoyZdMryRN-_XPqjhoKRkM6wTa2i8qqRjCE5Lor8oYO1HEKGMif3Aku0FDaT5BcVf9ubN8QFYyW4jER8GUdh6O4uPkeX7_J-GIfy7u342uLwIEpM5KQ/s400/optional_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is my first Portrait of Words...I have to admit, it's not as easy as I thought to come up with a story:)<br /><div><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></div><br /></div></div></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-59958925501964875332009-07-28T07:42:00.001-07:002009-07-28T08:15:49.001-07:0010 On Tuesday.....Favorite Sounds<a href="http://twinfatuation.blogspot.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363521983288180418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 356px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbILW_6a8dEgpcPzvliur4nqw9jssQS3vXQEqOF_EGPcPuIZNkJ5K59ZFbPAjt1IfVoMu_pHknrxSN2x3kckHgp42htnBDiTw1IrRXmHQbo-haWKoCjNMdDsKNhEmMGysQ4JHQItKmsPfd/s400/10ot_1.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><strong>Today's Topic: 10 Favorite Sounds</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />1. Rain of a tin roof.<br />2. Waves crashing on the shore.<br />3. The rolling laugh of a child.<br />4. The soothing sound of my husband's voice when I feel my world is falling apart.<br />5. My mom's voice on the other end of the phone.<br />6. Champagne being opened on New Year's Eve.<br />7. Fire burning.<br />8. Thunderstorms.<br />9. Buzzer at a Basketball Game.<br />10. Beginning of a Clemson Football Game.<br /><br />This might be the hardest 10 on Tuesday I've ever done......made me think.<br /><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" />Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-19605644228343910422009-07-27T14:33:00.000-07:002009-07-27T14:38:41.466-07:00What Makes your Monday.....<div align="center"><a href="http://twinfatuation.blogspot.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363256634096853426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjaj1s6fXg7n6NLkF1-_COEZquKhjMETXZwRbMkrhyphenhyphenpjNGbl4a7JBvHLC1TUwwgEnXLDkxUiNw5xWibWIXnx7SshIVJXitBwodaQTq4e4I32UYrw6NOqK-axAPP2KHBp5m417JSi0R3V5/s400/TwinfatuationMMM.jpg" border="0" /></a> Family Bowling Night Makes My Monday</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEk52qbfm5iEn3td82oop0qX74MI9F47K795g2eiPHLj3jVGyLe7eNalWFg6sl8f3kiyDjQLQo9ZG4tfEVeIR-h9YsTEhk3x1iEA72DhDacgJT0nZBgJnVXhw4CidVMw6aX5fgGqlxCbu/s1600-h/100_4367.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363256632093514434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEk52qbfm5iEn3td82oop0qX74MI9F47K795g2eiPHLj3jVGyLe7eNalWFg6sl8f3kiyDjQLQo9ZG4tfEVeIR-h9YsTEhk3x1iEA72DhDacgJT0nZBgJnVXhw4CidVMw6aX5fgGqlxCbu/s400/100_4367.jpg" border="0" /></a>Sunday night bowling once a month was the greatest idea Geran ever had. Geran and I get my sister's kids (Alivia and Tyler) and we go bowling. The kids adore it and well the "big kids" like it too!! <br /><br /><br /><br />Welcome to another week!!<br /><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /><br /></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-75748219049063009482009-07-25T10:30:00.000-07:002009-07-25T11:23:02.787-07:00Wow what Week.......Thanks Tina<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362451884537573426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 188px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4WdDJLlYvwOKreoX4DZ_LUpXv4HMnE969BsMq8ai4Degi5r08lotav7hbr-quILHv9MjTzdaP2zA61xQibNd4Ce_81_3xPP1hggDjfMpivCcF_89sKRziwWVMSUWmft9MqOq_V2-34mV/s400/adorable-award.jpg" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbwEznp2UL4R-hkj3xmRH_qnkRCa5_eLMTOJFkPVixTAICo2N5KsIVqbQh_0HV2qgZe7hZl4guWp4Qy0wjd9SO7uUfnIyLfcqJUi9R8rRhNgBSdz9EaaUOGDgDjDkHqD-3TjpcUfRe2gv/s1600-h/ultimate-award.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362451888623117970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbwEznp2UL4R-hkj3xmRH_qnkRCa5_eLMTOJFkPVixTAICo2N5KsIVqbQh_0HV2qgZe7hZl4guWp4Qy0wjd9SO7uUfnIyLfcqJUi9R8rRhNgBSdz9EaaUOGDgDjDkHqD-3TjpcUfRe2gv/s400/ultimate-award.jpg" border="0" /></a> Tina over at <a href="http://itmaybeacrazylifebutitisourlife.blogspot.com/">It May Be A Crazy Life, But It's OUR Life </a>gave me these amazing awards!!! Let me start by saying that if you aren't following Tina you are missing out. Thank you so much Tina...I really appreciate it<br /><br /><div>Wow what a great week!!! Three blog awards in one week, I am overwhelmed to say the least!! I must admit I need to join <em>Blogging Anonymous. I'm an addict....I have met some amazing bloggy friends. Thanks to all of you who follow me and allow me to follow you. I look forward to your comments and encouraging words:) Thanks bloggy friends and a special thanks to <a href="http://itmaybeacrazylifebutitisourlife.blogspot.com/">Tina</a></em><br /></div><div></div><div><br />Here are the rules for the Adorable Blog Award:</div><div>1. Include the award logo in your blog or post.</div><div>2. Nominate as many blogs which you like.</div><div>3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.</div><div>4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.</div><div>5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.</div><div></div><div>I am assuming the rules for the Uplifting Blog Award are essentially the same. Please take a few moments to connect with these wonderful bloggers. I guarantee you will enjoy your time there. </div><div></div><div>So, without further ado, I give you my nominees:<br /></div><div><a href="http://sipesfamily-angies.blogspot.com/">Just Shy of "Y"</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://thebeedot.blogspot.com/">The Bee Dot</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://wwwforyourtears.blogspot.com/">For Your Tears</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://dottiestripelayne.blogspot.com/">DSL Kids</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://portraitofwords.blogspot.com/">Portrait of Words</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://kaseyhelder.blogspot.com/">All That is Good </a></div><div><a href="http://5sillyfrogs.blogspot.com/">Five Silly Frogs</a></div><div></div><div></div><div>Hope you all have a great weekend!! </div><div><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-55043352618950644872009-07-25T08:59:00.000-07:002009-07-25T09:05:33.444-07:00Six Word Saturday......<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.showmyface.com"><div align="center"><img src="http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp35/showmyface/guts/6wsButton.jpg" /></a></div> <div align="center">Today is my first Six Word Saturday!!<br /></div><div align="center">Today's Topic: Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><strong>My Six Words: Living my dream, and loving it!!! </strong></div><div align="left"><strong></strong> </div><div align="left"><strong></strong></div><div align="left">Hope you all have a great weekend!!! </div><div align="left"><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></div><div align="center"></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-74434196503223333492009-07-24T08:26:00.000-07:002009-07-24T09:18:33.542-07:00My Very First Blog Award.....How exciting!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLTm4PDzAAiF2nyTOpDqhx6fM0Kz62JGhPh-kAtYX14qdbwGHpgotziBIhV0ELw7yzI4von2nL5tMyP89vU_Fvz1mFJeugrDx0FyD4QhGDcTNcaAGKeBEbqVoS7GAIVHrRYTXLyAPY9Vw/s1600-h/One+Lovely+Blog+Award.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362048727014166370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLTm4PDzAAiF2nyTOpDqhx6fM0Kz62JGhPh-kAtYX14qdbwGHpgotziBIhV0ELw7yzI4von2nL5tMyP89vU_Fvz1mFJeugrDx0FyD4QhGDcTNcaAGKeBEbqVoS7GAIVHrRYTXLyAPY9Vw/s400/One+Lovely+Blog+Award.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavlhh9jDaFKFd3GN362SY7nFEkXRXpyQmKR_FFjEXjI4QXZUktgeUMiFdSiaXd9JIztv04B-Brt8WmgzgHeOVXq7MPHE17noL_1rWBO62v_rOFOIQGrpzTY5lwyBbcynNcrlLfuuJpf0/s1600-h/One+Lovely+Blog+Award.jpg"></a>How exciting!!! My very first blog award. I am so blessed and excited to recieve the "One Lovely Blog Award" from <a href="http://dottiestripelayne.blogspot.com/">DSL Kids </a>. Thank you so very much!!! </div><div><br />The rules to receiving this award are to:Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award. </div><div><br />I am sure you will find these lovely blogs as amazing as I do!!! </div><div><br />My List of "oh so lovely!" blogs . . .</div><br /><div></div><a href="http://wwwforyourtears.blogspot.com/">For Your Tears</a><br /><br /><a href="http://godsheart-heart2heart.blogspot.com/">Heart 2 Heart</a><br /><br /><a href="http://brinoahslittleworld.blogspot.com/">Carries Little World</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thebeedot.blogspot.com/">The Bee Dot</a><br /><br /><a href="http://danandmichellefinn.blogspot.com/">Tickled Pink & Fabulous</a><br /><br /><a href="http://jamblogging.blogspot.com/">JAM's Own Reality</a><br /><br /><a href="http://shes-so-blog.blogspot.com/">She's So Blog</a><br /><br /><a href="http://sneakerteacher.blogspot.com/">Sneaker Teacher</a><br /><br /><a href="http://sipesfamily-angies.blogspot.com/">Just Shy of "Y"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://sugarplumgarters.blogspot.com/">Visions of Sugarplums</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tangledeutopia.com/">Tangled Eutopia</a><br /><br /><a href="http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/">Ms. Wanda</a><br /><br /><a href="http://madalinesthemagnificentmayhemmaker.blogspot.com/">Madaline: The Magnificent Mayhem Maker</a><br /><br /><a href="http://diaryofamadwhitemomma.blogspot.com/">Diary of a Mad White Momma</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.whymomdrinksrum.net/">Why Mom Drinks Rum</a><br /><br />I hope that you will go and check out this lovely blogs!!! Have a great weekend!!!<br /><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" />Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-84324411318270823432009-07-24T07:30:00.000-07:002009-07-24T07:50:16.154-07:00Friday Fill-ins....<a href="http://fridayfillins.blogspot.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362034259258096978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzpdQLmN646CB8fvi_w2Kci7QtwGNfBarqv1MLM-SQSBjZkdkMeGxn9d9Ti6JKt63SBKoCUeBqdNtwy6XjJ1NU_NozUUC3PHPe_5yJg46b1YQLdVo1w955HWoFpewJydpjBKdSv5a2TU9/s400/friday-fill-in.png" border="0" /></a> This is my first Friday Fill-ins:) These things are harder than you think to fill in. My answers are in black. Yeah for Friday!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">1. <span style="color:#000000;">Heartache</span> is not the end of the world.</div><div align="left">2. Sitting here, listening to the sound of rain falling, I <span style="color:#000000;">could take a nap:)</span></div><div align="left">3. <span style="color:#000000;">Diet Cherry Dr Pepper</span> tastes so good!</div><div align="left">4. Sometimes, putting others first is <span style="color:#000000;">my flaw</span>.</div><div align="left">5.<span style="color:#000000;">The Beach Sunset</span> is breathtaking, really.</div><div align="left">6. Well, maybe there is <span style="color:#000000;">light at the end of the tunnel</span>. </div><div align="left">7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to <span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Father-in-laws B-day dinner</span>,</span> tomorrow my plans include <span style="color:#000000;">going to see Harry Potter</span> and Sunday, I want to <span style="color:#000000;">go to church and lunch with my family! </span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!! </div><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" />Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-82726390533423202982009-07-23T11:44:00.001-07:002009-07-23T12:02:35.173-07:00Tell Me About It Thursday.....Tell me about your childhood<a href="http://mom2howells.blogspot.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361728680530045938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tuPmKSVuQ7vx0gq7xk8tLDsAsnlKOu0YP14PV-WdRpI9Xl8tbaSbz2omWUHL7lIX7EbU1gr-zTFSqyvSl4xfk3JdKA88glizmYi0MYVeuXPLaDdvWclu_cZJ8Jg657QIbB8vqItIEekc/s400/tellmeaboutit.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Sandy over at <a href="http://mom2howells.blogspot.com/">One Day At A Time</a> started a new weekly blog theme called Tell Me About It Thursday!! Sandy has an amazing blog.....check it out!!<br /><br /><div align="center">Assignment for Week 1-<br />Tell me something about your childhood/early years.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br />My childhood.....It seems so long ago somedays:) I had an amazing childhood. I grew up in the small town of Woodruff, South Carolina. When I say small...I mean small. We only had three red lights in our town and you could see all three of them while sitting at the first one:) I have one sister who is a year and 11 months younger than me. I can't say we always got along because God knows we didn't, but it was great having a playmate living in the same house. My sister and I always had our own friends growing up, but they never compared to the friendship we had in each other. We were partners in crime. My sister and I were the only two girls in our neighborhood, so our playmates were all boys. We tortured those boys. The occurance that stands out the most in my mind is playing school. Of course, my sister and I were the teachers. On this particular day there was only one friend over playing with us. His name was Kyle. Kyle was amazing....he was like the brother my sister and I never had. He would walk with us to the store at the end of the street, because we weren't allowed to go by ourselves. My parents must have thought Kyle was a great bodyguard. I'm sure after this day they changed their mind. We were playing in the back yard and for whatever reason Kyle had gotten in trouble during "school" that day. So my sister and I put him in the corner (where the chimney of our house met the back of the house). My sister and I went on about playing school. I don't know how long it was before my mom came outside to find Kyle crying in the corner wanting to go home. I mean there was our "bodyguard" crying, scared to get out of the corner. The guy who was suppose to protect us from all the imaginary bad guys my parents thought exsisted between our house and store, scared to get out of the corner. My sister and I got in so much trouble.....I still to this day don't know why we got in trouble. I mean he just lived next door; he could have walked home anytime he wanted to.<br /><br />Looking back now I realize that when we are younger we wish our childhood away. We always want to be older, because of whatever "great" thing we think that age holds in store. Only to reach that age and want to be a different age. Now I think......what would I give to be 5 again and my biggest problem be getting in trouble for putting Kyle in the corner. <br /><br />Happy Thursday!!!<br /><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" />Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-78713399473852702812009-07-21T07:30:00.001-07:002009-07-21T07:44:23.920-07:0010 on Tuesday.....10 Favorite Places to Eat<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_1tVW_jzvAGnmUb76UHAegfyAW508yngAHdAA9wHGHhesQj0jhciauEMc5PzbaMM1RcpiqgdW0faEWEU4ZGmb6Wwd2JVZdYj68CrmWiCfHZ-pY5-sKPLN1OKD-GEdBmATs3GYFiSBdft/s1600-h/10ot_1.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360921097262734002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 88px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 31px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_1tVW_jzvAGnmUb76UHAegfyAW508yngAHdAA9wHGHhesQj0jhciauEMc5PzbaMM1RcpiqgdW0faEWEU4ZGmb6Wwd2JVZdYj68CrmWiCfHZ-pY5-sKPLN1OKD-GEdBmATs3GYFiSBdft/s320/10ot_1.png" border="0" /></a> 10 on Tuesday is hosted by...... <a href="http://www.yanowhatimean.com/tuesday/">http://www.yanowhatimean.com/tuesday/</a><br /><br /><strong>10 Favorite Places to Eat</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="left">1. Grille 225 (Charleston, SC)</div><div align="left">2. Cracker Barrel (Anywhere)</div><div align="left">3. Mutts BBQ (Simpsonville, SC)</div><div align="left">4. Moes (Anywhere)</div><div align="left">5. Ruby Tuesdays (Anywhere)</div><div align="left">6. Wild Wings (Greenville, SC)</div><div align="left">7. Trios (Greenville, SC)</div><div align="left">8. Resturant O (Greenville, SC)</div><div align="left">9. Cheeseburger in Paradise (Greenville, SC)</div><div align="left">10. McDonalds (Anywhere)</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">These are just a few of my favorite places to eat!!! Happy Tuesday!!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">It's been a while since I was on here....sorry about that.....been on vacation!!! <img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq44/joannabrittain/Chrissysigncopy.jpg" /></div>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-56408267753900437082009-07-14T08:57:00.000-07:002009-07-14T09:29:00.945-07:00Ten on Tuesday...10 Favorite Songs of the 80s<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2Z5XNQk-I6YL30yWUazCgWGmEWEwQ_VLnwhwq5Xbrex1ix9TkOKWrKH5nMmt_7q-0s4CDqT30vx1qyMvwPGvh6tLbAgO55XdJMw9tIUd5LOEe4d63lTPhrp5f-4vvqcfUPSn-6CXgI-c/s1600-h/10ot_4.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358345898030579474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 58px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2Z5XNQk-I6YL30yWUazCgWGmEWEwQ_VLnwhwq5Xbrex1ix9TkOKWrKH5nMmt_7q-0s4CDqT30vx1qyMvwPGvh6tLbAgO55XdJMw9tIUd5LOEe4d63lTPhrp5f-4vvqcfUPSn-6CXgI-c/s320/10ot_4.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ten on Tuesday is hosted by <a href="http://www.yanowhatimean.com/tuesday">http://www.yanowhatimean.com/tuesday</a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Today's Topic......10 Favorite Songs of the 1980's<br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">1. When Doves Cry...Prince</div><br /><div align="left">2. Electric Slide....Marcia Griffiths</div><br /><div align="left">3. Like a Virgin ....Madonna</div><br /><div align="left">4. Mickey.....Toni Basil</div><br /><div align="left">5. Billy Jean...Michael Jackson</div><br /><div align="left">6. Thriller....Michael Jackson</div><br /><div align="left">7. Push-It....Salt N Pepa</div><br /><div align="left">8. (Let's Get) Physical....Olivia John Newton</div><br /><div align="left">9. She Works Hard for the Money....Dona Summer</div><br /><div align="left">10. Bad...Michael Jackson<br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="left">I'm sure I left some out!! Happy Tuesday!! </div><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/?action=view&current=ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 424px; HEIGHT: 82px" height="123" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" width="424" border="0" /></a></p>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-1064332051633280642009-07-14T07:31:00.000-07:002009-07-14T07:59:51.565-07:00The Queen's Meme....Blogging Outside the Box<a href="http://mimiqueenofmemes.blogspot.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353762801222150882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IMCsoHEmcok/Skxi5vqL6uI/AAAAAAAAvGE/3uKb06QcoBY/s200/thequeensmemeLOGOUSEa.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">This is a new Meme that I was invited to participate in......</div><br />This meme is all about using your imagination. Free your inner blogginess. Step outside the proverbial blox (that's blog + box for all you non-blog speakers). Answer these ridiculous situational questions and post them on your own blog. Here's the situation for today. We won't tell a soul. And remember: Don't end up in the dungeon.<br /><br />1. You are in court. You are in deep doo-doo. What did you do? ('Cause if you want, I might could talk to the judge and get your sentence reduced to Bloggingham dungeon time.)<br /><strong>I told the Queen to stop being so whinny and put on "her big girl panties and deal with it". Who knew you couldn't be honest with the Queen. </strong><br /><br />2. Your blog just became a best-selling book . What is the title of your book ?<br /><strong>Bitter Sweet Moments: A Snapshot into the Bitter Sweet Journey of Life</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />3. It is midnight. The phone rings. It is Michael Jackson calling from the Great Beyond. What would you like to ask him?<br /><strong>Were you really guilty? </strong><br /><br />4. You are having your future told. The fortune teller looks in the crystal ball, screams and leaves the room in fright. What did they see?<br /><strong>The Bitter Sweet Reality of my Life. </strong><br /><br />5. You're blogging along minding your own blusiness (that's blog + oh...you know) when Google unexpectedly puts a Objectionable Content Warning on your blog. Your own mother is afraid to enter! What, pray tell, did you do to warrant it? How did this happen? Do you think you deserve it? Just how objectionable are you? Do tell.<br /><strong>I'm having trouble with this one...I'll have to come back to it;) </strong><br /><br />6. You suddenly become God Of The Universe. What would your first Commandment be?<br /><strong>Thou shall not wear a string bikini if you are over a size 8. (Just got home from the beach....this concept always amazes me)</strong><br /><br />7. And finally, what secret would you like to tell the Queen?<br />Not to worry. What happens in Bloggingham, stays in Bloggingham.<br /><strong>That I dream of having her job:) </strong><br /><br />Ok so I must confess this was kinda hard for me. I am very crafty, but apparently not when it comes to fiction writting:) Happy Tuesday!!!<br /><a href="http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/?action=view&current=ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 456px; HEIGHT: 71px" height="123" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" width="456" border="0" /></a>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-16975945337162841382009-07-13T06:34:00.000-07:002009-07-13T07:31:01.678-07:00Friend Makin Monday.....Favoirte TV shows<div align="center"><a href="http://kaseyhelder.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff98/klhelder/fmmbutton.png" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://kaseyhelder.blogspot.com/">Kasey</a> the creator of Friend Makin' Monday is on vacation so she asked <a href="http://www.ourdandelionwishes.com/"></div></a><br /><br /><center><img style="WIDTH: 100px; HEIGHT: 90px" height="86" src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/aprildurham23/Button2.jpg" width="150" /></center><br /><br /><div align="center">to host FMM today!!! So today's topic is........</div><br /><br /><div align="left">List 5-10 of your favorite things! These can be things you think everyone must have, a collection of things you have, or some product or miracle invention that has changed your life (yeah I am a little dramatic)...it's YOUR list of favorite things...</div><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>So I'm going to make a list of my Favorite TV Shows:</strong></div><div align="center"><br /><strong>Greys Anatomy</strong></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357946601023777202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 83px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDVA5YegjSo9pNm7lMXMSJGwpmEzVYKewXgacRSZF47tCo5oarMspDqVz6G9XVTRca31x-SgHPW1cmfJ4gzDwDT6x7-53HpHk3A4iAIWaHWbxaI00Drp582Fri119aZ2TtlTu6uDelarD/s320/vsthumb_705fe405cbea06b9a53e44edeb62ca7b.jpg" border="0" />Love this show!!! I think this would have to be my favorite. Can't wait for the new season:)<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357946574042889874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 197px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG75T1NogOyMfhml_LWw1LX0f89R2lyX3mD7YaCS7X-q7aviuv8IM-eryVY2MB9fR-tdnLt0Br_d0pbHWw64689WRKwoF8QUY_OcKpiUkHyNsupdq5SKt9SFFhajym7Wn3RFnWsBiosKM5/s320/idol-logo.png" border="0" />I really like American Idol too. It always amazes me how willing people are to make a fool out of themselves to be on TV. I love Simon too....I mean I need him to go around with me in my everyday life. Just to tell people exactly like it is. I mean how great would it be to be able to say.....just because they make string bikinis in a size 40 doesn't mean you should wear them. I'm not a small person myself, but I do cover up my extra:)<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>House</strong><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357946560483167858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 142px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcL_sF-23fctrki5D9hPAP4tl3mIQod2WFjDKORW84Vh9kGpOPLoClj2Q9ueFlEa_3QwGWg6ZPoWJEjK3om3NWURfBFwAtDsTJzyJr_hYZydNY34gyImJx1VyT0Iv3hESktj4a270SpCm/s320/House.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="left">I really like House too. I probably have a House addiction. The idea of a pill poppin Dr....now that was just brilliant:)<br /></p><p align="center"><strong>Brothers & Sisters</strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357946535251583074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZZLD5QjztfCZiXvVojkeOmYZ0yqJp9wU6qilvs64WlvEjvYNHZcJln4qWC9esh65Vq2AIe03wz96YzDz84s0J4vIcdiMLGl_mmLwX044puZVTwSCaB3BsesqjFxNvmjSG3ZSJhRkHYZ1/s320/00062865-876386_85.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="left">This show allows me to hold on to the fact that maybe my family is normal!! Who knew another family (even if it's made up) could have as much Drama as my family:)<br /><br /><br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357946462347553186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 114px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 57px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCZkwiYYgdmRDFMo4BWZS2PKyaqESkke-VQsTFuLA0pJS04zmS-ziichK8FnwjrJWwuiNO7_JMv-IZIBTTfkXRRGAg2P1l5wcN4K6UcHYkYwyVJdZPLoQTAxVHGPiPKBC0V6leTVbDm_b/s320/CSI.jpg" border="0" />I watch all of the CSI's but I like CSI Miami the best. This show makes me wonder about our society...I mean you know they didn't create those ways of tracking down murders, which means the technology on these shows really exsist. That means that if we really tried.....Murders would actually be caught. </p><p>This is just a snapshoot into "<strong>my weekly TV guide</strong>". I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! Happy Monday!!<br /><br /><a href="http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/?action=view&current=ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 406px; HEIGHT: 70px" height="123" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" width="462" border="0" /></a> </p>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-33606689301188855332009-07-09T11:43:00.001-07:002009-07-09T21:26:17.432-07:00Thursday Thirteen........Who Am I?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kYFdI15a-A3aWzjeIJYx80LucQVU2kqyuBPrY-o3lV3jf35_zx46I94qheANoVCQtrHxUNsWPBup4-ooLmhNcA__-N2cRMrNWyvJODSGnOZ2JuDKmHrzi-HY_T2w4e5RtFw0nW6sv1rI/s1600-h/Christmas+2005(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356533094367290386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 341px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kYFdI15a-A3aWzjeIJYx80LucQVU2kqyuBPrY-o3lV3jf35_zx46I94qheANoVCQtrHxUNsWPBup4-ooLmhNcA__-N2cRMrNWyvJODSGnOZ2JuDKmHrzi-HY_T2w4e5RtFw0nW6sv1rI/s320/Christmas+2005(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> 1. <strong>Christian</strong>....I think this shapes the rest of who I am.<br />2. <strong>Wife</strong>....I am the wife to a wonderful man that I am more than grateful to call my husband, best friend, and partner.<br />3.<strong>Aunt</strong>...........I am the aunt of two beautiful little ones, Alivia (3) and Tyler (8), who are the center of my world.<br />4.<strong>Daughter</strong>............I am the daughter of two amazing parents who any child would be lucky to call their own.<br />5.<strong>Friend</strong>......I have an amazing group of friends that support me in everything I do.<br />6.<strong>Designer</strong>.....I am the designer of children's clothes inspired by Alivia. <a href="http://dottiestripelayne.blogspot.com/">http://dottiestripelayne.blogspot.com/</a><br />7.<strong>Accountant</strong>....I am an accountant by trade, but have been blessed to be a stay at home Nanny to Alivia for the past three years.<br />8.<strong>Miracle</strong>.....For those of you who doubt....I'm living proof. I medically should have been dead twice in the last three years, but yet here I am.<br />9.<strong>Lover of Life</strong>..... I am a lover of life. I find ways to keep myself busy, yet envy those who find time to stop and smell the roses.<br />10. <strong>Realist</strong><br />11. <strong>Shy</strong>....The most talking I ever do is on my blog:)<br />12. <strong>Analytical</strong>....This one drives my husband crazy sometimes:)<br />13. <strong>Cry Baby</strong>.....I love a good cry.....The sappier the movie or book the better for me. I love drama as long as I'm not in the middle of it:)<br /><br />When I started....I thought I'll never come up with 13 things. Now they just keep coming:) Thanks for stopping by. Happy Thursday!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/?action=view&current=ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 413px; HEIGHT: 63px" height="63" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" width="650" border="0" /></a>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287602924251078605.post-36937515279963473212009-07-08T07:23:00.000-07:002009-07-08T11:55:29.713-07:00Wifey Wednesday...Go 3 for 3....<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXc6sJqsAjC9-UupWQBnETSo-6g5katkrWuam4doMEZR389tWieZHy1X5N6hs1BMkEiRdQC2PHtd92RPgHWkDSUPIwm2GpRsMOO1NcuUZqnVT_iUuvLfm-mpwoxZLl1dCnmy5fZ6Y8JYcK/s1600-h/Wifey_Wednesday.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356097888750058450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 197px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXc6sJqsAjC9-UupWQBnETSo-6g5katkrWuam4doMEZR389tWieZHy1X5N6hs1BMkEiRdQC2PHtd92RPgHWkDSUPIwm2GpRsMOO1NcuUZqnVT_iUuvLfm-mpwoxZLl1dCnmy5fZ6Y8JYcK/s320/Wifey_Wednesday.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div align="center">Todays Wifey Wednesday comes from Christie at Garden of Holiness.<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="center">Todays topic is ...................</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><strong>3 Things to Keep in Mind</strong></div><br /><div align="center">1. You picked him.</div><br /><div align="center">2. You can't change him.</div><br /><div align="center">3. You didn't marry a girl. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">1. <strong>You picked him. </strong></div><br /><div align="left"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXwjsRk05E9R8BxBL2RSoznyAflP4YFpkNsptved4A02ZT55uKlhD-YCMEXcTpjlBgy9Wr3ti0Wjz6UbFwX4Mf2QEORRh6aVba4wEd9kZPJ94l-Ytjj4Q9Z6TcDk-gMZ7sckOcdM3V-Gx/s1600-h/105_6179.jpg"></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356102668819507266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImZZTpnAbN2n5Phmt_jSkq9DqVGQEDpLRB6ps7FoUQAIPgbCt0AJDnjjBpZINpTE52WhsWtcS7EmdoR5IOVgp5QWGe6EzkAHOa289XmEkwliFlbFlHJqGFV5zV-mCcpz44EYpVeN3tPBO/s320/588.jpg" border="0" />How ture is that!?! In one way or another we all picked who we ended up with. We may not have realized that all the things we thought were cute while we were dating we going to end up getting on our nerves, but we did know they existed. I mean come on....did you really think he was gonna start putting the seat down just because you married him? Or that just because your married now...he's not going to still be a mama's boy? Not.......I mean after all he was that way when you picked him!!! Reguardless of what flaws he has at some point you most have thought he was a good catch.<br /><br /><br /><br />2. <strong>You Can't Change Him. </strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">This is oh so ture. I mean while there are probably things about my husband I would love to change, there are probably that many things about me that he would love to change too. But if you stop to think about it.....do we really want to change them. I mean all those qirky little things that drive us crazy do help to make up who they are. After all there was a point in time when we thought those things we cute. The same things that now drive us crazy. What's the point in changing someone into what you want them to be if it means them not being who they are? When you try to put someone in a box, eventually that box starts to suffacate them and they want out. I don't want my marriage to be the box that my husband wants out of. I want him to feel like it's a place where he is safe and free to be himself.<br /><br />3. <strong>You didn't marry a Girl. </strong></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356102667184299042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5Xh9KYvza77QQQxBBXliBzjVC81eJaij1lRhoot5Ig_lZHOzXHYyLC6Z7Xk5QGpPIug4Jqc-5j7Kqy0xTlZGiuQEhimDXd3m2uzATiH09hjiktQfeVTmVkmRxgtmHAIuRa4HKeLVdIQD/s320/12249.jpg" border="0" />This makes me think of the Book "Guys Are From Mars, Girls Are From Venus ". Someone gave me this book as wedding gift. I laughed when I opened it, but about 5 months after being married I found myself reading it. It was like I woke up and thought I married an alien:) I'm just kidding, but it really did help me understand the way men think about things.<br /><br /><br /><br />I have heard many women say that they "wear the pants" in their relationship. I thought being married was a partnership. In a partnership both individuals work together toward a common goal. That is how I try to look at things in my marriage. I'm not saying I'm always successful, because God knows there are times that I just want to be right. I don't want to plead my case, I just want what I want (don't judge you know you are same way sometimes). So I guess it would be fair to say in those situations I want to "wear the pants". I guess I'm lucky because Geran is good about letting me have my way in those times. But just like he lets me have my I also let him have his too. I guess that's what makes our "partnership" work.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/?action=view&current=ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 408px; HEIGHT: 69px" height="123" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/dslkids/ShabbyBlogsDividerD.jpg" width="473" border="0" /></a>Bitter Sweet Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076920690316386325noreply@blogger.com9