Strength, Courage and Wisdom

I was listening to a great song this morning by India Aria that is called Strength, Courage and Wisdom when I noticed that treasury west was just about to open. So I used that title to make a treasury ( a collection of things from other sellers on etsy ) I would love if you could go check it out by clicking here and then when it opens please click on each shop and leave a comment at the bottom of the treasury so the people in it can see it. Thank you :)

Drop it.. pick it up... opps they all slipped off

Ok so two days ago I decided I wanted to knit... all of a sudden I just thought.. hey I want to do that. So off to the craft store to get some needles and yarn.. thanks to those who helped me know what to look for. Hurry home last night and open the needles and the yarn and off to youtube to learn how to make a fancy sweater. Ok I know I am not going to learn that in one night but I do tend to think big sometimes and forget my life jacket when jumping into things. The first vidio was great.. learned how to cast on using one needle... had no clue what the next step was.. browsed around some more vids... I love how the "Learn to knit for beginners" starts with 4 rows on the needles.. if I knew how to get 4 rows on there I wouldn't be a beginner.. well not as beginner as I am. After dropping the needles about twelve times.. they are so slippery.. and all of the yarn falling off the tip of them many times.. a friend, warmnfuzzy , showed up online and was able to talk to me one on one and walk me through it with some great pictures and directions she sent me. * thank you thank you thank you * I got up this morning and made a pot holder sized square.. only had a few holes in it.. learning quickly what not to do...now the yarn is staying on the sticks better so having less holes. I think tonight or tomorrow I may be ready for the next step. Possibly next weekend I can make a fancy sweater *smile*

Red Neck Bathroom Fan

I cant post any after pictures... yet.. but we are coming along in the master bath.. one more coat of paint on the walls then we get down to tiling..... I did take a picture of this and could not resist sharing it. We already have a new bathroom door.. did new doors on the whole house... so this old one we cut a hole in and bungeed the fan to so we can vent the room really good to the outside with the drywall dust and then paint fumes.

Arrgh teen update

This is an update on the chore list for the teenagers post....well... so far so good.. sort of... number one reason for doing this was so that my house would be clean and I wouldn't have to treat them like little kids and tell them what to do and then be mad when they don't do it. Responsibility for self.. that is where I would like them to go. I had one kid who picked a chore off the list and then... since they didn't know how to do it they just thought about it what it might mean and then marked off on it. Mind you when we set this all up we went over each of the chores and what they were. Second child.. still wants to ask me every day..what they should do. Every person in this house is old enough to figure it out without a list... and with a list they really shouldnt need to be told. Third kid is doing a lot more than they used to.. but it is the kid who didn't need to do more. This list needs a little tweaking as I knew it would...we will have a sit down at dinner tomorrow and we can all talk about it and see what we will change.

My Wish

Heard this song again today and it doesnt matter how many times I hear it.. I cry. I printed out the words and sent them to each of my kids along with a note after hearing it the first time. It nails my wish for my children and those that I love in every word.

youtube of it

Rascall Flatts "My Wish"