Momma's and Daddy's

Did you ever have a clue??

NOPE.....I want you to think about this question!!  Did you ever have a CLUE how much your mom and dad LOVE you until you had your own kids??

REALLY THINK about it for a minute........

I had no idea what so ever!!!  I did not start having children until I was 34 and I NEVER gave it any thought!!!  Our parents LOVE us unconditionally EVERY moment of EVERY day!!!! 

Tonight I was walking around the kitchen helping with homework, cleaning out lunchboxes, soothing a sore mouth and it dawned on me.....WOW, my MOM did all of this for me!!!!  It is a HARD job that she didn't get any recognition for BUT she didn't want or need recognition either!!  She did it because she LOVES me!!

THIS is exactly what was going through my head tonight!!!  I get up every morning with the sole purpose of taking care of my husband and my children!!  That is MY PURPOSE!!!!  I do not need any recognition, though I get it through the LOVE that my family gives me on a daily basis!!!  I KNOW that I can look back and KNOW that I have lived my life doing EXACTLY what I LOVE !!! 

SO, if you do not have children STOP and think about all of the little things that your parents have done for you!!  IF you have children....

YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Chaotic Christmas

Day 33

Today I am featuring ANOTHER one of Jenn's crafts!!  She has made an AWESOME burlap wreath and added a tutorial!!!  It is SOOOOOOO easy and turns out soooooooo cute!!!

Jenn has been so sweet and supportive during the start up of my blog!!  I just want to say THANKS!!!

Click the link

http://www.sassypantsstudio.blogspot.com/

for the complete tutorial!!!!!



I can see myself making this with Christmas colors!!  Maybe red and white to look like a Candy Cane!!!! 

See you tomorrow for

Day 34!!!

AND you DON'T want to miss this tutorial!!  I hope it turns out as CUTE as it is in my head!!!

It is going to be sooooooooo
STINKIN CUTE!!!!!  ;)

Chaotic Christmas Day 33

Chaotic Christmas

Day 33

I bought these STINKIN CUTE ornaments at Sam's and I knew that I wanted to do something really cute but had NO IDEA what when I left the store with them!! 

I have been seeing the ornament garland and wreaths but not really giving them that much thought UNTIL.......I found out how SUPER DUPER EASY they were to make!!  Now, I will admit that I had a few things to learn on the 1st one but my next one will be WAAAAAAY easier!!!

I am posting the after picture and then the tutorial!!  I hope that you guys enjoy!!  I have a feeling that I may be a little ORNAMENT crazy this year!!!

Ok.....TUTORIAL!!

You take a wire hanger......NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!!!!  OK...I had to get that out of my system!!  ;)

Shape it in a circle and then unhook the top like this

This part is VERY important...you must hot glue the cap to the ball!!  Or in other words, the hanger part to the actual ball!!  I did not start off doing this and I kept losing balls all over the floor!!!  Didn't take me long.....momma didn't raise no fool!!  ;)



You are going to slide your ornaments onto the hanger!!! 

NOW, I am going to tell you just how BLONDE I really can be (no offense to the BLONDE'S)  I did not unhook the hanger and just tried to slide them on....now just what I thought they were going to hang on to is one of life's little mysteries!!!!  ;)

It will look like this

I did not put mine in any particular order!!!  I did use different sizes!!  It will get very tight and I did not get all of the ornaments to show like I wanted but still the overall finished product is

SOOOOOOOOOOOO

STINKIN CUTE!!!!

See you tomorrow for

Day 34!!!

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Chaotic Christmas Countdown

Day 32

Some have said that they were intrested in some scrapbooking ideas!!  I will be posting some under the scrabooking tab but today I am showing 2 Christmas pages I made for MC!!



I LOVE looking back at my baby girl with a BOWLING BALL head!!!!  Thank goodness she grew into it!!!  ;)

See you tomorrow for

DAY 33!!!!!!

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Choatic Christmas Countdown

Day 31

Today I was blessed to be able to spend an afternoon with some of my AMAZING friends!!  It was SUPER DUPER fun to hear the PIONEER WOMAN speak and eat some of her delicious recipes!!!

When I started the 80 DAY CHAOTIC COUNTDOWN, I said that I would be giving some holiday "TIPS" WELL.....this is a "TIP" day!!

While we were eating lunch today a friend of mine brought to my attention something that I had done!!!  SOOOOOOOOOOO, since I am an open book........... I am going to PUT IT ALLLLLLLL OUT THERE!!!!  ;)

She is a CRAFTY friend like me and takes a lot of pride in the things she does!!  We were sitting there eating lunch when it was BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION that I had not been to the LAST 3 things that she had invited me to at her house!!!  She went on to tell me that it was disappointing when she goes to all of the trouble and she feels like I am someone who would really appreciate it and I DON'T SHOW UP!!!!!! 

It made me feel HORRIBLE!!! I am an IDIOT....a COMPLETE MORON!!!  I soooooo NEEDED her INTERVENTION!!!!! :0
 I truly value her friendship and it made me REALLY start thinking about what she had said!!!

So DAY 31 is dedicated to this subject!!!  During the holiday season we all get so CHAOTIC and  wrapped up in our lives that we don't stop and THINK!!  I just keep thinking that if the tables were turned my feelings would be soooooo HURT!!!!  I KNOW how much time and effort goes into preparing for gatherings and parties and I get upset when my friends can't come!!!! 

So the POINT is.......TAKE TIME to realize how much TIME, BLOOD, SWEAT, and TEARS your friends have put into their parties and do everything in your power to go and ENJOY the FRUITS of their LABOR!!!!!  It really will MAKE THEIR NIGHT!!!!!

I have had a MAJOR eye opening day and realized how selfish I have been!!  I am going to really take the time to start showing my friends that I LOVE THEM and APPRECIATE all that they do !!!

Happy Holidays!!!

WOOOOO HOOOOOO tomorrow we are getting the CHRISTMAS stuff out of the attic!!!

See you tomorrow for

DAY 32

Chaotic Christmas Countdown!!!

Happy Days!!

Happy Days

I LOVE my kids but it is really nice to every once in a while get out with "ust the girls!!"  Today is one of THOSE days!!!  WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!

We are all headed to Fort Smith to see the Ree Drummond AKA "The Pioneer Woman"

http://thepioneerwoman.com/

One of my very best friends gave me a  cookbook by her several years ago and I love the recipes!!  Another one of my best friends actually graduated high school with Ree!!  How funny is that???

Well, I just wanted to share!!  I am SUPER DUPER EXCITED!!!  Maybe I can get some pic's!!