March 2008

POOOOO ON YOU INSURANCE COMPANIES!!!

tutorials

ugh!!!!! ranting on the phone, crying and holding back as much as i can on the foul language!!!! WHY i ask you WHY do i get a phone call less than 24 hours prior to my daughter’s surgery, that there’s a problem with the pre-authorization(and they tell me it takes at LEAST 48 hours to […]

one thing is for sure…

the girl gets attention, she’s probably going to be a spoiled princess, and it’s not going to be my doing! the boys cannot get enough of her, they love and adore her and pay soooo much attention to her that i’m a little scared as to what she’s going to assume the world outside these […]

good nights sleep, new apron, kids occupied…

so i got such a great night’s sleep, i think i got like 9 hours, katie slept through the night, (a first! in a loooooooooooooooong time) a friend gave me a new apron (plain white, and i can’t wait to put adorable pockets on it!!!) and the kids are excited and have all kinds of […]

bleh…

been a little under the weather today, but i did manage to make a few things which will go on etsy this weekend so that’s exciting…headache, bloated, testy, in need of some chocolate, and a chick flick, bleh…going to bed. hopefully i will wake up in a better mood.

quotable quotes

tutorials

been saving some of these to just put them together: **”mom! katie looks like a flower!”-kyle (i made her a new bow, i think it’s his way of saying it might be a little too big) **”logan broke up with me.”-ryan (he and his best little bud i guess had a little scuffle, nate and […]

oooooh yeeeah…

off to the left you will see my husbands old pinewood derby car that 20 somewhat years ago brought home a few medals. off the the right you will see nate’s pinewood derby car that well, lets just hope it does allright. but tonights the night! wish us luck!!!!

um… thank you blogging?

right when i took this picture nate looks at me and asks “are you going to put that on the computer and blog it?” “um i think i just might…” “okay” i went to the bedroom because after they were freaking out about the dinosaur poster and it’s positioning, i went back to the kitchen […]

how do i do it you ask?

many have this idea that i’m all put together, well here’s the deal: it’s easy, i’m on speed, a.d.d. meds, anti-depressants, have perfect children with a nanny and my house never gets used, i have a personal trainer and a gourmet cook and a personal stylist…oh no wait that’s hollywood. you may think that i […]

i’m not the sappy kind of girl

but this needs honorable mention. my j.i. joe husband sent me roses for our 10 year anniversary which was on friday, along with it he sent me via email “oh how i love thee” and listed out a whole list of things that he loves about me, some of them were hysterical and others were […]

“this was the best easter EVER!”

as quoted by my boys, and i have to agree. the only thing we missed was having jake home. but to compensate we did soooo much that the kids loved it! we got to see brand new baby lambs at our friends grandma’s house where we did the FIRST easter egg hunt. we then got […]

I’M BACK!

tutorials

almost three full days without internet! SOMEBODY SHOOT ME! but thankfully its up again. i feel like i need to spend 5 hours online just to read everyones blogs, and update mine, and check up on news and email! yikes! i guess tonight after the kids go to bed!

meet katie’s dollie

here’s the black apple doll that i made for katie, but i love it so much that i’m having a hard time knowing that it’s going to be “loved” and it’s going to be destroyed. soooo i’m thinking of making another one, so she’ll have one as decoration and another to love! i’m pathetic…

“jerry” this one’s for you (arrrrg)

i got to go to walmart the other day with out the boys. it was just me and katie, and so i had a rather somewhat pleasant experience UNTIL i got to the checkout line. hmmm…hi my name is vanessa and this is my story on how i would love to break up with walmart, […]

haven’t completely given up on stitchery

i’ve been so busy making stuff for the gifford house and etsy that i really havnt been working on my stitchery, but here and there i’ve been able to do it, and well here’s my new pattern that will be in quilt stores for 4th of july. still have to make a few more for […]

playdates and rugs

this i violet, isnt she cute? anyways apparently my daughter trying to beat up her daughter isnt enough to make her not want us around, so we had another play date for the girls. and they seem to get closer and closer to actually maybe liking each other this is the rug in violet’s room, […]

anticipation, excileration, and deprivation

today was a super busy day for me, first off the anticipation of finishing up jake’s dissertation copying and getting it back to the college so that it can be bound and made into a book. well five books i guess. i had to make (perfect requirements for submission) 5 copies so that they would […]

like mother like daughter

so i was on the phone the other day with my mom and i was trying to laugh off the fact that my daughter is a tyrant. we had a couple of play dates with another little girl, violet. she’s adorable, but the first time we got together katie almost scratched her eyes out! and […]

changes…

moving things around (bonnie did i do better?) a little cluttered, but i still think i like it, i think i like the cluttered style! (okay i took down the wreath cause it was too cluttered…looks better!) okay so after that picture of katies room a couple of posts back i realized i hated the […]

no, no, nooooooooo!!!!!

oh no what happen to my spring?!!!! this california girl NEEDS WARMTH NOW!!!!! >:( (um and a tan and a pedicure!)

my befores and afters

i don’t know if i like these two rooms yet, i’m still trying to figure out what i like and don’t like! okay so here’s some more paint jobs that the prior owner thought would be such a great idea. hmmm, must of been on some pretty good drugs to make this look good! but […]

my babies last year

i was going through my pictures and found these! these are my all time favorite pictures! i took them last summer, and well with spring comming soon it just reminds me that we will be going outside soon and it makes me sooo happy! i’m going to do my before and afters later today! i […]

happy makers

…..so as i was walking back from the store, i noticed GREEN stuff in my front garden and went to look closer and this is what i saw! SPRING was growing in my front garden! so of course i HAD to take a picture and then i thought i have to make another “happy maker” […]

a note from alyssa’s mom

tutorials

this is posted at carepages.com and when you sign in it’s under “alyssasjourney” but i thought i would post it cause so many of the prayers were from you guys too. all i have to say is that this little girl and her family is going through A LOT. 1 March 09, 2008 at 04:39 […]

my before and after

well i promised bonnie that i would do a before and after, so here it is, don’t you looooove the blue? would you be soooo jealous if i told you the inside was that color too? i’ll do before and afters of some of the inside another day, i’m definitely still working on things, ( […]

I’m so highspeed

tutorials

okay well most of you already know all about labels, but i’m just so cool that i’m just figureing it out, so instead of all my quotes being on the side, i’m going to make a “label” with them and just add them as time keeps going…the latest one is the one that ryan did […]

i knew going in…

i guess where i made the mistake was when i was so optimistic thinking that THIS time it was going to be different. hello, my name is vanessa and welcome to what i like to call “my personal hell…walmart with all my kids”… as i turn off the car, i turn to my children and […]

Alyssa’s quilt

here’s the matching pillow i finished it last night! it actually looks like her! (fabrics all picked out by felicia) well here it is the quilt for alyssa. i really have to say that felicia is amazing as a quilter (she has her own buisness as a machine quilter). we started it and finished the […]

your prayers are needed

everywhere we have lived there have been special women that have come into my life, most of you are a product of that, and some are wonderful women i’ve never met face to face, but from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU for your friendships they mean the WORLD to me. being the special […]

D.I. find & sugar cookies

so i found this cute little “cake” platter (it’s katie size) and i painted it to match her kitchen (although i ran out of paint hence the shotty job) but i had to take a picture of the sugar cookies inside the cake platter. i’m still going to make a cute stand for it (so […]

happy makers

1. it’s been a week, woohoo! only 51 more to go! 2. i got to wear flip-flops again! 3. stopped by the school to drop off ryan and kyle, got stopped by one of nate’s teachers who said he’s having another great day! 4. i get to hang out with a great friend while our […]

so you want to know about the token system…

well one of the benefits of being married to a marriage and family therapist is that he’s got a lot of training in conduct disorders, and such…soo when we were having major issues with nate at school (wouldnt do any work, i mean absolutely nothing at school, homework was a fight, i was usually in […]

watching someone else kids and blogging don’t mix

gave my kids and the extra kids some lunch…cleaned up lunch, put katie down for a nap and told the kids to go into the boy’s room to find a few toys to play with. went to the computer uploaded my new barrette pictures to my country chick blog, went to go check on the […]

easy like sunday morning

so again we had a pretty good sunday, not too bad, i even felt good enough to leave the boys with the young woman that sat next to us (to entertain the boys ) while i went up to give my testimony, it was refreshing, it’s been so long since i went up there, but […]

**caution…cute but handle with care**

katie at about 13 months with one of her *looks* so i need to mention this cause it’s kind of funny, this morning kyle and katie were actually playing and laughing, and then within seconds i hear this yell comming from katie that i swear if she could talk she would of been swearing, then […]

by far my favorite D.I. finds

this is actually an enamel ware…enamel ware with flowers!!! i nearly fell over when i saw it! i found these two plates this last time i went to D.I. they both together cost me less than $2! i also found a few other things, but i’m still tweaking them so i’ll post when i’m done! […]