I ♥ Faces - Bubbles

At I ♥ Faces this week the theme is "bubbles". First thought was the usual. Either take a picture of Sam blowing bubbles outside or in a tub full of bubbles. Nope. I wanted something different.

When you only have one child and you take 1000's of pictures of them there are times where they really don't want to have "just one more" taken of them. But tonight I gave my son permission to do something that he is not allowed to do. You should have seen the light in his eyes when I told him that he could blow bubbles in his milk. He didn't even mind me taking the pictures. So I give you our take on "Bubbles".

Here is a collage of the pictures that I thought were the best. Sam wanted me to share them with you. See, I'm telling you...let you kid do something that he shouldn't do and he'll want you to not only take the pictures but to share the pictures!

Alice in Wonderland

Alice has grown up and so has Wonderland. I can't wait for this movie to come out next year. For those of you on Facebook the Mad Hatter has his own page and they have some photos up there that are great teasers too. But until now here is the teaser trailer:

Naked Footwear Has It's Own Storefront!

I've spent the past few days getting my Naked Footwear business up and running with it's own store! I only have a few items listed so far but I'll be putting more up on there in the coming days. For right now I'd love to have you come on over and check it out!

Also, don't forget that I'm having a giveaway that will end on this coming Friday over at the Naked Footwear blog.

Even if you don't have a girl living at your house I'm sure you know someone that would love to win some socks! Or you can always use them for presents...Christmas is only about 18 weeks away now.

PhotoHunter - Artificial

Today's PhotoHunter theme is 'artificial'. I had taken the upcoming list of themes with me when I sent to see my parents a couple of weeks ago and I found these artifical flowers at the Ozark Empire Fair while we were there. To see more participants click on the PhotoHunter icon above.

Helping A Friend Out

Please help a good friend of mine. He's a cast member on Wizards of Waverly Place and does an amazing job. He's trying to get the role of Curly in the Farrelly Bros. Three Stooges film. He's put together a great "audition" for it too.



Go to his site here and read all about it (for you Wizards fans there is a picture of him and Selena Gomez on there) and then write those letters, post this on your blog, Facebook, and Twitter pages! We'd all love to see him back up on the big screen again. Let's make his dream role come true! Thanks everyone.

Friday Fill-Ins

Friday Fill-Ins is a fun way to participate in a meme. My answers are underlined (or a link). If you'd like to see more answers click on the icon above.

While you are here don't forget to go HERE and enter my giveaway!

And...here we go!

1. When will the drought end? I'd love to have some good gentle rain for a few days.

2. The Twilight Series was the last good book(s) I read.

3. Everything has its beauty but sometimes I often wonder if there is beauty in cock roaches. They are not my favorite at all and I don't see much beauty in them.

4. Grilled chicken sandwich is what I had for dinner last night.

5. I'd like your comments and I'd love to have you follow me or become a fan.

6. Here is where I want to be right now or at least for a small vacation.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to dropping off my son at the church for his cub scouts overnight and then going out with my hubby to finally celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary, tomorrow my plans include picking up Sam from his overnight, finishing up some chores around the house and then watching a couple of movies with Sam and Sunday, I want to go to church and then relax!

Looking At The Sky On Friday

As you all have probably noticed I like taking pictures while I'm in the car. Most times it's while I'm driving. I don't really look at what I'm taking a picture of. I see what I like, reach my hand over to my camera and then point and click. I look at what I captured later. That way I can keep my eyes on the road. I've gotten really good at it too. Now if there is an image I want to be sure that I get then I'll pull over and take the picture that way. Here are some pictures of the sky on our way into Springfield MO, this last trip up there. I love the blue, blue sky in contrast with the white fluffy clouds and green trees and grass. What I find interesting is how the colors differ in the last photo compared to the first two. If you'd like to see more sky pictures then head on over to CrAzY Working Mom's site and take a look around.

Amazing Night Skies

Last night I let Sam stay up really late. We drove around until we a decent spot to watch the Perseid Meteor Shower. We didn't get to go on the peak night but what we did see was great! If you haven't watched a meteor shower before I highly recommend that you do at least one. And if you have kids take them with you. Your child will be amazed! I know that I'm already planning our next one as Sam and I have been bitten by the "bug" so to speak. When we came home from our trip up to see my parents we were able to bring home my dad's telescope to look at the skies. So far Sam and I were able to get a great glimpse of the full moon. He LOVED it! I wish that I had pictures of him using it but camera battery was dead. I have found a schedule of the remaining meteor showers. The Orionids Meteor Shower will be at it's peak on October 21, and will be best seen during the early morning hours. The Leonids Meteor Shower will be at it's peak during the night of November 17, and in the early morning hours of the 18th. The Geminids Meteor Shower will be at it's peak on the night of December 13, and in the early morning hours of the 14th.

To Foul or not to Foul?

I know that there are people out there in this world of ours that may not think that this is something to be proud of. But I am. One day (maybe) my son may actually get on my blog and start to read about our lives and I would like for him to be okay with what I wrote down. I read a lot of blogs out there and it's okay if I read foul words. It's that person prerogative and I'm okay with that. But I am proud to announce that for my blog:




Around 0% of the pages on your website contain cussing.
This is 100% LESS than other websites who took this test.

So...how about you?

I ♥ Faces - Crazy, Funny, Silly Faces

This week’s photo challenge themes at I ♥ Faces are: "Crazy, Funny, Silly Faces". I had to really search my photos to find one with a crazy, funny, silly face. The one that I'm entering was taken this summer and I should have remembered it as it is one of my favorites of my son making a silly face. Lately this is the face that he makes when I get the camera out. What I like about this one is that not only is he making a funny face but since we were at the local water park his hair is all wet and going just as crazy as his face. If you'd like to see more faces just click on the icon above. Better yet? Join us!

I ♥ Faces is also having a second, non-judged category this week of "Pets." It doesn't need to be just an animal that is considered to be a pet. As soon as I read this I knew exactly which photo to enter. This past week Sam and I were up in Springfield, MO, visiting my parents and we went to their zoo. Here is a photo of the Highland Calf that they have there. It was raining that morning so that is why he looks so wet. What is really funny about this photo is that he too is making a crazy, funny, silly face. Enjoy!

18 Years Ago...To Last A Lifetime

It's hard to believe that 18 years ago today I was getting married. Eighteen years ago seems like such a lifetime. To a teenager it really is. But once you've been married for 18 years you realize that no, 18 years is not a lifetime. I do however hope to be married a lifetime to my husband. He is such a wonderful husband, terrific father to which our son looks up to constantly and is still the best friend any one could ever ask for.

We have been through more ups and downs than anyone ever should have to live through. But you know what? I really wouldn't trade them for the world. It has made me a much stronger person and I know that it has made our marriage much stronger too.

Andy...I loved you then with all of my heart and it has grown tremendously over these past 18 years. I see it continuing to grow for the rest of our lifetime. I LOVE YOU!

Camera Critters

Jumping in for the first time with Camera Critters. This is a photo from a recent trip to the Fort Worth Zoo while my parents were down here visiting us over the 4th of July weekend. I promise that I'll post more pictures about our "adventures" this summer some time in the coming week. If you'd like to see more camera critters just click on the icon above.

Unconscious Mutterings

Unconscious Mutterings :: It's all about free association.

I say ... and you think ...

Death :: Heaven
Identified :: the problem
Saturday :: Sunday
Dumped :: spilled
Division :: math
Stilted :: stiff
Crimes of :: the heart
Stumped :: speachless/dumbfounded
Future :: past
Team :: player

So...what do you say? Want to play along? Just click on the link above.

PhotoHunter - Low

This weeks PhotoHunter theme is: Low. I had a hard time deciding on what to do for this one. Last night I was going through my photos that I had taken while in Springfield, MO. This was taken at the Dickerson Park Zoo. I got down "low" to the flowers to take this picture. I wanted to get a different perspective of the flower garden there. So here it is...my "low" picture for this week.

If you'd like to see more "low" pictures just click on the PhotoHunter icon above.

Looking At The Sky On Friday

Now that I'm back from our vacation I'm going to start updating this blog again. But first I'm going to share a photo with you that I took back in June for Looking At The Sky On Friday. In June we had many nights with amazing sunsets. One of those nights (okay more than one of them) I went outside and captured them. Here is just one of those photos.

If you'd like to see more amazing photos of the sky head on over to The CrAzY Working Mom and check them all out. Better yet, join us!

Booking Through Thursday

I wanted to get back into this meme last Thursday but I just didn't get around to it. So today I'll be doing today's question and last weeks question. Mainly because I really liked it and it was quick answers!

For this week the question is:

What’s the funniest book you’ve read recently?

The book I'm reading right now, Igraine The Brave, is funny but I don't think it's the funniest book I've read. There is one book (series) that sticks out in my mind but I didn't read it recently. The books by Sophie Kinsella are just great books and they really are funny! She writes the Shopaholic series and I've almost read them all. But the first book I read of hers was/is my favorite of hers. It's called The Undomestic Goddess.

Now on to last weeks question. Or I guess I should say questions.

Which do you prefer? (Quick answers–we’ll do more detail at some later date)

Reading something frivolous? Or something serious? Frivolous
Paperbacks? Or hardcovers? Either....whatever is available
Fiction? Or Nonfiction? Fiction
Poetry? Or Prose? Poetry
Biographies? Or Autobiographies? Either
History? Or Historical Fiction? Historical Fiction
Series? Or Stand-alones? Either
Classics? Or best-sellers? Either
Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose? Straight-forward, basic prose
Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness? Plots
Long books? Or Short? Either
Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated? Either
Borrowed? Or Owned? Either
New? Or Used? Either

How about you? If you'd like to see more answers to these questions or if you'd like to participate yourself just click on the icon above!

Update On Knitting

This past month I've been getting a head start on some of the presents that I have planned to make for Christmas this year. I've also had to make my own patterns for the hats and fingerless gloves as I couldn't find that right one. Not to mention that I had to teach myself how to do a thumb gusset. You know...where your thumb goes. So I now have two hat patterns, one fingerless glove pattern and now I'm working on the second fingerless glove pattern. It really has been a lot of fun! Here is one of the fingerless gloves that I finished last night:

This matches the hat that I made earlier. Here is a close up of the top of the glove.

Once I get the second pattern figured out and then knitted I'll post a picture of not only that one but of it's matching hat.

I Won The 2009 Summer Photo Contest!

I know it's been a few days and most of you already know it...but...I just have to put it on here. I WON! In fact it was the closest race that she has ever hosted! It came down to one vote. So I can't begin to thank all of you that voted for me! First place (me) had 117 votes and second place had 116 votes. She had to keep the voting open longer than planned because we were still tied at the closing time.

Just remember that there is a fall contest coming up and I'm already thinking of pictures to take to get ready for it. I just LOVE taking photos!

Unconscious Mutterings

This is my second week playing along with this meme. For those of you that may not have seen it last week it's called Unconscious Mutterings. It's all about free association.

Here is what this one is all about:"...Each week I'll post ten words to which you can respond to with the first thing that comes to mind. Rules are, there are no rules." There are no right or wrong answers. Don't limit yourself to one word responses; just say everything that pops into your head."So...let's get on with it.

I say ... and you think ...

Taxman : Money
Material : Fabric
Format : Computers
File cabinet : Paperwork
Ignore : Shut out
Super! : Great!
Fireproof : Safety
Blockbuster : Movie
Snooper : Sneak
Good will : Christmas

So...what do you say? Want to play along? Just click on the link above.

Manic Monday

I've seen quite a few people join in on this "meme" so I thought I would give it a whirl.

When and with whom was your first kiss?
If I remember correctly it was at a church camp with a boy (sorry no names) from my church. It was so different then what I thought it would be.

Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?
Yes, I do believe everything happens for a reason. These are the reasons that we need to learn by.

What would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Well done my good and faithful servant.

Want to play along? Click on the icon above. I'd love to see your answers!

Don't forget to vote for my photo!