A whole bunch of unrelated stuff!

My baby started pre-school! He loves "Ms Cindy" and he had a blast on his first day, I was all sad to leave and he is like "bye mom"


Austin and Miranda started school today they are going to a new charter school, they have to wear uniforms Austin didn't mind but Miranda wasn't to sure about the whole idea. She is going to learn the flute and she desided she wanted to cut her hair so she didn't look like all the other girls around here. She looks just like I did when I was her age except she is so much taller (I was so totally short until I hit high school)

Wade got a "Wade size sewing machine" he is so cute with it.

He is getting good too!

You are a 1960s Diva

Bold dresses, funky boots, bright patterns. You have an eye for fashion - and make trends timeless!

What Decade Diva Are You?

I could have told you that!

Apron Swap block!

Aren't they fun! I am in a swap with 16 other gals to make adorable apron blocks. I am hoping to make mine into a wall hanging for my kitchen. I made 4 each of each of these designs. I usedmy 40's vintage fabric and the white rick-rac is also vintage.
I will have to show it to you when they all come. Have a great week (kids go back to school :O) )

And the winner is...

Well first let me tell you how I did this
First I printed all the coments made and cut them up

Then I put the names of people that had linked to my bog in 5 more times each

First I tried to have my cat pick the name but he was TOTALLY not interested

So I had my 4 year old do it. (isn't he adorable)

Thought I should show you what you won sorry its sideways I forgot to flip it before I loaded it in here (DOH!)

So back to the winner thing..

you ready?

you sure?

okay the winner is SmileyKylie I am emailing her to get a snail mail addy.
Thanks so much to everyone that commented I think I need to have another one soon ;O)

What sort of martial arts has you wear a skirt?!?

Okay its not really a skirt but it looks like it!
My sweetheart and my older two kiddos are starting aikido classes tonight. All the pictures you see show people being thrown around but from what I understand its much less about self defence and more of a "zen" thing.
I don't get it but then I don't have to do it soooooo I will just take my baby (can you hear him screaming I am 4 I am not a baby) and go do something fun while they go play in their pj's.
I only hope that DH remembers he has a bad back and needs to be EXTRA careful or my next blog post will be embarrassing pictures of him writhing in pain while we try to get him in for back surgery.

It must be time for a give away...

So when I got on to blather on today I found that my last post was #200 WOW!!
So I think it must be a time to have a give away, I have some lovely fat quarters and a fun book on how to make a log cabin quilt as you go. (I will post a picture of said price as soon as I take the picture LOL)
So leave me a comment and I will put your name in the drawing, put it up on your blog and I will put your name in 5 more times. I will draw for the winner on Friday.
Best of luck :O)

Great 200th post give away

>Debi's 200th post give away

Its been a busy few weeks...

Its my only excuse for being such a slacker posting to my blog.

I am almost healed from my tonsil adventure, As someone that has had more surgery than I care to count I do have to place this up there in the top 3 as one of the worst.
I am so behind not just her on my blog but I also have thank you cards to send, quilt blocks to make for swaps that will be ending soon, I need to pay bills and my toilets are dirty! SIGH!!!
Don't tell my grandma about the toilets she will want to come back to my house and clean them for me. She stayed for a week after my surgery and I thought her and DH were going to strangle each other, not to mention I have about a million stairs in my house and she is 87 I was sure she was going to drop dead one day walking up all the dang stairs, (hell I thought I was going to drop dead walking up the stairs and I'm not even 40 yet!)

So I wore myself out at Lagoon ( for those of you out of the state of Utah Lagoon is the one and only amusement park here in Utah, it has some pretty good roller coasters but its no 6 flags)
I think my poor DH thinks he is married to a 14 year old not been married 14 years LOL!!
I guess I better get my butt in gear and get those toilets clean before grandma finds out!

14 years!

I can hardly believe I have been with my sweet Mike for 14 years, Its our anniversary!
We are going to Lagoon and pretending we are 16 year olds dating. I plan to make out on the dracula castle ride and eat junk food and forget I have kids. WOOHOO!!

to me!

Finallly the slide show of my trip to Long Beach

Update on my tonsils

So this is a diagram of a throat with large tonsils and extra soft palette. So what they did is cut a v shape out on either side of my uvula and took my tonsils out this should help with both the sleep issues and my ongoing strep throat fun. The soft palette part is much worse than the tonsils, also until that heals I keep getting things up my nose. BLECH! So far I am still living on fluids and pain killers. It is better today than yesterday so lets hope that trend continues.

Long Beach here I come!

See you Sunday night!

New hair

The only one awake when I got up and did my hair this morning was my 10 year old so this is as good a picture we could get. At least you get the idea :O)

I finally finished the Civil War blocks

I feel like I have been working on these blocks forever! They are part of a swap to make a sampler. I can't wait to see the rest of them. I am sure they will be better than mine. LOL!
I am almost ready to go to Long Beach so I am glad I got these done just in time. I still need a hair picture but by the time DH gets home to shoot a picture it's no longer cute. I will see if DD can get a good shot right after I do it in the moring.

I am grumpy

So mom went to the Dr today and they took the staples out. That is good, the dumb hospital didn't send the pathology report to my moms Dr so now we can't get it until Monday. That's why I am grumpy.

In another chapter of Carin's life is a circus, yesterday my sister had to go in for emergency surgery, she had the lap band put on in November and has done really well. she looks great. Well she is in the 1% of people that has the dang thing slip. She couldn't eat or drink so they had to go in and replace it.

So I am again sleep deprived, stressed about family and freaking out cause I have to fly alone in 5 days! 5 Days I haven't packed, I haven't gotten anything ready and I have to fly alone did I mention that. (I am not freaked or anything)

I still need DH to take a picture of my hair. soon! promise...

Mom's coming home

They are sending my mom home today at 5 she is doing well is able to walk slowly and in less pain. They wont have the lab results back until tomorrow or Monday. She will have 6 weeks of recovery at home unless she has to have chemo then it will be longer. She is in good spirits, if not a bit stoned from the pain meds.

I got my hair cut I will post a picture soon, the kids told me I look like a rock star. I hope that is good.
More later...

todays the day for mom

Today mom goes in for her cancer surgery. I am headed to the hospital now to make sure my grandma and my dad don't yell at each other. (I know I am the family referee I am going to have to get therapy one day) I will post an update later, they think this should do it they don't think that it has spread this will tell us. laters

UPDATE: Mom is out of surgery things went well they don't think anything has spread, the pathology will take 3 working days so we will know then.

I have been so lazy the last couple of days! I keep trying to get my butt in gear but just can't seem to find the energy to do it.
I am hopeful that after my tonsil surgery that I will have more energy. I keep hoping that something will do the trick, that the Dr will finally figure out what has sapped my energy and made me a giant slug. I am trying to get some quilt stuff that was due to a friend in DC last week done. I bought some pretty cottons to put together an Amish square in a square quilt to practice my hand quilting. I want to get that together before my surgery so I have something to do while I can't yell at the kids.
My 87 year old grandma keeps telling me she is coming up here for that week. I love this woman with all my heart but she makes me crazy and worse she makes DH crazy. If she comes and stays we will all be nuts. (the woman vacuums the front porch) Last time she was here just for a couple hours visit she used a whole bottle of bleach to clean my toilets cause she felt the toilet bowl cleaner I used wasn't good enough. SIGH!!
Well I am going to try to work on those blocks again, wish me luck.

Saturday= better day

Just a note to let everyone know the boys are doing better. Both of there fever broke, Wade-o is eating pretty well, Austin says his throat hurts to bad to eat but he is drinking and fairly active. I haven't come down with any symptoms so I am hopeful that I have dodged the bullet.
Its been hot and miserable today, in the 90's so Mike waited until 9 tonight to mow the lawn. He is still hot and exhausted.
I guess I need to find everything we need for church tomorrow, whoever came up with the idea of church at 9 am was twisted.

Oh and pop over to see Lyn at Blue bird quilts for her Christmas in July giveaway.

Blah Blah Blah

That's how I feel today. I have sick little boys (I took them to the doctor to find out that they have a virus and they can't do anything I love paying $40 to hear that I need to make sure they drink a lot and rest) They both have fevers around 102 so we are playing the ibuprofen/Tylenol every 3 hours game.
I just feel BLECK! I don't know if it cause I am tired, or if it's cause I am worried about mom, It could be that I am getting the bug myself, I know I need to get off my pitty pot and finish up a bunch of things I have that need to be done now if I could just convince myself to haul my fanny off the bed.

On a brighter note Kris sent me some YUMMY Sherbet fountains (the jumbo size, I have never seen those before)She is the sweetest!! I am doing my best to not eat them all and make myself sick :O)

Frustration!!!!!!

Okay so you know when your surgeon calls you at home on a Sunday evening its NOT good news.
When my doc called yesterday he was in Ohio, and his plane wouldn't be leaving that night SO he called to tell me to call the surgical center at 6 am (oh my heck 6 am who is awake at 6am ) to find out how much later my surgery would be.
WELL... Its going to be a lot later than even he thought it will be July 28th! Hello 3 more freakin' weeks! SIGH!!!!
The surgical center closes at 5 no exceptions sooooo they are going to be able to take the 3 kids they had scheduled but as one of the 3 adults I get to reschedule at the back of the list. BUMMER!!!
So I may snore on my trip to Long Beach but I am going.

I need to clarify

the past picture of my sweet 4 year old was taken on the last step of the stairs he was at no time in danger when mommy was snapping photos for her blogger fiends. Kust so you know :O)

Ohhh to be 4!

After a grueling day playing in the wading pool my youngest came in to get ready for bed,
this is how I found him on the stairs going up to his room. Sound asleep.