whew!

Well we made it, we are here in Maryland!
The flight wasn't as bad as I expected, we have a nice hotel and we seem to have a deal with some people for a place to rent! Anyone need a house in Utah? :O)
I am exhausted and will be glad when I can take a day off and just relax HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Dump and Stir: Tribute to Utah

Dump and Stir: Tribute to Utah: Well it's Sunday again and this Sunday finds me in our new home state of Maryland. I thought it was appropriate to share with you 2 of my f...

Dump and Stir: Special request

Dump and Stir: Special request: I had a request for my pasta sauce recipe, this is a dump and stir contribution from my husbands time in Italy. He got it from a lady named...

My youngest is being baptized

Today my sweet Wade will be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am so proud of him for making this decision, he is a good kid (most of the time I don't want to kill him ) I am so glad we could do this before we go to Maryland while we are still here with our family and friends. I hope that you can all have a great day as well.
Love,
Move countdown 6 days UGGGG!

Pulling out my hair

Today I realized I had another list of things to do, before today I really hadn't thought about the utility's so today is my spend the day on the phone setting up the shut off of all that crap!
It also popped into my head I should have the kids school addy and stuff written down. I am going to be bald if I have to listen to crappy hold music to often more.
I am still thrilled with the idea of this cross country adventure but its all coming fast!
Back to the phones,

Dump and Stir: Sunday recipe

Peach cobbler on my recipe blog :O)Dump and Stir: Sunday recipe: From spicy salsa to dessert... This weeks recipe is for peach cobbler another one of those dishes you can make as much of or as little of ...

Hope you have a great one!

Here's wishing you s fantastic 2012!

Happy Birthday Wade!

So her we are my youngest my baby is 8 today! WOW! I am thrilled he is getting so independent and that he is so quick witted. I feel so blessed to have him after his rough start in life. So Here's to you my little Wade, I hope you enjoy your last birthday in Utah for a while. PS I have no idea why this all showed up underlined crazy!

Dump and Stir: Here's to a HOT New Year!

Dump and Stir: Here's to a HOT New Year!: So I was going to post a new recipe every Sunday but I wanted to give you a head start on something for New Year's Eve. I am a hot head, n...
sorry for anyone that tried earier I have fixed the url and the link should work now.

Good grief!

Has been almost a year my goodness. Things are still crazy, I am still battling with fibromyalga on daily basis but I have found some medications, vitamins and massage that is helping some.
I have been preparing for a move that we didn't know when it would happen for the last year well it's now two weeks away HOLY CRAP! Maryland will never be the same once I have landed :)
Since I don't have nearly enough to do, I thought I would take up blogging in earnest again. so here I am posting, I also started a little food blog as well (why not really make sure I am insane)
It's also here on Blogger its called dump and stir I hope you enjoy it as well.

Our wonderful friends down under can use our help!

I am sure you have heard about the flooding and the wild fires tha our friends in Australia have been hit with.
Here is a way to help Among the Gum Trees is working to help people who have lost everything at least have the joy that having the supplies to do just a little needle work can provide. Head over check it out and help if you can.

Thanks,

I opened the door and what did I see...

I had to borrow the picture from Joy because I haven't figured out how to send pictures with my new phone (okay my daughters old phone after mine suffered an untimely death)
Joy!
Joy!
Joy!
I am in love with these wonderful fabrics from your Halloween line.
If you haven't yet go check out Joy's blog.
Thank you again Joy for having such a wonderful give away.
HUGS,

Molly's Magazine Giveaway

Molly is giving away a subscription to McCalls quilt mag again this year so pop on over and check it out!

I won :O)

I totally need to "pound my head on the floor until forgiven" I won this darling pattern over at Inch Worm Fabrics I received the pattern about a week ago and being me totally spaced thanking them. So ladies I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart I adore Halloween and I loooooove the pattern. For anyone that is not familiar RUN (now hurry do it) over to there site they have great stuff.
HUGS,

awesome deal!

okay crappy picture I will see if I can't get a better one.
Anyway...
I went to the thrift store in search of Halloween costume parts and I walked past the purses, see this way cute bag it looks brand new and as I look I see a Kate Spade bar on the front of it. Let me tell you I almost knocked the old lady that was also looking at bags to grab it. I check the price $6.99 I almost died! So I am now the new owner of a beautiful Kate Spade purse. Yea me I love a deal!
HUGS,

Circle-y granny afgain

So I changed the colors from my trial granny squares, I thought the centers looked like daisies and so I added a cute baby pink. I have one more row I think then I am thinking of going around the outside edge but I am not sure.

So this is what I have been obsessing over the last week or so. I need to get on the quilt too cause that will take a while. I also found a pattern for a beautiful blessing dress to crochet as well we will see if I get that done too.

I hope you have a great weekend!
HUGS,

Just so everyone has a chance :O)

To let you know another GO giveaway has popped up on my radar. Now I am trying with everything I have to win one of these so you can go check it out
(OR NOT REALLY THAT WOULD BE JUST FINE TO LOL!)
Here @Milie's Quilting

Why is a Charlie horse called a Charlie horse?

When I think of horses this is more the image that comes to mind, isn't that what you picture when some one says horse? So then why did someone start calling a muscle cramp a Charlie horse?

So being me I had to look it up (why is this such an important topic to me today you ask? Well let me tell you I have had one in the upper thigh/lower right butt cheek for 24 hours now so I have had a lot of time to think on it)
Anyway, Wikipedia (and you know anything found in Wikipedia is gospel right) says this:
The term may date back to American slang of the 1880s, possibly from the pitcher Charlie "Old Hoss" Radbourn who is said to have suffered from cramps.[8] Another story mentions a horse named Charley that used to work at Comiskey Park, the Chicago White Sox's baseball stadium. In those days, an old, retired horse was often called "Charlie."

How lame is that! I thought I should check with the medical profession to see if they had a better reason.I went to medicine.net thinking I would get a better idea NOPE! Here is what they say:
The term "charley horse" is generally believed to be American baseball slang. One story involves Charley (Old Hoss) Radbourn (1853-1897) who was rounding third base when he developed a cramp in his leg. As he limped home, a player asked, "What's the matter, Charley Hoss?" "My leg is tied up in knots." Charley replied. From then on, when a baseball player's leg cramped, he called it a charley horse.

Okay so maybe I need to take back my snarky remarks about Wikipedia, Nah!
so the treatment for a Charlie/Charley horse seems to be stretching it out. Well I have tried but since my Yoga Zen Master status has lapsed I find it difficult to get to the particular muscle. I am going to do some more stretches and walk up and down the stairs today to see if that will help. The stairs may kill me so if it does I will be sure to have my DH post my obituary here. It should read something to the effect of I was killed by a pain in the a$$.

HUGS,

a quick post about everyones favorite giveaways

Yup another GO is being given away HERE!

Hug a fireman or a policeman today!

Hugs,