WITCH'S BREW

Prayers and good thoughts.

If you remember my last post, I posted about my aunt Belle was going in for a procedure and requested thoughts and prayers.  She received her test results back today and found out that she 

now has breast cancer. Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers!

If anyone can kick cancer in the ass, she is the one to do it! If you can post some well wishes and words of encouragement please leave a comment on this post.  My cousin reads my blog and I know she will see and appreciate the comments. 

xoxo

Where have I been?

Well let me tell you! I was sucked in by this

Yes I now live in a virtual world!!! Was addicted then I had to go and find this 

Now I am raising a farm and growing a garden. I also got married and had a child in this game! 

GEESH I need some serious help!!!!!

I have a new Mac laptop and I am still trying to learn the damn thing, but I love that it is not windows! It does not crash or lock up and that is so so nice! 

I have some pictures to share, so I will try and get them uploaded to this computer and post them this weekend.  

Please keep my aunt Belle in your thoughts and prayers for Thursday the 19th, she is having a procedure done and can use some good thoughts!!! 

xoxo

HI remember me?

How is everyone? Are you ready for the cold weather, hope you are because it is here. ICK I HATE IT!

I have alot of picture to share, so be patient whilst they load. I made them somewhat small, but you can click on them to enlarge. them.

November 1st John and I had a Halloween party and WOWZER that was alot of work! I of course was a witch and John was a hippie. Here are some pics from the party.

This is an amazing cake Brandon made for the party! He did a wonderful job.

 

My friend Doris, was a hippie chick!

 

The table of goodies!

 

My costume

 

My nutty friend Jennye

My hippie roommate

 

My decorations

 

The doll heads and candelabra is something I put together

 

And their eyes glowed red!

 

 

 

Miss Hilda

 

Ok enough Halloween. I will be posting the rest of the pictures in my random pictures that is located in the left column.

Courteney got married on November 8th and let me tell you it was an amazing wedding. She has grown up to be a beautiful woman. Who would not be proud of her.

The bride and her pasco

 

Bride,groom & my dad

 

The girls

 

The bride,Dee & Mary-Grace

Me with mom & Dee  

 

Me with dad & Dee

 

Deanna & dad

   

One proud grandfather

 

 

The getaway car

 

Two adorable kids

 

The happy couple

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a video of some of the wedding pictures the photographer put together. 

(be patient the video takes forever to load)

You can see Courteney and Paul's engagement pictures here. 

You can see Courteney's bridal pictures here. 

You can see more pictures from the weekend here on Courteney & Paul's wedding website.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just say NO!!!!!!

I was reading the paper the other day(ok close your mouths I know your jaw just dropped to the ground! Yes I read the paper) and some idiot is trying to pass Act1 so that same sex couples, unmarried couples living together and singles can not adopt or be foster parents in the state of Arkansas! That is pure BULLSHIT!  There is no reason any of those couples should not be able to be parents. (as long as they pass the criteria) 

These couples want a child and has a home to offer them, but apparently the idiot would rather them be in group homes! Children are precious gifts so lets vote NO so that these children that need homes can go and find a loving home rather it be two men, 2 women, a happy couple that chooses not to get married or a single person that wants to be a parent, but does not want a significant other in their lives.

So please remember to vote November 4th and vote NO for Act1

Arkansas Families First

   

Blog geek in da house!!!

HOLY SHIZNAT!!! I have worked for 2 days trying to figure out how to turn my boring blog design into something that I like. So what do you think? Everything now has a clickable link just click on the picture and it will bring up my favorite blogs,favorite website,random pictures and so on and so on.

Don't forget if you want to subscribe to my blog just enter you email address in the area at the bottom of the left column. If you want to leave me a comment on my blog you can do so by clicking on the comments section at the bottom of the post.

Hope everyone likes my new design. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think! I am still working on the big post with the fun pictures that I have.

xoxo

KNOCK KNOCK is this thing on?

HI! Remember me?

Do you know what October is? Yea it's my birthday, but also it is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Ladies don't forget to check yourself daily!

I am loving all the items that are out in support of breast cancer awareness.  Below are some links to some great companies that support breast cancer research by donating a portion of their sells to research.

Kitchenaid cook for the cure

Ford Warriors in Pink check out the breast cancer mustang too!

Pink M & M's who doesnt like chocolate.

Yoplait Yogurt save lids to save lives

ChapStick winter is coming on so you will need this.

Susan G Komen website

Those are just a few companies that are supporting breast cancer! So check them out and look for the pink ribbon on products you use next time your shopping. 

I have alot of photos to share, but I do not have all my memory cards with me tonight, so the next post will have lots of pictures! 

If you want to subscribe to my blog and receive an email when I update, just enter your email address in the space on the right side of the page under the pinkish witch.

Until next time.

xoxo

   

Greetings from the funny farm!

  This will be a long post and I have a yummy recipe to share with you, so sit back relax and enjoy this will be a picture heavy post.

We now have a lovely gas grill and WOW I love grilling!!

John and I were watching a burger grilling competition on Food Network.  A lady made a stuffed burger that looked delish, well I decided I would try and make a stuffed cheeseburgers.

I took two pounds of ground beef and made patties that were on the thin side and a bit larger than normal.

On one patty I added 2 triangles of Laughing Cow Cheese 

                     

                     

I fried up some bacon and chopped it into small pieces.....

                     

Add the bacon.....

                     

Then place a second patty on top of your first patty and season with Webers gourmet burgers seasoning...

                     

                          YUMMY!!!

Now season the other side of the big burger....Mash the two patties together just a little bit.  Now throw those bad boys on the grill.

                       

Be sure and cook them slow, because you are cooking two patties.  Then melt some American cheese on them if you wish.

                     

Instead of using ketchup I used this yummy stuff.....

                     

This is what the finished product looked like...

                         

Holy shiznat! It was about the best burger I have ever tasted... Yes you can now call me Bobbette Flay!!!

One of the officers I work with has a new baby boy. I made a diaper cake for the little munchkin. I am not happy with the way it turned out, because I did not have enough blue ribbon to use and had to use yellow, so to me it just looks a little off, but here it is anyway.

                                   

                               

                               

I found a place that does personalized pacifiers, are they not the cutest!!

                                    

On the 4th of July at the lake with the family for Hunter's 11th birthday.  Yep I said 11th birthday!!!!

I took Salem with me to see if she would swim and OH MY GAWD she loved the water.....Why yes I have pictures of it to share....

                      

                      

                     

Isn't she a cutie!!

                      

The birthday boy got a cell phone for his birthday and boy was he so excited!!!!  This picture is of him calling his papa sitting across from him. I LOVE this picture because I have not seen my dad smile like that since his stroke last August.

                     

A little history about the hat that Hunter is wearing.  He has wore that hat every birthday since his first birthday!

Since I have a cupcake addition I told Deanna that I would make the cupcakes for his birthday.  I had found the cutest cupcakes that looked like red,white & blue fireworks. So Brandon brought me a 5 gallon bucket of buttercream frosting and we were off to decorating the cupcakes. I made over 36 so I was thankful that Brandon was there to help me.

This is the original cupcake. I was trying to copy.

                                                 

This is how my cupcakes turned out.

                  

So now I am going to do a little bragging. I have to say these two are the most beautiful kids I have ever seen..

               

               

I am also very lucky to have a beautiful and amazing sister!

               

That is about all I have to share for tonight. I will be working on a project for Deanna in the next few weeks, so I will share it with you when I am finished with it. 

until next time

xoxo

 

WOW long time no post!!!!!

WOW I have been MIA for awhile. Ya I know bad blogger!!!!!! I promise to do better on keeping up with my blog....

I am going to take you back to April. These are the easter baskets that I made for Hunter & Mary Grace. What turned out to be a simple project turned into a HUGE mess, but I love the end results.

                      

                      

Hunter's was a soccer theme and Mary Grace's was a girly theme.

Do you remember me posting about this guy?

           

Well he is my roommate now, along with his cute little weiner dog Abby....Salem loves having a little buddy to play with. Now I know when John & Abby move out I will have to buy Salem a dog, because I know I am not entertaining enought and Pagan the cat is not very sociable.

I went to the dentist in February and whilst the doctor was doing a full dental exam, he found a white spot on the bottom of my tounge that was questionable. First off they did a dye test and if the spot turned blue then it was very questionable. Well guess what my tongue looked like a smurf!! So on May 5th I went to the oral surgeon for a biopsy of the white spot. YES they cut into my freaking tongue! I had sick stitches and let me tell you it was the worst pain I have ever experience in my life. It has been almost 3 weeks and it is still sore and swells up!!! YES I am sick of biting my tongue. The results came be benign, however he did say that the was some changes in the cells and he thought it could come back.. WHAT I am not going through that pain again....

The first part of May we had some wild storms move through the area. I was at work when one of them blew through and wow the wind was strong..On my drive home from work that morning, the closer I got to my house the more it looked like a war zone. There were trees everywhere. I pull onto my street and this is what I saw minus the guy bent over cutting up the branches.  I promise I was taking pictures of the debis in the road and not his bum..

                  

Then I turn into my driveway and see this.

                  

So out of my mouth came HOLY SHIT!!! Then my brain starts racing Johns car. Then the thought of the corner of my house is missing and my dog is loose. So I call mom and yell at her to get to my house quick there is a tree in it...I run in the house wake John up and tell him there is a tree on his car. I run back outside and there is my mother with her mouth gaping wide open. I walk down the drive to look to see how bad the damage is to his car and my house. This is what I saw.

                  

Can you believe the tree did not hit my house nor John's car!!!! YEAH so I had a little bit of a dramatic episode.

John and I hit the highway and took a weekend trip to Dallas. We were gone two days and it was really nice to get away.  We start out by going about an hour out of our way so that I can have some tacos from this place

                  

Saturday we started out by eating at

                  

UMMMMM YUMMMM, why don't we have one in NW Arkansas.  After we stuffed our faces we set of to go shopping at

                  

I have never been to an Ikea and have always heard what a great place it is. So John and I waddled around the store and I picked up a few things. The store was ok not what I thought it was going to be. 

For some reason I have had a cupcake fetish for the last few months and have been hearing about Sprinkles a cupcake store in Califonia that has cupcakes to die for. Well they have just opened a store in Dallas, so I had to check it out.

                     

                     

The cupcakes were good, but not as good as all the hoopla has been about them. I did pick up two cute little cupcakes for Abby & Salem.

                     

   So to end this huge post. I have to share my toy I purchased this week.

                  

After it informed me that I was a fat ass and reminded me to brush my teeth before I went to bed it was actually alot of fun.

I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.

xoxo

Yes it has been awhile!

I know it has been awhile since I have updated and if I want to keep my limbs than I guess I will update. Yes I am a little afraid of Betsy!

My sister and I took Hunter and Mary Grace to see the broadway play Annie. It was really really cute. I took a few pictures with my cheapo purse camera so a few of them are rather blurry!

                           

            

Not sure why it will not center!!!!!! GRRRRR

Ok Now I am going to do something sappy! I have to share two sexy boys in blue that both have a special place in my heart!! The first picture is of Robert and no he is not a park ranger in the first picture!

                                 

                     

Isn't he just adorable. I miss him so much and wish he would move back to NW Arkansas instead of living in deliverance country!!!!!

The next picture is John...Isn't he just a cutie pie as well!!!

                                 

I have a few people that I can call a TRUE friend and these two are on that list. I don't think they know how much they mean to me. Even though they both give me grey hair! They risk their lives everyday to keep the communities they work for safe. I am very proud of them!!!!!!  I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!

OK phew off the soapbox....2008 has started out so far so good, however I am ready to move to Mexico where it is alot warmer than it has been here!!!!  This weekend I am hopefully going to come up with some creations and will be able to share some pictures next week. Until then...........

Have a great weekend.

xoxo

Things that make you salivate!!

                   

This lens is what is making me salivate!! So I am thinking I want this lens. Not have to have it not need it but WANT it!!! There is a difference in my world! So ever since I was a little girl my dad always said SAVE your money. Ok dad but what does save money mean, because that is not really in my vocabulary!  So I came up with four ways of earning and SAVING my money, so I can purchase this lens and make all the Kodak moments crisp and clear. Here are my options.

1. I could sell hot chocolate or coffee on the street corner for 25 cents a cup. Well the lens is $314. So at 25 cents a cup I would have to sell 1,256 cups of hot chocolate or coffee...

2. I could prostitute myself.

3. Stay away from the scrapbook store.

4. Quit smoking.

I do believe I will go with options 3 & 4 because I would not make anything prostituting myself and I would freeze my ass off selling the hot chocolate/coffee. So in about 4 or 5 months I should be able to afford this lens..........OOOOO I can not wait.  So dad I think I have finally learned the meaning of SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! I know your are proud of me!

XOXO