Use the force, Spud

Sorry the quality of this photo isn't the greatest. I would have gotten up and grabbed the camera instead of using my phone but then I would have disturbed the force and I couldn't have caught my little bat eared doggie enjoying the comfort and coziness of our Christmas tree. I don't know what it is about a lit tree in your living room, but it just oozes good happy feelings. I love it.

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Twinkle Twinkle

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star will never be quite the same now without a scratch to the tush at the end. I'm just sayin'.

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O' Christmas Tree

Alex and I tried out our creative side with our rendition of a Christmas tree craft we saw on Pinterest.com. Ok, I saw it, but he agreed it would be cool.

I think it turned out pretty neat, we did it on canvas board so that it would save better. I love crafts that include his hand prints or foot prints. It's so much fun to look back and see how much he's grown.

And he loves anything to do with paint. It's a win-win.

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Dear Santa, I would like...

Dear Santa,

I would like a new camera with a shakeproof setting so that my photos won't cause vertigo, and jewelry is always nice too. For the little man, candy canes, because the large basket filled with the sweet treats Mrs. Claus is protecting is the only reason Alex agreed to be in this picture.

Lots of love,

Stacey

P.S. Thank you for the can opener you so generously addressed to me so many years ago. I appreciated it just as much as the Barbie horse I received the same year.

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Material, material everywhere.

Last night I took my first quilting class and something that was suppose to only take less than an hour has turned into a multiple day project. But isn't that just the way it goes?

What started out as one of these:

Has now become this:

One extremely long skinny piece of fabric. But it is on its way! I'll keep you updated. This spaghetti noodle will either become the jellyroll quilt it is meant to be or it may end up a jelly noodle. We'll see.

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Isn't this the truth?

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Liz Owen's "My (not so) Storybook Life"

Four or five years ago (time really does fly doesn't it?) my mom sent me a link. She said she had found a blog that made her laugh, that had great decorating style and the blogger had a schnauzer. 

My mom, in her infinite wisdom had stumbled across a blog that we both could enjoy and have  followed almost daily. I don't think a week has gone by where one of us hasn't said "Have you read Mabel's blog?"

 

Mabel is actually the name of Liz Owen's schnauzer side kick, who has recently welcomed a sibling into the house. (Spud could definitely relate to that.)

 

Even after Alex was born, and time really sped up in short bursts of busy days, sleepless nights,  feedings and changings, I would log on, at least once a week and catch up on what Mabel, Liz and Matt were up to.

Now, two years later, Liz has written and published her own book! I'm so excited and can not wait to read it!

To read an excerpt of the book, "My (not so) Storybook Life" by Elizabeth Owen, visit her blog at http://mabelshouse.blogspot.com. I'm sure, like my mom and I, you will get hooked too!

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