A Sneak Peek and Winter Weather

Hello all! I can say that because there are 25 of you now. Wow! It really makes my day when I read your comments and e-mails. So, thank you so much!

I know I said I'd share my super awesome craftiness this week, but I'm involved in the Love Me, Love My Crafts Swap over at Pinkapotamus and I think this is going to be going out to the person I'm crafting for. Needless to say, I'd like it to stay a surprise! So instead, I'll give you a little teaser of what it is I'm working on:

Red felt, white felt and my trusty glue gun.

You can still sign up to participate in the Swap until tomorrow (February 1). I'm not normally a fan of surprises, but I'm pretty excited about this one. :)


I'm going to tell you a secret...are you ready? Okay, it's not really a secret:I hate hate hate snow! I live in the Midwest and we get some crazy weather. You know that little part of Missouri that juts out toward Illinois? Where the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers meet up? I live right there in the middle of the very tip. Seriously, if you go one mile from my house in one direction, you'll cross the Mississippi, if you make a U-turn and head back in the opposite direction, you'll pass my house again and a mile down the road you'll cross the Missouri. That means that we get tons of extra moisture. So, when we get snow, we get snow. I'm calling it, wait for it (duh duh duh) ThE SnOwPoCaLyPsE! (I'm seriously rolling around on the floor laughing right now!) We're being warned that this will be the worst winter storm we've seen in 29 years. Craziness. I'm just not looking forward to the nasty ice and the 14 or more inches of snow that they're calling for. If you don't hear from me soon, come rescue us! Bring shovels!

Try to stay safe and warm!

P.S. The $25 CSN giveaway ends at Midnight (CST) tonight! You can still enter here.

Mommy Moments

This weekend was kind of busy and I got a little distracted today, so I'll be super creative and crafty tomorrow. I had every intention of sewing today, but it just didn't happen. We had some family time instead. Mondays are special because they're one of Ralphie's days off, so he gets to spend the whole day with me and Scarlett. We have to be pretty careful with Scarlett in the winter, as it would be really rough for her if she got sick. It's likely that she would end up in the hospital so we don't take her a whole lot of places and it's normally way too cold to let her play outside. The sun came out today and started melting all the snow. Not a lot of it, obviously, but it was warm enough that we could bundle her up and let her play in the snow for the first time. She was so excited! Here are some pictures:

Helping Daddy build a snowman

Giving the snowman his carrot nose

Daddy throwing snow at Scarlett

Scarlett throwing a snowball (it fell, so you can't see it)

 She got to play outside for about 30 minutes and was so mad when we brought her in. I didn't get a picture, but before she came in, she made her daddy give the snowman his hat. "Snowman is cold outside, Daddy. He needs hat. Give hat now." She's so sweet.

Tomorrow I'll have something super cool and crafty to share.

Thanks for stopping by!