....And the Band Goes Marching In

Remember this post? Well this is the picture in question.
I know this sort of contradicts my lil' rant - but I adore the pic' and isn't it really my choice with my child?

Ha! ...and getting a scanner for Christmas worked too! ;D

The Stuff Dreams are Made of....

This is my bed. I know, I know the pics aren't that close up, but you get the idea. I love my bed. Serious mattress love occurs in the Skippy household. [Get your mind out of the gutter...giggle] What I mean is - I have the most comfortable bed in the world and the fact it is a sleigh bed, king sized? With all our quilts thrown on, a cotton blanket and flannel sheets - yes, this is the stuff that dreams are made of tadpoles.
This is the end of the bed with my cedar chest and two of my grandma's quilts. The one hanging up is over 60 years old. The one across the chest is the last one she completed before she passed and is the only one any of the family is allowed to touch - and ONLY when they are sick. We call it the sick quilt. Nothing but originality in this family folks. :D

Here is a closer shot of Grandma's old quilt and one I made on the bed. Funnily enough her's is in better shape! Hee.

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Okay, so you all know I didn't bring you here to allow me to wax poetic on my Sealy, right? Oh, no, no. I am having a problem with my bed; to be more specific the location of my bedroom. I have not had a total of 3 hours of sleep a day/night in my lovely bed since before Christmas.

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Because? We live next door to the nicest neighbors [really!] except they have a pechant for overseas travel, for long durations and they leave their home unattended. No problem there, right? Wrong - because their lovely little home needs repairs. Specifically it needs repairs directly outside of the big window you see in the first pic'. Repairs that require parts of their home to be nailed down. NAILED DOWN SO THEY WILL STOP BANGING like a poorly trained Drumline. Jiminy Crickets! It has been windy here in Skippyville and things that are slightly detached from the roof, the second story and the deck of this home go bang...bang...bang...ALL DAY & NIGHT. I am tired and cranky and I want my nice neighbors to come home so I can hand them a ladder, a hammer and a can o' nails and simply point at the deritus that is the back of their house.

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Then I will bake them cookies. And then go back to bed.

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Until their cute little twins decide it is time to play basketball on the deck. [They do this all the time - but we can usually get them to skedaddle to the basketball court that is 15 feet from their back door.]

My First 4 U.S. States Artist Trading Cards

I am in a swap over at Swa-bot for the 50 U.S. states ATCs for the next year. Each month we will be doing a different series - Here are mine for January. This is Arkansas [I know, duh!] but the reason it has milk and a cow on the front is due to milk being Arkansas' official state beverage.

I found this state flag for Arizona [the letters/date are my add-ons] but do want to know a neat bit of trivia? The star in the middle is actually copper colored. It is their state's official metal and Arizona is also the largest producer of copper in the U.S. Nifty!

You might have to click on this to enlarge it, but it is a political cartoon from before Alaska was given statehood. Evidently they were having quite a fight with the Senate seeking their rights.

And finally Alabama - which looks lopsided, but I think that is just the way I scanned it. OOPS! That is their state motto on the side and it means "We dare maintain our rights."

I haven't told y'all yet what Pooldad gave me for Christmas - it is SOOOOOOOOO neat! He gave me an Epson color printer/fax/scanner/photo printer.

It is unreal and I have been having the best time with it. Plus he gave me about a gazillion different types of craft supplies - so I have been playing with all this fun stuff the past two days.

I hope everyone had a great and relaxing Christmas. We all [in our family] still have 9 more days off together - it is very exciting.

This Should Make Everyone Smile....

This is my baby boy. Happy 18 th Birthday Champ! We miss you and are awaiting your call.

Love, Mom

[isn't he a cutie? hee...he is 4 years old in this pic' and YES those are real Craftsman tools. you need to know this kid was dismantling his sister's highchair & my vacuum cleaner at 2 years old with a butter knife. thankfully he knew how to put them back together. i am not kidding.]

Did I Forget to Mention....

I was gifted with Leg Warmers?

[I posted the first picture after Gail's comment :D...Spot was not happy. Hee!]

Okay, He NAMED It

The Gnome? The Dallas Gnome?

It has been Christened.

Guesses?

Yep! The Gnome is now named "Tony Gnomo"

[for those of you who are not football/Dallas fans - their Quarterback is Tony Romo!]

giggggggle.......

My Son

Called me today.

The best Christmas present in the whole world.

Those of you who read my old blog know, those of you who didn't just know this is the best Christmas present in forever.

I have so much to tell you.