MOMWITH3KIDS: August 2005

Take the quiz: "Which Spongebob Squarepants character are you???"

Squidward
You love to annoy everyone and playing the clarinet is your passion. You don't get along with your neighbor.

Crochet doll dress

For those of you who know me, I recently learned how to crochet. I have been working on a dress for a doll.

The first is when I ran out of yarn....I was using up some left over.

The second is as of today.

I'm Amazed

My hubby doesn't usually take time out of building to make toys for the kids. Therefore, I was amazed to come home from a trip to Lowe's for windows, to find all three of the kids sitting quietly painting these cars. He had taken the time to cut the wood and nail on the wheels. It's amazing how little time it takes to get kids out from under your feet. Normally they would be watching tv, but I had grounded them from the tv for a week for not cleaning their rooms. I do believe this is a trend to keep up.

The cars go in this order...... Jimmy's, Abigail's, and Austin's. I think they are awesome.

School's IN

Well, today is officially the first full day of school. Yesterday got off to a slow start. The kids got up, and the boys got dressed. Abigail on the other hand was upset to find out she didn't have school. She cried and cried. She said, "I thought I growed up last night." She thinks she has to grow up to go to school. I keep reminding her she has a few more weeks of freedom. Go figure, they cry because they can't go to school. What's next?

Your Mood Ring is Purple

Sensual
Clear mind
Purpose is known

Mood Ring Generator

You Know You're From Tennessee When...

You've never met any celebrities....other than Fred Thompson

"Vacation" means going to the family reunion.

You know all 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Christmas.

You laugh when people from anywhere north of TN tries to say or spell "y'all"

It's "Mar-vull" not "Mary-ville"

It's "Knox-vull" not "Knox-ville"

A tabogan is a hat, not a sled.

You butter your hot biscuit by cutting it open, putting a slab of butter inside and closing it back up again.

Every town in East Tennesse has a "strip" and they're not particularly safe to be in at night.

Pigeon Forge is not pronounced with a French accent.

Gatlinburg does have an "L" in it and it should be pronounced.

Sales tax is 9.5%.

You shop at Walmart for groceries, not at a grocery store.

You don't drive in Knoxville on game-day. EVER.

You or your friends chew.

You can't remember the last time you saw snow.

You have a "piss on" sticker on your car window

You know when Elvis Presley Day is

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Tennessee.

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Your Birthdate: August 1

Your birthday suggests that are executive ability and leadership qualities in your makeup.

A birthday on day 1 of any month gives a measure of will power and self-confidence, and very often a rather original approach.

This 1 energy may diminish your ability and desire to handle details, preferring instead to paint with a broad brush.

You may be sensitive, but your feelings stay rather repressed.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Friday's Feast - a buffet for your brain

Friday's Feast - a buffet for your brain

Appetizer
Do you get excited when the season begins to change? Which season do you most look forward to?
I love it when the seasons change. It brings so much new stuff. I really like winter. Not sure why since it is freezing.

Soup
What day of the week is usually your busiest?
Friday. I have to do all the pay checks and make lunches in the morning.

Salad
Would you consider yourself to be strict when it comes to grammar and spelling? What's an example of the worst error you've seen?
Somewhat strict. I can't stand double negs. Drives me crazy.

Main Course
Who has a birthday coming up, and what will you give them as a gift?
Next, I believe is my middle child. He usually picks what he wants around his birthday.

Dessert
If you could have any new piece of clothing for free, what would you pick?
Coat. I would love a new coat. My mil got me one for christmas and it has Dale, JR. People are always praising me on my coat. I don't like Dale, Jr. I don't like nascar. I don't get into racing. It just matches my hubby's coat, that he never wears.

Tissue Box Covers

This year I am playing off of my step mom's tissue couch, posted earlier, and making some for the boy's teachers. I searched on the web for a pattern, and didn't find one. Yet, in my search, I found a box that was covered with a school bus. My middle child is going into second grade. So this was perfect for him. It was so much fun to make.

For my seventh grader, I used up some leftover fabric. This was some 4th of July fabric for my dd's dress. I added some pillows, now they think it is a bed.

I can't wait for thursday. They get to give them to their teachers.

I'm going to make another school bus for my little girl's preschool. She is wanting one so bad.

I had some request for a tutorial, so here it is.

A Test

I got this in an email.

Time to work your brain....
Think about these six problems and see if you can get the right answer!

1. A murderer is condemned to death. he has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. There are two plastic jugs filled with water. how could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?

4. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

5. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

6. This is an unusual paragraph:
I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find it.

ANSWERS

1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
2. The woman took a photo of her husband and hung it to dry.
3. Freeze the jugs first. Take it out of the jugs and put it in the barrel.
4. The answer is charcoal.
5. Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
6. The letter "e", which happens to be the 20th most common letter in the English language, does NOT appear even one time in the paragraph.

Friday's Feast - a buffet for your brain

Friday's Feast - a buffet for your brain: "Feast Fifty-Nine
Friday, August 12, 2005

Appetizer
Did you sleep good last night?
Not really. I woke up about four time.

Soup
What is your current computer desktop image?
A picture of my yard at night. The trees are dark and the sky is light blue. Nice contrast.

Salad
When was the last time you planted something, what was it and where did it go?
Three days ago. Tomatoes. When they grow, I will have green tomatoes to pickle at the beginning of fall.

Main Course
What's your favorite condiment?
Ketchup on fries. Mustard on fish sticks.

Dessert
Share a quote that you like, for whatever reason."
"because I said so...", It answers sooo many questions.

Painted Vases

I made this little doo dads today. It seemed to take forever due to the drying time in between coats of paint. I am going to make some more as soon as I get some bright pink and purple paint. I just love them. You can't put water in them, but you could put fake flowers or whatever in them. Soo cute.

Were was my brain

I made a mistake working on mom's blanket. For some weird reason I dropped 40 stitches on one side. I worked three rows before I noticed it. I mean, I could see the first turn, but all the ones after that? At least all was not lost, I frogged it and started back. Work lost, that's all.

Tissue Couch....so cute.

My step-mother sent me this little couch. I thought it was so cute. My brother just dropped it off along with my son. Who by the way made it to the seventh grade. He was afraid he would fail. Kudos.

Go-Cart racing

Hubby took the kids and I to a go-cart track today. He made me drive one of the stinking things. This was my first time EVER on a go-cart. I didn't want to go fast at all. Plus, I had Abigail in the cart with me.
My middle child was all upset because he wasn't tall enough to drive one of his own. He had to ride with his dad. Poor little Jimmy. He had about six inches to grow. He couldn't get away with that one if he tried.
Anyways, I had fun. Don't want to ever do it again, but I had fun.

I'm SOO Excited

Today, I was going to stop at the dollar store. Instead, I headed into the goodwill. I was shocked at what I saw. I went in to get glass vases to paint. Someone, however, had donated some more records. Well, me being the record freak, I had to check them out.
I got some awesome little records. I thought the big red one was amazing.
Then, the lady asked me what I was doing with them. <> I told her that I make stuff with them. She told me to go back there and get ten of the big ones and she would only charge me $1. Now, I had to pay 50 cents for the others. What a bargain.
Here is a picture..not sure what to do with these yet.

Redneck Letter

Dear Billy Joe Bob,

I'm writing this slow because I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your Pa read in the newspaper that most accidents happen within 20 minutes of your home, so we moved. I won't be able to send you the address because the last family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so they wouldn't have to change their address.
This place is really nice. I even has a washing machine. I'm not sure it works so well, though, Last week I put a load of clothes in and pulled the chain, we haven't seen it since.
The weather isn't bad here. It only rained twice last week; the first time for three days and the second time for four days. About that coat you wanted me to send; your Uncle Bubba said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.
Bubba locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out.
Your sister had a baby this morning, but I haven't found out what it is yet so I don't know if you are an aunt or uncle. The baby looks just like your brother.
Uncle Bobby Ray fell into a whiskey vat last week. Some men tried to pull him out but he fought them off and drowned. We had him cremated; he burned for three days.
Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pickup truck. Butch was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. Your other two friends were in the back, they drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down.

Your Favorite Aunt

Letter From Grandma

Dear Friend,

The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a "honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker. I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

Boy, I'm glad I did! What an uplifting experience followed! I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is...and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed! I found that LOTS of people love Jesus!

While I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, "For the love of GOD! GO! GO! Jesus Christ, GO!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus! Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!

There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a "sunny beach"... I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back. My grandson burst out laughing ... he was enjoying this religious experience, too! A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So, I waved to all my sisters and brothers grinning, and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and I felt kind of sad that had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!

Love,Grandma

funny, huh

Best Email of the Year

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed: "Dear Lord: I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to switch with mine for a day. Amen.
God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish.

The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went grocery shopping, then drove home to put away the groceries, paid the bills and balanced the cheque book. He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog. Then it was already 1 P.M. and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. Set out milk and cookies and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing. At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper, he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed. .At 9 P.M. he was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren't finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love, which he managed to get through without complaint.

The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said: Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back." The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied: "My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were." You'll just have to wait nine months, though. You got pregnant last night."

Voted Women's Favorite E-mail of the Year

Family Pets

My house is full of people and pets. It seems we have all kinds. We have too many fish to list, three birds, one rabbit, and a dog. They have toys all over the house. Here are some pics...

Friday's Feast - a buffet for your brain

Friday's Feast - a buffet for your brain
Appetizer
Briefly describe your living room.
Old couch, five fish tanks, one tv, three game systems, two dvd players, ....etc....

Soup
List 3 things you'd like to accomplish before the end of 2005.
learn to knit......get other parts of house built.......christmas presents done

Salad
When you're online, what do you spend the most time reading/playing/doing? Suggest a site for us to visit.
reading...crafting....SITE.of course.... craftster.org

Main Course
What would the title of your autobiography be?
'my boring life: according to my kids'

Dessert
What time do you usually go to bed?
Well, that all depends when I fall asleep on the computer...lol

Hubby's Big Boy TOYS

My weird husband went today and bought another one of his toys. They are taking up a big portion of my driveway. I do wish he would take up match box car collecting. Here are his toys...

Craftster Swap

I got this little cutie from a swap on craftster. This girl in canada made it for me since I like birds. The theme of the swap was "blue purse". She is the one I made the star record purse for.
It even has a little removeable purse inside. It is soooo cute. I might use it also as a tote bag for carrying my yarn.

Record bowls with pictures

I made these little gems today waiting on company. Quick and easy.

I just taped some cute little pinup girls to them. I got the pics off of the web.

These two bad boys are awesome. I put a picture of my kids in the one and outlined it with crocheted ribbon. I also put a stand on the back, so it would stand up. AND>>>>the piece de resistence...a red record. Who could of thunk it. I was so amazed when I bought this today. Never in my wildest dreams.... NOW I know.

The BIG 3 - 0

Well, It's official. I'm thirty. I don't feel any different. I haven't done anything different. I got up, made my husband's lunch, cleaned house, woke the kids, made them breakfast, and played on the computer. Nope, nothing's different.

MOMWITH3KIDS

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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Crochet doll dress

I'm Amazed

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

School's IN

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Friday, August 19, 2005

Friday's Feast - a buffet for your brain

Monday, August 15, 2005

Tissue Box Covers

Sunday, August 14, 2005

A Test

Friday, August 12, 2005

Friday's Feast - a buffet for your brain

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Painted Vases

Were was my brain

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Tissue Couch....so cute.

Monday, August 08, 2005

Go-Cart racing

I'm SOO Excited

Sunday, August 07, 2005

Redneck Letter

Letter From Grandma

Friday, August 05, 2005

Best Email of the Year

Family Pets

Friday's Feast - a buffet for your brain

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Hubby's Big Boy TOYS

Monday, August 01, 2005

Craftster Swap

Record bowls with pictures

The BIG 3 - 0