We Surrender!

Dear Horrible Virus,

YOU WIN! Now please leave us.

Mimi, Moe, & Karen

Genocide in Darfur

Last night Kevin and I watched a documentary on Darfur . Please go to your local library and check it out:
The Devil Came on Horseback

The genocide in Darfur has claimed 400,000 lives and displaced over 2,500,000 people. More than one hundred people continue to die each day; five thousand die every month.


Go here and see what our elected government officials are doing about this. And tell them this is important to you and your family. Remind them we promised "Never again" after the Holocaust.

Also, here is an article the AP released today.


Thanks, Karen

Scary Times

Pumpkin Picking

My Momma's group met at a local orchard today! We had a lot of fun. I am so grateful for the mommas in our playgroup. It is lovely having a group of friends for the kids and me! It is nice to have such wise friends around when it comes to kids and parenting. Sometimes when I am at my wits end, I get some of the best advice from them.

In less than a month we will be electing Barack Obama! (Had to get that in there!)

Looove this time of year! Have a great weekend!
~Karen

My Superheroes!

Sorry for the bad lighting here, but it is hard to get a pic of a superhero!

I hacked together a couple capes for Mimi and Moe. By hacked, I mean I ACTUALLY sat down at the sewing machine and sewed. Hard to believe? Well, if you examine the capes closely you will believe me! They are faaaar from perfect!

It was a lot of fun seeing them run around and pretend fly. I have plenty of scraps left, so I think I may make a couple more. Visitors need capes too!

Hmmm. Thanks...I guess.

Today we went on a play date, and all the kids did great. It was one of those relaxing play dates where all the kids find something to do. No fussing, fighting, or crying! AH! :)

Today I finished up some signs. Hope they work in the room, Amanda!

After that I did the Pilates tape. I am getting better. It still hurts during and afterwards. But, I am getting farther in the tape than ever before!!! :)

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Then I got the mail.....Woo Hoo ! Looks like I got something....What could it be????

Looks like some sort of sample maybe.....


Woo Hoo..what every girl wants....samples of tampons and maxi pads.

Gee...Thanks...I guess.

Have a great Tuesday!

Improvement? Crafting! Fall!

Hello! Happy Monday! Hope everyone got off to a good start this week.

I got this crazy notion this bench needed recovering, and that it would be EASY! Yeah, right. It wasn't horrible, but easy wouldn't describe it either! Hopefully it was worth the effort. You tell me! ??

Before:


After:



A BIG THANKS to Kevin for helping finish this project. My sad muscles could not get the job done! Thanks Kev!
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And on to my hoarding...Here is another stash that I am ashamed of:
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Here are projects half finished:

I made this in honor of Fall. I love this time of year!