I must be having fun, because time is flying by...!?

Time flies when you're having fun, right? Or so they say?

I look up, and another month has gone by. I look down to do something, look up, and more time has passed. That is one of the few things we can never recover.  Time gone, words spoken in anger, pre-baby weight, etc.

McGyver and I have been sick for a few weeks with a nasty cold.  Mine went to my chest and is now visiting my sinuses.  In addition, our pine trees are releasing an unprecedented amount of pollen, lol.  It's spring time, right?

Chicklet celebrated her 12th birthday yesterday!  She had a great day.... Daddy/Daughter breakfast (and won a huge gift basket filled w/ goodies), got a new guitar, had chocolate cake, opened more presents, went out to dinner with one of her bff's, had a sleepover guest, and today.... get's her ears pierced!  She's been waiting and waiting for this day!  I know we're behind the times, but that's ok.  I want her to have things to look forward to, to wait for... rites of passage.

 I remember (now I digress), Sailor Boy's 8th grade dance. (1st of all, really? 8th grade?) He H.A.D. to have a tux because everyone else was going to wear one! The girls were all going to wear formal gowns. REALLY? In 8th grade? So I found him an inexpensive one on eBay, much to his chagrin. But he wore it, and was soooo handsome. Anyway, I remember dropping him off, and outside the school were many young ladies, poured into these long, formal gowns. I don't think one of them had a slip on, or a girdle (lol) for that matter. I determined then to make sure my daughter always wore a slip of some sort!  I felt sad for these kids.... what was there to look forward to? They've already worn a tux and formal gowns before highschool. The Senior Prom was going to be boring by the time they got there. (and I PRAISE GOD we have no more senior proms because the other kids are in a small private school or being homeschooled - Sailor Boy's was enough to last me a lifetime).

Ok.... I will spare you the rest, hee hee.

Here are some of the submissions to M4H52. You can look for their group on Flickr.com.






Sparkle - week 12

Color

 Wild Card

 Blue - Week 11

M4H Weeks 3 - 6, Playing Catch Up!

It's been a little while since I've posted.... life has been full!

Here are my submissions for weeks 3 - 6 for M4H 52 Challenge. You can find the group on Flickr.com

Week 6 - Emotion

Week 5 - Simplicity

Week 4 - Imperfection

Week 3 - Inspiration

Thinking of a shot for each weekly theme has been a true challenge.

I sometimes wish she'd request something like 'child with pet',  that would be soooo easy!

I have enjoyed the challenge though and am blown away by some of the submissions entered.



Week 2 / 52

This is my submission for M4H 52, week 2.

Our old doggie, Scotty, became suddenly sick 1 1/2 wks ago, I think he had a stroke.  I took this shot of our new puppy, Bear, sitting by Scotty.  Bear new Scotty was sick, and just wanted to stay with him.

It's not a great shot, technical-wise, but it captured a bittersweet moment in our 'life' last week.

Amazing Canon 5D Mark II Give-A-Way!

You've got to go to

http://www.myfourlittlehensphotography.com/ and check out Sarah's

Give-a-Way!

A Canon 5D Mark II.... woot woot!

A full-framed camera.... what would I do with it? I'd find a give-a-way for a good L series lens and win that too, and go to town with both items, lol!

I have really enjoyed

http://www.myfourlittlehensphotography.com/ ,

it's a great place to hang out. I like her style of shooting as well as her personality. I love when you stumble upon blogs/sites written by people that you JUST know you'd be buddies with if you ended up in the same town.

And I love her reason for doing the Give-A-Way. What a testimony!

I sure do hope I win, but hey, even if I don't, I'll be ok ;-)

New Photography Challenge

I joined a new photography challenge group this week.

It's sponsored by Sarah at

My Four Little Hens Photography

(www.myfourlittlehensphotography.com/photographers)

She has a group on Flickr you can follow, or else you can follow her on Facebook. 

She will be posting a weekly theme. Those who join the challenge will post their weekly photo on Flickr or Facebook.

Her theme for the first week of Janaury was

Resolutions.

Here's my photo I submitted....

My resolution is to be a good steward with the 3 most important gifts we humans are given...

my faith, my family, my time.

It is my goal to post each weekly picture on my blog. 

What's your resolution?

Really.... I probably have a list twice as long as last years but haven't written it down yet1

Fun Day

Well, I guess I cross one more thing of my 'Want to Do' list for 2011.

I didn't necessarily have a 'quilt camp' here, but I did host a craft/sewing day in the desert!

Had 2 girlfriends come over for a craft day, well, more like an eating/crafting day!

Miss C. made pacifier-type clip-ons, and Miss W. made some magical soda can flowers and embellishments with her BigZ and dyes.

I didn't get much done, but here's something I did finish.

It's a wool, yoyo purse/clutch!

I am going to make another one w/ some 1930's fabric.

Snow Day 2011

Wow, we had so much fun!