C is for Cookie and That's Good Enough For Me !!

Yes, I know I am behind in my blogging. I am eternally sorry. I have just been so busy lately, not to mention the fact I have felt like CRAP because of these awful allergies. Oh well, it will get better soon. I hope you like the title. It is from an old song from Sesame Street that Cookie Monster used to sing. I thought it would be cute. So without further ado I give you the letter C, in all its random glory.

Cindy - Cindy is a very dear and special person to me. She has known me the longest of any of my friends. She and I started working at Food World together the same week back in April of 1992. Good God, that is 17 years ago, time has flown away. She and I clicked early on and became inseparable. We both stayed and worked there together for 10 years. We have seen each other at our best and at our absolute worse. We have seen each other thru more drama than I care to remember. She sat with me until the nurses kicked her out the night before my big surgery and she was one of the first faces I saw when I woke up. We have traveled everywhere together, from London and Paris to Gulf Shores and Tunica and tons of places in between. She is my sister in every sense of the word. I love her very much. I am so thrilled that she and her husband David are having their first child in August. Little Kate is going to have a wonderful mom !!!

Country Music - Ok so some people may think that this one is a little odd coming from me. I am the first to admit that I have not always liked country music. In fact, when I was in high school and college I hated it. For the last couple of years though, it has become my favorite. I find that I become very inspired in my writing. If you listen, almost every song is begging to have a story written about it. That's what they are really, little short stories set to music. Other music just doesn't do this. Right now, I would love to go see Brad Paisley in concert. I adore him, and not just because he named his new baby Jasper. I also adore Carrie Underwood, her "Just a Dream" has altered the path of one of the characters for my book. More on that to come later :)

Cricut - I know it is crazy but I just love this little machine. For you non crafters out there, this machine can cut shapes and letters in tons of different sizes. There are so many great cartridges out there, especially a few of the soon to be released ones. There is a really great blog I discovered that has so many great ideas for cricut users. I have seen things on there I have never even thought about. You should really check it out. http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/

I think that is about it for the C's today. I will have a big baby blog coming up after tomorrow to talk about Reese, Noah and another very special little one I just learned about yesterday. D will be coming up soon too, although I don't think I can do much better than Jaime's beautiful blog about her dad. That brought tears to my eyes. Have a super day everybody !!

Catching Up

Hi everyone ! I hope everyone is having a great week. I thought I would take a couple of minutes this afternoon to play a little catch up with my blog. I had a very productive weekend. I took a ton of pictures and put a lot of my rings and necklaces on etsy. Guess what !!! I sold my first necklace today. I am so excited. Be sure to stop by and check them out. Here is the direct link to my shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5650129 I hope to have more new stuff up soon. I am also working on some new scrapbook kits to replace the ones already on there. I wish I just had more TIME so I could get all the ideas out of my head. It doesn't help that I have felt like crap all weekend. My allergies are totally out of control. All those evil little wormy things hanging from the oak trees, they are my arch nemesis right now !!!

I am also anxiously awaiting more baby news. My friend Paige has had a very frustrating couple of weeks. She was put on bed rest because her blood pressure was going up. Well it is still up but the dr's just keep putting her in the hospital and then sending her back home. She is beyond frustrated. Lord knows Paige isn't known for her patience in the best of times, much less at 9 1/2 months pregnant, LOL. We were really hoping they would keep her today but no such luck. She has at least dilated 1 cm now. If nothing changes, she goes back again on Friday. She really thinks her Dr is waiting until next week to seriously talk about inducing her. Then of course Jaime goes back tomorrow as well. Those 2 will end up going on the same day. I for one am ready for little Reese and Noah to both be here happy and healthy.

I better run for now. I hope to post my next alphabet installment tomorrow or Thursday. Tootles :)