One, Two & Three

times to be published in the last 2 weeks! I've NEVER been published before because I've never submitted any of my work. Until now! I've submitted several layouts and not only did my first and second submissions get published but so did a couple other. I am absolutely thrilled! I can't even believe it:)
I will post pictures of my layouts once the issues come out. One will be out in the next week and the other 2 is for an October issue.
Thrilled....it's all I can say!

Triple arm pump to me!!

I need to put my feet up!

It's been a crazy but fun week:) On Tuesday and Wednesday, my BFF burned through Minneapolis in search of her elusive wedding shoes! THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND!!!
We were both in shock to find them as she has some of the worst luck. We both spent WAY too much and got a ton of great deals and had so much fun! Lee, my brother, took us out to Ichibans and it was fabulous. Then to the Forsay building for breakfast...yum:)
Today was spent on the road hauling my horse to get new shoes. I'm FINALLY going to get back to riding after losing Lily and the whole dizziness issue. I can't wait:)
"Nothing heals the inside of a human like the outside of a horse."

Have a great weekend!!!

What a wonderful weekend!

Lance & I spent the weekend at what we lovingly call the Brai.ne.rd Bed & Breakfast or Dennis & Joanne's house. Dennis & Joanne have a beautiful home and love sharing it with their family and friends. We are so lucky to fall into this group. They are definitely the hosts with the most!! We had so much fun!! We spent all weekend laughing, eating, riding in helicopters, boating, shopping, knitting and more! What a perfect weekend it was:)

Here are some of the projects that I've been working on:

Tomorrow I'm off to the cities to go shopping with my BFF to look for her wedding shoes. Hopefully we will find them...

If not, we'll still have a great time shopping and she'll just have to wear her snow boots!!

Ode to potatoes!

Lance and I got back from Duluth just in time to join in the festivites that are Barnesville's Potato Days. It is a huge festival/celebration that happens once a year in our town. Loads of fun, let me tell you!

Lance and his friend, Mike decided to run the 5K at about 11:30pm Friday night. The race started at 8am the next morning! Nothing like planning ahead and/or training!! With that said, they did great:) Here are some pics!

Should you be warming up??

Not that way!!!

Going going going...over half done here!

Crossing the finish line!!!

Lance getting some puppy love!

Busy week...

OK, I know I said I would update/post pics earlier but it's been a crazy week! So here are some pictures for you!!

I took pictures of my new scraproom (they are on the side bar) as I moved downstairs to make room for Lily/the nursery. We painted and moved everything early on in the pregnancy so my old scraproom (which is next to our bedroom) is sitting empty waiting for our second baby. I thought it would be hard to see the empty nursery every time I walk to our room but it's not. I know it will be filled soon. I can feel it in my heart.

The following is a picture of my first attempt at knitting a scarf (this is self-taught!):

If you look close (or not so close!), you can see that the scarf is getting wider as it gets longer! WTH?? You can also see a couple of larger holes and some added rows halfway through the scarf! EEK!!

The next pictures are after 1 -1hr lesson! What a difference!! I'm adding the fringe on the scarf today and moving on to the next project. Another scarf but one with a pattern and design!

The color didn't show up very well in these. The scarf is blue, green, purple & fuchsia. It's very pretty!

I also wanted to thank Jewels for nominating me for the Pink Rose Award.

Jewels and I unfortunately have some very close similarities in that we both just lost our baby girls. Jewels lost her sweet Angel Rose a couple of weeks after we lost Lily. My heart has ached for her as I know ~exactly~ what she was going through and all the pain and heartache she was feeling. I feel like we are bonded sisters now.

It is a beautiful day today! The sun in shining and I am happily huddled in my scraproom watching football and the oly.mpics while working on my BF's bachelorette invites. I have to get them done this weekend as Lance and I are off on another work trip this week. Must.get.them.mailed!!!

Ask... and you shall receive!

Guess who showed up this morning???

AF!


Let the TTC games begin!!

I'm sending her to you, Jewels, after I'm done with her!

Glorious rainy day!

It's raining cats and dogs here...and I love it! Except while Teddy, Lance and I walked to the post office to get the business mail and got caught in a downpour about 6 blocks away from home. Sprinting and I don't get along so much!! I'm much more of a jogger than actually runner. Aside from that, there is nothing better than spending a day at home when it's raining. I find the thunder to be comforting in an odd way. I'm also one of those people that stands in front of our 2-story bay window watching the lightning and rain as Lance is yelling at me to get away from the window while he's huddled in the basement with the animals! I've always loved storms!
I've got a bunch of pictures to show but alas they are still on my camera and I'm elbow deep in my to-do list. I'll add those tomorrow or tonight. I'll give you an update on the knitting (along with pictures) and how my first lesson yet. Thank God for that lesson! EEK!
My new blog picture is just one that I found online and loved. I love the bench and all the fall colors! We are having Lily's bench made by a local artist. He does fabulous custom mosaic tile. It won't be done until later this fall or winter, when things slow down for him. It's still high tourist season in the lakes country of MN!
I scheduled my 6 week post-partum appt with my OB but he's so busy that it will be more of a 10 week pp appt. Which is fine by me, so when he asks if we've had "relations" it won't be ~so~ against his rules! oops!! tee hee! I've actually been having a recurring dream that I'm waiting in the office and when my doc walks in, he looks at me and says "You look pregnant." (and not in a "your still fat" way either...a good way!) Wound't that be nice?! I think it's all wishful thinking!
A girl can hope, can't she?!!