Friday, March 14, 2014

A Very Happy 10th Birthday

Happy 10th birthday to my sweet baby girl, Eliana!!











Thursday, March 13, 2014

Recent Baby Blankets

I added the owl applique as a custom order on a blue/green blanket I had previously made. The bunny lovey was recently made this year, and the little girl chocolate and plum blanket was for a special baby girl made with yarn that belonged to her grandmother.







Saturday, March 08, 2014

The Songs in My Head--Get Back Up

Yay!! It is nearly spring!! I saw my first little yellow crocus yesterday in my yard. My outside kitty TigerGirl came up and wanted lots of snuggles and love. She and Snowball, my 2 outside cats, are strong and have thick winter fur. They have been hard to find this winter. They must have good hiding places, because no matter how many times I've called and gone outside and looked for them, they'd only come home when I was least expecting them. I did get them inside for some of the coldest weather, but there were lots of times I'd pick one of them up and bring them in, only for them to run right back outside. Cats do have a mind of their own. You can't say I haven't tried to get them in the house this winter.

The song running through my head first thing this morning....
"We lose our way, we get back up again....you may be knocked down but not out forever...love calling, love calling.....you may be knocked down but not out forever"

just snippets of a song. Until I looked it up, I had totally forgotten it was a song off a cd that my kids have, and they ask to listen to it all the time.
Here are the complete lyrics for Get Back Up:
You turned away when I looked you in the eye,
And hesitated when I asked if you were alright,
Seems like you're fighting for you life,
But why? oh why?
Wide awake in the middle of your nightmare,
You saw it comin' but it hit you outta no where,
And theres always scars
When you fall back far
We lose our way,
We get back up again
It's never too late to get back up again,
One day you will shine again,
You may be knocked down,
But not out forever,
Lose our way,
We get back up again,
So get up, get up,
You gonna shine again,
Never too late to get back up again,
You may be knocked down,
But not out forever
[May be knocked down but not out forever]
You're rolled out at the dawning of the day
Heart racin' as you made you little get away,
It feels like you've been runnin' all your life
But, why? Oh why?
So you've pulled away from the love that wou'd've been there,
You start believin' that your situation's unfair
But there's always scars,
When you fall back far
We lose our way,
We get back up again
Never too late to get back up again,
One day, you gonna shine again,
You may be knocked down but not out forever,
Lose our way, we get back up again,
So get up, get up
You gonna shine again
It's never too late, to get back up again
You may be knocked down, but not out forever,
May be knocked down, but not out forever!
This is love callin', love callin', out to the broken,
This is love callin'.
This is love callin', love callin', out to the broken
This is love callin'.
This is love callin', love callin',
I am so broken
This is love callin' love callin
Lose our way, [way way way ay ay ay]
We get back up, [get back up again]
It's never too late [late late late ate ate ate]
You may be knocked down but not out forever!
Lose our way,
We get back up again,
So get up get up
You gonna shine again
Never too late to get back up again
You may be knocked down,
But not out forever,
This is love [lose our way] callin' love callin' [get back up again]
To the broken
This is love [never too late] callin'
[may be knocked down but not out forever]
This is love [lose our way] callin' love callin' [we get back up again]
To the broken
This is love [never too late] callin'
[may be knocked down but not out forever]
This is love callin' love callin'
Out to the broken,
This is love callin'....

The song is by TobyMac....here is a youtube video if you want to listen to it...



to finish out my post today, I'm going to just add several pics of things that are really important to me .....have a great day.
missed a week of school with this ice and snow

Eliana wanted a picture of this sky so she could draw it later


when my kids were out of school, they came to work with me

Talon getting ready to play in the snow. Cutest lumberjack ever

pink kitchen set at Raggle Taggle

purple/and green kitchen set at Raggle Taggle

Eliana and Talon getting ready to play in the snow

stretchy bracelets the kids and I made

TigerGirl came to see me in the snow. I was looking for crocuses. She wanted snuggles.

Winter sale of my things at Raggle Taggle

the little yellow crocus I found yesterday, coming up through the snow. Looking for the crocuses is one of my favorite times of the year