Designs with my Niece

Well, I finally got the pictures from my niece for her horseshow.  Everyone loved the decor she did for the horses.  Here are the pictures.

July 25, 2011

I can't believe July is almost over.  Where has the time gone?  It seems like the school year just ended.  And now we are talking school supplies for the new year.  Wow!

I am excited this week just saw that Hobby Lobby has Cricut supplies 30% off...YEA!!!  I went to go make a sign for my daughter's softball team party on Saturday and my cricut mat wouldn't hold my paper.  Very disappointed but I guess I've been using it so much that it lost it's sticky.  And I am terrible at keeping backups (for everything).  So I get to go shopping for my cricut this week.  I love shopping at hobby lobby.

The weather is finally back to normal here.  The heat wave is gone.  Our pool was the same temperature as the hot tub at one point.  And we got some rain so our garden and my flowers are looking so much better.  Now this is summer weather :)

Hello Wednesday!  And it is a hot one.  The poor midwest...we are just getting hit bad with this heat wave.  I just need the humidity to go down.  I like the heat but not the humidity.  It's been nice being home and not running to games after work.  Trying to catch up on laundry and cleaning before the coming weekend.  We are hosting my daughter's softball team party on Saturday.  With this heat I think everyone will be staying in the pool.

Our garden is going great.  We already have some cucumbers, green peppers, and cherry tomatoes.  Made a salad for dinner last night with the veggies from the garden.  It was delicious.  Now I just have to weed it.  I haven't paid much attention to the garden lately so the weeds are attacking it.  Hopefully tonight I can get in there and get rid of the weeds.

Well, that's it for now.  Have a great day!

What a weekend!

Well, we did it.  My family survived the the Baseball/Softball season of 2011!  And it was a great season.  My son and I spent the weekend at Notre Dame University.  His basball team was in a tournament there.  They were the 4th seed going into the playoffs Sunday morning but unfortunately lost their first playoff game.  He played great all weekend.  His hitting was great.  Consistently hitting the gaps...So good to see.  We had time Saturday afternnoon to take a tour of the Notre Dame campus.  That place is huge!  It was cool to see all the history that this campus had. But boy were my feet sore after that tour.  I walked the entire tour in flip flops probably not a good idea.

Since we were done by lunch time on Sunday at Notre Dame my son and I decided to head to Flossmoor to see my daughters tournament.  My husband and daughter were not able to go with us to Notre Dame for the weekend because she was in her last All-Star Team tournament.  They were the 2nd seed going into the playoffs on Saturday.  She won saturday and was heading into the Final Four on Sunday.  We got there in the middle of her 1st game on Sunday and sat and watched from the parking lot.  I didn't want her to know I was there because she hits so much better when mom is not there.  She hit another home run Saturday (I wasn't there).  They won that game...came back in the last inning and pulled 5 runs in to win the game.  Off to the championships...It was a nail biter because anything can happen in softball.  They had the lead the entire game but not a big enough gap to sit comfortable.  And it was hot out...we are in the middle of a heat wave in the midwest.  Needless to say they won.  I am so proud of her.  She played both games as catcher and wearing that gear in this heat I'm so happy she didn't pass out.

Now our lives can get back to normal.  And I can get back to my scrapbooking again.  I got my Michael's coupons in my email over the weekend...so excited.  Just might have to hit Michael's during lunch today :)

Is it Thursday or is it Friday???

The calendar says Thursday but for me with work it is Friday!!!!!  YEA!!!  I have tomorrow off!  And I get to spend the day at a baseball tournament.  I love watching my son play baseball!  He is really good at it...he's a natural at any sport he plays.  I know I'm his mom and I'm a little biased but I here it from so many people.  And those people aren't even family and have to say it...haha.  This is his last tournament for the season so let's keep our fingers crossed that they win it all.  It's been a rough year for this group of boys.  Lots of injuries.

Last night my niece came over and we used my cricut to create designs for her horse stable.  She is taking her horse to the World Show (I may have the name wrong) in Oklahoma.  I guess it is one of the biggest or possibly the biggest (not sure) horse show in the US.  I don't know too much about horse shows other than my brother and his family take their horses to them all the time.  I told her to take pictures of everything once it is up in the stall at the horse show so I can see the final design.  We just basically cut everything out but didn't put it together.  So excited to see what it will look like when it's completed.

That's it for now!  Yea Friday...oh wait Yea Thursday...haha!