Stitchin' Queen

Lookie at what I can do!!!

2011-12-06T11:50:00.001-08:00

Here we go!!! It's finally finished! My Mom's afghan turned out a lot better than I thought it would. I'm quite proud of it. Obviously the pictures don't do it justice and I'm not the best picture taker in the world either. I can't wait for her to open it. As a side note, I finished a pair of socks as well and started on Sharon's (my sister).

Nearly there!

2011-11-26T19:08:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I got the four Christmas stockings, two scarves done and the last square on my Mom's afghan done!!! Just the border and I'm done. I'll be done in time for Christmas. Gotta finish a pair of socks before I start on Sharon's but that won't take long at all. My knitting needles are SMOKIN'!! I'm actually excited to start crosstitching and doing specialty stitching again. Get some of that cleared out as well.

Oh man!

2011-11-07T15:43:00.001-08:00

Wow! It's been what...hang on...gotta get out my fingers and toes to count all this up...a year and nine months since my last post. Being single kinda hinders what you post, I think. No kids, no husband, etc. Nothing much ever happens in my life. I stitch, work, stitch some more and then stitch again. What can I say it's my passion, addiction, life! Love it! Trying to think of anything major...nope B O R I N G (does getting into pinterest count?)

I get to go home in 43 days but who is counting? Jesse is now 7 and Dalton is now 5. I haven't seen them in two years. Tickets last year were $800 so I stayed in Utah. Even though I talk to my Mom and sister it's not the same as seeing them. You know I'll be posting some pictures then!

Projects I'm working on now: More Christmas stockings (see older post for picture), two pairs of socks, my Mom's afghan and just finished my Aunt Julie's cat sampler. Again, stitching is my passion, addiction, life!

Blog with y'all later!

Christmas 2010

2010-02-25T12:12:00.000-08:00

This is where I start crossing the line between hobby and mental illness. I have started not only thinking about Christmas presents but started making them. Here's just a few of the things I have going on:

Cardigan by Knitting Pure and Simple and I'm doing it in a charcoal gray variegated yarn.

Now this scarf is something I've always wanted to do but heard it's hard so here goes nothing!

This little doozy here is an ongoing project!! I had this one 3/4 of the way done when someone decided it would be oooh so much fun to steal my car and throw it away. I'm at it again for this year and I will get it done!

This is a new one from Long Dog Samplers that I fell in love with and will do in a denim blue variegated silk thread.

Now you may be thinking to yourself that these colors are HORRIBLE for this stocking but trust me I do them in much better colors :-)

These projects do not include the side projects I'm trying to get done for me and other folks. This is what I love and crave to do so it's not a taunting task at all. Ask me again at Christmas and I'm frantically stitching trying to get everything done :-)

Jesse

2010-01-10T15:57:00.000-08:00

Ok so we know I don't have kids and don't know all the songs kids learn at school to help them remember things. Jesse has learned these and after a lot of pleading and begging he sang them for me. I was a captive audience and then had the songs in my head for a really long time. Taylor helps with the first song and Dalton...well Dalton is just being Dalton : ) Sorry the first video is hard to hear.

Christmas 2009

2010-01-10T14:48:00.000-08:00

Ahhh Christmas time! I just love going home for the holidays. I didn't get to see everyone as much as I wanted but it was good to see everyone all the same. Dalton and Jesse are getting so big! Jordan is practically a woman now and Jared and Jack H. are growing up too fast. I have pictures of Dalton and Jesse but unfortunately the night I went to Jack and Rebecca's I forgot my camera so no pictures of them. I did remember to take it to dinner one night with Jack so got a picture of him, Jared and Jack H. So here are pictures from back home. Hope y'all enjoy!

Mom made cornbread dressing. You might be wondering why I mention cornbread dressing. It's a Christmas "tradition" for my family. I love that stuff. So much I took a picture to show you and will put it on here (that's for those of you who have never seen true Southern cornbread dressing). : ) I know! Posting about cornbread is weird!

As you may remember I dressed up as Mimi for Halloween. Sharon asked that I bring it home and dress up. One night I went to Sharon's house all dressed up. I went in and Jesse came around the corner and looked at me for a moment and I said "Hi Jesse". He said in a very small voice "Hey". I said do you know who I am and he shook his head and immediately went behind Sharon and hid. After some coaxing on Sharon's part he came out and smiled big and said "That's Beff!"

I also had plenty of time to sit and stitch and just relax. It was heavenly. I made my first pair of socks and beanie. Quite proud of myself!

2009-12-30T11:20:00.001-08:00

See ya'll in 2010!!!

Sooo close!!!

2009-11-12T13:47:00.000-08:00

I had to share some of my enthusiasm for a moment. I finished a big project last night and almost done with two others! I got to take them off my list to the left. Woo hoo!! That is all, carry on :)

Wonder Woman

2009-10-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

Anyone that knows me knows that I LOOOOOOVE Wonder Woman. It reminds me of my childhood and underroos. My Mom would make me silver bracelets and a headband (whatever that's called) out of cardboard and foil and I'd run up and down the drive way with rope lassoing what ever I could find. Anyway, I found the old shows on Hulu.com and got to wondering how much it would cost to buy the DVDs. So I got on Amazon.com and you won't believe how much they were a piece. Drumroll please.........$5 and we're talking brand spanking new!! I got all 3 seasons for $20!! Count 'em...Seasons 1, 2, and 3 for $20!!! Oooh I am a happy girl!! If only I could still run up and down my street with my underroos and rope!

My FIRST Halloween

2009-10-16T01:30:00.000-07:00

So I'm saying My FIRST Halloween because I haven't dressed up for Halloween since I was a kid. I play Bunco with girls from my ward and the theme was obviously Halloween. So Rachelle suggested I go as Mimi from the Drew Carey Show. By the time I got off work I had 30 minutes to find make up and a wig. This is what became of it. I'm pretty sure I'm a good mix of Mimi, Dolly Parton, and old hooker. Take your pick :0)

Alcatraz Island

2009-10-15T22:52:00.001-07:00

Alcatraz Island
Jail cell at Alcatraz

The view of San Francisco from Alcatraz

This was the Warden's home. Anyone who worked at Alcatraz had to live on Alcatraz Island (if I remember correctly from the film). They had houses and yards for kids to play in. The kids would take a ferry to and from San Francisco for school every day.

Fisherman's Wharf

2009-10-15T22:40:00.001-07:00

The sea lions of Pier 39. The sound was deafening

Fresh crab....soooo sooo good!

My attempt at cracking into the crab

Now Katie's turn

San Francisco Weekend!!

2009-10-15T22:14:00.000-07:00

My friend Katie texts me one night about two weeks ago and here's how the conversation goes: Katie: Do you have plans for the weekend? Me: Nope. Katie: Want to go on a road trip? Me: Heck yeah!!! Where?! Katie: San Francisco, California. Me: OKAY!!! I had never been to San Francisco so I wanted to be THE TOURIST. We did all the touristy stuff: Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, Fisherman's Wharf and Ghiradelli Square. I had a BLAST!! The next few posts will be pictures of my trip. Hope you enjoy...I SURE DID!!!

2009 Utah State Fair

2009-09-22T21:57:00.001-07:00

ABC Sampler by Drawn Thread

Toccata 3 by Drawn Thread

At the encouragement of friends I decided to try my hand at the Utah State Fair. I entered in two of my best pieces and what do you know I won 1st place! I think my work is mediocre at it's best so it was nice to see I won. They fill out tags with your name, city, description of the piece and what category your in. After they do the judging they put comments on the back. The comment for ABC sampler was "Spectacular alphabet - very well stitched". The comment for Toccata 3 was "Incredible work - All those tiny stitches and lovely patterns" You can definitely bet that I'll enter again next year. Oh and I won $7 for each piece!

My Big Fat Sore Toe

2009-07-29T12:58:00.000-07:00

So I have had chronic ingrown toenails on my right big toe for years and years. This last weekend I got completely fed up with hurting and I have had this procedure before on my other toe and it worked wonders. I remember this other doctor actually cutting out a chunk of my toenail and putting in sutures. This other doctor made me wait three weeks to try other things before doing that though.

So I called my new podiatrist and made an appointment for today. I walk in and I said okay the last doctor that did my other foot made me wait three weeks and do all kinds of crap before he took it out. I said we're not doing that this time. I want them out now. He said okay that's a fairly easy procedure. I grab my shoes and put them on thinking well he'll schedule me for another day. The next thing I hear is....nurse prep her for surgery! I'm like whoa, what?, waaaaiiit! The resident comes in with a long needle and Novocaine. He said I have to give you four shots in the toe. I guess my face went pale and my body tensed because he said are you going to be okay? I said I'm not a needle fan. He said well we have this stuff called cold spray you want that first?! Um....HELLLOOO YEAH!! It numbs your skin so you don't feel the shots!!! I thought I'd watch and see what goes on. I was good up until the blood started coming and he started yanking on my toenail. I laid back and just closed my eyes. After some cutting, yanking and scraping he cleaned it all up and put this acid medication on there. It keeps it from growing back. Who knew!!!

We got all done and I said is this going to hurt bad later? He said ooh just take some Tylenol when you get back to work. I laughed!! I have a pain tolerance of ZERO!! I'm sure I'll be taking Lortab tonight. :-) The older I get the more I don't handle pain well. So far it's all good. I'm still completely numb across the top of my foot. I'm hoping this will take care of it all!!

Beanie Hat

2009-07-04T00:49:00.000-07:00

I have just gone crazy with knitting and I love it!!! I took a class on how to make beanies and this one was so pretty done up I had to try. You knit beads into the beanie and that intrigued me (first picture, hope you can see it okay). Oooh and it fits!! I was afraid it wouldn't fit my fat head but it does.

Progress

2009-07-04T00:45:00.000-07:00

Here's the progress on the little sweater I'm making. I finished the body and collar and started on the sleeve today. It's coming along very nicely if I say so myself! I've had a few snags getting the sleeve to work and have said a few choice words but I got it all figured out and away I went. I'm hoping the next sweater will be much easier and go a lot smoother :-)

Oooh lookie at what I can do!

2009-06-17T14:49:00.000-07:00

Ever since I learned how to knit I've really wanted to learn how to make sweaters but the sewing aspect of it wasn't something I wanted to do. I don't sew! I can do pretty much everything but never learned how to sew. Anyway, I signed up for a sweater class at Kamille's in Gardner Village (I highly recommend them!!! Wonderful people over there!!) and Laura showed me a pattern by Knitting Pure and Simple. Everything is done from the neck down and there's no sewing involved!!!! I've started out thought and am making a children's pullover sweater, just in case I didn't like it or it wasn't easy to do. Turns out the patterns are so easy to follow. What I've done so far I've been able to do in a week. I still have the rest of the body, neck and sleeves to do. When it's all done and it looks nice then I'm making me a hoody pullover. Ooooh ya!!

Gotta Check This OUT!

2009-06-04T22:10:00.000-07:00

SUSHI!!! YUM-O

2009-06-01T19:12:00.001-07:00

As we all know, I love sushi!! Ok cooked sushi or what I like to call it...texmex sushi :-) A new place has opened up in Jordan Landing and it's yummy!! I'm so glad to have a sushi place on the west side other than Tepanyaki. It's called Sakana and I recommend it to anyone that loves sushi.

A New Do!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-05-18T20:22:00.000-07:00

A far cry from my blog entry three weeks ago or so isn't it! I got a trim and color tonight and it looks fabulous! Cheryl curled my hair with a flat iron for me even and I wish I could do that. I love the curls. I'm not one to compliment myself EVER but let me tell you...I feel down right gorgeous! You know the song by Akon..She's Beautiful? Oooh yeah baby! Yes I know I'm being silly! :-)

Flower basket with cupcakes!!!!

2009-05-18T20:12:00.000-07:00

You know you have a great friend when she makes you a flower basket with cupcakes!!! My great friend Rachelle makes the BEST cupcakes I have ever had. She decorated these herself and did a phenomenal job. Big and small cupcakes filled the basket. She not only makes your average chocolate and vanilla but she makes cupcakes filled with practically everything. She'll put german chocolate filling, raspberry filling, etc. They are YUMMY!! She is starting a business called Heavenly Bliss and if anyone is interested you can email her at ranelson35@yahoo.com. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!!! Words aren't enough to describe how good these were and beautiful they were. The pictures don't do it justice. THANKS RACHELLE!!

SICK SICK AND DADGUM SICK!!!!

2009-04-15T20:43:00.000-07:00

This is me being sick with the worst cold/sinus whatever I have ever had. That is the amount of Kleenex I go through in a matter of minutes. If the picture of the bag of used Kleenex doesn't do it for you look at how red my nose is!! I can't breathe, my voice is hoarse, and I have mucous in every orifice of my face. It's coming out my eyes, my nose and my mouth. I am being overrun by mucous! PLEASE HELP ME!! The awful thing is I hear this thing lasts for almost 3 weeks. YIPEEE FOR ME!!!!!

2009-04-14T14:46:00.000-07:00

Back yard

Front yard

Aunt Barbara and I were talking last night and she told me that she found out from my cousin Debbie that the house that was built on our old property was up for sale. I googled it and found pictures for them. Very nice house! What made me go down memory lane again though was the magnolia tree in the first picture. I'm sure everyone knows but when you touch a magnolia flower it makes the petals turn brown. I remember going around touching as many blossoms as I could reach just to see if it was true. Sure enough they all turned brown :-) The trees in the front yard in the last picture are pecan trees that my dad planted years ago. I remember telling Sharon a long time ago that'd we'd be able to come back and sit on the balcony and not be able to see the road because the trees were so big. Oh how things change.

Wonder Woman and underoos

2009-03-28T09:28:00.001-07:00

I signed up for Netflix yesterday and saw that I could get the Wonder Woman series. You don't know the flood of memories that brought back for me. I remember the show coming on at 6:00 every week. I am a slow eater but by 6:00 on Wonder Woman night I had dinner eaten, the table cleaned, floor swept and dishes done. I had Wonder Woman stuff like you wouldn't believe. Books, mirrors, posters, etc. So all this reminded me of my Mom and what she did for me. She bought me Wonder Woman underoos and then out of cardboard and aluminum foil she made me bracelets and a head thingy. She would cover the cardboard with the foil and we'd tape them around my wrists and put the headband on. I would go to the garage and get some rope for my truth lasso. Then get on my Big Wheel and pretend that was my invisible plane and the cat was the bad guy. I'd jump from the Big Wheel and chase the cat around and then lasso the poor thing. Huh, maybe that's why she ran away :-) Ahh the good ol' days. THANKS MOM!!!

Thinking of Dad

2009-03-20T23:59:00.000-07:00

It doesn't seem like it but my Dad has been gone 6 years this coming May. I think about him every single day. There are two times I think about the most. They aren't anything really special but for some reason I think back on it more than anything else. There's the time he took me and Sharon to see E.T The Movie and one night he made me dinner and we watched Star Wars with the little Ewoks.

Dad took Sharon and I to see E.T back in 1982. I don't remember a whole lot about the movie. I was only 9 but what I do remember vividly was when E.T. got sick. I cried so hard that I was sobbing and shaking. I mean gut wrenching sobs. Hey! I felt bad for the poor little dude. Anyway, I had people turning and staring at me I was crying so hard. I buried my head in his arm and then he put his arm around me and just held me and told me he was going to be okay.

My Dad owned a BBQ restaurant and Sharon and I would go up there with him and sit while he did paperwork. One night I went up with him and he'd been in his office a really long time. He finally came out and he made us hamburgers and we watched the Star Wars movie. It felt to me like a "father-daughter" moment to me.

Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds!!!!

2009-03-03T07:41:00.000-08:00

Imagine if you will being in a nice deep sleep and dreaming good dreams, only to be awoken by a scratching noise in your wall behind your dryer. Ooooooh scary! I've heard this noise once before about six months ago but then it went away. I get out a stool to look behind the dryer to see if perhaps it's on the outside. I'm thinking it's a mouse, no biggie. This time I figured I would just unhook the dryer hose and let the mouse come out and then I'd set a trap for it. I stand on the stool so the mouse doesn't run over my foot or whatever. I'm not a girly girl by any means and not afraid of a mouse but who likes one to run over your foot!

I hear it come down the wall and starting towards the front of the hose. To my utter horror I see this yellow slender thing come out and the next thing I know there is a black greasy bird heading for my face. Ooooh I screamed like I have never screamed before and stood there in shock while this bird is frantically flying around my house. It heads towards me and I run into my room and shut the door and called my home teacher! Georgia (his wife) answers and I'm just shaking all over and she is laughing so hard and saying it's more scared of me than I am of it. Well at that moment....NUH UH!!! So David, Georgia and her two grandkids come over and get it out for me.

Does the story end there?!! Of course not! I've got the dryer pulled out and figured I should probably clean and take the hose off completely and clean it out. I got it half way off and screamed yet again! There's a dead starling! My nerves are just shot by then so I call Georgia and David back over and the great people they are get the dead bird out but are we done yet? NOPE!!! Georgia is shaking the hose and says ok that's it but then picks up the other end and yet another dead bird!! Even Georgia got a little weirded out by then. So Jay came over and got up into the crawl space and we got the problem solved. Bye Bye Birdies!!!!

Ooooooh doggie

2009-02-09T07:34:00.000-08:00

That is all...carry on!

On a roll...

2009-02-02T13:10:00.000-08:00

Here yet again is another project down and framed even! It's called Treasure Box by Janette Douglas. Been working on it for a loooong time. Got it all finished! Ok except for the charms. I hate sewing on charms so a friend put them on for me.

The leaves at the top look like little tadpoles to me

The finished product!

Squirrley!

2009-02-02T12:47:00.001-08:00

I'm sure most of you think that squirrels are just rodents or something good to eat but I think they are cute! Every other day my Mom puts out bird and squirrel feed on her patio. I think I counted 50 birds at one time. Mostly doves and pigeons. There are two squirrels. I got a picture of one on the side of mom's house and it just stared at me for a while so I grabbed the camera and took pictures.

Steve is back!!!

2009-01-12T12:35:00.000-08:00

We all met at Jack's house on Christmas Eve and Steve and his family came. This was the first Christmas that I've seen Steve in almost 2 years. He looks so good and it was really good to see him doing so well. His boys are getting so big too! Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve with Steve.

Steve with his two boys: Nicholas kneeling and Brandon on the left. Isaac their cousin on the right.

Me and steve

Steve and Jack

Steve and his girlfriend

My Boys

2009-01-12T10:10:00.000-08:00

Once again here are pictures of "my boys". Jesse is now 4 and loves anything Batman and Rock Band (as you can tell from the previous post). When Jesse and I played it was always Batman and I was always the bad guy of course and then we'd play pretend Rock Band. He would be on the drums and I would either sing or play guitar. Dalton who is 3 loves trains and his train tracks. He loves to cuddle and watch his favorite show Wonder Pets. He's getting so big!

Jesse would not smile for this one but at least I got them together!

Precious Dalton!

Jesse

Say Cheese Dalton!

A tribute to The Police

2009-01-12T09:28:00.000-08:00

This is Jesse's rendition of Roxanne by The Police. I'd say he's a little bit country and a little bit rock n' roll. That boy can GET DOWN! You should watch him doing Chop Suey by System of a Down. I am slightly biased but I think he's DANG CUTE. Hope y'all enjoy!

ABC Sampler

2008-12-05T12:43:00.000-08:00

YAY! Another project is finally finished. Drawn Thread is the designer and she is my all time favorite to stitch. She has all sorts of speciality stitches in her designs. Just a lot of fun to do. So on this on, each letter of the alphabet has stitches that are done in that letter. For example, the letter B has the buttonhole stitch or J has the jessica stitch. Some of them I really loved to do and some of them I just stitched them to get it over with. It's one of the nicest things I've done for myself and get this it's only going to cost me $82 to frame!!! That's cheap for something this big. Some photos for you to look at of my latest masterpiece.

Here is the finished piece. Sorry I tried to get it all on there the best I could

I really like the grapes. The hand is a little weird to me but it's for H so we'll just go with it.

This last block was one of my favorites so I took a picture of it.

Hair

2008-12-05T11:21:00.001-08:00

Hair.....

This is my hair

This is my hair on crack

MY BIG FLORIDA ADVENTURE

2008-11-07T20:00:00.000-08:00

In October I was able to hit the road with my brother Jack and his darling family. We stayed at one of the Disney resorts. My favorite was Epcot because inside Epcot was another park that featured different parts of the world. I regret to inform you that I did not carry my camera for this paticular outing, for it was quite the adventure. This is how I have come to the conclusion that China will be my next BIG adventure (after France of course). Anywhoo, you walk about a mile radius and it's like traveling through different countries. The food, the people and the shops were all about that country.

My neice is laughing uncontrolably while I am trying with all my might not to vomit all over us.

We went to Finding Nemo the Musical. It was a huge production.

One of the parks was the Animal Kingdom. These are blue McCaws. Absolutely massive birds and we all know how me love the birds

Cutie pie little Jack

Me and Jordan

Me and Rebecca

DAD!

2008-09-30T10:02:00.001-07:00

Miss you Dad...A LOT!!!!!

One down, twenty to go

2008-09-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest finished project. It's my Mom's Christmas present. Turned out better than I thought. I'm not a pink and green fan so sometimes it was hard to work on it but I got through it and YAY it's done. The center picture are called dove's eyes. The bottom picture isn't very clear but it shows a hardanger stitch called bullion knots. Much nicer than the picture.

So I've got her's done and now I have to finish my sister-in-law's, my aunt's, two knitted sweaters and a pair of knitted socks. Then I started on other unfinished projects. I made a goal not to start on anything new until those other's are done.....ya right!

The whole shabang

Dove's eyes

Bullion knots in the center

Travis is King

2008-09-17T17:58:00.001-07:00

I agree!!

GNO!!

2008-09-17T14:32:00.000-07:00

It's girl's night out, honey there ain't no doubt, I'm gonna dance til all the boys go home. Y'all know the song by Wynona Judd, sing it with me! The gang got all together for another monthly girls night out. Me, Kari, Mindy, Rachelle, Jo, Denise, Kamri and some of Kari's friends were all there. We went to Keys on Main, a version of The Tavernacle. Much more spacious than The Tavernacle though. We had a rough start to the night with the food and waitresses but once the music started it was a blast. Mindy got up and danced even!! Oh yes there was much merriment to be had.

Mindy and me
That's a Buford the Beaver face from Denise
The girls
Kari!!!

No More Hum Bug!!

2008-09-09T14:15:00.000-07:00

I gots me the Christmas spirit again folks! After my tirade about how bad ticket prices are I found a decent one. Now mind you it's still expensive but not $800 expensive. I kept thinking I should wait until October to look again but I couldn't wait. I'm not patient when it comes to me and going home for Christmas. I've been on the internet everyday looking, hoping and praying and lo and behold my prayers were answered! (very southern accent) Found one for $567 with taxes and all. Also I booked with Orbitz so if someone books the same flight at a lower price then I get refunded some money. How cool is that! Oh yes very happy camper again

Scattegories

2008-09-03T10:28:00.000-07:00

Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things, nothing made up! You CANNOT use your name for the boy/girl name question. Leave your answers in the comment section or do it on your own Blog!

WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Beth
4 LETTER WORD: Beat
VEHICLE: BMW
TV SHOW: Bones
CITY: Brownsville
BOY NAME: Benjamin
GIRL NAME: Becca
OCCUPATION: Bus Boy (in the real game that would count as two points!
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Barretts
FOOD: Bananas
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Bubble Bath (oooh I'm gooood)
REASON FOR BEING LATE: Bad traffic
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: BOO!!!

GRRR!!!!

2008-09-03T09:56:00.000-07:00

When you read this read it with a very southern accent. When I get frusterated I get real southern!

I am so stinkin' frusterated right now! I'm trying to find a flight to go home at Christmas. I realize with gas prices having gone up I'll pay a little more than last year. Right now though with prices the way they are I'm paying $200 or more!!! One would think that with Christmas and everyone flying they could come down some. OOOOH NO!!!! Why do that? Why discourage everyone from flying and then really charge an arm and a leg for those of us that want to fly home and be with our families and while I'm at it I'll throw in my other arm and leg and here take my head while you're at it.

Hotwire.com has GREAT deals but every time I click on a flight it's sold out. EVERY SINGLE ONE IS SOLD OUT!!! So then I go to Orbitz.com. I find something I like and then return flight has a 9-11 hour layover! The worst part about this is the prices are $600 and above. One flight I found was $1400!!! If I'm going to pay $1400 you better damn well bet I'm flying first class.

Ok off my soap box. I've vented now. Still upset but I've vented. *SIGH*

Nothing really..

2008-08-18T11:10:00.000-07:00

No pictures or anything to put up here. It's been amost a month since I've posted anything.

Saturday was Jesse's 4th birthday. Man is he getting big! Sharon said they had a huge party for him with horse riding and all. Dalton (whose 2 yrs old) threw the biggest fit when he had to get off the horse. Sharon said that everyone had to share rides with Dalton. She said there were about 40 people or more there. Steve is out of jail now so he was there and brought over his girlfriend and their daughter, Jack came over with his 3 year old, Mom was there and loads of other people. Mom bought Jesse a really cute cake with a helicopter, police car and fire engine. Jesse called me one time to tell me that he helped put out the fires in CA and that he was the best firefighter! So Sharon got him a firefighter hat that had a breathing mask on it. He loved it so much!

It's get togethers like that, that I wish I were back home. Sharon said she even felt Dad there. Which made me slightly jealous since I never feel Dad's presence but oh well. I have to remember all the craziness that goes on there and I realize that I'm better off here. Oh but to miss the parties and get togethers with the whole family makes me miss home a lot!!!!

I am going to Orlando with Jack and his family October 8-12 and then Christmas will be right around the corner and I get to go home! I'm so excited!

To My Favorite Alaskan

2008-07-29T11:37:00.001-07:00

Dear Favorite Alaskan,

I don't know what to tell you about my comment section or whatever. I've gone to settings and changed things in there and I've made sure that I allow comments. No go on anything. Don't know what to tell you. Thanks for checking out my blog...LOL.

Sincerely,
Office Manager at GammaWest Cancer Services

My Family

2008-07-29T11:22:00.001-07:00

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Here's my fam! Of course Jesse and Dalton aren't that small but that's all I could do. Ain't they a beautiful bunch?! I think so. I love them and miss them all so friggin much!

A Blog About Nothing!

2008-07-08T15:02:00.000-07:00

I'm only doing this because at the moment I'm bored and I haven't posted anything lately. Is my life just dull or what?! Ok it's not dull. Far from it I think. I just don't have any pictures to put up.

Oh I did throw a little shindig at my house two weeks back. It was quite fun. Borrowed Rock Band from a friend and Kari, Parker, Jo, Rachelle, Jasmine, Stephanie, Katie and Nicki came. Kari and Parker brought their Wii and some played that and some played Rock Band and Dance Dance Revolution. Needless to say, we rocked out until 12:30!!!!! I didn't take pictures though. Should have. It was a blast! So I guess my life isn't dull after all huh.

My nephews

2008-06-12T15:37:00.000-07:00

Just some random pictures of me and my nephews. I think they are the cutest boys in the whole wide world. Little Jesse was on me like white on rice and I was all over that!! At Christmas time he was a typical 3 year old and just couldn't stand me. He'd say...."go home Beff, I don't like you Beff. This time though was absolute heaven! We played play doh, made mustaches, turtles, you name it we did it. We screamed to the top of our lungs, we read books, we played outside, etc. Let's not forget Dalton. He was a ham too, literally and figuratively. That boy is a chunk!

Me and Jesse taking a self portrait
Dalton
Jesse again
Me and Jesse....squeezing the air out of my cheeks

Dalton's birthday

2008-06-12T15:27:00.000-07:00

So here are some long awaited pictures of my trip back home. This first set are of Dalton's 2nd birthday. It was a fun birthday. Loads of people came over and Jesse cooked out on the grill.

Race car cake
VERY excited about his birthday cake!
He got some cool stuff but this ball was his favorite
The birthday boy!!!!!

Another one bites the dust..

2008-05-05T07:38:00.000-07:00

YAAAY!!! This is a needlepoint I've been working on I think for a year and a half now. Finally got it done! It took so long because every other row is a row of different stitches and that took forever. I wasn't to thrilled with it anymore and I put it down for a while too. I even threw away the pattern when I was done. As nice as it turned out, I never ever want to make another one of these again!!!! So another project bites the dust. One needlepoint project down and two more to go :-)

Girls Night Out

2008-04-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

Kari, Rachelle, Jo and I went to Fat Cats on Friday night and I had a blast. We bowled and then rode bumper cars. I stink at bowling (didn't even break 100) but it was fun! Watching Parker bowl was awesome. That kid is hilarious!! After we finished two games we went and rode the bumper cars for a bit. Paid for one game but the kid that was watching the controls left with a girl so Jo got up and pushed the controls and got us 3 free rides. YAY JO!!! I hadn't ridden bumper cars since I was a kid. I forgot how much I like them.

Me, Kari and Rachelle
Our new friend Jo
Kari and Parker
Me stylin in the bumper car!
A little road rage but you can't tell. What's with the tongue?!!

My house....

2008-04-25T14:20:00.000-07:00

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,

be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

-John Howard Payne

I saved and I saved and got a fresh coat of paint. And the best part is I didn't have to do any of the work. And kudos to my painter, he did an EXCELLENT job and he threw in the baseboards too. So, I thought I would post a few pictures for you all to see... ENJOY! (I sure do!!)

Living Room
oops... stairs
Front door.
Living room

And I'm it...

2008-04-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

So, they tell me the name of the game is BAG TAG and I'm it.

And the rules go like this:

1. Show your bag.

2. Show all the contents. NO cleaning first...

and...
We have a wallet, receipts, i-pod, floss,

keys, WW points tracker, American Ex bill, pen, Visa card &

a pill box.

So, what's in your purse?

I tag Katie & Brianna

2008-04-17T11:46:00.000-07:00

So I'm on the internet looking for a quote about attitude to put in something I'm going to write about later and I came across this one and it made me laugh:

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995

It's so true!! Anyway, off to search for more!

2008-04-09T13:14:00.000-07:00

No pictures or anything to add. Just saying hi to everyone today. Can someone please make it warm outside already!!!!!!

2008-03-19T09:14:00.000-07:00

This is my friend Nicki's little girl Malaika. She is so cute and that has to be one of the worst pictures of me EVER!!!

2008-03-07T10:50:00.000-08:00

This is definitely one of those "you had to be there" moments but it's too funny not to share. In the hospitals nowadays there are hand sanitizers every where with these signs next to them

I'm walking down the hall and there's a girl standing in front of this sign. The hand sanitizer has fallen on the floor and apparently she doesn't see it. She is doing exactly as the sign says. She standing there rubbing her hand on the sign as if magically the sign will clean her hands. It took everything I had not to laugh right then. Did she really think a sign on the wall is going to clean her hands?!!!!! Sometimes you have to wonder if common sense is really that common anymore!

2008-02-27T08:59:00.000-08:00

Little Jack at Christmas
Jordan on the right and her cousin Lindsay

2008-02-26T11:11:00.000-08:00

CHEESE!!!!!!
Rock a bye baby on the tree top....don't you just want to squeeze the mess out of those cheeks
Jack and Dalton at Christmas
Me and Sharon
Jesse looooves being a fireman. He has a firestation with a radio. We were playing and I said "Fire! Help us!" Jesse got on his radio and said "This is Fire Chief Jesse....LET'S GO!"

2008-02-25T11:57:00.000-08:00

My nephew Jesse (aka Bug)....ignore the crazy lady talking in the background!!!