Package Pals Reveal!

Last month my lovely pal Shannah set up a secret package exchange. Everyone got someone's name, and then we had to "stalk" their blog to see what some of their favorites were and send a package to them!


This was so much fun to participate in! I really had a great time finding things for my swap partner, and even found a new store I never knew was in San Diego and that I will be visiting again as they had a ton of cute stuff!


On to my reveal!  Here is what I sent to Freya over at Hello Bunnies!

Some of her favorite snacks, a pencil box with some pens and pencils.

Stationary and stickers, and some more yummy treats! :)

All ready to go! I had some much fun wrapping everything :)

And this is what I received from Sarah in Australia (my first mail from Australia too!).

Beautiful mailing label, and I love how she packaged the tea!

Cute wrapped package, inside was a handmade folio with lots of goodies!

I can't wait to try the recipes in "Sweet Dreams"! 

Australia stamps, so cool!

Beautiful hand-made envies, letter seals and dragonflies, and some awesome notecards!

Thank you so much again Sarah, I love everything! :)

And thank you Shannah for putting this together, it was a lot of fun!





There's my reveal! Got it done just in time before a busy weekend! Have my oldest nephew Wyatt and my niece Jillian staying with us this weekend, so I'm off to have fun and enjoy having them here!  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!




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Uuummm. . .I forgot about posting some stuff!

So, I'm finally feeling better! My schedule has been messed up because of things going on. . . Last Thursday and this Thursday the hubby has been doing special runs for the Tribal Member girls that are on softball teams. Last week he took them to a tournament and now today he took them to another tournament! It's been weird having him home three nights a week and also having him awake all day on Friday (which was usually my catch up on letters day).


Anyway, this is a little bit of a catch-up post :)

Incoming from Abbye.

I loved her Disney stationary she used, and I love her handwriting!

Outgoing to Melissa.

Rusty hiding in my shower on the 4th of July. I don't know why, but he started this a couple years ago, for some reason he feels safe in there.

Cuddling with me, I love this boy.

The hubby and Rusty.

First tomato on Dad's plant this year! It was so tiny!

Getting bigger, and now there are two more! I'm so excited over these growing even  though I don't like tomatoes. . . I'm weird!

My BFF Susan! We were trying on hats at the swapmeet a couple weeks ago when she came down to visit.

Okay, I think that's everything I wanted to share today. I had pictures of some planes landing at the airport, when I got them onto the computer they looked horrible. . . new digital camera is definitely on my list (after the list of things we need to get done with the car :-\ )


Hope everyone is having a great week!




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Egg in a Hole!

I know, my title sounds funny :)  I had a couple of entries planned for this weekend, and I didn't get a chance to get to them yesterday because we had to go pick up my brother and his family at the airport at the last minute, and then my oldest nephew Wyatt decided he wanted to spend the night, so I spent the rest of the day after we got home hanging out with him. . . especially since he says I'm his favorite Auntie, lol.


Anyway, back to my title. Today I wasn't feeling well, so I was cuddled up on the couch most of the day reading and in my book they mentioned that they had "Egg in a Hole" for breakfast.  So, when it came to dinner time, I was still feeling a little blech, and spaghetti that Mom made just didn't sound good to me. So, I looked up how to make Egg in a Hole. I remember my Grandmother used to make it for me when I was really little, but I wasn't quite sure how she made it.


So, I googled it, and found the simple directions on The Pioneer Woman's site! So, I thought I would share the link with you in case you wanted to make Egg in a Hole! It was simple and so yummy and the perfect comfort food when you aren't feeling 100%, even Wyatt loved it!  It brought back a lot of memories for me too :)


Okay, hopefully I'm feeling better tomorrow and I will get the couple entries I had planned posted, along with some (not so great) pictures of airplanes landing from yesterday!  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!




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My Penpal Shannah's Etsy & Giveaway!

So this entry is to give a shoutout to my penpal Shannah's Etsy store! She's very excited that she's had two sales, yay!


I love her homemade things in her shop, she's so creative! So if you have a few minutes go check out Shannah's Craft Corner! 




For a sneak peak here is one of my favorite items in her store. . . 

Fabric Envelope Pouch

I have a few crocheted pouches like this, but I can't put small things in them, I'm worried about them falling through the holes, so this is really cool to me! I see endless possibilities of use :)

Also, right now Shannah is have an amazing giveaway on her blog, Write Before Your Eyes, to help celebrate 100+ followers, 10,000+ blog views, and she posted about it with her 100th post! Way to go! Anyway, take a minute and go check out her 100th post and the giveaway here!

So take some time and check out her shop and blog!

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Quick entry and a postcard!

Mail has been slow, and that's probably because I have 4 penpals right now, two of which I am going to work on replies to today, I've been slacking, I'm sorry.


Anyway, today I received a lovely postcard from my pal Shannah from her recent vacation. 

Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina.

I love historic places, and this place looks beautiful! Thank you Shannah! :)  Oh, and please excuse the shadows of my fingers from when I was taking the picture, I just noticed that, lol.

Anyway, that's about all for now. I'm off to get those two letters written so I can get them out in the mail by Monday. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

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New Layout. . .

Okay, I think I finally found a layout that I am able to live with. . . it's so hard to find ones that I like!!


Anyway, just wanted a change, that other one was starting to bug me, maybe this one will make it longer. . . lol




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**Edit** I changed it again because the last layout didn't have the "Reply" link to be able to reply to your comments, is that something standard?? I wish I understood enough about it to be able to make my own layout! lol :)

It's Been a Wonderful Weekend!

So, I meant to take pictures of the weekend, and I forgot!  I need to be better about that!


As I said before the weekend, my best friend Susan came down to spend the weekend with me! It was so much fun, as always!  We had planned to go see the new Channing Tatum (he is so H-O-T!) movie "Magic Mike" on Friday afternoon, but the showing we planned on was already sold out before Susan even made to my house (yay for being able to check on tix online!). So, when she got here we ordered and printed tickets online for the first showing Saturday morning.  Then we spent the rest of the afternoon just hanging out and chatting and catching up on all our news, girl talk is great!  We got some take-out for dinner with the hubby and then sent him off to work!  We played it really well, got our jammies on before the hubby left, put on a movie and acted like we were settling in for the night. 


BUT, we're sneaky girls, and once he texted me that he made it to work and was going to be running a guest shuttle all night instead of the employee shuttle, we quickly changed and headed out to surprise him at work! It ended up being a hilarious night as we went into what we called "stalker-mode" and looked for him at work. There were three shuttles circling parking lots, so it took us awhile to find him. It was pretty funny wandering around the parking lots and trying to follow shuttles on foot :).  We successfully found him, shocked him that we were there and rode his shuttle for a little bit, and I even got to meet one of his supervisors, and she gave me a huge hug :).


Saturday morning we went to the movie, it was really good! I had to call my sis-in-law up by San Fran and tell her that I didn't think it was appropriate for my 15 year old niece to see though. I wouldn't let my teenager see it if I had one.  We did some shopping at Old Navy, where the creepy cashier was hitting on  me and basically asked me out for Saturday night. . . it was odd.  Then we went and visited my parents at the campground they were at for a few hours, it was a nice afternoon!  We came home and bbq'd and watched a couple movies that are faves.  Oh, for dinner, I took chicken breast strips (boneless/skinless) put them in a ziplock with half a bottle of italian dressing and the juice of a lemon, let them marinate all day and then we grilled them, so yummy!!


Today we went to the swapmeet and out to lunch. I found a sand wedge and the guy sold it to me for $5, score! Then came home and relaxed before Susan had to leave to head home :(  I always hate the end of the weekend when she leaves. Her and her husband are good friends with David, so I've only known her for a couple years, but we were instantly friends and talk every day and have quickly become like sisters.  Anyway, I can't wait for her next weekend down here!!


So, that was my busy but fun weekend. Unfortunately I'm sunburned, stupid me  forgot sunscreen, at least I remembered my hat!  So I'm going to go coat my arms in aloe and head off to bed, two late nights in a row and two nights with only 5-6 hours to sleep and I'm wiped out! I must be getting old. . . lol.  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and has a wonderful week!


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