Sunday Songs

I am SO excited...

I got a Cricut Expressions machine yesterday! For just $50.00 used! It is like brand new. Still in the box with all the original packing and paperwork. 

It is like brand new. The lady that sold it to me (Nancy) said her sister bought it and used it about 3 or 4 times then was diagnosed with Cancer. After fighting Cancer for two years, she passed away. And yes, I felt bad for being so excited over my deal when I learned the story, but Nancy said her sister had been gone for four years and this has just been sitting in her closet. She is getting ready to move and was downsizing and decided she would never use it because she bought one herself at the same time. 

It came with a cartridge for fonts. Alexis, my 10 year old granddaughter, helped me figure it out and we played with it last night. She fell in love with it. She decided to make Colby, my 4 year old grandson and her brother, a sign for his room for Halloween. She picked out everything she wanted to say and what paper and did the whole thing by herself. She is addicted to it now. We are already planning future projects. 

I have a wonderful friend, Jenna, who just sent me a Facebook message this morning to come by her work and she is loaning me her cartridges to play with for a few days so I can try some things. I am heading to Joann's today to get some scrapbook paper. Very, very excited to start learning about all the things I can do with my Cricut. 

We remember..

Not much happening

Not much to report today other than I was very excited today when I got gas at Food City. I used my Value Card for my gas visit to get 15¢ off. Since it was Wednesday, I got to use a second gas visit for another 15¢ off. So how much did I pay for gas? 

And yes, that is my legs. And yes, those are jeans. And yes, that is the first time I have had jeans on since April. And you notice that even though it got cooler and even though I made a concession to the cool evening and wore jeans, I DID NOT give up my flip flops. I will wear them until the last possible minute. They are the one remnant of summer I cling to as long as I can.

My Wish List

I usually start about now making out a Christmas list so I can start picking things up when I see them. As a result, I stumble across things to add to my wish list for Santa. Here are a few things I am loving that I wouldn't mind finding under my tree.

I would love to have some new Pyrex under my tree. Especially this casserole dish in the homestead pattern.



I also decided to try my hand at Polyvore last night. It was awesome! I made my first board. It's not perfect, but it has the purse, the sweater and the shoes on it that are on my wish list. I already own the necklace and jeans.



And I still have the new Polaroid Instant Digital Camera on my wish list. Though I told Hubby I want it for my birthday (which is only 12 days before Christmas). I may end up getting it in November as an early birthday present.



I always have Fair Aisle socks on my wish list. I love anything Fair Aisle patterned.



Call me crazy but I love these warm, fuzzy boots for winter. I wanted some last year but never got around to getting them. I think I may just buy these as soon as they come out in store. 

Well, that's my wish list for the day. Have a great day.

Weekend wrap up....

I had a four day Staycation this weekend and it was fabulous. I really needed these past four days and I enjoyed them immensely. On Friday, Hubby and I went for a country drive. We went through the Arts & Craft community in Gatlinburg.

We drove into Gatlinburg. It is beautiful with all the decorations they put out for fall. 

On the way home, I picked up my computer from the company I have the warranty with. Brought it home, turned it on and it wouldn't come on. So I had to take it back to them to look at. The guy was gone for an hour so I decided to go a couple doors down and get my hair cut while I waited. 

Turns out they gave me the wrong cord back. So I got it and went home. We ordered Pizza Hut for supper and I picked it up to save the delivery fee. I love my Thirty-One thermal for keeping it nice and hot. 

After supper, I got on the computer to catch up on Facebook and Blogging. About an hour into it, it shut itself off. When I turned it on, I got this message....which was the very reason I had to take it to them in the first place. It is not a virus because they cleaned it off and took it back to factory mode...which FYI lost all my pics and files. I was so upset. Now I have to take it back again tomorrow.

Saturday, I decided to head to McKay's to exchange some books. I used my new Go To Tote. I loved it for this purpose. It worked out good. And I got enough store credit to fill it up with new books to bring back home. It was a sweet deal.

Since I was in West Knoxville, I traded with my Pyrex Pal, Deborah. I gave her some fridgies and she gave me this Snowflake Garland Bowl I have been wanting. 

And a beautiful set of Blue Willow service for 8 drinking glasses. My daughter-in-law collects Blue Willow so I am sure she will be thrilled to get these.

After McKay's, I made a trip on over to Hobby Lobby and got some good craft supplies. Stay tuned for blogs on my recent craft projects in the upcoming days/weeks. It is a 40 minute drive from my house to Hobby Lobby so I don't go there very often. But on October 5th, the new Hobby Lobby in Sevierville will open. That is 11 minutes from my house. Oh, wow, I am going to have to limit my trips to town. 

Sunday morning, we had the story about Daniel and the lion's den for children's church. We drew lion faces on paper plates. A couple of the ladies in the 2-3 year old class decided to try their hand at it. They did some cute faces. 

After church, I put a chicken stew on for supper. It turned out really, really good. 

I also made some old-fashioned peanut butter candy, which I have been craving. 

Monday, I did one of my crafts. I wish I had trimmed the burlap ribbon so it wasn't so wide. I may see if I can do that. I do like how it turned out though.

I made a ham, baked beans, deviled eggs and potato salad for our Labor Day meal. Then I made a Duncan Hines brownie made from cake mix. I put some chocolate frosting on the brownies. It turned out pretty good. 

After supper, I got ready for bed and vegged out on the couch all night reading my new book Wildest Dreams. It is the latest in the Thunder Point series by Robyn Carr. I have read every one of them and they are awesome. This one has been so good, I can't put it down. 

I read till about 10:30 and then heading to bed. It's back to work time today and I am good and rested, but wish I had another 4 day weekend coming up. Have an awesome day. 

Happy Labor Day

In honor of all those men and women who puts in nameless hours as they work to keep America rolling along.