Have a joy filled Wednesday!

The day ahead....

What is it that causes the simplest plans to go astray? I did get some crafts done yesterday, but not as much as I had hoped. However, that was my fault because I got sidetracked .... a lot.... by myself. I decided to get some of my Halloween stuff out. I'm going to finish that project and some more crafts today and again over the weekend. So hopefully, by Monday I'll have some great posts to show. Here is just a sneak peak showing one of the mini no-sew runners I made.

In the meantime....An update on last night. My Thirty-One meeting was fabulous and I learned a lot of new tips and techniques to use in my business. I feel like I was kind of floating the last few months because I just couldn't seem to stay organized and focused. But I came away with some amazing ideas so I'm going to go spend today getting my Thirty-One business back on track and organized. I'm going to do a Facebook party so I can take advantage of the new Hostess Exclusive offer of the medium utility tall with the insert and lid for just $25.00. It comes in other patterns, but I want the snow men.

We also got the Holiday Gift Guide last night with the new line of items offered for Christmas. Here's just a few of the items.

October is always a great month for a party. Two of my followers have already held Facebook parties with me. We party for a week on Facebook. You never leave your home and the only thing you need to do is invite your Facebook friends and share the party link with your friends and family. That's it. I do the rest by posting every day in the Facebook event, playing games and answering questions. The last three Facebook parties I have had the hostesses earned anywhere from $55 - $110 in free products, one or two 1/2 price items, and the choice to purchase one of the four hostess exclusive items at very low prices. Let me know if you want to try a party.

I'm loving Monday....

I am loving Monday this week because it is one of my days off. It's always a good day when you don't have to work. Over the past few days, I've put in some extra long days and it feels good to be at the house in my jammies just doing what I feel like doing. I did manage to pic up a couple of things for my crafts. I got the Santa's to go with the Snowmen from Hobby Lobby. Just need to make them. And I picked up the pine cone pick for another craft I'm making. I planning on turning the spoons into Snowmen for Christmas.

I am working over the next couple of days on some of my crafts. I'll let you see things when I get them done. 

I had a totally amazing night last night with my family and the extended family through my daughter-in-laws side. We gathered at Big Daddy's Pizza for Colby's birthday party. 

He loves pizza places with arcades so needless to say I put in some arcade time. Can't pass an arcade without a little Skee Ball. Got a great picture of my son and his sons (my grandsons).

My daughter-in-law stayed pretty busy but finally caught her long enough to get a pic.

Colby with his cookie cake and his cousin Kingston on his Mom's side.

My granddaughter's hanging out with Colby and Kingston waiting for some cookie cake.

My daughter and her husband. I think the adults had as much fun in the arcade as the kids did.

My son-in-law and his son, my other grandson.

Family on my daughter-in-laws side. I consider them all my extended family. I am extremely blessed that my daughter-in-law and my son-in-law come from good families and I always have a blast when I get together with either side of the families.

More of the extended family.

Today, I have a few things I'm working on for Children's Church planning, but later this afternoon I get to head out to Panera Bread for some dinner and a Thirty-One Better Together meeting with my Thirty-One gals. Look forward to it. 

It's been a great few days and I think it is going to keep getting better.

Words to live by....

Happy birthday, Colby!

Six years ago today, God blessed us with our 5th grandchild, Colby James. 

He was such a tiny little thing. He has filled our hearts with so much love. 

He always has a ready smile.

As a matter of fact, I am not sure he ever stops smiling. He is such a happy little boy.

 

He's the king of comic faces. I love saying smile when I point a camera at him because you never know what you are going to get.

He loves to laugh and make others laugh. I was loading my car one day with some bags to go shopping when he was with me. I sat these behind the car and walked around to unlock it. When I came back behind the car, he decided to pack himself in one of the bags. I just never know what I will find with this child.

Sports is the love of his life. He knows the names and colors of more teams than I have known in my life. He can explain just about any game to you. I love have sports conversations with him. He is in his second year of ball and it is apparent already that he is very talented at it.

He is one of the greatest blessings of my life. You can tell that he is a character just by looking at that precious smile.

Happy birthday Colby. Mamaw loves you very, very much.

Last day of September....

Today is the last day of September. Which means that this weekend, I will start placing Halloween stuff out among my fall decor. I love anything with black cats and I picked up this towel at Kohls yesterday for $3.99. 

Then I went to Hobby Lobby and found these two things on sale for 40% off each. So I got them both for a total of $2.68.

Then I saw on Facebook that tonight will be a Black Moon.

What an awesome way to kick off October.

Me when I go out to eat....

This is 100% me every nice restaurant I go to. Yes, I look at every item on the menu. Yes, I will talk about the items that look good that I am trying to decide between. But no matter what I decide, the minute the waiter comes up these words come out of my mouth "I'll have the chicken and a baked potato (or potato skins or onions rings, depending on where we are.) So I just had to share this when I saw it on Facebook.