New year new me

     So as 2015 comes to an end I am looking back at the craziness of this past year. I haven't gotten anything done that I wanted to due to things that happened this year.

    So new in 2016 we will be starting the new weight loss series, I have some new recipes I want to write, try and share and some new crafty things. I hope you all are ready for a whole year and new things.

So I will be setting things up this weekend to kick off things come Monday. I hope you all had a great year and are ready for a whole new year.

I did complete some projects this year and here they are.

I haven't disappeared......

   Ok so guys it may seem like I disappeared but I am still here and kicking. Summer vacation is quickly coming to an end and wow at the summer we had. We have gone to the beach almost every weekend and a friend as started asking me if I am going to be a beach bunny for the day and it always makes me laugh.

  So this coming school year I have so many things planned to do both on here and on my youtube channel. I am working on planning a few new series for both there and here and there will probably be some overlapping but I hope to keep that at a minimum. Some of the new series will be

1) weight loss journey- more in detail of how I feel as I travel this journey on here and just highlights on the videos
2) I plan to keep a blog post about my journey writing my book but this post will not be a daily or even weekly.
3) I plan to create and share with you all my new plans for a household notebook to help keep things running smoother. I will include links to where I find my things on both and will talk about them here and might put it together as a video.
4) hope to write (written form here) and video a new loom knitting pattern to share

These are just a few of the ideas I have going for this coming year.

Wow what a few months

       So much has been happening around our house the past few months. Between hospitalizations, birthdays, mothers day, vehicle issues and school ending things have been crazy.

       I guess we will start at the beginning of the list with me being hospitalized unexpectedly. Went in Feb. 28 to the er to find that I was close to dieing and being put in and surgery 3 days later. I am still on the road to recovery 3 months later.

       We have had 3 birthdays so far. My oldest, my husband and our 3rd child. There was also mothers day in there too.

       The last week of May on a trip that is an hour from my home my vehicle decided to has massive issues and I spent 4 hours waiting for a tow truck in the heat without food or water. That was no fun but since then my dad has fixed the Jeep (it is theirs) and I have it back. It still needs some more work to hopefully finish fixing it but at least I now have a vehicle.

       We are in the last week of school for the kiddos before summer and I have decided to write a book.

      I brought up the idea to hubby the other day that I was thinking about it and never expected to hear him say "go for it". When I mentioned not knowing how I would get it published or anything else he suggested ebook. I have since learned of something called self publishing that I might also look into.  I have to say that I am both excited and nervous all at the same time. So for now I am just working on ideas for it and will work on the layout and keep researching about publishing, self publishing, and ebooks. I haven't been this excited in a long while about a project.

Yet another crazy few days...

  So it has been a crazy week. Lots of 2 hr delays for the kids for school and 1 missed day. Crazy and they are forecasting one day next week for it to hit 70 and then plumit the next day back to the 20s.


I found a cool new counter today to use on my ipad as I do my crafts. Just using the free version for now to see how well I like it before I pay for it with multiple counters.

This weekend thru today I have been making mittens. 5 pairs total so far.

I also decided to join the Yarnspirations 2015 Mystery Afghan along. I look forward to seeing what this makes. If your interested in joining as well just go take a look by clicking on the link. You can knit or crochet either one.  Also Michael from The Crochet Crowd .

Week 1 video if you wanna see. I can't wait are you going to join in?

Weekend baking heaven...

So while hubby had the kiddos outside Saturday I made some totally awesome cinnamon rolls. They loved them and all I heard was groans of happiness. Finally after many tries we have a recipe that will be made many time for years to come.

So here they are fresh from the oven...

ok then you have to add the icing...

then to plate and eat.

So if you likes the look of these and want to give them a try head on over to Natalie's page for the  1 hour cinnamon rolls recipe as well as many other tasty looking treats.

Feb. 7 2015

   So we are 38 days into 2015 and I finally feel like I am becoming the old me again. So how are you all do this year so far, good I hope.

  I restarted my weight loss this year and so far since Jan. 1st I have lost 4 pounds. Not to bad and hopefully I can keep it going this time. I feel so behind in making videos and writing blogs that it isn't even funny. It is ok though cause I will be working on some of both soon.


 I have spent the past few days working on cleaning. I got this really cool set of serving platters and 2 Campbells soup bowls from our local Salvation Army. Well I decided when I got this that since I was bringing in a new set that something else had to go so that it what I am doing.

I got these.....

and I am so far getting rid of these.....

I am by no means done with pulling things to get rid of. It is just that time again and I am getting rid of what I won't use or just haven't used in over a year. I think that is my goal this year, if I get something new that is big then I need to get rid of 1 or more things.

Well I would love to stay and write some more because man I know I could but I need to go try making some cinnamon rolls and some bread and who knows what else. Might start making some food blogs soon too as well as other crafty ones.