Successful Surgery!

Praise God that Robbie's surgery went really well yesterday. We had to be at the outpatient building by 7:15. That was NOT fun because neither me or Robbie are morning people--AT ALL!
He was happy to be there---like it was an adventure or something. I've been prepping him for about a week telling him everything that was going to happen. He kept telling the nurses that he was going to "donate his tonsils" today! It was precious!
They took us to a small room and we stayed there until it was time to go home. I snapped some pictures of him before and after surgery and I hope you enjoy them.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers. He's healing really well--it's almost scary how fast he's recovering. The "Negative Nancy" in me is just waiting for the ball to drop or something bad to happen, but I'm putting my faith and trust in Jesus Christ to pull us through this and to heal my little boy!
Before we got out of the van yesterday morning, we said a prayer and he added his little "Amen" at the end. It almost made me cry because I'm so thankful to God for everything!


Hopefully I can get my little "to do" list done today since Big Daddy stayed home today too.
Here's the list:
#1. Clean out the pantry and throw away food that's out of date.
#2. Clean out fridge and freezer.
#3. Do some laundry!
#4. De-junk (bah-ha) the dining room!
Hope you get your things done today that need to get done too!
Be Blessed!

I'm Just Plum Wore Slap Out!

And if you ain't from The South, that means I'm really tired! HAHA
We went out to eat with Big Daddy's Daddy and Step-Mama last night at Logan's Roadhouse in Gastonia. It's been a week since I had two teeth cut out of my mouth because an impacted wisdom tooth decided to move in sideways onto the root of my back tooth! Can I tell you how wonderfully awesome it felt to crunch a salad and grind a ribeye in my mouth? Yumm-O!
As it usually goes, Robbie begged Pop Pop and MiMi to go home with them. hee hee Of course they wanted him to go to, so we had the night to ourselves. Me and Big Daddy have had a long week and it was nice just to come home and go straight to bed. I got my hair cut again yesterday and I opted for the stick up in the back style. I love it because it's so easy to fix and I'm always in a hurry. So, other than trying to get fixed on my pillows so that I could read that 15 lb. hardcover book, "Breaking Dawn," I enjoyed myself. That's the last book in the "Twilight" series and they're really good. I think I probably just laid there and read for over an hour and it was so nice and relaxing.
After being woke up to the sound of my daddy on the lawn mower across the road at Mammaw's, I decided to get out of the bed. Had my coffee and then it was ON!

Me and Big Daddy started moving all of the old furniture out and I began the process of cleaning up the new to us leather furniture. It was NOT fun, but it's done. Murphy's Oil soap is great for cleaning leather furniture--just in case you ever need to do it.
Before we knew it, everything was out and then in and it was lunch time. On our way to eat with my daddy and a few of his buddies at the local greasy spoon, I spotted a yard sale. Only bought a cute little dark brown suede leather lamp shade for Robbie's new lamp. It's a vintage western wagon lamp and it looks so good in his little cowboy room, don'tcha think?
I also bought this cute pottery had and pistol piece to put on his dresser for $3.99. It's cute too!
After lunch me and Big Daddy took lunch to mammaw and I did the usual Saturday morning cleaning. We then left and headed to Big Lots to buy his Father's Day gift. Me and Robbie got him a Cuddler Recliner. It's a really dark brown and it's leather. It's SOOOOO comfy and Big Daddy is in the den right now, trying it out! Here's a picture of it! And here's Big Daddy himself in his chair!

So check THAT ONE off the list--Big Daddy is WAY happy!! hee hee
While we were in Big Lots, I wanted to look at the Martha Stewart paper craft items that they've been advertising. I couldn't find them, but while I was looking around, I found a large bin of floor rugs. I looked through and spotted a HUGE rug that looked like it would match our den once we get our fake hardwoods installed. The price tag said $19.00, but there was a $75.00 price on the paper rolled up in the rug. I took it up and the girl scanned the $19.00 tag and BAM! I just got one HECK of a deal!!
Here's the proof!
And here's the rug:
While we were moving things out, I could NOT bear to part with Robbie's changing table. Just couldn't do it!
So...I have moved it into the craft/office/junk room and have found a good use for it. Light fabrics and my big basket of trim and ribbons on the bottom. Cute little lime green baskets for doodads on the top shelf. Him getting older is killing me a little each day, so this will always be in sight as a reminder to treasure each moment God gives us with him.

Yesterday was Robbie's last day at Daycare for the summer. They had a Father's Day party and dads and pappaws were invited. They had brownies and ice cream with chocolate milk to drink. The kids sang a song and presented their homemade "gifts" to their dads. This is Big Daddy's favorite. You'll have to click on it so that you can read it, but his teacher asked them questions about their dads and then wrote their responses, just as they were telling them. Tooo Tooo precious!

Now I've got to get in my kitchen and get busy. It's a wreck!
Hope y'all have had a fun day!
Be blessed!

Creative Day

Well....my plans weren't to do much today! I paid for Robbie to go to daycare this week so I could get the carpet up and get things ready so that our new flooring man could come and put them down. He has a sister that's hospitalized right now, so as our luck would go, we've been put on hold.
After taking Robbie to daycare this morning, I took mammaw her breakfast and ate mine there too. We had a good little visit, but she wasn't fully awake, so I didn't try and get on her nerves by hanging out too long.
I came home and had every intention of lying on the couch to catch up on some TV shows that I'd DVR'd. I ended up only watching 1 episode of "Dog, The Bounty Hunter" and then that creative/cleaning/get up and do something you lazy oaf urge hit me.
I really wanted to just take a shower and go junkin' again! Me, mama and Robbie went this past Tuesday and there wasn't anything much. I did get a few good things but wasn't in the mood to make myself get ready! hahah

So....
I got online and got caught up on my blog reading and played some games on Pogo awhile. Then I did all of this:

*Three loads of laundry
*Cleaned Robbie's room and made his bed (That he STILL won't sleep in!)
*Made Robbie a pillow to match his decor out of some bandana fabric. It's the one on the right.
*Cleaned the bathrooms
*Cleaned my office/craft/junk room
*Made this awesome name plaque for Robbie. The "dot" on the I is an old washer and an old button.

*Shopped on Etsy and bought these cuties from one of my favorite bloggers: Magpie Ethel. You can visit her cute little adorable breath-taking shop here.*Made these cute little Key Fob keychains. I bought the kit in March and just now got around to getting them made.
*Went through and bagged a jewelry order for my cousin Kelly. *Covered some strawberries in sugar and will make some Strawberry Preserves tonight!
*Organized some old kitchen gadgets a friend of mine from church gave me. He also gave me the old dough bowl they're in!
*Put the milk glass creamer and sugar set my mammaw gave me on my little kitchen cabinet shelf.
*Celebrated with my little man because he pooped on the pottie and not in his jockies! We are STILL struggling but thankful for evenings with dry jockies at bath time!
*Neglected my nap because I DID some stuff today!
I'll leave you with a few shots of Robbie's new Cowboy Bedroom! Enjoy!
You can't see this very well because the sun is setting outside the widow, but there are two bandanas tied to both ends of the curtain rod. Thought it was cute!
See that picture framed above the chest of drawers? We had a Pig Pickin' to celebrate Robbie's adoption becomming final. I asked everyone to get in the picture and they also signed the matte for the frame. We probably had around 100 people here at The Doublewide that evening! I love this and I know when he gets older, he will really appreciate it too.
Did you get anything accomplished today? I know I did and it feels great! WOOHOO!
Be blessed!

Medicated and Motivated!

Does this picture not make you want to CRACK UP? That's how I feel right now!
I'm out for the summer and Mondays are actually like a Friday for me. I know, I know, I shouldn't brag, but I can't help it! YOU teach middle school for awhile and you'll totally understand my gidiness!
I hope y'all had a fabulous weekend! Ours was busy, but LONG!
As you know, Friday morning I went to have oral surgery. I had the wisdom tooth on the top right and the tooth right next to it cut out. I had a rough day yesterday. Friday and Saturday weren't nearly as bad as yesterday, but today I feel much better!
I actually enjoyed a gravy biscuit from Hardee's this morning.
I took Robbie to daycare, as this will be his last week for the summer. I went through the drive-through and got me and mammaw some breakfast. After we ate, I gave her a bath and did a little cleaning while I was there. One of my best friends Julie, her babysitter, is only going to be working 4 days a week this summer so I will be taking care of mammaw on the three days she's not there.
Mammaw's having good days and bad days--more bad than good. Her health is ok, her mind is getting worse. Somebody turned around in her driveway late Friday night. She thought somebody was outside her windows with a flashlight and called her sister looking for me. Which then made them call me and I was already on my way over to take her medicine to her. She was truly scared and was glad to see me. It's amazing how your mind can play tricks on you. I had to go through and show her that every door and every window was locked "tighter than Dick's hat-band" (as she says), just so she could calm down and turn in for the night. Bless her heart.
As I was giving her her bath this morning, she said, "With all the baths I gave you all of your life, I never thought I'd live to see the day where you have to give me a bath." As she said that she almost got teary eyed on me. I told her that it was ok and that I was happy to do it. Sometimes I pray that God will just take her home to be with Him. So that her mind will be back to normal and she can see Pappaw, and Mike, their son that was killed at age 9 from being hit by a drunk driver. I know she has many friends and family members waiting to see her in heaven, but I also know that God knows what He's doing. Please pray for my strength and sanity while I help her. On her good days she's so funny and I truly enjoy just sitting on her couch and spending time with her.
This weekend we were able to get Robbie's new-to-us bedroom furniture put in this room. I put his new quilt on the bed and I really talked it up to him about how he was going to get to be a big boy and sleep in his new bed. That lasted all of about 10 minutes after I climbed in bed with him. I thought I'd lie there until he fell asleep, but when I went to get up, he cried to go to my bed. I couldn't make him stay--it was comin' up a storm, so I took him to mine and Big Daddy's bed and we slept like babies!
Well--I'm off here to get some things done around the house today!
Robbie's tonsil removal is next Monday so I have to get busy!
Have a great day today!
Be blessed!

Teeth, Leather, and Paint

Hey Y'all. Hope your week has been great so far.
Today was my first day out of school for the summer! I took Robbie to daycare after checking on mammaw and after stopping by Bojangles for some breakfast. We were running a little late so I got him an egg biscuit, an orange juice, and I split my beloved Bo-rounds with Robbie! I also bought me and mammaw a biscuit and some coffee.
Dropped him off, dropped mammaw's breakfast off, and then came in and crashed on the couch--at 9:00 AM!
I went to the dentist yesterday because I've got a HORRIBLE toothache. Turns out I've had an impacted wisdom tooth on the top right and it's just decided to drop in! It's coming in sideways against the roots of the tooth beside it. So in the morning at 8:30 AM I'm getting them both cut out! Thank God for Vicodin or I wouldn't be able to function--the pain is that bad, and if you know me, you know I don't like taking anything!
Please say a prayer that everything will go ok tomorrow!
We're taking Robbie to daycare tomorrow and then Big Daddy took off work to go with me since I can't drive myself home after being put under!
Now--during all of this I found a STEAL OF A DEAL on Craigslist. It's a leather couch, two chairs and two ottomans for $200. It's about an hour away but after I get settled in tomorrow, Big Daddy and my daddy are going to go pick it up. I know it's bad timing, but it's a great deal and the man wants it gone before 3pm. I wish I were able to go and help my Big Daddy so that my real daddy wouldn't have to go, but I'm glad he's going to help!
Here's a pic of the couch and the chairs!
Once they get back with them, I have NO CLUE where we're going to put them! HAHA
The living room is FULL of Robbie's new bedroom furniture because I haven't felt like painting his room yet or cleaning everything out. I guess we can just make room somewhere.
I also got this cute little set on Ebay for Robbie's new bedroom furniture! It's so cute and I can't wait to put everything together!

I also found this vintage wagon lamp! I can't wait to decorate a lampshade for it!

Now--I wonder if Wal-Mart will let me trade in the paint I bought and choose a different color? If not, I'm stuck with a $23.00 gallon of blue paint! If you need/want it and you live closeby, you can have it!
Ok--I'm headed to bed. My happy pill is kickin' in and I'm ready to get these teeth out and get back to normal!
Robbie's tonsil surgery is the 22nd of June and I have to get things done so that I can give him my full attention during his little recovery.
Pray for us--and for Big Daddy--he's gonna have his cute hands FULL over the next few weeks!

Whew---WHIRLWIND

Well...and that's that! School's out for the kids. I have to work tomorrow and then I'm done too. Robbie is doing such a great job with the potty!
I did the slideshow for our 8th graders to watch today after their awards ceremony. There were only 292 slides on the powerpoint presentation! Whew!
Big Daddy's little brother came up a couple of weekends ago! He posted a few pics on his facebook and I stole this one. It's so precious! The look on Big Daddy's face is priceless, right?!
Mammaw is doing fine. Two nights this past weekend, she got up to go to the bathroom and somehow ended up on the loveseat. She couldn't get up. Ended up making a HUGE mess on the loveseat both mornings, so I had some nice gifts waiting on me early in the mornings. Thank GOD for my daddy's upper body strength. I couldn't get her up by myself and had to call him.
We almost made an emergency room trip last night. Robbie was getting in a chair at the kitchen table to eat and somehow missed the chair. He ended up making the chair pop him in the mouth. I didn't think I'd ever get it to quit bleeding, but after much prayers and lots of ice and wet paper towels, we succeeded.
He didn't have any accidents in his pants at daycare today so I took him for ice cream after I picked him up.
I have another jewelry party tonight for my cousin Kelly. I went to the bank today, wearing one of the necklaces from Just Jewelry and ended up selling two and a bracelet! Cha-ching! Thanks to my bank girls! I just love y'all! I am excited about the party tonight and am ready to have some girl time!
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow and then Robbie's getting his tonsils out on the 22nd. I have GOT to get his room done before then so that we can cuddle in his new bed while he heals. My friend Cynthia did a book order for me with my jewelry. She sold almost $400 just collecting orders from her friends at work! While I was at her house last night getting all of the orders together and helping her pick out her free stuff, she gave me a huge load of twin sheets and pillowcases. Thank you so much Cynthia! You ROCK girl! Here's a picture of her in her Easter Bonnet in our church sanctuary. This is the piano I'm honored to play every Sunday and Wednesday! Isn't she just the cutest thing you've ever seen, Cynthia that is!??!!
Hope y'all are all doing great!
Have you read about The Farm Chick's show? It was in Spokane, Washington this past weekend, but I'm sure had it been near me, I would have been there! Look at "Other Blogs I Enjoy" on the left and click on The Farm Chick's link. Those people must have been seperated from birth from me?!
Have a great rest of the week.
Hopefully I can catch up on everyone's blogs and keep mine more up to date.
Be Blessed!

Flower Power!

Hey Y'all!
I have been checking out some tutorial blogs lately. I found a fabric flower tutorial here from Dawn! She's sooo talented and I have fallen in love with her work instantly! I could sit reading her blog for days if I had enough time! So I decided to play a bit and try to make some of her flowers. Here are a few of the one's I have made in the last two days:

The blue matching headbands were gifts for my two little cousins, Rachael and Anna Kate. They're first cousins and they're precious to me! They've just NOW stopped calling Robbie "Baby Robbie" and Anna Kate's only 6 months older than Robbie! haha They're the cutest, sweetest, and funniest little girls I know!
The yellow one is going to church tonight. We're having our monthly women's meeting and we're all allowed to take up to 4 items to be auctioned off. The money will go towards our youth group's summer mission trip.
Also, please celebrate with us as Robbie has had a good day yesterday with going poo in the potty. After school I took him to Wendy's and bought him a Frosty! Then we went out to eat last night and we let him wear his MVP Blue Ribbon--which, of course, stood for Most Valuable Pooper! You should have seen the look on the waitress' face when he told her what the MVP stood for!
Also, tomorrow is my last day of piano lessons until school starts back next year! I'm excited, but sad too. I'm gonna miss my little babies during the summer and I hope they'll still come back for more next year.
Have a good evening!
Be Blessed!