Wow! Love it~

So pretty! I just love the leg warmers, and the cowl, and the hats... okay.. I love it all!

Cool! I LOVE the models...okay, that sounds creepy, but I love them simply because I KNOW them! Looks like momma taught someone how to crochet! Nicely done, as you say!

Wow! Nora is very talented! It is all so beautiful. I love the color choices too. I will pray for success with this. Maybe she will be able to continue this from home when she is a wife and mother someday. :)

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Keyne, I love that idea too. Let's brainstorm on how we can do this.

So excited that her dream came true! some cool stuff:)

Happy New Year to you, as well! I miss you all... we hope to see you in May... we will be up there for a few short days... gotta see Auntie and show Mark and his parents a little of New England. Mark and his mom, Tricia have never been. Lewis used to work in CT a lot, so he flew up there often, but he never got to SEE fun stuff! So, we are trying to make a list of places to go and squeeze in as many as we can in the few short days Mark can spare from work! Wright's Farm is on our list! LOL.. Seriously, we are talking like Mystic Seaport, Old Sturbridge Village, etc...
There is way more to do and see than we can possibly do, but we will have fun no matter what. I just hope I don't get my usual weeps when i come. I will have just had the baby.

Has your new year started well? Any exciting news/happenings? Hope all is well.

I like it!!

Love you, too. Looking forward to hearing some of your news. (((hugs)))

Cole sounds like a real sweetie. Mark does all of those things you mentioned that Cole does. He even got out of the car yesterday, as sick as he was, to come around and open the door for me... he gets upset if I don't wait for him to do it. I am a very loved, cared-for woman. Glad your Cole does it for you, although I will have to give Jerry the business when i get up there, if he is not ALSO doing things like that for you! (feel free to delete this after you read this)

cool. Do you have pictures of your Jewelry? I would love to see them

THank you!

I am so happy!!! Tell her I am REALLY excited to see her at DOV camp.

How exciting! Congratulations!

God is awesome! Give Nora a hug from us!

I've lost track and soo behind! What wonderful news. And a happy happy family, yours and Pleo's!

Thank you thank you. I always think of the October set.... there were so many of us in one place back then!

Hi Keyne, I recorded the lessons myself and can send them to you if you'd like!

Love you xoxo )))))))hugs(((((((

Keyne! I get on Pleo about once a year and just now read your post. How wonderful! I'm so happy for all of you. Please tell Nora "congratulations" for us!

I miss you, too!!

I "take it personally" much too often. THank you letting me know you're rooting for us and believe in us, as long as we strive to do it God's way.

I know!! I am really excited for that!!

Happy Birthday girlfriend!!!!!

Yeah! It is the recipe from Nora! She sent it to me through email!

Aw! :) I have to admit, when I was writing it i got a little teary-eyed.

Ugh, I came on here to wish you happy birthday on your birthday, and got distracted reading other's updates. Please know that I thought of you ALL day on your birthday, the days before, and since... remembering many special fall days together. Hope your birthday was a special day for you. ((hugs)) (Sorry about the belated-ness) Happy Birthday, Belated!

My sneaks are on and I am off walking. Yesterday was 2 miles and today I added the extra mile. Tomorrow I am going to start to run a little in bursts and walk. I really can not walk longer then 3 miles or it will take up too much time - but I thought I would try to intensify it. I am also going to add some hand weights.

came by to see if I could get a glimpse of that peppermint water comment somewhere...saw above so congrats.

I simply use essential peppermint oil ... most bottles are labeled not for ingestion, but as long as you get 100% peppermint oil you can use it. It only takes a couple of small drops for about 2 quarts of water! More or less for your taste. Keep it light, though. For me, it just makes it easier to drink larger amounts of water and it has a "cooling" effect on my system. I keep a glass decanter of it on my kitchen counter and drink it at room temperature.

Hope you can get some walking in this weekend. My family has been so encouraging that this morning I wasn't sure if I could do it because of going out for breakfast, but Courtney said she would wait in the parking lot for us so that I could walk. It is so good to have that family support. I never thought that I would put all this weight back on - but I realized last week that I have not had any real stresses in my life in a long time. God had blessed me with a pretty easy going life for a few years and that I believed had helped me. I do not feel like I am an emotional eater but I do think that I am a stressed out eater. I do not take care of myself when I have a lot going on. Looking back on this past year I can definitely see when all this weight came on. Now, I am going to retrain myself to include my health in taking care of others. I need to be healthy to take care of these little ones. You would think with all the activity they bring into this house that I would be a toothpick. lol

Thank you for your sweet comment! Yes health is the goal but I can't say that I mind looking a little better. : )