Happy Valentine's Day

February 14th is here and that makes it...Valentine's Day! I don't normally get into this day but having children is making me feel differently about special holidays. So, I made little banners last night and hung them on their bedroom doors with little hearts strung onto ribbon and I just put together these little boxes. You wonder why I used little boxes instead of a bag? Well let me tell you. Mia is in a phase where she collects various things in the house of all shapes and sizes and puts them into containers and boxes. Ashley is starting to do it because she sees her older sister doing it so what better way to help them with their habit than give them bead boxes!!! I have little candies in them now but those will soon be eaten and then they can peruse the house gathering stuff and collect it in the little squares. I'm a genius aren't I? You laugh? Well, they are little and this will be perfect for them today. Honestly.

You all have a wonderful day and I'll be back soon with freebie fun this week. Freebies are always fun aren't they?

Smile a Little

I found this fun video and wanted to share it. It made me smile. This could be a great Father's Day video but I wanted to share it now. Too cute.

On a separate topic, I haven't posted in a few days because my little one, who is now 15 months old, had some problems the past few days with her breathing and we ended up going to the Children's Hospital here in town. What an adventure. It was so sad to see that little body in a hospital crib with oxygen on her little face. Anyway, she is home now (big grin) and is running around having a good time now that she is feeling better.

NOT AGAIN!!!

So I am getting to know the staff at Cincinnati Children's Hospital more than I care to know. Ashley started having breathing problems again yesterday morning after starting with a cold on Saturday. After a trip to the pediatrician's office to have nubulizer treatments and Walgreens for medications, I finally took her home only to have her have problems again and then we had to head to Children's Hospital. We arrived at 4:30 and were seen by everyone and then finally assigned a room around 11:00 p.m. Ashley did so well with everything but it was hard to keep her on the hospital bed since she had all kinds of things taped and strapped to her to monitor her. She finally got to sleep at 11:30 and then had to have two breathing treatments in the night so the poor thing didn't get much sleep and I must say I didn't either since those pull-out beds are a...well, JOKE! Ashley finally started doing better and we were able to come home today. Boy oh boy, I don't want to do this every time she has a cold. I'm learning to manage this and listen to her breathing to know when to use an inhaler and all of the other stuff.

Be Back Later

I woke up this morning and opened my bedroom door to find this WONDERFUL little note posted on my bathroom door frame. :::happy sigh::: I have been doing whatever I want this morning without a care in the world. Mark took the girls out somewhere and they will be back for lunch. So, I'm working on bracelets and watching television but NOT cartoons. I LOVE IT! The house is quiet. ssshhhh....can you hear it? Exactly. Quiet. Okay, back to work.

Love is Patient

A new little lovely in the shop that is available to be purchased. Click here to see more.

People Everywhere

There were people everywhere at the bead show. TONS of people and I finally ended up leaving with the thought that I might go back tomorrow. I picked up just a few items to use in the next few months but I fell in love with a few strands that I just might go back and get tomorrow when there aren't as many people. Take a look at these bright colors!

I'm Off

I am just about to walk out the door and go to a bead show. LOVE THE BEAD SHOWS! This show is a good one and I have to restrain myself from going crazy when I see everything. I have a few things that I HAVE to pick up so hopefully those items are there and maybe, just maybe, I'll pick up a little thing here or there. Yippee! I'll tell you what I find.

Something Fun

I ran across this website that makes this little word cloud out of words that you enter. Wordle Something fun and silly to do. I chose to enter some words that I think describe my adorable husband. Can't help it. I love him and he is a great father to our children. Thanks Mark for being the best!

Level 3 Snow Emergency

Picture taken out my front window of our snow and ice. We now have a level 3 snow emergency which means no one is supposed to be on our roads or highways unless it is an emergency. They will give citations if you are out. It wasn't like I was going anywhere anyway but that is always the way that I know it is BAD outside. Our highways are slowly shutting down with all of this bad weather. This is all started yesterday with snow, then freezing rain and now we have more snow again. We probably have about 10 inches of snow on the ground but the freezing conditions make it impossible. This will be fun to play in when the system finally moves through in a few hours since it is going to stay close to 20 degrees for the next few days. I'm just dreading all of the getting kids ready to play in the snow and then pry it all off of them when they are done 10 minutes later. OH JOY!

You Have My Heart Bracelet

This is a lovely bracelet that is light-weight and perfect for Valentine's Day. It can also be worn during the year also but I thought it was a good time to put it together now. To see more about this bracelet, click on this link.