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Blizzard 2010

lorie — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:45:45 +0000

The view from my kitchen window … sigh! Many trees have fallen.

American Girl Promo Code

lorie — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:53:53 +0000

My daughter’s birthday is coming up later this month. She’s going to be a teenager! I can’t believe it — where did the last 13 years go!

She still enjoys playing with her American Girl dolls and accessories. This year she’s asking for a lot of items for Samantha — since the American Girl company is retiring this doll later this year. Once they retire a doll it is almost impossible to get any of her items — except on eBay for crazy prices.

Here’s the first item on her list:

And this is one of the accessory items for Samantha — a tea set:

Luckily, I was able to find a promotion code to save $10 off a $30 purchase. Here’s the code if you have an American Girl lover in your family: 153302 (just copy/paste it in the promotion key box when you place your order).

Phillies Parade

lorie — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:56:14 +0000

We all Phillies fans here! Everyone was really bummed out when the game was suspended the other night because of rain. My adult son was over with champagne ready to celebrate!

Anyway …. we are all excited they won. And my sister sent pictures from the celebration parade. Enjoy!

Halloween at our House

lorie — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:28:51 +0000

I haven’t posted much lately because I’ve been so busy sewing Halloween costumes. Here’s the crew ready to go out tonight.

Now … you may wonder why they aren’t exactly smiling much. You see, just before taking this pictures we could not find either of our two cameras — and the kids are notorious for misplacing them. Hence, they were ‘grounded’ for tomorrow for leaving the camera in basement and not putting it away — and we still haven’t found the other camera. They were not happy campers at the time of this picture.

Rally

lorie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:49:29 +0000

We attended our very first political rally this past Sunday. It was in Woodbridge, Virginia — about 40 minutes from our home. It was an interesting event. We arrived about 30 minutes before the posted start time — only to find the line to get in the stadium was truly about a mile long. I thought we’d never get in — but about an hour later we did get through security. It was longer than most Disney lines … LOL. Once inside it didn’t seem like that many people were there compared to the many that were standing in line.

John McCain showed up at about 3:30 — the start time was 2 p.m. with other speakers before him. However, had I known it was an all day affair I probably would not have gone.

At any rate, the kids got to see what a rally is all about — and we got to support our candidate. We also got street signs and bumper stickers to distribute to others …. but we still have a ton in the backseat of the car.

Here’s some pictures from the event:

Fall Weather — Moms Online

lorie — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:45:46 +0000

Looking for a place to hang out with other moms online? Come join us over at Cafe Mom. You’ll find plenty of conversation and always something happening. There are topics for just about anything — whether you a Disney lover like me …. or prefer to just chat about raising kids. Lots of money-making ideas too!

Sewing Expo Review

lorie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:28:05 +0000

My daughter and I attended a sewing expo this weekend. We attended for a few hours on Friday — and most of the day on Saturday. We had a great time together.

On Friday we went around all the booths and checked out all the nice things to buy. Lots of new sewing machines have been released. Machines that practically sew for you! There is a new top of the line machine from Bernina — that literally threads itself — at a retail price of $12,000 — yes, that is not a typo — $12K. It was however on special for **only** $9,400 at the show. Do you believe that actually sold out?

Then there is also a new Disney Sewing/Embrodiery Machine — it has a slightly lower price tag of only $7,000 — LOL. Seriously, it’s a cool machine … but $7K is a bit steep. Now this machine nearly DOES sew for you. It has a ‘camera’ built in — and a large computer-like screen — in which you line up the fabric and press ’start’ and it will honestly keep your fabric straight so you will sew even, straight 5/8 inch seams. It’s quite amazing!

At any rate, it was nice seeing all the new machines — but I’ve got to say the prices — not only of the machines but everything — seemed awful high and pricey. At lunch time on Saturday we left the expo and headed over to Joann Fabrics and purchased a ton of stuff for just under $50 since there was a terrific sale on patterns and flannel. My daughter got enough fabric to make 2 pairs of pjs, 1 pair of capris, a skirt, and a quilt starter kit. And Joann Fabrics offers a 15% discount on top of all their sales for teachers — and homeschooling parents qualify for the discount!

Feeling blah!

lorie — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:10:51 +0000

Too many birthdays around this house. LOL

The past few days I’ve been sick in bed … caught some type of bug. I hate that feeling of not being able to function or do anything. I didn’t even want to look at food. All I wanted to do was sleep. A bit hard to do when kids are depending on you.

Today, however, I am feeling much much better — and ready to tackle the world. Isn’t it funny how we appreciate things so much more after ‘not’ having them for a few days. Food tastes so much better after a few days of not wanting to even look at it.

Another Birthday

lorie — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:59:14 +0000

Yep … another birthday in our family. Like I’ve said before –it’s ‘birthday season’ from September through January in our house. We have a short break now until the 24th — when we celebrate our daughter-in-law’s birthday.

It’s my second child’s birthday this time. He’s now 23 years old! Hard to believe — where did the time fly? I always jokingly say he is my ‘favorite’ child because he was a 45 minute labor! I barely arrived at the hospital for his delivery — who couldn’t love a child who gives such a short labor? LOL

Here’s some birthday pictures from our birthday dinner at a local Italian restaurant:

Mom/Daughter Day Out

lorie — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:00:13 +0000

Tomorrow, my daughter and I are attending the Sewing Expo that is about 10 minutes from our house. These past few weeks when I’ve been without a car for several days at a stretch got me back into sewing. It’s nice to not be running around every once in a while. I realized how much I missed sewing lately.

We’re also going to take a side trip to the mall for birthday gifts for her brother — it’s another birthday weekend here in our household.