Sweltering in New England!

It is CRAZY hot here in NE this week.  We have not yet put in our air conditioners and I am in a foul mood.  See heat and I are NOT friends!

It makes me cranky, sick and more tired then I normally am...

which is pretty tired.

Other then that things have been pretty good.  I was entered into a radio contest to try and win a pool by a friend of mine.  I won tickets to a local water park for qualifying, which the kids

think is just great!

At the event I had Jack and Em with me....we didn't win the pool

and MAN was Emma MAD!  LOL  What!  she yelled, we didn't win the pool!

However we did come away with some prizes....Jack won a family pack of tickets to a local AAA

baseball game by winning at Simon Says.  I also got free Vitamin Water,

beach balls for the kids, and a Glee Madonna CD...so I was pretty happy.

After we left the radio event we decided to stop at some yard sales and such.

Got some great things for a Strawberry Swap I am doing.

And I also scored 2 books on smocking...which

I plan to gift to a woman who has inspired me by her blog....

and 4 patterns to make Emma some vintage dresses for preschool in the fall....

Now.......all I need to do is learn to sew better!  LOL

I have been paired for the swap with a lovely woman from the states who is a quilter....

I so want her to like what I make so I must truly take loads of time with this!  Knowing she is

great at sewing I am sure whatever she makes will be lovely....as lovely as my last swap gifts...

which I PROMISE to post pics of soon.

The boys birthdays are coming up soon and I am in full on party planning

mode.  Jack only wants a few little friends to come, so

we are doing a Double Digit Sports Spectatular with a water slide too.  Since it

is so hot lately I am sure it will be a big hit.  James is having a Wacky Water War

party.  We plan to have all the kids bring water guns, buckets of

water balloons and of course the water slide, which I scored super

cheap at a sale at Kohls....we were going to rent one and this cost the same to buy it!  I was SO

excited.

I am trying to branch out and make more crafts but then the weather got so hot

and I was not feeling well and I fell off the wagon.  Now

that the a/c is being put in I hope that this

week I will get back to it!

And finally I have said it before and I will say it again....I really should have been

born in the UK.....I have found so many wonderful things

from there....recently I purchased a few little tidbits from the Cath Kidston....I have

not yet opened it as I was much too hot and irritable and I want to truly

enjoy seeing my new lovelies...one of which is a new

mug for my coffee.....I will think of my new UK friend Louisa when I

sip from it!  Hope you all have a lovely week