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

Crafting weekend.....

        So this past weekend was the first of Spring and WOW was it really here!  It was almost 70 degrees and sunny....we threw open the windows, wore short sleeves and well quite frankly I felt wonderful.  I truly think I must have not enough Vitamin D and that is why I am always so tired!  This weekend I was a whirling dervish!  I cleaned, I sewed, I played.....hardly any time on the computer, which made hubby happy! :)

          So the boys and I had a lovely weekend making projects.....I made up my things for the Tilda swap as I HAD to get it in the mail Monday....happy to say I did it! I haven't sewn in years and maybe it wasn't the best idea to start on a project for someone else???  However I think what I made was very sweet and cute, and I have already started on the same set for myself/daughter..... I also made up some sweet boxes for a Handmade Pass it on from FaceBook, first time making jewlery,earrings to be exact.....sent those off Monday as well and everyone recieved them today and like them very much, much to my delight!  My little one decided that she too wanted a "project" so she took out a whole ton of batteries, screwdrivers and tried to take apart her little piano.  When asked what she was doing she replied...." It's my project, I TOLD you"  Okey dokey then!

        James was working on his Egypt project for school.  He made two different pyramids, one from foam blocks and one from clay.  He also made a tool of wood, twine and metal.  He worked in the garage with my hubby banging away having a grand old time for himself.  I will add pictures of that tomorrow.   He did such a wonderful job on the crafting part and his 4 page paper ( tpyed but still)......we are so very proud of him....6th grade has been very difficult and challenging for him and his ADD does not help.  He has worked very hard despite his challenges. 

    Jack was bent low over James all weekend trying to be of some help in the projects.....I went out and got them more foam blocks so when they don't have school they can make something together.....it is so nice to see them hunched up together, making a plan.....


So what did you do this weekend?