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April Kept Us On Our Toes

Tracy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:08:20 +0000

Holy cow, it has been 22 flipping days since my last blog post! I had so many wonderful blog post’s planned for you, sorry you missed them. Oh well, since I still have another 45 minutes lefts of Cinnamon roll baking to do I guess I will get caught up on the last few weeks of events. You know, it really is getting kinda late so I think I will use pictures to make life a little easier for myself They do say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Cinnamon rolls, they got 5 STARS!

Kaden in his fancy outfit for Easter Dinner.

Austin Easter Dinner

Ty Easter Dinner

Easter Dessert..YUM!

Dave and Ty Camping night 1

Me and Dave getting ready to catch trout

Me and Ty camping

Ty and Uncle Mark

Ty 13th B-Day!

that about wraps it up folks..Here’s to a busy month of April!

10 Things I hope to Accomplish This Summer

Tracy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:41:54 +0000

10 things I hope to accomplish this summer

Camp once a month in a state park
Take my grandson to play in the fountains in Kansas City
Go to a Royals baseball game
get my online store going
Start working on my altered guitar
Kill the moles in my yard even if it takes a shot gun
Visit a cave
Read “Wuthering Heights”
Redo the front garden
compile all the recipes I have collected over the years from friends and family and publish them in a book

What are your plans for the summer?

Ever Changing

Tracy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:14:10 +0000

All I wanted was a new banner for my WordPress Blog… In the process I am having to learn Photoshop. Layers, brushes,fills, oh my. It has been a great learning experience. I sit down thinking OK today is the day I will make a banner that I like….In the process I learn a new trick along the way and end up with nothing I envisioned.. Maybe that is why I am having so much fun. I just never know what I will end up with. So if my blog changes often you will understand it is just me playing in Photoshop..again…and again…. It is like “The Mood Blog” it changes all the time according to my mood. Back to more learning!

Peace,
Tracy

Learning To Edit My Theme

Tracy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:17:39 +0000

Just a little FYI:

Over the last week or so I have been trying to learn to edit my wordpress them. Elements on my page are only temporary until I put the whole design together and decide on what I want it to look like. in the mean time things might look a little off. In the meantime I did not want to win the ugliest wordpress blog award.

Peace,
Tracy

Never a Dull Moment With My Youngest

Tracy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:58:24 +0000

My youngest has been busy this month.. here is a little something he made one day while he was bored… Yes that is a sharp piece of batman metal sticking out of the tree..lets hope it does not find someones eye

First 6th grade band concert..Not sure why he is playing and no one else is.. Could it be he is not PAYING attention…I am sure that is what it is.

Doing his scout duty and welcoming another younger scout into the troop.

Quick Tip: Keeping Your Bathroom Sinks Clean of Toothpaste

Tracy — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:25:20 +0000

Tired of seeing toothpaste in your bathroom sinks? When you have several people using the same sink to brush daily, there is always that one person who never gets the toothpaste rinsed down all the way.

Furniture polish to the rescue!

After you clean your sink thoroughly, give it a quick squirt of furniture polish and polish that baby up. You will be surprised at how nice and shiny the sink looks and how easy the toothpaste washes down. Waaaalaaaaa no more toothpaste.

Attention Mothers of Strong-Willed Children!

Tracy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:17:52 +0000

I want to give you a heads-up about an upcoming event that will help you parent your challenging child more easily and with way less stress. If you’ve ever thought, “I’m so tired of feeling guilty. Why does parenting have to be so hard?” then you must check out what Karen has to offer over at “The Guilt Free Mom”

I had the pleasure of speaking with Karen earlier this week, let me just say she is AMAZING.
I was so impressed with this approach to parenting I just had to share it with everyone. If I could turn back time and parent my Strong-Willed child with this approach I am confident I would have less wrinkles…for real!
So my friends if you are tired of those stupid time outs that DON’T work, do your self a favor and check out “The Guilt Free Mom”

Happy Valentines day!

Tracy — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:35:14 +0000

Happy Valentines day Everyone!

I was surprised with a Valentines day gift when I woke up today.. Flowers, candy and the Rachel Ray pots and pans. Now for most that would not be considered a perfect Valentines Day gift but for me.. I was junping up and down all over the room like a crazy lady. I have been wanting these pans since I first seen them.. and now they are ALL mine.

I just wanted to share my excitement and wish you all a Happy Valentines day!

Free Offerings

Tracy — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:30:43 +0000

When you find something that you really like, what is the first thing you usually do? You share it, right?

Well I came across a website and I go back to it often because I find it to be both inspirational and uplifting. We can all use a little of that now can’t we?

The site I found is http://eleesha.com “Sharing Personal Words of Inspiration & Affirmations with the world!”
Eleesha has tons of free stuff on her site that you can enjoy daily..right there at your little ole’ finger tips. So take a stroll on over there and enjoy the free gifts of inspiration.

Peace
Tracy

What’s your problem???

Tracy — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:38:38 +0000

I know I know, My blog is again under construction. Please forgive me, I will soon have it looking dapper. Just give me a minute will ya! Actually I have had a lot of things going on. I recently open a new “ArtFire” store so I can put some of the things I make online to sell. So, I am in the process of creating new banners for my store as well as my blog so that they look like they belong together. I plan to organize postings into categories that…make a little more sense and bring a whole new face to Persnickety cat.

I have also started working with a friend, that is a whole other story for another day. But I will tell you this, she is the cause of all this madness. Honestly I do love her for pushing me in the right direction and trusting in me to work with her.

So check back soon so I can amaze you..

Tracy