Operating System Not Found!!

The other night I took my computer out of sleep mode and it was making a funny noise.  I thought oh I forgot to eject the disk from the software for my new small digital camera.  I ejected the disk and the screen goes BLACK!  I freaked, then any key I hit resulted in the following message.....OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND!  I had to force myself not the immediately bust into tears.  There were at least 3 if not 6 months of pictures that I had not yet up loaded to http://www.snapfish.com/  or backed up onto my external hard drive.  I prayed please let the files be recoverable.  Thanks to my DH and a nephew they just put a new operating system on the computer and I am back in business.  YEA!! Those were 3 long days without my computer.  Needless to say I am busy backing up all my pics and making hard copies of them too.

Kids and Dogs!

The dogs are so patient with the kids!

I love my boys with all that I am and they try my patience sometimes, but they sure make me laugh and smile just as much and that out weighs all the times I feel like I just can't take another mess, etc.  We got two beagle puppies for Jacob's 5th birthday and they also try my patience and make me laugh.  Thought I would share some photos with you all today.

Attack of the little brother!

Hide and seek in the cabinet.

Jacob has recently started getting in Noah's crib to play and sleep together!  What sweet angels.

Two cute pups!

Closeness!

Warning!

If you have kids beware.....they can get into the strangest trouble very quickly, even at a young age!  While sitting in the living room with Jacob, my 5 year old, I hear an odd noise from the kitchen.  (Our kitchen is right off of the living room) It sounded like Noah was getting into the pots and pans, a favorite game of his, and I start to get up to check when I hear a big crash and Noah crying.  In the kitchen the stove is on the floor in a million pieces!

I can only thank God that he was not hurt in all this.  I can only guess that he must have opened the door (this is probably the noise I heard) and climbed on the door and the oven tipped possibly knocking him off and over.  Again I can just thank God for keeping my baby safe.  The humor in all of this is you hear stories like this and wonder where are the parents, are the not watching or paying attention to their kid?!?  This all happened in a matter of seconds, a minute or two at most and I was there the entire time, scary!  Guess I will be getting a new oven, wonder if I can replace the old, broken dishwasher at the same time?

I feel like a kid!

We we just returned from a weekend in Florida and we went to the Magic Kingdom on Saturday. 

Jacob collects the pennies that you stamp in the pressing machine and I came prepared with loads of quarters and pennies.  Fourteen pennies were stamped into various Disney creations, he was thrilled.

Of course when we went to Frontierland we had to partake of one of those delicious smoked turkey legs.

We stayed until after the amazing fireworks show.  Even Noah, our 20 month old kept saying "Wow!'

We all had a wonderful time and it made me feel just like a kid again, Disney really is a place where dreams can come true!

I got picked.....Bead Soup Blog Party!!

After being out of town for  the weekend I come home and of course there is so much to do, laundry, getting back into the routine, checking emails etc.  After a load of laundry and various other house keeping duties I decided I wanted to go to lunch with my Sister.  Lunch turned into a trip to Michaels and waiting with her at the Vet's office.  While at the vet she is telling me some stuff about work and I am listening but also checking emails on my phone.  I see an email with the subject line Bead Soup Blog party, I was so excited I totally cut my Sister off and was going crazy, and at this point I had not even opened the email to see what it said.  I was nervous because I wanted so badly to be selected.   I open the email and ......I was choosen by the randomizer to participate in the Bead Soup Blog Party! http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/

I am sooo excited.  Last time a dear friend of mine, http://sweetfreedom-designs.blogspot.com/ participated and had a great time.  I knew then I wanted in too.  I went to all the blogs last time and was so impressed and inspired.  I just hope that I can create something worthy. 

Here is a list of all the participants.

1.  Adlinah Kamsir (Singapore) and Hajer Waheed (Kingdom of Bahrain)

2. Adrienn Lukacs (Hungary) and Agata Grygiel (Poland)

3.  Agi Kiss (Hungary) and Carolien Muller-Genger (the Netherlands)

4.  Agnes Asztalos (Hungary) and B.R. Kuhlman

5.  Alesha Conklin and Becki Mendivil

6.  Alice Peterson and Carol Dillman

7.  Alicia Marinache (Canada) and Dita Basu

8.  Amanda Dittloff and Brandy Thomason McNair

9.  Amanda Tibbetts and Andrea Trank

10.  Amy Freeland and Kay Mallery

11.  Andra Weber and Christine Murrow

12.  Ann Sherwood and Diane Welte

13.  Barbara Bechtel and Kerry Bogert

14.  Barbara Lewis and Cat Pruitt

15.  Bonnie Coursolle (Canada) and Fay Wolfenden (Canada)

16.  Carmel McGinley (Australia) and Tracy Stillman (Australia)

17.  Cassie Donlen and Deryn Mentock

18.  Cathie Carroll and Janel Dudley

19.  Cece Cormier and Morwyn Mullins

20.  Charlene Jacka and Christina Hickman

21.  Cheryl Brown (Canada) and Diana Ptaszynski

22.  Christina Stofmeel (the Netherlands) and Eva Kovacs (Hungary)

23.  Christine Damm and Deb Brooks

24.  Cilla Watkins (Canada) and Elaine Robitaille (Canada)

25.  Sabrina Straub (Switzerland) and Kathy Combs

26.  Cindy Cima Edwards and Eleanor Burian-Mohr

27.  Cory Celaya and Rhea Freitieg

28.  Courtney Breul and Dana Hickey

29.  Cynthia Abner and Jennifer Boreck

30.  Cynthia Tucker and Jean Peter

31.  Debbie Goering and Heidi Post

32.  Dee Elgie (UK) and Joanne Lockwood (UK)

33.  Dian Hierschel (Germany) and Eniko Fabian (Austria)

34.  Diane Cook and Lyn Foley

35.  Donna Bohler and Lisa Lodge

36.  Donna Millard and Kiersten Giles

37.  Doris Stumpf (Germany) and Eszter Czibulyas (Hungary)

38.  Elisabeth Auld and Eva Sherman

39.  Elke Leonhardt-Rath (Germany) and Marjolen Trewavas (UK)

40.  Ema Kilroy and Laurie Keefe-Cecere

41.  Erika Nooteboom (the Netherlands) and Giorgia Rossini (Italy)

42.  Erin Grant and Jean Wells

43.  Evelyn Duberry (Canada) and Gaea Cannaday

44.  Genea Crivello-Knable and Heather Powers

45.  Ginger Bishop (military, Okinawa) and Martina Nagele (Germany)

46.  Heidi Kingman and Lori Greenberg

47.  Helen Kemp and Lisa Wangeman

48.  Helene Goldberg (Australia) and Karen Vincent

49.  Jamie Hogsett and Jeannie Dukic

50.  Jeanette Ryan and Jelveh Jaferian

51.  Jennifer Cameron and Tania Spivey

52.  Jennifer Justman and Kari Carrigan

53.  Jennifer Tough and Lorelei Eurto

54.  Joanna Matuszczyk (Poland) and Julianna Kis (Hungary)

55.  Joanne Tinley (UK) and Michaela Pabeschitz (Austria)

56.  Julie Anne Leggett and Kelley Fogle

57.  Karen Hess and Linda Landig

58.  Karyn Bonfiglio and Kathleen Lange Klik

59.  Kashmira Patel and Kat White

60.  Kat Barron Miller and Kelly Morgan

61.  Kathy Lindemer and Rose Binoya

62.  Krafty Max and Sandra Miller

63.  Kristen Latimer and Pam Ferrari

64.  Kristie Roeder and Lea Avroch

65.  Kristina Johansson (Sweden) and Penny Neville (Canada)

66.  Krisztina Erlaki-Toth (Hungary) and Nicole Keller (Germany)

67.  Lara Lutrick and Lisa Suver

68.  Laura DeMoya and Lisa Hanna

69.  Libby Leuchtman and Melanie Brooks

70.  Linda Koch and Rosemarie Cowit

71.  Lisa Chapman and Menka Gupta

 72.  Lisa Liddy and Marion Simmons

73.  Lori Anderson and Marcie Abney

74.  Lori Bowring-Michaud and Mary Govaars

75.  Lori Dorrington and Maria Rosa Sharrow

76.  Lori Finney (Canada) and Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp (Canada)

77.  Lynn Bennett and Mandi Ainsworth

78.  Marta Kaczerowska (Poland) and Milla Starchik (Canada)

79.  Mary Harding and Shannon LeVart

80.  Mary Jane Dodd and Stacey Curry

81.  Melinda Orr and Molly Alexander

82.  Melissa Meman and Michelle Escano-Caballaro

83.  Michelle Jensen and Sandra Young (Canada)

84.  Nan Emmett and Nicole Valentine-Rimmer (Canada)

85.  Nancy Boylan and Suzette Bentley

86.  Natasha Lutes and Patti Vanderbloemen

87.  Pam Hurst and Rebekah Payne

88.  Patty Miller and Sara Rhoades

89.  Rebecca Anderson (UK) and Lori Anderson

90.  Rebecca Sirevaag and Sharon Driscoll

91.  Rochelle Brisson and Shannon Chomanczuk

92.  Rosa Maria Cuevas (Mexico) and Tejae Floyde

93.  Sabine Dittrich (Germany) and Sally Russick

94.  Sandi Volpe and Sarah/Saturday Sequins

95.  Shanti Johnson and Tracy Mok (Canada)

96.  Skylar Brez and Theresa Buchle

97.  Sonya Stille and Traci Zeller (Canada)

99.  Stefanie Teufel (Germany) and Tania Hagen (New Zealand)

99.  Stephanie LaRosa and Vonna Maslanka

100.  Terri Wlaschin and Wendy Blum

My parter, Traci Zeller of Canada, and I are listed in spot number 97.   Now to contact Traci and decide what beads to send her.  I really hope she likes what I send and I am very excited to see what I get.

 

please send me some time!

Well it is the New Year and only 9 days in and I already feel the need for a vacation. Oh some place tropical would be lovely.  A nice balcony on a cruise ship sounds divine.  My goals for this year are to try and simplify things in my life.  I really want to declutter and get rid of things we really don't need.  My jewelry making goals are to work more with metals and mixed media, and to really dive into polymer clay.  I am going to make a big effort to blog about how I am doing with my goals for 2012.  I wish all of you a wonderful and productive Year, may all of you achieve your goals for this year.