Scrapbooking and Me

With the ecomomy and my large family size scrapbooking has become my outlet. It is not always cheap but lots cheaper when you think about expensive vacations. I just recently was on my favorite stamper scrapper site "The Pink Stamper". I am so hooked on her because she is talented and she is real often times we hear her kids and I love it. I am going to start posting some of my crafting and scrapbooking especially because it is something that I can enjoy with the kids.

My version of Poochie Bells

Poochie Bells

   Went to the grand opening of Woof Gang Bakery in my area. Saw the most interesting thing "Poochie Bells," loved them!!!! What I did not like was the price point 20.00 each. Well I wondered do they work and if it would be worth buying. Well with the economy and my familly situation I decided it was not in my immediate budget.
So, being the persistent idvidual that I am and loving crafts. I decided I was going to make my own. and I did see them below. It was a really quick and easy fun project took less than 30 min and cost less than 10 and I can make 2 of them with what I bought. I hand sew the ribbon to hold the bells; poochie bells have the key ring through the bells. I just wanted to spend the least amount of money. Joann's is my favorite place so I found doggie ribbon in several widths and used that. The ribbon I chose was the most expensive part of the project. About 3 dollars for the thicker on and the thinner one was about 1.00 which is cool. The bells a little different from poochie bells I had three rows and only the bottom one is the larger bell. So, it is a little different  than the store bought poochie bells.
That aside what am I going to do with my poochie bells? Well the goal is to train my bassett Roxie to use these to go out. Now she is pretty good about this she usually barks. But as you may or may not know i have other dogs and then they start to bark. This is the idea to utilize the bells so that she does not have to bark and wake the kids or get the other dogs going.
Will keep everyone posted with our journey in training Roxie with the homemade version of poochie bells.

Lucy            

What Bassests do!!!

Roxie Roxie, we love her but she has a very strong genetic need to search and seek food. As much as we love her this is quite annoying especially when you are in the kitchen trying to feed 4 hyper hungry children. Need I say more? We are tyring to redirect her behavior on this matter as our table has become Roxie's favorite searching grounds. This is even when we have no food for her to find. Another behavior that I find quite interesting of my dear bassett Roxie is her need to dig into my area rugs. She does not really hurt them but digs into them with her paws then throws herself down. This lasts for about 20 minutes then she once again proceeds to do the same on a different spot on the carpet. Hmmm!!!! Wonder if this too can be broken. Stay tuned I will keep you posted if Roxie trains us or we train Roxie.

Upcoming changes coming

It has been a while since my last post. Alot of things have occured in my life. Many I really don't want to really publicaly share. But I do want to share the addition of a new family member our new Bassett hound Roxie. I think that I will start to blog about our lives with 4 kids and a bassett hound. So, starting on this Friday stay tuned because this blog is going to change. LOL maybe it will get alot crazier too life is with lots of kids and a bassett.

A new addition to our family

We recently adopted a new member of our family Roxie the bassett hound. She is actually my daughter Ava's dog. Ava and Roxie fell in love at first sight. Although, were very hesitant to add a dog of Roxie size she seemed to just fit right into the family. She has been with us a couple of weeks now and yesterday we took her to the dog park and dog beach at Fort DeSoto. I don't think bassett hounds like the water much. She was hilarous but she really enjoyed the dog park portion. I am sure I will be writing tons more about Roxie and Ava. As they are two of a kind.

In honor of my Mother

I can not even begin to say how much I still miss my mother. She died March 12, 2010 and my heart still aches everyday for her voice, touch and or just knowing I could pick up the phone and call her. I am a grown woman in her 30's and self sufficient; this thanks to my mother. Who showed me by example to always be self sufficient and independent. She taught me how to cook, clean and seek out the knowledge to do things I might not know how to. I miss her voice and her knowledge and advice. As a teen I fought with her and challenged her I guess most teens do that. I expect one days my kids will do that to me. Through it all I still had this undying respect and admiration for my Mother. She taught me unconditional love because through anything I could always go to my mother and tell her anything. I am who I am because of her and what she has taught me she loved her five girls more than life itself and she lived and breathed for her girls. This is how I live for my kids now because she taught me this. She would rather buy us new clothes than buy herself anything and often times she went without. My mom did not care just as long as her girls were happy and content. The memories never end and she continues to live in my heart. I moved back to Florida from New Jersey because I missed my mother so much and less then 8 months after coming back I lost her. I thank God for the time I got to spend with her and the time my kids to to spend with her. This Mother's Day I will remember my mother with honor and love------ She will always be missed....always

Love you Mom

Your Always Faithful Daughter

Lucy

Weekend Fun but then......

Well, I had a great weekend or so I thought. Saturday started early I went with a friend to help her out with a scrapbook sale at my favorite local scrapbook store Scraporium(see their blog). It was loads of fun and all girl time. Needed that so much to take my mind off all the family stuff that has been going on since the death of my Mom. Then Sunday was a hard day I was trying to get my home office set up for my new job. That was stressful with 4 young kids in the house just going stir crazy. It then started raining and I tried to make pizza with homemade dough. Usually my homemade dough is the "bomb" I hate to boast but it is really good. This time I don't know what I did but it was not good. I think the yeast was old and it did not rise. Anywhoo as I was trying to knead the dough my dear husband opened up the lower cabinet and a big bottle full of oil fell on my toe. Smashed it blood oozing and swelling of cousrse it was storming outside it's 7pm and urgent care centers close in an hour. We live so far out that a drive would take us an hour and by the time we would get everyone in the car. Anyway, I know there are some out there that totally see where I am going with this. Bottom line is I did not go suffered in pain throughout the night and of course I started my new job today.
    Guess it gets better get a call that my Aunt is dying in the hospital and she refuses to see me because of what happened between my sister's and me during my mother's funeral. Of course she has not heard the complete story and how my sister's lied to everyone. Oh well you know sometimes the best medicine is time and the truth comes out. My sister's unfortnately live a very self destructive lifestyle all of them and nothing will change it did not even with my mother's death.
       So, I am taking a deep breath saying prayers for God to give me strength and understanding what else can I do.