Wednesday's Featured shop

This weeks shop is directed towards the feet of the little ones in our lives.



Lynndy created this store on January 30 2010.  She lives in Canada and has a wonderful story about how it came about and why she chose the name of her store.  I would encourage you to click here to read it: Her Profile.  She is a stay at home mom and creates in her spare time.  What does she sell you ask.  Well take a look.

This is an Asher shoe for baby boys.

These are footsie monster shoes for baby girls.

She has several different styles and and colors to chose from and they are all adorable.  She also sales some of the patterns in PDF form.

These would make great Christmas presents as well as baby shower gifts. 

Check out her store at Elephant Shoes Knits or her blog at http://www.elephantshoesknits.blogspot.com/

She has discount codes and information on her blog so be sure to check it out.

What do you get when you cross $400 savings and cake decorating?

I don't post a lot of posts telling you about great deals.  I spend most of my time just trying to find them.  I found one that was just too good not to share.  As you know I have take a few cake decorating class and thought this was pretty cool.

I saw on http://www.freebies2deals.com/ web page this deal: http://freebies2deals.com/2011/11/cricut-cake-machine-only-49-95-shipped.html

Right now you can get a Cricut cake machine for $49.95.  They are normally $449.95.  That my friends is why I thought I'd share this with you.  Saving $400 is just awesome.  I don't know how long this deal is going to last so if this is something you want to get someone for Christmas I would suggest going soon.  Good luck.  Here is a direct link to their web page:  http://www.cricutmachine.com/product_info.php?products_id=441

Have fun

Our Thanksgiving

Well today is November 28th the Monday after Thanksgiving.  I really hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Our week started out a little shaky.  My husband got sick Monday and I got sick Tuesday morning so last week didn't start the way we wanted.

We were both feeling about 90% on Wednesday and drove around to several stores to get last minute items for the big dinner Thursday and to help each other find some Christmas gift ideas.

Thursday morning we woke up about 8:40.  It was awesome.  My husband got up and started trying to find the big parade.  It was fun to watch it and remember.  About 2 years ago we were living in New Jersey during the holiday season and we took advantage of that and went to the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade.  It was a good experience and one that will probably only happen once. 

While we watched the parade I cooked.  I started with cookies.  I had prepared the pumpkins Wednesday night so all the ingredients were ready.  I accidentally made a full batch of cookies.  I meant to only make 1/2 a batch but it turned out ok.   Then I made the pie.  After the pie was done and cooling I started working on the rolls.  I made only 1/2 a batch because my kitchen aide can only handle that much.  We learned how to turn some of that dough into cinnamon rolls that were delicious.

Then once the rolls were done we pulled the turkey out of the cooler and got it in the oven.  We ended up eating the big dinner at about 5.  That was fine.  It was just us and we weren't in any hurry.

 This is most of the food that we ate.  After the turkey came out of the oven the sweet potatoes went right in and the stove was turned on to cook the potatoes for mashed potatoes.  I also made stove top stuffing and opened a can of olives.

Here we are before we started eating.  Let me just say that the turkey was delicious.  It was so moist and juicy.  I almost wasn't sure it was done all the temperature said it was and it looked done. 

The sad thing is that we couldn't eat very much.  We snacked lightly throughout the day and then we put a little of everything  on our plates and I almost couldn't finish it.

We waited an hour or so and then had a piece of pie.  It was so good.  Things just taste so much better when they are prepared from scratch.  I am so thankful that my friend taught me how to cook a pumpkin.

How was your Thanksgiving?

A beautiful Monday morning

Good morning everyone.  I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend, a wonderful Thanksgiving, and have started the week off with a wonderful Monday morning.  So far things are going well here.  Granted we have only been awake for an hour but sometimes that first hour can make or break the rest of the day. 

We have a full day planned.  Here in about 20 minutes I will watch my friends daughter for a half hour and then she will watch mine for a half hour and I am so excited.  I haven't ran in over a week.  I really really really want to go for a run.  Now that my kids aren't sick we can swap again.

After that I will go visit with a friend and see how she is doing and then while Yana takes her nap I have some Christmas presents to work on.  When she is done with her nap then we need to go grocery shopping.  I was hoping not to have to go today but when I went Saturday I forgot eye solution and I really don't want to have to wear my glasses.  So we are going and if we are going I might as well get all the groceries I am going to need.  I also need to go to the post office and mail some hair clips I made to my sister in law.  She requested some blue and yellow hair clips.  I'll share those pictures later today as well.

I think at some point today I will take the girls for a walk to the park.  Sarah has been begging to go and it looks like it is going to be a nice day so we will try it out. 

I need to sit down and share pictures from last week and tell you about another door to door sales man that came by.  No we didn't buy but I'll tell you about it anyways. 

At some point this week I need to get caught up on "The Biggest Loser"  I've been so busy I haven't been able to sit down and watch it.  When the girls hit the hay tonight I will again return to the sewing room for a couple hours. 

Busy but it should be fun.  Have a wonderful Monday and I'll get those pictures on here in a bit.

Two New flower hair clips.

 I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday.  I'll share pictures and tell you about ours later.  Right now I just wanted to let you all know that I just posted two more flower hair clips to my store.  If you are looking for stocking stuffers or other cute gifts for December birthday's or Christmas these are sturdy but not expensive gifts. 

They are roughly 5 inches across and have an alligator clip on the back.  The clip has teeth to help them not slip around.  My daughter loves them.  They work great for girls and women of all ages.  My sister in law has asked me to make her some specific colors for some up coming pictures.  I'll share the pictures when I get them done.

There are more pictures on my store listings.  Come check them out here: Idaho At Heart

House full of sick people

Well last Thursday Sarah had the flu and then Josh got it last night.  This morning I realized that I had caught it as well.  So I apologize that I haven't blogged much today.  We have been lying around sick trying not to get our girls sick as well.  We are feeling better tonight but not prefect.  Hopefully with a good nights rest we will be over this by morning. 

I haven't had time on the computer to look for a featured shop for tomorrow so it might not be until next week.

Have a good week and a Happy Thanksgiving in case I don't make it back on before then.

My very first giveaway!!!

I hope that caught your attention.  The giveaway is not actually taking place here on my blog but I have joined with Kadydid Designs.  She is doing a 12 Days of Christmas giveaway.  12 different stores on Etsy.  Mine is included.  Check out her blog soon to know how to participate.  There are lots of cool things being given away.

I am offering a hair clip from my store.  Your choice if you are chosen.  So come take a look at my store.
Idaho At Heart.  I will be adding a few more over the next few days to give you more choices.  Here are a couple I will be adding.

Share the news with your friends.  We want as many people involved as we can get.  Even though we need to make sure we remember all the things that we are thankful for we can still do a few small things to prepare for Christmas.

Have a wonderful night.

My Thanksgiving list

Happy Thanksgiving week everyone!  I am so excited for Thanksgiving this year for a few reasons.  The first to be mentioned but not necessarily the most important is that my husband and I have  not been eating starches and sugars and when we started we deemed Thanksgiving a cheat day.  So we are excited for the pumpkin pie and pumpkin cookies I'll be making.

Other than that the most important thing is how much we get to talk to our children about what we are thankful for.  Yes, we should be doing this all year long but this week is special because it happens more.

I want to start a list of what I am thankful for. 

I am thankful for:

My Heavenly Father

My Saviour

My wonderful husband
Our two beautiful girls

My husband's job

My talents

My health

The house we live in

Wonderful family not living near us

Good friends

Food in our cupboards

Clean water to drink

Clothes on our bodies

Shoes on our feet

The cars we drive

Good books to read

Good music to listen too

Modern technology

Modern medicine

Everyday comforts

That is not all.  I could get down and start naming every little thing that I am thankful for but that doesn't leave anything for the rest of you.

Please come share what you are thankful for with us.  Please post a comment with what you are thankful for.  You can share as much as you would like.

Cloth vs disposable?

Tonight I was going down through the blogs that I am following and noticed a few posts about cloth diapers.  I know that my parents used cloth diapers.  I probably should use cloth diapers because it is cheaper and easier on the environment.  There are questions that I would like to ask all you who use cloth diapers.

1 - How many do you have to have on hand?
2 - Don't they leak? (that is one of my biggest concerns)
3 - How do you clean them if your child has a bowel movement?

I had more questions but as I am sitting here I can't seem to remember them.  If anyone would like to leave a comment and tell me more about cloth diapers I would be very appreciative.

Have a wonderful night.

Evening Continued

Well, I thought it was all over and done with when I posted last night.  I did stay up for a while waiting for her to come out and she never did.  I finally decided I was in the clear so I got all my stuff cleaned up and lights turned off.  I then opened their door to check on them and immediately knew something was wrong.  Their bedroom stunk horribly.

But if she threw up, then why didn't I hear or why didn't she come get me?  I couldn't see much in the dark so I thought maybe I had left something in her room that had throw up on it.  Much to my surprise that was not the case.  Sarah had either thrown up while sleeping or had thrown up and then fell back to sleep...in it.

It was all over the place.  On the head board, pillow, her face, her pajamas, and sheets.  I wasn't exactly sure what to do.  I know that sounds weird.  Clean it up is what you're thinking.  My mother in law recommended that I set up our wonderful camping mattresses for her to sleep on.  She recommended that I put a garbage sack down and then a towel for her to lay on.  That is what I did.  I gave her a pillow from the couch to use because her "grandma pillow" was soaked.

We, again, changed her pajamas, washed her off and got her settled in the living room on the mattresses.  She wanted water and I knew she was dehydrated by now so I gave her some...only to regret it later.

While she lay there I pulled the blanket, pillow, sheets and mattress protector off the bed and put them in the laundry room.  Then I pulled the mattress up and away from the headboard.  I wiped down the headboard and down farther only to realize that it had gone through the cracks.  So I cleaned off the top of the plastic totes under the bed and the room smelt so much better.

I relocated all the towels on the floor to the living room from her bed to the bathroom.  Then after talking her into trying to go back to sleep I went into my room to finish getting ready for bed. 

Then we started all over again.  She started throwing up where she lay.  I got her up and ran her into the bathroom only for her to dry heave for a while.  Finally her stomach was empty.  That darn water was to blame.  I told you it would come back to haunt me.

We again changed her cloths, got her a new pillow, removed the towel and put down a new one and tried again.  This time without water.

Well she hasn't thrown up since thankfully.  She did wake me up every other hour all night long wanting water and needing to use the toilet.  It was a long night.

She seems to be doing better.  She doesn't want to eat but she will drink so we are going with it.  She just isn't hungry and I don't want to force her to eat and upset her stomach.  We'll try a small snack here in a bit and see how she does.

I can honestly say that I do not enjoy the flu.  I don't like it when I have it and I really don't like it when my children have it.  I hope it is another 3-4 years before they get it again.  So far Yana hasn't caught it and I'm hoping it stays that way.

I have done 4 loads of laundry today trying to clean everything up.

I hope you all had a better night and are having a wonderful day.

What an evening!

Well this evening did not go at all like I had planned in my head. 

About 5:30 Sarah tells me that her stomach hurt.  I looked at the clock and told her it was because she was hungry.  It was, after all, dinner time.  So I ask her what she wanted to eat and she told me, "Mac and Cheese".  No problem.  We actually had some in the fridge so I just put some in a bowl and warmed it up.  I had set it on the table and was trying to get my dinner ready when she tells me again that her stomach hurt.  I kept telling her it was because she was hungry.  I mean she was playing earlier.  I wouldn't think anything was wrong.

Well she is standing by her chair getting ready to climb up and she throws up.  All over my kitchen floor.  I was dumbstruck.  I just stood there.  She just stood there.  She has never thrown up.  I say that again.  She has never in all her almost 4 years of life thrown up.  I just didn't know what to do.  First of all I was trying not to throw up.  I really struggle being around when others are. 

So we got her undressed and in the tub.  Yana was sitting in her seat so she, thankfully, couldn't get into anything.

I eventually got everything cleaned up and Sarah in her pajamas.  She seemed fine.  She didn't act like she had the flu.  Maybe it was something she ate.  Well I had made her a piece of toast.  No more Mac and Cheese.  I wanted something that would help calm her stomach so I turned to toast.  Before she could even take a bite round two.  She did it again.  This time I grabbed her and ran to the bathroom.  Sadly, in the process my pants and the carpet got a little dirty, not to mention her pajamas were plastered.  So she got to sit by the toilet for a while in her underwear eating toast and drinking 7-Up.

Eventually I got her into some new pajamas and put to bed.  So far so good but the house stunk.  So out came the floor cleaning parts that attach to my Hyla.  First I cleaned the kitchen floor then took a short break to clean up those parts.  Then I put the carpet attachments on and for the first time cleaned the carpet.  The house doesn't stink anymore.

So now here I am sitting her.  Hopefully I didn't disgust any of you but I just couldn't keep this night to myself.

Daredevil child of mine!

 Can you all see what I'm talking about?  She has no fear.  She loves climbing up on that rocking chair and she keeps trying to climb onto that kitchen.  She is so cute.  She pulls everything out of the cupboards and then throws them on the floor before climbing onto the kitchen.  She does it all the time.  She is so funny.  Sarah was never this curious.

 Here she is another time (not doing anything daring) but pulling everything out of the kitchen and I mean everything.  That is the first thing she does everyday.

She is learning how to walk and Sarah loves helping her.  Sarah was walking her around the living room.  The good news is that Yana is now taking 2 steps by herself all the time.  She just needs to work up to 3 steps lol.  She is so fun to watch.  She wont walk unless she has something in her hand.

Well my kids are so cute and hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Brown and white flower hair clip

I just posted a really cute brown and white flower hair flip to my store.

Here is just one picture.

This clip is just over 5 inches across and like the other has an alligator clip with teeth on the back.  My daughter's hair is fine and thin and these work great in her hair. 

Right now Thanksgiving is coming up and this would be a great addition to your outfit.  It would work great for any outfit all year long.  We also have Christmas coming up and flower hair clips would make great stocking stuffers for your daughters, wives, mother's, sisters, and any of the women or girls in your week.

Come check it out:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/86329224/brown-and-white-flower-hair-clip

This weeks featured shop is.....

Sorry this is so late.  It has been a busy morning with the library, lunch with friends, nap times, sewing times, and snacks.

This weeks featured blog is:

Kennedy Bentley

The owners name is Brittany.  She sounds very creative after reading her profile.  What I learned about her is that she is 19.  Sounds like a go getter to me.  She opened her store August 7, 2010. 

One thing she said on her profile I really liked.  She said, "I Love how they can take a piece of junk and turn it into a one of a kind item."  I love that.  Right now she is selling Friendship bracelets that she makes.  She loves making them and has been making them for a long time.  It looks like she will be adding other things to her store so we should all keep checking back.

Here are a couple of them for you to see.

I have always loved friendship bracelets.  I don't know how to make them so I think this is the place to go if I decide I want one.

Here is a shortcut to her facebook page.  Come check it out.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kennedy-Bentley/178468212235293

Come check them out and share the news with your friends.  These would make wonderful Christmas gifts for your friends.

BRB

Ok well I just realized what time it was.  I am taking my kids to the library and then out to lunch.  When I get back I'll share the store of the week with you.  I hope you all have a wonderful morning.  See ya in a bit.