A Little Bit Awkward, A Little Bit Awesome!

Once upon time I came across this post called "A little bit awkward, a little bit awesome", and I laughed to tears! All the while thinking of all my awkward and awesome moments as well.  Lets share shall we...

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Awkward:

- Going to find a salesperson at Walmart to ask a question and having an attractive guy turn around to help me with the most amazing blue eyes.  And then blushing because my mouth is open and I'm staring, and blushing more while I am desperately trying to remember my question!  (I do LOVE my husband!)

-when I threw my hair in a quick ponytail right before my company came over, only to catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror AFTER they had left to realize my pony decided to take the shape of a cone on top my head.  Ahh.  Why didn't I look in the mirror, why didn't I look in the mirror!

- telling my sister in law that I can pick up her daughter on the way to school everyday because it's on my route, only to have my vehicle break down and ask her if she can pick up my daughter for the next two weeks (ugggh!)

-meeting someone new for the first time and I have "sick voice" and sound like a man.  No REALLY I am not a man!!

-having a potential tenant come over to check my basement suite, and having my puppy pee in the entrance "Please excuse me while I clean up this pee, and then I can shake your hand"

-awkward: having to chase my puppy around to get my bra back EVERY morning! (I know, hide it right?  I DO!)

Awesome!

-when my puppy tore the diaper right off my toddler because he has an obsession with urine...?!!  We both laughed!

-seeing my puppy enjoying the snow (so cute)  I love the ear bouncing!

-how my baby girl will sit snuggled up on my bed with a pile of picture books to browse while I check my emails!

-watching my yearly favourite Christmas movie "Little Women" with my daughters.

-being nervous for my sons first basketball practice to have him tell me he LOVED it and thinks it's AWESOME!

-the fact that my sister came over to drive me around to do errands and a little Christmas shopping because I have no vehicle!

-having my house already decorated for Christmas!  And listening to Bing Crosby relentlessly!!

-a fellow blogger leaving me a sweet comment, "your blog is on my list of favorites,and i enjoy it very much." Makes my heart smile.  Thanks Deb!

So, lets hear your awesome and awkward moments this week.

I love to hear them!  It makes me feel a little less awkward, and a little more awesome with friends at my side!


Thanks to this little lady for starting this goodness:

Advent Calendars!

I REALLY need an advent calendar!  I have been looking for one that would suit me for a long time now, and luckily my sister found one for me (at the thrift store)!  It just needs a major makeover!!!  But I am out of a vehicle for a month and can't seem to get anything done about it.  I may have to leave it until next year and work on something simpler this year.  But I was devouring the web looking for some, and there were so many great ones I had to share!!!

These cute little craft tins are fun because you can fill them with goodies or little notes.

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This one was made out of a cookie pan.  All the little decals are magnets!

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Note cards that have little ornaments hung off them are so fun.  You can decorate the tree as the month moves on.

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Now, I thought this was an absolute cute idea!!!  And this is something I can do without heading out to the store!  I have been digging through my kids sock drawers to see what I can come up with.  Don't you love this?

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Again, with the little containers!  I like to fill mine with holiday things to do.

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 This tree is sweet with little treats attached, and notes.

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If all else fails with my advent calendar ideas, I DO have scrapbook paper.  And I do think this is a really cute and simply advent.

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Now THIS looks fun!!  I am so curious as to what are in these fun little boxes!!

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Buckets!  This is fun looking too.  And I know just where to get the buckets!

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I love how exciting all these advent calendars look with their little surprises peeking out of them.

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This is another cute way to organize the buckets.  And this one looks so fun too!!!  Which one would you pick?

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All I can say to this is YUM!!

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So, I am thinking the buckets, cards or socks will be what I can manage this year.  Aren't they all so cute!  

What does your advent calendar look like?  

If you don't have one, which one on this list is your favourite?

Funny Faces

What do you do on a Saturday...

 when the hubby is working...

 and you don't have a vehicle to go out...

with four little ones at home?

Homework is done...

rooms are clean...

too many movies have been watched already...

snow has been jumped in...

What in heck can we do???

Sitting around the table...

eating some chips...

everyones hounding me...

What can we do?

Grab my camera...

Get the action going...

Now there are smiles (and tongues)...

All on my camera!  

FOREVER!

Enjoy your weekend!!

Sweater Pillow

So the sweater that I posted earlier to make these cuffs, also gave me the pleasure of becoming my new pillow!

Let's start at the beginning.

This old thing...

Has seen the end of the line.  But it's being reincarnated.

First she needed a good pilling.  (I don't know what you call these, but if you ever buy clothes second hand you need one!  All those furry balls on your sweaters get eaten up by this little do-dad.)

A pillow lining I just had lying around is finally coming in handy.

Scary, but invigorating!  I tried not to wiggle it too much so she wouldn't start fraying on me.

I had to pull her pockets off so as to not obstruct the final product.  Plus do I really want pockets on my pillow?  Weird. (I'm guessing someone out there has a pocket on their pillow for a tv remote though!  Because people are just so weird about things like that - please don't say you have one)

While taking away her pockets, I cut a small hole (OOPS!)  But anyone who has ever used nail polish to stop a run in their nylons would think like me and use a glue gun to stop the sweater from fraying, right?  Don't worry, it's not that noticeable.

Then I stitched the heck out of it because I didn't know what stitch I should do to stop it from fraying, so I used 3 different stitches and went over it again and again!  This baby isn't going to give me trouble, no sir-eee.  If you're thinking it looks all bunchy, it does! But it's not noticeable when I flip it right side out.

I loosely hand stitched in between the buttons to keep the rumples down.

Now that is one classy lady!

Go ahead grab that old sweater and give her a little snip, snip.  I have to say I like her a lot better now.  This has become my new favourite couch napping pillow!

I'm sure I have seen these around, but I just came across them on the Pottery Barn website for $59 each!!!

I have to say, that I prefer free!  

Don't you?

Sweater Cuffs

So, I have this sweater...

which I hated wearing because the arms were so tight they felt like... 

THIS!

Yes, the chinese finger pull.  I know you've tried them!  And wouldn't that be so annoying feeling like your arms are in a pull all day!  So what did I do...

Chop it up and use it for a craft!

This is only the pockets of the sweater, but I did use the whole sweater for a project I will show you soon.

What can you make with sweater pockets??  Sew them up the side, and...

Voila!

I guess you could call them arm cuffs?  Or maybe arm warmers??

All I know is...

This little one now feels like the coolest cat around!!

You want some arm cuffs too now right?!!

What did I do with the rest of the sweater?  Stay tuned...