pillows for $0.99....really???

I found this brand spankin new set of 6 camoflauge handkerchiefs at the thrift store for 99 cents...so of course I buy them...but why? I knew someday I'd think of someway to use them...well, yesterday it hit me! Pillows for Jackson's bed!!

Hmmm...okay..so I sew them together..then I need something to stuff them with.....no problem, I just happen to have these old pillows in the guest room...I'll just rip them apart!

this was the really fun part!

After that, I stuffed them and sewed them shut...and tada... 3 pillows for $0.99!!!!!

Finally...

It's over!! Yesterday morning was the promotion test. I woke up, made breakfast for me and Jackson, filled my coffee cup and headed out the door. I found the right building, and the right room and had about 45 minutes to spare. Everything was going so well! I sat and waited anxiously. There were folks still cramming for the last few minutes that they could. I was confident to say the least. Didn't even bring my study materials with me! I had closed the book the night before and vowed not to open it again. Let's face it....I'd been studying since September, if I didn't know it by now, then I just wasn't going to know it.
After all the instructions the test proctor said the words I had been waiting to hear for weeks....'you may begin'. I opened the page and was shocked to see that I knew the first 3 answers!!! Whoo Hoo!! But my excitement was short lived....the next 97 questions just proceeded to tick me off! Now I just wait....and wait, to find out if it all paid off.

Study Study Study....

I've been studying for my promotion test since September. I even took an entire week of leave this past week and studied for 8 hours a day. My test is monday. At this point I'm just ready to get it over with. There's so much information it seems impossible to know it all. So for now I'll just say...if they ask me the questions I do know, then all should go well :)

Back to blogging...

Well, I'm finally back to blogging....got a new laptop, and after a year of being away I think it's time I start sharing again. Been busy adn the year has flown by. Still working on my house...will post pics later of the the different projects. Every project I complete gives me the confidence to start another one :) It's neverending!

I'm home!!!

So for the last week I've been TDY to sunny Arizona. While I was there the temps were in the 60s and 70s....absolutely fabulous!!! My son was back here in good old Dayton with his dad for the week. Luckily Jeff was able to fly out from Colorado to stay with Jackson which made it alot easier for me to go away. They were hit with a blizzard! It snowed so much that Jacksons school was closed for 4 days! So him and Jeff (his dad) were able to spend alot of time together. And our dog Couper never had to be alone. What a great week for all of them.

The good news is, I finished my training, passed my test, and was able to fly back into Dayton without any delays!! The bad news is...in the last 3 days I've only gotten about 5 hours of sleep between studying and traveling. I'm exhausted!!

Where has the time gone????

This is Jackson at 2 yrs old................

I am finally scrapbooking all the pictures from our years in England. These pictures have been in a box for years for a few reasons. One, I have so many recent pictures that I was trying to get into scrapbooks. Two, the memories that go with this box of photos were a little too much to deal with at times. I am only able to do a few pages at a time and then I end up crying. As i sit down and go through all these pictures from about 8 years ago, I keep wondering...where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday my little boy was learning to drink from a sippy cup, was turning 2......loved Barney......would fall asleep in his highchair while he was eating, and was learning his numbers and letters. Now my baby boy is 10 years old!

I miss those years....i miss those sweet innocent days where the little things like a box would entertain him for an hour. The days where playing in his sandbox was like taking a little vacation. Now my baby boy is learning how to cook, can play sports, can do multiplication, can tie his own shoes, and goes to the bathroom without needing me there!!! I can't hold the tears back knowing that those days where he needed me constantly, are gone. Guess I'm just feeling old today. I have to ask.......Does every mom go through this????? I'm a mess now.....What am I gonna do when he goes to college?

Jackson opening presents on his 2nd birthday........

Merry Christmas.....

Our beautiful tree.....before Santa came.....

And after Santa came.........