A Thanksgiving Centerpiece for my Mom

Hello Everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. We had a wonderful day filled with cooking, eating, watching football and relaxing.

Today, I put a centerpiece together for my Mom. She found the galvanized bucket, I added some of the sprays I already had and I also picked up some new ones this year. I also hot glued this beautiful ribbon I picked up onto the bucket.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

All my best,

Whew...the pillows are done

Well, after some "spiced" egg nog made by E (you rock!!) all 8 pillows for our nephews room are done...alright it was just one egg nog. They headed back to NY today in my Mom's suitcase. I think her suitcase was heavier leaving then when she got here LOL. We had so much fun making all of them, we sat in my craft room laughing and talking. The new Singer sewing machine worked beautifully, it has a lot to offer and I can't wait to learn and do more on it. So, starting this week I will be starting on more presents and  I will post pictures after I'm done.

Hope you like them.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope you will all have a wonderful day spending time with family and friends, eating delicious foods and scrumptious desserts. I know we will and we are really looking forward to it. I will be missing my family and friends up North and will be wishing that I could be spending today with them.

I am so thankful for my husband who makes me proud of the man and Army Officer that he is. He is supportive, romantic, giving, thoughtful, makes me a better person, loves me unconditionally and always makes me laugh. I am thankful that my Mom is down here celebrating with us. She has taught me so much about being the woman I am today, about life, love and happiness. Most importantly to wait for the right man to come along, how to be a good wife and friend. Thank you for being in my life! I love you both. I am also very thankful to have a wonderful sister and brother. We have all had our ups and downs...but that is what life is about and I just so love and treasure you both. Our nephews George and Matthew...both a gift. Thank you for being the sweet, loving boys that you are and always putting smiles on our faces. We love you both very much.

Also, thank you to all my blogging friends out there who have been supportive since I started blogging in October. You have all been so kind with your encouraging and funny comments and I have really enjoyed reading your blogs and being part of your lives. You have definitely made it easy for me to enjoy.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Getting ready for a special visitor

This week we are going to be busy little beavers around here. My Mom is coming in for a week long visit this coming Saturday and we are so excited. Of course I have a ton of things to do while E is at work...cleaning, laundry, etc. Then we will be doing our Thanksgiving dinner shopping or we just might wait and take Mom to the Commissary here on post.

We cannot wait to have her here for Thanksgiving. E is so pumped up, they both get along so well and he has the cutest name for her...he calls her "Little Momma." Although there is not much to do here, she is very excited to do some crafting and sewing. Most of all we are looking forward to spending some quality time together. We will also take her around post, the National Infantry Museum, and to Columbus. She loves to shop...so that will be a no brainer.

I also have to finish my Christmas cards this week and I will finally post a picture of it. I have been having a little bit of trouble with them and with me being a perfectionist that doesn't make life any easier. LOL I am using my Cricut Expression and  the Joys of the Season cartridge. Everything I cut out came out great except for one of the phrases I was trying to cut out. I will explain more when I post the card.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!

Alisha