I want to personally thank everyone who participated in the Cabana Grill Giveaway. I realize most of my followers are not in the Jacksonville area, hopefully next time I have a giveaway you will be able to participate.
Now for what you have been waiting for… The winners are #5 Mandy and #1 Leah!!! Check your email boxes for a message from me.
I am busting at the seams to tell you about my first ever giveaway, but you will have to wait just a minute more!
The other day I received an email from Cabana Grill about hosting a giveaway for them. I had eaten at a Taco Cabana when we lived in the Dallas Area, but I had never heard of Cabana Grill, much less that there was one here in Jacksonville. Apparently, Cabana Grill is a new sister chain to Taco Cabana and Jacksonville was chosen as only the second location in the country.
Recently the kids and I took a field trip to the zoo. Now that the kids have gotten older we no longer make regular pilgrimages to the zoo. But this trip will be remembered for a very long time.
The weather was a bit nippy for January, but since the zoo was running a special $3 per person, we decided to take a break from school and join some friends at the zoo. We saw the usual zoo animals – lions, tigers and bears, Oh my! The zoo even had jaguars. I don’t recall ever seeing jaguars before this.
BUT what makes this trip memorable was the elephants. 
Continue reading “Best field trip EVER!”
Here it is the first day of 2015. I have officially rung in the New Year while sleeping. I’m getting too old to stay up all night. We planned to stay up with the kids but, somewhere along the way I drifted off to sleep. 
2014 has been a long year. My needles have been very busy. I knitted over 6 miles of yarn (compared to 2013 when I knitted about 2 miles). I finished a blanket, 20 hats, 45 dishcloths, 30 toys and several other small items. With the endless clacking of needles, I am behind on sharing these projects. I hope to be able to share them all with you soon. I’m still trying to find the balance between knitting and blogging. My passion for knitting is growing. This year I really want to learn how to cable.
At the end of 2013 we bought a house in Florida. It is slowly becoming a home. To our disbelief, the home inspector missed several major problems and we have spent almost $10,000 in repairs. This has left little money for decorating so I have had to get creative. The kids / guest bath has been my major accomplishment. I am pleased with how it turned out.
I have not been successful in sharing recipes with you. You would think that all we ever eat is sweets. I promise it is not true. It seems that when I get dinner ready the vultures are circling kids are ready to eat. And I am a bit picky, I hate to eat cold food, so photographing my food to be able to post them is not happening. For the last 18 months when I have posted a recipe, I have also shared a printable recipe card. It seems that no one is actually printing them so I have decided to save myself a little work and no longer make them available.
My daughter and I are loving our American Heritage Girl troop. I am enjoying leading our Patriot girls. They are a great group of girls and I see them growing into great Godly women. My daughter is a third year Explorer and will be moving to Pioneers soon. We plan to attend the AHG 20th Anniversary National Convention in June. We are both so excited. As much as my recipes have not made it to the blog, my AHG badge helps are falling even further behind.
While 2014 has been a year where I have not accomplished as much as I hoped. It has been a great year both personally and blog related. Thank you for sharing a little slice of my life with me.
Happy New Year.
I want to take a moment to thank each and everyone of you. When I began blogging, I was unsure where this adventure would go. I did not tell anyone I blogged, for I was uncertain and afraid – what would I write about; would anyone want to read what I wrote; how long would this interest last (a few months?).
Yet here I am almost two years later, and I now have 100 followers. Compared to some big name blogs this is pretty crummy, but it makes my heart swell. I have intentionally not told any of my friends that I blog, and most of my extended family is still in the dark. So each of you is a complete stranger to me. Yet, you encourage me to keep writing.
Lately, I have been sharing a lot of my knitting projects; if you stopped by to see them there are more coming. But I feel I have neglected my other interests. I have several posts planned, but am struggling to find the time to sit and write. I dream of days when I will be able to do that.
If this is your first time stopping by or you follow me, thank you for encouraging me to continue to share the projects that I am working on. If you have just stumbled upon this page, you may want to check out some of my top posts.
