Old prayer brings back HOPE

Found this prayer in one of my old beat up prayer books and remembered it was and still continues to be a favorite of mine, I hope it inspires someone else out there. I will return with freebies when I am able to do so, as for right now I am preparing the way......

Just for Today.......
Lord, for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray; keep me, my God, from stain of sin, just for today.
Let me both diligently work and duly pray; let me be kind in word and deed, just for today.
Let me be slow to do my will, promp to obey; help me to mortify my flesh, just for today.
Let me no wrong or idle word unthinking say; set a seal upon my lips, just for today.
Let me in Season, Lord, be grave, in season gay; let me be faithful to Your grace, just for today.
And if today my tide of life should ebb away, give me Your Sacraments divine, sweet Lord, today.
So for tomorrow and its needs, I do not pray; but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord, just for today.
Amen!

Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Making a wish

Wow where did the last 19 years go???? My eldest is turning 19 tomorrow and is super excited about her birthday this year.... I keep hearing all the plans that she has made with all her friends for her birthday and I keep wondering-- where oh where did the time go!!!! I had to ask her if I was even going to see her on her birthday because all her plans didn't seem to include the person who carried and bore her.... can you tell I'm not liking the growing up thing? Oh my baby wants to fly and yet I want to keep her wings clipped..... Oh how I wish how I wish I could have the same relationship that we had when she was little and didn't want to be without me.... but I know it's not reality and I have to just suck it up and move onto a different journey with her.
So in celebration of my daughters birthday and my wishing she would never grow up I decided to go back into my birthday things that I made last month and pull this one out since I didn't do it last month. I pray that you all have a blessed Advent season and a wonderful Christmas too.... (just in case I don't manange to get on here before then).

As always I ask that you send your friends to snag their own. Just click the preview to go to my 4shared to download.

Here's you goodie....




Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Thanksgiving Leftovers...

Happy day after Thankgiving blessings to all of you...
Were you bold enough to go out on black friday to start your holiday shopping??? I was bold enough to say "no" to the sales lol... but I did do some online shopping at JC Penneys for my hubby.... now I'm down to purchasing the in-laws stuff.... I just need to find some picture frames and then I'm finished Whoo-hoo for me and whoo-hoo I won't be trying to max our cards out again this year!!!

I'm sure you all had many leftovers from your turkey dinner and are enjoying them today!!! I thought you might be pulling up all those pictures that you took with whomever you were with and that you might need some cute captions for all of them. If you are anything like me then you take a lot of pictures of people eating... oh the joy of those lol....

So I'm giving you some of my own Thanksgiving leftovers (ooooh a bonus you get two!) as your freebies today.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful gathering and are still enjoying your time with your family and friends. This upcoming sunday is the 1st Sunday of Advent.... please don't over-look this beautiful season that we have in preparing for the coming of our Lord.... I am bound and determined not to let anything stand in my way this Advent that will detract from the true meaning of Christmas! I guess that's another reason why I've cut back on my purchases this year....


I have a question to ask..... (leave your answer in a comment below)
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR?????
(let's see how many unique answers I get here)



Well enough of my ramblings!! Here's your goodies and please make sure you send your friends to pick up their own. Click the preview of each one to go to my 4shared and download them.










Thanks for visiting!!

Happy Birthday tooooo ME!

Thank you God for another blessed year of my life.... I pray for many more to do your will Lord and not my own!

I'm glad you joined me for my birthday goodies!! I know it's not much but it's something and I'm glad to hear from so many of you who have come and picked up my freebies this month!

I can only imagine what the cake (if I get one) will look like tonight if they try to put all 41 candles on it! Maybe a small forest fire? LOL....
So in honor of those cakes that burn brightly I offer you this freebie of the day!!
You know everyone looks absolutely fabulous in candle light right??? Okay so I keep telling myself that!

I'm not sure what's on the agenda today, the ladies in the parish office want to take me to lunch and I just might take them up on that! I know I have to do the prep work for my share of Thanksgiving dinner so that's on my agenda and as for the rest of the day??? Who knows... my family likes to try to keep secrets LOL....

I pray that your day is as full as mine and as blessed. I also ask for God's blessings upon all your Thanksgiving gatherings tomorrow.


Here's your freebie, just click to get to my 4shared and if there's any problems let me know and I'll upload it to my box.net. Please send your friends to snag their own I'd really appreciate it.



Have a blessed and safe holiday week!

I Wish.....

Well the countdown to my birthday has officially started!!! Although I've been giving birthday goodies all month because of it I will try my best to finish out the rest of the month for all of you with more birthday goodies...
The only problem is that I haven't been able to get to my 4shared account for 2 day's now!! Is anyone else having issues or is it just me???
So I've opened up a Box.net and now will trade them in and out until 4shared works out it's issues.
I guess it's a good enough reason to give this freebie for the day since I've been making a wish that it would clear up and it hasn't LOL....

Last year's and this year's birthday's are going much better than my 30's! I don't know why I struggled so much with going through my 30's but they were brutal to me!!!
It's really a good feeling to be the age I am now and well... sure there are ache's and pains, snaps and crackles yeah the family gene pool is a little mucky--- isn't it wonderful how we all get the "bad body" ailments handed down to us and never any of the ones that we really want! LOL....

I plan on taking it really easy this week, my dear hubby is at home with me on vacation from work this week! I do love having him around even if it does mess up my schedule (you know what I mean?).

We have 6th and 7th grade sessions today and then 1st year Confirmation tonight and then that's about it for the week except for the fact that I have to get to the grocery store tomorrow to buy my portion of the Thanksgiving dinner and I'm thrilled that I don't have to cook the whole dinner this year!!! WE are actually getting together and will split the whole meal between my family, my mom, my sister and her family (yeah that's all we could get together)believe me don't be shocked because it's been this way for years now!!! Yes people my family is the one who put the
FUN in dysFUNctional.... LOL..... but it's my family and well you learn to either adapt or be overcome with sorrow over it.....

I guess one of my wishes would be that we can all learn to get along well enough to be together once in a while but I'm not gonna waste all my breath on that one....
So I place this issue in the hands of God and pray that He see's us through!

Wow... I'm a bit long winded today on this blog aren't I????
Just in case I don't get my 4shared working right I am leaving a link to the Pinch to grow an Inch on this one too.....

So you will find all that you need by clicking the previews below.

I pray you all have many wishes (prayers) that reach the ears of God--- most importantly wishes (prayers) of Thanksgiving on this upcoming Thankgsgiving day!

As always please send your friends to pick up their own and please leave a little note letting me know what you think or would like me to work on for next month.


Here's your goodies!!!






and here's the back-up to my last freebie




Have a blessed day!

Who pinched me????

How do I start this blog today???? Hmmmm.... remember when you would get whacked on your birthday of course you got whacked as many years as you were and then someone had to throw in--- "and a pinch to grow an inch" comment....
Well darn it I think it's true!!! No longer am I a size "9"-- yeah that was the norm back in the day for me.... but I'm not going to blame it on the dryer shrinking my clothes! Nope, I'm blaming it on all those pinches I got over the years!!! LOL....

Yeah so I'm not the "perfect body"-- but heck just what is the so called "perfect body?" I think I'm perfectly fine because my hubby tells me so!! Thanks honzie I need to hear that every now and again....

I'm wondering how many of you feel the same way about this...LOL

Today's freebie is a goodie to use for anyone's birthday pictures and such....
I hope you have been enjoying all of the one's I've posted so far during this month. I have only a few more and then who know's what path I'll be going on (any of you got suggestions?)
Here's why you came here, as always please send your friends to snag their own and let me know what direction you would like me to go in for next months freebies....
Click the preview to go to my 4share





Have a very blessed day....

Ready, set, BLOW.......

It's been a slow week for us in regards to faith formation... and I've actually had a chance to get away from preparing for sessions and get to Turlock to begin my Christmas shopping. Yeah I know it's early but you see we plan on cutting waaaaaaay back on what we give out this year since the economy hasn't been kind to us lately. So I called JCPenney's to see what their sales were like because online they were showing the upcoming weekend sale... and well they were starting it early Yeah!!!
So I met my daughter and her friend Eric out there for lunch since she was on a break between classes and I headed over to Walmart first just to see what was going on over there.... not much but I did pick up a few games so that when we pull from the Toy's for Tot's tree this year I already have something on hand.
After that I headed to JCP and let me just say they were having a Fabulous sale!!! I'm almost finished shopping for my son, he's so thin and tall that it's hard to find clothes that fit him right and I have to order some things online for him because he likes the jeans from C28.com --- Have you been there??? LOVE the messages that the clothes have and I don't mind being a walking billboard for Jesus!!!
It's always a catechetical moment (teaching moment) when you are living your life for HIM!!
Oh back to my day... so I got some great deals at JCP and needed to find all the candles I need for the MANY different Advent Wreaths that we use both here at home and at the Catechetical Center in the classrooms. What is wrong with the color pink??? Why is it that the candle companies refuse (so it seems) to make them??? I finally found a few at Ross and then headed to Pier 1 and found a couple there too!!! Geez... I think I should just start making my own!

You know if we Catholics stopped purchasing candles the candle industry would probably collapse!!! LOL.... We love our Sacramentals---- after all Christ is the Light of the World!!!!
So with that in mind I bring you today's freebie!!!
I don't imagine my family would take the time to put on all the candles on my cake this year--- plus they know I'm more of a pie person LOL... but if they did it would have more than this one below!



I've tried to put a bunch of candles on my hubbies cake but it's kinda hard to get them all lit before the others burn out!!! But it's well worth the effort!!! LOL
So for all those great pictures you have of people blowing out their candles I give you this freebie!!!
I hope that you all enjoy it and as always click the preview to get to my 4share to download and send your friends to get their own please.
I pray you are able to find the "right candles" to make a someone's face shine brightly!!




May you be blessed with many beautiful lights of Christ today!!!

Aged like Fine Wine... not cheese!

Hello ladies and gents! This morning I was flipping through all the pictures I have uploaded over the years to photobucket, I didn't realize how many I had in there!!! I know that my daughter has made a comment or two about all of them on there but what can I say.... I love our pictures and I am a visual learner so the two just go hand in hand!!!

In my last blog I mentioned the old 45's that I found in my closet (see the first player at the bottom of the blog to hear all the songs I was able to find) and now it's time for me to share with you some "older pictures" from years past to just this year. Before I do that I would like to mention how at times it's a struggle to watch your body go through this aging transformation, the mirror always seems to show things that were'nt there just the day before LOL.... but on the other hand I am very THANKFUL that I am able to see this transformation take place. For every wisdom spot there are stories galore about my life's journey. For every grey hair there is a tale of what my children have done to me.... for every extra pound I can probably tell you a story about our dinner table conversations.... but all in all I know that I can at times feel like "old cheese" and then low and behold I come across these pictures and think to myself... wow.... you aren't aging like cheese but like fine wine..... I'm blessed each and everyday that I get to wake up and share the day with everyone, for my daily bread that the Good Lord gives me, and for my family and friends!!!!

With all of this in mind I thought it would be a good time to give you the freebie that you came here for. I know how easily we can feel like "cheese", but I want you to feel the same blessings that I feel... yes we may not feel perfect but God loves you for who you are!!! For you are like a fine wine that the Good Lord has made.... a blend unique, aromatic, robust and full....
I pray your cup overflows with blessings just as my own does.

I'm gonna leave you with some pictures that I found in my bucket....

Back around 1995


Easter 2006


Christmas 2007


Summer 2009


Fall 2009




Okay enough of my own walk down the aging lane.....
Just click the preview to get to my 4share to download your freebie and as always please send your friends to snag their own. It would be nice to hear from some of you who do come, so take a second and drop me a line here about how you feel you are aging it would be nice to hear a story or two.....






May your cup overflow with perfect blessings!!!

Smiles, Memories and Wrinkles....

Cleaning house for the upcoming holiday and I must say its been a productive day today!!!! I finally got into my closet and cleaned it out, along the way I found some long lost items that I've been hanging onto for more than one reason I suppose. Some of the treasures that I found today included my son's 1st Communion Suit, a family photo that included almost all of us, my oldest sister wasn't in the picture. I also came across some pants that I refuse to part with yeah I can't even fit a leg into them but hey I'm sentimental!!! I also found the sweater that I would use when I was pregnant for my daughter, my wedding dress from when our marriage was convalidated in the church, the dress I wore to my 10 year high school reunion.... some things in the corner that I don't even know what it was(I think they were sample size lotions and shampoos that I would collect from hotel stays...)
Needless to say I have room now!!! I also came across a box of old 45's (records for those of you who don't know the term). My daughter asked me--- so how many songs are on those things... LOL.. Uh only one per side and yeah they were a little pricy...
but over the years I would store, haul, and pack away these small treasures. I thought it would be fun to hear all the songs that we had but I don't have a record player anymore.... DANG!
I thought the next best thing to do was to find them on projectplaylist.com
I managed to find all but 44 of them and even found 2 of those on Youtube.com
So if you're old enough to remember or had older siblings that listened to them then maybe you'll enjoy listening to this playlist all you have to do is click the button that says it will popout the player... then you can boogie through them while having fun on other pages. I hope I do this right so if it doesn't show in this post then I will add it to the bottom of my page.

Whew... now that I've said all that stuff I suppose you really want your freebie LOL... I'm still continuing with my silly birthday quotes since it's my birthday month.
I figured with all the memories I went through today and all the smiles that they brought to me while thinking of those fond times.... a wrinkle or two won't matter to me because surely that's where a smile used to be!!!

I hope that you enjoy this one and that you cherish any little wrinkle that may pop up in life because remember it's where a smile used to be!

As alway's please send others here to get their own and it would be nice to add to my memories by hearing from those of you who come by to snag it.
Click the preview it will take you to my 4share



May you be blessed with many wrinkly memories....


THE MUSIC I FOUND WILL BE IN THE PLAYER BELOW.... JUST STOP THE ONE PLAYING TO LISTEN TO THE 45'S

Snap, Crackle and Pop!

I'm happy to see that I lived up to coming to my blog more often than I had over the last couple of months. I'm going to continue to offer silly birthday quotes like I mentioned and today's really lives up to some of the things that are beginning to happen to this "slightly used body" of mine!!!
It's amazing how when I sit here my mind doesn't feel like it's much older than a few years out of high school (you know what I mean?) yet when I get up from sitting my body reminds me that it's far from just a few years out of high school. Yeah yeah I know that if I exercised more I wouldn't be feeling all the snap, crackles and pops but I'm sure even those who are in top shape are hearing the same things that I hear when I get up.....
Not that I'm ancient or anything like that but it's funny the noises that come out of a body as we get a bit more used.... lol....
My hubby and I can have some major competition in the noise department at times!!!
I suppose you didn't just come here to read the ramblings of myself and that you are looking for your freebie (that is why you're here right? LOL)
Before I entice you with the freebie I wanted to make sure that I say THANK YOU to all our Veterans out there on this dreary (looks like rain) Veteran day!!! I appreciate my freedom and recognize it doesn't come freely and for that I thank you all who have served and/or continue to serve our country. For the family members of these selfless brothers and sisters in Christ I also thank because there are more out there that are standing behind those who serve than we will ever truly know.

Okay... back to why you are here....
Really you should always try your hardest to stay young at heart no matter what happens to the rest of the ole' body.


As always please leave a little love and send your friends to pick up their own ;o)
Here's your freebie!!!


May your body sing out lovingly to Our Creator for He loves every-single-thing about you! So go ahead and make a joyful (sometimes painful) noise unto HIM....

Time Flies!

Geez I'm not doing too good about posting new blogs here, time flies as you are getting older!!! Yeah it's my birthday month and well I guess I just need to accept the fact that I have been around longer than Sesame Street-- made 40 years this last week and that I was old enough to remember when the Berlin Wall fell. I'm not old enough to remember when they announced Nov. 11th Veterans day but I am happy to say that it was the same day (Nov. 11th) that my hubby and I went on our first date 20 years ago this year!!! Yeeeeeee, oh the things we remember as we grow older. I refuse though to say that I have age spots forming, instead I call them my wisdom dots because we are filled with all the gifts of the Holy Spirit and well.... my wisdom just show's through LOL... okay so that's not a visible gift on the body but I can dream can't I??? Speaking of dreams I just want to say that I have many still and I do pray on a regular basis for them, the fact that I have been blessed to have been around so many gifted and love giving people has and continues to be a dream of mine. So in light of my birthday month I hope to get on here more often to offer my silly birthday quotes to you all.







Yep I decided I would stop counting way back then.... but now I'm reconsidering because I am so blessed to be able to count each and every day that God has given me to try try again....
So if you feel the same I offer this silly quote to you....
all I ask is that you send others here to get their own, just click the sample below to go to my 4share to snag it and leave some of your own wisdom and love with me. I pray you all have a blessed day and have many memories that you are able to share with others!







May God bless you abundantly with the Gifts and Fruits of the Spirit in all you do today and always!

Football Fanatic MOM

Wow....
I didn't realize how long it had been since I last gave away a freebie or even came on here to blog.
Life sure does have a way with sneaking up on you and snatching away months at a time. Now with a child in college (ah the adult world is catching up with her) and my youngest in high school life has taken a big change for all of us.
When my daughter was in high school, (self-proclaimed Band Geek) I was a Band Mom and I had a lot to learn in regards to that title lol...




But now I am on a totally different field, literally!!! My son is now on the football team and yes I am shakin' in my boots everytime he hits the field, praying the whole time that nobody gets hurt (oh Lord hear my prayer!!)





Our high school here is too small to have it's own Freshman team so he plays with the JV but when a school comes along that has a Freshman team then all the Freshmen play separately from the rest of the JV. Tonight was the very first Freshman game, it was a nail biter and yeah we lost, but the boys played hard!!!! They did very good considering they don't normally play with just Freshman (nor do they practice separately for freshman games) but I was very proud of my son for working hard. He was one of the Captains for the team (yeeeeeeeeeee) I'm so happy for him!!!!





A few bumps and bruises and he had to get out the last minute of the game for rolling his ankle after getting hit in the thigh, so recovery from this game is unlike the past games he's played in...... But all in all, NO serious injuries THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!
So to share in my bit of joy I am sharing this football freebie with all you who have a special guy playing the ole pigskin game (tee-hee)
I hope you like it and please do leave some love while you are here.....
As always please send others here to snag their own, just click the sample to get to my 4share.

Here you go!



oh yeah before I leave......
GOOOOOOOOOOOOO WARRIORS!!!!!!!!

Your Way Freebie

Hello all!!!
Boy it's been a rough day!!!!

Been busy beginning to get all the new Catechetical School year put together....
it's busy and it's time consuming, but I love every minute of it (okay except for the nasty head-aches I get from staring at the computer!) I will only get busier from this point forward.

Other than that I had to run out and get some iron on transfer paper for our youth group, only problem was I'm out $10.00 because my printer wouldn't catch the paper right... geez.....

But the worst of all was the fact that my washer is now officially on the fritz and it flooded my laundry room and kitchen, I'm so darn happy that it didn't make it to the carpet.

Although I would like to have a very good day everyday I too must accept the fact that it won't always be that way, I would love to "order" it that way but as the old saying goes in our home "this isn't Burger King, you can't have it your way"

I'm sure there are others out there that use that term also... it just seemed so darn appropriate to give it as a freebie because of the day I had.

I hope that your day went a lot better and that you are able to use this on some of those silly pictures you may have.

May you have a blessed day!



Here's your freebie, as always please send others to pick up their own, and maybe if you feel so inclind you can leave a little love while you are here (I sure can use some right now)

Quick Freebie

Whew!!! It took me a while to change my blog layout....
so this is going to be a quicky....
I have got to get out of the heat, my computer setup is in the garage so when it gets really hot my legs start to swell and well.... it's time to head in!!!

I've decided not to stand amongst the crowds...
I've chosen to live my life for Christ....
My life is not my own and that's okay....
I choose to be different.....
I choose to be who God knows I can be (even if I haven't figured that out yet)
I realize I'm a part of this world but not of it....

So I dare you to not be a part of the crowd
I dare you not to fall for everything or else you won't stand for anything...
God loves you.....
I dare you to know that...
Most importantly I dare you to be different!

Have a blessed day
Leave me some love when you pick up your goodie.
I pray you feel the presence of God in your life today




As always please send others to pick up their own.
Here's your giftie....
Click preview to download

Motherhood Freebie

Hi ladies (and any gents that may stop here)...
I had a really lazy day today, which I really was in need of after
being on vacation with 3 teenagers lol...
If you read and or picked up my last freebies then you know all about it.

So in light of being a MOM on vacation I felt it would be a great idea to share some Motherhood freebies (yep more than one) with you all today.
I have chosen to be a stay at home mom when I first learned I was pregnant 18 years ago. Although it wasn't a vocation that I embraced whole heartidly, not that I didn't want to but when society seems to think that both parents should be working or if you don't have a college degree then you aren't successful in life. Success to me in life is raising God fearing, law abiding, loving, caring, compassionate children so that they in turn when they are adults will be able to do the same. So far both my dear hubby and I have done a fair job, but only by the grace of God!!!

So if you are out there, a new mom/dad and you stay at home as your primary vocation in life, know that you are being cheered for!!!! I applaud any person who choses to stay at home and do what we do. I applaud anyone who decides that it is better to sacrifice for the betterment of our family. Yes being a single income family can be very hard at times!!!! Since my hubby is a State employee we only get paid once a month (believe me it took forever to get use to living that way) and there's always alot of month over than money.... but we make it because God provides and we have faith in Him for providing and we are grateful for all that he gives to us.

Whew... now with that off of my chest just remember if you struggle as a mom you are not alone... and Motherhood is not for wimps... so I hope that these freebies can be used for some of those crazy moment pictures but most especially for those favorite baby pictures....

Enjoy!!! As always please send others here to pick up their own and leave a little love as I truly am blessed by your presence here.

Have a great day!!!



Here's your goodies!!! Just click the previews to download

This Much Freebie!!

Oh boy... the last few day's of vacation just flew by!!!! We got home by 3:00 and the animals acted like we had been gone for 20 years!!! I love going on vacations but I really do love being home too!!!!

The weather was really good while we were in Monterey, we got there on Monday. After we settled in we headed over to the skatepark so that the boy's could burn off some energy. While they were skating Lance, Katrina and I headed around to the Dennis the Menace Park and had some fun acting goofy, yeah she's a little too big for the swings and such but I really wanted to see what it looked like because it was next to the skate park and we had never been there. We also managed to find a bench where we could see the boys skating and took pictures from there. After spending time at the parks we went over to Cannery Row, of course we did a bunch of window shopping, spent time sitting on the rocks by the water while the boy's jumped around and messed in the water. We ate dinner at Bubba Gumps (love that place) and then just walked around killing time while waiting for the 8:00 showing of Star Trek at the IMAX Theatre!! Oh it's a good movie if you're an old school Star Trek fan!!! I do believe it's one we will buy when it comes out. The IMAX theatre was really nice and the sound system was FABULOUS!!! The only complaint would be that they started the movie like 15 minutes late??? Who does that??? Once the movie was over we called it a night
and that was the end of Day one of our Vacation.


Day two we decided to head to Santa Cruz on Tuesday, once there we set up base camp on the beach, ate lunch (made sandwiches at the hotel to save some money), got the kids their ride bracelets (purchase them online and save $7.00 each geez I sound like a tightwad! LOL!!!). Gabriel and Justin (Justin is Gabriels best friend came with us) headed onto the boardwalk to ride the rides. Katrina, Lance and I managed to keep from getting completely sunburned (some of our body parts didn't have enough sunscreen and got burned (Or should I say Lance and Trina got burned in spots, weird! spots!), then the boys came back and picked up Katrina so she had someone to ride with. Lance and I sat on the beach until 5:00, needless to say I had to feed the birds (taking care of God's creation) yeah eventually we had about 20 birds surrounding us lol.... We had a reasonably cheap dinner, spent time walking in all the shops. Finally the boy's caught up with us and the kids played a round of miniture golf, by this point we were exhausted and had to drive an hour to get back to the hotel. End of Day 2 of our Vacation

Day 3, the next morning (wed) we went to Point Lobo's, it's such a beautiful place to go!!! BUT TEENAGE BOY'S KNOW HOW TO FREAK ME OUT!!!! Oh my goodness the climbing and jumping and the fearlessness next to the edges of cliffs and the sea.... okay so they tested my limits of "allowing them fun"! I had made sandwiches for lunch (saving money again), after lunch we headed over to a hidden little cove for about an hour where the boys decided to have a rock skipping contest and Trina felt inclind to see that all the seaweed be broken up and thrown back into the water. I was able to put my feet in the water during that hour (a very very chilly event for me) and Lance just sat there looking at all of us like we were sideshow freaks lol, we headed back to the hotel around 4:00 and spent the rest of the evening hanging around and being lazy (something I really wanted to do!!!)

Today we finally got everyone and everything loaded into the car by 11:45 and decided to go to the Gilroy Outlet Stores, we mostly walked in and out of the stores although I was willing to buy some new shoes for Gabriel, he said "I don't want any" Whoot Whoot!!! Okay so it was nice on the pocketbook but his shoes are looking like he's had them for over 3 years they are so bad!!! He keeps blaming them on skating but he's always been hard on shoes! So he didn't get anything but I managed to find some cami's for $5.00 and got 4 new ones (I like to wear them to bed, they are comfy!) Yeah I'm so beyond looking cute when I go to bed, it's all about the comfort!!! LOL...

So heading home we managed to hit a construction zone that meant we would be driving only 3 miles an hour, which meant we would be getting home 1/2 hour later than we thought!!!! Let me just say that I thought bringing a friend for my boy would be beneficial to everyone but by day 2 you would have thought that they were really and truly siblings with all the arguing and "snitching" going on... geez you'd think I raised animals! lol...

You gotta love family even when they act like a bunch of lunatics!!!!
And I LOVE my Lunatics!!!!! So darn much!!! That's why I made the freebies I made tonight.



But all in all we had a wonderful time and I wouldn't give it up for a moment. I'm sure you all have had some similiar experiences like my own.... so in an effort to celebrate being with family I made some extra freebies. I hope that one of the "xtra's" that I give you with the "main freebie" is a saying that you use in your own home. If there is something different maybe you can let me know.

As always please send other's here to pick up their own and leave some love, I absolutely feel blessed by your words!!!
I pray your day is truly blessed!!!



Here's my gifts to you....
(click each preview to download)