we're going to see joel!

Do you just LOVE Joel Osteen? I am a super duper big fan of his devotional tv program.

I bought his book a long time ago and have been a fan ever since. So he's coming to Phoenix Dec 4 and my sister and I are going! She is coming down from the Seattle area to see us (my dad and I ) and we'll go see that. I cannot wait!
If you've never seen Joel speak or haven't heard of him, you should really check him out. He is such an inspiration to us all!

Started my shopping

I started my holiday shopping today.

I went to JCPenney and bought some clothes for the kids. I bought my daughter a pair of slippers and a cute little puppy purse, pink of course {wink}

I got my 8 year old son a transformers shirt.

I forget what else, but I went and had fun LOL.

Oh ya, I got my hair colored this a.m. I decided to try a beauty school, trying to save some $ for Christmas, do it the cheap way. She actually did a really good job. :)

I plan on starting a quilt for my 8 year old son. Since I already made one for my dd.

Anyone sewing? Or already getting ready for company to come in instead?

I still am not sure if I want to cook or just go out on Thanksgiving.

Free to grab

Click HERE for a spool quilt pattern.

I'm sure you've seen THIS list of wonderful pbtex patterns.

The project linus patterns HERE for charity work.

Hidden windows HERE

Makower patterns click here

bunch of tree skirt patterns HERE

and a raggy runner christmas pattern HERE

maybe these will keep you busy, for a little while ;)

good mornin'

Hi fellow bloggers!

Well it's definitely been a week, but at least it's Friday. Work has been very hard on me lately and it's just dragging me down most days. School is going good and plugging along nicely. I'm trying to speed some of these small classes up....I really want to just TEACH. As an assistant I'm not getting respected (and never really have been) by teachers. Then the teachers wonder why the students don't respect us. Makes my job very hard. I'm not a kid. I'm 37. With 4 kids. Anywho...

Not much going on around here. Arizona finally cooled off! Yes, we got to turn off the a/c. LOL.

I'm going to try to post lots of freebies on my blog. My old blog used to be mostly freebies and I miss doing that for others. You know, crafty quilty goodness freebies, the kind we all love! So my next post will probably be all freebies. you betcha!

What's everyone been up to? And your plans for the holiday? Cooking? Going out of town?

Do tell!

In the holiday spirit!

It's not even Thanksgiving and I'm already getting into the holiday spirit around here.

Maybe it's because the temperature has finally dropped a bit here in Arizona.

I'm not sure. But I'm happy it's cooler.

We just had our a/c on last week! sheesh!

So what does everyone have planned for Thanksgiving?

I'm seriously not sure if I want to cook or just go out for dinner.

We'll see.

Off to study now.

Hope everyone is doing great!

Some new freebies

A few new freebies for ya:

HERE is a good one, nice new stitching! You'll find it at the Painted Quilt. Great quilt blog.

How about bookmarks for stocking stuffers? Try THIS link.

Or how bout a sweet personalized pillow?! This would make a great holiday gift!

I won!

I cannot believe it...out of 53 comments I am the winner! of this new amniogenesis product! YA! me!

Love this gal's blog. You must go visit her and enter her giveaways! FAbulous prizes!