After the very complicated process of writing comment numbers on little papers and picking one with my eyes closed…

The winner of the crochet hearts wall hanging is Marianna!

Congratulations, Marianna! Thank you to all that joined in!  Marianna, please email me your address to: gayle at planetmfiles dot com and I’ll pop the wall hanging in the mail!

I’m working on a little crochet something that I hope to have ready in a day or two.  If it works out, I’ll tell you my plans for it!

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I still have not figured out why my photos don’t always show up in my feed.  I did find out how the photos have to be coded in html to show up in the feed and mine are coded correctly.  So.  If you are reading this in a feed reader or by email subscription and don’t see a photo?  There is one!  Always.

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Some randomness today…

Yesterday it snowed.  The weather forecasters said “snow showers.”  It was snowing when I got up, it was snowing when my high schooler got on the school bus at 7:05am, it was snowing when my middle schoolers got on the school bus at 7:33am.  It was snowing at 8:30am when my middle school daughter called me, still on the bus, still on our road!!! Near our house the road is pretty level, but down a little it becomes steeper.  It turned out that the middle school bus picked up 5 kids, including my 2 then it got to the steep part and it was way to slippery to continue.  The bus driver pulled over and waited.  Finally after an hour he told the kids to call their parents to get them off the bus.  I am happy that he didn’t attempt to continue.  The roads were terrible.  After many buses having to pull off the road, our school district decided to delay school opening for 2 hours for all the kids that hadn’t been picked up yet, and the buses were told to not move until salters and plows cleared the road.  I drove to the bus (thank goodness for 4 wheel drive!) and got my kids and kept them home for the day.  I figured they deserved it!

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Can you always see the photos I post here?  A reader emailed me and told me that she can’t always see my photos.  I have no idea why.  This really bothers me.

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My son that is in 11th grade is finishing a nine week unit of ballroom dance in PE today.  His PE teacher has invited all the parents of her dance students to watch a “dance-off” that the students are doing this afternoon.  My response when I got the invitation was, “Yippee, I can’t wait!”  I started thinking, “I need to charge my camera battery and make sure I have enough room on the memory card, and what lens should I use?…”  My son’s response was, “Nooooo, you can’t go to it.  No other parents will be there.  Don’t goooooo.”  Last night I told him I didn’t know if I’d be there or not.  I really want to go, but I don’t want to embarrass him or make him feel extra nervous if he sees me.  I think I’ll go and if there’s a lot of parents, I’ll stay.  If I’m the only one in the audience, I’ll leave.

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My crochet hearts wall hanging giveaway is open for entries until February 3, 2010!  Don’t forget to enter if you haven’t already!

Leave a comment at the Necessary Room to participate in Se’Lah’s *Gift of Jewels* project of spreading love all over the world before tomorrow, January 30, 2010!

Today, January 29, 2010 is the last day to enter for Sunnymama’s Mango Juice Bag giveaway!

Peculiar Momma has a great post about creating Valentine cards and she is sharing the cool cards she created for you to download your own use!

Monkey’s Momma has three copies of the book, “The Story Behind The Song” to give away!

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I have been inspired by all of the love floating around the internet lately! This is a teeny tiny giveaway, but my hearts are filled with plenty of love that I want to share! If you want to be entered to win this wall hanging just leave a comment on this post before February 3, 2010. I’ll pick a random number on February 3rd!

If you want to make some of these hearts yourself, check out my free crochet hearts pattern!

Happy Love Thursday!

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Now for the exciting news!  Se’Lah is having a *Gift of Jewels* giveaway!  Se’Lah and some very cool blogging friends of hers (and me, how’d I get in there?) have made or selected some special gifts to be given away.  Check out Se’Lah’s blog every day from now until December 7, 2009 to get in on the fun!

Do you have a memory you would like to share today?  Just leave a link to your blog post or photo in Mr. Linky!  If you don’t have a blog, tell us about a memory in the comment section.  I want to hear from everybody!  (If Mr. Linky  isn’t working, you can put your link in the comments section.)  Please remember to:

• Leave a link to the specific blog post, not to your general blog address, to make it easier for people to find your memory post.
• Make sure your link works and that it goes to your specific memory post.
• Put a link back to here in your post so that your readers can come and read about everyone’s memories!
• Visit the other participants and please leave comments on their posts!  We all love comments!
• Enjoy the party and come back next week for Monday Memories: The Fortieth!

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In my comfort drawer I would include:

• Photos of my husband, my children and my Timmy.
• A favorite book. Probably a funny one.
• Lindt chocolate truffles, dark, milk and white.
• a crochet hook and some yarn
• a pencil and paper

That’s all I can think of!  Now, here’s what my list would look like if it was a comfort room, not drawer!

• All of the above, plus:
• tea bags, sugar, milk, water, spoon
• my favorite tea cup
• a refrigerator for the milk
• a sink, for the water
• a microwave to heat the water
• my couch
• the crochet blanket my mom made for me
• Real live Timmy
• I’m not sure about real live hubby and kids.  You know, sometimes the kids bickering gets in the way of comfort! And, the hubby? He’s not really the comforting type.
• Some toast with butter and jam, and of course everything that’s needed to make it!

Hee hee.  I think I need high maintenance comforting.

Go on over to Diane’s blog and let her know what would be in your comfort drawer to enter her giveaway!

Afternoon Reflection

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Wow!   That was fun!  Now I see why blog owners hold giveaways!  Thank you to everyone that entered my very first giveaway!  You guys are great!  There will definitely be more giveaways in the future!

Here we go!

The Random Number Generator picked…

Comment #23!

Congratulations to Deanna!!!

Deanna, please send your mailing address to me at:   gayle at  planetmfiles dot com so I can send this cool knitting book off to you!

Thank you again to all that participated!  Don’t miss out on anything!   You can subscribe to my RSS feed and follow me on Twitter to keep up on future free patterns and giveaways!  You can also follow my blog on Facebook!

Go on over to the Bloggy Giveaways winners page to see all of the winners in the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival!

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Do you knit, or know somebody that is a knitter?  Yes?!  Then this giveaway is for you!  This book has some amazing patterns in it!

Here are the rules:

• To enter this contest, leave a comment on this post!
• Only those with a mailing address within the U.S. may enter.
• One entry per person, please.
• No entries after 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time Saturday.
• Winner will be announced Saturday (1/31/09) evening.
  
  Good luck!

Contest is now over!  Come back later today to find out who won!

Go over and visit the Bloggy Carnival Giveaways for more amazing giveaways!

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Rug 1

It’s Hooked on Friday at Hooked on Houses, and today I’m hooked on shopping for a rug!  I must clarify,  I am a terrible shopper.  Especially for something that I will see every day for (hopefully) many years.  It’s so hard to make up my mind.  And then of course, the rugs that are my favorites are the expensive ones!

Rug 2

I am looking for a rug to go into our family room.  The room is a little dark already, with a dark wide plank wood floor and dark paneling.  Someday, we want to take down the paneling and lighten up the room with lighter walls.  The room has a fireplace with a wood stove insert and a sliding glass door that leads to our backyard.  Wood is carried in this way to go into the wood stove and this is the way our dogs go in and out, so sometimes there are wet and dirty paws that will be walking on the rug.

Rug 3

As you can see by my choices, I like Southwest decor!

What do you think?  Should I go with something dark to hide paw prints?  Should I go lighter, to brighten up the room?  What will it be, Rug #1, Rug #2, Rug #3 or Rug #4.  (I feel like Monty Hall!)

Any other ideas?  I really need some advice!

Don’t forget to check back on Monday, Jan. 26th for my very first giveaway!

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No, I don’t want to get that song stuck in your head again!  It’s just that now we have icicles, and when I see ice, I must photograph it!  Unless it’s the ice that I am getting really fed up with.  Like the ice on our front steps and the ice on our driveway.  I don’t like to use the ice melting stuff mostly because I don’t want  Timmy to get it on his paws (he goes to the front of the house, Polly doesn’t).  Also,  I don’t want us tracking it into the house and possibly having Timmy or Polly eating any of it.  So, we slip and slide!  I spend a lot of time saying things like, “Watch out for the ice!”  “Be careful on the ice!” “The ice is reeeeally slippery!”  I’m a cautious mom.  I’m sure my kids love me for it.  Right?

Don’t you just want to break one off and lick it?!   They look so smooth and clear!

Oh, yes, do you see our Christmas candy canes.  They will remain up until we get a thaw.  They’re frozen into the ground!

I almost forgot, look at what I picked up at the library today!  I put my name on a waiting list and I finally got to the top of the list!  Maybe I will learn how to improve my icicle shots!

What’s your weather like?  If it’s warm and beautiful, feel free to fib to me and tell me it’s cold and wet!

Don’t forget to check back on Monday for my very first giveaway!

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