My real look-alike

So...I went to a better website; and this is my real look-alike (97% match). Tori Spelling didn't even come up on this one.

-Bill

hmmmm....I really have better things to do

Thanks for the idea Jess!
I never really thought about this before. Bill would say I remind him of Salma Hayek or Catherine Zeta-Jones, but that might only be because those are two actresses he thinks are "pretty" and tells me I look like them just to be politically correct.


I had to laugh about this one. I was only going to put one celebrity look-alike for each of us, but it was just too funny that Tori Spelling and Renee Zellweger came up as look-alikes for Bill. What does that say about them? hmmm.... I used to think he reminded me of Colin Firth, who I fell in love with after seeing Pride and Prejudice. :)

hehe, this was a fun little diversion before I hit the house-cleaning. :)

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VELVET MITT IS HERE!!!

The moment came today, when the VELVET was unveiled.......... I was the first to join Alyse and see it with my own eyes.........it felt AND smelled divine!

Is this not the best picture of us? This is what you get when a 5 yr old is the professional photographer :) hehe We were a bit overwhelmed with the coverage, but, at a moment like this, who cares?


This is THE exclusive interview of Alyse Loomis, concerning the Velvet Mitt Portrait

sorry.....I could not contain my laughter at the end.....this is just so incredible, it is ACTUALLY in her home! Her husband is a hoot to boot, gotta love him!

www.velvetmitt.com

my 100th post!

Why are little boys like little puppies?

Why, when after a nice long shower, do they insist on walking right up to my shoes and peeing on them? .......RIGHT before I need to leave for work? I just needed ONE minute to grab a diaper, just one! .....and there was PLENTY of time to pee during the 25 min shower!
AND they ALWAYS act like they just did the greatest thing on earth!

This one is for Grandma Alex!

Smile Mom! Don't you just love being a grandma!?!

Don't forget to take Vicodin, Eddie's little bum will just look cuter and cuter!

Snow, snow, snow.....ahhhh!!!!

So another storm hit last night, and we got dumped on, as usual. But this was the most in one night we have ever had, over a foot by 6am. It took me 20 min to "shovel" just this much to the side of Bill's car to get the camera.
our front step and walk way......

TWO HOURS LATER..........

Our front step and walk way, and the cars are covered again after I spent 1 1/2 hours clearing them off so we could take a drive, (which we didn't do after all)

Bill dropped Jade's basketball in the snow and then it got covered again.

That was quite a workout, I still like the snow, but that was a bit much. It's supposed to continue falling until late tonight. I will take another picture when it stops and see how high it is then. :) Man, skiing will be prime tomorrow for sure!

another Tara "invention"

This is something that came out of necessity, really. Gracie, (Alyse's youngest and one of Josh's best buds), just turned 6. She said she wanted a Webkinz carrier for her birthday, so I made one up. Josh picked out all the fabric, and I made up a pattern for this purse that can hold 5 webkinz and a large inside pocket for accessories.

Gracie has been very helpful and lets me know exactly what I need to do to make it better. :) She said it would be good to have little tags under each webkinz pocket for their names and a little snap to hold their collars, also a pocket on the back side to hold more clothes. :)

I am going to try and make some more of these, I'm shooting for one a week, or one every other week, and then sell them in one of the Spring boutiques. Webkinz are SUPER popular around here. If you want to know what they are, go to www.webkinz.com

Eddie Walking

He is getting better and better at walking since he figured out he COULD walk last thurs. We thought we would try to get him to walk for the camera, so we all gathered around and "encouraged" him. Don't mind my loonie-sounding voice..........he's my last one, OK!

List of Junk......

1. Eddie walked this week, from the kitchen table to the coffee table by the couch. But he doesn't like to do it, he enjoys the speed of crawling much better!

2. I am trying to figure out the balance between home-mom and work-mom, and getting enough sleep between the two where I do not become the wicked grouch mom. I have a new admiration for the working-mother.

3. Jade LOVES to ski. Bill took her out last week on the bunny slopes and gave her an hour lesson, then she went on the real slopes and caught on quick. Thurs was a half day at school, so she went with a friend in her class and did a couple of runs. (the ones where it takes 15 mins on the lift to get to the top). One of the ski resorts by our house, (10 min away), has free lifts from 3-4:30 in the afternoon, and the bunny slopes are free all the time. It's perfect for a cheap and quick afternoon activity.

4. Josh is still my angel boy, and won't let me go to work without "huggies and kissies". I really appreciate that, more than he knows.

5. That's about it, I know it doesn't sound like much, but it's been enough to keep me from blogging properly. I will get the hang of working and being a mom soon I'm sure. It just takes time to get used to the new schedule. :) I LOVE my work though, it is really fun for me. I'll take more pics soon!

Gone Sking?

*Lindsay, this is the comic I told you about.....the expressions are hilarious!

Jade brought more dragons home from school today!

Jade's dragons

I just found a few dragon pictures she forgot in my art room. These are some of the drawings she takes to school and sells. (I mentioned this in the next post)

Some old random Jade art

I love the details of the trunk
She got into drawing Thestrals for a while...

Still doing silly quick drawings to get funny thoughts out of her head, (but those thoughts keep coming!)

The kids in her class asked her to come up with different animals. This is one page, I wish I had the others. The kids were asking her to draw all sorts of animals, some I do not think I have ever seen before. :)

A crazy looking something.....

This was the bookcover for a book report she did on Eldest.

She has been drawing SOOOO much over the last month, once the kids in her class started making requests, AND paying her quite well for them, (in school money), she has been drawing more and more, but takes them to school the next day to sell. She has a really awesome collection of dragons, and a bunch of silly comics. I need to remember to have her bring some of them home so I can scan them. I would be thrilled to death if she follows in her Aunt Lindsay's footsteps.

Another set of Random

I think the highlight in this picture, is the little red helper in the background. We found Josh a little show shovel, and he LOVES helping, he is so darn cute all bundled up and working so hard. ( he actually creates a little more work for me, but I just love having him out there with me!)

And it was not so fun that I developed a "snow cap" since I didn't take the time to put on a hat.
Eddie is SO cute! I just love it!

Jade having fun testing out her new paints.

Pics from a Christmas visit.

For those of you I grew up with, you might remember the Redfearns. John and Janice Redfearn they came up from St. George for a visit while my parents were here. We were all really good friends growing up. We have not seen each other in YEARS, it was SO much fun!

We met up at Justin's house for dinner, he, Jodie, and I are all within 30 mins of each other. It was a really great evening. Between Jodie's son, Justin's kids, and mine, all the kids had someone to play with, I hope we can do this again every so often!