Not KNITTING, but crochet!

Well look at me! Posting something on my little blog! I haven't posted in a while, and it's been even longer since I linked up to my dear friend Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday meme.

It's totally opportunistic of me, because I want to show you the adorable to-go cup coffee cozies I've been crocheting and selling in my etsy shop, Oak Tree Miscellany. Crocheting...not KNITTING! (See how I made that work for this K post? ;)

Aren't they sweet!?

It's like I'm crocheting a rainbow every evening once work and dinner and chores are done.

I hope you will check out my etsy shop.

And I really hope you will check out all the other way more interesting K posts over at Jenny's blog!

Have a blessed Thursday! ♥

we ♥ the beach

I haven't been posting much life happenings lately. Do you do this? Love doing something, get bored with it, miss it, commit to do it again, forget commitment, then dive in when you should be doing something else, for example...working?

That's me today! Putting up this post of sad i-phone vacation pics because I didn't take out my real camera even one time on vacation. But, the memories. So whatever. :)

We love the beach. The Florida panhandle is our favorite vacation spot. Stephen fell in love with the beach at 7 years old. We've gone quite often since then and are thrilled to do it. This year was no exception.

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scruffy

He's not shaving or cutting hair until school starts. Scruffy. Still handsome. ~♥ his momma

Rainbow

The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.

Genesis 9:13 NKJV

Weekday breakfast

I tried something new last night. Because mornings in our house are short. Meaning we all like to sleep as late as possible before getting ready for work and school.

I chopped up some fresh spinach and wilted it in a pan with a little bit of olive oil. Then I cracked 7 eggs (that's what I had), added salt, pepper and the spinach and beat them to mix together.

I sprayed my muffin tin, wrapped a piece of turkey bacon (from Sam's) on the inside of each opening, filled the center with about a 1/4 cup (give or take) of the egg mixture, topped with a pinch of reduced fat fiesta mix cheese and baked for 20 mins on 350.

This morning I popped two in the microwave for 30 seconds and VOILA - breakfast in a hurry, healthy and on the go!

I think about these things

This morning nothing was doing but I have some glazed donut holes with my coffee. I parallel parked right smack at the front door of the town donut shop, scrounged around in my purse for cash, and just as I was going to slam my locked car door, I noticed my keys laying in the passenger side seat. I snatched them up and threw up a prayer of thankfulness to the good Lord.

Because the last thing a chubby girl who lives in a little town of 1200 folks wants to do is lock her keys in her car. Before dawn. In front of the donut shop. Amen?

December's over but...Tuba Christmas 2013

I lied! I'm posting a "catch up" post afterall! :D

In December, Stephen and his friend Zach, participated in the Fort Worth Tuba Christmas. Have you ever been to an event like this? So neat! It's all bass clef instruments performing Christmas songs. There were tubas, sousaphones, euphoniums, baritones (is a euphonium and a baritone the same thing?) and I'm sure others, but I don't know their names. Stephen played tuba and Zach played baritone.

 Here's Stephen in his Tuba Christmas scarf and toboggan!

Here's a little sample of the sound! Check your area for a Tuba Christmas for 2014!  It's a fun holiday event!



~Amy