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Static - enough said!

Around the Harrington House, we are ready for some warmer weather! Along with the cold & dreary weather we've been having around here - every time Bella or I get anywhere near the couch, static happens! Bless her heart, it sometimes looks as if, she has stuck her finger in a light socket....it's kinda cute though (on her!). But yes, we are ready for old man winter to leave and let the sun come shining in and bring us some warmer temps so that we can go outside & play! Bella's ready to jump on her trampoline & play with her swing set (hopefully daddy will finally put the swings on!) Mommy's ready for some sun shine too - hopefully it will brighten everyone's moods!

Today - I got in a new toy! My embroidery machine came in - yay yay!! I'm so excited to start working with it. Now, all the stuff I make will become personalized! I will start posting what I make - if anyone's interested in anything - just let me know! I'm also starting a shop on Etsy, I will post that link later for all to see (once I get items uploaded, of course). We don't have a very busy weekend planned, so hopefully I will get lots accomplished! We are going to eat tomorrow night with our Sunday School class at some steakhouse (supposed to be awesome!) in Avinger, Tx. There are supposed to be over 50 people in attendance!

Well, that's all for now - it's time for this mama to hit the sack (it's past my bedtime!) Night!

Until next time,

Valentine's Day!

Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day! The above picture was taken before church this morning, Bella was very excited to go see all her "little" friends, as she calls them. And of course, we had to take Valentine's to each of them, including her teacher friend Miss Jessica - whom she absolutely adores! We are very blessed at our church to have some great workers in our preschool department (yes, including me!) She just loves going to church, so happy for that.

Well, just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day - hope you had a great day! This next picture is of Miss Priss before school on Friday....as you can see, we had a very excited little girl (they were having a party that day!).

It's Snowing!!!

Well, we finally got some snow today in Texarkana! After being on the very edge this winter a few times, it finally got to us! Last I heard, we have gotten close to 5 1/2 inches & it's still falling. It has been snowing all day since about 9:30 this morning or so and has not stopped. It hasn't done this in a long time! The last time we had any accumulation was Feb '07 when I was pregnant with Bella. She was amazed at the snow today! We played out in it and I about froze! I couldn't find my gloves anywhere and that snow is cold with bare hands. :) I got off work early today (I have a great boss!) so Miss Priss got picked up early from school (i.e. daycare) and was so excited for Mommy to pick her up. We were glad when Daddy got home so he could play outside too. Him & Bella made her first snowman...she was excited, but was ready to go in by that time. She had gotten cold & was very tired!
I guess you can say - people never grow up. Her daddy went back out after she had gone to bed & built an even bigger snowman in the backyard, but our Sheepdog wanted the charcoal he had used for eyes & nose & attacked the snowman. He's going to rebuild "Mr. Freeze" in the morning so Bella can see it. This time Lolo will not be outside!
Tomorrow is Bella's Valentine's Party at school. We made cupcakes & got her cards all put together, so hopefully they won't close her daycare. All of the schools here in town have already annouced they will be closed, so we'll just have to wait & see. But, she is very excited for her party & will be wearing the cutest little outfit. I appliqued polka-dot & zebra hearts onto some blue jeans & shirt & then made her a new bow to match. We always have to have the bow!

Trying to run fast in the snow - she was so cute doing this!

She had just thrown a her first snowball at me! :)

Just making sure Daddy can do it right!

Bella's V-Day Party Outfit - also has blinged out Converse!

Hope everyone has a good Friday tomorrow!

Ta-ta for now!

Future Chef in the Making!

This is Bella's favorite thing to do....Make COOKIES (of course we have to do them at Bibbie's house)!! And yes, she wanted to make them in Christmas shapes! I think we have a future chef or baker on our hands. She likes to help make them and especially likes to taste her final product!

Bella spent the night at her Bibbie's (my mom's) house last night. So mommy & daddy had a night alone (which I took full advantage of & slept 'til 11:00 this morning!) We got Bella's room finished (pictures to come later) & it looks so cute! Very bright (lime green & hot pink - accented w/zebra!) She is in her "big girl" toddler bed now & thinks she's grown. She's only been in it for about 3 weeks now so naptime isn't as easy as it was in the baby bed. But she's adjusting & still sleeps good at night.

This morning Bella also helped my mom make homemade waffles. She loves to hold the mixer! Maybe she'll have her own resturant one day! :)


This afternoon I went shopping with my mama. She's got to go to Indy this week for work & was needing some new clothes (along with borrowing 2 of my fav necklaces & my long dress coat --it's nice when mother/daughter wear the same size, she thinks!) She's hoping not to get snowed in while she's there!

I have been working on an awesome project involving wooden crosses, mod podge & paint. Pics will be shown when project is completed - I can't wait to see my finished piece!

Well, that's all for now. Gotta get things ready for church in the morning. Hope everyone had a good Saturday - tomorrow's Super Bowl Sunday - I'm rooting for the Saints!

Rain, Rain - Go Away!

Well it's been a rather yucky day today. It has rained all day long & is kinda chilly! It's just one of those days that you wish you could have just stayed in your PJs all day. They're calling for a bit of sunshine this weekend, so we'll have something to look forward to. I'm ready for springtime weather where Miss Bella can go outside & play. She LOVES being outside! She's a really good helper in the flower beds, but her ultimate passion is jump-jumping on her trampoline, of course she wants mommy & daddy to jump-jump too! We're just going to hope that Mr. Groundhog was not correct & that winter will be leaving earlier than thought.

There is one thing about tonight that I'm excited about --- we're booking our cruise!! Yay!! This will be the first cruise we've gone on & I'm super excited. I don't think Jared is too thrilled, but he'll get over it & have a great time. We haven't been on a "real" vacation since our honeymoon in St Lucia almost 5 years ago & then came Bella, but it's time for a break! Bella will be splitting time between my mom's & Jared's parents for the week - she probably won't even miss us being gone! We'll be leaving May 15 out of Galveston with two stops in Progresso & Cozumel. Our first cruise will be a 5 nighter, but hopefully I can convince Jared on the next one to go on a 7 day one so that we can hit the eastern side of the Caribbean.

Well, sorry for no pics today! We're off to a visitation, one of Jared's co-workers' father passed away. Nettles Family - you are in our thoughts & prayers! Then, time for some chicken & dumplings - yummy!

Ta-ta for now!