Raggedy Old Annies

goodbye summer....welcome fall!

today is the last day of summer right? at least that is what the news has been saying! And tomorrow is the first day of fall....and they are saying some rain. oh that would be so nice! But then they are saying summer temps this weekend. ugh. no! go away summer heat! But I can't complain the last 2 weeks. I haven't heard my air kick on once.....maybe I turned it off! LOL My elec. bill should be ALOT lower this time! It better be. Or we have a problem!

I pulled out my couple fall decor items. I don't have much. I did in the past, but towards the end of my marriage, I went through a funk where I stopped decorating and got rid of everything. I only kept the 2 things my mom made me. I walked around the house yesterday and snapped a few pictures.

 
 
 
 
Candy Corn...YUMMY! And that Candy Corn soap......it was given to me last year...it smells so yummy...I NEED to find more to replace! Whats left WILL NOT LAST! I'm hoping Marshalls will have it. The pillow is my favorite. My mommy made it, along with another....that we sold at a show....and she's PROMISING me that she'll have one remade for me next year! I know you're reading mom.....get busy now! And that cute lil doll my mommy made too....and I bring her out every year and hang her on my front porch until Thanksgiving.

So since I'm in the fall mood.....and that means Halloween is right around the corner...I made me up some witches!

 
 
And some other cuties too!

 
 
And all are already up and ready for sale on my website! So hop over to RaggedyOldAnnies and check them out!

I finally signed my divorce papers last week. It should only take about another year for them to get processed! just kidding...but really not. They just need to be sent back over to the ex's lawyer and then signed and then sent to the courthouse. Then I can tell my lawyer goodbye! That was the worst experience ever! What a waste of money! ugh!

We're all figthing some sort of cold/allergies crap over here. Me it's the fall allergies. I HATE them. I can't stop sneezing! 2 weeks ago Bruce was sick with a cold, and this week Christopher has it. I had to go pick him up from school yesterday. Gave him some good meds, and he slept the rest of the day, up for some food, then back down. He woke up this morning feeling better and said he got a good nights sleep! Oh speaking of Christopher.....his school band was in the local Hesperia Parade on Saturday. Here's my cutie! Growing up so fast!

 
 
Back to sewing! bye all!

 

more tiny's...........

Super quick....just wanted to let you know if you're interested...I just added some more Tiny Annie's and Andy's to my website.

I feel overwhelming super tired right now. Don't know why. Just hit me. But I refuse to let it stop me. I have lots of stuff to get done. I'm a bit stressed right now. But wait, I'm always stressed out. And I'm missing Yummy Boyfriend terribly. I didn't see him much this past weekend, which was a big bummer because it was a kid free weekend, and then he left early day Sunday and not home yet. I've got alot on my mind right now and I could use a good dose of him right now. 

okay, back to whippin up some more dolls! Loving it! 

a day to remember........

and it's a day I will never forget. It's a day that I hate when it comes around. The news is plastered with all those images again. It scared me. that day. I kinda thought the world was coming to an end. No one knew what else would happen. I was scared to be without my son. He was 4 at the time in preschool. So I yanked him out of preschool. I think I didn't take him for like a week. I don't even remember leaving the house. I don't even remembering showering that day. I was so glued to the tv. But them I remember the American Pride. All the sudden everyone had HUGE flags on their cars. I mean pickup trucks with big flag poles standing up tall in the bed, flapping in the wind from their speed. Flags on car antennas. Flag stickers on windows. Flag murals on the whole back window. And everyone had their flags proudly up on their homes. that made me feel a little bit better. And I had a craft show that October. And I remember questioning what it would be like. Because everyone was scared. No one was spending money. No one was going anywhere. And the show came....and I remember it being HUGE! Everyone was soaking up "handmade in America"!!!! Since my son was so little at the time, he was very impressionable. And we all know it was plastered ALL over the news....very hard to keep a little one from seeing it. I remember at times, I would find him standing up tall the empty cartons from his dads "Coors light" cans, and then he'd take one of his toy planes and crash them down. I HATED it. But he was 4, and he didn't understand what was actually happening. So I stopped him each time, trying to explain. And he loved to draw....so this is what he took in, and then put out on paper.

 
I'm so glad that I saved it. At first...it was an image that I wasn't happy that was planted in my 4yr olds mind. so I just left it in his spiral notebook. Then years later I found it while cleaning out his desk, weeding through all the spiral notebooks he would color in. I immediately pulled it out and put it in a clear sleeve....KNOWING that this was something that I needed to keep, if not for me, but for him.

Because I hate this day, I hate posting postive stuff on it. I guess it makes me feel a little guilty. Because my personal life was actually physically touched by this day, just emotionally. But...I need to change those thoughts....and I need to understand that life does go on, and that we need to show them that they cannot stop us and we will survive!

Last night, I updated my website with a couple more dolls, and some kitties too!

Have a nice weekend! We are without kids again.....but yummy boyfriend is working today...so I guess maybe I should too!
 

{hello September}

wow...where did August go? I cannot beleive that it is already September! And the 2nd day in already. And it's my mom and her hubby's wedding anniversary! Happy Anniversary!!!

I have been working up a storm over here and it feels good! Well sorta. I'm enjoying it, loving it, but struggling with a darn constant headache. It all started last Friday. And as the day goes on, it gets worse! My mom thinks it's allergy related, seasons changing because it's all behind my eyes. I just want it gone. Sometimes it makes me feel sick to my stomch...and I don't like it!

I just finished putting some new Annie's on my website. All little ones! Super cute!

 
 
 
Alrighty...there you have it. And wow, 2 updates in one week! woo hoo! Looks like I might be getting back into the swing of things around here.

Off to run some errands...then back to some sewing!

Happy Thursday everyone! One more day after today and it's a 3 day weekend!