The Green Wife

That was one fun Halloween!

Our Halloween was super fun!  Elliott and I wore our matching costumes around town to show our friends.  She didn’t really cooperate for pictures, but you get the idea! (for better shots of her, click here) Then we headed up to school for Alex’s class party!  He insisted that Elliott join him on the carpet.  In [...]

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Trick or treat!

I decorated Elliott’s trick-or-treat bag the other day and just wanted to share!  I got the bag itself on sale at a fabric store for under $1 and then embellished it for about the same price.  I love the way it turned out and I think it should look great with her costume! She loves it [...]

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Goslings, Hyenas, and Coyotes…Oh my!

Some friends of my in-laws have been telling us about these geese and their eggs at their nearby pond. Well, these eggs hatched overnight, so we took the kids over to see the little goslings. It’s so impressive to me that those tiny little newborns were already following Mama and Papa Goose around, [...]

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Yesterday, my little man turned 6!

My sweet little boy is a man of 6 now. Where has the time gone? He requested a Transformers themed party, so I made him a cake with the Autobots logo on top. I’ve never had a cake give me such a hard time, but Shayne and I recovered what we could after fighting with [...]

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Trying something different

Yesterday, My awesome Aunt Cathy came to visit. She took Elliott and me to lunch at my favorite Chinese place and then we went to Hancock’s and Hobby Lobby. Really, that ranks up there in my top 10 ideal days. While we were at Hobby Lobby (the best store EVER. ever.) I decided to [...]

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Some mornings!

Man, this morning was a rough one! Alex’s kindergarten class was supposed to dress ‘cowboy’ today. No big deal, right? Oh yes. Big deal here at our house because my son cannot STAND the idea of dressing western. Loathes the idea. Why, I don’t know, but he does. I set out his [...]

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I played in my ribbon box again today

Oh, the fun to be had in a box of ribbon! I came up with a few more hair clip sets for your viewing and ordering pleasure. I have to say that half the fun is naming them…I get to be as corny as I want to be and nobody can stop me! [...]

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Sweet new things

I love sweet new things! Today I got to watch my brother’s sweet new thing–a new son–on webcam. He’s absolutely beautiful and I am in love with my new nephew. I can’t wait to meet the little guy in person! Today is his one week birthday already! Happy birthday to him! [...]

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Grand Opening and a Giveaway!!

My wonderful, sweet, handsome, darling, smart, amazing husband set up a shopping cart for me! YAY! Now when you guys want to buy clips, just click up on Products and go to town! I will be adding in more sets soon! I’m very excited! You know what?! I think in honor of [...]

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Bow holder

I’m going to a baby shower today and decided that the new baby would need hair clips. Gotta spread the hair clip love. But this new baby would need a place to keep her clips, wouldn’t she??? So….I decided she needed a bow holder to hang in her pretty new room and I [...]

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