27 Reasons why I love you

This has become a yearly tradition of mine :)

Today is my husband's 27th birthday and he means the world to me.

What better way to show him my love then by shouting it from the mountain tops... or all over the internet in this case.

So, here we go...

27 reasons why I love you

1. You love me for who I am.
2. You support me in everything I do.
3. You always encourage me to do what ever I put my mind to.
4. You give me a hard time about my love for crochet .
5. You pick on me about little things, if you didn't something would be wrong!
6. You help me find yarn on sale any where we are.
7. You enjoy going to flea markets with me. I love that we can spend hours just looking around.
8. You are my shoulder to cry on.
9. You are my rock in hard times.
10. You always have an open ear for me to vent to. 
11. You always know how to lift my spirits. 
12. You will always want to make me happy.
13. You can always can tell when I had a bad day.
14. You surprise me with chocolate when you know I have had a bad day.
15. You make me laugh when I watch you try to get a cork out of a wine bottle when you are determined to drink my wine. :)
16. You haven't killed my character off in our DnD game (yet....).
17. You make me do things on my own, so I learn for the next time.
18. You always notice when I get frustrated in a situation and always try to help.
19. You tell me no when I ask you to do something, but you do it anyway.
20. You can be very spontaneous. 
21. You agreed to get a pool this summer, even though it has been to cold or raining to much to enjoy it.
22. You always encourage me to stand up for myself and not let people walk all over me.
23. You know me better than I do most of the time.
24. You are the most amazing man ever and always full of surprises 
25.  You are extremely hard working.
26.  You are always looking for way to better yourself in order to support us.
27.  You married me!

I look forward to doing this for many years to come!

Happy Birthday babe. I love you more than words can describe the last 9 years we have know each other has been the best! 

Bucket List: One Check Mark!

Better late the never! I have finally marked the very first thing off of my bucket list!

It has come around a lot slower then I had planned, but drum roll please........

The online store for Stitched Together is now open!

You can now easily get your hands on these cute little critters and many other things!

We are hoping that the online store will allow us to spread our love for crochet to more people around the country.

We also have 2 booths already planned for the fall/winter season. With the possibility of more depending on my busy life schedule. 

Upcoming Booth Locations:
September 13 - Ward, AR
December 6 - Bridgeport, IL

The first five people who order from our new online shop will receive a free gift with purchase! All you need to do is put BucketList1 in the notes section as you are checking out!

Hubby and I vs. The Pool

A story about first time pool owners... 

I have always wanted a pool, but we never seemed to get around to buying one. The time just never seemed right. I told myself that this year it was going to happen. It took a little convincing of the hubs, but we finally decided that having a pool would be amazing for the summer. We do live in Arkansas after all. Summers here have a tendency to be incredibly hot, like 3 digit hot!

I don't like being hot and medically I can't let my body get overheated. What better to spend the summer the enjoying a glass of wine relaxing in a pool.

We took the leap purchased a nice 14 X 4 pool. We meticulously searched for the flattest area in our backyard. We had thought we had a pretty level backyard. That was until we had to the pool up!

It was late on a Saturday afternoon, by the time we made it home from running errands. I wanted to go ahead and get the pool put together, so we could begin filing it. My plan was to lounge the entire day of Sunday in the pool.

HA! The pool said easier said then done.

The the time we found the most level area of the backyard, we laid down the tarp and began taking everything out of the box. We wanted to be able to see what all we had to work with and easily be able to grab something when the time came for it.

It wasn't until we had everything laid out that we heard the first clap of thunder followed by more clouds moving in.

I figured at this point, we may as well get everything put together, since it was strewn across the backyard already.

I started laying out the legs and pieces across the top to form the circle and I started to feel a sprinkle on my back.

This made me want to move quicker to get everything done. This made my wonderful husband retreat to the garage.

Then the down pour came....

Then the lightning came....

Then we had a standing pool!

I wasn't going to let a little rain get in my way of being able to enjoy the pool the next day!

That was until we found a leak :( Luckily it was a small one. The repair kit that came with the pool was able to hold up until I got one of those really nice repair kits with the underwater glue. Two months later and still holding up like a champ!

We also learned out not to leave the hose in the pool and unhook if from the faucet.... it will siphon water out of the pool and flood the yard!

This summer hasn't been very nice to us either! We finally decided to buy a pool and we have had the coolest summer in history.

I am sure we will have more funny stories when we get ready to take it down for the winter!

Daddys' Semi-Visit!

Ok, ok, I know that I am a few days late with this, but you will have to forgive me. Friday turned into a train wreck for me and I did all I could to get my mind off of things that were happening.

So, on to Daddy's semi-visit. I call it this because he only stayed at my house 8 days out of the 13 days Marmy was there.

Daddy had one of the most exciting trips of his life planned.

It was back in May that my uncle received a very special phone call. When my uncle picked up the phone it was long lost aunt.

My dad and uncles had seen or heard from their sister is 63 years! I can't even fathom the idea of having a sibling out there somewhere in the world, but have no idea where they are. This is what my dad and uncles went through for 63 years.

They searched high and low for her. Come to find out they were searching under the wrong name the whole time! Who at the age of 2, 4 and 6 could tell Phyllis from Tryllis. 

It wasn't until my uncle came across some information that sounded familiar about the family on ancestry.com. This is how my uncle found his niece and in turn was contacted by his sister.

The family planned a reunion for the end of July. My dad counted down the days and got super antsy the closer the time came to finally meet his sister again. 

The entire weekend of the family reunion the family had a newspaper reporter following them to capture the amazing feat of siblings finding each other at 63 years!

 

 

 

The family graced the front page of the Galveston County Daily News. This was the first moment they all saw each other in the lobby of the hotel after 63 years!.

Once my uncles and my dad made it safely back to my house they had tons of stories to share. They couldn't wait to show off the banner that hung at the hotel.

I don't know about you, but I find this pretty amazing! I had heard stories like this about other families, but never thought it would happen to my family!