HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

•  I hope all of you and your families the safest, warmest, happiest, HALLOWEEN

                                                         

Hey Mom!! LoOk what I made.....

I found these canvas' at the dollar store that had a not so "my style" painting on them. I painted over the top of them in a cream, added some crackle to them{which is very hard to see, even in person} and then cut out a stencil using my crict machine, and then painted over the stencil using a darker brown paint, and once that was dry I added a little more of the cream on top like a dry rub. I didn't use a "plastic" stencil, just paper, and the only problem with that was: where the intricate and small curves were it got pretty flimsy. But I do like the way that they turned out! I kept one for myself and gave one as a gift!

Ready or Not Here IT Comes.....

Ready or not here it comes.... I have been procrastinating on everything Halloween.

One Lovely Blog Awards!!!!

I have received the One Lovely Blog Award from Jen, you can view her blog here: http://www.jaelcustomdesigns.com/

Rules for One Lovely Blog Award:

1. Put the logo on your blog/post.
2. Nominate up to 15 newly discoverd blogs.
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have been nominated by commenting on their blog.
5. Remember to link to the person from whom you received your award.

Joanna@ http://joannanherblogs.blogspot.com/
Stacie@ http://staciesthoughtsoneverythingandnothing.blogspot.com/
Danielle@ http://thedanidaily.blogspot.com/2009/06/made-with-love-auntie.html
Myevaforeva@ http://myevaforeva.blogspot.com/2009/10/diy-idea-clothing-labels.html
Attack of the Redneck Mommy@ http://theredneckmommy.com/
Married to a Mexican@ http://www.cookingwithmarriedtoamexican.blogspot.com/
Gamerboy21cutemom@ http://gamerboy21cutemom.blogspot.com/
Artmind@ http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-easily-stamp-nameswords.html
Pink Daisys blog@ http://pinkdaisysblogspot.blogspot.com/2009/10/apron-sale-give-away.html?showComment=1256254173737#c2339320608139563637
Jill@ http://www.scarymommy.com/
Off the Hook with CraftyAsh@ http://www.craftyash.blogspot.com/
Tea Rose Home@ http://tearosehome.blogspot.com/
Congratulations Girls!

HeartFelt Awards!!!

I received the Heartfelt Award from Joanna at http://joannanherblogs.blogspot.com/. Go over and check out her adorable blog:)
Thanks Joanna:o)

Rules for the Heartfelt Award:

1. Put the logo on your blog/post.

2.Nominate up to nine blogs which make you feel warm or comfy.

3.Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have been nominated by commenting on their blog.

5.Remember to link back to the person from whom your received your award.

In no particular order the Heartfelt Award goes to:
mailto:Jen@%20http://www.jaelcustomdesigns.com/
Frugalicious Mommy@ http://www.frugaliciousmommy.com/
Shannon@ http://www.simplyshanzie.blogspot.com/
Sarah@ http://iloveagiveaway.blogspot.com/
Helene/ I'm Living Proof That God Has A Sense Of Humor@ http://2setsoftwins-helene.blogspot.com/
Celeste@ http://www.ourshallowocity.blogspot.com/
Momma Snail@ http://thesnailstrail.blogspot.com/
Erlinda@ http://sweettreasures.blogspot.com/
Jennifer@ http://www.itsabeautyfilledlife.com/
Congratulations Girls!!!! Thanks for supporting a new blogging Ma21cuteboy :p

WOW!!!

 I haven't been blogging long, but in my journey thus far I have met some amazingly wonderful friends, one of these beautiful ladies Jen has given me the....One Lovely Blog Award. She has her own amazing site check it out here http://www.jaelcustomdesigns.com/. Thank you Jen!
Chacoy

I will be putting the next 15 award winners up by the weekend:)
sorry, I have strepthroat:(

YAY!!! I am Finally Finished!!!

YAY!!! I finally finished all 30 of the cones for my son's class. Here are a few.....

My Very First Nomination/ Award

WOW, I am just sooo honored that City~Girl~Gone~Country has given me a new-comer THE HEARTFELT AWARD.
THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
You can check out City~Girl~Gone~Country here http://joannanherblogs.blogspot.com/.
Once again,
Thank you!
ma21cuteboy:)


(I am going to post the next 9 Heartfelt Awards later tonight, I have to look over my comment/blogs)

I DID IT!!!!

I DID IT!!!! I started my own little online buisness, you can check it out just go to the right sidebar and click on my etsy shop.
If you have any ideas to better it, please just let me know, I can use all of the help that I can get:)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!!!
CHACOY

My small buisness:) Help

I am getting ready to start my small online buisness, but need a bit of help.... do I add paypal to my blog or do I just add a shopping cart? I just need to know if the information that I have is right, so that my buisness will run smoothly. If anyone has any information, would you please email me:) I need to get started ASAP because I have some Halloween items:)

HELP!!!

HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP

I am going to be doing my first review and giveaway and need some advice on how to help things run smoothly, how to pick winners, since there are so many different ways of doing so. If anyone could give me advice, it would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!
Thank you!
ma21cuteboy

Help....From a Ten Year Old......

So I have been wanting to do a craft, before & afters, and giveaways on my blog. I have done some before & afters I just haven't posted them yet. I have done some crafts I have only posted half/some of my projects. I haven't done any giveaways yet. Anyway, back to my point my son has only been posting for a little while and not everyday or everyother day and he already has a craft with a turtorial on his blog and it is ok GOOD!!!! Please go and check it out here http://gamerboy21cutemom.blogspot.com/ AND PLEASE LEAVE HIM A COMMENT, HE IS REALLY EXCITED, AS AM I THAT HE DID IT ALL BY HIMSELF ;)

We Are All Scary Mommies!!!!!!!!!!!! {IF YOU THINK YOUR NOT, YES YOU, YOUR IN DENIAL!!!!}

We are all scary mommies:
Jill at http://www.scarymommy.com/  is having a fun contest to promote Motherhood and  to find out if your a Scary Mommy. A scary mom is not what you may think it is, a scary mommy is one who leaves her house without lipstick etc. But reading some of the comment links I see that we all interpret it in many different ways.
So if you think that I am a Scary Mommy please leave a comment here and at http://www.scarymommy.com/the-search-for-a-scary-mommy so that I can win the amazing prize that she is giving away:)
Many of you who have read a post on my blog Survival Mode will know that my whole experience with birthing my son was a joyus experience. If you haven't been to my blog to read it, I will give a bit of a recap. I was twenty years old when I became pregnant with my son, I was not planning on having any children but had done nothing to prevent it. The pregnancy was going as normal as I thought it could go, being a first time mom, I didn't know what to expect. I went to my gynecologist appointment a week before having my son and my doctor had told me that he wanted to start seeing me weekly because my stomach was measureing smaller and smaller, which I know wasn't normal. I went the next week and found out that the amniotic sac was losing fluid and that my son was in distress and already in the birth canal. I was transferred to the local hospital where I live to be monitored when my gynecologist came over to the hospital and told me that I was going to have to go to a different hospital in Provo where they would be better equipped to handle my small baby. This whole time I thought it was all a big mistake and that I would be going home soon. Life Flight was backed up so I got a ride via the ambulance:) It was aroung lunch time when I arrived at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center and I was starving!! I asked Jeremy one of the EMTs to grab a lunch tray, but he wouldn't *sad face* { I know that him and his partner were going to have a good lunch before returning home}. I got settled into a room on monitors for myself and the baby, when nurses started running in and out of my room franticly. The anestesiologist came in and wanted to do the epideral, I couldn't because I had no idea what was going on, so he then explained to me that my son's heart had stopped and that they need to do an emergency c-section, I then complied. I was taken into the operating room and the doctor started to poke my feet and toes to see if I could feel, which I could, but they could not wait any longer. I could feel the doctor cut me from one side to the other, and the pulling and tugging to get him out. Finally he was out, I didn't get to see him until midnight November 1st. He weighed 2lbs. 4.5oz. He was in the NICU for one month and one day before I got to bring him home, we were not even home for a week when he got pneumonia and needed to be hospitalized again, oh did I mention that he also had collic?
I ♥ being a mom I just don't think that I was cut out to do it more then one time. I always tease about me being on the front page of our towns local newspaper if I had more then one child: Mother Kills Kids; Kills Self. Don't get me wrong, I love my son with all my ♥ but just don't think that I could be a mom to more kids:)
There is this lady that I always see at the local market, me in my sweats and sneakers hair in a rubberband, no makeup on probably with racoon eyes {my son looks good though}, she is dressed to the nines Seriously {her children were dressed like me without the racoon eyes}, her kids are running a muck throwing things on the floor screaming and she doesn't raise her voice not one time. One day we walked out of the market at the same time and we were parked right next to each other and I about threw up in my mouth, when she opened up the door to her Cadillac Escalade, there was trash all over in her car, the seats were stained with ??? I know that we all have a Little trash in our cars because we have kids, but I think that she might have a dead animal in there or something. That's when I realized that even though she is dressed to the nines and has a nice car and this seemingly Perfect life that her life isn't as perfect as she or I or probably anybody else thought that it was. I raise my voice, I look like I just woke up and ran to the store, I don't cook dinner every night, I don't do laundry everyday, I Do ♥ my son, but I am not pretending to be something or someone that I am not, Because there isn't enough time in a day to try and be the  Perfect Mom even though we all try, we are who we are and that needs to be good enough for us just like it is good enough for our kids and for our families and our friends,who know us and who ♥  us no matter what!!!

HaLlOwEeN, still working on it:)

Yep that's what I said, I am still working on my halloween projects, most of all I have got to get my sons treat cones done for his class. I just barely decorated the outside of the house. {pictures to come shortly} I hear people talking about getting ready for Christmas and  I am like " really, wow I am such a procrastinator." The day before Halloween I will be ready {HOPEFULLY}!!!!
What are you doing to get ready for your holidays, be it Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day..... don't act like I am crazy I know that there are people out there that are ready for Christmas 2020!!!!!!

Halloween Treat Holders For My Sons Class

I am going to make these into cones, fill them with tissue paper and their treats :)

I would love to see your Halloween treat bags or just some of your ideas and don't forget to leave some feed back:)

Followers

I have been working my fingers to the bone trying to get followers, I went to a site called the Mom Bloggers Club, I am following well over a hundred people, and out of all of them only two are following me. It gets to be really overwhelming and sometimes I want to throw my hands in the air and say forget about it, if someone reads or follows my blog then good, and if they don't well I will just keep posting, bloging, posting, and blogging!!!
If anyone has any helpful hints on how to get more traffic to my blog, just leave me a comment. Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated;)

Will it Ever End?

So my son is ten years old now; I have never heard someone back talk their mother as much as he does me. I have tried so many things, grounding him, taking away things, and talking to him about it, and still NoThInG, no change. So if anyone has any information on how to stop this or get through it please let me know ASAP!!
I am so tired of it that I am ready to give him away until this passes:) LOL

My 10 Year Old

Has it really been 10 years?????

 Yesterday was my sons tenth birthday, wow just thinking that ten years ago today I had my son, and if you read my other post you will know why this is a great day not only for me but for my son also. He decided not to have a party this summer he wanted to go to Boondocks  instead, which was fine with me all the money spent on a party was spent on the two of us hanging out and having some fun. All day long he asked me if I got him a present and I kept telling him yeah we went to Boondocks remeber, knowing that he already knew that and just asked for one present, an xbox game. I acted like I didn't get him anything, and he looked really sad,( I will post pictures later this week). When I brought down the present for him to open he again looked really sad, maybe because I wrapped it in a shirt box with plastic bags on top and all around the sides so that it sounded like a shirt wrapped inside of tissue paper. When he finally got the wrapping paper off nad took out alll of the plastic sacks, his eyes lit up and he got one of the biggest smiles on his face. I just know that I have counted them all down, one minute, one hour, one day,one year, two years, five years, and ten years I won't stop counting because we were not counting on these moments, these years, these birthdays and we've got em so who am I to complain!!!!