Hallowed Moon

So everyone else beat me to add my cover but that is great too! I just talked with the powers that be and the book is not even officially released until Dec 27th, 2008. So you guys are really getting it out there really fast and I am so thrilled. I need all the help I can get. Thanks to everyone who has already bought a book and to everyone that plans too in the near future! My website is also becoming very popular according to freewebs! Who knew right? Anyway have to run, kids, school, house work... unfortunately it doesn't care if I am going to be famous... lol. Anyway thanks for the support family and friends. It means a lot to me and my family. :)

My book is finally for sale! Hallowed Moon

So you can click on the link (not the greatest one ever made... I will fix that soon) and then type it in on the books for sale page. The cost and order information is all there, also a postcard that is free to mail to everyone you know. Feel free to spread the news :) and yes I will sign them if you want. :)

Punkin' Patch

Well our trip to the "farm" was full of adventure, Calvin was thrilled when he saw it from the road. "We are at a Farm Mom!" we rode a on a hay ride, walked through certain danger within a corn maze, (Calvin added "we made it" apparently it was uncertain for some time...) followed by our trip through the punkin' patch to find the great pumpkin, or at least the one we could carry ourselves (the rule of the punkin' pickers) Then a snack and off home. All in all a roaring success!

pictures as promised

pink is the grape juice, 3 deep... peaches... 3 deep also. a few tomatoes. we have salsa too, but the picture didn't work. Jonah was sad because that was the one he took. ")
Juicer and berries, we did lots of juice. Mostly grapes, could've started out own winery...Canning, the kids wanted everyone to see our jars, and here they are. Cherry, Rasberry and Mixed berry jellies.
Jaden has been taking interesting pictures this is one of them... it is interesting to me that she sees things so differently then we do, she really is interesting to watch. The light coming through is nice...
My Girl

Jaden and Sicily

Calvin and Jonah

Older boys would rather not be photo graphed at this time....sorry. s

Six random things

The rules are:

* Link to the person who tagged you
* Post the rules on your blog
* Write six random things/unspectacular quirks about yourself
* Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them
* Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog
* Let the tagger know when your entry is posted

Weird things about myself, in no particular order:

1. I can never think of anything about myself if someone asks "so what can you do?" to broad, I have to have a better question. same problem the other way, "is there anything you can't do?" blank! but give me an hour and I am full of ideas... oh well right? i can either do everything or nothing depending on who you talk to...
2. I stopped eating sugar over a year ago. It isn't all that strange to me, I just simply wrote it out of my life, but everyone else I know seems to think it is weird or strange at the very least...
3. I think most people are odd, which proves that I am odd I suppose for the simple reason that so many others are instead of myself...
4. I want two more children... yeah I know I can hear it now, but I do. two little girls, then I will have 4 of each. I don't care what color or nationality they are, just want two more. That might not count people say that I am crazy about that one...
5. I have discovered that I scream in the movies... I never did before last year, but now, I am the old lady in the back of the theater squealing and freaking out half the group in the rows in front of me. If I get it just right the whole row will seize. I think I may have started just to watch and now I can't stop... addiction is bad...
6. Sometimes I have these weird dreams about movie stars taking me out to dinner and falling madly in love with me, and I have to break their hearts and go home to my husband... still not sure what that is about, but you said weird and strange I figured that covered it. ")

TAG!!! You're IT!

1 Teri
2 Danica
3 Vickie
4 Rebecca
5 Tammy
6 Lydia

broken toes, and grapes

Yes well I imagine that the title has confused some... okay fine I will tell you, twist my arm...

A few days ago I was sitting on the couch after a long day, my dog beside me when Jonah decided he had to sit next to me. Normal right? So the kid climbs onto the couch head first, then pivots on his foot and mine unfortunately, in an attempt to tear off my pinkie toe. laugh it up people but it still hurts. So after taking in lots of breaths I ask him what he was doing, and he was just trying be closer to me. I told him I thought he managed it, and made him run to get me the tape. Sigh. toes are a lot of trouble around here.

The grapes started with Quint's sister, calling me up for pickers, so I dutifully sent out my best workers, and now I have grapes, grape juice, grape jelly (coming soon) and grape messes everywhere. It has been an experience, I miss my big kitchen I tell you right now I miss it something terrible. So after canning about 40 jars and getting enough to make jelly all day, I am wimping out and giving the rest to Teri, to her great joy. :)

I keep telling myself 'next year' I have a better kitchen. If it doesn't happen I will never believe anything I tell myself again so it has to work out, just for that reason alone.... hehehe.

I have to say that so far Mom is winning the super hero name contest... no more tries? later S.

New stuff

Well let's see, an update....
Calvin woke up yesterday and told us a dream he had. (I will have to use a bit of creative lisence since he talks off and on in actions not so many words.) the gist of it was that after much struggle he got hurt and that made him turn into the hulk and kill darth vader. the end. :) I really need a good video recorder for you to feel the whole thing... sorry.

Jonah is cruising right along through school. he is smart and board usually doing more than the daily requirement, Rannon is doing that as well.

Sicily is content dragging her feet lately until it drags into her saturday of course. so we are working through it, hehehe got to love the challenge.

James is helping me out and looking for work. He is very board with housework so I imagine he will find work soon.

Quint is getting older this month and so is Jaden, who is enjoying her new nurse Lynn. She is a happy huggable person. Jaden adores her.

My book has now been sent to the art department to get the front cover, so a week or two more I think. Who knew everything could be so drawn out and nerve wracking. :)

I stayed up until four last night reading through the book one more time, sending off the suggestions and so on, I think Jaden knew I was up and created something else for me to do...Lets hear it for diaper patrol! somedays people I believe Mom's needs action heros named after them... something like super wipper, the boo-boo mender, or super human needs no sleep mom could be called the energizer, who knows, how about everyone types in a name that mom's should have in the comment box and the one that i like best wins.

this should be fun, no fighting now... :) enter as many as you would like. hey the prize can be a signed copy of my book...lol...unless that is not thrilling enough, lol, s