Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I try to tell people thank you everday for the wonderful things in my life. Although this is short, those of you who know me will know what I mean and that what I am saying comes from the very bottom of my rear end! (because it is bigger then my heart) Thank you for everything that I am and have been blessed with in my life. Thank you for the things that have made me stronger and more thankful as a person. I am truly bless to have everyone and everything I have in my life.


Deidre

I'm cool

So having been sick has given me a lot of time to work on my projects. I craft in order to rest. I was looking for some quick projects that I would be able to complete in a couple of hours so I felt more productive. I was making some bath puffs when my loving husband came in and wanted to know if I was making it for him. Then the ultimate compliment came when my tween came in and wanted to know what I was making. I told her and she said cool are you making that for me. So I got very excited and thought they would make great Christmas gifts for everyone so being sick isn't so bad when you get to be cool and are getting projects done.
Deidre

A beautiful thing.

I have had one of the most beautiful things happen to me aside from having two children and a wonderful husband. Many moons ago (40 years) my mother was married to another man before she married my Dad. In this marriage I was given a gift of a sister I always wanted but never knew. I was very young when I found out I had a (1/2) sister. Well my imagination went wild oh we were going to have great fun this was of course before I knew what adoption was and what sealed records were. I knew the agency she was given to but they wanted a lot more money then what I had to find her. I went through the drama and heart ache of what if she doesn't know how would I ruin her life? Our Mom then got sick and I knew that I had to look for her if only to let her know her medical history so the search was on. I searched for 8 years but still couldn't part with the fact that she may not know. As I got older I knew that she was getting older and the medical history that I had could and might save her life. After searching many adoption sites it finally hit me that she may not know her birth parents names and then I even wondered if she knew her real birth date. I drove myself crazy for awhile but then started only searching a little a day. I would get my hopes up when I would find someone with the same birth date but all the other information was wrong. One glorious day I came across a person that had very similar information. She had everything but the birth name and didn't know her birth parents names. I had seen this post before but with those things missing I moved on. The angels must have been on my shoulder that day because I looked again and all I could think was okay the name doesn't match and she doesn't know the birth parents but how many baby girl's were born on the same day at the same hospital with a mother that was the same age and the same agency was used.?

I knew I sounded like a crazy lady when I called her but I just had to know. We talked a couple times over the next couple of weeks and agreed that we should contact the agency. That confirmed it for me. I was telling the lady all the details I had and you could tell she was trying really hard not to say more then what she was saying. I sent all of my information to verify who I was and the agency let me know that they would only contact me in writing. Ohhh great another waiting game because the paper work said they would send the information in a timely manner. What is a timely manner? I learned a long time ago to listen to my gut because it doesn't lie. I knew it would be a week before I heard anything. The anniversary of my mother's death was coming and I knew the news would come on that day. It did indeed come on that day! In our talking we had agreed that it would be nice to get to know each other and not just exchange medical history. So I was the largest spaz anyone has ever seen when I opened that letter. It said she was indeed my sister and all I could say was I have a sister!!! I was jumping up and down and screaming and just flat out carrying on! My poor family all had tears in their eyes because I was just the most happiest person anyone had ever seen then of course when I started calling everyone nobody was home..... You can't just leave that kind of message on a machine. She wasn't even home nobody was home but I didn't care I was still bouncing off the walls and looked at my family and said dinner is going to be late... So I have gone through life without a sister and now I have one and it is just the most beautiful thing. We get to write our own relationship and I didn't realize just how blessed I was not knowing her till now. We didn't grow up together and we are both adults and able to handle the situation where as if we were younger it might not be as beautiful.
Deidre

So behind.....walking fast to catch up!

We are so behind on blog posts. Our two households have been way under the weater. Kids have been home sick, moms have been down under and dads have been avoiding us like the snotty, slobbery, ozzing monsters we are.

In the mean time however, I've had lots of time to plot out projects and work on little things when my boy is grounded to the coutch under a blanket.

I listed some things on ebay. Something I haven't done in a long long time. Just some Christmas ornaments I had from last years ebay inventory.

This link should (crossing fingers) take you to my ebay listings.
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/werincahoots_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ

I think I'll start listing book lots again. I know not very Christmas oriented but, people do like to read.

I've been putting together some new notebooks for the etsy shop. And, working on a custom order for Business card notebooks. I'm not thrilled with the look so I'm going to start over. I know what I want them to look like in my head. The vision just hasn't translated to a finished product yet.

I'll post pics here when they are finished.

Patricia

Whats been happening...

Wow, lots of new things going on this week with our etsy shop, TheChameleonsAttic!
We were in another treasury! A beautiful treasury created by Briaberger. My vintage gloves were included in this beautiful collection. The treasury has expired but you can see the gloves here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16734742
We had some great success this weekend in our shop with rugs. We are looking thin on rugs so you know for the next few weeks I’ll be knotting away.
I joined one of the great Etsy street teams, etsy HOMEFRONT TEAM. This is a wonderful group of sellers keeping the homefront kicking for their military and retired military family members. Not always an easy job to do!
In the very short time I’ve been a member of this group I’ve chatted with several great people. They’ve been warm and kind and very helpful. I truly appreciate all the information they have shared.
If you would like to help support the etsy HOMEFRONT TEAM check here for many wonderful hand crafted and vintage items: http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title&search_query=homefront
You can also check HOMEFRONT shops by individual sellers:
Members: 1MaddieandMe, afloyd, AMKStitches, anchoredescapes, angoraknitter, APlanetNamedJanet, armywifewyo, artwhims, AspenSpa, astonesthrow, babybelle, babyloveblankies, battleshipbettie, beautybeadsnmore, beckym, berryblossombeauty, bethjt, bigblueeyes, bowsforbaby, BrooklynNiteOwl, bubbarye, burnttoastranch, ButterflyDesign1, bycoco, caligirlcrafts, camillam, capecodconsignments, cardsbylu, ceece, chichiclay, cleedesigns, CraftHeart, crafttastrophe, craftychk, CreationsAnew, creationsbychristina, crochetunplugged, crystalh9, CurlyGirlBowTique, cutesieclips, delilaboutique, dunkdesigns, eamonellery, earringparadise, earthangelstudio, ElizabethGwenOrignls, ellabearbowtique, elliedayphotography, emjdesign, Enthral, flyleafbookstudio, fraybabybibsandmore, freewiredesigns, gappygirl, gaudylittlesecret, geekdetails, gothchics, HandmadebyHalyssa, handsoncrafts, HeidisHandmades, homefrontwebdesign, HomemadeZen, hoppyink, hrphotography, imogensgarden, JensCraftCorner, JoyfulAbode, katierae, kimberlyanns, lalunedesigns, laungnome, lebeaubebeboutique, leelehman, lemonade, lifeinscraps, littlefarm, LittleLadyBoutique, littlethingsboutique, lizzieslittleliah, llyrric, lovelyyellowribbons, matchlessmasterpiece, maymouse, MayRaeCrochetnKnit, memoriestoyou, MFCrafts, mirkah, modcustomjewelry, mommylyssa, mommymafia2008, mommyslittlehelper, mommyto3cuties980407, monsterbugblankets, MooseThreads, MrsDStahl, mrsgruber, mymomento, myorangecrush, nanagirlcqplus, Naps, Neonelephant, nypapercrafter, oceankisses, patrioticpapers, peanutsboutique, pepper2, phrogphluff, qtpieproductscom, recycledjeans, rozzissweetpeas, RubyShoesSam, scarletdgn, sewlittletimeinnc, simoneladybug, simplyemma, sissypretties, smokeymountainscents, sockmonkeygreetings, Steffi67, StuStuStudio, sunshineandravioli, SuppliesfromtheHeart, swanmountainsoaps, sweetgrocerybags, sygnetcreations, TerisTreasure, Terryann, thejohnson3, theknittingsiren, themodernmama, tinystorm, tokyomommy, triquetradesigns, tuliptreebaby, tuliptreepapers, tumpuscreations, twoseasidebabes, vintagemomcreations, wastenotwhimsy, winddancerdesigns, wondrousstrange
Our shop has not been included in this list yet, you can use the link on the side bar to go directly to our shop.

Patricia

Want to read some of my articles?

I'm putting a plug in for my articles. I've been writting for ehow for a few months and have a pretty good selection of articles. You might find one that interests you.

http://www.ehow.com/members/PCOliver.html

You can leave comments here and let me know what you think.

Patricia