Greetings :)

Hi friends...

I hope you are all having a great weekend!!

I've had kind of a crummy one... been sick:(

I tried NyQuil last night and it kept me up quite a bit, my sleep was restless; I was hoping it would knock me out! Friday I went to work and my left ear was hurting and so was the left side of my throat. Friday night I began to feel even crummier, then could barely move out of bed Saturday! I slept all afternoon, thank goodness my brother came over to watch our boys. My body aches, my head too, I'm coughing like crazy now, fever and chills... UGH!! 

Gage is still coughing now for 3 weeks!

At least his fever has went away; dr's around here are saying that theres a nasty Viral Infection going around thats lasting like 3 weeks!!

A lot of the babies at work have been sick too; so I've be exposed to lots of germs!

Looks like I will be going to the dr. tomorrow.

On a more happy note...

My boys have decided on their Halloween costumes!!

I can't believe we are in October all ready!!

My oldest Gavin is going to be a...

GHOSTBUSTER!!!

Lol... this cracks me up!

He loves that movie and is really intrigued by ghoststories:)

And my youngest son Gage is gonna be...

Woody from Toy Story!!

He loooooves Woody so much; kinda silly cause he was a cowboy last year but INSISTS on being Woody this year:)

I sure hope we all get to feeling better so we can head to the Pumpkin Patch and the Apple Farm real soon:)

What did YOU do this weekend??

♥ Noelle

Cozy n Warm

Wow, we have had the BEST cool Fall weather this weekend in

Northern Indiana... love it ♥

Yesterday I got to wear a sweater and jeans!!

I know this sounds silly but I get to a point in summer time where I am just ready to "cover things up"!

I'm not a thin girl, I'm a wee bit on the chunky side, or CURVY would be a nicer word:)

I just love the cool weather and feel better about myself when I'm covered up!!

Here are some cozy n warm fall clothes from my fave...

Old Navy!!

ADORABLE!!
I Loooove argyle and just ordered this baby online:)

I have this ONE, so soft n cozy!

In fact this was the sweater I wore Saturday with jeans, black ballet flats and a long necklace:)

Look at this COAT... cute!!

Love the color and the lil bit of ruffle near the neck (so JenGlamGirl too!!)

Its 3/4 length so it covers the booty too:)

Love this cute green sweater!!

Now you can't WEAR this one but it will keep you warm and cozy...

YUMMMM!!

Stacy... when we come to Ohio in a couple weeks- you and I are SO getting one of these:)

Happy Fall Ya'll!!

♥ Noelle

No Whining Allowed!!

MOMS: What is your biggest parenting PET PEEVE?

Mine is... WHINING!!

OMGoodness it DRIVES ME CRAAAAZY!

And thats all I have heard the past couple days!

I never thought boys were born to be WHINY...

but again the Lord proved me wrong.

My youngest hasn't been feeling well this past week so I understand that he may be a little grumpy and a tad bit whiny... but TODAY.... Ahhhhhhh!

My ears just can't take it anymore!

People often comment on how loud kid toys drive them batty but honestly that doesn't bother me too much, its the constant whining that gets me...

ANYONE else have this problem?>

~Noelle~

Fall Baking Giveaway... WINNER!!

Congrats to the winner.... Michele from Country Vintage!!
Michele, email me your address please:)

Thanks for entering!

NEXT giveaway will be CHRISTMAS related :)

♥ Noelle

Feelin' Crappy? Get CRAFTY!

A week or so ago I was feelin' a bit Cranky, Crappy... ya know!?

I think it was just PMS knocking on the door so I decided to sit down and craft a bit:)

I showed a little something awhile back that I started... I painted and glittered these little wooden signs I found at Michaels a year ago...

Here's the finished product!

Cute, and way easy!

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I had one of these oval wooden signs from the Dollar Store lying around...

I added some cute Halloween paper to it with craft glue and Modge Podge...

Then painted the outer edges with orange paint...

Then used these fun Halloween stickers from Archivers...

And a cool teal glittery ribbon and there you have another easy Halloween sign:)

Today I linked up with Em @ her Scrappy Saturday post...
and with Jen at her Craftomaniac blog:)

Time to be GUILTY ;)

Guilty GOODNESS arrived this week from my sweet Kristi... this Guilty Pleasures Swap from Dandelion Wishes was SO fun!!

I had to giggle big time at what she sent me cause we are SO MUCH ALIKE!

I was gonna send her one of the magazines she sent me too; great minds DO think alike!

So enough yapping over here...

Ooops, ignore my purse and Old Navy bag in the background... just got back from a lil minor shopping trip and saw my GP box so OF COURSE I had to rip into that first!

Can I say that I was grinnin' big time with the animal print paper! 

I'm SO loving Zebra print lately!!

Look at Gage's lil hands tryin' to snatch some of MY goods!!

She wrote little notes for all the goodies!

I loved that it was all pampering things for ME... she commented that MOMS needs more time to pamper themselves... AGREED! 

The 2 items on the yellow bags are these DELICIOUS smelling bath bombs that you place in your bath water to "soak all your worries away"!

Then a Pumice Sponge... LOVE these!

My feet are so dry and G-R-O-S-S right now :/

And some COMFY socks, love these for winter time AND they even have grips on the bottoms so I won't slip on my hardwood floors... that kinda happened in the past!

Some foot scrub, foot lotion and hand lotion from Bath and Body Works... seriously some good stuff! 

2 "trashy celeb gossip" magazines... LOVE them!

Kristi watches Teen Mom and Jersey Shore too, so these mags have some great gossip in them:)

Kristi, thanks SO much girl!! U ROCK!! ♥

Its funny how 2 women who've never met can have SO much in commone:)

Thanks Mammarazzi for a kick ARSE swap, YOU are the BEST ♥

Here's a peek at what I sent Kristi...

Cute stuff huh?

Hugs,

Noelle ♥

Early Trick or Treatin' for Me

It sure has been some time since I've had a GREAT trip to Goodwill...

My brother watched my boys yesterday when I went grocery shopping, so I popped into a GW too!

And man, oh man did I find some goodies!!

 The pumpkin sign was too cute and a steal for $2 and so was the adorable scarecrow!

I ♥ scarecrows!

I fell in love with this Turkey centerpiece, it was handmade by someone and GW actually had 3 more just like it there!

I don't really have any Turkey day decor so I'm excited to have this 

out on my hutch after Halloween time.

He was $2 also.

I love these things...

they are wooden pieces that you can put into a pumpkin!

This one reminds me so much of our kitty Maxie that passed away last February.

The boys were so tickled when I showed it to them, we cannot wait to get pumpkins!

Kitty set was $2 also :)

Also found these cute Christmas plates...

  I cleaned them up a bit and am thinking of painting the word JOY on them and using these on my hutch for the Christmas season!

Eeeek, its SO fun having a hutch to decorate now:)

On a trip to the Christmas Tree Shops the other day, I snagged this adorable pencil holder for my classroom for $1...

I really CANNOT wait to finish my teaching degree so I can get into an elem. school and have my OWN room someday where I can decorate it JUST how I want!

Its tough sharing a room with another teacher right now, you never know if you are "stepping on their toes" by doing something:( Although, she does NOT decorate at ALL and you all know how I AM... I have to decorate that room!!

I also found this cute door hanger from CTS...

  Its like a painted canvas that attaches to a wreath hanger...

It was only $2... gotta love a deal!

This is one of my old fall wreaths for the front door but I still love it...

 I was able to get most of my fall/halloween decor out today but I am still missing a box of things from our wedding last fall... one thing I really wanna find is a pumpkin with the letter K carved out of it.

Its driving me crazy trying to find it!

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I have ALWAYS wanted to grow a pumpkin patch in my yard, just think it would be so fun!

Hubby said NO though:/

So instead I found one of these...

I was SOOO excited when I saw this!

Its a ceramic pumpkin planter that comes with dirt and pumpkin seeds.

You are able to grow 10 mini vines out of this kit to give you some teeny tiny little pumpkins!

How fun is this!?

The boys and I are planting it tomorrow evening and we CANNOT wait to watch the vines grow!

I will have to take pic of the growth to show you all!

It was fun to have a little extra money this week to get some fun new items for the home:)

Hope you have a great week!

Noelle ♥