Love, Bessie {2/18/11}

{I exclaimed my love for my hubby on the fridge}

{ my brother turned 9. i can't believe this btw . }

{ Our little bug is very sick. Don't know what exactly is wrong yet. }

{ Apparently us shoving this over her face at the doctors office is supposed to be okay because it has a dinosaur face. Ashlynn didn't think it was okay. In fact after we were done she grabbed the dinosaur, bit it, and threw it on the ground. }

{ I started work on some spring bow that will hopefully be up in the shop soon ! }

Hoo are you ? # 32

1. What did you get/give for Valentine's Day?A Pandora bracelet from Jared. . . I <3 it ! I showed it last friday on  Love, Bessie. My hubby and I are also going to do "something" next week. Probably dinner.  2. Do you have a vacation planned in the next couple of months or in the summer?
We are going to Branson for my birthday for a week ! I'm so so so so so excited. I can't wait to have all that alone time with Josh. It is much needed. We are leaving the baby girl behind to spend a few days with each of her grandparents. 3. What is one thing you do to pamper yourself?Get my nails done. I love getting my nails done and wish I could do it more often.  4. What sparks your interest to other people's blogs?That they share part of themself in their blog. I want to feel some sort of a connection other than "wow that's a cute tutorial."  5. What kind of a mood are you in today?Tired as all get out. Ready for bed now ! ! ! 

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day ! 
Today I spent the day at home with my daughter packing our stuff. We are moving at the end of the month. 
My hubby spent the day in cooking class for his new job. Around 3:30 he texted me and told me he was at the hospital. He'd been cooking shrimp in his class and ended up having an allergic reaction (he's allergic to all fish) and an asthma attack. So ... I dropped our little bug off at my mom's and went to pick him up. He spent the night sleeping in our car while I ran errands.

We came home and he passed out. 
So ... it's wasn't a very lovey dovey Valentine's day, but we got to be together, which is more than some people get. 
On the upside I made him this cute Sock Puppet Valentine, that I'm sure he will love when he's awake enough to read it tomorrow :) 

Have I mentioned that I love my Silhouette?
Because I do ... dearly. 
And also my poor sleepy Hubby. 

You need to read this ...

I think everyone could benefit from a quick read of this post over at The Stories of A 2 Z.
If you are a blogger and/or a blog reader you will get something out of it .
It is beautifully written and oh so true !

Love, Bessie

Bessie is my phone . 
She is named after this cool cat here. 

That is Bessie from Cars. The movie that I watched three million times ... a week ... as a daycare assistant. It's probably my favorite little kids movie, so I named my phone after this little contraption. 
Yea, I'm a dork. 
That's why I work with kids. 
So here is what Bessie has to offer this week, with her love. 

((ladybug charm for on my Pandora bracelet))

((over the last week I've become addicted to these iPhone games that serve no purpose whatsoever))

(( the bug fell asleep on our bed))

(( <3 new Nike+ tennis shoes for running ))

(( out to eat with Buggy's Nana, my mom ))

(( Snuggling with mommy ))

(( Today, we may have spent most of the day laying around and/or playing and accomplishing nothing ))

(( mint oreo balls for daddy )) 

Headband Giveaway

There is another Giveaway going on over at Win, Lose or Blog ! 
This time it is for a solid black headband from

Head over to 


to check it out ! 
And while you are there check out the weight loss journeys of the contestants ! 
Including me of course !

Invitations with my Silhouette !

My Father in Law is being ordained later this month and my in-laws asked me to make invitations for them to send out. I was super excited at this excuse to use my Silhouette. 
So I went straight to work and came up with this : 

I used this bright pink paper to test out my design because I have pounds of it left over from scrapbooking for Ashlynn's 1st year. 

After I had everything lined up correctly I switched to the good stuff. 

And here is the finished product. 

It's very simple but I had to make about 40 of them one at a time so ... simple works :) 

I really like the way they turned out and this photo does not give the paper justice! 

We found it at JoAnn's and it's called Pearls. It's gorgeous.