A couple crafts and something I love right now!

I made these snowman ornaments when my nephews and niece came over for a sleep over.  This craft was SUPER SIMPLE and there was no gluing!

check out youtube for a video on this craft

http://youtu.be/Y7maXh8d6fw

For my friends like my Pilates instructor I had wanted to make pillow spray.  But when I got sick it was canceled till next year.  It's another SUPER SIMPLE craft.

I guess I'll test out the one that I did make.

All you need is water, alcohol and oil scent of your choice.

Last for New Year's Eve I wanted a sparkle barrette - I found this barrette at Target and did a little hot gluing....

I made this necklace for my mom

I originally found this vintage pendant and fell in love with it- so I bought it and created my own beaded necklaces for it.  I counted out the blue beads in the small necklace so that they were in 12s, 13s, and 24s divided by a small gold bead- just a couple of very special numbers.

 

and onto a couple of lip items I'm digging right now~

In the winter my normal chap sticks aren't cutting it so I found this at Bath and Body Works and it's great!

They also have a night time one I use before bed!

And no matter how chapped my lips get I still wanna wear lipstick and these are awesome..
Revlon Colorburst LipButter- they are super moisturizing and have great color payoff.  If you want an everyday color that makes your teeth look nice and white you should try #001 Pink Truffle- it's great and would probably look good on anyone.  I know in the picture it looks dark, but it a great pinky/brown color.
You can find these lipsticks at any drugstore- but they are cheapest at Walmart or Target.

Things I'm Digging NOW......MaggieLux

MaggieLux here- Mom and I went on-line and I seen A LOT of cute things!


Aren't these collars the bomb.....I love the pink and green!

I thought about getting something more fun with a pattern like this one below - but I don't know it might not look as good on me being the model probably weighs 6lbs!

Mom said this one might be nice and then add some bling

Well she said when I learn to spell my own name we'll discuss it  -

BUT isn't this bling awesome

Mom liked these collars....boring

OK we both LOVED this ONE but she said Dad would kill her

BARK BARK on him!

OMG

Sweet dreams on this every night

Yummy TOYS 

MOM also let me cyber stalk Rocky Kardashian <3 <3

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He is SOOOO cute!

OH.and ....I'm loving  

Mom's shoe re-do

Kids Payless Pink Flats

How sweet - these black flowers are so fun!

Geeeeshhhh....... I was only trying to help

Till next time....MaggieLux....xx

I'm back at home!

No I didn't :) but it was fun to look

Dylan's Candy Bar

New York City

1011 Third Ave

New York, NY 10021

646-735-0078

Subway: N, R, W, 4, 5, 6 to 59th St/Lexington Ave

Store Hours:

Mon-Thurs 10 AM – 10 PM

Fri & Sat 10 AM – 11 PM

Sun 10 AM – 9 PM

Well I had a good time of my 1st two treatments.  I did get a little anxious on the 1st one... my breathing got really heavy and I was afraid that any second I would get yelled at.  Especially after they take all this time to  place me just so- but they never yell and they are always very nice to me.  I was assigned a certain machine/room and that will be the machine I use for all 25 treatments.  I believe the techs will usually be the same too.  There are about 4 techs waiting when I get to the room and they are all guys/boys.  The youngest happens to be from Binghamton so that's nice.  I always were my cross into the room and take it off while in the room that way there is always a crucifix with me in the room.  There are lockers and they will have you take your cross off, but I wear mine till the last minute.  There's nothing painful about the radiation treatment, but there's a weird feeling you get when it's time to shoot you up and everyone leaves the room.  All in all it's fine for now.  I understand it will accumulate in my body and eventually may burn and make me tired.  I apply lotion 2x a day and I'm hoping my implant stays good!   The schedules are a little hard at times, but they try their best AFTER you let them know exactly what you need.

The room I'm staying at in the city happened to be on the 5th floor- NO elevator!  There was no way we could continue to truck up and down the very old narrow steps so after pleading and pleading we were moved to the 2nd floor of another building.  You see they showed us one room when we went to see the place, but them gave us a different room when we arrived.   Mom and I were very relieved and super tired from moving everything from the 5th floor in one building to the 2nd floor in another building.

The city was very hot and busy.  At first I don't really like to be there, but I then start to like it again.  I did miss my bed though.  One day while in Bed Bath and Beyond we kept seeing things about bed bugs and finally asked the boy at the register after seeing a travel size bottle at the check out. 

ME: Are there such things as bed bugs around here?
BOY: Yes    
ME:  REALLY
BOY:  OH YEAH, but it's not bed bug season.  Bed bug season is in the fall.
ME:  Were you ever bit by a bed bug?
BOY: YEAH, I didn't know for sure what it was so I looked it up on-line and it was.  You know they are bed bugs because they will leave a line of bites.
MOM:   We better get that spray

So when we get back to the room............we didn't go near the bed until we were too tired to care AND we put on new sheets and mattress pad.

The trip was good- SO HOT!  My eating was decent, but I could have made some better choices I suppose.  My mom is great to travel with because she knows I am trying to get back in shape.  We walked a lot.  I mean that's like all we did is get up leave and walk all day.  The food is great in the city, but next week I will bring and buy some groceries so we can eat in.  One thing that was really nice was a diner called the RITZ- they had fresh squeezed spinach, celery and carrot juice- YUM.   Next week I will have my VitMixer with me.  The Ritz was also open 24hrs- nice to know.  They were very nice there and clean.

I was reading about fiber while there and I can't believe all the fiber we are suppose to eat in one day.  When I post about the cancer fighting veggies later I will also make note of the fiber info I found!  Fiber is very important to digestion and if you are trying to lose weight and keep fit it's a must.  My mom and I went over a few days of what we ate to see how much we had and it wasn't good.  If we ate all the fiber we should have we would have been too full to eat much else.

I really need to start exercising my arms.  At night I'm having some problems getting comfortable and I think I am tensing up while I sleep.   Some mornings I wake up and my arms are asleep- or just plain hurting.

I have so much to do before leaving again Monday morning.

Well I was going to post how I made my crown for my Blessed Mother so here it is

Floral wire

3 Pieces- eye ball how much you may need to go around your Blessed Mother's head 

          Braid them like you would hair

Make sure you have decent spaces to fit flowers and the spaces are easy enough to adjust to different size flowers. 

Adjust it to fit your Blessed Mother's head

Pick your flowers from your yard or while walking

Poke them in the wholes in the crown you've made. 

Well I must run and get all my stuff done.

Product reviews and info........................

This is my new favorite "pick me up" colorAzalea

My skin has been so dry and I love this stuff:I recently changed to a healthier deodorant you can get it at Walgreen's

I also had to change to an electric razor and I'm liking my wet/dry Remington (gift from mom)


This is for you AMY (I finally remembered)To get dry heels in shape use this:
Before bed wipe your feet with the Stridex pads and then the Eucerin lotion and I sometimes start out sleeping with socks on.


Amber- here's the eye make-up info
I started using Urban Decay on my wedding day and I love it - I order it from Sephora
Fun Eye Liner
And then here is the eye liner- it works nice!!!!!!!! It's at CVS



Crochet Pattern- Quick and Easy
I'm working on this crochet pattern ........it uses a Love Knot and it's super easy and quick!

SKILL LEVEL
FINISHED SIZE
72” (183 cm) long, 8” (20 cm) wide
Size can be adjusted by using the instructions within the pattern.
MATERIALS
Medium Weight Yarn
300 yards of main color
Crochet hooks US H (5.00 mm)
GAUGE
Each knot stitch is 3/4” (2 cm) long
STITCHES AND ABBREVIATIONS USED
Ch (chain)
Tr (treble crochet)

I looked up how to do the knot on YouTube

The Knot Stitch is also known as Love Knot, Lovers’ Knot, True Lovers’
Knot, Solomon’s Knot or Hail Stone.


SCARF
Row 1: ch 1, make 10 knots: 10 knots
Note: This will be the width of your scarf. To alter the width of your scarf,
increase or decrease the number of knots made. If you alter the number of
knots made the stitch count at the end of each row will also change.
Row 2: make 2 knots, tr in third knot from hook, (make 1 knot, tr in next knot)
across: 11 knots, 10 tr
Note: If the number of knots on row 1 was adjusted, the number of tr on row 2
and on each row following will be the same as the number of knots on row 1.
The number of knots on row 2 and on each row following will be the number of
knots on row 1, plus 1 knot.
Row 3: make 2 knots, turn, skip first tr, skip 1 knot, tr in next tr, (make 1 knot,
skip 1 knot, tr in next tr) across, make 1 knot, skip 1 knot, tr in next knot: 11
knots, 10 tr
Repeat row 3, 74 times or until the scarf is as long as you desire, then finish off.

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I'm hoping to purchase one of these.....Becky my sis has one and it's adorable over a Tee

I'm finally getting used to being bald- sick of hearing about it? Sorry- but you have no idea unless you've done it. I feel so naked all the time!

I wear my wig more now but it's itchy and I feel like everyone is looking at it.

So today at Kmart- buying a scale because- guess what? Chemo makes you gain weight! I have to weight myself daily and really work at not getting too crazy with the Eating anything and NOT Exercising.

Ok back to the story.......I decide to show my bathroom LOVE for Valentine's Day and seen some cute towels on sale. When I was checking out I wrote a check and I hear the cashier say something like Cu??? So I assumed she was saying something about the great color towels I got and I said "what?" and she said "I guess I have to say NICE CUT" I said "huh?" She said "Your hair it was so long and now it's so short" She was referring to my license picture. The whole time I'm thinking OK- is she joking?
Anyways she was just a real nice girl and no I don't think she was joking, but my mom and I were laughing. FINALLY I'm laughing about it.

I attended Healing Mass at St. James church and it was great! I LOVE that mass. It's the 1st Thursday of every month at 7pm (rosary at 6:30).

Valentine's Day

Well I'm still getting ready for Valentine's Day MARTHA has some great ideas:

Well I'm working on gifts for Valentine's Day and it's coming along pretty slow. I did crochet a heart book mark.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the Polaroid idea. I wanted to take a better picture, but I don't know. And they don't make Sweethearts like they used to....product quality is not very good....some hearts were blank!

I did purchase a couple of shirts for Rob, Lucas and myself at cafepress:

All 3 shirts came to $35. They had a good selection of shirts for $9.

Any guesses on who's is who's???

Well I did enter the give-a-way at Tatortottsandjello
from MY BELLE BOUTIQUE- cute stuff!

Today I felt a little sick to my stomach, but I think it was because I slept in. I should have taken my medication sooner. I was dreading the whole hair thing again today....what a baby.

Anyways the day turned out good and I finally just shaved the hair and felt better. Now I feel like a real member of the club....lol.

Karl my dog was a little freaked out, Lucas thought I looked good, Rob said, "It still looks like you" and then he had me try on all my wigs and hats. I have a nice selection. It turned out to be not so bad. Maybe if I have guts I'll post a picture.

I guess tomorrow I'll be wiggin out!

You know at times things smell so gross to me - well tonight I decided to say my rosary in the living room and as I'm saying it I could smell the flowers my friend Tammy had given me and it was the sweetest smell. What a blessing that was to smell them as I'm praying.

I'm going to sleep good tonight.....new pink beanie and all.

XX

Fall is on it's way

Check out Gilding @ The Inspired Room

Great fall project