~Sewing Accidents~

I have been sewing A LOT the last few days..these two are

my newest pillowcase dresses...

This one is my best seller...I have a zebra print that is quickly

catching up with it...but I think I like the ploka dots the best.

I have been sewing for a looong time. I have been poked by pins,

stabbed myself with needles and I can't count on all ten fingers

and toes how many times I've dropped a needle and

stepped on it ;o}

I admit that I may have been in a little bit of a hurry...

...but yesterday I did something I HAVE NEVER done before!

I HIT MY FINGER!

For some reason the safety didn't kick in and stop the machine..

It went through my nail, bent and then broke off leaving a piece of

needle over 1/3 inch long stuck inside the tip of my finger~which

really isn't that long...I admit...but it might as well have been a nail

as bad as it was hurting...and I have a high pain tolerance...I

would never have imagined that would've hurt as bad as it did.

I couldn't even see it...it was all inside my finger! After

searching every where for the tip of the needle, I decided to look 

in my finger & that's when I noticed something silver just

under the skin on the side.

My hubby (who is so very squimish when it comes to blood) came

to my rescue. He pulled it out with a pair of nail clippers. Which was

very painful...He had to pull it out by the tip and since the

needle gets bigger from tip to top it was like he was trying

to pull a 2 x 4 out. ;o} I cried like a baby...I think I even

begged him to stop a few times...

Looking back, it's kind of funny...Picture me sitting on the bathroom

sink with tears streaming down my face (it really hurt!) while hubby is

standing over me all broke out in a sweat trying to pull it out. I

can't believe he did it! He can't stand to see others in pain and he

usually runs the other direction when something happens ;o}

Seriously~He passed out when I was in labor with our

first~not once~but TWICE! Once during the epidural and again

when they asked him to cut the cord ;o}

But this time~He was truly my knight in shining armor!

Thank you Hunny!

I didn't get any during pictues~It's hard to remember to take

pictures when you are in excruiating pain....but here is a picture

of the needle tip lying ontop of my nail...just to show you how

far it was in. It's not a good picture, but you can see a scratch just

behind the needle where it broke through my nail.

Today my finger is a little sore..and pretty much only hurts

if you touch it. So, not much sewing for me today ;o}

Happy Birthday Hunny!

                                          

Today my Hubby is 37!

So, I thought I'd list 37 things you may or may not know about him.

1. He has blue eyes

2. He's 6' 4" tall

3. He loves to read~(his books are in every room in the house)

4. He loves the valentine conversation hearts

5. He has a weakness when it comes to ties (at last count I think it was close to 100)

6. He's a neat freak (I think he's a little OCD sometimes ;o})

7. He's a preacher's kid

8. He sometimes laughs out loud in his sleep.

9. He hates to eat anything green!

10. He dropped his gun & shot himself in '98 & spent a few weeks in the hospital

11. He thinks speed limits are more like suggestions than rules ;o}

12. He can't stand when the ink pens all disappear from his office

13. He laughs to keep from crying

14. He hates when I forget to put the keys back on the key ring ;o}

15. He loves sweet tea!

16. He loves his kids

17. He's a very hard worker

18. He can always make me laugh (even when I'm mad at him)

19. He stands behind the King James Bible

20. He loves to tell jokes~even though most of them aren't too funny

21. He never meets a stranger

22. He's a pretty good soft ball pitcher

23. He's an awesome singer

24. He has his own singing group (Under Grace)

25. He carries a gun with him almost everywhere he goes

26. He doesn't like to wear his seat belt

27. He use to be the Madison County Juvenile Court Bailiff

28. His favorite gum is 'Big Red'

29. He hates when people bother his glasses

30. His first job was at Burger King

31. He was called to preach when he was 18

32. He loves to watch "Meet The Browns"

33. He loves Sonic sweet tea

34. He will NOT ride a roller coaster

35. Once he left his phone on top of his car & drove off

36. He loves golf!

     AND last but not least...

37. He loves me! (he said to put that~lol)

I use to think that 37 was old...but the closer I get to it I realize that we're just getting started good! ;o}
Anyway~

Hope you have a great birthday Hunny!

I love you!

~Watch Night Service~

I'm a little behind on posting pictures...

but I guess late is better than never...right? ;o}

These pictures are from Watch Night Service on New Year's Eve.

Since we are still not in our building, we had the opportunity to go

to Arkansas to Bro. Kenny Guy's church.

Kayla with some friends...

One of the speakers...he painted a picture for the kiddos..

Afterwards Kayla won the picture in a drawing.

My hubby with Bro. John and Phillip Jenkins...

Hubby will always be my favorite preacher ;o}

New Year's day we joined some friends for a Japanese lunch...

Fuji's is not my favorite Japanese restaurant...but it was still a lot of fun.

I hope everyone is having a great 2010 so far!

~Numbers Don't Lie~

My mother forwarded this to me...thought I'd share it with ya...

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul,

Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning last November's

Presidential election:

Number of States won by: Obama: 19    McCain: 29


Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000    McCain: 2,427,000


Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million


McCain: 143 million


Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:


Obama: 13.2     McCain: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain

won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.

Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low

income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the

"complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of

democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already

having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal

invaders called illegals and they vote, then we can say goodbye

to the USA in fewer than five years.

~Church Youth Christmas Party~

Although there were bruises, scrapes, a broke toe and a few

that claim they passed out...I think the youth had a great

time at their Christmas party.

The boys (and some of the girls) wrestled the whole time...

some (like me) decided it would be much safer to just watch.

Here's the jousting ring...there really wasn't much jousting

going on...mostly wrestling ;o}

Ethan and Tyler ~ both trying not to be the first to tap out...

Check out Ethan's socks! Isn't that hilarious!

Dalton & Jeremy on the Bungee Run...

I know this picture quality is not very good...(I had it on the wrong

setting) but I still think it's a good shot. Notice the look on

Bro. John's face ;o}

Bro. Brian holding Tyler down...

Brandon & MacKenzie just couldn't resist tag teaming Rusty!

Courtney & Megan on the Bungee Run...

We are gonna have to invest in a few of these jousting rings when

(IF lol) we get into our new building!

I don't know who had more fun...the youth or the big kids (the men).