this might be my first ever...

saturday post!  it's saturday night, and i am typing on my laptop in bed, sipping on a glass of chilled vino and feeling relieved of what was accomplished today :)  the day started w/ isabella's first cheering game...

it was a rough start (had to wake her up from bed), quick breakfast in the car, and the girl was not about it...no pom-pom shaking, no "RA-RA-RA" (that was for you, mary), nada.  honestly, i wasn't surprised as she has experienced...stage fright/shyness, before.  so, the whole first half was a bust, but after a snacky-snack at half-time, she was ready to go!  :)

after the fun of that, we headed home for lunch and outfit change and headed to a birthday party.

this girl would just love gymnastics!

hee-hee...baby sister trying to get in on the fun!

the party so much fun and just what this dandy lady needed!!  it was a nice break to play w/ the kiddos, not think of what i need to do and just have some fun.  i mean...i wasn't at home so i could NOT do any chores, work, picking-up...*sigh* it was nice.

we came home, grabbed some pizza, watched the texans win and worked some more on dandies.  finally, after a little playtime w/ the girls, showers and such, i started on some more F-U-N!

i drew the winner of my first give-away...

and angela YOU WON!

i hope you find this planner handy!!!  photo-shoot schedule?  meal planner?  day-to-day?...all of the above?

woo-hoo!  what's that you see?  yay-uh!...my new silhouette cameo that my wonderful hubby gave me for Christmas!  in fact, this was the first time for me to use it!

and after that, i glitterized the next prize for brooke! who guessed the right answer first...ha!  i find it quite funny that all of you guessed the correct answer to the "tangled" quote :)  so here you go brooke...

hang next to your awesome collection of jewelry? shoes, perhaps? ;)

i love give-aways!!!  even if i can count on one hand the number of participants, lol.  which reminds me...awesome mr. dandy emailed me a site...http://handmaderyangosling.tumblr.com/ which he had seen on ms. ginny's blog.  i've seen some of these on pinterest and find them HYSTERICAL!  so here are a few that i personally find laugh-out-loud funny...

and last but not least...

our very own ginny! entered this!...girl!  hilarious!

oh, and this...i HAD to include this b/c mr. dandy has and does say this...

oh my...my cheeks hurt from laughing...good night lovelies!

forgive me...

ladies, i am sorry, but i will be doing the drawing tomorrow!  this week has been nonstop for me and every day i have wanted to blog, but i couldn't muster the energy at the end of a very long day.  i guess i could try, but i prob wouldn't make much sense and the next morning i wouldn't be the best mom i can be for my girls and not much of a wife for my man when he gets home.  so, the next few days (yes, weekend blogging!) i will prob be back-to-back blogging about all i've been wanting to talk about...more resolutions, my amazing hubby and his birthday, talk of mr. gosseling (sp?) lol, and so much more.  i honestly thought this week was going to be a relaxed, post-Christmas hub-bub, ease back into the routine of things week, but it wasn't that at all.  BUT i am grateful for the craziness of my life and thank God for every day and its opportunities :)

thanks for being awesome and understanding and loyal readers! hugs to you lovelies!

phew...

what a day!  after finishing my post last night, i worked on some dandies orders and hit the hay!  after a good night's sleep (and a dream of being back in high school, the week of prom and realizing i didn't have a date!), i woke up this morning w/ much desire to DO, DO, DO!  w/ holidays, family visiting, traveling, decorations, and no time to spare for any real cleaning, this house was turned upside down, shakin' and stirred!  and i didn't quite know where to start.  yes i did...coffee :)  thankfully, isabella had a playmate over who kept both girls entertained for part of the day.  more dandies done, Christmas decor down and in the attic!, rooms vacuumed, furniture dusted, groceries purchased!, and even a blog post ;)  someone must've slipped a little something extra in my cup of joe this morning!

now, in case you were wondering, no, i have NOT forgotten about my monthly fab-mama-jamas!  they will be gracing your technical screen w/ in the month :)  hopefully, two back-to-back depending on the awesome angela wilson and the two lovely ladies' schedules.

and speaking of schedules, i need a new bill planner for 2012.  really, it's a normal weekly/monthly planner that i use just for paying bills.  so, my goal tomorrow is to buy two...one for me and one for ONE of you :)  leave a comment and tell me what your new year's resolution is.  i'll pick the most ambitious one and send the over-achieving lady a new 2012 planner.  BBBAAAAHHHH!!!  okay, j/k...i'll just draw a name friday the 6th ;)  so, you lovely ladies who tell me they always want to comment but read my blog on their phone...figure it out!  lol..."oh, i'm just teasing, you're adorable."  okay, and whoever can guess that line first will win this...

it's a small version of one i printed for my lovely lady lair :)  it will be glitterized a tad ;)

one of my new year's resolutions is to keep up w/ a daily devotional...daily.  here is an excerpt from yesterday's JESUS CALLING: ENJOYING PEACE IN HIS PRESENCE...

"A close walk with Me is a life of continual newness.  Do not cling to old ways as you step into a new year.  Instead, seek My Face with an open mind, knowing that your journey with Me involves being transformed by the renewing of your mind."

thank you ginny ;)

it's the first of january...

and i haven't even said merry Christmas!  wowsers!  my last post was the 15th of december, and i had plans to blog on til AT LEAST Christmas eve, but the hustle and bustle of december got the best of me...as always!  i love it though.  even w/ the overwhelmingness of it all, i love the shopping, baking, parties, wrapping, decorating, eating, gathering, yada, yada, yada...it is the most wonderful time of the year on my calendar :)  and honestly, i was a little bummed it was all over...until now.  i rung in the new year til the wee hours of the morning w/ the hubs and old friends listening to live music :)  and today (as i drove 2.5 hours to pick up the girls) as the sun was shining, w/ a grande cinammon dolce latte, and the best 90s country music blaring on the radio, i thought of 2012 and all the new beginnings this year will bring!  and i was getting very excited at the thought of de-Christmasing the house and lightening everything up w/ spring decor!  i was so ready to grab the girls and come back home and kick off 2012, but then the energy level winded down on the 2.5 hour car trip home, ha!  so, i just wanted to say hello! and i will catch you back here tomorrow w/ some more blog love and talk of what's to come!  until then...

merry Christmas and happy new year from mr. & mrs. dandy!