Monkey hugs

When I was little my friend Donna broke her arm. When she got home her mom got her a pair of hugging monkeys. I wanted those hugging monkeys!!!

I haven't thought of this in years but today I was on a mission to see if I could find them on ebay. I found these guys - not quite the same but cute!

I have a bit of a fascination with monkeys. If I had my way I'd have the cheeky monkey webkinz and the monkey from build a bear - in addition to all other stuffed monkeys - especially sock monkeys - how cool are they?

I met a lady this summer ... and she had a whole room FULL (and I mean FULL) of monkeys. I was in monkey heaven. She even had those monkeys called monchichi... they sucked their thumbs - I loved those when I was little!

I am making Jessie a flannel quilt with a monkey theme - passing the monkey addiction on to her ...

Lisa's BESTEST day ever....

My daughter has a bestest day ever - it was the day she swam in her undies with her friend Jaime in Lake Ontario...

Mine is not so daring but it's the day I went shopping in the US with Jaime's Mom - Steph!

We left early in the AM - headed to Target - easy drive... and we successfully shopped! Bought lots of stuff - for the kids, for us, for Halloween... just because LOL! Then we went to JoAnn's where we shopped more.... and then to Walden Galleria for - yup you guessed it MORE SHOPPING!

We had a lot in common with our purchases - kids the same age - both love sewing, etc. It was SO much fun!!!!

I won I won I won

I just won a gift certificate to go to a spa.............. me!!! I can't wait to indulge in something - what should I get done?!

Two of my favourites things - Coffee and Reading Blogs

I love coffee, especially Monday morning..., originally uploaded by albaflickr.

What's in your google reader - this is what I try to keep up with... most of crafty/sewing blogs, some are of friends IRL or Virtual, all are just fun to read!

A Dress A Day
A Mom, a Blog, and the Life In-Between
Angry Chicken
Anna Maria Horner
BubbaChic
c h i l d r e n's - b o u t i q u e - f a s h i o n s
Carina's craftblog
Frank Notes
Genesis of a Cook
Grosgrain
Habitual
HER HAPPY HIGHNESS
journal
Just Tutes
Lisa's Thinking Spot (me)
Little Gorjuss Things
Little Munchkins
Material Mama Podcast
My Little Slice of Pie
My Whim is Law
Old Red Barn Co.
Portabellopixie
Runs With Knitting Ne...
russiansweetheart
Scrampologist
Sew Inspired
Simply Recipes
Sisters of a Different Order
splityarn
The Handmade Dress
The Princess and the Monkey
Trillium
Two Scrapbook Friends
Wee Wonderfuls
Sew,Mama,Sew! Blog

Thumbs UP!!

skater, originally uploaded by angelvanilla2008.

Today was Jessie's first skating class... Learn to Skate. She was very excited about it! She's been on the ice a few times just a few minutes here and there ... but this time she was going to be on the ice 50 minutes!!

We had signed up for skating before but had misjudged the level of the class and she ended up going home sad that she couldn't skate with that group.

This group was perfect! Lots of helpers on the ice - ready to divide the group up into different levels and get started! She fell a hundred times and instead of giving up ... she got up each time and gave me a thumbs up! I got a hundred thumbs up from my determined girl which made me SO PROUD!! And her little striped mitts made with love by grandma with the white thumbs made the thumbs up even more special.

Way to go Jessie!!!!!!

Holy Fundraising Batman!!

I can't believe it - I have NEVER had this many things to fundraise for .... there's cookies for sparks, popcorn for cubs, raffle tickets for hockey, regal and mcmillans for skating and don't forget magazine subscriptions for school - it's INSANE!! I don't even know where to start.

I am lucky enough to work in a place big enough to hit up some people there but I can't bring ALL that fund raising to work - they would ban me from the lunch room LOL!

The Friday Night Knitting Club

no I'm not finally getting off my butt to do some knitting ... although now that this cold weather is upon us I might.... this is a title of a book. Run to the nearest bookstore or library - it is SO good!!! I am a book girl as it is - love my books but this one was great.

It's about a single mom who raises her daughter while owning a knitting shop and the friends she makes from her Friday Night Knitting Club - and their stories all intermingle (woven) into hers.... read it - it will warm your heart in this cold cold weather... and while you're at it - grab some yarn and some needles and knit yourself an afghan to keep yourself warm!!

Here's a whole website about this book - go for it! http://www.fridaynightknittingclub.com/

and LOOK if you read it now ... you'll be ready for the sequel Nov. 25th. I'm off to request Comfort Food at the Library right now!!!!