kind words and my favorites...

one of our favorite things to do is be our kids biggest fans!

it has been a great season of middle school basketball for maddie.

and i love that michael had the opportunity to assist with coaching...

this was a game that the girls fought hard to win!

they even tebowed!

another favorite thing is that...

almost after every game...

the team along with parents grab a bite to eat!

a favorite shot of maddie and michael sitting on the sidelines...

and my most favorite thing this week is this email from the coach...

what? what?

are you talking about my kids?

words such as...

pleasure and rewarding?

enjoyed and calmer gentler voice?

all in one email about

my kids???

haha...

all kidding aside...

it's good to hear kind words about your kids from others...

it sure makes me proud and helps me to know

that the hubby and i aren't doing too shabby of a job in raising these 

kids that we've been blessed with.

praise be to God because

raising 3 teens can be very challenging at times 

but also very rewarding at the same time.

a few more of my favorite things this week:

having the hubby home and not traveling for work

 and celebrating our 20th!

being able to come home and not have to drive anyone to practices

and having time to make dinners

and having 2 days of 60-64 degree weather!

blessed!

happy friday!

linking to...

friday, friday, gotta get down on friday....

everybody is lookin forward to the weekend, weekend...

the girls have been singing and listening to this rebecca black song...

so before we head off to the weekend, weekend...

 i just wanted to share a few pics sent in by sharon who 

ordered 10 handstamped charm necklaces from me last month

for a women's retreat.  

sweetness!

they were rockin' oh, sweetlee me necklaces!

"john 10:10" 

is what i handstamped on all 10 pieces.

i love how her pictures turned out of the packaging...

you wanna personalize something sweetness for your mom?

shop now for mother's day 

here!

use code ILOVEMYMOM for 10% off!

partyin', partyin'

partyin', partyin'

fun, fun, fun, fun,

lookin' forward to the weekend!

happy friday!

p.s. oh, and for those of you who are curious and haven't heard this song you can

listen to it

here.

it's pretty cheesy but i have to admit it does have a catchy tune : ).

happy friday...

hi, dee, ho friends!

just in case you didn't notice...

up top there...

oh, sweet lee me has its own domain!

www.ohsweetleeme.com

paid the ten bucks and made the switch through blogger.

i'm likin' it!

feeling the love from my coworker (the other mrs. lee)...

she gave me this beautiful arrangement of flowers from her

front yard and a jar of hershey's kisses yesterday at work.

it was a very pleasant surprise!

isn't it gorge? 

 i love canning jars and using them for decorating purposes.

thank you bunches mrs. lee

you rock!

oh, those are dogwood flowers btw...

just sayin'...

and i learned something new...

miss k told me that dogwoods symbolize the cross

because the bloom often appear in the shape of a cross.

the faint red stains at each of the four petals represent the blood of Christ

as the nails were driven into the cross through Him.

the green or yellow bloom in the center symbolizes the crown of thorns

placed on the head of Jesus.

most of you probably knew that already but i didn't and

thought that was pretty cool!

The dogwood is more than a tree…it is a representation of life. With every spring we are reminded of what God did for us and given the chance to be reborn and start a new life as “children of God”. (John 3:1)

anyhoot...

not much planned for the weekend around here...

just some more spring cleaning...

hope yours is a little more exciting than mine.

oh and another thing...

if you're gonna do some mother's day shopping : )....

shopping online is the best way to go!!!

visit my shop 

{here}

cause you just might want to have a custom personalized &  handstamped

necklace for that awesome mom of yours!

use coupon code SANDYROCKS

for 10% off!

happy friday friends!

i'm enrolled in indie biz...

hi friends!  i am officially an 

i've already learned so much from these three ladies...

lots of good information and so much goodness!

i'm actually overwhelmed but it's all good.

looking forward to the next 5 weeks left.

here's a peek at my indie biz binder.

well, this weekend i plan to catch up on the class as it stands

i'm already behind.

there's still time to enter the giveaway i'm having at muchloveilly if you haven't

done so already.  so go on cause ilene is just the sweetest thing and you

have to check out her blog!

happy friday friends!

come take a peek...

so i finally got around to somewhat re-organizing my creative/craft room area.

i seem to do this once a year and i've been kinda working on it the past month or so.  

this space is in a somewhat awkward area. it's located in the landing

of our 2nd floor overlooking the family room which we call the library. 

 it's actually quite cool because while the fam is downstairs and i'm creatively 

working i can still be part of their conversation and watching tv with them.

but i really have to be mindful of trying to tidy up after i make a big mess

because it's not like i can shut the doors or anything.

so here it is with a lot of purging, a little bit of organizing and a bit of decorating...

baskets of packing stuff, yarn, fabric, scrapbook paper...

a wall of my favorite photographs that i took...

bulletin board to pin business cards, happy notes, pics...

a few of my cameras...

shipping envelopes...

my jewelry tools...

this table overlooks the backyard...

{this photo only: source via pinterest}

and that's a wrap!
i hope you enjoyed the little tour of my spruced up and reorganized area.
happy friday friends!

sunrising & happy friday!...

miss girly had to get to school yesterday morning by 7 a.m.!  the mister was suppose to drive her as we had planned the night before but realized in the wee hours of the morning that he had a meeting at 8 a.m.. and if he had to drive her he would not make it to his meeting on time with the rush hour traffic.  so i had to get myself up, ready and in the car with miss girly by 6:30!  i don't know bout you but that's much too early for me : ).

anyhoo, the drive through country roads and with the sun rising on the horizon made for a beautiful drive.

(pictures captured with droid incredible)

pretty, yeah?

have a happy friday!

happy friday...

{source}

it's going to be a beautiful friday here in the queen city.  looks like it's going to be 76 degrees! yippy skippy!  it's half day for the kids.  picking up miss bling and friends then taking them to cheesecake factory for a little bit of girl time for miss bling's 16th two weeks later.  then chillin' for the rest of the weekend!

happy friday friends!  

happy chinese new year...

as the chinese new year falls on a different date every year, the question on everybody's mind is when is chinese new year 2011?  this year it falls on february 3.  the chinese new year is celebrated as the symbol of spring's celebration and this year it is the year of the rabbit!

here are a few chinese traditions...
on the eve of chinese new year, families gather for a dinner.  feasting on dishes with pig, duck, chicken and sweet goodness.

the traditional chinese calendar ends with a lantern festival which is on the 15th day. nowadays, paper lanterns are displayed to add a festive touch to home and businesses celebrating the start of the lunar new year.  this is evident in most chinese-american communities.

children receive candy and money in red paper envelopes. of course,  the one thing my kids look forward to about chinese new year!

being that hubby is chinese-american, we'll do a dinner with a couple of chinese dishes within the 15 days and of course, give the kids their red envelopes!

happy chinese new year & happy friday friends!

{photos via pinterest board}