VLOG - Come hang out with me

VLOG  - Come hang out with me  (Aug. 12, 2018)

I’m back!  Got another video finished finally, and another one will be coming soon….
Stop on by and visit with me for awhile.  

https://youtu.be/GJCxlhVIxsk

Update: Summer 2018 (So Far)

I'm still here :) Still unpacking and trying to get my craft room in order. It's a slow process. Moving after living in one house almost 15 years is NO JOKE. It is starting to feel more like home here now, and I really hope we don't have to move again anytime soon. 

This summer so far, we took a trip to the Minnesota Zoo with family, and I took the kids to the local beach (lake) one day.... trying to get outdoors without spraying a THICK layer of bug spray has been difficult. The mosquitoes and ticks... ugh.

I am enjoying doing my gardening again. We even have a whole garden of roses on one side of our new house, and apple trees out in the front yard. I have planted snapdragons, zinnia, tomatoes, sweet peppers, peas, and green beans, and this year I'm trying cucumbers, and even watermelon out in the front yard. Keeping the bunnies and deer out of the vegetables has been successful (so far) with some natural oil spray.  We also have horses in a pasture across from our driveway, so I get to see them once in awhile, which totally THRILLS this former city girl :)

My mom has recently retired, so she is able to get up here to visit more often. And my older son has gone to the cabin with Grandpa Wayne a few times already this summer. My younger son (the one with Type 1 Diabetes) is loving the gaming life. He likes to play Fortnite, Terraria, and Roblox. I prefer the farming games (Happy Acres and Hay Day). Our internet here doesn't have the best broadband width (and no cell tower near us, so no 4G here). So we get online when we can. My internet time is usually late nights. Which works, because I usually stay up late to take care of my little guy :) I hope to be doing more videos on YouTube soon. I can get on Periscope once in awhile to do my bible scopes, and am still unable to really get on LiveMe. It seems to use too much broadband for my little internet. 

Now I am going to try to clean off my table... my grandma gave me a new desk for my craft room. Just need to make room to get it in here. Hope you are having a great summer! 

Dollar Tree Haul / Operation Christmas Child

Dollar Tree Haul time :) 

  

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Currently

 

Feeling: Tired and sore. Dealing with a lot in life these days. Still healing from my back injury, and throwing chronic pain on top of my thyroid disease, let's just say I am surprised I'm still standing. Always worried about my hubby and kids, especially my youngest, who has Diabetes Type 1.  (Hubby has has strokes, and has heart issues, diabetes type 2, and a blood clotting factor that he's dealing with.) Medical bills? Don't get me started.

Reading:  My Bible App

Watching:  PERISCOPE!  And a  few YouTube videos (mostly art/junk journals and Planner related videos) – you can see a lot of what I’m watching if you follow me on Twitter (@createdbybarbi).

Listening To:  Periscope artists:  From NORWAY: Jon Harald @JonGjesdal JonHarald.com,
FROM SOUTH AFRICA: Beautiful Piano Scopes by @IlseMazzone,
my Christian Music Playlist on Spotify.

Working On: Posting a few destash items on my Instagram account, cleaning off my desk (a never-ending challenge), doing a zillion loads of laundry (where DO all these clothes COME FROM?), among regular FT mom duties and taking care of 3 fur-babies, and 2 boys, including a 6 yr-old with Diabetes Type 1.

Needing:  Clean craft room (ongoing process),  to donate a bunch of stuff to the Sonshine Closet, need to get started journaling and doing more in my planner again.

Wanting: To learn more how to make stickers on my Cricut Explore, so I can get my Etsy shop up and running. 

 

Excited:  That the boys get this Wed-Fri off (teacher conferences), and we are going to visit my parents for an extended few days & the weekend. Unfortunately, my hubby has to stay home for work... he's such a good hard-working man :)

 

Hoping: Always hoping and praying for a CURE for DIABETES! 

Loving: God, My family, my pets,  COFFEE, my internet friends, my great "new" internet that actually WORKS, bedtime.

Currently

Feeling: Nostalgic... I've been thinking a lot lately about the amazing memories I have of the times I've spent with my grandparents.  Both grandparents on my dad’s side are with Jesus, and probably had the most amazing Easter EVER J My other grandparents are in Texas in the Winters.  This holiday we spent at home, without going to visit any of my family, which was odd for me (normal for hubby), because my husband was in the mini Passion skit at our church this year. I miss my home church and my family. I was pleasantly surprised when my Dad called Monday evening to say he was driving through our area to the cabin, and could we meet for dinner?!  Ummmm….. YES!   I am looking forward to seeing more of my family this coming weekend.

Reading:  My Bible App

Watching:  PERISCOPE!  And a  few YouTube videos (mostly art/junk journals and Planner related videos) – you can see a lot of what I’m watching if you follow me on Twitter (@createdbybarbi).

Listening To:  Periscope artists:  From NORWAY: Jon Harald @JonGjesdal JonHarald.com,
FROM SOUTH AFRICA: Beautiful Piano Scopes by @IlseMazzone,
FROM CANADA: Sara Garber @saragarbermusic (warning Sara might have explicit lyrics at times & medical marijuana references).

Working On: Getting some of my Listia items ready to mail out, then working on catching up on label and stationery orders, among regular FT mom duties and taking care of a 5 yr old with Diabetes Type 1.

Needing:  Clean craft room (ongoing process), sort through clothes and extra items to donate to the Sonshine Closet, need to make a new Printable set for April (for my Happy Planner).

Wanting: Time to SLOOOOOW down (we can all dream, right?)

Excited:  That Spring is right around the corner (snow is mostly all melted now and the birds are back). Yes, I know it's "technically" Spring, but up North here it takes a bit longer.
Also looking forward to a Christian concert this Sat night (going with my mom).

Hoping: That things work out (can’t go into details right now…)

Loving: God, My family, my pets,  that my internet is working in the rain, planning in my new Happy Planner planner, that today the kids went back to school after a short Spring Break.