Happy Sunday morning!

Hello everyone, and welcome to TSG Blog! Let me take a few moments to introduce myself. I am Dyanna, a member of the Administration team here at TSG. I am pretty much a jack/jill of all trades here at the Garden, but my official title is Forum Administrator and Store Manager. I am happily married to my sweet hubby of almost 5 years, mama to 7 children, (4 that have grown and made lives of their own) and the youngest 3 still at home, one of which is my beautiful little Miranda, 4 yrs old,(more commonly known as Baby). I am also Grandma to 6, 4 pretty little girls and 2 handsome grandsons. Two furbabies round out our household, a German Shepherd named Baron and a small Papillon named Mitzy. Everyone shows up in my LO's from time to time and you can check out My Gallery if you are interested in seeing more of my family. In my "other, offline" life I am a Schoolbus Driver of 11 years. Yep, thats me... The lady that picks all your angels up every morning and safely drops them off home every afternoon. From time to time this week you may also get to listen to me vent about my job as a bus driver.

That pretty much sums up my life, kids, TSG, family, hubby... Sometimes I wonder how I could possible fit anymore into it. But somehow I always manage to. I have 1 son and 2 daughters still at home. My son just turned 18 and enlisted in the Marines. As soon as he finishes his Senior year he will be off to Boot Camp. I am proud of him, but at the same time scared to death that something will happen to my baby. I want to just lock him up in the basement and keep him home. I am sure I am just one of a million mothers that feel the same way..

Hubby and I went to Menards last night to pick up a new water line that goes from the sink to our icemaker. A MOUSE had chewed thru our other one and water was spraying everywhere! I hate mice, and I really hate when they cost me money :( We have had poison out since it started getting colder, but now hubby is talking about getting a mousing cat. Now just HOW do you know if a cat will be a mouser or not? Our luck will be to get a cat that turns out to be destructive and has no inclination towards catching mice of any kind... Sometimes it feels like there is no winning.... Back to Menards though.... We got our water line, picked up a new furnace filter... ($30 for that filter ) and then went over to find a texturizer sprayer for our walls. (We are also in the midst of remodeling our home) We found it and right there was the display of all the Christmas lights and trees... I should have ran in the other direction... but I didnt... I looked up and saw a beautiful white tree with blue LED lights on it. I have never been one to like white xmas trees, but this one really was beautiful.. I showed hubby who promptly pointed out one of those white tress already decorated sitting in a display on the floor. it was absolutely breathtaking... I imagine I really dont need to go on do I?? I am sure you have figured out by now that we spent over $500 buying a white Xmas tree and a whole new set of beautiful blue ornaments and lights to put on it! I cant believe we did that... Talk about impulse spending! We got home, baby took one look at all the xmas decorations and now all she wants to do is decorate.... Forget Thanksgiving, she wants CHRISTMAS!! So now I need to make her up a calendar that shows her when Thanksgiving is, then our little trip to see Grandma, and then when it will be Christmas time. There is nothing more determined than baby when she sets her mind on something :)

Well, I imagine I have rambled on enough... This week I am going to do something a little different on the Blog. I am supplying a SticKit made from the beautiful kit "Maryanne" by Linda Cumberland

If you use the stickit to create a LO and then post it in TSG Blog Gallery you will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win the December Mega Kit. The drawing will be held next Saturday so that gives you all a week to complete your LO's. The winner will be Pm'd and a coupon sent to them so please be sure you are registered in the store. This is the SticKit you will be using...

You can get yours HERE (Sorry, this link has expired) , I am looking forward to seeing all your beautiful LO's...

Enjoy your Sunday everyone :)