My inner gypsy’s dancing…
she's tickling at my soul.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Do you remember Anna??
Do you all remember Anna??
Anna is a sweet little girl...an orphan girl...a sweet little orphan girl with Down Syndrome. Anna is stuck in an orphanage in Eastern Europe. Anna has no family there but has a family here desperate to bring her home. Let's help Mike and Traci bring home their little girl. You can read more of their story here but come right back! or donate there and then come back :)
From what I have read and have seen, these instutions/asylums can be closely compared to hell. In EE when the orphans turn 4 they are on borrowed time before being transferred from the 'baby house' to what is essentially an insane asylum where they are no longer adoptable and will live out their days. Most of these orphans die from malnutrition and dehydration.
It disgusts me that this happens in our world.
Pictures borrowed from Garden of Eagan where she puts these places into words much more eloquently than I ever could...if you want to learn more go check it out.
If those pictures aren't sad enough when you leave the baby house this is a normal sight. Potty time.
This picture was taken by a family picking up their child from another country (I believe but don't quote me). You can read their story here. Their description is haunting.
I dare you to watch this video and still say you can't donate $5 or even $1. Every dollar adds up much quicker than most people can ever understand. This video is so moving and heartbreaking.
Described by people there, in the moment.
Described by people there, in the moment.
video 'borrowed' from "Ready For Ross...Stas That Is!" Another great adoption journey blog to check out. It's so amazing to see how these kids progress with love and care.
Let's help the Williams family bring Anna home. They are cleared for travel but will need to come up with the last $6,000ish soon! Please consider donating today.
For the next 24 hours (7am central) for every $5 you donate to Anna's fund I will send you a pattern of your choice and you will be entered in a raffle to win the following prizes.
One person will win all of this!
a
custom made owl hat from Elskan Baby
$25 gift card to Starbucks donated by me
That first place winner along with 9 others will win a 50% off coupon from Dee to her shop Heartstringsbydee another one of my favorite yarnies :)
I wish I had tons and tons of money and prizes to offer, but this is what I have. This is what I along with a few amazing women can offer you today. Will you help Anna? Don't crochet, drink coffee or care for yarn?? What kind of freak are you?? Donate anyways. Skip your Starbucks and save a life.
There is no information on the paypal receipt that I would not see if you purchased a pattern as normal. I will have no ability to access your paypal account or bank accounts with the information on the receipt. Not that I ever would! All receipts will be deleted after drawing is complete.
For those of you apprehensive about donating to a possible scam The Williams family is working through Reece's Rainbows. A completely legit adoption agency.
One more video of Anna and others
Ny from ilashdesigns
Heather from Elskan Baby
Dee from Heartstringsbydee
Friday, February 4, 2011
From A Tangled Skein Winner
Thank you to everyone that entered this giveaway! Thank you to Danielle for donating the prize! If you aren't following her on facebook do so now!
Drumroll roll please.....
According to Random.org #19
kady@thebeerguy.ca
You are the winner! Email me at innerhooker@hotmail.com and I'll get you in touch with Danielle!
Monday, January 31, 2011
GIVEAWAY from A Tangled Skein
Have you all heard the crickets chirping around here? Yeah? Me too :( I swear when life and business get busy my poor little blog is the first thing to fall off the plate! I'm not sure why since I have been doing it the longest! Anyways...I won't bore you with my apologies but I do come with a chance for goodies!!
Meet Danielle from From A Tangled Skein...clever name right? We know I love a clever name! Danielle won an advertising contest I held not long ago and kindly offered to do a giveaway for you all!
Pretty nice dont.cha.think?!?
A little bit about Danielle in her own words
How could you not want to win one of these adorable items?
How could you not want to win one of these adorable items?
I love this Giggly Gnome earflap hat!
or these adorable cupcake hats!
and I am torn between these 2 for my favorite! I love that little koala down there but I love the stitching on this little lamb! Hmm...so many cute hats....only 1 head
Mandatory:
Visit From A Tangled Skein, come back here and tell me what you would pick if you won!
For extra entries (please leave a separate comment for each entry to count)
Visit From A Tangled Skein on fb and 'LIKE' their page
Follow From A Tangled Skein's blog
Contest will close Thursday night 11:59p
Also, this week only A Tangled Skein is offering 10% off your order when you enter "InnerHooker" in the notes to seller at checkout!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Baby Warrior loses in battle
January 18 2011
Sawyer's first battle scars!
Now I knew having a boy would probably be different than a girl particularly when it came to stitches, broken bones, etc... I did think I'd have another year or 2 before our first ER trip. Poor Sawyer got in a fight with our brick fireplace and clearly the fireplace won :(
He was such a trooper playing with his cars and still climbing all over the place while we waited our turn. They sedated him to stitch him up. It was so heartbreaking. Stitches, sure I was dealing ok with that. Seeing my baby knocked out in a hospital bed brought tears to my eyes. Such a sad sight.
My heart and thoughts were with all the families with sick kids. I truly couldn't stop thinking about how much strength it takes. Here my boy is getting 3 stitches and I could hardly hold the tears back. I am so grateful for my family's health. A few hours after we arrived and Sawyer had time to come to we were home. Fingers crossed he heals quickly and doesn't get a scar.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Day 7 of 21: the Pantry...only the second most dreaded spot
Oh the shame
This is my pantry. I have never thought it was big enough or set up properly. I think I have used those as excuses for long enough. I have no plans of moving or remodeling any time soon so it's time to just make this pantry my bitch!
here are my before shots
Pretty bad huh!?!?
I took everything out...washed all the shelves, walls, etc... I will even admit the higher shelves had dust and spiderwebs towards the back. So gross.
I threw out 4 large black bags of expired food or stuff that was just gross and we never ate. The majority of the expired stuff was up in 09!!!
Lots of breaks for snacking....in fact I ate this all day
half a day later....done! I was very tempted to paint in here. It's very rough looking but I didn't want all the crap sitting around for a week so I went with contact paper. I had plenty leftover from the drawer challenges. Quick question: is contact paper white trash-esque?? My husband swears contact paper is white trashy but I beg to differ!!!
Now I was super proud of this before/after challenge until I saw this one at House of Smiths
It is AMAZING!! She did paint, bonus points for her...and all those adorable vinyl labeled jars have further convinced me of my need for a Silhouette machine!
Linking up for the 21 Day Challenge at A Bowl Full of Lemons
Day 12 of 21: the spice cabinet
I sort of did my spice cabinet ahead of time sort of by accident. You see my pantry spilled over into my cabinets when I ran out of pantry space. So when my pantry was getting cleaned I decided to get the pantry stuff out of the spice cabinet. Being in the purge moment I didn't snap a picture of it in the cabinet but all this was in it (watching The View while cleaning lol)
Before
I was quite surprised at how much crap we had! I threw out a trash bag full of expired stuff, scuzzy stuff, stuff we hadn't used in forever. I found tons of duplicates which means that I couldn't find it, assumed I was out and bought more (Christmas baking stuff!) In all honesty though...my husband is a spice feign...not me!
and After!
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