Dodging Bullets

Every year for Christmas my dad goes on a hunt to find something really interesting for Joshua. Something that'll scare me, crawl towards me, ect...This past Christmas it was something to shoot at me. He bought him a tank. A tank with little pellets that you load up and with the push of a button on a remote control they come shooting out (really quickly!). It stays in it's box when it's not being played with. As soon as he comes walking in with the box the dogs scramble to look for a safe place where they won't become the target of yet another attack. I spent a little while making sure I wasn't gonna be the target of a surprise attack as well. I have to wonder if my dad buys him these things because he thinks it's a great gift, or if he gets a kick out of knowing I'll be the target of an attack. I think that's exactly it because when he opens these sort of gifts I notice my dad lauging quietly in a corner...lol.

This has been a really good weekend! Well most of it anyway....I think I've been fighting off a stomach bug so have felt icky on and off this afternoon. Yesterday I finished up that gift for my stitching pal, Jodi that I'm meeting up with in Chicago. I wish I could post a pic of it here, I just LOVE it! I'll have to wait until after I get back from my trip though since she pops in here once in a while :). Tonight I finished stitching a Blackbird piece for another stitching buddy. This was the piece that I ran out of thread on. It arrived in yesterday's mail so I was able to get it finished up. I can't post a pic of it either until she receives it. I'll have lots of pics to post after my trip! My mom and I went out and did some shopping this afternoon. I picked up 2 really cute shirts at the mall and then we gandered over to Target. I got some things I needed for my trip there as well as a really cute necklace that was on clearance for something like $3 and another pair of flip flops. Speaking of shirts I've had some emails asking me if I translated the French on that shirt I bought a couple of weeks ago. Nope, I haven't. Sadly the poor thing was still in the bag until about 5 minutes ago..lol. It says Vivre Plus and Amoure Plus on it. Translate it if you wish...lol. At least I think it's French. The only thing I know about French and Italian is that they sound pretty...lol.