Laptop is healed!

Yea! It is times like this that I am SO thankful I married a computer guru! It is kind of a long story, but in a nutshell, I messed up the laptop last week. (It caught a virus because of my stupidity.) Well, it took a week, and a complete re-build, but we are back in action. The good news is that the bug didn't get to any of our pictures or documents, just all our programs.

A lot has happened since the computer downtime...Kyle started preschool and also a fun Tiny Tot Boot Camp, I have sewn a men's Jane Austen period style jacket, and Saturday was 'Soup'er Saturday for our ward. Life's been busy, but fun. I'll post pictures soon, once I get them downloaded on the computer. I'm just happy to have the computer back up and running.

My Secret Love Affair With...

TENNIS SHOES!! Seriously, I don't know what it is, but I love tennis shoes. Don't get me wrong, I love other shoes too (don't all self respecting women?), but I think tennis shoes truly steal my heart.

Here are the current ones you would find in my closet...As far as I can remember, they are lined up newest to oldest (left to right). The newest being my cute new Nike's purchased about a week and a half ago; the oldest being my mow-the-lawn shoes, approximately seven years and one month old!

The funny thing about my love affair with tennis shoes, is that I REFUSE to pay full price. I mean seriously, who pays $80 for a pair of shoes? Surly not me! Nope, every single one of these, (with possibly the exception of the oldest...we'll get to that) were purchased on SALE!! I'm talking less than $25. I'm the bargain hunter. What's even more odd, is that I feel like each pair has a story. I spare you all the in-betweens, but you're going to have to hear about the first and last at least.
Okay, so these are my newest pair. There isn't a huge story to these other than I have ALWAYS wanted a pair of tennis shoes with pink on them. I've secretly coveted the cute Nike springy shoes that are pink and grey and white, but they cost WAY too much, and I've never seen a pair of them on clearance for less than $40. The pair above had come close to curing my lusting! Although you may not be able to see, the Nike check is outlined in PINK. When I saw them I was pumped! I felt like I had won the shoe lottery. (Kholes is the best place to find clearance shoes.) I think these will keep me happy for a while. At least until I find the next great deal!

The shoes below, my oldest pair, have a lot of sentimental value. I'm not kidding! Just over seven years ago they were new and beautiful and white, just like my wedding dress!! With Scott being SO much taller than me, and my dress covering up my feet, I wore these under my wedding dress! Seriously, aside from roasting from the inside-out while taking pictures on the hottest day of the year (not exaggerating, it really was!), I was by far the most comfortable bride that day. My feet didn't get sore at all. That's saying a lot for such a long day.
They are great shoes, and I love how comfortable they fit, so they've become my lawn-mowing-shoes.

So I realize this is like the wierdest post ever, but after I finished mowing the lawn today I sat down to take a breather and looked at my shoes. They brought back memories of my wedding day. Then I started thinking about all my other tennis shoes, and the fun memories I have with each of them. It's funny what can make us start reminiscing. I'm thankful for all my shoes and all the awesome memories associated with them!

When it rains...

It POURS!! Literally! We weathered quite the storm this past weekend. (no pun intended, okay, maybe a little) It rained, and rained, and rained. The tail end of the hurricane. While we LOVE rain, because then it means we don't have to pay Fauquier Co. (yep! that's really the name of the county we live in!) an astronomical amount to water our lawn, it also means being cooped up in the house. Honestly, what is better when you are house bound than a yummy treat? Nothing! (Well, almost nothing, but this is a 'G' rated blog! ;)

I made this...
It is a super yummy cobbler. A lady in our ward, Sis. Seeley, is famous for her cobbler. She shared her easy recipe with us a while back. Here it is...

Seeley Peach Cobbler
2 sticks of butter melted in bottom of a 9x13 dish.
1 large can of peaches drained and peaches poured on top of butter.
Mix together 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flower, 2 cups milk, and 2 tsp. baking powder.
Pour over peaches and butter.
Bake at 350 until golden brown. About 45 min to 1 hour. ENJOY!
*Any fruit can be substituted in, if using fresh fruit add a little bit of sugar to the fruit.

Okay, so since it was raining, I didn't want to go out, but I didn't have any peaches on hand. I substituted a large can of mandarin oranges and a can of blackberry pie filling. It was scrumptious!

Now that fall is on the way, and there are a lot of rainy, blah days ahead of us, give the cobbler a try, it's great!

All The Trend is ONLINE!!!

Well, we've FINALLY done it! (Well, kind of!) We have been telling everyone for so long that our website is "under construction" and "almost complete", because we thought that was the case. Alas, tis not the case, but we've taken other measures!! For the time being, Lynette and I have opened an ETSY store. Check us out at...

www.allthetrend.etsy.com

Most of you are aware that my friend Lynette and I have been dabbling in our little sewing business for a few years now. We started as being a vendor in a few craft fairs here and there, then seeking more craft fairs, selling to friends and family (word of mouth...thank you to everyone who has been such great customers already), and are currently working on getting our OWN website. For now, we've set up temporary shop at ETSY, and are very excited! We've already posted a lot of our stuff, but we are adding new things daily.

If you like what you see, or have gotten any of our stuff in the past and have been satisfied, please forward our site on to your friends and family. Word of mouth marketing is usually the best! Thank you all for your ongoing support of Lynette and I.