~A day in the life of Cb~

My new business

2011-02-28T11:52:00.001-06:00

Christmas balls...

2010-12-04T13:32:00.000-06:00

If I haven't already said so......I have hands down the best girlfriends EVER!I have not been able to get out of the house so they come to visit me!!! Last night we made Christmas balls. Yes, I said balls and they turned out fantastic!!!

This is what they look like before..................

and

with

little

paint,

some

ribbon,

paint pens

and

shaking.....

VIOLA!

The finished product!

Angie bought a room sign for sweet little Zane. This is what it looked like before I put his name in red:)!

Cute!Cute!Cute!!

Beth's BIRTHDAY present!

Dear Mr. Pain in my back.....

2010-10-31T16:11:00.000-05:00

Since October 9th I have been home in bed trying to get you to go away!

To get in well enough shape that I can return to work.

A cortisone dose pack,

2 spinal injections,

3 weeks in bed

a cortisone injection in my back and nothing!

As of today, you are still here and still not better.

You now have decided to take up residence in my left leg and you radiate down to my foot.

What is it going to take for you to get the hell up out of here man?

I can't hardly feel my feet and the you hurt so bad that my pain meds are only taking a little of the edge off.

I am missing everything due to you and I am so sad about it.

I can't see any of my babies in their costumes and I am so sad:(.

Not to mention, unless Dr. Pepper makes me a pallet on the front porch, I will not be able to see the

trick-o-treaters either.

I am so over you so please move on and never return!

Thanks so much~

Cutest Minnie ever!

2010-10-28T10:36:00.000-05:00

My sister found the most precious little Minnie Mouse costume for my niece. Last year she was a monkey. I mean I know that I am partial but I think she might be the cutest Minnie ever!

I love Halloween! I love to see all the little kids get SO excited about how much they have in their bags. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I use to get so very excited too. When the night was over I would dump my bag out onto the living room floor and separate it all. I would love to see how many of each kind I would get. Silly isn't it?! My mom would always eat a Snickers...they were her favorite.....mine were the sweet tarts!

Dr. Pepper's was called "dem bonz" ha ha ha ( we look for them every time we go shopping)

What was yours?

Friday Fives*

2010-10-28T00:00:00.001-05:00

1. What's your go to recipe?

Cheesy Potato Soup!

I make it so good it will make your tongue slap your brain!

2.When you hear american food what comes to mind?

A great big fat cheeseburger with jalepenos and crinkle cut fries!

3. What would you say is one of your weirdest quirks?

twirling my hair, honestly I don't even realize I am doing it most of the time and soemtimes I can get both hands going...strange isn't it?

4. What color do you mainly wear?

I love it and I think you should wear at least one thing red in your everyday attire!

5. Always have to say everything that is on your mind or never speak again?

I always say what I am thinking!

new listed items on Etsy

2010-10-25T11:42:00.000-05:00

Check out my etsy page:

cecebees.etsy.com

Here are just a few of my newest items.

Back pain is a real pain in the back!

2010-10-23T10:55:00.000-05:00

A few years ago while I was working at a nursing home I had a man fall on me and injure my back really bad. I knew if he fell that he would break his hip and it would be down hill from there so I figured that I would cushion his fall. He was the sweetest man. His name was Frank but we all called him Uncle Frank. He would sing me show tunes and tell the best stories. He was a great big man too, like 6'5" kind of big s that falling on me at 5'0" didn't go over so well. I went through extensive therapy and was out of work for quite some time. While in the therapy they taught me to help my back by strengthening my core. After that pain, I would pretty much do anything not to have to go through that again so I did just what they asked of me and I started really paying close attention to working on my core. Needless to say I will not be following her anytime soon!

I wonder what she was doing to figure out she could get in that position anyway? ha ha

Two weeks ago today I was at my sweet baby nieces birthday and I couldn't resist but picking her up when she asked. Could you resist this precious little face?

Well, apparently I moved all wrong at some point because ever since I have had the worst back pain and it runs down my leg and into my foot.

UGH!

The worse part is that today is my nephews party and I can't go do to the pain. I can't hardly stand and when I sit it makes the pain worse that radiates down my leg into my foot. My heart is broken I hate missing anything for them! I was going to paint faces for my sweet little Sam's big day! Plus, my sister throws the greatest birthday parties!I sure hope this gets better soon. So far after 2 weeks of bed rest as well as a spinal injection......nothing seems to be working:(.

Have a wonderful day Sammy J! Aunt Candace loves you to the moon and back kid!

Christmas card preview

2010-10-12T10:29:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Lucky

2010-10-11T23:34:00.000-05:00

My kind of girl....dressy one minute and in the dirt the next!

Will...my super cool nephew. :)

She liked it:).

Me & Dr. Pepper

Hilarious!

We crack eachother up:).

Selecting the right handbag for your body..... Charming Charlie's blog

2010-09-30T21:58:00.000-05:00

Selecting The Right Handbag For Your Body

Thursday, August 19, 2010

While most fashion rules have become more relaxed over time, there are still a few that are worth their proverbial weight in fashion gold. Case in point, the subject of this blog: selecting the right handbag for your body. The handbag you carry has a huge impact on your overall look, so selecting the right handbag for your body is worth a little extra investment in time and effort.

Flatter Your Figure

The right handbag can enhance your assets and down play the rest. It’s not magic, but selecting the right handbag for your body can be a quick fashion fixer upper! Plus, you don’t have to spend a fortune on a bag that works for you; there are many affordable and stylish options to choose from.

The Trend Factor: One Size Does Not Fit All

Trends are fresh and fun and ever-changing! Not all trends can suit everyone. You need to keep your frame top of mind when selecting the right handbag for your body. This can be difficult, especially when a trend is particularly eye catching and irresistable. But while passing on the “it” bag of the moment might take a little restraint, selecting an equally cute bag that is the right handbag for your body can give you much more satisfaction. In addition, you can look for trendy “styling” and details that match your personality once you identify the right type of handbag for your body. Your handbag will always complement your ensemble if it is the right balance for your body frame, whether you switch your handbag out from season to season or week to week.

Guidelines to Consider When Selecting the Right Handbag for Your Body

Handbag Length: Balanced is Better

If you have that classic swimmer’ physique (shoulders broader than hips) or a bustier frame, then avoid handbags with short handles that fall at the bust. You don’t need to draw any additional attention to your upper body, since you are naturally developed in that area. Opt however for handbags with long handles (there are so many to choose from) or carry a clutch. You will create a more balanced look.

If you have curvy hips or a little extra around the middle, don’ t select handbags that fall at the midriff. Given your natural endowments, no more attention to that area is needed. Choose handbags with shorter handles, which fall under the arm or well above the waist area. You will draw the eye upwards and create more balance.

Handbag Size: Proportion Is Key

Finding a bag that is in proportion to your frame is also key to selecting the right bag for your body. Full-bodied women with large frames should avoid small handbags. Small handbags make tall or plus size women appear larger. Instead, opt for medium or large size handbags to keep everything proportional. Petite women, shorter than 5’2, should avoid wide or oversized handbags. Instead, to elongate your appearance, choose small to medium size handbags. In this case, the average woman has a little more flexibility, straddling the midsize bag category with the ability to go up a wee bit or down a wee bit in size.

Handbag Shape: Opposites Attract

In general, women of all sizes should aim for choosing handbag shapes that are the opposite of their body types. So, if you are tall and thin, opt for a round, slouchy handbag. If you are petite and curvy, pick a long, sleek handbag.

In Summary: The Right Handbag for You

When selecting the right handbag for your body, first factor in handbag size, shape and strap length, then take into account styling and personality.

~ Fall Wreath~

2010-09-27T15:13:00.000-05:00

This was one of my MANY projects that I had going at the house.

The P is for Peppers :)

(Suddenly I want to bust out into song with Supersonic! ha ha )

Finally finished....

2010-09-27T15:04:00.000-05:00

I made the doll from scratch and I am so proud of it!!

I hope she loves it:)!

Zane's 1st Birthday!

2010-09-21T21:32:00.000-05:00

Zane turned 1 last week and I wanted to give him something EXTRA special!

So.................

painted

him

chair

:).

Happy Birthday sweet boy!

Save the girls!!!

2010-09-21T21:22:00.000-05:00

Every year as a fundraiser we have a HUGE bake sale for the Cancer Crusaders.

In the years past we have had 5 plus people baking and made it a collective event so that it isn't just one or two people practically killing themselves to bake everything for the event. I mean it makes sense right?!

Well, this year it seems as if things were a little different .....

Yesterday Leslie, Karen & I baked up a damn storm! We had everything there...

Oreo Truffles

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Caramel Corn

Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Banana Nut Muffins

Bark

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

Brownies

hungry yet?

We sold everything for $1.

Considering we started the day without a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out......I would say we did pretty damn good for some baked goods sales ha ha.

At the end of the day we had $164!

So, with that Leslie and I took $20 and purchased a few more items to make a few more things.

Strawberry Cake

Chocolate Cake

Rice Krispy Treats

Brownies

Apple Pie

Black Cherry Pie

Pecan Pie

Sour Cream Pound Cake

Jana brought Chocolate Chip cookies too!!!

Eventually we put it all on a cart and pushed it through the offices in the building asking who wanted what and giving them forks to eat it with ha ha.

You can't beat service like that!!!!

On my Strawberry Cake......

I piped pairs of boobs and pink ribbons and they turned out soooooo cute!!!

I sold this one whole for $10.

Oh....and I took things from our recycle bin and home and turned them into coin buckets. I have put them all over the building. They have our team shot from when we finished the walk last year:).

I am so very proud of my team!!!!

~Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Picnic~

2010-09-15T09:21:00.000-05:00

http://www.bbbsmt.org/

September the 11th was our Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Picnic. This year was the 1st year for either of us to go because last year I got food poisoning and could leave the bathroom floor for more than 15 seconds at a time. It was lovely:).

So this year I was determined to get us there and for us to have a wonderful time with everything they had to offer!

She is the sweetest kid in the world!

There was a huge turnout that day. They said there were over 500 people that came out. Under the pavilion there were board games set up at all the tables as well as another pavilion across the street with arts and crafts. Out in the field behind this we had flag football, relay races and tug-o-war! We had so much fun!

They also had a hula hoop contest but we were tug-o-warin' at the time so we didn't get to watch that one.

After we tried to hula for a minute and neither one of us were any good at it! ha ha

Arby's provided us with lunch for the day as well as shakes for all the Little's. It was great!

A few of the Little's lining up to get their shakes.

After the shakes they announced that they were going to have a dance contest!

This big was helping her little get ready to do her thang!

This sweet little girl helped to get it started! She was such a great dancer!

And then little man came out of no where and showed us what he had!

Is he not the cutest little guy ever!!

Before you know it......

They were all out there doing the "Stanky leg".

We also had ring toss and many other games where you could win prizes.

It was such a great time!

Thanks Big Brothers Big Sisters!

Where were you?

2010-09-11T08:37:00.000-05:00

Do you remember where you were when you heard the horrible news 9 years ago today?

8:46 am.....

in a moment....

so many lives changed

forever.

I remember.

I was at the doctor and they had the t.v. on as well as the radio and everyone in the waiting area was glued to the t.v.

I remember feeling as if everything was moving in slow motion.

I remember feeling scared.....

Sad and unsure of what to do first.

I remember thinking about my mom and the rest of my family.

Those who lost their lives on 9/11 will never be forgotten!

My AMAZING little nephew Sam at surf camp!!

2010-09-07T12:03:00.001-05:00

http://www.surfershealing.org/index.html

I can't tell you how AWESOME I think these people are for working with these kids and helping to put the smiles on their little faces! Sam is so happy!!! All of them are in the video! Stacy said they had an awesome time and I hope he gets to go every year from now on!

Beach trip with Beth

2010-09-03T11:22:00.000-05:00

Beth and I went down to my aunts beach house last week for a few days. We had planned this a few years ago but due to a few things coming up we had to put it off until now.

My aunt has an amazing house down at the beach with these awesome boardwalks.

I took this the day we got there.

This one too.

BUT,

You know how they say that it rains everyday in Florida.....

it seriously did this time!

The only problem is that it didn't stop.

This guy got really brave and almost lost control.

I am sure you can imagine the kind words I had for him! :)

What do you do when it rains that much?

you EAT!

and ....

you drink! ha ha

Seriously though, Beth and I are both addicted to Walgreen's so when we saw that they sell wine in the stores there....OMG, it took our Walgreen's trip to an entirely new level! ha ha ha

And you shop of course!

We also took a little trip down to PBC to try and find the shit hole we had rented for our Senior Spring Break trip ...WOOOO-HOOO Class of '97! Sorry, had to go there for a minute ha ha. We tried to find it but it was gone. Hell, the place was more then likely condemned after we left. It was nasty when we were there...the floors were carpet yet if you wore socks you had to throw them away after because they would be black if you let them hit the floor, the vacuum only ran if you pulled it backwards, every bed in the place had mattresses that were so bad that the springs were almost visible and the shower/tub was going to drop through to the room below at any given moment. It was awesome! ha ha It was perfect for the 17 of us though and to be honest I wouldn't trade it today for the memories that I have from that trip! I had so much fun!!!!!

So, Saturday morning we hit the road.

Perfect name isn't it?! ha ha

My sweet little LUCKY :)

2010-09-03T10:47:00.000-05:00

Last night I went out to spend the evening with my parents. My step-dad ended up going to watch the Titans play and my sister had plans so I had mom and little Lucky all to myself for the night!

AWESOME!!!

We had so much fun! Lucky and I danced to Dora, ate some ice cream ( I will pretty much give her whatever she asks me for because I am a sucker for the kiddos), ate some cookies, had a few pretzels and then mom and I had fried egg sandwiches for dinner. My mom makes the best ones this side of Texas! YUM!

After dinner, we looked at a bunch of old photos and Lucky looked with us. She would pull one out and say " who dis Aunt CeCe?" or "dat BeBe & Pops". She is so smart it blows my mind! The funniest is when we would ask her who it was and if she didn't know she would get this really cute look on her face and then point her finger at you and say "dat me" . Then she got to take a swim with Mr. Bubble and get a little snuggle time with her Dora pj's.

Cancer Crusaders 2010........Fell your BooBies!

2010-09-02T14:04:00.000-05:00

Cancer Crusaders 2010

This time of year is always SUPER fun and exciting for me and my buds because we kick-off our fundraising for the

Making Strides Walk at LP Field here in Nashville.

http://main.acsevents.org/goto/cancercrusaders

*HOPE * HOPE* HOPE* HOPE* *HOPE*

Breast cancer is a malignant (cancerous) tumor that starts from cells of the breast. The disease occurs primarily in women, but men can get breast cancer as well. The information here refers only to breast cancer in women, but separate information about breast cancer in men can be found on the ACS website.

http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/BreastCancerinMen/index

A woman’s breast is made up of glands that make breast milk (lobules), ducts (small tubes that connect lobules to the nipple), fatty and connective tissue, blood vessels, and lymph (pronounced limf) vessels. Most breast cancers begin in the ducts (ductal carcinoma), some begin in the lobules (lobular carcinoma), and the rest in other tissues.

Lymph vessels are like veins, except that they carry lymph fluid instead of blood. Lymph is a clear fluid that contains immune system cells and waste products. Lymph vessels lead to small, bean-shaped collections of tissue called lymph nodes. Most lymph vessels of the breast lead to lymph nodes under the arm. These are called axillary (AX-uh-lair-ee) nodes. If breast cancer cells reach the underarm lymph nodes and continue to grow, they cause the nodes to swell. Once cancer cells have reached these nodes, they are more likely to spread to other organs of the body.

Aside from being female, age is the most important factor affecting breast cancer risk. Moderate or vigorous physical activity, maintaining a healthy body weight, having first child before age 30, breastfeeding, and avoiding alcohol or drinking less than 2 drinks each day are all associated with a lower risk of breast cancer.

On with the new project.....

2010-08-24T12:18:00.000-05:00

This year for Lucky's birthday I have decided to make her a baby doll of her very own. I wouldn't say that I am one that can sew but more the chick that uses Stitch Witchery for EVERYTHING! ha ha ha I will say that since my sweet little mama showed me how to use her sewing machine, I have become quite the whiz at sewing. I may not ever want to give the sucker back ha haha

I went over to Hobby Lobby and picked through the clearance section of fabrics and this is what I have so far.......

She still has to get the rest of her hair done, her collar is still not complete, I made her an apron and she will definitely need some RED shoes if I am making her:)!!! Oh, and I will be giving her a great big heart too!

Let me know what you think!

Dr. Pepper's birthday present.....

2010-08-23T12:07:00.000-05:00

I have noticed all these different ways of doing "Subway Art" here lately and I pretty much fell in love with it the moment I saw it but for those of you who know me....well, you know that I have to put that little "Cb spin" on everything I do.

Subway Art- Cb Style

It has layers, glitter for pizazz, bright colors, texture (because everything I do has some kind of texture) and all different fonts. Mine also go in different directions, etc top to bottom - not just left to right.

It took me FOREVER to make but it was fun to do and I was pretty excited to give it to him:)!

***G-A-M-E * N-I-G-H-T ***

2010-08-23T10:59:00.000-05:00

Dr. Pepper and I decided to have a game night at our house on Saturday and have a few friends over to play. We had such a great time! Everyone brought their favorite appetizer and his or her favorite beverage. On the menu:

* white rotel

*bean dip

* cheesy jalapeno dip

* hot bacon dip

* meatballs

* sausage balls

* spinach artichoke dip

*fruit

* lobster dip

* blackberry cheesecake bites & strawberry cheesecake bites...YUM!!!!

I had 3 tables set up...

Pictionary

Catch Phrase

Apples to Apples

The picture that I took of all of them playing didn't come out :(

for the final round

we ALL played

CRANIUM

He was trying to complete the "hum-dinger" without laughing ha ha

Autumn reading us a clue!

and the winner is.........

the CHICKS!!!!!!!! Booo-YAH!

Each rounds winning team got a prize......

The little bottles were for the 1st round and the big ones ....

went to the winners of Cranium!

I've been a little busy.......

2010-08-19T15:10:00.000-05:00

I haven't posted in what seems like FOREVER!!! I have been a busy little bee here lately! I am happy to say that I have completed a few of my projects on the "to do" list though so I can finally take a breather. Only for a minute though because as soon as I take one off that list, I add 2 more ha ha ha.

An old friend of mine put it best when he said "Candace, you are a do-er and the worst part about a do-er is that it makes us lazy asses look even worse when you get so much doin' done" ha ha ha

Here is what I have been up to lately:

Bell flower

My Cosmos are almost as tall as I am if you can believe it!

The flowerbed that Dr. Pepper and I made together.

Mama O'Grady's furniture over 100 years old

Curtains make any room better......

but Energy Efficient Curtains make it WONDERFUL!!!

One of my painted pieces. I will give you one guess at what the kids name is.....

Not pictured is what I have been working on for a little over a month. I should have it up soon. It's Dr. Peppers' birthday present and it is almost complete! I only have a few things to add as finishing touches. His birthday is Tuesday and a good friend of mine is making him his very own coconut cake. He loves it and I am not a fan so I thought to have her make him a little one just for him! DUH! It is his birthday. I have also been working on Christmas cards and a baby doll for my niece's birthday in October. My days are never dull I tell you and I am never at a loss of things to do ha ha ha

Check back in a few days for more! Hope everyone is well!

It's a brand new car!!!!

2010-08-10T09:56:00.000-05:00

Dr. Pepper said I was having my Vanna White Moment.....

I am pretty excited! Now I can bring home EVEN MORE stuff from the Goodwill! ha ha ha