tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:02:54 +0000knittingMOPSjewelmintMaryland sheep woolkidstball2KCBWDAY12KCBWDAY22KCBWDAY32KCBWDAY42KCBWDAY52KCBWDAY7BeautymintBook ReviewEasterFriday followFriendsInsanityJessica SimpsonLoopP90Xbake salecake popscell phonechickenscleaningcrazyebatesegg huntfiber opticfootballfunintromcd'smemorial daymiss babsnever let you gonew moonopening dayorganizingoutsidephilliesplayingreminiscingsanguine gryphonschoolsleepsmoothiessnowsnowdaystrawberriessummersunny daystechnologytimetractortvverdant gryphonweekendwelcomeyarn storageAll about my two crazy kids & my love of knitting. I need something to keep me sane, right?!http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (kim)Blogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-5856591111930375465Thu, 08 May 2014 02:45:00 +00002014-05-07T22:46:49.825-04:00fiber opticLoopMaryland sheep woolmiss babsverdant gryphonSeriously been awhile...again. This past weekend was the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.  Otherwise known as my yearly yarn buying extravaganza.  :) I bought way way too much again.  I had high hopes of not getting a ton but that flew out the window as soon as I stepped foot in Miss Babs booth. Here is my haul from the weekend The top two are my haul from http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2014/05/maryland-sheep-wool-2014.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-576479969703376737Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:00:00 +00002014-01-10T10:00:06.134-05:00Things that I am currently addicted to.... knitting ALL the things...seriously. I can not stop knitting.   I have started at least 4 projects in the past week.   In my defense I have finished two of those four things.   We won't talk about all the finished projects that still need blocked.... Dexter.  I'm not really sure HOW I missed this show when it was http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-few-of-my-recent-obsessions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-7911339826549780542Fri, 10 Jan 2014 02:28:00 +00002014-01-09T21:28:28.065-05:00Wow. How did it go from August to January once again? The holiday season seems like it was here and gone no time.   Every year I swear I'm going to focus more on doing the little things and it never happens.  It seems with shopping, decorating,  still keeping up with school, sports and work it never happens.  Now that we are finished with the rush of http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2014/01/knitting-in-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-6685188169668648674Fri, 30 Aug 2013 02:04:00 +00002013-08-29T22:04:11.422-04:00I was just going through posts & for some reason this didn't publish last weekend...So here you go, an update on the boys' first games of the season! Today was both boys' first official football games!  I'm so upset but I didn't get many pictures of Coles game.   We were running a little behind &  I had to text Ryan to bring my camera.  I made sure to have him http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2013/08/football-saturday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-7565662351604740538Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-08-27T08:36:43.026-04:00Monday marked the first day of school for both of my boys.   I can't believe how quickly time is flying by.  Logan will be entering the 4th grade & Cole Kindergarten.  Where has this time gone? It feels like yesterday Logan was the one just entering school.  I remember that first year,  I was so unsure of myself at school.  It was my first time being http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2013/08/my-boys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-5800896993802619520Sun, 18 Aug 2013 03:51:00 +00002013-08-17T23:51:40.420-04:00Football has been well underway since the end of July.   Today was a super football extravaganza day, both boys' had scrimmages against the 'rival' team.  For Cole it was 'just' another scrimmage, I mean come on he's FIVE! ;)  He is doing OK,  football isn't coming as easy to him as most everything else does & its frustrating to him.   Though I think http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-boys-of-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-7039393727208197958Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:11:00 +00002013-08-01T23:11:54.857-04:00Hello out there!  Things are CRAZY here. We've had a pretty good, busy spring/summer. The boys were both playing baseball.  Cole was also playing soccer and working on his ice hockey skills,  he played for a beginner team and  is now signed up for the next level up for the fall. Football is in full swing for both boys. Its hard to believe school will be starting in a http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2013/08/end-of-summer-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-5732214074411167966Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:00:00 +00002013-02-11T20:00:10.883-05:00I was out grocery shopping today and I found something I just HAD to try.... They are Grapples,  apples that taste like grapes.   I am not kidding.   I can't count the times that I have been happily eating an apple and thought to myself how it could only be better if my apple tasted like fake grapes.....yeah.... They go against everything I believe and am trying to http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2013/02/is-it-grape-or-apple-no-its-grapple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-8924553064276905522Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:53:00 +00002013-02-10T11:53:25.622-05:00Just a quick post to share the exciting news!   Logan's basketball team won the championship tournament yesterday!!! I think everyone was pretty much in shock.  I don't think the team won many, if any games during the season.   Then goes to the tournament and beats both teams that they played, it was amazing!  http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2013/02/we-are-champions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-5603889647177256310Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +00002013-01-31T10:00:03.369-05:00              This was my Christmas gift from Ryan.   I haven't been using it as much as I'd like to, honestly I'm a little intimidated by it.   I'm hoping to do a little research to learn how to use it for real instead of just as a glorified point and shoot.     Here are a few pics I've taken with it since I got it. &http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2013/01/cheese.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-6401086194124128595Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:26:00 +00002013-01-30T19:26:00.216-05:00As you can see above, I'm trying out a new name for this blog.    The Just Sayin name was never supposed to be permanent but I just can't come up with anything.   When I sit to think it over I swear my mind just goes totally blank.  I'm sure by the time I actually post this, I will have changed it another dozen times.  If I still have any loyal readers out http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2013/01/i-need-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-6159937673353863190Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:53:00 +00002012-10-03T19:53:17.722-04:00Along with all of the activities I've been busy with lately,  I've been knitting....alot.   Really.I'm shocked myself.   I can't believe how many projects I've been getting finished lately. Ok its not a TON but its a lot for me.   First up we have Pogona...It hasn't been blocked yet so its not a beautiful as it could be.  While I'm not new at knitting,  blocking isn't my most favorite thing to dohttp://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2012/10/what-that-finished-knitting-project_3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-6112363238592943724Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:43:00 +00002012-10-01T10:43:50.718-04:00bake salecake popsfootballThis past week and weekend was another busy one.   We had all the normal activities.   Work, school, football practice, soccer and swimming lessons.   Logan's football team was also having a bake sale.    Now I'm not much of a baker but I knew I wanted to make something different.   I didn't want to do the typical brownies or cupcakes.   When I icing a cupcake it looks like I did it left handed http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2012/10/football-cake-pops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-3445002193602874605Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:16:00 +00002012-09-25T22:16:55.549-04:00In my blogging absence I've been trying to clean out my house and get it somewhat organized. I feel like we moved in almost 5 years ago and we still aren't really "settled". There just seems to be so much more to do but there really isn't. Part of my problem is that when we moved, we moved EVERYTHING. Just last year, I finally got rid of baby toys, I had every last toy that my boys had http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2012/09/toy-clean-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-6807142681296325866Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:20:00 +00002012-09-24T21:20:23.452-04:00Since I've made the decision to restart this blog, I've been trying to come up with some fabulous post. (I'm still working on that ;) Then I was trying to figure out how I was going to post from my ipad. A friend of mine recommended the Blogger app for ipad. I had tried the app right after I got my ipad for Christmas and I just didn't like it. I decided to give it another shot after http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2012/09/catching-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-4533645780172216346Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:29:00 +00002012-09-21T11:29:49.153-04:00I've been thinking about this blog for sometime now.   I know I've neglected it for far too long.   I need to get back into it. I miss it.   I can't believe its been almost a year since I last posted. I still haven't decided how I want to continue.   Should I just pick up where I left off? Or start a whole new blog.   I don't know. I just need to write. Things http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2012/09/time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-8204473777026727358Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:45:00 +00002011-12-29T22:47:10.132-05:00I can't believe how long it's been! I've been swamped with preparing for the holidays and life in general. I'm working on a nice lengthy update post including a "How we spent our Christmas vacation" post as well as a long overdue review on the new Beautymint website launched by Jessica Simpson. One thing I can tell you is I am writing this from my most favorite and long wanted Christmas http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2011/12/wow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-8668191254195050031Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:50:00 +00002011-11-09T20:50:15.657-05:00Wow! I feel like I have so much to update you on since I last posted. First, off football season is officially over!   The season went on longer than originally thought because Logan's coaches decided to enter the smurf (Logan's division) playoffs.   The first playoff game was originally going to be an all day affair but it ended up being the day of the http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2011/11/football-in-snowtober.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-2724952566148813924Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:09:00 +00002011-10-18T11:10:52.072-04:00BeautymintJessica SimpsonMy fave jewelry site is getting a new sister site,  Beautymint. Jessica Simpson and celebrity aesthetician Nerida Joy, are the faces of the company.  The new site is following the same plan as Jewelmint and Stylemint, upon signing up you will take a beauty quiz to determine which fixed price products you will be offered each month.   The launch date is officially http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2011/10/beautymint-launching-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-5561577757725081887Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:24:00 +00002011-10-04T10:24:12.075-04:00If you read my blog regularly you will remember me mentioning a company called JewelMint.    I reviewed a few pieces of their jewelry a few months ago here.   I recently received the Faye Dynasty Earrings.  I picked them because they weren't something I'd typically order.   I looked through my stash of JewelMint that I've acquired over the http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2011/10/jewelmint-faye-dynasty-earring-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-4437775570407038773Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:55:00 +00002011-09-09T10:55:11.412-04:00I am so sick of the rain!!  As I'm sure you've all heard or have been experiencing yourself, the northeastern part of the US has been hit hard with rain this week.  I think on the news last night just in the past couple days areas around here got 15" plus of rain.  Crazy. Now we wait for the Susquehanna River to crest to cause even more damage.   Luckily we have http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2011/09/break-from-rain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-8492026685292923556Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:41:00 +00002011-09-07T15:41:38.177-04:00I was recently given the opportunity to review a pair of Heelys.    You might be wondering what exactly are Heelys?   They are these super cool shoes that look like regular sneakers but have a wheel hidden in the heel so you can skate.   You can also pop the wheels out and put a cover over the hole so you can wear them anywhere like regular shoes.  http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2011/09/heelys-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-2999371396826242757Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:57:00 +00002011-09-06T20:57:44.026-04:00Blah... It has been rainy and absolutely miserable here the past two days.   Today it did absolutely nothing but rain.  Luckily both boys had school today, if they would have been stuck home and inside again today it wouldn't have been pretty.   It was Cole's first official day of preschool, he was brave the whole way.  When the tears started to fall he very http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2011/09/first-day-of-preschool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-6759614696620476934Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:04:00 +00002011-08-28T22:04:24.753-04:00I can't believe that I am officially the mother of a second grader!  Where has the time gone??  I can't believe my 'baby' is that 'old' already, I REMEMBER second grade rather clearly.  Here he is on the first morning of school last week, Cole refused to stand beside his brother because the bantam chickens were out and he's scared of them.   Yet the crazy kid will gohttp://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2011/08/back-2-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985709511763872100.post-2130448432887418246Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:46:00 +00002011-08-09T09:46:22.683-04:00I knew it had been awhile since I posted last but I had NO idea it was before Logan even got out of school for the summer!  Now here we are, 2 weeks before school starts again and summer is once again over and I am just NOW sitting down to write a post. It seems like so much has happened since my last post but then again nothing really at all.   I have a boatload of pictures http://justsayin-kim.blogspot.com/2011/08/utterly-embarrassed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kim)1