Adios 2013...

Holy cow, Batman, where did 2013 go?? It's just crazy to think the entire year is G.O.N.E. I mentioned before, I'm not sad to see 2013 go, but there have been some really wonderful moments that I wanted to remember. 

January: Pinned It/Did it - Love canvas.  This was made for my sister from the kids for Valentine's Day.  The baby's feet and the preteen's hands.  :)  I thought it was cute! 

February: I am going to toot my own horn about the racing scrapbook I made for my friend, Paulene.  It was an honor to be part of her racing memories! :)  

March: 500th post!!!   And it just happened on a Muffin Monday. :) 

April:  Friday's Letters in April.  What can I say, I was boring in April.  But here is Sweet Niece and she's adorable. :) 

May:  I blogged roughly "Every Day in May."  - my Favorites and my Struggles. 

June:  Sweet Niece #2 turned ONE and I lost my sidekick - Muffin. :(

July:  The annual Family Beach Trip! WOOP WOOP!  And lots of scrappin'. 

August:  A Monday Muse on a Wednesday with lots of pics pics pics (and one picnic). 

September:  It's My Birthday!! Thanks to everyone who contributed to the USO! 

October:  The NOTEBOOK: It's not what you think, it's better! 

November: Friday's Letters - just a snippet of my life. Love it. 

December:  My column for YC Magazine.  

So there you go! :) A review of 2013!!! Thanks for reading, for being my "imaginary friends," for commenting and caring (because I know some of you do!).  Happy 2014!!! 

Every Day in May: Favorites

I couldn't keep away from today's Blog Every Day in May posting:  A listing of my favorite blog posts from this blog! :)  Immediately two favorites came to mind.

First, the post where my sweet niece made it home from the hospital!
http://whiskeytangohello.blogspot.com/2012/06/blessed.html

The second post that came to mind is the before and after pictures of my house remodel!  

Serious changes in my little cottage. We took it down to the studs and started over. :) 

http://whiskeytangohello.blogspot.com/2011/01/beforeand-after.html

This was probably the hardest article I have ever written and I cried the entire way through it. But it did have good pieces, just a tough one to share. 

http://whiskeytangohello.blogspot.com/2011/02/extraordinary-gift.html

In 2012, I finally learned to give thanks. Not just for the great things, but in all things.
http://whiskeytangohello.blogspot.com/2012/11/in-everything-give-thanks-2012.html

And today, as we pray for the people of Oklahoma and the long road they have ahead of them... those who have lost their precious loved ones, their homes... I remembered seeing Alabama two weeks after their tornadoes.
http://whiskeytangohello.blogspot.com/2011/05/alabama-tornadoes.html


Those are some of my favorites, or at least ones that came to mind with this prompt today. Enjoy!

Muffin Monday + A Bit More.

Happy Monday, my friends.

Muffin is happy because I finally found some MSM for her at GNC. MSM helps her tired ol' joints and really makes a difference in her ability to jump up on the bed and chairs. Everywhere I've looked has been out, so I'm thankful for GNC.  Granted, the poor fella in there who is taking a few too many of their supplements thinks mom and I are freaks for buying their products for our animals... but whatever. A happy Muffin makes for a happy Beth.


If you noticed, I kinda missed the Every Day in May blogging this weekend. I tried, but my attention span did not lend itself to following prompts everyday. So I'll do a few here and there until this month is over. But go enjoy other people's blogs. :)

I'm so very excited to see May end since my sweet niece #2 will be turning one in June! This weekend I worked on the giveaways for her party, clay bunnies made from air drying clay and a bunny cookie cutter.  This week I'm going to experiment with watered down paints to see how it looks. You know I'll let you know how it goes.

Sweet niece #1 was home this weekend! She was a HUGE help with the yard sale we had on Saturday.  What a great seller she is! And she's just hilarious with her running commentary. I don't think she means to be funny, but she really cracks us up sometimes.  Sweet niece #2 has a rotten cold and it's making her miserable. She's also teething, so you can imagine how happy she is, poor baby. She clung to my shirt this morning and just rested on my chest.

Ok, I'm off to do work. To do something. Ya'll have a great Monday. Pics of a new scrapbook tomorrow! :)

Every Day in May: Photo. & Friday's Letters

A favorite photo of me. There really aren't many, but I do like this one:

Me and Sweet Niece #2. Adore that girl.

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Friday's Letters:

Dear Pintrest, I have wasted so much time this week looking for projects to use up these buttons on.  Yard Sales suck me in and I bought this box of old buttons for a buck.  Now it's time to make some money on them! (You can find me at catlyn_sc or maybe under Beth Covington??)

Dear elementary schools, when did ya'll get so cool and trendy and paint this massive murals all throughout the lobby?  I feel like I'm chilling at the park or something when I come to visit. :)

Dear Sweet Niece #2,  can I just say you are adorable? This week you have learned to shake your finger when you and MiMaw read, "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed."  When Mama calls the doctor and the doctor says, "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!" she'll shake her finger like a stern doctor. TOO CUTE!

Dear Write More Love Letters, I've been signed up for months and have never actually written a letter. This guy's story, Ray, really hit home as he battles cancer.  So I felt compelled to share a word of encouragement with him. So many people have done the same for us.

Ya'll have a great weekend, and hopefully I get my blogs written each day. :) Yard sale tomorrow, so wish me luck!

Every Day In May: Struggles

Today's prompt is about something you are struggling with and what you are doing to overcome it.



My family is struggling with my dad having bladder cancer. He completed his treatments and we waited. Yesterday, he went for his checkup and we found he'll be going back through treatments. We'll know how many after his biopsy.

So what am I doing about it? I am praying. I aM searching for verses of comfort and I encourage you to share a few! I'm drawing closer to God, talking to Him, and learning about faith in tough times. I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact I may not like the path God has given my Pop, but He is much greater than me.

So that is what we are facing round her. Feel free to send up a prayer on his behalf, the more the merrier! Thanks!

Every Day in May: Oops.

Oops. Looks like I did THIS particular assignment when I should have just chosen one moment before... so the link to today's assignment, done last week, is here.

Today, I will do the one moment thing that I should have done on before. Sorry. :)

Enjoy the messiness that is my desk. It's totally trashed right now. Not sure why, but eh, it's all good. I'll get it straightened up Friday.Notice the McDonald's tea cup. My life blood. And if you'll remember, I'm trying to THINK before I speak - so I turned our post-it note board into my reminder.

Back to life:

Today Dad went back to the doctor and unfortunately we didn't exactly receive the news we were looking for concerning his bladder cancer.  He'll have to go back in for another biospy at the end of the month and start treatments again.  The number of treatments (three or six) depends on what the biopsy says. So please say a prayer for him.  It's tough, you know? But how thankful we are that we even know about it and he is in treatment! This could be much worse.

I never posted about Mother's Day. We had a really nice Mother's Day - my sister's first as a Baby Mama Mother and not just a step-mother. My niece AH was home on Friday to wish her a happy mother's day, so that was very special. Katie and I took care of the Sunday meal and it was a FEAST. I tried my hand at an Italian Creme Cake and I gotta say, it was good! I messed up over and over again and it still turned out super tasty!

Macy, after a good long nap, was a sweetie and we took a million pictures of her. Here are just a few...

Folks, I'm worn slap out. I was going to do another post today, but instead I'm going to head home to cook dindin for mom, dad and me. Burritos anyone? :)  Thanks for your prayers and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Every Day in May: Happiness

What makes me Happy?

1. Family.

2. Sunshine! Sunrise!  Sunsets! 

 

3. Kind People (strangers, too, but I don't have pictures of strangers)

  

4. Flowers

 

5. Ok, My Nieces get their own bullet point

6. Success

7. Autumn Leaves

8. Quotes

9. OTTERS

10.  Muffin. Well, cats in general, but I love my Muffin. 

 

So there you go!  Enjoy - and follow the button on the right to link up!