Thursday Thirteen #13~"A" Words

I know I am a late getting this in…but I wanted to play along with Thursday Thirteen anyway.

So I decided for This week’s Thursday Thirteen I would tell you my FAVORITE 13 “A” Words.

1. Aimee~My daughter’s name.

2. Amuck~

3. Amazing~One of my Favorite Hymns being with the word “Amazing”

4.Alluring

5. Apple- I love eating freshly cut apples or dipping them in carmel. YUM-O!

6. Aloof-My High School English Teacher used to say this a lot and I guess it just stuck with me.

7. Apathy~For such a little word it has an abundance of meaning.

8. Abundance-Lots of meanings. I really like using this word to express my love to my kids.

9. Aggravate~My children do this quite easily.

10. Art~first they spell my daughter’s initial. And secondly, my daughter LOVES art.

11. April~I love the month of April. And I like the name April. April is one of my favorite months.

12. August-The month my daughter was born.

13. AMERICA!~Last on my list but certainly NOT least….

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Thursday Thirteen #12~Easter Basket Ideas…

For my 12th edition of Thursday Thirteen.

I thought I would give some Easter Basket Ideas and things to fill those Easter Baskets with.

1. Instead of using Easter Baskets, why not get something to fill that they can use or enjoy.Such as. Maybe a toddler boy get a dump truck to fill with Easter Grass and goodies…or a themed back back for older boys. For Girls Maybe a purse, backpack, or a pretty wicker storage basket with liner (not a easter basket). Or get a tin character lunch box open it up and fill it.

2. For older Teens…why not purchase a cheerleader maybe try to find a megaphone to fill with all her stuff. For a boy that plays football…why not fill there football helmet with football related items.

3. Take a Crunch Bar…or any other bar and slide a $5.00 (or whatever you can afford~for little kids maybe even $1.00) beneath the wrapper for a nice suprise. You can countine this with gift certificates to favorite stores.

4. Instead of candy fill there baskets with Granola Bars and yummy good for you treats instead of candy.

5. Go to your nearest craft store (Hobby Lobby, Michaels) and there they have aprons…by a few aprons and some embellishments. Such as foam paint, ribbon, etc. Either you make the apron for them or have them make it from what they get in there baskets. For boys, there is always T-shirts.

6. Make a basket all in there favorite color. For instants my oldest sons favorite color is red. I would fill his basket with what I could find that he would like in the color red.

7. Books, CD’S, DVD’s are always a good idea for filling those baskets.

8. Puzzles are awesome for basket. And there are so many different character themes of puzzles. Puzzles are a huge thing in our house.

9. Frisbees, Jump ropes, Basketballs, football’s Soccer balls are all good to put in baskets. I am a firm believer in keeping kids Active.

10. Travel Games and Card Games are nice to put in gift Baskets.

11. Pocket Calendars for those Teenagers is good. And if your teenager moves around a lot (parents have jobs that require them to move around such as being a military child) a address book is good for the teens as well.

12. Pens, Pencils, Stationary are perfect for teens as well as the 9-12 year old’s.

13. Don’t forget about the Chocolate Easter bunny, Crayons, coloring books, Yoyo’s, Flashlights, stickers, sun glasses, Play-doh, Jacks, Hairbow, Headbands, Fashion Barrettes, water bottles, barbies, Doll Clothes, make up, scrapbook supplies, picture frames, small photo albums, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, nail polish, Bath Gels, and Markers…The list is endless.

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Thursday Thirteen #11~My Headband Creations~

After taking a LOOOOONG break from Thursday Thirteen. I decided to start up again. I am coming in a little late because I know most bloggers post there Thursday Thirteen the night before. Oh well, maybe next week.

My Thursday thirteen for this week is~

~13 of my Handcrafted Fabric Headbands~

1. Turquoise Blue and Brown Paisley

2. Crazy Daisy on Lime Green

3. Sheet Music

4. Heart all a flutter

5. Oriental Blue

6. John Deere Pink

7. Pink Plaid

8. Spring is in the Air Glitter Butterflies

9. Seerucker Cherries

10. Pink Polka Dots on Brown

11. Red Strawberrys on Pink

12. Patriotic Flags

13. Pink Camo

***A bonus one just for giggles***
Pink and brown diamond Argyle

***I had a question asked of me…Yes, I do sell these…I even have more fabric not shown..get new fabric in every week. If you are interested in buying these…I charge $6.00 a headband. And a flat rate shipping charge of $1.75…and that charge is $1.75 if you buy one or any number.

My headbands are 2″ wide at the widest point and a child 5 years through adult should be able to wear my headbands.

If you would like to purchase one you can always email me at jinxyheadbands@gmail.com.

I try to answer email very quickly once received.

***another little disclaimer..I didn’t purposely put my creations out on Thursday Thirteen to generate orders. I did it to get a little feedback on them. Mostly because this is a new adventure for me…***

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#8 Thursday Thirteen-13 Famous Oklahomans!

My Thursday Thirteen this week is 13 Famous people from my home state of Oklahoma.

There are a lot more. These are just some that I picked for the 13!

13 Famous Oklahomans

1. Brad Pitt- Shawnee, Oklahoma- Actor

2. Ron Howard-Duncan, Oklahoma-Director Actor

3. Joe Diffe-Tulsa, Oklahoma-Song writer, Country Singer.

4. Johnny Bench-Binger, Oklahoma-Baseball Player (I grew up 15 mintues from Binger)

5. Rue McClanahan-Healdton, Oklahoma-Actress (she was on Mama’s Family and The Golden Girls)

6. Reba McEntire-McAlester, Oklahoma (songwriter, singer, Actress)

7. Will Rogers-Oologah, Oklahoma-Cowboy Humorist)

8. Dr. Phil McGraw-Vinita, Oklahoma-TV Talk show host, Psychologist/Therapist

9. Garth Brooks-Yukon, Oklahoma-song writer, singer

10. James Garner-Norman, Oklahoma (Also home to OU SOONERS) Actor

11. Vince Gill-Norman, Oklahoma-Singer, songwriter

12. Toby Keith-Born in Clinton, Oklahoma-Raised in Moore, Oklahoma-Singer, songwriter

13. Mickey Charles Mantle-Spavinaw, Oklahoma-Baseball player (Who doesn’t know of Mantle??)

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#7 Thursday Thirteen-13 Back To school Supplies

My Kids start are going back to school Tomorrow or today the 9th of August (whenever you read this).So With them going back to school. I thought I would share with you just a handful of there supplies that I had to purchase for them.
*For the Record, I don’t ever remember having to take as many supplies as my kids do now.*
13 School Supplies I purchased.

1. Three pairs of Scissors.
2. 4 packages of Wide Rule Loose Leaf paper.
3. Three pencil boxes
4. 24 two pocket folders
5. A Total of 64 #2 pencils
6. Three packages of 24 count crayola’s
7. Three packages of Colored Pencils
8. Four Spiral Bound Wide Rule 70 count notebooks.
9. One Compass and One Protractor
10. Three Large Tissue Boxes
11. Seven packages of lined 3″x5″ index cards
12. Nine Glue Sticks
13. Three packages of Colored primary markers.

And this is an incomplete list of everything we have purchased. We still have another list of items to get at the Meet & Greet!

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#6 Thursday Thirteen- Board Games that I like….

This weeks Thursday Thirteen is 13 Card and Board Games that I enjoy..

1. Connect four!

2. Uno

3. Clue

4. Boggle

5. Monopoly! This has to be my favorite!

6. Checkers! I like this game but I never seem to win!

7. Skip-Bo! I loved playing this in High School. Which I could find someone close to me that enjoys it.

8. Pictionary

9. Yahtzee

10. Scrabble

Here are 3 games that I want to get and see if I like them.

11. The 80′s Game-3,000 trivia facts and questions in this game.

12. Sequence

13. Flinch

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#5 Thursday 13- Favorite Soft Rock/Easy Listening Songs…

My husband will more than likely be shocked about my 13 for this week.I don’t know if he really knows How much I love this kind of music-Soft Rock/Easy Listening.My Aunt, who is a Music teacher in Oklahoma actually introduced me to it.And some of these songs I actually think of her.
13 of my favorite Soft Rock/Easy listening songs.
1. “Sailing” by Christopher Cross. Hit #1 1980. I was 7 years old. I could listen to this song over and over 24/7. It has such great lyrics and nice rhythm. This song also makes me think of my husband. 2. “Steal Away” by Robbie Dupree. This was also a #1 song. This song reminds me so much of my Aunt. As does the #1. This song was #1 in 1979.3. “Sad Eyes” by Robert John. #1 hit 1979. 4. “We Don’t Talk Anymore”by Cliff Richard. Hit #7 in 1979 (why it didn’t make it to #1 I don’t know) love this song.5. “Baby Come Back” By Player. Hit #1 in 19786. “Pina Coladas” or “If you Like Pina Coladas” By Rupert Holmes. This song just makes you want to sing along with it. This song hit #1 in 1980.7. “The Things We Do For Love” by 10cc. I remember skating to this song at the skating rink. I really don’t care for any other song this group/band has. But this one. This hit #5 in 1977.8. “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All”by Air Supply. Hit #7 in 1983, why it didn’t hit #1 is beyond me. Such a great song.9. “All Out Of Love” by Air Supply. hit #2 in 1983. This one is also a great song.10. “Arthur’s Theme” by Christopher Cross. I really enjoy listening to Christopher Cross. Hit # 1 in 1981. The year my little sister was born!
11. “Babe” By Styx. Hit #1 in 1979. I was only 6 years old. A first Grader. 12. “If You Leave Me Now”By Chicago. Hit #1 in 1976. I was only 3 at the time. My cousin (he is 4 years older than me) played Chicago’s Music all the time. 13. “Hard To Say I’m Sorry”By Chicago. This song hit #1 in 1982.

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#4 Thursday Thirteen-Favorite Old Television Shows

For this weeks Thursday Thirteen. I have decided to share with you thirteen of my favorite old shows.
I still enjoy watching all of these. A lot of them are very old shows. And some are “newer” old shows.
13 Favorite Older Shows
1. I Love Lucy-I grew up watching re-run after re-run of Lucy and just love watching it. I have great memories of watching it with my grandmother. I just loved the looks on her face when she was “caught” doing something she shouldn’t.

2. Golden Girls-I just LOVE this show as well, and still watch it on Lifetime. My favorite Golden girl is Rose (Betty White) followed closes by Sophia (Estele Getty).

3. Facts of Life. I loved watching Blair! I loved watching Blair and Jo annoy each other. And Tutty was a busy body always into everybodes business and knew what was going on.

4. Designing Women. I loved Charlene! I feel I act a lot like her. Although, I don’t know whether that is good or bad.
5. The Brady Bunch!-Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! My favorite was Peter!
6. One Day At A Time-I usually only watch this show because I love Valerie Bertinelli.

7. The Cosby show-Who doesn’t like Bill Cosby! Rudy was just too cute for words. And I loved how classy, yet funny Claire could be.
8. Growing Pains-I wish this show was still on the air. I can so relate to this television family.
9.Mama’s Family-love, love, loved this show. I am still sometimes able to catch this show on TBS. Love how she never holds anything back!

10. Home Improvement!-Tim reminds me so much of my father in law and my husband. Although, I don’t believe my Father in law has blown up anything.

11.Lavern and Shirley-“Schlemiel, schlimazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated!”

12. Wings-I watched this show on Saturday nights with my mom.

13. Family Ties-Michael J Fox is a great actor!

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#3 Thursday Thirteen-Time Travel

I had a hard time deciding which Topic I wanted to cover.I had a few in mind. But none really seemed to “click”.Monday Morning I woke up and went Straight to the office where my husband was and exclaimed that I knew exactly what I wanted to do my Thursday Thirteen over.Time Travel! Not going Forward in Time, but Back in time.At first, I had a hard time figuring where all I would go and what I would want to see.This list is filled with fun things as well as historical things.So, my question to you is. If you could go back in time….where would you go?Here’s my 13 in NO particular order.1. To the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Built during the The fourth Dynasty.

2. July 17, 1954-Elvis Presley’s Earliest Concert/show. *I shamelessly admit I like Elvis’ music and movie’s.

3. Dec. 31, 2004-New Years Eve, My sister’s wedding. I was living in Germany and wasn’t able to attend.4. Autumn of 1621-First Thanksgiving Feast. By The pilgrims and Wampanoag to celebrate the colony’s first successful harvest.5. March 4, 1861- The Inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln. 6. The life of Moses-This is my favorite Bible Story and I just can’t pick one passage of his life.7. August 2, 1776-The day most of the delegates signed the declaration of independence.8. 1972-The year my husband was 6 years old. I would love to see the way he behaved.9. 1971-The year my mother graduated High School. I love to see how she actually acted. I remember her always telling me…I never_____(fill in the blank). But sometimes I wonder WHAT she did do?10. May 30, 1939-This was the year that my paternal grandparents were married. I would have loved to have seen there wedding. I was actually born on May 30, 1973. It was there 34 wedding anniversary.11.1897- Cotton Candy! This was the year cotton candy was invented. Orginally called “Fairy Floss”. It was invented by Nashville, TN candy makers William Morrison and John C. Wharton. 12. 1941-To watch the Andrew Sister’s sing. Love there song “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”.
13. 1980′s-I would love to Meet the Lucid President Reagan.
*Daily Thankful thought #11-For little boy’s that love there mommy’s.

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