I have found a new love...no, don't worry, Robby is still here. I have found I LOVE to sew. I took sewing lessons as a teenager and then my Nana bought me a sewing machine, but I have never really enjoyed sewing until I found blogs that have tutorials that include pictures and detailed instructions, and I found out that I really am good at sewing, following directions and creating beautiful things. Trust me, that was a big breakthrough for me!
Sorry for the long post, but since I was "sew busy", I let time get away from me and didn't blog. You all still love me right? :) So this week you get two weeks for the price of one! Also, I'm trying to see if I like having all the pictures for that day grouped together or individually, so let me know which one you like!
Monday Feb. 15
For President’s Day I got to be sick! I didn’t have the flu or any type of bug, but my body decided that I had overloaded it, and shut off. I always have too much fun planning and preparing parties, and I guess my body doesn’t like that much strain! Too bad body…I will plan and party again! The kids let me sleep and Robby was great to herd them for me so I could get some rest. Gran-Nana brought over flowers for Emily. She is so spoiled by Gran-Nana! I woke up early afternoon and put together this wall hanging to hang in our master bedroom. Now there’s something on the wall!
For President’s Day I got to be sick! I didn’t have the flu or any type of bug, but my body decided that I had overloaded it, and shut off. I always have too much fun planning and preparing parties, and I guess my body doesn’t like that much strain! Too bad body…I will plan and party again! The kids let me sleep and Robby was great to herd them for me so I could get some rest. Gran-Nana brought over flowers for Emily. She is so spoiled by Gran-Nana! I woke up early afternoon and put together this wall hanging to hang in our master bedroom. Now there’s something on the wall!
Tuesday Feb. 16
Emily loves building things, especially if it is for Rachel, her baby. So she created this little hammock draped on 2 sticks over the gate for the toy area, and both Emily and Nathan got in on the fun of rocking Rachel on her new bed. The dirty face is a permanent occurrence on Nathan. No matter how many times a day I wipe, it still stays dirty!
Wednesday Feb. 17
We don’t buy soda very often, but when we do, the kids go crazy! A&W is our favorite and both kids love to drink from the can, which I don’t usually let them do. But today I decided to spoil my kids! They LOVED drinking from the can and shared very nicely! Emily lately has an obsession with calling my mom. “I want to call Nana.” is what I hear a million times until I pick up the phone and tell her the numbers to dial. Emily hadn’t been on the phone very long before I hear, “Nana, can you come for dinner?” The response: “When do you want me to come over?” Insert attitude and an eye roll, “Um, tonight Nana!” So mom came over right after work. Nathan found a couple of $1 bills on the counter and was doing I’m not sure what with them. But he was cute while doing it!
Thursday Feb. 18
This morning we got to watch Allison! They are so cute together. Allison had a snack container in her bag with Honey Comb in it. We also have Honey Comb cereal. Well, Nathan would only eat Allison’s cereal and Allison would only eat Nathan’s cereal even though they were the same thing! Crazy kids!
Friday Feb. 19
I have been finding WAY TOO MANY sewing tutorials online as of late. These reversible bags are the first of many projects. I am scared to death to make clothing, but I have found that when it comes to crafts or other items, I really love to sew and if I do say so myself, I’m getting pretty good at it. I really do love sewing because it’s a great outlet, and I can start and finish a project which is something I’ve really needed lately!
Saturday Feb. 20
Today the kids played really well together! Emily had decided that for 95% of the pictures that she is in, she wants to stick her tongue out. Drives me nuts! Tonight when the kids went to bed I made a reversible bag for each of the kids for church with a CTR shield on the front. Then I made me a jean bag out of a pair of shorts that never fit Robby. I love the pink belt and handle with the ruffle! I love all the pockets too.
Sunday Feb. 21
I started a small sewing project before church, and would have been all the way completed if I could just find my pinking shears. But NOOOO, they were nowhere to be found. So, already knowing that I needed to clean my craft room after sewing for a week and having kids dump out most of my bins of organized sewing and craft items, I started cleaning it tonight. It went pretty quickly once I started and I was able to organize even better than I had it the first time. And of course the scissors were all the way in the back of the room in the last place I looked. But the room is now clean, and Robby even hung my new (as of November 2008) peg boards that my neighbor and I painted. I’ve waited so long for them to be hung, and I love the organization and “up of the floor” factor that they give me! Then once I had my pinking shears, I made a business card holder for Kara and me. I seem to like making things in muliples!
I started a small sewing project before church, and would have been all the way completed if I could just find my pinking shears. But NOOOO, they were nowhere to be found. So, already knowing that I needed to clean my craft room after sewing for a week and having kids dump out most of my bins of organized sewing and craft items, I started cleaning it tonight. It went pretty quickly once I started and I was able to organize even better than I had it the first time. And of course the scissors were all the way in the back of the room in the last place I looked. But the room is now clean, and Robby even hung my new (as of November 2008) peg boards that my neighbor and I painted. I’ve waited so long for them to be hung, and I love the organization and “up of the floor” factor that they give me! Then once I had my pinking shears, I made a business card holder for Kara and me. I seem to like making things in muliples!
Monday Feb. 22
Today I made tissue box holders for my bedside table, my desk and for the van. Tonight we played bingo and ate chocolate pudding with peanut butter chips for Family Home Evening. Emily loves to play Disney Bingo, but I was afraid Nathan’s attention span would be too short or he wouldn’t listen to the rules and mess up the boards. Nathan was amazing!!!!! We played 2 games and he either sat or lay on his tummy the whole time. He was able to find most of the pictures and he put the markers on all by himself. Now that is his favorite game and he wants to play it all the time. My little man is growing up way too fast! I can’t think of him as a baby anymore!
Tuesday Feb. 23
Today we walked down to the retention basin in our neighborhood with some friends. What was the first thing Nathan found? A stick. I got a good workout pushing the double stroller with Emily and Nathan riding. The two of them combined along with the stroller is close to 90-100 pounds!
Wednesday Feb. 24
My poor little miss woke up with a fever this morning and stayed home from school. Nathan on the other hand was as wacky as ever! I finished our operation game for our business presentation tomorrow. Kara drew “Operation Rob” and together we figured out the pictures and then I assembled it all today. Tonight was amazing! My friend Laura and I purchased tickets back in August or September to Mary Poppins and we finally got to go! We treated Laura to dinner at Applebee’s and then Robby dropped us off at Gammage. The show was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! I am now wanting to purchase the CD to Mary Poppins, so I think that will be my next major purchase! I wished I had that play as a DVD because there was so much to see and hear that I’m sure I missed a ton, but what I saw was amazing! I cried through most of the second act, for what reason I’m not sure, but I really enjoyed this play. Thank you Laura for going with me!!!!!
My poor little miss woke up with a fever this morning and stayed home from school. Nathan on the other hand was as wacky as ever! I finished our operation game for our business presentation tomorrow. Kara drew “Operation Rob” and together we figured out the pictures and then I assembled it all today. Tonight was amazing! My friend Laura and I purchased tickets back in August or September to Mary Poppins and we finally got to go! We treated Laura to dinner at Applebee’s and then Robby dropped us off at Gammage. The show was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! I am now wanting to purchase the CD to Mary Poppins, so I think that will be my next major purchase! I wished I had that play as a DVD because there was so much to see and hear that I’m sure I missed a ton, but what I saw was amazing! I cried through most of the second act, for what reason I’m not sure, but I really enjoyed this play. Thank you Laura for going with me!!!!!
Thursday Feb. 25
Emily stayed home from school again and even though her fever is gone, she is still coughing really hard. Today is one of those days that I just let Emily have the camera and let her take pictures to her heart’s content. I usually end up deleting 99% of the pictures, but this picture shows the randomness of her pictures…a picture of the TV with a Disney channel show. This morning Kara and I presented our “Operation Rob” game where we were doctors and everyone in the networking group was interns. The interns were given a definition of a term, diagnosis or symptom and they had to come and find the right body part with the computer term. Everyone had lots of fun and we always love playing games to help people remember what our computer service company offers!
Friday Feb. 26
Today I made 2 pairs of baby shoes. They are sooooooo cute! I can’t wait to make more. I know of 6 babies being born within the next 6 months, so I wanted to make something to be ready for all the showers. They are so tiny and it makes me want a little baby with tiny feet! Tonight we went to a friend’s house for dinner and games. We first played Backseat Drawing Game where the director had to describe to the artist how to draw what was on the card the director was holding. You can only describe in terms of shapes, lines and size and of course the girls won the game because we are better communicators! Robby got crazy and drew a smiley face on his glasses with the dry erase marker. Then we played Mousetrap and let the kids play with us. The girls loved watching the trap being put together and then the mice being trapped.
Saturday Feb. 27
Today I went to a friend’s house to borrow her infant car seat for measurements, and she ended up giving me a box full of fabric! JACKPOT!!!! I love fabric and I love it even more when I don’t have to spend grundles of money on cute fabric! More sewing projects here I come!
Sunday Feb. 28
Today it rained most of the day and so I sat at my sewing table and watched the rain from my window and made these cute car seat covers and little knit hats with bear ears. Now I have a complete gift package for baby showers. I will put in the car seat cover, 2 pairs of shoes and a knit hat. I want to do more because I’m having so much fun, but I need to remember to simplify and not go berserk. I really enjoy all this sewing and even better, the kids spend time with me in my craft room. As an added bonus, as long as I make sure the house is clean before I hide in my sewing room, it stays clean because the kids aren’t destroying the house, they’re destroying the craft room which is a much smaller space to keep clean!
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