Daily Obsessions

Strollers

I promise, I dont just think about "stuff"  I think it is just what I like to blog about.  So here is some more.  I am venting my all my stress on finding a stroller/ car seat, which isnt that hard, and I am pretty sure I have found the one I want, but I just keep looking.  (mostly becasue I am waiting until the 9th month to buy it)

I was thinking about a used peg perego on craigslist, but do I really want a car seat that is super expensive just for the cool factor? 

Next is the Graco, in my budget, and it will be new.  What car seat did you have?  Do you love it? or hate it? 

Next you have to check out this amazing clothes lines Room seven. I love the dresses, skirts and tights.  I think every girl should have an amazing dress once a year. 

Gas Prices

Warning: this post does not have any credible research to back it up at all.  It is just my opinion. 

I am not he biggest fan of Pres Bush, I think that he sounds like a Frat Brother from Heck. (Ps I have known quite a few frat brothers, and they don't sound as silly as Pres Bush.)

Anyway, when he has brought up the brilliant idea of drilling of the coast for more oil, just to try to bring the oil prices down (in 20 years)  I get so frustrated.  Let the oil prices go up!  I would love for my car to be to expensive to drive, so I am forced to A: take public transit, B: have some brilliant scientist invent a conversion kit to produce carrots into fuel, or C:Make necessity the mother of invention and let the world create something  more better than Gasoline! 

That is all.  That is my rant 

Nesting

I have tried a new thing this week....I cleaned my house, a lot.  I am pretty sure it is nesting, but whatever it is, it is working.  Let me put a disclaimer in here....I am not a clean person, I am not a dirty person mind you, just not as clean as my beautiful sister in laws.  My house is never clean or really dirty, mostly cluttered, played in, and forgotten.  But something snapped in me last week, we had just gotten home from Tahoe, again the house was not clean but not super dirty.  I got in my 2006 Sienna and it was just kind of dingy.  It just hit me that my poor car deserves more than this.  I kept thinking and thinking and thinking, then I started list making which is never good.  I got up the next morning and started cleaning and cleaning and cleaning. I think the first day I wore my fingers "literally" down to the bone, but it was worth it.  The next day was the same.  But after that it was a little bit easier and the same the next day. 

Let me explain something about me a clean.  I have always felt that being not clean was a part of my identity, in my teen age years it was the only thing that I was rebellious about (I was an angel teen, that and very introverted)  I always just thought that it was a part of me, but sense being married, I have had to reexamine it.  We had babies, and it is always gross to see a dog hair in their mouth, then I started to wonder as Derek got older what he thinks about our house.  Then we have the random comment from my nephew, "our car is cleaner than your car!"  I kind of swept all these worries under the rug, but maybe, just maybe, I have turned a corner.  Maybe.  The amazing feeling that I have had that is very unexpected, is a feeling of enough.  I know what I have, where it is, what condition it is in, and I have a feeling of plenty, enough.  It is pretty nice.  So I will keep working, and maybe maybe the nesting feeling will not leave for a while. 

Want I have been craving for baby #3

babylegs.com
These are essentially leg warmers, but oh so cute.  Target has them, call not socks. 

Livieandluca.com
These are the best shoes.  I met the owner at one of my shows.  Not to pricey and totally worth it. 
sespetietmains.com
another fav designer from a show. I love to get Libby an amazing dress about once a year.     

Life's little pleasures

In my hectic world, sometimes I fail to realize how truly blessed I am.  J and I had the perfect day last Saturday.  It was coming off of a hectic/stressful week, I had planned a garage sale and I was pretty stressed out about it.  J chipped in and gave all his effort to pull it off.  We started setting out at 6:30 in the morning and that is when the fun began.  There were the most unusual people shopping that day.  It was a lot of fun watching people and making fun of them.  We got rid of a lot of stuff and made a little bit of money.  I felt very satisfied, but J took it up one notch and wanted to go fishing.  So we spent the next 5 hours driving around Lake Del Valle.  We caught one fish, but had a lot of fun doing it.  I love my family and I love that we can spend time together and enjoy it.

Returning rant

I am sorry I have been away for so long, we have had a roller coaster ride of events the past few weeks and months, but I am hoping everything will settle down until the baby comes.  By the way we haven't come up with a name, but vBeck has passed through my head a few times (inside joke for the Palmer family)  On the art front, I have had 0% creativity in my brain latley.  I think part of it is that I havent had time, and the other part of it is becasue I have been ignoring it.  My art esteem hasent been great latley....I dont know why, I think it is pretty human.  BUT I have some goals for my self in the next couple of months to accomplish some pieces of work.  I will update you as I get some things accomplished. 
  I have also been obssessing about finding the perfect leather couch.  I have been searching and searching for THaT couch that calls out my name. It needs to be leather, dark but rustic. Modern, but not to stiff, but not over stuffed......Could be a sectional but would rather have pieces so I can re arrange every other saturday.....Oh and under $1000(aka I want to find it on criagslist).   Have an ideas?  Do you have a favorite?  What do you like about it? 

ITs A.......

Boy!  I won naming rights Finally!  Stay tuned for more details.

The cave

I am starting to emerge from the sickness mist.  I didn't have to take a nap today, which is a good sign.  Stop what you are thinking, how could she take a nap, does she have so much time to waste?  Let me tell you, if I didn't take a nap, I would pass out in front of my children, so instead I would put on the tv babysitter, lay down for 1/2 an hour, and pray they would still be alive when I woke up, because I am pretty sure I could not here an elephant eating a peanut while I was still asleep.  Anyway, life is insane.

• I am going to have a baby in the fall
• My husband will not have a regular pay check in a few months
• My first born is starting kindergarten
• I am moving in with my parents
• I am moving to PROVO
• I am really excited for J to finish school
• "        "        nervous
• "          "      pretty calm, unless I write it out in list form like this, then  I freak out. 

Let me catch you up on somthings that I have been doing.  I read Farmer boy by Laura Ingles Wilder.  I loved it, I dont read that much, but I loved that book, it reminded me how much I want a farm.

J and I are addicted to Battle star Galatica.  It is the best tv show I have ever seen.  I know that is a strong statment but it is my blog.  We seem to watch it late at night and I have Silon dreams all night long, Not FUN

I have lost a lot of creativity, It has drained out of my body, but I am ok with it.  I know it will come back.  It has been nice to have a vacation from it. 

I hope to post more over the next few months, it should be fun.

#3

Meet my new best friend......Ten weeks and counting.  I am shutting down any activities that dont include moving, packing, and having a baby.  If you need to contact me please email. 

Triesteprusso@hotmail.com

Thanks

how to compose an alphabet part 2

Sorry about the blog break, we had a fun 3 days at Disneyland.  I will tell you about our trip later...But for now here is the continuation of the alphabet saga.

After I pick all my palette of colors I measure out the squares on a canvas.  There are 26 letters and 26 pictures and one space for the kids name.  I usually use a 22x26 canvas size for my alphabets and I put a 2" color boarder.  So the squares (really rectangles) end up being around 2.5"x3" approx(6 across and 9 down)!  It will depend on you and your measurements.  I like to draw these squares out with chalk because I can paint over it and it will disappear.

I always paint first so I can make the edges clean by gluing the paper over it.  Notice that I space out my colors so they are not next to each other.  Some times it works sometimes it doesn't.  Also notice the name square on the bottom and the boarder is the same color.  I know it may be temping to keep working, but let all the colors dry before moving on!