I have been sans kids and husband since last Friday at noon. I feel weird about it. I took off for a moms' weekend, and Jeremy was courageous and took the kids, truck and trailer to Provo. We wanted to take furniture load out before the baby came so we could have a little extra room to fix up the house. Everything was going well until the truck needed " a little bit of work" It turned out to be a whole day delay for Jeremy. I am really interested in the shape of his mental state. The family will be home in a couple of hours and I took advantage of my alone-ness to deep clean the house one more time before the baby comes. I am sad my family has been gone for so long, but I am eternally grateful I had this one more calm before the storm. Baby is coming in two weeks, we need to rent the house in four weeks move in six weeks, have no paycheck in six weeks, total change in life style too. I am excited, nervous, sad.....literally every emotion you can think of I have. I can only imagine what the kids are going through. Do you remember your thought process as a little kid? Remember how random it was? We I am sure this weekend wasn't any different for Derek and Libby. I am thankful to my family for helping Jeremy out while he was out there. Toby and Melissa for feeding them, Mom for letting Jeremy take a nap, Bryn for entertaining them all day, and especially for Dad for all the car support. Our family is going to be going through a storm soon, but it is so nice to know how much our family on both sides love us and support us. Thank you so much.
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October 28, 2008
October 16, 2008
I like frilly drinks.....
I like frilly drinks. When ever the girls go out for dinner, I treat myself. I am not trying to show off, I really enjoy spoiling myself. There are two problems. I don't drink coffee or alcohol. The public at large tend to make frilly drinks with these main ingredients. But I don't look at it as a problem, only a challenge. I am fully comfortable asking for a virgin strawberry daiquiri, but alot of restaurants have taken the fun out of that by making "smoothies" which are not the same thing. I am not afraid to walk into to starbuck's (but I don't do it very often...only when I really want to spoil myself, like today) and asked for an iced hot chocolate. The Barista who is 12 looks at me with a look, but I hold my ground, "I want you to take a hot chocolate, add hazelnut syrup and put it on ice. And put it in a clear plastic cup with a straw." Theygot it right....this time. By the way the best fancy drink I have every had was in St. George. It was iced hot chocolate covered in Carmel and whipped cream....Hanna help me out with the name of the place? Anyway add fries and fry sauce and I would die and go to heaven. (can you tell I am 9 months prego?)
October 09, 2008
Nesting Adhd
I have nesting ADHD.....I cant stop. First it was cleaning, now I cant bend over very well to clean so I have resorted to making things... lots of things. I knew I had a problem today when I walked into our local expensive quilting store and wanted to buy everything. I was proud of myself, I only bought a yard of the most butter soft flannel I have ever felt and made these burp cloths (Emily made these for my brother in laws fiancee and I have been jones-ing for them) Next are bags... I have made the most about I have ever attempted. The reason I have so many is because I went to the store to buy the extra thick interfacing and I simply asked for one yard, and she gave me three....and I didn't complain. I really enjoy making bags and again thanks again to Emily for letting me dive into her stash of amazing fabrics.
I finished hand quilting the denim quilt and Jeremy's weird Nylon quilt.
I made some cute fake robeez (baby shoes) from a pattern found on-line. I will find the site later.
I love the bottom too. Ok this is getting embarrassing, but I will keep going. PS People ask me when I have time to do all this stuff, A. I don't blog for weeks at a time, B. I encourage independent play from my kids, C. I often make dinner late and D. I put my kids to bed at 8:00pm. (Big J has been working late a lot)
Really simple, Really soft receiving blanket. Just one brown stripe down the side.
I recovered a used bouncy chair with the same soft brown fabric.
I also made one of these and one of these.
and one of these. That is it I promise!
