Life gets the better of me. It just does. And I get grumpy, and irritable, and the mere sound of my children makes my head pound. And so today I sent them away. Matt, Christian and Lily…be gone! (They went to the gym, and to dinner without me.) I took a long bath to brood. [...]
Fri, August 27 2010 » Uncategorized » 2 Comments
I tried to be the kind of homemaker that had a daily schedule. You know: Monday: Vacuuming Tuesday: Laundry Wednesday: Baking etc. But, I realized, I’m just not that kind of homemaker. I prefer to clean it all in a frenzy. ALL of it. Well, the majority of it. On the weekend when the toddler [...]
Sun, August 22 2010 » Family, Homemaking » 1 Comment
Someone, please tell me when this happened?? My heart ACHES to think I already have a 4th grader. This is the forever picture I have in my mind of him. He’ll always be this little boy. Full of smiles saying things like, “Mommy, I love you AND I like you.” Sniff…. This is his self [...]
Sun, August 22 2010 » Family » No Comments
at my house. I have a toddler. She runs around in her diaper. (At least it’s cute, right?) She also likes to throw tantrums. (This picture was taken whilst her screaming “NOOOOOO” and burying her head into my chair.) She will eat like I have never fed her before at one meal, and then not [...]
Sun, August 22 2010 » Family, cloth diapering » No Comments
I finally decided to get in gear and take pictures of my Quilting 103 project. I call it that, but the class was actually called, “From Blocks to Tops”. In this class, we learned to take the blocks that we made in a previous class, “Fast, Fun and Easy Blocks” and square them up, and [...]
Sun, August 22 2010 » Quilting » No Comments
I went to the gym on Friday to swim. I have now passed the mile marker! I still marvel at it and am continuously grateful that I am able to swim! My times are still quite slow, and I am really working on not letting that bother me. My goal lately in all things is [...]
Sun, August 15 2010 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
I somehow stumbled upon this super cute blog and after seeing the adorable place mats Sarah had written a pattern for, I knew I had to purchase it and make some of my own! I just managed to only finish one top, but I’m in love already!
Tue, August 3 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
