done with costumes,
Edited to add: Jeremy was a stick figure this Halloween. No mom, he's not an albino Mr. Yuck. Hence the pencil. Cody took one really good picture of him where you can tell what he is but there's about 10 loads of dirty dishes in the background so I didn't choose that picture ;o).done with parties and parades, and most importantly I'm done feeling sick. Well my nasally voice says otherwise but I'm feeling 200% better so bring on the chocolate tomorrow!!
It's Halloween week and the reason I say week is this year we have 3 days worth of Halloween. Wednesday is our church Halloween carnival thing for the kids, Thursday is the school parade and Halloween party, and Friday is Halloween. Halloween is one of those love/hate holidays for me. I love making costumes and seeing the kids dressed up, I love carving pumpkins, and I love all the candy- that's the true reason I have 5 children. No one would appreciate it if I dressed up and knocked door to door asking for candy but when a cute little bambi eyed kid or 5 comes a knockin' they load them up! I'm making extra cute costumes this year because I'm desperate for chocolate. You can judge me if you must but I know I'm not the only one who dips in their kids Halloween candy ;o).
The hate side of Halloween is from the fact that I hate being scared, I don't like blood and guts costumes, it's always freezing cold here, I have to work my rear end off for 2 weeks at least to outfit all my children for one evening, and I will not watch scary movies or even scary commercials and they are always on t.v. for the entire month of October. I once had to sleep with my lights on for 2 weeks thanks to the 6th Sense. Drama my behind- that movie was scary! I was living at home still and yelled for my mom (yes I was 18) to come turn the lights off in my room once I was in bed so I wouldn't have to make the long sprint/jump to my bed with the lights off. After Cody and I watched I am legend I had to put a lamp by my bed and couldn't go in my basement alone for a long time. I know- I need therapy.
Long tangent made short, we have a busy week ahead this week and I'm sick! I caught some nasty bug and I can't smell, breathe, hear, talk, eat, sleep, the list goes on and on. Not only do I have it but so does Mary, Kaci, and the baby. So this year I'm the Hallo-weeny. I just want it to be over and I don't even care about the chocolate because I can't taste it anyway- did that just slip past my lips? Blasphemy! So here I sit typing away because I have 5 unfinished costumes to sew and absolutely no desire to do it or attend any functions where I have to get out of bed. I want to sit here all week and have someone come finish the costumes for me while I drown in a pile of tylenol cold & flu and lotion kleenex. Any takers?
This little baby right here. Yes, a wood burning tool. I'm sure any wood burner will do. All you have to do is heat it up and use the standard or razor blade tip and it cuts and cauterizes (for lack of a better term) at the same time. No need to trim your ribbon first, just use it to cut. 2 seconds and it's sealed forever and looks great! It takes some practice and I wouldn't recommend holding your head over it while you melt the ribbon -unless you're into that-. That's how I seal all my projects including this little one right here. See- no lighter edges that look and smell like a burned frisbee. You can't even tell it's sealed but I've washed a million things for the girls I've done this way and they still look like the first day I made them. Minus the jelly stains and wash fading that is.
Stats: 12 lbs 14 oz and 22 1/2" long. That's how long Jeremy was when he was born. She's in the 97th% for weight and the 50th% for height. I've dubbed her short round like the roast but she doesn't look that chubby to me really. She loves, loves, loves to talk like her mother :). Before I know it those sweet gargles and coos will be replaced with "no" and screaming. I wish I could bottle her up and keep her this size. I kind of got cheated out of the tiny baby stage by having a half grown from birth. I got a great dane and I ordered a standard breed. My best advice for anyone expecting- lay off the ding dongs and nutty bars, unless of course they are absolutely necessary!
I really loathe this picture of myself but I keep waiting to post a picture of Kennedy and I until I lose about 40 lbs. Since that's not happening anytime soon here we are in all my tired face glory. Doesn't she look so preppy!
I'm freaking out here but I finally opened my Etsy shop tonight! I only have 3 pair of booties in there but it's open. I was waiting until I finished an entire page worth of stuff but I lost (yes, lost... I feel sick) an entire bag of mostly finished booties and have been working here and there to make more. At this rate if I continued to wait until I made a page worth of items you wouldn't see my shop.
It feels good to finally get it opened up. I really love making baby things but Kennedy can only wear so many before I get bored so I figure this is a good outlet for me. I plan on listing things here and there as I finish them. I don't want to become a sweat shop or get bogged down until it's not fun for me anymore so that's the plan so far. Once baby gets bigger and is on a better schedule I hope to crank it up a notch, as long as it stays fun. I plan on making each fabric/embellishment combination only once per size so it stays fresh for me and it makes each pair unique.
So if you get a second stop by and tell me how corny my descriptions are and if you have any tips, even not so favorable ones let me know. How can I make it better? If your comments aren't nice, post anonymously or I'll have to sick my rabbit Jack on you. I know where most of you live ;o).
*Sorry feedreader readers, this is my last edit I promise*
That's not all of the supplies but some things wouldn't fit in the pile. If you can guess what I'm making I'll come and be your maid for the day. Okay, stop laughing... I can't even clean my own house right now so I'll come in my p.j.'s and eat chocolate with you all day.
You didn't think I was going to leave the quilt giveaway post on top all day did you?
Lizzy Anne is giving this quilt away on her blog and all you have to do is leave her a comment, she doesn't even want you to come fold her laundry or anything. I know, crazy. Last time I posted about a quilt giveaway I don't believe all of you crossed your fingers and toes for me. In fact, I'm pretty sure most of you ran right over and tried to take it from me, how do you sleep at night?
I'm healthy, well relatively if you don't look at my cholesterol or breakfast choices. I have a stunningly handsome husband who works very hard for our family that I love more than much and I'm pretty sure he likes me back. I have 5 perfectly healthy kids I can snuggle everyday and who've managed to stay alive for the last 8 years +. I'm so thankful for our church and for all the awesome experiences I've had. I have a super supportive family on both sides, I have fantastic in-laws (no monster in-law here). I've been blessed with many fun talents, not knitting regretfully and not decorating or pie making but I can't complain. I also can't fold laundry. I really can't- it's genetic.
We pretty much have all that we need to be happy and always have had. Sure we make some pretty stupid choices every once in a while, I just did one today-oops, but for the most part we are extremely happy and very blessed. Here are a few things that reminded me of that this week.
First an extremely good blog friend Kelli sent me dinner! I don't have to cook for at least 2 nights- is there a better gift? She's so thoughtful and I couldn't have imagined when I started blogging all the new friends I would meet. Thank You!
Then Kaci decided on Friday night that she was ready to go potty. I wasn't really ready but I've been asking if she wanted to use the potty every once in a while for the past 2 months and on Friday night she said yes and actually did it. We've been in full potty training mode since and I'm happy to report (knock on plywood) that she's fully trained. It took 3 days for most of it and 5 days to be completely trained! One thing I've learned since trying to train a boy is they will do it on their own if you wait until they are ready. Oh, and if you start training don't go back to diapers. I could do an entire post just about potty training tips though.
Then I got this in the mail. I love it Bethany! Thank You! It's so full, so much fuller than a sewn tutu and it's perfect. I can't wait to take pictures. I'm going to make a few I think for the other girls. I think. Your booties are almost finished, we got delayed with potty training and using them to write a pattern but they'll be on there way this weekend. Hope you like them as much as I love my tutu, I mean Kennedy's tutu ;o).
Then I got my prize fabric from the Michael Miller bootie contest. I can't wait to play! They were so generous. My Craftzine feature is coming up pretty soon and there might be the pattern for my winning booties in there so stay tuned. I'm working on making it but I don't generally use a pattern so it's harder than it looks.I've had so many other little things happen this week that remind me how blessed and thankful I am but those are the ones that I wanted to get out especially. Now bring on the Turkey dinner and the stuffing- I'm thankful and I'm ready for Thanksgiving!
"What is that ridiculous thing on my head? Get it off NOWWWwwwww"
And there you have it. I'll try to lay off the ding dongs when I'm blogging from now on.
I wasn't able to hear any of her blessing do to a faulty microphone, Kennedy fussing, and a very selfish family right next to me who decided they wanted to "hear" Kennedy's blessing instead of taking their 2 muffled screaming kids out into the hall. I know, I'm bitter and I should let it go but gosh darn it- take your kids out if they are screaming for a blessing please!
Most of my family made it including a Great Great Grandma so it was really fun. The perk to living in our home town is that half of Cody's family already live here so we don't have to worry if they are coming, but I'm glad they were there to. We kept it really low key and just fed lunch to the family's that had to travel back home. It was such a hoot to see my mom, my aunt (hi Tina), my grandma, and my great grandma stand in the kitchen helping me cook. Tina, I need that picture to scrapbook! I had 2 wiskers, a potato dicer, a side dish maker, and a "I think that plant might need more water" -er. Good Times!
As soon as Kennedy takes a nap I'm going to sew sew sew. I've got my etsy shop all set up but there's nothing in it yet so I need to get busy!
