Posted in Gratitude, a little bit of ranting, i said it on January 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
you gotta admit everyone wants to use that title. am i right?
ok, so today was not one of my best days. i could get into it but really, i’ll spare you the details. instead i thought i’d share a few things that made me feel so much better. and as i sit here thinking of [...]
Posted in Life Around Here on January 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
a conversation between siblings, overhead from the other room.
Jena-this would be much easier without a little sister.
Ryan-(completely shocked!) Ahhh! You don’t want a little sister?!
Jena-(Hesitantly) Well I do…. But…
Ryan-She just gets in the way sometimes?
Jena-Yeah. But she’s so cute I just want to squeeze her.
Ryan-Whoa, Jena that was soo close! I just saved you [...]
Posted in Projects, Stuff I Like, paper, sewing, simple star designs on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
it’s that time of day, 2-4 pm that i just don’t function well. sleepiness hits me and it hits me hard. i remember mom picking us up from school after a long day of whatever it was that she did all day (those are the exact thoughts of a 14 year old) and she would [...]
Posted in Projects, sewing, simple star designs on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
while helping my sister install all of her photo’s on her new mac i came across something that made me VErY happy.
pictures of my first appliqued quilt! I made it for my cousin Andrea in 2005. (well cousin-in-law if you want to get technical) she asked me to make it for her first baby Peyton. [...]
Posted in Life Around Here, my people on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
seriously.
it’s becoming a problem.
she requests certain colors.
seriously.
Posted in my people on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i can’t believe how big this guy is.
he is in senior primary this year.
nothing is cooler, just so you know.
he can’t wait to get baptised and start boys scouts.
i never thought i’d feel this way, but I’M NOT READY!
does everyone worry like this with their oldest child?
i just want him to stay that chubby little [...]
Posted in my people on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
notice anything new?
she finally got up the nerve to pierce her ears.
she was so brave and she loves them!
Posted in Just Me Yammering On on January 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
i need to have a little conversation with myself-
’self, what’s going on with you lately? you never blog any more and you love to blog. you never sew any more and you love to sew. you never read and you really love to read. you do however keep up the the laundry and keep the [...]
Posted in Projects on January 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
i finally got my clock hanging on the wall, it only took 4 months. i also, according to the kids, ‘put sticks in the pretty thing that granny gave me.’ i am very pleased with how my ’sticks’ turned out.
also, i finally got some friends for my poor lonely fork.
hoping to get a few things [...]
Posted in Life Around Here, Projects, simple star designs, things that make you go hmmm on January 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
the last week or so i’ve been trying to finish up a few projects that i’ve let go too long. Granny and Grandpa gave Ry a map of the USA for Christmas and i have started to make him a cork board for it and it ended up taking a lot of time and a [...]
