Saturday, July 14, 2007

Someone needs a pedicure!

Let me start off by saying that I started to not even post what I am going to post. I thought it would gross my two readers out and they wouldn't come back and one of them is my mother! But then I got to thinking and just decided to keep it real!
I mentioned yesterday that I picked up my niece yesterday. Well she and my oldest daughter decided to give my youngest a makeover. They fixed her hair and put makeup on her. She looked so cute and you could tell she was so proud of herself! Of course I had to snap a few pictures to capture the moment. As I was doing so, I glanced down at her feet and about died! It is kind of hard to tell from the picture but the girl definitely needs to have a pedicure! Can you see the dirt under her toenails and there is even a bit between her toes? Bless her little heart! I did not say a word and just kept taking pictures. I did however insist it was shower time after the photo shoot!
She is my little country girl though and can be found outside most days so I guess it is only fitting that she have a bit of dirt between her toes.




We went to church tonight so I am planning on getting up early and finish up a few projects I have been working on. I have a couple of pot holders to finish up for a sweet customer and then a sweet shabby outfit for baby!
More tomorrow...

Friday, July 13, 2007

Cucumbers anyone??

Check out my haul from my garden. I think I am going to have to look into making some pickles or something! I also have tons of tomatoes.
Yesterday, I cut up about 8 tomatoes and added some grated bell pepper and onion along with some seasonings and made some homemade tomato sauce. I then poured it over some chicken breast strips I had browned and simmered it for about an hour. Can you say yum! We ate it over rice and it was so good. Something about those fresh veggies.



I missed a few days of blogging as I have been super busy. My girls and I went to my moms on Tuesday for the night. We got up early Wednesday and hit a few thrift stores as well as one wonderful quilt store. We had a wonderful time. On Thursday I met a very sweet friend and her daughters at a tea room. I am not a big hot tea drinker but really enjoyed the tea I had and even had to bring some home!

Today, I met my sister and picked up one of her sweet daughters for a few days. She is a few months older than my oldest daughter and they have a blast together. Of course my youngest is right there with them.

I have been able to get in a little sewing the last few days. I am loving this cute bird fabric by Alexander Henry. I have it in every color it comes in!




Tomorrow I am heading to a nearby town. A very nice lady contacted me. She found some of my things I sew online and thought I might be interested in putting some things in her store. You pay a monthly booth fee and a small percentage of your sales so I am going to check it out. I would love to find something like that.

More tomorrow....

Sunday, July 8, 2007

More rain....


Well, I tried to post something yesterday but for some reason, I couldn't get get anything to come up on my title?? Not sure what the problem was.
Anyways, we had more rain here yesterday! Ugh! I am so tired of the rain. We live out in the country and we had what appeared to be a small flowing river going down the side of our house. It was flowing into our pond and then overflowing on the other side going over our gravel road! The rain about washed our road out about a week ago. The rain needs to go away for a while!

Anyways, moving on to other things. We took our girls to see Ratatoulli on Friday. It was a cute movie! A tad long for me but we did enjoy it.

I got a bit more sewing done in the last day or two. Yep, you guessed it, more things for sweet baby! I have realized that I am leaving the boys out and have been on the hunt for some cute boy fabric.










Well, it is about time for me to get my bunch up for church.
More tomorrow....

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Fourth of July Fun

We had a nice but quiet day yesterday. We went to see Evan Almighty which we all thought was cute. It was one of those movies that really had me thinking when we walked out. I had planned on making a really nice dinner since it was a holiday and all. We stopped at the grocery store on the way home from the movie. After much discussion about what we would have, we ended up with frozen eggrolls??? How the heck did that happen? I wanted to do a nice meal but must admit I did not give much of an arguement with the thought of throwing those frozen babies in the oven! How easy! They were very good!

We have a 80% chance of rain again tomorrow! I am sick of the rain! We have seven goats right now and I heard one of them really yelping this morning. We she had got her head stuck between some branches. My daughter and I had to tromp out in the yucky mud to rescue her! It was pretty scary but she is doing fine.

I have been able to get a bit of sewing done the last day or two. Some more baby things! Sometimes I plan on sewing other things but when I get in my sewing room, the baby mood takes over and I am off.













More tomorrow....

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

So excited...

I am so excited! I got a comment on my post from yesterday. Thanks so much to my poster! It made my day.
Not alot going on around here today. It rained again! My youngest had a playdate today with a little friend down the road so I finally finished up this sweet set. I love the colors.



I am not sure why I enjoy sewing baby things so much. I guess because my baby days are over!

My sweet husband is off for the next five days so we are all excited about that. We are going to see Evan Almighty tomorrow. Two of our big firework shows got cancelled for tomorrow night because of this yucky weather.

Well I guess I will sign off for tonight.
More tomorrow...

Monday, July 2, 2007

A peek into my sewing room...

I mentioned yesterday that I had recently reorganized and cleaned my sewing room. I snapped a few pictures today. I figured if I did that, it may help me keep it cleaner because sometimes it gets really bad!












Yep, I know the pink shelf does not match. I've been meaning to paint it but haven't gotten around to it yet.








The last two pictures are some things I have been working on today. Can you tell I love that fabric! I think I am keeping the apron for myself.
I don't think I mentioned in my first post but I am an apron wearing fool and am trying really hard to bring the apron back.






I hear my kids yelling so I better run.
More tomorrow....

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Howdy!

Well, I am finally doing it! I have been meaning to start a blog for a long time so here I am! I am mama to three and wife to one! I live in the great state of Texas and have for all my life with the exception of a short move to Missouri for six months. I love to sew and do anything crafty really. I also love to work outside and just spend time with my family. I am a full-time mom and haven't worked outside the home in about 7 years. I am also a fabric hoarder. I have more fabric than I could possibly ever use but I still keep buyig! I especially love vintage fabric as well as patterns. I hoard those also. I actually reorganized and cleaned my sewing room this weekend. I will have to snap a few pictures and post.
One of my highlights for the week was finally learning how to cover a button. Okay, don't laugh. I don't know why I thought it would be so hard to cover a button. It took me about 10 second to get it done. Ugh!
I have been a busy beaver of late and getting tons of things sewn. Below are a few pics. You can also find them here















As you can tell I sew a different variety of things. Depending on my mood depends on what I sew for the day!
More tomorrow....