Happy Earth Day everyone! In honor of Earth Day the Sweet Pea and I spent the day trying to be friendly to our Earth. We turned off all our lights and electronics today and spent the day outside as much as possible. We went on walks, hung our clothes out on the line and even planted our garden. In reality its the second go round for the garden since the first try got flooded. Yeah, great timing planting the day before a major thunderstorm. But we leveled things out and are trying our luck again. We planted tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, greenbeans, broccoli, squash, watermelon and cantaloupe. Yummy! I can't wait until we can taste all these wonderful yummy fruits and veggies this summer.
This is our first year to have a garden here of course but supposedly the previous owners had a great garden going so I'm remaining optimistic. I still haven't found my camera cord so another picture free post but hopefully I'll be able to post one tomorrow. The garden isn't much to look at right now but hopefully it will take off and start growing like crazy.
I hope everyone else had a wonderfully earth friendly day. I know we're starting to make more earth friendly changes around here every single day.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
ECHO...Echo...echo...
As I write this I am more than certain I am writing only for myself. It is not likely that anyone has been sitting here for the past several months just waiting with the hope I would appear once again.
Many things have kept me away. Packing, moving (again), chasing the Sweet Pea and trying to organize our lives in a new house are among the things that have prevented me from writing. What has stood in the way the most, however, is the current state of the world. There are many things going on right now that cause me to worry. Near the top of my worry list is the current economy, as I’m sure is the case for many of you out there. This is the worry that has kept me from wanting to write. Honestly its kept me from writing, reading or quite frankly even thinking about much of anything.
Like many others the economy is starting to hit home. We are faced with bills that are piling up, the uncertain future of our business and a general uneasiness for the future of our family and friends. Being self employed my husband’s income is anything but stable and as of late it has been very sporadic.
Until this point I have been lucky enough to stay home and raise our beautiful little girl. Now we’ve been discussing the need for me to return to work. I know this is a situation many women find themselves in , and that there are many working mothers out there. My hat is off t these women and my heart goes out to them. I went back to work for a short time when our daughter was very small and it absolutely tore my heart to pieces. I was hardly able to spend any time with her and with my husband on the road a lot she spent most of her time with someone other than her parents. Just thinking about doing that again saddens me. You see, ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be a mommy. Don’t get me wrong, I also wanted to be a police officer, lawyer and at one point a super hero. Above all I knew someday I would be a mommy.
When first faced with the prospect of having to return to work I was flooded with emotions. Although part of me misses the adult business world, that part is very small. The largest part of me is sad to have to leave my little girl and disappointed about having to leave the house full time and not having time to do the things I love. I won’t have time left to sew, crochet, read, remodel the house or work on landscaping the yard. You know, all the things I do so much of now. These thoughts and the realization of how hard it is to find a job right now that would pay enough to cover day care expenses and still bring in an income have had me really down lately. I spent most of the day Monday feeling down and hopeless when it hit me. I’m home full time now and hardly do any of those things. My sewing machine isn’t even in my house right now. The only thing I’ve crocheted are some dishcloths. My books aren’t even unpacked…You get the idea.
I finally realized that I’ve been so worried about things that were out of my control I let my worries get the best of me. I spent so much time worrying about the future that I forgot to enjoy what we have right now.
I’m not trying to sell myself short. I take care of the house and spend the greatest majority of my day chasing, tickling and teaching our daughter. I’ve even managed to plant some of my little garden. But I haven’t been fully enjoying all the wonderful things I have in my life already. I hadn’t realized how down I’ve been recently. But I have made the decision to start enjoying life as it is and not worrying about the unknown. I may have to go to work to help support my family right now but either way I will make the most of every moment and get back to the things that are important to me.
I’m sitting here right now on the deck of my parents house (where I am supposed to be helping them pack for their move) watching the sun set over the lake as my beautiful daughter runs through the yard kicking at dandelions. It is at this moment I realize how truly blessed we really are. This moment is what makes life wonderful and truly worth living. That being said, I am off to enjoy the moment…
Many things have kept me away. Packing, moving (again), chasing the Sweet Pea and trying to organize our lives in a new house are among the things that have prevented me from writing. What has stood in the way the most, however, is the current state of the world. There are many things going on right now that cause me to worry. Near the top of my worry list is the current economy, as I’m sure is the case for many of you out there. This is the worry that has kept me from wanting to write. Honestly its kept me from writing, reading or quite frankly even thinking about much of anything.
Like many others the economy is starting to hit home. We are faced with bills that are piling up, the uncertain future of our business and a general uneasiness for the future of our family and friends. Being self employed my husband’s income is anything but stable and as of late it has been very sporadic.
Until this point I have been lucky enough to stay home and raise our beautiful little girl. Now we’ve been discussing the need for me to return to work. I know this is a situation many women find themselves in , and that there are many working mothers out there. My hat is off t these women and my heart goes out to them. I went back to work for a short time when our daughter was very small and it absolutely tore my heart to pieces. I was hardly able to spend any time with her and with my husband on the road a lot she spent most of her time with someone other than her parents. Just thinking about doing that again saddens me. You see, ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be a mommy. Don’t get me wrong, I also wanted to be a police officer, lawyer and at one point a super hero. Above all I knew someday I would be a mommy.
When first faced with the prospect of having to return to work I was flooded with emotions. Although part of me misses the adult business world, that part is very small. The largest part of me is sad to have to leave my little girl and disappointed about having to leave the house full time and not having time to do the things I love. I won’t have time left to sew, crochet, read, remodel the house or work on landscaping the yard. You know, all the things I do so much of now. These thoughts and the realization of how hard it is to find a job right now that would pay enough to cover day care expenses and still bring in an income have had me really down lately. I spent most of the day Monday feeling down and hopeless when it hit me. I’m home full time now and hardly do any of those things. My sewing machine isn’t even in my house right now. The only thing I’ve crocheted are some dishcloths. My books aren’t even unpacked…You get the idea.
I finally realized that I’ve been so worried about things that were out of my control I let my worries get the best of me. I spent so much time worrying about the future that I forgot to enjoy what we have right now.
I’m not trying to sell myself short. I take care of the house and spend the greatest majority of my day chasing, tickling and teaching our daughter. I’ve even managed to plant some of my little garden. But I haven’t been fully enjoying all the wonderful things I have in my life already. I hadn’t realized how down I’ve been recently. But I have made the decision to start enjoying life as it is and not worrying about the unknown. I may have to go to work to help support my family right now but either way I will make the most of every moment and get back to the things that are important to me.
I’m sitting here right now on the deck of my parents house (where I am supposed to be helping them pack for their move) watching the sun set over the lake as my beautiful daughter runs through the yard kicking at dandelions. It is at this moment I realize how truly blessed we really are. This moment is what makes life wonderful and truly worth living. That being said, I am off to enjoy the moment…
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Movin On Up...
Okay sorry if you now have the Jeffferson's theme song stuck in your head too, but that's what has been keeping me super busy and away from here: We're moving. I know some of you are scratching your head in confusion thinking "Didn't we just read about her moving?". Well yes you did but we're moving again. Yes, you heard me right but its not as bad as you might think. We finally found a house! *dancing around the room in excitement
Seriously though, I'm beyond thrilled. Not to say that I am not super thankful that my sister in law was nice enough to let us stay with her for the past few weeks but I am so glad to have a place of our own again.
It's not a big move as the house is just down the street. I can actually step out on the front porch here and see our house. We've been working on a few things this past week or so and the propane people are down there right now hooking up our new tank so we will be able to move in this weeked. Yea *insert more dancing here
Its a pretty cute little house it just needs a bit of a facelift. I've been working my booty off getting the Sweet Pea's bedroom ready and can't wait to show you all pictures of it. It is turning out pretty well and I can't wait for her to be in it. Of course its weird designing a big girl room instead of a nursery. Sigh. She's getting too big too fast. But I should have pictures of her room for you by the first part of next week. I need to get the pictures taken before she really gets in there and destroys it.
When its been too cold to be down there working on the house I've been working like mad to get Christmas gifts finished. Its getting close and I still have a lot of work to do on them. Unfortunately I've mostly been working on projects I can't post yet. I've been working on things for the Holiday Swap on Crochetville and an awesome winter set for a family member that I can't post because she would immediately recognize it as being for her. But I have a few things that I can post between now and then.
One of them is this adorable Moses Basket that I got to test for Navymomx2 on the ville.
This pattern was so much fun to make and it turned out so cute. I really don't think I did it justice. You should head over to her Etsy shop and check out her other patterns. She has a cradle purse on there that is to die for. I really need to make one for the Sweet Pea. She would love it.
Seriously though, I'm beyond thrilled. Not to say that I am not super thankful that my sister in law was nice enough to let us stay with her for the past few weeks but I am so glad to have a place of our own again.
It's not a big move as the house is just down the street. I can actually step out on the front porch here and see our house. We've been working on a few things this past week or so and the propane people are down there right now hooking up our new tank so we will be able to move in this weeked. Yea *insert more dancing here
Its a pretty cute little house it just needs a bit of a facelift. I've been working my booty off getting the Sweet Pea's bedroom ready and can't wait to show you all pictures of it. It is turning out pretty well and I can't wait for her to be in it. Of course its weird designing a big girl room instead of a nursery. Sigh. She's getting too big too fast. But I should have pictures of her room for you by the first part of next week. I need to get the pictures taken before she really gets in there and destroys it.
When its been too cold to be down there working on the house I've been working like mad to get Christmas gifts finished. Its getting close and I still have a lot of work to do on them. Unfortunately I've mostly been working on projects I can't post yet. I've been working on things for the Holiday Swap on Crochetville and an awesome winter set for a family member that I can't post because she would immediately recognize it as being for her. But I have a few things that I can post between now and then.
One of them is this adorable Moses Basket that I got to test for Navymomx2 on the ville.
This pattern was so much fun to make and it turned out so cute. I really don't think I did it justice. You should head over to her Etsy shop and check out her other patterns. She has a cradle purse on there that is to die for. I really need to make one for the Sweet Pea. She would love it.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Christmas Is Coming
And that is why its been so quiet here lately. Well that and the fact that my laptop decided to die on me. Ugh. I know, I'm a bad blogger. Seriously though I've been working really hard on Christmas gifts and gifts for the Holiday Exchange on the 'ville. In fact I've been sewing my fingers to the bone all day working on two bags. Yep I said sewing. I can't believe it. All I have to do is sew in the lining and I'll have my first ever completed sewing project. Yea me!
But I've also being crocheting up a storm. I've been working like mad on Christmas gifts hoping to get them done in time. Here is an awesome set I made for one of my cousins...sorry not telling which one.
I made this set from the incredible Oluchi Ribbed Hat and Scarflette pattern you can find on MsSunflwr's etsy shop. If you haven't been to her shop get over there and check it out. She has some beautiful designs. This pattern was so easy to understand and quick to make, not to mention the results are spectacular. I used I Love This Yarn in Hot Rose for the hat and Angel Fleece in Ladybug for the Scarflette and couldn't be happier about how it turned out. I have made several more hats from this pattern and am going to start more scarflettes very soon. This has quickly become my favorite hat and scarf pattern, especially because it is so warm and its beginning to get very cold here.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Rock~N~Roll
Okay I guess I'll just go with these tiny thumbnails until I can figure out how to fix my pictures. Here are some pictures from Sweet Pea's first time to trick or treat. She was less than thrilled to get dressed up and have to go. Actually we thought about calling the whole thing off but we decided to try it out for a minute and see how she did. We went to Nana & Papa's house first and between the truck and the house she threw down her bag three times and kept fussing. Well we got up to the door and I just put the bag in her hand then Papa gave her the candy. This is what happened after that.
This is her excited face when she realized that if she held up her bag she would get candy. You could not believe how excited she got. She started grinning and clapping and running around. It was the best thing to see her having such a blast.
She kept pulling out her candy and showing it to me. She was beyond excited and from that moment on she was a trick or treat pro. She refused to let go of her bag for the rest of the night. So we went downtown and did the trick or treat scene there and then out to grandma & grandpa's house. It was clear that Halloween had become her very favorite holiday!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Trick or Treat
Happy Halloween Everyone! We're getting ready to head out to take the Sweet Pea trick-or-treating for the very first time but I wanted to post a couple pics of my crochet projects for the holiday. I made these little treat bags from this pattern on the LionBrand website. They were so quick and easy to make. I definitely think I'll make more for next year.
Here is a picture of the treat bag that I made for Sweet Pea to carry with her. Everything in the stores seemed way too big for her to handle so I whipped this up really quickly. Of course I'll probably end up carrying it anyway. But hey that way I'll be able to sneak some candy!
Off topic I was wondering if any of you other bloggers are having trouble with your pictures all of a sudden. I can either get HUGE pictures or these tiny thumbnails. I don't know what happened to the normal size pictures. Any help?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To You
That's right, my little Sweet Pea is an entire year old now. Time has certainly flown by. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital trying to figure out what we were going to do with a newborn and now we're trying to figure out what to do with a toddler. How we've gone from this:
To This:
Is far beyond me. She learns so much and grows so much everyday. It is so excited to watch her world expand as she discovers something new. There is something magical about experiencing the world through a child's eyes. It has definitely been a wild ride but I'm looking forward to the next year and many more to come. Here are a few shots of her party. We had a luau theme and everyone had a great time. I think it turned out pretty well.
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