I know I haven't been posting much at all lately-even though I am supposed to be posting at least once a week to report on my projects. I've been way stressed about this big service project I am in charge of for church. I am the stake YW secretary, and I was put in charge of a stake youth activity. It was supposed to be yesterday, but it snowed an inch Friday night so the activity got canceled...I guess there was ice under the snow. (still not to scary for me...after all we lived in Idaho where snow/ice covers the roads for 7 months out of the year) I was looking forward to being done with it, but now it is going to be next Saturday so...I will be stress free (haha) in a week.
I have a lot to blog about, but tonight I just wanted to report that we are still alive. I will post tomorrow about how my race went last weekend. I need to get photos from my friends so I can have so proof of my accomplishment! So for now, just know we are all alive and well.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Little Man Ties
Well Ryan brought his computer home from work with him this weekend, so good news-I can post pictures. I'll be posting all my recent projects and some recent photos of things we've been doing.
My project this week was making some little man ties for Carson. It took me a while to make them, but I think they turned out pretty good. I wanted to get a photo of Carson wearing them, but he is already in bed tonight. This is my project #10. Following that photo is the photos of other projects from recent weeks.
I just realized that half of them are unfinished. I have some work to finish this week. I have tried to put the flower on my headwrap that I made, but I can't figure it out. I have to keep trying and get the flower on there. It looks good without it, but it will look better with it. Then I don't have the face on the bear I made. I don't have the materials for it yet, but I will be getting them next week so I'll have to wait until then to finish it. Sorry for the rambling...I'm just thinking aloud.
These next two photos are just from a night we had some popcicles last week. The kids enjoyed them, and Halli was being so silly. And the last photo was from a couple weeks ago she took a nap on the chair in her instead of in her bed. I went in there to check on her and had to take a photo cause it was silly. I haven't found her like that since...so I don't think she slept very well.
As a final note, I'm running another half marathon next weekend. It's been a year since my last one. I was going to do a full marathon the end of february, but my knee wouldn't let me do a full one so I'm now doing a half next Saturday down in Bentonville Arkansas...yes, home of Walmart. I'll let you know how it goes!
My project this week was making some little man ties for Carson. It took me a while to make them, but I think they turned out pretty good. I wanted to get a photo of Carson wearing them, but he is already in bed tonight. This is my project #10. Following that photo is the photos of other projects from recent weeks.
I just realized that half of them are unfinished. I have some work to finish this week. I have tried to put the flower on my headwrap that I made, but I can't figure it out. I have to keep trying and get the flower on there. It looks good without it, but it will look better with it. Then I don't have the face on the bear I made. I don't have the materials for it yet, but I will be getting them next week so I'll have to wait until then to finish it. Sorry for the rambling...I'm just thinking aloud.
These next two photos are just from a night we had some popcicles last week. The kids enjoyed them, and Halli was being so silly. And the last photo was from a couple weeks ago she took a nap on the chair in her instead of in her bed. I went in there to check on her and had to take a photo cause it was silly. I haven't found her like that since...so I don't think she slept very well.
As a final note, I'm running another half marathon next weekend. It's been a year since my last one. I was going to do a full marathon the end of february, but my knee wouldn't let me do a full one so I'm now doing a half next Saturday down in Bentonville Arkansas...yes, home of Walmart. I'll let you know how it goes!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Broken and Bruised
The computer that is...
I haven't posted in a while. I've been doing my projects and working on my goals for the year, but I haven't been posting about them because we still can't upload photos. We tried wiping our hard drive and cleaning out our computer (what we did last time to fix it), but it didn't work. So we tried again...still nothing. So I'm just having a hard time wanting to post because we can't upload photos so it is no fun to talk about the projects I'm doing when you can't actually see what I'm talking about. I think what we are going to have to do is get out laptop fixed then we can just upload photos on that computer, and this one we will use for everything else. We don't have the money to get a new computer...plus it seems like such a waste. This computer works great, except when we want to put photos online. Maybe we should take this one to get fixed....anyway. So that is the reason for the lack of posts.
I will go ahead and post about my projects though cause I haven't been working. Two weeks ago I made a little white bear with a red heart sewn on the tummy. I am in my stake young women's presidency, and am in charge of planning a big service project that will happen in three weeks. We are going to be making these bears and putting together hygiene kits for the children and people in Haiti. I thought I should make a bear to see what they would look like. It turned out really cute, and I'm excited to have our youth make them then send them on to those who have nothing. It will be a great activity! So...that was my AC project #8.
Last week the floors in our kitchen finally got done (HALLELUJAH!) They look amazing. I love the color, and just want to get to work on painting the living room and kitchen now so I like it. As I've mentioned before, my entire house is painted yellow and I hate it! It is a gross yellow, and all the wood in the house is a yellow oak color so I just feel overloaded by yellow. I'm excited to paint it this summer! Anyway...we were kicked out of our house for 4 days, and I didn't think I would be able to do a project last week, but then I decided to give crocheting a go. I taught myself how to crochet, and I made a headwrap. I think it turned out so cute, and can't wait to wear it out. ( i haven't gone anywhere this week yet...maybe tomorrow I'll wear it to Carson's preschool). It looks like this, and this is actually where I got the pattern for it. Mine turned out pretty good I thought-especially for the first creation crocheting! So that is AC#9. Wow can you believe we are already 9 weeks into 2010!
I haven't posted in a while. I've been doing my projects and working on my goals for the year, but I haven't been posting about them because we still can't upload photos. We tried wiping our hard drive and cleaning out our computer (what we did last time to fix it), but it didn't work. So we tried again...still nothing. So I'm just having a hard time wanting to post because we can't upload photos so it is no fun to talk about the projects I'm doing when you can't actually see what I'm talking about. I think what we are going to have to do is get out laptop fixed then we can just upload photos on that computer, and this one we will use for everything else. We don't have the money to get a new computer...plus it seems like such a waste. This computer works great, except when we want to put photos online. Maybe we should take this one to get fixed....anyway. So that is the reason for the lack of posts.
I will go ahead and post about my projects though cause I haven't been working. Two weeks ago I made a little white bear with a red heart sewn on the tummy. I am in my stake young women's presidency, and am in charge of planning a big service project that will happen in three weeks. We are going to be making these bears and putting together hygiene kits for the children and people in Haiti. I thought I should make a bear to see what they would look like. It turned out really cute, and I'm excited to have our youth make them then send them on to those who have nothing. It will be a great activity! So...that was my AC project #8.
Last week the floors in our kitchen finally got done (HALLELUJAH!) They look amazing. I love the color, and just want to get to work on painting the living room and kitchen now so I like it. As I've mentioned before, my entire house is painted yellow and I hate it! It is a gross yellow, and all the wood in the house is a yellow oak color so I just feel overloaded by yellow. I'm excited to paint it this summer! Anyway...we were kicked out of our house for 4 days, and I didn't think I would be able to do a project last week, but then I decided to give crocheting a go. I taught myself how to crochet, and I made a headwrap. I think it turned out so cute, and can't wait to wear it out. ( i haven't gone anywhere this week yet...maybe tomorrow I'll wear it to Carson's preschool). It looks like this, and this is actually where I got the pattern for it. Mine turned out pretty good I thought-especially for the first creation crocheting! So that is AC#9. Wow can you believe we are already 9 weeks into 2010!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
I hope you think of me
You know that song by Taylor Swift? It's not titled I hope you think of me, but it has that line in it. The title is Tim McGraw....and I'm going to see him in concert on June 11th!!!!! I'm super excited he is coming to Wichita. A friend and I have floor seats to go see him because we both LOVE his music. I have loved him since high school, and now I get to see him a few short months. So, I hope you're thinking of me on June 11th while I enjoy this amazing concert!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
two twos
I made two more tutus this week. I know lame...I made some for my first AC project this year, and this is only number 7. But I had to make a couple for some sweet little girls...one that is going to be born in the next few months, and one that will be turning one next month. I wanted to get them made, and sent before the time passed and I was late...as I always am with sending gifts and cards. I'm on top of it this time. I just have to get them in the mail.
We are still having problems loading our photos. So still nothing to actually show for my work, but I did do it-PROMISE! AC#7...two more tutus. Oh, and once we get our computer figured out I'll load all the missing photos. Let you know when it happens.
We are still having problems loading our photos. So still nothing to actually show for my work, but I did do it-PROMISE! AC#7...two more tutus. Oh, and once we get our computer figured out I'll load all the missing photos. Let you know when it happens.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Black toe, Nails to go
So last week Carson decided to play with the 10 pound weight I had just received for my birthday, and accidentally dropped it...on his toe/foot. His toe was bleeding, and he was in some pain. To help him "feel" better Ryan wrapped it all up in an ace bandage. It was kinda funny to see. He is doing fine now, but the toe is purple/blue/black and I'm sure the nail will fall off at some point. Speaking of nails falling off...Half of Carson's fingernails are looking like they are going to fall off...and for no apparent reason that I can think of. He hasn't smashed them anywhere or injured his hands in anyway, but you can definitely see some new nails growing, and the old nail separating and showing signs that it will soon disconnect. Anyone know why this might be happening? Is there a vitamin or something that he could be missing? Anyone have experience with this?
Since I do not have the ability to upload photos right now I'll just have to tell you what I did for my project this week. I made Carson a little tote bag for his Book of Mormon. He had a bag he used to take to church, but it got ripped up. I took the little guy to JoAnn's with my this week and let him pick out his own fabric. I tried to convince him to get some cool patterned stuff, but he chose plain blue and plain green cotton flannel stuff. I'm not quite sure what material it really is...it was a remnant piece that just said cotton. Anyway, it is a simple bag, but I enjoyed making it up as I went along. I definitely made it harder than it should have been, but I'll know better for the next time I make a bag! This is my AC#6.
(Here is what happens when I upload photos...on ANY site. They either won't load period, or come out discolored and off. Does anyone know why???)
Since I do not have the ability to upload photos right now I'll just have to tell you what I did for my project this week. I made Carson a little tote bag for his Book of Mormon. He had a bag he used to take to church, but it got ripped up. I took the little guy to JoAnn's with my this week and let him pick out his own fabric. I tried to convince him to get some cool patterned stuff, but he chose plain blue and plain green cotton flannel stuff. I'm not quite sure what material it really is...it was a remnant piece that just said cotton. Anyway, it is a simple bag, but I enjoyed making it up as I went along. I definitely made it harder than it should have been, but I'll know better for the next time I make a bag! This is my AC#6.
(Here is what happens when I upload photos...on ANY site. They either won't load period, or come out discolored and off. Does anyone know why???)
Friday, February 5, 2010
Dinner Time
I just had the best time with Halli. She and I are home alone right now. The house it neat and clean, the last load of laundry is in the dryer, and it is quiet. So I thought we would make dinner together. It was so much fun! She was so adorable. We made pizza, and she was so excited to help through the whole thing-pouring, stirring, tasting, and adding food color to the dough. When we make pancakes we like to color them with some food color-makes it really exciting! Well I guess she thought we were making pancakes cause we started mixing it and she said "blue" and reached up for the food coloring...so I thought sure, why not. This will be the first time I've had a blue pizza, but I'm sure Carson will be so excited for it!
After we finished making the pizza Halli wanted to watch Blues Clues so I said ok and asked her if she wanted to bring her water to which she replied "sure"...she is so cute. I love her soft little voice.
It is nice having some mother-daughter time alone. We'll have to do it more often!
OK apparently we are having issues with loading our photos again...so until we wipe our hard drive again we are going to be photo-less. I don't know how that is going to work with my projects going on. I guess you will just have to imagine how they look.
After we finished making the pizza Halli wanted to watch Blues Clues so I said ok and asked her if she wanted to bring her water to which she replied "sure"...she is so cute. I love her soft little voice.
It is nice having some mother-daughter time alone. We'll have to do it more often!
OK apparently we are having issues with loading our photos again...so until we wipe our hard drive again we are going to be photo-less. I don't know how that is going to work with my projects going on. I guess you will just have to imagine how they look.
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