Jeff finished the chairs this week to go with our new table. They look really nice and we are going to try and find two more chairs to go with it.
Here is a close up of the chairs that he has worked on for a few weeks.
I really like this table and I think we are going to have it for years to come.
1 comment December 11th, 2009
Since the weather has just turned a bitter cold and going outside to play is out of the question, I decided to fire up the sewing machine.
I rummaged through my stash of fabric and found this Winnie the Pooh fabric.
There was not very much of this fabric. Just enough to make a cute cover for the sewing machine and a few scraps to add to a baby quilt in the future.
I lined it with white muslin fabric and found the white ribbon in Carley’s drawer. I know she does not have enough hair to use it yet and I can get her more ribbon later. I will give myself a 7 on this cover. It could be better, but still good enough to work. Next time I may try to a make a pattern first instead of just winging it.
OH and that fabric you see behing the machine in the first picture is my next quilt. It is coming along smoothly and the top should be finished by this weekend. So come back soon to see the latest creation from “my little corner of the world.”
Add comment December 7th, 2009
I told Jeff today that I have not been committed to anything for 11 years. but 11 years ago today, I married the greatest man in the world. So, I got him some slippers to celebrate it. Because he’s worth it!
This post is dedicated to the one I love most. Happy Anniversary.
I LOVE YOU!
1 comment December 5th, 2009
We had a snow day yesterday!
I got a call from a co-worker letting me know not to come into work friday but I did not bother to get out of bed at the time and see why. (however, I sort of figured there was snow because my co-workers don’t usually call me at weird hours telling me not to come in to work, not on purpose anyway plus the weatherman had been calling for snow all week long. I just really did not believe them.)
So when Hayden got out of bed around 8:30 am, I told him to look out the window. (note, I was still in bed also!)
at first he was a little unsure as to why I was asking him to look out the window, but then he saw snow. He instantly ran outside.
IN HIS PAJAMAS!
He immediately ran back inside letting me know “that snow is cold”
we are not equiped for snow days.
We don’t have proper gloves, hats, winter coats or boots. They usually are not needed out here. Winter is very short and fairly mild. Carley has on two different mittens and a baby hat.
in fact, all Landon could find was Jeff’s ski boots to keep his feet warm.
but we searched around and got dressed up and went out to play for a bit. By the time we got out there, the snow was already starting to melt. most of it would not make it through the day.
It was fluffy snow. Landon could not even make proper snowball. but he tried several times to get us with one.
Jeff had on his usual attire for winter. His wardrobe does not depend on the seasons. I am surprised he put on the jacket.
1 comment December 5th, 2009
We finally upgraded our dining room furniture. We have grown out of the plastic party table and we found this puppy last night. This table has the ablility to seat 8 people. We don’t always need to seat 8 people but we always need to seat five.
The black chair is currently being refinished. That is why it is only half way done. We were testing out the color to make sure we liked it before we painted the other three black. But we think it will look nice with the dark mahogany table. We found it at Pier 1 imports last night. It was on sale and it was slightly damaged. So we did a bit of negotiating a got a great table at a great price. We now want to find at least two more chairs to go with it.
I just love to find mystery pictures on the camera! I think she likes it.
3 comments November 29th, 2009
“If you eat cookies in bed, you are going to have to sleep on the crumbs.”
2 comments November 29th, 2009
I got some new cookbooks that I wanted to share because they look really good.
On a recommendation from a friend and with a gift card from my sister, I got these books recently. I am very excited and I can not wait to enjoy some yummy goodness from each of them.
I also decided that I really like what I have written in this blog and the photos that I have taken. I like to go back over the years and remember what we have done and how much the kids have grown. So I decided to put the blog into a more paper form.
so for eash year, I took each blog post, put it on a page, stuffed it in a page protector and put it in a three ring binder.
As you can see from each post I reduced the pictures but you can still read each post like a page from a diary.
so when the time comes that i don’t want to keep this thing going–I will still have the written form available. I will be able to enjoy this for years and years to come.
1 comment November 24th, 2009
I am sitting at the computer feeling a bit chilled and browsing through the pictures I have uploaded on flickr. I could go and just get a blanket to warm up but while I browse but then I see these photos.
For one day we made it to the beach this year. Just one day! Boy was it hot that day. I remember having to drag that drink cooler from the car thinking to myself –why did I not get Jeff to do this job?
We stopped by gulf shores Alabama on our way home from a long trip to Tennessee. The beach is too much fun. I wish we could do it every year.
I don’t think Landon got out of the water for about 6 hours!
Perfect time for a nap.
but somehow Lightening McQueen got burried in the sand and did not make it home. It was too bad because we had fun playing hide n go seek in the car with him.
but I do not recommend going to the beach and watching “Shark week” on discovery at the same time.
And so now I am not feeling so chilled anymore. I hope we can go back to the beach again next year.
1 comment November 20th, 2009
The weather is starting to turn cold now. I am not disappointed because I enjoy winter so much . It is my second favorite season after fall. I don’t like spring because that means summer is coming soon. Summer is number 4 on my list of favorites.
So we enjoyed our last days of mild temps outside.
The boys built a fort out of their pirate ship and then wanted to camp outside. They also wanted to charge Jeff $50 for a small stack of wood.
When questioned as to what they would do with the $50, they stated they could not tell me. Hmmmmm……..
Have a great weekend. See you again here soon.
2 comments November 19th, 2009
Captain Skidmark: coming to a pair near you!
Captain Skidmark: terrorizing underware nationwide.
Captain Skidmark: leaving his mark all over town.
Showing off her big muscles.
Photos that need no other comments.
3 comments November 10th, 2009
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