Somehow an entire week of my life has flown by in the blink of one unproductive eye! Well, it’s been quite productive, just not in sewing or blog related ways. I want to thank all of you for your amazing thoughts, prayers and words of encouragement following our collision with a drunk driver. It saddens me that so many of you have similar personal experiences and such a needless act has ruined many lives. Our…
Continue readingSshhh…do you hear that? It’s August. I thought July was never going to end! It was seriously the busiest month I’ve had in I can’t even remember how long! The Hubs was gone for a whole week, my Mother-in-Law and Sister-in-Law came to stay with us for a week, we had 3 family events, 4 birthdays, 7 doctor appointments, 4 round trips to the airport, and every day was full of regular life activities like…
Continue readingWell, since I have no working machine (okay, okay, I do, but it’s plastic and cheap and I loathe it), I spent some more quality time with my favorite little ladies, and made an awesome dinner. From leftovers! This is a twist on the Grilled Pineapple and Chicken Quesadillas The Pioneer Woman posted last week. Don’t worry, I made those, too! But I used canned pineapple and didn’t grill it. I had some leftovers and…
Continue readingMy sewing machine broke on Wednesday. This is absolutely devastating to me because 1) I LOVE my machine and refuse to replace it. And 2) I still have a LOT to sew before Thanksgiving! In fact, my list looks something like this: 3 Halloween costumes 6 pillowcase dresses 12 pairs of Christmas jammies 10 bibs 4 aprons 37 bean bags 1 tote 6 tshirts Yikes! And those are just my orders, it doesn’t include the…
Continue readingA few weeks ago, my sister and I started formulating an idea. My Mom had wanted to take her Granddaughters out for tea before they went back to school (my kids would just be tag-alongs as they’re obviously not school-aged yet). But since our girls are so young, we figured it would be more fun to have it at home, so I offered to host it at our house! I called my Aunt, cousin and…
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