THE WINDOW IS IN

I AM SO EXCITED I COULD SCREAM!!!

The new bow window is in place, finally after getting it home and finding it was 4 inches larger than expected. Steven had to rip out the frame work and re-frame it. Which took three extra days... Thank the Lord for his two oldest boys that came over, again and again to help us put it in. They also helped erect the scaffolding so Steven could take the siding down on the house. Now he needs to remove wood near the upstairs to frame in for the window that will let light into the hallway. Big mistake not doing that when it was constructed. Woo-hoo!!!

I have got the garden planted, made sister a necklace, hemmed hubby's pants, and am heading to do several more alterations on the kids'

clothes. I also need to whip up some swim tops, sort toys, make more bread and somewhere in there balance the check book, not my favorite task. Anyway I better hit the hay, kids will be up before you know it. Take care!!

THURSDAY PROJECTS

I am so glad today is over..

I finished up the strawberries, with three batches of jam and a pie. I also made a loaf of whole wheat bread in the machine. The bread flopped big time. I don't think the bread machine is working right. It didn't seem to get warm at all until the bake cycle so it didn't rise. You know how to second guess yourself when using these gadgets that are supposed to be helpful. I should have known better.

At any rate, Sunday I whipped up three preemie outfits for a friend, and naturally I forgot to take pictures.

We are awaiting the call that our bow window is ready so we can install it. The framing is in and the electric almost done in the dining room. We still need to frame in the window for the upstairs hallway too.

Two Sundays ago we paid to have two of our huge oak trees topped and limbs dropped so we could cut them the rest of the way down. Our backyard looks like a tornado went through and everyday we clean a little more up, cut and drag, carry throw or whatever. We also put the garden in the last week or so. Lots of tomatoes, beans, peas, radishes and lettuce. This means of course we must get the electric fence the rest of the way up or the critters will wipe it out.

In the meantime the kids have swim lessons every day for two weeks, it's only a couple miles away and early in the morning so it's not too bad. Our church has decided to hold two services at once, one contemporary one traditional, with the pastors sermon being piped into the all purpose building for the contemp. service. I just started leading worship on occasion and am eager to lead two services a month. I have wonderful people to work with, who love music and are also eager to worship God with their talents. This means I will be doing much less piano playing and much more singing, Yahoo!!!

Well I better get to bed i kept the kiddies up much too late and we need to hit the road early. Take Care!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Isn't he just too cute?
Daddy decided to amuse the little ones with an orange disguised as a pumpkin.

Anywho, anybody out there ever heard of lavender lily of the valley?
Mine have gone that color over the last few years, and I can find nothing online about them, not all mine have turned but a good number of them has. I ran an add on Craig's list for 10 plants @ $5 but now I'm having second thoughts. Some guy wants to buy a huge quantity and I wonder why. Pink ones are $8 each!!! And considered rare, could I be so lucky to have a rare plant right in my own yard? or are they rejects of some kind?
I hoping to find out something soon. the blooming season is about over.

WEDNESDAY MUSINGS

I realize it has been a month of no postings, but I have been so busy trying to get organized, it has been impossible. Been busy with music at church, filling in as worship leader and baby showers, bridal showers,& teaching. I also volunteer time at the school a couple days a week. Lately we have been busy trying to find a 4x4 v-8,truck that fits us. Do you realize how hard it is to find a standard or long bed on a truck??? We have been told over and over that there just aren't many of them. One guy told me that guys want to drive a truck they just don't use them like a truck. What is the point of having one? Of course when you take into consideration that we need at least a jump seat or an extended cab because of two car seats it narrows down the choices. I couldn't believe my eyes with gas hitting 4 dollars a gallon yesterday. Luckily we plan on using the truck for camping and hauling, not for running all over town. We'd go broke for sure.Hopefully with school out soon there'll be more posting. Take care.

BABY BONNET AND BOOTIES

I am finally getting around to posting pics of the baby items, one set for a girl and the other for a boy.

I made the bonnet for the boy reversible, and included a close up of the booties to show the detail on the flannel.

Next step a quickie quilt!!!

11 PAIRS OF SHORTS

Ah, finally some progress.

11 pairs, it would be better if I could figure out what I did with the other 6 yards of elastic that I had in my hand a couple of days ago. Then I could really finish the last 5 pairs.

Next project-baby booties and hat/bonnet.

After some homework though. What a bummer, I can't wait until this class is over with...4 more weeks!!!!

SPRING BREAK FUN!!!

We have been having so much fun, the weather here is finally warming up and yesterday we celebrated Titus' 5th birthday.

He chatters about Chucke Cheese quite a bit so that is where we ended up. At first he no inkling get close to the singing puppets, but it didn't take long and he was dancing his heart out. Forget the games and mini rides..Titus wanted to see Chucke.

It was worth every minute of painfully corny music to see him hop in bed with a great big smile on his face. Of course most of his gifts were CARS themed, including the McQueen/Mater mini quilt I whipped up for him. It was so simple too! Two yards of coordinating fabric and some batting. He promptly ditched the Spiderman comforter off his bed in favor of the quilt. Funny thing is I thought he'd get rid of his ratty old afghan and use the little quilt, but no he pitched the big comforter, covering up with his new blanket that barely covers him. I should have known to make at least a twin size blanket :)

I have also been working on making shorts for the kids. I already had fabric and a pattern so I thought I'd whip up several pairs. Then out of the blue the opportunity to make a baby gift popped up so this week I'll hopefully be putting together some booties and bonnet for a little boy. I'll post pictures later...Take care.