Experiments in Sewing!

At my baby shower I was given a hand made "Hoodie" towel that I thought was the cutest thing ever! Well, this past weekend I had two baby showers to go to and not a whole lot of money so I thought - Why not try to make these fabulous hoodie towels myself?!

So, I went to Ross, got bath towels and wash clothes and ... TaDa!

Look what I made:

The first one was for my friend Maggie (she's having a girl) and the second one is for my friend Erica (she has decided to not find out the sex of her baby until after it is born).

I didn't take step by step pictures (maybe I will next time) but it was really, really easy! As you can see, you don't have to have a matching wash cloth and towel because it can be super cute to mix and match. I got these towels at Ross (I was so surprised at the selection and quality that was there - I will defiantly go back!) and the ribbon and buttons at Jo Ann's.

So, anyways, nothing very deep or insightful here, but I was just very proud of what I made and wanted to share.

Saved by the Bell Reunion?

Be still my teenage heart, it's Zach Morris!



Is it lame that I actually got excited about this?!

Crafty Mamma!

So, first off, this was not an original idea! I stole it from my friend - but she doesn't blog and this would not be a big deal for her because this is common place to her because she is Martha Stewart (minus the jail thing). That said, look what I made today!

I know, the priorities of a stay at home mom... but still I am very proud!

In an attempt to be more "green" and wise with my money (for mentioned friend is the "greenest" person I know - she inspires me to be more crafty and more green!) I decided to not buy more fancy soap from Bath and Body Works and just buy a big refill thing.  Well, I bought just plain old Dial and it didn't match the B&B container with it's pretty picture on the front (I know, lame, but it was actually bothering me) and it kind of felt like lying to put plain old Dial in a soap dispenser with some fancy scent name on the front of it - you know?  So, inspired by my friend "Martha" I decided to use left over birth announcement paper and left over ribbon from sewing Bennett's crib bedding and make a cover for my soap dispenser that could be used over and over again!  

I'm trying to think what I can cover my other two soap dispensers with - I'm thinking Christmas paper and some other fun print to be used during certain times of the year! (Again, "Martha"'s idea, she has a Christmas covered soap dispenser too)

Double Tagged!

So I got tagged by Katrina and Alison so I figure I should do it! :)

8 things I did yesterday:
*Shave my legs while the baby was sleeping
*Have Shayne, Cassie and Gunner over to have lunch and play!
*Hang diapers out on my brand new clothes line and be amazed at the bleaching power of the sun!
*Put my son in his new sunglasses for the first time - too cute!
*Run errands with my husband
*Watch the Office
*Made a big yummy salad that I had for both lunch and dinner
*Watched the season finale of Private Practice online and was so sick to my stomach by the ending I can't ever watch that horrible show again - thus I will not list it below :)

8 Shows I watch: (all because of Hulu.com and ABC.com - We don't even have TV!)
*House
*Dancing with the Stars
*The Colbert Report
*The Office
*The Biggest Loser
*Kings
*Samantha Who?
*Grey's Anatomy (Not proud of that one - I should have stopped a long time ago!)

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
*My mom coming over so that I can get some transcription done
*Meeting all my friends baby's - it seems like everyone is pregnant right now!
*Paying of the Subaru
*Losing all my baby weight and being able to put on all my old clothes!
*Going to God Chicks in June
*Being a Mother on Mother's Day (I wasn't even pregnant last year on Mother's day!)
*Having more kids - not any time soon, but I am looking forward to it someday.
*Adam being off from teaching for the summer!

8 Things I wish I could do:
*Sew like Shayne
*Find the time to scrapbook (I know it's lame but I really do enjoy it)
*Read more classics (I feel it would make me a more well rounded person for some reason)
*Understand politics
*Take pictures professionally (you know, for my art show "Up and Over")
*Be able to live close to Rachel while she is pregnant (and well, I would like to live close to her all the time for that matter - but especially right now)
* Run. I know it would be so good for me - but i just hate it!
*Have people over for tea once a week (sometimes you just need to drink out of a tea cup!)

8 more people to tag:
*not
*tagging,
*but
*feel
*free
*to
*do
*it! :)

RIght now...

Right now it's 11:30.

Right now I just got a shower and sat down to post a blog about Bennett.

Right now I remembered that I was tagged in a friend's blog to take a picture of myself... right now.

So, here's me, right now:

So, I realize I sort of cheated, the rules are to take a picture right then and there when you see that you've been tagged, but in all fairness I don't have a camera on my computer thus I could not. But trust me, I didn't prep for the picture, unless you count taking a shower and putting on a clean set of PJ's. It's routine now, Bennett's asleep and the first thing I do is shower, then go online.  I have found myself shower-less if I do those two things in reverse. 

So, this is me right now, about to go down stairs and get the clothes out of the drier that I left in there last night and start a new load of jeans and hopefully I might even be able to make myself a sandwich before the little man wakes up - what about you?

Cassie, Shayne, Alison, Alicia, and Erica, take a picture of yourself right now, just as you are in all your "Mommy" glory and tell us all what you are doing right now.