Overheard This Week

Son: Do I have a milk mustache?
Babysitter: Yes.
Son: Daddy has a mustache, Grandaddy has a mustache, and Grandmommy shaved her beard!

Gray Hair

I have a lot of gray hair, I mean I'm probably upwards of 30% at this point.  And you know what's unfair?

You see this photo (I'm the baby in the middle), my mom has no gray hair, and she's older in this photo by several years than I am now.  My sister also recently told me that if I want to look for new jobs she'll help pay for my highlights, because I guess going natural just encourages ageism.  Well, I am embracing my grays, plus it really confuses people because my face looks much younger than you'd expect from the hair.

Stay on the Sunny Side

I just had a big dose of myself from a few months back.  I know I was unpleasant and negative to be around during the whole job ending debacle at the end of summer last year.  I also know I really didn't want to be like that.  I don't want to be cliche but, isn't the saying bloom where you are planted?  So right now I am going to give 5 things I am thankful for, to show how much good is in my life now:
1. Wonderful inlaws who are not only letting us live here practically for free but are providing free childcare as well.
2. A job that has a set schedule.
3. A little boy who tells me something different daily that he loves about me, today it was my armpit hair.  Now how many people are told that someone loves their armpit hair?
4. A little girl who has started running!
5. My library card, I am thankful for libraries in general!

Maybe these aren't deep thoughts, but you have to start somewhere.

Behind the Times

I have always loved crafting.  I started machine sewing and embroidery when I was still in elementary school.  Even seeking out teachers when my mother did not know how to do what I wanted to learn.  It was always something I did and never very publicly, I guess I was worried I might be seen as being even more uncool.  As I got older I learned many things from books and magazines, it is only now, literally this last month that I have realized all the amazingness that the web has to offer.  Yes, I've been on Ravelry for years, and I've been reading Soulemama for well over a year now, but sometimes I'm slow... I just started reading Sew Liberated and she mentioned Sew Mama Sew which I've been pouring over the last few days.  I totally want to make this shirt.  Plus on the Sew Mama Sew blog for April they are talking about PDF patterns... I'm really excited about it!  So look for lots more sewing (and probably less knitting/crocheting) in the coming month.  Oh and if you haven't been there yet you should check out www.mysewingcircle.com.

Overheard This Week

Many bloggers seem to have a weekly thing they do.  So I have decided once a week to share something silly my children have said.  My son was outside and looked up the gutter drain, then asked his grandfather "Is that where the spider goes up?"

Wine

Please tell me I'm not the only person who sometimes buys wine based solely on the label!  This time, totally worth it.  And even the cork has an elephant on it.

Tada

Here it is hot off the machine.  Thank God for Mondays and the kids being at the babysitters so I can do a bit of crafting.  There is something about setting up an ironing board that seems so daunting.  I think I'll wear it to work tomorrow.  It may not be perfect, but I'm proud.

Totally Awesome...

You have to see this giant felted troll doll to believe it!  I have never felted anything, but can one have too many hobbies?  I also just found out about a sculpture garden in Dallas that isn't very far away, infact it's very close to where one of my crafting groups meet.  I think my favorite art form is sculpture, I saw my first real sculpture in 5th or 6th grade at a local museum in Vermont.  It was this huge life size craft paper bed.  It was a dying woman with an angel leaning over her, from one side it looked like the angel was comforting the woman and helping her go peacefully, from the other side the angel was menacing and the woman terrified.  I've been hooked ever since. 

This is another favorite of mine (Fyodor Kanemsky. First step), I saw it in ninth grade on an exchange trip to Russia, and it has been burned into my memory ever since.  I saw so many beautiful statues and sculptures while I was there.  I need to visit more museums.  I'm embarassed to say I never made it to the Denver Art Museum, I still hold out hope.

Night Sewing

Last night I got a little me time in, hopefully I can finish the job later this week!

Birthday Presents!

So my birthday isn't over yet.  I have the family party with the cake tomorrow, a birthday party on the Vernal Equinox?  I'd say that's a good omen for the year to come!  My wonderful husband took me out and we went to the giant Half Price Books that's down in Dallas, and then to a cute fabric store City Craft, it was small but had most of what I was looking for. 

I think I am going to use these Lizzy House prints for a dress, and maybe something for the kids!

These Anna Maria Horner Voiles will be used to make myself a tunic.  I also finally bought the School House Tunic pattern by Sew Liberated, but this is not the fabric for that...  Hope all of you have a good Equinox and enjoy the beautiful moon.