Saturday, April 19, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Bargain Curtains
Today I made curtains. Yes two sets. One for my room and one for Gretchen's room. To replace to broken and awful blinds that were removed long ago. There were two great things about this venture. #1 was price. I went to the fabric store to buy fabric with which to make curtains and quickly realized it would be about $50. Then I found a set of sheets at TJ Max that would work perfectly for about $10! Wow, how else do you buy fabric that cheap. #2 was how simple they were to make. Each set took a total of about 30 minutes each. It was simple, it was cheap, and it was done quickly. Thats about how much time and patience I have for these types of projects. I love actually finishing something...it feels good!
Now to get them hung!
Now to get them hung!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Happy 7th birthday Maille
Yes, thats a doughnut! Your eyes are not deceiving you! At Maille's request we took her for doughnuts instead of having cake on her birthday. She also got to go swimming with friends and spend a day in Seattle with her cousins and Aunts and Uncles. She's a very loved little girl! And I just can't believe she's SEVEN!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Eating Yams
Gretchen loves to feed herself. Recent favorites include bananas, pears, O's, yams, mangos, peaches, carrots, avocado, rice pasta, and peas. Now that she likes to do it herself we are lucky to get a spoon in her mouth for a few bites a day. She will spend a lot of time laboriously trying to get all those little bites into her mouth. She is already a determined independent little girl.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Snow in late March!?!?
Gretchen got to experience the snow for the first time on March 29th as we woke up to SNOW! Which continued to fall accumulating close to 4 inches! Its all gone today thank goodness. We are ready for spring and warmer weather! Gretchen liked it for about 5 minutes and then I think she realized how cold she was! Click the picture to go to our flickr account and see the rest of the photos.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Tag! I'm It, But Not For Long!
So Joanna from metamorphisis tagged me so here we go!
5 things you can't live without under $5:
1. Chocolate (especially with Trader Joes in town!)
2. Coffee (thank you Edwin Martinez for the best coffee in town!)
3. naps
4. Good conversations with friends (or my husband works too!)
5. Catching up on friends blogs
5 Favorite Movies
1. Life is Beautiful
2. Finding Nemo
3. Drop Dead Gorgeous
4. Lord of The Rings
5. Harry Potter
5 Baby Names you LOVE but won't use
Girls:
1. Lucy
2. Lauren
3. Abigail
4. Sophia
5. Anna
Boys: ( I would have used them if we had had boys!!!)
1. Liam
2. Duncan
3. Noah
4. Seth
5. Collin
5 songs you could hear over and over again:
1. Beautiful by James Blunt
2. Sweet Carolina by Ryan Adams
3. With Or Without You by U2
4. Forever by Frank Sinatra
5. Vanleer Rose by Loretta Lynn
5 People who influenced your life in a positive way:
1. Jesus
2. My mother
3. My husband
4. Amy Varin
5. Betsy Watters
5 Things that stay in your purse (diaper bag in my case) at all times:
1.Wallet
2. bottles/formual
3. diapers/wipes
4. spare baby clothes
5. cell phone
5 Moments that you knew changed you forever:
1. when I became Christian
2. Meeting my now husband (we were only 17)
3. Giving birth (all 3 times)
4. Both times Brian got laid-off (twice in 18 months)
5. Closing Kendrick's
5 Obsessions you have right now:
1. Closing Kendrick's
2. Getting ready to have a garage sale (i.e. getting rid of "STUFF")
3. finishing house projects so we can put our house up for sale
4. Learning about potential new places to live...for that "someday" if it ever comes
5. Simplifying my life...I really need it right now
5 Places you would really like to go
1. East Coast of USA
2. Ireland
3. The coast of France
4. New Zealand
5. Anywhere on a trip, just Brian and I, without kids
5 People you would love to see their top 5
1. Betsy Watters
2. Ashley Rodriguez
3. Sara Kallin
4. Tami Simpson
5. Shannon Rollo
5 things you can't live without under $5:
1. Chocolate (especially with Trader Joes in town!)
2. Coffee (thank you Edwin Martinez for the best coffee in town!)
3. naps
4. Good conversations with friends (or my husband works too!)
5. Catching up on friends blogs
5 Favorite Movies
1. Life is Beautiful
2. Finding Nemo
3. Drop Dead Gorgeous
4. Lord of The Rings
5. Harry Potter
5 Baby Names you LOVE but won't use
Girls:
1. Lucy
2. Lauren
3. Abigail
4. Sophia
5. Anna
Boys: ( I would have used them if we had had boys!!!)
1. Liam
2. Duncan
3. Noah
4. Seth
5. Collin
5 songs you could hear over and over again:
1. Beautiful by James Blunt
2. Sweet Carolina by Ryan Adams
3. With Or Without You by U2
4. Forever by Frank Sinatra
5. Vanleer Rose by Loretta Lynn
5 People who influenced your life in a positive way:
1. Jesus
2. My mother
3. My husband
4. Amy Varin
5. Betsy Watters
5 Things that stay in your purse (diaper bag in my case) at all times:
1.Wallet
2. bottles/formual
3. diapers/wipes
4. spare baby clothes
5. cell phone
5 Moments that you knew changed you forever:
1. when I became Christian
2. Meeting my now husband (we were only 17)
3. Giving birth (all 3 times)
4. Both times Brian got laid-off (twice in 18 months)
5. Closing Kendrick's
5 Obsessions you have right now:
1. Closing Kendrick's
2. Getting ready to have a garage sale (i.e. getting rid of "STUFF")
3. finishing house projects so we can put our house up for sale
4. Learning about potential new places to live...for that "someday" if it ever comes
5. Simplifying my life...I really need it right now
5 Places you would really like to go
1. East Coast of USA
2. Ireland
3. The coast of France
4. New Zealand
5. Anywhere on a trip, just Brian and I, without kids
5 People you would love to see their top 5
1. Betsy Watters
2. Ashley Rodriguez
3. Sara Kallin
4. Tami Simpson
5. Shannon Rollo
Shoes
Gretchen is pulling herself up to stand and letting go! She is going to be walking before we know it. Grandma got her the cutest pair of shoes for Easter. Thank you Grandma.
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