Bags June 30, 2004

As promised, here are pics of two of the bags I have made. The first is a chenille diaper bag that I put together last night and gave to my good friend today. It was really tough to work with this fabric (that is SO cute) because you couldn’t iron it. When I tried to use the iron on it, the chenille changed colors. This little snafu made the handles a total bitch to do.
The second pic is one of the first (actually it was the third) bag I made, which I gave to my sister. She picked out that cool yellow lining. (yes, that pic was made in Wal-Mart…I was in a hurry before she left to go back to college.) That last pic down there is the fabric I bought yesterday while in Clarksville. I just fell in love with the colors in the striped fabric, and decided I couldn’t leave without getting the provencial-looking duo as well. I can’t wait to use them!

Good things June 29, 2004

Here it is Tuesday evening and I’m just now posting. Truth is, I logged in to post last night, but Chase lured me away for something or another and I forgot. Ummm…tired much?

I had a really good weekend, and a really good day today. Most importantly…I bought a new camera!! I am so thrilled, and I haven’t stopped playing with it since Saturday. It is leaps and bounds above my old P.O.S.

Today we (My mom, grandmother, Chase, and I) went to my sister’s (pictured above) apartment. I managed to get a chance to sneak off to this cool little shop to get some fabric for a couple of purses I want to make, plus a smocking plate to start on this weekend. And to top the good day off…Chase was an angel baby! (however, I’m paying for it now, because he’s pitching a fit as I type. Oh well, can’t have it all, can we?) One more wonderful, fabulous thing before I go finish the diaper bag for my friend…I officially have child care lined up for when school starts back in August! WoooooHoooooo!!!!! (you SAHM have my respect…I would so love to be at home watching my baby grow up than someone’s pre-pubescent mongrel) It’s Chase’s old babysitter who had to stop keeping him last November due to being put on bed rest with her second pregnancy. He loves her, I love her, she loves Chase…The world is good!

Going Domestic June 25, 2004

Last fall I took a class on English Smocking taught by a friend. I immediately fell in love, and couldn’t smock enough…but it wasn’t enough to just do the smocking, I wanted to make the whole outfit. I had all these visions of buying a pleaterand sewing all kinds of things for Chase and my nieces/nephews. Never mind that I had never sewn a lick in my life. I asked for a sewing machine for Christmas, and the hubs reluctantly obliged. I was given a quick course in sewing by my mom, then went on to make a couple of things for my niece’s Bitty Baby (not the wonderful outfits I imagined, but hey, I was learning!). I moved on to scarves, curtains, purses, diaper bags…and they looked damn good for a newbie! Well, last night I made Chase his first article of clothing…these little shorts out of a patchwork Madras plaid I found at Hancocks. I’m pretty dog-gone proud of myself (by no means an expert, but still…I just got my machine at Christmas!)

If I can get my piece of crap digital camera to work (I told you I wanted a new one), I’ll post a pic!

Summertime…and the living’s easy June 22, 2004

I saw this over at atypical mom’s, but it originated at Keri Smith’s web site Wish Jar Journal. Pass it on!

Here is my list of stuff I want to do this summer.

Sleep as late as possible

Spend leisurely mornings with my son.

Go for walks to the river and to the park so my son can play

Go to the zoo

Go swimming

Read lots

Read to Chase lots

Help my husband finally finish our backyard patio

Buy a “good” digital camera

Visit my grandmother more often

Make the T-shirt quilt I’ve been meaning to make for 3 years

Attempt knitting

Stop drinking carbonated sugary beverages(hopefully)

Smock Chase something for fall (since I haven’t made him anything since Easter)

Keep the house cleaner

Take a weekend trip

Pass it on!

Summertime…and the living’s easy June 22, 2004

I saw this over at atypical mom’s, but it originated at Keri Smith’s web site Wish Jar Journal. Pass it on!

Here is my list of stuff I want to do this summer.

Sleep as late as possible

Spend leisurely mornings with my son.

Go for walks to the river and to the park so my son can play

Go to the zoo

Go swimming

Read lots

Read to Chase lots

Help my husband finally finish our backyard patio

Buy a “good” digital camera

Visit my grandmother more often

Make the T-shirt quilt I’ve been meaning to make for 3 years

Attempt knitting

Stop drinking carbonated sugary beverages(hopefully)

Smock Chase something for fall (since I haven’t made him anything since Easter)

Keep the house cleaner

Take a weekend trip

Pass it on!

Get your Gmail account! June 21, 2004

I have a few Gmail account invites if anyone wants one. You can either email me or just leave a comment here. Be sure to include a valid email address (note: sometimes Gmail invites disappear in Yahoo).

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UPDATE: I’m all out, but if you really want one, leave a comment and I’ll send you one as invites come in.

Come Monday it’ll be alright June 21, 2004

It’s been an eventful weekend. We had guests this weekend (hub’s family), so it feels like we haven’t had a real weekend, you know? Chase loved playing with his cousins(3 boys), though. Also, a local organization I volunteer for held a golf tournament on Saturday, so I was there most of the day (as was the Hubs because he played in the scramble). On a funny side note – this tournament was a 4 man scramble, and Hubs was paired with, of all people, my first “real” (ahem) boyfriend. Heh. Anyway…busy weekend, good Father’s Day, super happy for it to be Monday. Chase and I slept late, and now can get back into our little weekly routine. Summer is so good.

Come Monday it’ll be alright June 21, 2004

It’s been an eventful weekend. We had guests this weekend (hub’s family), so it feels like we haven’t had a real weekend, you know? Chase loved playing with his cousins(3 boys), though. Also, a local organization I volunteer for held a golf tournament on Saturday, so I was there most of the day (as was the Hubs because he played in the scramble). On a funny side note – this tournament was a 4 man scramble, and Hubs was paired with, of all people, my first “real” (ahem) boyfriend. Heh. Anyway…busy weekend, good Father’s Day, super happy for it to be Monday. Chase and I slept late, and now can get back into our little weekly routine. Summer is so good.

You wanna have some fun?? June 18, 2004

Take one nationally-known chain discount store (you know the one that Paris Hilton thought sold walls), turn off the power to it and the red light at it’s entrance, sprinkle with rude, uneducated (and I use this term literally ) hicks, and watch the hilarity ensue. You would think someone ripped out the heart and soul of the county! I hope I never have to experience that again.

Fore!! June 16, 2004

I’m all for my husband (hey babe) having a hobby he loves…something I’m not involved in, and something that doesn’t remind him of work. Golf happens to be that hobby (never mind that it’s an EXPENSIVE hobby). I feel like I’m pretty cool about it; I don’t bitch and whine (much) when he heads off to the course after work or on weekends.

Except last night.

He came home from work about 5ish and headed right back out the door to “go to the driving range.” He said he would bring dinner home after he finished hitting “a couple of buckets.” Fast forward to 9:30. 9:30!!!! I’m here with Chase, who has long since hit his witching hour, and we are both starving! I can’t get him on the phone, and I am PISSED. I really hated for Chase and I to eat because I knew he would eventually bring home food. When he finally did call he gave some lame excuse about being roped into playing a few holes with a friend and his sons (which I found totally not-fucking-funny after I put two & two together later on when he said how he had to convince the person running the course to let him play a few holes – and THEN he ran into previously mentioned friend. What about the couple of buckets on the driving range???????)

I suppose it all boils down to I’m just feeling lonely. He’s at work all day, then when we should be having family time he doesn’t want to stay. Also, I’m really tired of this trying to have a baby thing. I just don’t know how some people get through it. I know I’ll get over my feelings soon, but I just needed a little pity-party today.