I dream of sleep

So, Miss A. has a funky virus. Tuesday and last night it was out the upper end, and so far today, out the other end. I am drowning in icky smelling laundry. I am thankful that she is still breastfeeding and I have something to offer her besides water or tea (I never could bring myself to buy those weird Pedialyte things- they remind me of the nasty stuff they make you drink for your gestational diabetes test when you’re pregnant- eewww) I wish I had more to say, or show you. Tomorrow. I promise.

I’m BAAACK!!

Okay, so maybe I didn’t need all the capital letters, but I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve posted! I do have an excuse! Several, actually. First our OLD PC died. Really, one minute it was there, and the next it was not. She was 8 years old, though. That’s like 160 in computer years. Then we had to decide what we were going to replace her with. We now have a shiny new Macbook that is so fast it brings tears to my eyes. Seriously. Of course, I wasn’t that handy on the computer to begin with and now I have to get used to a whole new way of doing things. I still haven’t loaded my pictures, so you’ll have to wait for a future post to see all the goods I’ve been working on. My mother and I are also lamenting the loss of Solitaire Showdown. My mom lives in the Northeast and we love our cross-country solitaire games. For those of you not familiar…Solitaire Showdown is a game on MSN Messenger, only apparently it’s just for Windows. I was able to download a version of messenger for Macs, but no games, just messaging. Bah, I’ve made my mother and me incompatible!! I need to get one of those books for Dummies… I used my time off, perusing more and more of your blogs. So much wonderful stuff out there. There are a bunch of great giveaways out there right now, too. Lille Ursus is offering up some of her adorable kids clothes, and Katherine at ‘Sew me something good has some great bags. And if you’ve never heard of Mod-Mom, you must go there! Tons of fabulous giveaways and a plethora of useful and interesting info. Of course, there is always  Sew Mama Sew, who has brought back Free Fabric Friday!  Moving on…Both kids came down with a tummy bug that has ben making the rounds the last few weeks. It nabbed Miss A last night- at 4am! I am a zombie. She is back to normal already. I am crossing my fingers that it’s a ‘kids only’ bug. All this, plus a 3 day business trip of Rob’s set me back in the crafting department for a bit. I am finishing up a few projects, though. And then, I think I will do a giveaway of my own. I’ll post it up at Sew Mama sew as I don’t think all that many people are actually reading this, so…And next time there will be pictures!! 

Handmade Holidays #4, 7 & 8…

Thank the Universe that some of these projects are fast and easy, or I’d never be able to keep up. Of course we were a bit busy with Audrey’s mystery rash for a couple days. It turns out she had a wicked case of hives, caused by who knows what (the pediatrician says it was most likely a cold virus-who knew!!??) 36 hours, and several new gray hairs later, she is back to normal, just some faint purple shadows where all the red used to be…

 

I did manage, however to keep going with Handmade Holidays over at Sew Mama Sew. I skipped 5 & 6- a tote bag and a baby blanket, although I do have the squares cut out for the blanket; I just need to sew it all up. Next up are Christmas ornaments made of felt. I’m really looking forward to getting away from my machine, and doing some hand sewing. I think I’m going to cut a few extra for Julian. I think he’d enjoy this…So here’s #4: a lunch bag…This one nearly made me tear my hair out. It is not at all what I had envisioned. It started out as a tote that I started a while back but never finished. I stuck a layer of insul-brite on the inside, but should have also used some heavier interfacing , because it’s pretty floppy. And nothing was lining up properly, so there’s some puckers. I couldn’t even bring myself to sew the button on. I have considered ripping it apart and making it into a zippered pouch, but I need to not look at it for a while!

and #7:a fabric wallet and a pocket tissue holder (I decided to do both since the tissue holder was so fast!)..

And, finally, #8 -a girly bunting. This one was also super fast and fun.

Sorry this post is so picture heavy. I’m going to try to post each day from now on.In other news, Julian is taking his test in Karate to get his first yellow stripe. He’s so excited! I’m so glad he found something he enjoys after enduring 2 seasons of endless complaining about soccer. We saved his cleats, though, in case Audrey decides to become a soccer supa-star!