Quilting...

So I LOVE Ebay!!!  It is the best website for finding cheap things!  I found a package of pre-cut 5" quilting fabric squares from Moda called Freebird.  They are a mildly retro print that has tons of colors and is basically gender neutral leaning towards girl because of some of the butterflies on a few of the squares.  I got 126 of these squares for $19.99 plus $3.99 shipping.  It took only 3 days to get them and that is pretty impressive!

So I got them and couldn't hold back, I had to start sewing them together.  I have very little sewing prowess and figured that I would just try to square them up and sew them together.  So I sat down and with the help of Abby we sewed them together.  I got half of this done and am going to JoAnn Fabrics tomorrow morning to try to find some backing material and batting.  I'm so excited to get this done!  But it's going to be a big let down once it is done as it will be over.  I will be super proud to have constructed this from my own two hands for my new little one but once it's done I wont have anything to work on.  It's like sex, you get excited to do it, get into the action and feelings and then you blow your wad and it's all over and all you have left is the clean up.  Satisfying but over too quickly!

 sorry fuzzy again...

So, I feel like I should limit myself and only work a little bit on it every day to make it last but I can't.  I'm like a 10 year old boy and that I should only eat 2 pcs of Halloween Candy every day to make it last but no, instead I gorge myself on it and feel sick all day just cause I ate it all in one day!

So I've been working on this blog for about a week now and I've realized that I must be a bit ADD because every day it's something different.  I have written about mud trucks, crocheting, quilting, grocery shopping, budgets, and family life.  I keep thinking that I should focus on one subject and keep each post about that topic but my life isn't focused on one topic.  I'm a mother of 2.53 girls, married to a great, however occasionally stubborn man, I like to create things in my free time and I can't keep my mind focused on just crocheting or just quilting or scrapbooking.  I think that I will continue to write about whatever is going on in my life at that moment and I hope that you all are enjoying my rambling and that you can at least find something that speaks to some aspect of your life.

Until the next crazy topic comes up...

So I survived the Mud Party

I was wondering how the afternoon was going to go and it was interesting.  For those of you who have never been to a mud party before here is what happens:  guys bring trucks, guys drive trucks through the mud, everyone stands around and drinks and watches the guys drive the trucks through the mud.  This is on a repeat loop until someone breaks down or gets stuck in the mud, then everyone stands around and watches a few of the guys work on getting them out of the mud so that the others can go back to driving through the mud.  While at times it can be comical watching the guys drive in circles through the mud.  When you are sober and not allowed to ride in said trucks it can be rather boring.  So I stayed inside and let the girls play with Riley's toys and stay warm.  Did I mention that it was in the 40's and raining most of the day.  Not a great day to play outside when you want to stay warm. 

  Here is a picture of the beast.  So lovingly named Calico at the moment...

Ok, so enough complaining about the mud party.  Needless to say I wont be attending all of the future installments...

Otherwise we got up this morning took Abby to Sunday School and then went to the Farm to carve pumpkins.  It was fun.  Abby had to tell us what kind of faces to carve on the pumpkins but we wouldn't carve them until she modeled what a happy face looked like.  It was pretty funny to watch her do sad and surprised. 



I think that they are the cutest kids in the world and once we have this third girl the world is going to end because of the trifecta of cuteness that you will be unable to resist.  They will be loved the world over!!!

Ok, so proud parent I am but still they are pretty cute!

Alright so enough ramblings for the day, we are too tired after the weekends activities to make dinner so we are arguing about who is going to call in the pizza order... typical evening, arguing over the most trivial of things.  Needless to say it will be me calling in the order as soon as this is done...

Suppose I should 'feed' my family...

Mud Party???

Ok, So I'm getting my children ready to head to Uncle Squirts house for his birthday party.  He is having a mud party.  Meaning that we are going to watch a bunch of semi drunk guys driving their beat up trucks into a big puddle.  Is this the adult version of puddle jumping that we loved so much as a child?  I guess I will find out.  I don't understand this mudding thing.  Every time they go they break their truck and this is considered fun?  I'd rather put on my rain boots (I would get to buy some, cheaper than truck parts though) and rain coat and go actually jump in the puddles.  I don't understand the macho need to see who can drive their truck the furthest through the the biggest mud puddle.  I guess I will have my eyes opened up to the wonder that is mudding... 

wish me luck...