Hiatus From Sewing...

I am getting ready to come back from my 1 week hiatus from my sewing machine, I must say, I have been so lost with out it. I will be posting tutorials next week so be sure to check back for some fun goodies..... Today it is rainy and icky out side, and the people in the house are looking a bit icky too........

Skirts from a pillowcase!

I made these simple little elastic waist skirts out of and oversized jersey pillowcase, and I think they came out so darn cute, of course the darling little models make them so much cuter! Throw a sweet little fabric flower pin to a plain tank top and tah dah!!! there it is! Now if only I could figure out how to rotate this darn photo!

At some point over the past 4 years I have actually come to enjoy cleaning. Of course this is only enjoyable when in turn the children are looked after so the task may be done. In fact, I would actually prefer to do dishes to giving the kids a bath, at least i don't have to pay too close attention as to if a certain dish is drowning.......I too enjoy my vacuum, the louder the better. My children (all but 1) run out of the room the moment I turn it on. Its amazing. I think I will take the vacuum in the bathroom with me next time I go, what an amazing world it would be to take a poop undisturbed! I suppose through out the day, these are the moments that God knows I need, just those tiny little spaces of time to stay inside my mind. I just find it awe inspiring that he knows exactly what I need at the perfect time.

spring cleaning-au naturale

So how the heck is one supposed to "spring clean" when there ar 4 little cooite bugs running behind you pulverizing your efforts?
That my plan for today clean the entire house, which should be easy right? I mean 1400 sqft is not that big...ha ha....we'll see. There really is something to be said about my house keeping when it took me damn near all day to scrub the soap scum off of the shower in my bathroom. Either I have serious cleaning issues, or my husband has serious hygene issues (sorry babe). Anyhow at my attempt to go "green" I am going to use nothing but vinegar and baking soda to clean this house. I may even clean naked so I feel as though it is COMLETELY natural...ha, not. And by the way the "yelling strike" has been effective thus far. at least in the sense of not being quite so parched, there for I will continue through out the day and see what transpires. I may begin to miss my voice, though that is doubtful. we shall see.......

Biting the tongue

At some point during today I grew near ill of hearing my own voice. "no", "stop hitting each other" "no throwing things OWEN!!!" and so on and so forth. When I left to go to my aerobics class the silence in my Mommy wagon was so stunning I nearly shed a tear. No Joke.
I have decided that because all of this sense-less verbiage I waste on a day to day basis that does NO good whatsoever, I will, instead of spouting off with these constant commands, go on a hiatus, a "yelling strike" per say. I will certainly record the events of the day and the response of my off spring to their now seemingly mute mother. I am hopeful that I will be a better mother for it, for the fact that with out all of this hollering I just may have to moisten my mouth less, which means less trips to the kitchen for a beverage, which means less restroom visits, which in turn creates quite an ample amount of time to complete house hold tasks, which in turn creates more "Mommy" time, which in turn makes the entire house hold so much happier. Wow the possibilities that come with biting the tongue. I must tell my friends.

Women.

Hello Hello!
Today I spent the morning with these incredible Women I know. Sitting watching a video of Beth Moore speaking about the certain aspects of the book of Esther. I couldn't help but look at each of them and wonder what their journeys had been that had gotten them the very spot we sat. There are so many ways this world and the enemy beats us to a pulp in life, how is it that we 4 precious women, all broken and battered and saved and restored, made it through so many years in this mean place and are still so precious and beautiful? What a work of a Saviour! I cant tell you how incredible I feel sometimes to be amongst other christian Women. This happy sweet emotion just wells up in me so big I just wanna run around and squeeze them till they squeal! I am amazed the though we as women naturally tend to compete with each other and can be so mean and harsh on one another, yet we all NEED each other so much! What in the world.......??? Anyway, I am so glad to be a woman, even if that means being all confused about why I do the things I do and why I am the way I am....At least I have half the mind to think about it right? All I know is I am so grateful for where this hash and mean journey has landed me. I know its not over, but damn am I glad to be on it!

Oh My, Oh My. The day that started all of this Mommy business for me....
On October 8th 2005 I gave birth for the first time. Faith! Finally here. Oh my word........now what do I do? I get to take that baby home? What did i do?
I remember the first night home from the hospital, My hubby was passed out in our bed, but there was no way I could sleep. I am now so parinoid that my baby is going to die of SIDS, or cry or need me all I can do is stare at her and pray the I don't nod off.
I did. I nodded off. I had her in my arms, and I fell asleep in the rocking chair, and I dropped her... The first horrible thing I could do as a Mom and I did it. I dropped my newborn baby, and guess what? She was fine.
It must have been exactly then that I realized that the more I try to control everything, the less control I actually have. so, I put her in her bed and went to sleep. I woke again in 2 hours to feed her, and that's that. welcome to motherhood.