Naked Bed!!!

I don't have a naked bed, but Princess #1 does. Are you signed up for the Naked Bed Challenge??!!! If not, you need to be!! I finally received all of my fabric, cut it up, and started on my blocks for the NBC. Here's what I've got so far.

I'm following Quilt Story's Tutorial for these blocks to make a full sized quilt. I've managed to get 4 of these done over the last couple of days. I have to say it's been a very trying time for me! I've had to walk away a few times and come back to it. I went with the pink because my daughter's 8 and wanted something girly, but looking at it...wish I would've went gray. Oh well...live and learn, right?!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!! We did a bit of egg hunting and alot of candy eating.  I'll leave you with the following pic from yesterday.

Random Pics (heavy)

Here's some pictures I took this morning. Just seems to be several photo ops when I have my camera handy.

 This is CJ. He is my new sewing buddy. He's laying on my cut pieces for my quilt.

 Totally loving this pic!!

 More snow this morning. This is an hours worth of snow fall.

See how it's fuzzy? That's snow falling still.

 Trying out my macro setting on my camera.

Even my 7 year old is crafty! She did this in art class at school. Lost a pom pom on the way home.

Does this purchase make me an automatic crafter? No clue what to do with these.

Elmer's glue is for valentine's day projects my kids will be doing.

I also purchased stuffing (obviously not pictured).

Hope everyone has a good Monday! Happy creating!

Cracks Me Up!

Here's a photo I took on Monday of Princess #3 during nap time. It cracks me up every time I look at it.

I love this cat! He's crazy! See his paw? He's a "mitten kitten"  and has 8 claws on that one paw and 7 on the other. Princess #3 is wearing what's suppose to be a chef's hat.


Hoping to finish up some curtains today. Thought I had finished them Sunday, but I decided to put them up higher on the wall so I'm going to add another strip of fabric along the bottom. Pictures to come soon, but here's a preview of the fabric. It's Cherish Nature by Deb Strain for Moda. I bought it from a local quilt shop about 5 months ago and I'm just now getting around to doing something with it.

Have a great day!

Excited and Nervous!

I signed up a while ago at Whipstitch Fabrics blog for their Sewing Buddy Project 2011. I am so excited to be getting a sewing buddy even though I am a very beginner. I'm worried that my sewing buddy will become 1.) annoyed at my sewing ignorance or 2.) be so advanced they'll become annoyed at my sewing ignorance! Hahaha! I'm hoping that my buddy and I (yet to be determined) will be able to offer support and encouragement to each other. Yippee!

We had snow again Tuesday night and the schools were closed yesterday...again. Princess #1 is home today with a low grade fever and complaining of an ear infection. She also has a rash across her neck and shoulders. We'll be spending the day at the dr.'s office. I need to make a bag to carry my crochet with me to the dr...like these (pictures are from flickr and by clicking the photo it will take you to the original):

made by handmadedaily

 made by Queen Puff Puff

 made by sraines

Off to get my daughter a dr. appointment. Have a good day! Sending Crafting and Sewing vibes to all!

Princess #3 is 4!

Happy Birthday To My Princess!!!

I'm not sure where the time has gone! It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home!
 

 

Now everyone together....Awwww. 

We had her birthday cakes..yes I said cakeS...on Saturday. We did it with just us because we don't have any family close, but she had a great time! Here's the cakes I made her...

She came away with new dishes, two coloring books, new plate/cup/bowl set, a Leapster Explorer with 4 games, and suckers. All in all everything went great and her and her sisters had a great time. I loved seeing her face and hearing her scream in excitement.

A New Project while Sick

Since I've been sick and staying bundled up on the couch like a couch potato I decided I'd finally break out the crochet hooks and learn how to crochet. So.. I made myself some wrist warmers:

My kids liked them so much that they have all three requested some. While I was making these my oldest Princess wanted to learn how to crochet, too...so...

I got her set finished yesterday and have two more sets to make for each of the the Princesses. She's so happy about learning to make a chain that she even practiced this morning after getting ready for school:

Coat, backpack, and even her new wrist warmers I made her...

"When I grow up I'm going to go to Walmart and buy alot of yarn and crochet stuff!" 

We are all starting to feel better around our house thankfully! Hoping to get caught up on everything that got neglected while sick and get to work on some sewing stuff and finish up the other 2 sets of wrist warmers for my kiddos.

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There comes a time as a mother, or parent, that one might think God is playing a cruel joke on us. *knock on wood* There is nothing much harder than having a sick child and a sick parent. The last several days has been such a roller coaster of sickness, dr appointments, and attitudes.

Monday: Wake up at 5:30 am to the school calling and saying it's closed for a snow day. 5:45 walk out of my bedroom to find all 3 kids already up and one sitting by the toilet sick and a fever of 101.3. Proceed to get her fever down to 100.3. This goes on til 2pm when my neighbor so kindly took 2 of my children to give me some rest. I ended up taking the sick child to the dr office who said it was just a virus and nothing he could do. Continue giving Tylenol and Mortin/Ibuprofen alternating every 3 hours. Then I went across the hall and visited the Dr for myself. Major ear infection with sinus infection. Zpack, and 3 kinds of samples and sent me on my way. Three hours total at the dr office. That night I slept on the couch (being considerate of not waking my husband) and got up every 3 hours to give my poor sick child medicine.

Tuesday: Wake up at 5:30 am again b/c that was the 3 hour time schedule for medication and decided there was no point in going back to sleep for 45 mins. I am greeted by this:

 

Is actually much redder than the picture and very swollen!

Arm red with odd rash and very hot to touch.

So...back to the dr again. 2 shots later (steroid and benadryl) and a conference with another dr. and it could be an allergic reaction, a rash from virus, or even a weird case of hives. They aren't really sure. So we left with a prescription of steroids and are to go back to the dr the next morning. Also, fever got up to 102.9 while at dr office. Another night on the couch for me with another night of medication every 3 hours.

Wednesday: Rash or whatever it is, is almost gone and back to the dr's office at 8:45am. Meanwhile the steroids has put this sick child on edge and she is beyond grouchy and loaded with attitude! Drs are happy to see the rash gone, but we are to continue OTC benadryl and the prescription steroids. They still have no idea what or why w/the whole rash/redness/swelling thing. No fever after 3am dose of medication. So I made some of these:

Honey bran muffins (just add milk...lol no homemade from me)

We all lay down for naps and I ended up sleeping most of the day. Got up for a bit last night and was running fever myself. At least I got to sleep in MY bed with no medicine interruptions and slept from 8pm-6am.

Thursday: That brings us to this morning.... no fever for the sick kid or me this morning, but the steroids have upset her stomach so she stays home another day and I'm on the verge of a migraine. While waiting outside w/the oldest Princess to get on the bus this happens to the youngest princess:

The kitten scratched her leg.

It has been a very LONG week and it isn't over yet! I hate when my kids are sick and it makes it even more difficult when I'm sick with them. I think it just deepens my depression. My house hasn't been cleaned, the clothes hasn't been washed, and everything has piled up and become junky. I hate it! All I need want is for our routines to get back to normal and everyone to be well. No crafting, sewing, or anything for me this week.