News... and a sneak peak

I am slowly feeling better and getting up and around, not by choice but when you have five kids and DH has gone back to work, well you must get up and going.

There is a new post on the private blog...input would be appreciated. I also will be combining blogs very soon and have an announcement to make in the next couple of weeks....

Here is an outfit I just finished. I am loving it!! It will be for sale soon in the shop.

Post Surgery

For those of you that do not read the private blog, my surgery had an unexpected surprise. First, I found out I have adverse reaction to anesthesia,second, my doctor accidently punctured my stomach. I am in a great deal of pain but hoping to feel better soon. I guess my box of new fabric will have to wait a little longer.......

Surgery Date and other things...

This picture was to show detail of the neckline, however H had other ideas....

She doesn't want her face shown anymore unless it's being silly...I love this top, it can be worn into the fall and winter with a shirt underneath...

So, I went to the doctors yesterday expecting, well not sure what I was expecting. I came home with a date and time for surgery. Nothing major, just gallbladder removal. The harsh part, I have to be there at 6:30 am. Yuck...at least I will be only partially awake. LOL

I also got the greatest little box in the mail yesterday!! Large quantities of asian fabric!! I am so excited to get started sewing. I made one outfit up for the sewing site and have so many more ideas. I had a few things on back order so by the time I get this lot finished the next one will be here.!!

Lazy Days of Summer

Jake had his first day of summer camp here. He is loving it. I am so glad he has found something he ejoys, although I could do without the very LOUD electric guitar sesions when he gets home....

Grace had a hearing and ENT evaluation today. It went well. She has hearing that is within normal range, her ear tubes look great. The only bad news, her nose revision will need to be redone at some point. Her nostril is still very flat and could cause breathing problems. Luckily we are talking years down the road....

The rest of the week loks pretty busy. I have a surgery apointment tomorrow and Jake finishes up his summer camp. The kids want to go swimming some time this week. Oh, almost forgot Jake has a concert on Friday after his classes are over. How cool is that?!?

If you haven't noticed I redid the blog again!! I promise to keep this one for some time. I kind of like it....

The top picture is an outfit I made Hope. I think it looks a little like jammies but she likes it. I have a bunch of asian fabric coming in the mail so I hope to get some new outfits listed on the sewing blog soon. I really need to get busy with that!!

I also finished the test pattern I am doing for a fellow adoptive mama. It came out super cute but I can't post pictures until I get the review and pictures to her first...

There is a new post on the private blog. Prayers would be appreciated.

A Haircut of sorts....

J J gave herself a haircut yesterday. I noticed that her bangs were a little uneven and asked her what happened. She said, " I cut my hair mama."

At least she is honest....

Still going private...

but giving it a few more days...

I've been a little busy lately testing a pattern for fellow adoptive mama Goosegirl. It's coming along and I hope to post pictures of the finished outfit soon!!

Going private....

Or at least thinking about it. I am tired of keeping two blogs going, one I can post anything on and the other being more careful. With all that is happening in the world, do I really want to expose my kids to weirdos out there? So, I am thinking of taking this blog private and doing away with the other one. That way I just have facebook and one blog to keep up with...If you want an invite leave a comment. I won't publish them, just need emails to add to the list of readers. (or you can find me on facebook...)

A Day in the Life...

of a not so smart person. And that would be me....

Case in point, I took all five kids to the grocery store. By myself...again by myself. I couldn't wait for Kerry to get home from work, it would be to late and I needed supplies to make Jake's birthday cake for his party tomorrow. We didn't even get out the door without an argument about who gets to sit where, luckily the Little's don't have a choice.

So, we get there and then another argument about who is going to push the cart and what we're getting. All in all it wasn't so bad though. Unless you consider all the extras that were thrown in the cart and a $175 bill for only ten things on my list....

Getting to check out we had a super nice and friendly clerk. (insert MAJOR sarcasm here) Typically at this store everyone is nice but I felt as if this lady was looking at me like I had two heads or something. The kids were being good, no one was screaming. Hey, they even helped load the cart back up. After her pleasant staring and rude non goodbye. I felt the kids deserved a treat.

So, me being the kind mom I am, (or a gluten for punishment) I take the kids to lunch. (all five and just me) But ya know the kids were good. Gracie fell asleep and stayed that way. I was able to eat my meal (and finish) !! The kids ate and were talking quietly. I found myself closing my eyes for a minute.

Bottom line is my kids are pretty great. I feel blessed to have such well behaved kids.

Not happy about being regulated to the back of the truck...

Jake is happy regardless of where he sits, even sideways...

The kids restaurant of choice. I didn't mind, they are pretty inexpensive. Cake pictures coming tomorrow. A little hint, it's electric blue, black and grey.... And his present, it's loud and something Kerry hopes he will become very good at...

Good News....

There is a new post on the private blog!!

I am trying something new with the blog, just playing around and making the header and margins a little bigger. We just got a new monitor, (old one blew up) So I have no idea what this looks like on yours, but on mine it's ok.....

Air and Space Museum and Waterpark again...

This is the way my boys like to get in the car...no waiting needed.

It took four pictures to get the whole shuttle. Amazing that it is so big...

This was taken from the observation deck. Pretty cool to be this high up and see all the planes.

spontaneity

is sometimes the best thing.....

Kerry is still home on vacation and with nothing left to do the rest of the week, we are kind of making it up as we go along...

Point in case, I was making beds yesterday and though, you know we need to go somewhere and have a picnic lunch. So, we got in the car (no small feat with seven of us..) and started driving, about a half hour in Kerry said, hit the parks on the nav system. So we came up with five in our area and me being me chose the one with the prettiest name. So we ended up here: