Sunday Mutterings

Today we hopefully finish packing up the whoooooole house. BUT We are taking a break in a few hours to go get some pictures done of the fam.... of the belly, before we split ways on Tuesday. I'm thankful for that. I can't wait to see them after they are done....

Seeing our whole house packed is kind of crazy------oh how I miss my sewing machine!!!

Moving

We are moving. It's INSANE around here. I have less than a week to pack up our house....... God give me mercy and grace.

signed,
frazzled

A New Shirt Duo for Jewel

I have been storing up ideas of clothing to make for Jewel. Since I finally attempted and conquered the shirt sleeve a few days ago, a whole new world has been opened to me. No longer is it only skirts, shorts, leggings, and pants that she gets. But now, shirts have entered the picture!!! Today I made a shirt that a saw on Me Sew Crazy. She has a lovely tutorial, if you are interested in making one of these yourself. I believe I read the tutorial when I first saw it, but being as I work best without instructions to confuse me... I just sat down and got started. I did a few things differently, such as the sleeves. And I love the outcome. 

OH, and yesterday I made a sweater vest upcycled from an old Express sweater vest that my mom gave me to get creative with. It had a hole, hence the flower. And it was the inspiration to make the grey button down shirt. 

What a lovely pair they make!

Play Makeup

Jewel loves to play with makeup. But sometimes her plastic play make-up is not "cool" enough. And she insists on playing with mine. I saw a tutorial a little bit ago on how to make play make-up that is a bit more like grown up make-up. So this past weekend I gave it a try.

I started by going through my make-up stash and nail polish stash. I found containers and colors of both that I didn't want anymore. So I cleaned out the eye shadow pallets with soap and water, and let them dry. Then I filled the now empty slots with the colors of nail polish. Mixing colors to get more options for miss Jewel to play with. And after I had been around the fumes as much as I could (with the window open, of course) I carefully carried them outside to dry. And dry. And dry some more. They were used for the first time today (almost a week later of drying and de-fuming) and are a HUGE hit!!! Even the other girls in the apartment complex had a ball playing make-up.

What a fun, free way to liven up her play stash!!!

What is fuzzy and white with green spots?

Jewel's new sweatshirt, that's what!!! Today I used an old, half cut up sweatshirt of mine to create a "new" sweatshirt for Jewel. It was quite an accomplishment for me, because I have been absolutely terrified of making anything with sleeves... not to mention I had to make a hood too. But, it was a great success! With no pattern, it was left up to my "creativity". =) Jewel was very good at self-entertaining while I was sewing her sweatshirt. I am convinced it's because she knew it was something for her. She was super excited to try it on. So cute! THAT makes sewing even more fun for me!!!! The "ruffles" took the longest, its not that easy to gather them with sweatshirt strips. But they were necessary to cover up some stains and holes. Haha. And even with the added time, they look adorable, if I do say so myself. No one would ever know that they truly HAVE to be there.

Ok- after all my blabbering, here are two pictures. Taken with the handy dandy cell phone, of course.

I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE....

...with crock pot oat groats!

I made them for the first time the other day. I was trying to find a solution to the fact that neither the hubby nor I were wanting to make a hot breakfast in the morning. Which left him without nourishment and starving by lunch. Well, it is a solution I LOVE!!!!

All you have to do is pull out the old crock pot. Put 6 1/2 cups of water, 1 1/2 cup oat groats (the least processed human-edible form of oats), and a cinnamon stick. Then turn that pot on low for 6-7 hours. In the morning you have delish oats to eat! I added some brown sugar and broken up walnuts in. YUM! They also reheat wonderfully! We don't have a microwave (yes, by choice) and they heat up great on the stove with a little water added.

You really should give it a try.... my life just got so much easier!

[snot] noun.

. Nasal mucus or discharge.


YEP- that is what I found all down my shirt this afternoon. J had been hurt herself and been crying, and I guess decided to leave me a present for a little while later. Unfortunately it was not my favorite present. I much prefer kisses......


The hidden joys of being a mama.

Almond Love

I was pleasantly surprised when my husband came back from the store last week with 3 boxes of Almond milk. Three, I tell you. THREE!!! He proceeded to tell me that they were on sale, 3 for $5. WHAT A STEAL! They are usually $3 per box.  AND, I looked at my coupons and realized that I had a few coupons for $1.50 off of the milk, if buying 3. So, I did my math, and thought, "I need to go back to the store". 3 boxes of Almond milk for $3.50!  That was just about $1.15 a  box! GREAT! So I went to the store and what did I discover? After I bought the milk, I got the same exact catalina coupons reprinted!!!!! A NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF CHEAP MILK!!!!   Needless to say, last week I spent many days going to Ralphs and getting milk. Haha. We have drank some, and stocked up. I currently have 13 boxes in my pantry. HURRAH! Assuming I got 15 boxes, I spent $17.50 as opposed to $45. Sounds good to me!

I love me some Almond milk.