I have a couple of capes that I need to sew. I found a link to the the capes (http://www.georgialeigh.com/?p=57) at my friends blog http://www.goddessinprogressblog.com/quilts/. My son Thomas is thrilled when we help him "fly" and he says superman. I decided to make all 3 kids the same cape so that there wouldn't be any fights over them. They love "Super Why" on sprout so I decided that I will be making the super why applique for the back of the cape. This seems like such a simple project, that even though I have other projects to make, I am going to start with the capes.
The next project I need to work on are the Halloween costumes. I think they will be somewhat easy, but maybe time consuming, so I really need to start soon. I have all or at least most of the material to start cutting. I am hoping that I can get my serger to have the right tension since I think it will make a nicer product. The kids are going to be a maiden and squire. I am also hoping to get to King Richard's Faire this year and I would love for them to be able to wear a costume to the fair.
I also have a bunch of projects to start for Christmas. The most important projects are for the kids, then my husband and then my mom. There are quilts to make, toys to make, maybe even jewelry to make, maybe some knitting or crocheting, never mind the potential of making my own Christmas cards. I haven't been very good at making time to complete projects. I feel so much better when I do, but for some reason, I have just been finding anything and everything else to do. I am hoping that with have a routine back, I will be able to get myself into a routine with laundry, house cleaning, kids, and time to create as well as making time to sleep.
I have a lot on my plate, but I am really going to try to find time to create. I should plan some take along projects so that when I am at work and it is slow, I can be productive vs just sitting on the computer. I am thinking that knitting and crochet projects are good projects to take along to work as well as maybe some small hand sewing projects!
A little ambitious, but I am really looking forward to this.
Amy
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
What's New?
As summer comes to a crashing end, I am sitting here thinking about all that I didn't do. We started a garden last year and had pretty good results. This year, it seems as if we did nothing outside. I don't know what we did or why we didn't spend time in the garden. I think part of it is that we walked 4 miles almost every day, Michael was in preschool the month of July, we tried to spend time as a family, and probably the biggest issue was the crazy anount of mosquitos that we had in our yard. Oh, and child illnesses, including Lyme Disease for Miss Eva Rose.
When I think about our garden, I am kind of diappointed. We did get a ton of tomatoes, but we also got some sort of blight/fungus that is killing them now. I am trying to save as many tomatoes as I can so that we can enjoy some garden fresh tomatoes. We did have a decent amount of cucumbers, which we didn't have last year. My carrots are finally at a point where they can be eaten, albeit small. the best part about the carrots is that they came from seeds as did the beets and the radishes. My next step is to pull up all the lettuce, spinich, peas, and other things that are no longer doing well, and plant a second crop of cold weather veggies, like more peas, carrots, beets, greens, etc.
I still have lots of projects to work on. I started a scarf for one of my sisters. Hopefully it will be something she likes and something useful. She is going to be a sophmore at UMASS Amherst and will be working in the barn (I think) and I am hoping that it will be warm and useful for her as well as something that she will like. I have a few other knit gifts as well as sewing gifts planned. I am hopeful that I can actually get a schedule going so that I can complete some of my projects!
I know it is still August, but it is the end of August. I am trying to plan for the winter months so that I can feel productive and enjoy the time in the house vs being able to go out. I want to use my tiem to create, plan my garden for next year, learn more about herbs and aromatherapy, and maybe even kick start an etsy.com shop. We'll see how things work, but I definitely don't want this winter to be an unproductive season, nor do I want to hate winter. I need to find a way to make winter more fun and enjoyable.
Amy
When I think about our garden, I am kind of diappointed. We did get a ton of tomatoes, but we also got some sort of blight/fungus that is killing them now. I am trying to save as many tomatoes as I can so that we can enjoy some garden fresh tomatoes. We did have a decent amount of cucumbers, which we didn't have last year. My carrots are finally at a point where they can be eaten, albeit small. the best part about the carrots is that they came from seeds as did the beets and the radishes. My next step is to pull up all the lettuce, spinich, peas, and other things that are no longer doing well, and plant a second crop of cold weather veggies, like more peas, carrots, beets, greens, etc.
I still have lots of projects to work on. I started a scarf for one of my sisters. Hopefully it will be something she likes and something useful. She is going to be a sophmore at UMASS Amherst and will be working in the barn (I think) and I am hoping that it will be warm and useful for her as well as something that she will like. I have a few other knit gifts as well as sewing gifts planned. I am hopeful that I can actually get a schedule going so that I can complete some of my projects!
I know it is still August, but it is the end of August. I am trying to plan for the winter months so that I can feel productive and enjoy the time in the house vs being able to go out. I want to use my tiem to create, plan my garden for next year, learn more about herbs and aromatherapy, and maybe even kick start an etsy.com shop. We'll see how things work, but I definitely don't want this winter to be an unproductive season, nor do I want to hate winter. I need to find a way to make winter more fun and enjoyable.
Amy
Monday, August 15, 2011
Christmas
Yes, I know it's still August and Christmas is far away, but I always put off my Christmas list until the last minute and then I never have any time to make people things like I want to. I am not wishing away summer, but I know how time flies and I know that I need to start planning so that a) I know what I want to make people, b) I can afford it, and c) I have the time to complete all I want to make!
When I started this blog, I had a goal of not going to big department stores, but shopping at smaller local stores and trying to make my own things, from food, to clothing, to gifts, etc. I haven't really been able to really follow through with that goal, but it still remains a goal. One thing I really would like to do, which would essentially be a huge help to meeting the goal of making my own things, is to have a work station where I could leave things set up, like my sewing machine or a jewelry project, or anything else that I was working on. Once my brother in law leaves, which will hopefully be soon (we can all hope), I hope to move some things in the basement and get a work station set up so that I can leave my sewing machine set up, have an area to work on jewelry projects, maybe even scrapbooking/paper crafts, or even my aromatherapy stuff. I have most of my supplies organized, just no place to actually work!
Once I finish this post, I am going to start my Christmas list so that I can hopefully plan out what I want to make people and have goals set to finish projects. My first priority is my husband and my kids. I have been wanting to make a picture quilt for my husband for a long time now. I have bought some material and even the special material to put through a printer to print the pictures on. I think I have even printed some old pictures from before we were married ( I had printed them before we were married, that's how long I have wanted to do this). I also want to make all 3 kids something special from me that I have made. I would like to make this an annual tradition. My absolute favorite gifts/cards are things that my husband has made me and I want my kids to treasure things that are handmade and mean something not just some thing that was bought at a store and made in China. I also want to make special things for special people in my life.
I am really hoping that I can plan things out so that I can get projects completed in time for Christmas. It will really feel good to give handmade special gifts that will hopefully mean more than jsut something I picked out from the store, especially since I really enjoy making things. Hopefully I can also get a spot to work out of so that I can be a little more productive!
Amy
When I started this blog, I had a goal of not going to big department stores, but shopping at smaller local stores and trying to make my own things, from food, to clothing, to gifts, etc. I haven't really been able to really follow through with that goal, but it still remains a goal. One thing I really would like to do, which would essentially be a huge help to meeting the goal of making my own things, is to have a work station where I could leave things set up, like my sewing machine or a jewelry project, or anything else that I was working on. Once my brother in law leaves, which will hopefully be soon (we can all hope), I hope to move some things in the basement and get a work station set up so that I can leave my sewing machine set up, have an area to work on jewelry projects, maybe even scrapbooking/paper crafts, or even my aromatherapy stuff. I have most of my supplies organized, just no place to actually work!
Once I finish this post, I am going to start my Christmas list so that I can hopefully plan out what I want to make people and have goals set to finish projects. My first priority is my husband and my kids. I have been wanting to make a picture quilt for my husband for a long time now. I have bought some material and even the special material to put through a printer to print the pictures on. I think I have even printed some old pictures from before we were married ( I had printed them before we were married, that's how long I have wanted to do this). I also want to make all 3 kids something special from me that I have made. I would like to make this an annual tradition. My absolute favorite gifts/cards are things that my husband has made me and I want my kids to treasure things that are handmade and mean something not just some thing that was bought at a store and made in China. I also want to make special things for special people in my life.
I am really hoping that I can plan things out so that I can get projects completed in time for Christmas. It will really feel good to give handmade special gifts that will hopefully mean more than jsut something I picked out from the store, especially since I really enjoy making things. Hopefully I can also get a spot to work out of so that I can be a little more productive!
Amy
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Organizing
With the new year coming, my goal is to start organizing my life! I need to organize my week so that I know what I am doing with the kids. I need to have a plan to get housework and laundry done. I need a plan so that I can enjoy my hobbies and have my supplies where I can get at them.
I have started a paper organizer that I plan to look at every day to figure out what needs to get done that day. That is what I would do if I were working, so I am going to still run my life as if I were working. I am going to get a schedule down so that I know what to expect when. A friend of mine recommended putting all the different events that are available on the calendar so that I can have options on what to do on what ever day.
I am going to meal plan for at least a week and maybe even a month at a time so that grocery shopping gets done quickly and efficiently and we will hopefully save money! I will make sure that there are things in the freezer to thaw out in case there is a crazy day in my life (and I never have any of those, right?) and I don't get to cook dinner. We will be eating out a lot less and eating way more healthy foods. I will hopefully lose weight in the process.
As much as I hate to admit it, I really need to build in time to exercise. I think that if my body were more toned, I would look better than I do right now. Hopefully I can find a way to build in exercise with the kids so that they see it as fun and not as a chore!
My goal is to have a place for everything and always put everything back in it's place so that the house and our lives stay neat and organized!
Amy
I have started a paper organizer that I plan to look at every day to figure out what needs to get done that day. That is what I would do if I were working, so I am going to still run my life as if I were working. I am going to get a schedule down so that I know what to expect when. A friend of mine recommended putting all the different events that are available on the calendar so that I can have options on what to do on what ever day.
I am going to meal plan for at least a week and maybe even a month at a time so that grocery shopping gets done quickly and efficiently and we will hopefully save money! I will make sure that there are things in the freezer to thaw out in case there is a crazy day in my life (and I never have any of those, right?) and I don't get to cook dinner. We will be eating out a lot less and eating way more healthy foods. I will hopefully lose weight in the process.
As much as I hate to admit it, I really need to build in time to exercise. I think that if my body were more toned, I would look better than I do right now. Hopefully I can find a way to build in exercise with the kids so that they see it as fun and not as a chore!
My goal is to have a place for everything and always put everything back in it's place so that the house and our lives stay neat and organized!
Amy
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Organization
How was I ever an organized person? Looking at my life now and looking at my life as a child and a teen, you would never know that I actually strive to be neat and organized. You would never know that I was once a healthy weight and in shape.
Thinking back to my undergraduate days, I remember being extremely organized to the point of having multiple styles of calendars so that I knew what was happening on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. When I work at one of my nursing home jobs, I was extremely organized to the point one of my co-workers always knew that I would have copies of required paperwork to give to her. I also knew exactly where my social work CEU certificates were located and always knew how many I had and need to finish. There was a time in my life that I had certain clothes in certain drawers. I had to fold certain clothing items certain ways. I even had to hang certain items certain ways and in certain places.
Now, if you looked at my life, you would say that I was a mess! My bedroom looks as if it should be on the show Clean House. Ok, it's not that bad, but it makes me feel that way. Lately, I just get so overwhelmed with what I have to do, I just don't do it.
I need a way of getting my life in order. I was at Staples the other day, and given that it is almost a new year, I started looking at organizers. I am trying to decide what kind of organization system is best for a mostly SAHM who works part time and needs a good stategy for getting household tasks completed. I love the idea of a planner, but is that really all that useful not being in the professional work arena full time? I did get a comment from a previous post that said to use outlook. That's an awesome idea, except that I don't have a pc, I have a Mac. Also, as much as I like technology, I still really like to write things. Why, I don't know. There is just somethign about the act of hand writing something that I really like.
My next task is to research planners for SAHM that will help me get organized in the different areas of my life. I'd love to plan out household chores, weekly meal ideas, crafts that need to be made and completed, birthday cards that need to be sent, etc. If anyone has ideas, I am more than interested. Please pass them on. I will also make sure that I post about any interesting ideas that I find, and what I ultimately plan choose.
Happy Holidays!
Amy
Thinking back to my undergraduate days, I remember being extremely organized to the point of having multiple styles of calendars so that I knew what was happening on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. When I work at one of my nursing home jobs, I was extremely organized to the point one of my co-workers always knew that I would have copies of required paperwork to give to her. I also knew exactly where my social work CEU certificates were located and always knew how many I had and need to finish. There was a time in my life that I had certain clothes in certain drawers. I had to fold certain clothing items certain ways. I even had to hang certain items certain ways and in certain places.
Now, if you looked at my life, you would say that I was a mess! My bedroom looks as if it should be on the show Clean House. Ok, it's not that bad, but it makes me feel that way. Lately, I just get so overwhelmed with what I have to do, I just don't do it.
I need a way of getting my life in order. I was at Staples the other day, and given that it is almost a new year, I started looking at organizers. I am trying to decide what kind of organization system is best for a mostly SAHM who works part time and needs a good stategy for getting household tasks completed. I love the idea of a planner, but is that really all that useful not being in the professional work arena full time? I did get a comment from a previous post that said to use outlook. That's an awesome idea, except that I don't have a pc, I have a Mac. Also, as much as I like technology, I still really like to write things. Why, I don't know. There is just somethign about the act of hand writing something that I really like.
My next task is to research planners for SAHM that will help me get organized in the different areas of my life. I'd love to plan out household chores, weekly meal ideas, crafts that need to be made and completed, birthday cards that need to be sent, etc. If anyone has ideas, I am more than interested. Please pass them on. I will also make sure that I post about any interesting ideas that I find, and what I ultimately plan choose.
Happy Holidays!
Amy
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