I'm published!  On one of my favorite websites!  Woot woot!

My version of the DIY Nursing Cover from Prudent Baby that I made for my little sister was featured on the websites Prudent Baby Project Round-up.  Soooo exciting!  Here's the link:

www.prudentbaby.com

I just ordered my copy of this!  Will let you know how good it is!

Sew Crafty

Hello all. I can't believe it is as long as it has been since I last posted. Time flies when you're busy and worn out. Fortunately during this time I've had a whirlwind of craftiness and creativity going on. I started my sewing class and while we haven't done much yet, I've done a bit of sewing on the fly. I'm having so much fun.

Here is my recently completed DIY nursing cover project. This cover was made for my little sister to give at her baby shower today. I took it as a compliment that she didn't realize for a bit that I had MADE it. Yay! However if she looks closely she will see that its not perfect and that I'm such a beginner, but hey, she'll probably like that its that way.

 

 

I got the instructions on how to sew up this fantastic cover on one of my new favorite websites www.prudentbaby.com  
They have ALL KINDS of fun and easy do-it-yourself things to do.  This cover is the first of THREE that I'm going to make.  I have two friends that I need to make one for so I will be super busy in the next few days.  Wish me luck!!!

Snowy days

I took Plum on her first walk in the snow the other day. Here are some of the things we saw.








All in all I'd say she was pretty happy with the snow. And her fluffy suit.

Hibernation

The Oklahoma ice storm of 2007 still haunts us to this day. Going without electricity, heat and most forms of communications were not fun. However, even though we were "roughing it" for a while, there were some great memories that came from that. Like sleeping on the mattress from the guest room in front of the fireplace with every animal in our house piled on top of us for warmth is just one that comes to mind.

So needless to say when the weather people say ice, we kinda freak.

Like I did. I apparently became a bear who is going to go into hibernation and is storing up for the long hard winter.

What did I do? Besides buying rock salt and doing load after load of laundry to make sure we had plenty of underwear should the power go out, I went into a baking frenzy. I'm pretty sure I made about 3 or 4 rounds of muffins. Completely an unnecessary quantity. And since I'm all about not wasting things these days, I'm gonna have to figure out where to stuff all the corn muffins, blueberry muffins, oatmeal muffins...

Any takers?

Elsewhere

As any of you who know me very well know that I can be a voracious reader. It used to be that I would read just about anything and be able to find something good about it. Except maybe romance novels...I've never been much for the heavy panting, aching loins, heaving bosoms variety. Now that I'm older, and not necessarily wiser, I have a bit more discerning tastes.

My favorite quick reads tend to lean on the scary or mysterious side.

Enter William Peter Blatty's "Elsewhere".

Blatty is an old-timer in the horror genre and is best known for writing "The Exorcist" novel and screenplay. He's a fabulous writer and a master in his own right.

However, while I enjoyed the creepy factor in this book, I was left a little disappointed in the end. I felt like the plot is not all that new to me. Nothing new under the sun and all that. But you might feel differently, so give it a read if you like. You will probably even get the chills in a few parts like I did.

A Little Bit O' Baking

Along with expanding my creativity lately has come with it some experimenting in the kitchen. Amazingly this has come about without any major mishaps. Those of the past have included the times I have scorched Rice-a-Roni and also finding out that it IS actually possible to burn water (or at least burning the pan your water USED to be in).

This baking/cooking stuff has been tricky in other ways now. Having a baby around who doesn't quite understand that you are right in the middle of whisking and needs something RIGHT NOW, can make for some road bumps. Alas, the Mr. in my life gave me the great idea of buckling her in her bouncy chair and planting her up on the island of our kitchen. She is up where she can take part and she seems to be quite happy being included.

Even though I've tried a few different recipes, I will limit this post to just the Banana Oatmeal Bread recipe I tried. The recipe credits for this delicious item go to http://chezbeeperbebe.blogspot.com/2009/12/reduce-waste-use-what-you-have-over.html
This is a great option when you inevitably have overly ripe bananas lying around, as I usually do. No matter how well I plan, this always happens. Now I don't have to feel so wasteful!

I taste-tested this on the Mr. and on some fellow co-workers and they all gave it a thumbs up! Now, go, get to using those ugly bananas.