Suzy Q Homemaker

I look mad or something in this picture. But I’m feeling particularly sassy today so I wanted to show you. Do you see my skirt? See it? See it? That skirt was these pants:

God that picture is old. My hair was super short and sexy, although you can’t see it. I need a haircut really bad. I don’t even have bangs anymore. Of course, I could cut the bangs myself, but I need my chick to go at my hair with some thinning shears cause it is SO HOT. Most of the time, I have it up in a ponytail/bun and a headband to hold my flyaways.

I like my shirt today. It was one of those risky Goodwill finds and I fell in love with the pockets. The puffed sleeves made me nervous, but I told myself I could remove them if I hated the way they looked. They’re alright, though. I don’t look ridiculous, and I feel a little Anne-ish with it them.

I spent way too much at the Goodwill last week, but I really needed new shirts. Almost all of my shirts were stained/too-short/UGLY.

Simon is currently pulling pieces off of play-doh and throwing it around the kitchen. He’s in big trouble.

Ok. All clean.

I’m supposed to be testing a pattern, but I realized that I don’t have a size 5 circular and I really need one. In the meantime, I’m working on a dishcloth, Aiden’s sheep, and a baby sweater. I have a mind to alter a pair of linen drawstring pants like the ones I got last week. Where have you been all my life, linen capri pants?? Holy crap, I love them so much! I told Jamie I need ten pairs to get me through the summer. It’s hot down here!

I have to rewash a load of laundry. Jamie didn’t put it in the dryer last night like I TOLD HIM TO. I already admonished him. Is that grammatically correct? Me and grammar, we have a love/hate relationship.

Jamie’s brother’s best friend drives a car with a giant 7up logo on it. Just so you know.

I’ve had these blankies sitting around for what seems like ages. My mom gave them to me during one of her famous purges and I haven’t been able to figure out what to do with them. Since they were mine when I was a baby, there’s no way on earth I’d just chuck them, even if they are tattered and pretty darn sad looking. I also didn’t want to incorporate them into just anything, so on they sat through several linen-closet-clean-outs until I finally pulled them out today to really examine them.

I spent time studying the fabrics and gushing over the sweetness of this simple receiving blanket. It’s got bears and bunnies in several cute gardening scenes. Cutting and piecing these will be a little tricky because I want to incorporate every scene I can and leave nothing behind except the holes and stains.

As for the other two blankets, I want to salvage the lace and ribbons somehow, but I haven’t yet decided how to do it. Most of the fabric in these will either frame the bunnies and bears. While I figure out exactly what I want to do, I’ll spend time admiring others’ adorable quilts like this one I found this morning. I adore the blocks! Well. I pretty much adore everything about it!

So I guess I’m over the honeymoon period I had with knitting. Don’t get me wrong: I’m still knitting! My carpal tunnel syndrome has become almost excruciating at times, though, and I can’t let a day go by without doing something crafty!

Corey’s on Fall Break until Thursday. You know what this means: Ultimate Craziness up in here! I kicked them out of the house for an hour this morning, and as soon as they are done with lunch, they are going right back out. It is too glorious of a day for them to stay indoors.

A donation was made in my name to Angel Food Ministries, so I got to go pick up a giant box of food Saturday morning. Now, our freezer is overflowing with chicken! We got a bag of chicken tenderloin fritters, chicken breast fritters, and drumsticks. We also got a small bag of potatoes, but, for some reason, they were frozen and upon thawing, got squishy. So I had to cut them up and make mashed potatoes at 10:00 p.m. Can you guess what’s for dinner this week? I’ll give you a hint: it involves chicken and mashed potatoes.

I finally located our copy of Microsoft Office. It went missing a few weeks ago, and I tore the house apart looking for it. When playgroup was over here Thursday, I had to go into the shed to get the fire ant killer. Lo, and behold! There was a box in the shed full of boxes (cell phone boxes, software, etc.). So, Office was in that box. I know that I didn’t put it in there…

I’ve been putting off making diaper covers because I can’t find a ruler. I need to cut strips of wool for binding, and the best way I can do it is with a rotary cutter. I had a ruler somewhere, but it’s missing. A yardstick would be ideal, so I may borrow one from my mama. I really can’t afford to wait any longer.

I’m also considering making a couple aprons to sell. I was so proud of the one I made before that I’m itching to do another one. Only thing is, I’m not sure how much I should charge.

Well, Simon’s awake from his nap now. Time to get to mothering…

Not really. My mother came over around 10:00 so she could ride with us to the eye doctor, who then referred us to a pediatric eye doctor. I should have asked over the phone whether or not he saw children, but I guess I just didn’t think about it at the time. When I actually made the phone call, it was the only few minutes in the day I didn’t have my hands full; I was lucky to even be able to pick up the phone and have a conversation in complete silence.

As it turns out, the pediatric eye doctor is booked up for the next two weeks, so I’ll have to make an appointment for afterward. Joy!

So we got to come home a little earlier than I planned, which meant I could go rehearse for the wedding this weekend. It also meant I got behind on some housework, but I managed to make up for it earlier this evening. I didn’t scrub the sink like I wanted, though. I’ll try to do that tomorrow. I did, however, manage to do laundry. Despite the overwhelming piles of hand-me-downs we got from my sister, the baby needs his clothes changed quite frequently. He is one heck of a spitter.

I took apart the skirt I made. I realized it was such a sheer fabric and I wasn’t sure how to finish the seams. So after a load of research, I decided to redo the whole thing with French seams to keep them from unravelling. Ultimately, the skirt will look much better, and the fact that it won’t fall apart when I wash it is an added bonus. Thankfully, I hadn’t spent all that much time making it. I’m going to be much happier when I finally finish the dang thing.

Tomorrow, we venture out and to the Health Department for my WIC appointment. I’m scared to go by myself (well, me v. The Boys), but the Health Department is two miles away. So if the baby gets upset, we’re not doomed. He actually did well on the way to the eye doctor this morning. On the way back, however, my mom had to hunt for the Car Pacifier about five times because he kept spitting it out.

The baby was pretty fussy about an hour ago. I though it was gas, but he was way overtired. I started singing to him and it was like he instantly went to sleep. I guess he missed my singing–I was practicing for my recital and singing in church right up to the day before he was born. Duh.

I need to get motivated to clean the shower. Someone motivate me. PLEASE.

The boys have lost their minds. It’s not that we don’t have anything to do around here, they just get tired of each other and it manifests itself in fighting, chasing, and screaming for no reason at all. I’d make them play outside, but it’s so incredibly hot out there, even I don’t want to go. And if the baby wasn’t so needy right now, it would be easier for me to sit and play Candyland or I Spy. As it is, I’m always needing to get up and bounce the baby around to get him back to sleep or sit and nurse him. (I got up 4 times since I started this entry)

Yesterday, I managed to craft a cloth wipe out of a square of flannel and sweatshirt fleece. I wish I had a serger so I wouldn’t have to turn & topstitch everything. It still looks alright. And besides, it’s made to wipe baby poo, so how cute does it have to be anyway?

I’m feeling lazy today. The house does need vacuuming and dusting, but really, I’m way too tired to do anything. The baby woke up around 1:00 a.m. and was up for over an hour. I thought about waking dh, but he had to get up early to be in class at 8:00.

I need to take the boys in for eye exams. DS2 is a little cross-eyed sometimes and I’m worried he’s got a lazy eye. I’m not exactly excited about making a three-year-old wear glasses, but I want to correct it as early as possible. I guess I’ll call around and see which places take Medicaid. Then I would need to plan an adventure into the real world again.

Perhaps I’ll call my mom and see if there are any days she can help me. I’m certainly not going anywhere by myself. And that sucks because I really want to go to the library. I finished Unimaginable Zero Summer which turned out to be pretty good. I want to see if the library has Night. I watched most of the Oprah show where she went to the concentration camp with the author.

I don’t have a plan for today. Maybe that’s why I feel so scattered.