One post

That all I'm likely going to write for the month of August.

It's been a busy month filled with excitement and anticipation.

And you want to know what makes me feel old?

My oldest baby starts kindergarten tomorrow.

I'm very excited and proud of him, but I'm also wondering where the last 5 years have gone?

Here he is at about 5 months old. He was such a little cutie.

Now he is all "growed" up!

I'm also back in school after a year and a half off.

So far I'm loving my classes and I'm also excited that I could be graduated this time next year. :)

It's so nice when they actually all play together. I love my kiddos!

To do... to do.

I have been thinking a lot lately about things that I want to accomplish or experience in my life.

I think I should write them down. Hopefully this will make me more likely to do it.

Here it goes...

*Take singing lessons.- I have an okay voice, but I would like to have an amazing voice and hopefully this would help.

* Learn how to skate backwards. -They make it look so easy on T.V., but I've tried and I have no clue how to do it.

*Travel anywhere and everywhere. - I want to travel to as many places as I can. I love history and I love experiencing new cultures.

*Get my passport and use it.

*Become fluent in another language.- I would probably pick German, because I already know some of it.

*Have enough money that I can travel places and do philanthropy. - I would love to have this as a full time job.

*Write and publish a novel.- I've always wanted to publish a book. I'm so excited about this one. I have an idea and I've already started working on it.

Get my Bachelor's degree. - Hopefully I will have this accomplished within a year.

Be completely self-sufficient.- No debt. This one will definitely take a long time to accomplish, but I intend for it to happen.

Those are all the ones I can think of at the moment. It's a pretty good list to start with though.

What would you like to do or accomplish?

Pondering life at Downtown Disney.

Recent Projects

I took a year off from motivation.

At least that is what it felt like.

Once Colin was born most of my projects were put on hold. I was either too tired, busy, or unmotivated to do the things that I normally love.

I've finally been catching the crafty fever again.

Part of it is because I have been watching HGTV (my favorite channel) a lot more and I've been feeling inspired to create.

The other reason for my recent resurgence is that I had left so many unfinished projects sitting around and I wanted to feel the satisfaction of having them complete.

After a year of working on Colin's room I am proud to say that his room is pretty much complete. At least I got it done before he grew out of it. The only thing left that I want to do is get a couple of more pictures of him put in there and a picture of Jesus.

COLIN'S ROOM:

CRIB BUMPER

I actually finished his crib bumper right after he was born, but I recently had to fix it because the ribbon had frayed on some of the ties.

I cut out the animals from a different fabric and then sewed them on to the blue and green dot fabric.

PLAY RUG

I made this rug from some remnant material I got at Joann's and then sewed ribbon around it.

CURTAINS

The curtains were the easiest part. I got them for $3.99 a piece at Ross (love that store).

CHANGING TABLE

I painted the changing table a darker brown to match the crib.

WALL STICKERS

I found these cool wall stickers at the Dollar Store and they matched his room perfectly. I put them upon his closet.

ROCKING CHAIR

The rocking chair was definitely the most time consuming project. I had to reupholster and paint it. I painted it a dark brown to match his crib and changing table. Thanks to the expert help of Chris' mom, I was able to reupholster it and have it turn out really nice.

Cutie Colin

I also made this cute pillow to complement the rocking chair.

BAG HOLDER

I bought this at JoAnn's and painted it to match his room.

MAGNET BOARD

I love magnet boards. They are so fun.

SHELVES

I ordered this cute canvas of Colin online and then I painted his piggy bank to match his room.

OTHER DECORATIONS

This elephant canvas was my inspiration for the whole room. I got it at Ross for $2.99. Awesome! I made his cute mobile out of string and scrapbook paper. I got the idea at JoAnn's.

I used scrapbook paper, modge podge, and wood to make his letters.

CUTIE ONESIE:

I threw a baby shower for my friend about a month ago. She is having a girl and so I was so excited to make something girly since I don't get to very often. I got the idea for this onesie at JoAnn's. It took a lot longer then I thought it would, but it turned out great.

What do you think?

The last couple of weeks my focus has been on decorating my bedroom and living room.

Hopefully I will get them done faster than the year it took me to do Colin's room. I will post pictures soon.