Must. Get. Crafting. Again.

I can't remember the last project I worked on. It's been waaayyy too long. My fingers are itching to sew and I'm missing my glue gun.

And although my lack of craftiness can partly be blamed on a busy summer and crazy kids' schedules, I (head bent in shame) have to take some of the blame.

A big part of the reason why I haven't worked on any projects is due to my unorganization.

Embarassing, but this is one of my craft drawers....

The corner of my bedroom and my closet shelves look pretty much the same.

Hard to work on a project at night when you know you're going to have to search for the supplies you need before you even begin.

So, I'm determined to become more organized or, well, at least know where all my craft supplies are at any moment.

Enter this cutie....

I got it from a friend who already had one and my husband is all set with his tools (yes, he has a workshop and has a garage for his stuff, but I don't resent that, not too much at least) and doesn't want it.

It has some really neat compartments and drawers that I think will be great for crafting supplies.

I can see all my bobbins in one place, scissors in another. Thread, beads, scrapbook paper, all with their own special place.

Sounds lovely.

And I can bring it around with me from place to place and store it out of site when it's not needed.

How perfect is that!!

I'd love to hear your ideas on how I can girl it up a bit-let me know what you think. I'll share again once I've got it all filled up with fun crafting lovliness.

Just one of those weeks.....

Yes, this past week has just been one of those weeks.

Just plain craziness with the back to school schedule, lots of meetings for me, some cell phone problems, a microwave malfunction, a washing machine that sprung a leak and my 10 year old broke her arm playing soccer at school.

Luckily, most of them were little annoyances.

Thankfully, my daughter is ok. Could have been worse and I'm just glad she's fine. After a trip to the emergency room followed by a trip to an orthopedic doctor, she's sporting a splint and sling. She's still in some pain and can't write because it's her right arm, but she adjusted to doing most of the things she needs to do and is getting more frustrated as the days go by that she can't play soccer for a bit.

And, since our laundry is piling high and ready to take over, brand spanking new today to my laundry room....
this baby, with the matching dryer. I'm not sure if I'm going to be doing laundry or taking off for the moon with all the buttons and lights and controls!

Back to School

School started this week.

Not a very good week to start school.

I was hoping the heat would break before school started but the summer weather isn't ready to start school yet.

Neither am I!

It's my first experience with full day kindergarten too and I so wish our school still only did half day kindergarten.

It's been a bittersweet, nostalgic, feeling like somethings out of place kind of week for me....missing the girls during the day and wishing school hadn't started....... .but then secretly being a little thankful for school when I'm enjoying the afternoon while my son naps and after they've been home for 10 minutes and already fighting with each other.

So...the baby and I have been hanging together.

Playing outside, taking walks, flying through the grocery store with just one child contained in the shopping cart.

He's happy he doesn't have to share any toys during the day.

But cries when we drop the girls off.

Kind of like I want to.

Oh So Perfect!

Yes, this is perfect for me.

I was tagged over the weekend by Amy at Keeping Up With the Schultz Family.....

and that's usually what it's like around here...more like a triple scoop!

Thanks for the award Amy and here's my answers to the questions that go along with the tag.

1. What is your signature color? I don't know if I have one-I like yellow but I don't wear it that often.

2. Your most embarrassing moment? Definitely hitting reply on an email instead of forword....I don't think I need to go into details but it's still following me around!

3. Would you ever get anything pierced other than your ears? Nope, too chicken.

4. Are you a social butterfly or a homebody? I think I'm more of a homebody.

5. Are you done having babies or do you want more? I think we're done.

6. Are you loyal to your hairstylist or are do you tryout every salon in town? Just finally found a hairstylist I like (my last one kept cutting my bangs too short!) and I'm sticking with her.

7. How many times have you moved in your life? I think 8 times.

8. If you could plan your dream vacation with just you and your love where would it be? Definitely somewhere tropical and warm! Although, we haven't been anywhere in awhile by ourselves and any place would sound good!

If you'd like to play along, I'd love to see your answers!

Weekend Wind Down

Weekend time....ahhhh, my husband's home, laying low, my oldest is at my mother in law's, some school shopping, haircuts....yikes, it's going by too fast!!!

Time for Weekend Wind Down......
This week's question is when & where was the last time you went to an amusement park? Did you ride on a roller coaster?

We tried a new amusement park this year and had a blast. It was a perfect park for us because it had rides for all ages-rides scary enough for the older girls and gentle enough for the younger ones. I think my son broke the park record for the most rides on the fire trucks that just went round and round and round!

I did not ride on any of the roller coasters and have only ridden on a coaster once.......when I was in about 5th grade.....and I closed my eyes and prayed the whole time....I hated it! I've never been back on and I don't see a coaster ride in my near future either.

My husband and I have an amusement park agreement that keeps everyone happy.......

I do the twirly rides......
He does the coasters......

These are the important things you need to work out before you have kids.

These are really pictures from our visit to Hershey last summer.....once again, I left the camera memory stick in the computer and I think a certain 2 year old has it hidden in our house somewhere......keep your fingers crossed I find it....there wasn't a lot of pictures on it, but I'd be bummed to lose them.

Dishing It-Summer Rewind

Party time again!! Time for the August edition of Dishing It! with Amanda at Serenity Now. Such a nice way to meet and get to know some other bloggers....join in if you'd like!!

This month the topic is Summer Rewind. I know alot of schools have already started, but my kids don't go back for two weeks....two more weeks of no schedules and pretty lazy days....and I don't want to think about the summer ending! I think this has been the hottest and most humid summer for awhile so we've had some cranky days......sorry kids, mom doesn't do well with real hot weather.....but it's been a fun and busy one. I love a chance to remember what we've done and the fun we've had!!



~Best activity you participated in this summer. Did your family go on any trips this summer? Which was your favorite?

I had to put these two together because I just can't pick a favorite activity or trip! We've gone camping for two weeks and had a blast both times-great weather, friends, foods.....just fun the whole week. We've also done some day trips to a new amusement park and the beach.

We've had some great times hanging around the house too......playing in the rain, making our own WipeOut course, teaching my husband how to play cribbage and sometimes just being lazy. They're all my favorites!!

~Most exciting thing you've done this summer.

I don't know if this qualifies as that exciting but I called my sister one morning and asked her if she wanted to meet half way for dinner. She was free, so we met, shopped a bit, ate, laughed, laughed some more. It was such a nice night.

~Coolest crafty thing you made or home decor thing you tried.

I haven't been to crafty this summer but I am working on my older girls' bedroom. We painted and now it's time to decorate. I made my youngest daughter a sundress for her preschool graduation and I'm trying to redo a tshirt for myself right now and add some rosettes to spice it up a bit. I've been wanting to try them and wish I hadn't waited so long, they are fun to make! Can't wait to make some more and use them for headbands.

~Best book or magazine issue you read.
Definitely Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah! Such a good book-a little slow in the beginning, but once it gets going, I couldn't put it down. I just read and cried.

~Coolest new (to you) blog you've found.

I just found a cute new blog the other day-Two Little Bug Clothing-I saw her very neat Anthropologie inspired headband on One Pretty Thing and immediately went to check it out-great tutorial and now there's another item on my crafty to do list.

~What's left on your summer to-do list?

We still have two more camping trips to look forward to-one next week with my sister and her family and one over Labor Day Weekend. My husband has the week before the girls go back to school off so we'll probably do some day things while making sure everyone is ready for school......I'm sure there will be some shopping trips in there somewhere!

Say Cheese......

It's National Smile Week!

I'm celebrating with my great smilers!

Just back from a week camping at the beach-great time with great friends, I'm still playing catch up and trying to get through my laundry.......

I may be stuck in the laundry room for days!!!