Completely Finished!

I finally finished binding the edges of the latch hook (I use thread and not tape), added the fringe, cut the dowel to size and braided the hanger and now the "You are Loved" latch hook is completely finished!  Here's a picture:

  

My Mom also sent this kit in the mail.  I'm not sure when I'll get to it.  It's crewel, which I've never done before.  It was my Dad's but he apparently never did it.

Kinda Lazy Thursday

If you've been watching the news, you'd know that Texas is experiencing a bad drought.  Here, they've put limits on watering and there's a burn ban.

Here's a picture of my backyard:

We got excited this morning when we saw the clouds.  It was really smelling like rain and I could hear the thunder in the background...

And it missed us :(

Thursday is one of my days off of work (I work 4 10 hour shifts so I have 3 days off) and we normally do our shopping.  So, we went to Wal-Mart and picked up some stuff (they generally have the cheapest diapers) and then went to Kroger.  We found a bread machine at a local thrift store for $6 and it actually works well so we've been using it to make bread.  I needed to make french bread for work so I used it to mix the dough, then removed the dough, shaped it and baked it in the oven.  All that baking has worn down our supply of flour so that was on the list.  I also got some of that powdered buttermilk since it seems several varieties of bread call for it. 

Wal-Mart may say they have low prices but they rarely have stuff on good sales or clearance. Kroger on the other hand can have some awesome sales and almost always has manager's specials on stuff.  Today I got 100 bottle lines for the playtex bottles (the generic brand) for $2.99 :)

It seems to have wore Miss Zoé completely out because she passed out in the checkout line at Kroger.  This was her at home:

Not been getting a lot of sleep lately since Adèle has bad diaper rash and wakes up every time her diaper gets wet.  Since she and Zoé share a room, we have to be careful to remove the one crying baby so we don't wake the other baby.


We've been doing a bit of decorating on this house slowly but surely.  We got one of those Eclipse curtains for the babies' room so that it stays darker.  Since this is a rent house, it only has basic blinds in every room.  We got a large curtain rod and put up some of the curtains we already had in the living room.  We liked the Eclipse curtains so much that we got another 2 for the windows in the master bedroom but we haven't put them up yet.

Here's some of the stuff we've hung up so far.

My Dad picked this up at an antique store at some point.  I don't know who made it or even when it was stitched.  I have it by my piano.

My cousin made this when I was a baby.  I have it up in the girls' room.  My husband moved the cribs around so I don't have any nursery pictures since I haven't moved the pictures back around yet.

This is the shadow box I made of my stuff from high school since I didn't have a letter jacket.  The top row of letters is for math track as is one of the medals.  The other letter and the rows of medals are for handbell choir and all my performances at the state contest for piano, voice and handbells (they're all first place if you're wondering but they are different colors for the class of the piece and district or state level).  On the left hand side, you can see the yellow of my National Honor Society cords and the tassels from my high school and college graduations.  The medal on the right is from my college graduation.

We also hung up my grandma's bird pictures in the hallway.  I would post pictures but blogger is being a pain.

Have to go make meatloaf now.

A Better Pic of the Wedding Sampler

I got a better picture of the actual progress on the wedding sampler today.

Finally, a UFO finish!

So, my goal this year was to finish up some UFOs....and it hasn't been going so well.  Well, today, I finally finished my Carnival Afghan...

I decided not to do the tassels.  Adèle really really wanted to help Mommy sew the panels on.  She has been looking especially cute today.

She is crawling now, saying "Ma ma" and stealing her sister's toys and chewing on everything because she has two front teeth coming in.

Wedding Sampler Progress

I made quite a bit of progress at work this week.  Actually, there's a little more progress but I forgot to snap another picture.

I hate Wal-Mart.  We went today and there was almost a fist fight in the parking lot and then Zoé got stung but a bee on the finger in the meat department.  We got the stinger out and she's ok.  Doesn't appear to be allergic.

Also, Lynn is having a giveaway for this fantastic Paris collection:

Maybe I'll finally win something for once....

Switching Projects

I had a little time today to work on my stocking.  Here's a picture of recent progress:

The picture really doesn't do it justice.  The colors are really quite vibrant.  Maybe I'll get out my 5mp camera and take some better pictures when it's done.

I have switched projects over to the Pooh quilt I'm doing for Zoé for her birthday.  This is the one deadline I'm really trying to keep (so it has to be completed by November 30).  At this point, I don't see the point of making deadlines since with the little ones, I never know if I'll have any time to do anything at this point.  Especially since Adèle is officially crawling now.  I got the thing pinned and I got one block stitched.  I don't have any hoops anymore so I'm using one of my qsnaps.  Also continuing to finish binding the latch hook.  I got a dowel for it the other day so once I'm done binding, I'll put the fringe on the bottom, cut the dowel to size and braid the hanger (for $1.99, this kit came with EVERYTHING!) and it will be ready to hang.

Made lasagna tonight.  I used my mom's microwave recipe but baked it in the oven since my Pyrex pan won't fit in our small microwave.  It turned out very good and my husband even liked it (or so he said as he doused it in pepper)

Review: The Case for Christ

The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Level: Adult

Scanning the reviews for this book, I notice that it either gets 5 stars (mostly seem to be Christians) or 1 star (mostly seems to be non-Christian). 

Really, what this book is about is one man's investigations into the validity of the Christian faith.  Strobel outright says this at the beginning of the book that he is retracing the steps that he took after his wife converted to Christianity and he wanted to learn more.  So, being a journalist, he looked up some scholars, argued some points and this book has his conclusions.

I don't expect anyone to be converted by this book, however, I think it has some interesting points about the New Testament and it's testimonies.



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