My First Clothing Item

I cannot claim it as a design, because it is not mine. I came across this.....

lazy days skirt free pattern

....and decided to give it a try. Since I have a son, I decided I would make this for myself, so I basically "doubled" it. I must say, it was very easy, came out pretty cute and I am going to make more. I just bought some patterns today for some cute and easy tops. It is my goal to be able to design my own patters, I figure an $80,000 college degree in Interior Design should get me somewhere in making clothes!

Anyways, I will post some pics of the final product. Do no judge me on my fabric! Since this was a first go around I used some simple cotton I had in my stash, but now that I know I can do this, I am on the hunt for some cute and funky fabric, the this great blue and green fabric I picked up last week on sale - the blue ribbon will be the hem. I think I will use the rest of these hearts and flowers to make some of these simple skirts for my nieces!

Forgive the bathroom background, it is my only full-length mirror! The skirt does fall nicely.

Props to oliver + S , I love their site, design and feel. Very cool! They also have some more free patterns for cute vintage-like little ones clothing items.

I am such a slacker.

I really want to keep up a blog, like really. I want to hone my writing skills. There are so many creative endeavors that I want to do, but I cannot find enough time in the day to even do my dishes. That and I type like 500 lines a day for work, lol....so the computer sometimes is the last place I want to be.

I started this blog when my son was 4 months old. He is now over 3. WOW does time fly. Ironically, sleep was something of a luxury then, and 3 years later it still is.


So in a lightning-fast up-to-date story. I have moved from Chicago to Alabama. I am working from home as a medical languange specialist. Nothing too exciting but it pays the bills. I have many creative processes on my mind lately.

I just received a beautiful new sewing machine that I am going to need to post a picture of. It has inspired me to want to create. I was working on quilts here and there before, and thought I could harness my need to be creative through that, but I am now thinking broader - clothes! Luckily I do not have a daughter, which means I get to be my prime guinea pig. Yes. I want to try and design some clothes.

I also really want to start writing again. I was a poet at one point in my young life, I even met Ray Bradbury after winning an Honorable Mention in a contest. I am such a dud lately, I can barely write an email. So this is my new practice place. Sorry if it will bore you but I can use the practice. I would love to come up with something creating, but Jason thinks I should write a book about his journey.

Jason, as you may know, has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for over 5 years now. This has changed our life in so many ways. We are now more health concious then we ever were and we hope to pass this on to Ollie. Also, Jason is attempting to work his way into medical school and become a doctor. What a feat that will be! So, as if I have some gift of forsight, I so aptly named this blog appropriately. Once after my infant, and now through the long, long sleepless road of the wife of a hopeful med student.

Okay well enough for now.

Long Time No Blog

Sorry to all my non-existent readers. I was on vacation at home! I haven't posted any blogs lately because my life is boring......okay not really but here goes.

Last week I was off work all week and I had a really great time. I tried to make sure that I did not waste one day of it!

Saturday - Jason's Paintball Team BBQ
Sunday - Was really hot......watched football
Monday - Hung out with the parentals
Tuesday - Lunch and tea party with Kari!
Wednesday - Went shopping
Thursday - Visited Women in the Word (Miss you guys!)
Friday - Relaxed (Oh and got into a minor car accident!)
Saturday - Jason's mom came and brought me dinner
Sunday - Watch football all day!

Yeah so it was a great week. Ollie is now a crawling MADMAN! I have a great video of him, I will try to get it uploaded, but it is pretty big.

Ooh Im Cute!

Yep I am cute. As of last Sunday I am 7 months old! I can crawl like a catepillar, I like to blow rasberries and spit all over the place, I like to play with my toys, follow my mom into the kitchen, touch the puppy and I hate to go to bed!

Ollie Swinging

Had a "sick day" today so Ollie and I decided to make the best of it! The weather is gorgeous today! We walked over to the park this morning but there were no baby swings, so we strolled back and decided to swing in the yard! After that we made out way to Target and came home for lunch, nothing too exciting! I am going to make some two mustard chicken for dinner tonite and then back to work like normal tomorrow! See you all later!

All moved in - well pretty much!

As I unpacked my LAST box today I felt the rush of excitement - or maybe more so relief! I feel like I have been moving forever! First from the apartment to the garage, then a week at the inlaws, then into the new place, then to work for a week, then back to unpacking over the weekend and today - TADA! What was even great about it was that I decided not to do anything yesterday, because I was so tired, that I would just finish whenever, and then, the Lord blessed me with a day off unexpectedly, so I got to run my errands and finish unpacking today while feeling rested.

There are still a few odds and ends to finish up, mostly things on J's "honey do" list, and there is still a bit of wall to paint, but other than that we are really settling in!

Back to work tomorrow and then my mom comes up to visit on Thursday! So excited! Friday night Jason is going to stay home with Ollie and we are going to go to the movies! WOOT! Anyways, I will try ot get some pictures of the house posted for you all as soon as I take them. Until lata!

Move in Weekend!

Are we tired or what! Well, we decided to cancel our Wisconsin trip this weekend because we figured we had too much to do at the new place, and we were right. We started moving in Sunday and we are maybe half way done.

We got the living room painted, and the base coat of Ollie's room down. We still need to paint the dining room and move some more furniture in. We did get the kitchen and living room pretty much set up so that we can at least get through the work week until the weekend again. We hope to finish everthing by this coming weekend and then we will hopefully have a fun housewarming bbq!