Can't you just see it?

A patchwork blanket for a boy coming right up!! (just as soon as I have a spare moment that is.)

He surprises me sometimes

this one does.

From day one, he's been glued to my side. At times it's quite maddening (especially when we're at someone's house and there are plenty of kids to play with) and others it's comforting. More often than not, he's too shy to say a boo to anyone so it always surprises me when he'll talk someone's ear off.

This morning after we had finished our grocery shopping and I was loading them into the back of the 'Burb, this man with a big white bushy beard walked by. This kid belts out at the top of his lungs, "Hi Santa!" The man, good naturally, replied, "Hello! Ho! Ho! Ho!", throwing this kid into a fit of giggles. I lost it...I could not stop laughing! It was so unlike him to do something like that. I asked him, "How to you know it was Santa?" His answer, "Cuz, he had a big mustache all over his face." (Like, duh Mom!)

As I continued loading groceries, my kindergartner asked, "What that inappropriate for him to call that guy Santa?" Whoa! Big word for a little kid! Obviously they must be learning about what's appropriate and inappropriate at school.

Brain Purge #2309480

Just because it's been a while...

• We've been invaded. By ants. Yuck. (Or have we invaded their "space"?) My kids have been gracious hosts for the invaders by leaving crumbs, cherrios and cantaloupe chunks on the floor for the ants to carry off. We've probably read them "The A Book" a few too many times. "Angry ants advance...". They're just trying to keep the peace in the house.
• JB and her family are making an appearance to our Humble Abode this weekend. Excitement fills the air! At least for me and the kids.
• All Hubby can think about is hunting, which opens on Saturday.
• There are perks to his one track mind....all our kids, right down to the baby, now know how to call in an elk, should the need ever arise. What? You mean, you don't need to call in elk on a regular basis?!? Yeah, our house sounds like a herd of cows being strangled.
• This is one of my favorite pictures of her so far. It totally captures her usual expression. I can't help but smile while looking at it.
• As real life is interfering with able mabel life, I'm starting to raid my Artfire shop to keep my Etsy shop stocked. Robbing the poor to feed the rich...
• I got my cart filled at fabric.com. I bought some chalk cloth to make chalkboards/bullentin boards for our church craft sale. I'm going to layer cork and batting (so I won't need such a thick layer of cork) and cover it with the chalk cloth. We'll see if that idea works...
• Speaking of the craft sale, I went over to a friend's house yesterday to work on some flower headbands and clips. We managed to get quite a few done despite all the toddlers at our toes. It's always fun to work with someone else! I realized as soon as the table was filled with wonderous color, that I forgot my camera at home. Shoot! (or I guess, I couldn't shoot.)

Let's see if

I can keep my eyeballs open long enough to toss up a blog post...It's been one of those days. Too much going on for the amount of hours allotted. But, I'm still of the living, so it's all good. This was my afternoon project. A order for a crib sized patchwork blanket for a customer. It took me a little longer than I had planned because my oh-so-sweet baby wasn't acting oh-so-sweet. It's about impossible to sew and bounce a baby at the same time. (Speaking of which, have you ever tried sewing while driving down a dirt road? I came pretty close to, what I can imagine it would be like, when I tried sewing on my card table. Whoa!! I quickly moved to more solid ground. Take my word for it...Don't try this at home folks!)

I had another customer want a blanket out a certain fabric, which I found on fabric.com. My cart is now $.66 away from the free shipping mark ($35) and I'm having the worst time trying to find something to add to it. I mean, as if. Usually, I'm painfully having to decide which fabrics I can live without at checkout because my total is so ridiculously high.

I must be tired....Maybe I'll have better luck shopping in the morning.

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