Wednesday, June 9, 2010

What I Do When There Isn't A Fire

Believe it or not, I don't brood about fires or pre-schools all the time...
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Most of my days are filled with Park Days, trying unsuccessfully to keep the house clean, grocery shopping, cooking, dishes, dishes, dishes, being a mom, and enjoying quality time with Ben and the girls.
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And we have had some fun the past few days!
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Here is Claire doing what she does best: Looking Cute

















Look for an update on her later today (hopefully) as she is 11 months old today!
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Here is what I have been up to:




























To his dismay, Ben has learned to never know what to expect in his house when he gets home from work. He HATES my projects, which I admit seem never-ending even to me at this point. But, I had the opportunity to borrow a quilting frame, and I have had this quilt ready to be tied for over 3 years. (I bought the fabric for the back side the day before Audra was born). So, I set the frame up (it took me two hours) and got to work. It took me two days, now I just have to sew the edges. It is a t-shirt of shirts I obtained while working at Chatfield (I purposely left out my Bear Creek shirts, because I want to forget everything I can about my year in purgatory when I worked for the Spawn of Satan).

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I will admit, quilting brought back memories from when I was a little girl. Both of my grandmother's quilt(ed) and gave me a quilt they each made. My Grandma Clark would set the frame up at my parents house when she came to visit and hand sew each of us girls a quilt. I remember having the quilt set up and sitting underneath it and pulling the needle through. Ahh, the memories of quilting!

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But I also have to admit, the memories are better than the work I just put in to get this quilt tied by myself! The person who was supposed to help bailed, leaving me to do it all by myself! Not a fun task, my friends, not a fun task!

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We have gone to the park A LOT:

























And, last Saturday we went to Heritage Square:



















Audra had a blast going on all the rides (but FYI, get the bracelet- you only have to buy one because parents get to ride free, so it's a way better deal than getting the tickets- I wish we had known that before we bought the tickets).
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This ride, though, made me SO nauseous!!! I often get sick on amusement park rides, but I thought- "it's a kiddy ride, I'll be fine." I almost barfed right there on the ride. And it didn't help that as I am about to puke, Audra looks up at me and says-as sweetly as sweet can be- "This ride is fun!" Blasted balloon ride!

















This is what Claire did:


















For being so cute, I admit she doesn't look so cute in this picture. But, you can see her top tooth, and her other one coming in!
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So, this is what we have really been up to. But we don't get nearly as many comments on these posts than the other ones:)

4 comments:

  1. HAHAHAHA! I hope you weren't insulted by me calling you a downer. :) You know I kid.
    Glad you are having some fun and getting outside. We've been having the most awful weather here and I am SO tired of being stuck inside.
    (...and Jason hates my projects too because they cost money and I seem to never finish them...I imagine they will just get worse when I actually have space to do them - after all, what else are we supposed to do all day?)

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  2. I'll post on this one. :) I'm glad you guys are getting to do some fun things and am jealous that your weather is nice enough to be outside a lot. We've only had a handful of days like that so far and I'm about to go crazy. Your girls are adorable and I can't wait to meet Claire!

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  3. I, too, am jealous of your outings and nice weather. We have been getting so much rain here we have been trapped inside!

    I'm impressed you find the time to do projects with two kids around. It gives me hope. :)

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  4. Tying a quilt is a chore even when you have two people there helping. The quilt that Lisa and I made was for our king size bed, and that would have taken forever to tie for one person. With both of us and her mom, it still took a couple of hours. But it was worth it. I love that quilt. And not just because I did most of the designing and a lot of the sewing on it.

    Projects are a good thing, though. At least they keep you busy and give you something to accomplish. It's important to do work that produces a visible, tangible result. Spending all of your time doing maintenance work (dishes, laundry, cleaning, etc.) just to have to do it all over again the next day can get really old.

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