i don't feel like i have much to chat about, but it's been so long since i've posted, i figured i should check in with the masses. so. how're things?
i've been entirely consumed by sewing these days. i haven't finished my stockings yet, but i did make some progress during conference. they are looking stinkin cute if i do say so. and i do.
i must say, it's kind of taking over my life. and when i say kind of, i mean entirely. a rather healthy week consists of only 3 trips to the fabric store and making it home with no more than 4 new projects. oh dear. i have about 6 projects in progress (as soon as i get about 3/4 of the way through, or i stop liking where the project is heading, i start on the next) and close to two dozen waiting in the wings. oh dear. **
so far, i've completed (keep in mind that nothing is ever complete with me. i can always add, tweak, remove something already considered finished) a few things i can actually wear. 2 shirts, a skirt and a pair of soft pants (eric's name for my pajamas). oh, and a pair of pajama pants for RD.
but i mean, seriously. go big or go home, right? i think martha stewart would tell me it's a good thing. i don't know. i'm just sayin.
evidence of a couple trips to the fabric store....in case you didn't believe me.
**a shout out to the hubs for being so patient and supportive as our hard earned dollars continue to be replaced by fabric. thanks, dude.
IN OTHER NEWS:
:: my hair goes severely darker. wha?
:: eric got in a car accident last week on the freeway. not hurt, luckily, and not his fault, but our car is pretty crunched. ugh.
:: the red sox almost come back to win the ALCS but, sadly, the rays steal the victory.
:: to my surprise and disappointment, i have yet to be to the pumpkin patch this year. MER! remember earlier in my post about the sewing and the sucking up of my life? i wasn't kidding people!
:: the diaz trio continues to root for obama.
:: in an attempt to get pj excited about reading, i bribed him to read harry potter with me. he was pretty hesitant. until i promised him 5 packs of baseball cards. my mom tried to bribe me to read when i was little. i'll let you know if it works better with peej than it did with me.
this past week has been all about the pumpkin around our house. on saturday we finally trekked out to the pumpkin patch (phew!). we picked out 5 rockstar pumpkins after much mud tromping. i always have a hard time picking out pumpkins and the same goes for christmas trees. have you ever seen that Friends episode where Pheobe wants to buy all the sad, charlie brown trees so they can fulfill their christmas destiny? that's me. if i pick one up and especially if i pull it off it's stem, it's hard for me to leave it in the patch to die. i know. it's a problem. and eric is mostly patient with me as i fret over which ones get to come home with us. he tries to remind me they don't have brains or feelings and i try to believe him. we got all green ones again and the one i finally decided on is the greatest of any of my years of pumpkin patching. i was very pleased.
the final results. eric did the 2 on the left and the one on the far right. mine has star eyes and if you look close enough, you can see why pj's is named guido. good times were had by all.
pj and i made pumpkin pie sunday night and i made pumpkin cupcakes for our ward activity.
