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I want to post the link to the market bag project. She has other cool things you can make too!
http://www.themikkelsens.net/sarah/journal/

Have fun!

Market Bag

I found the instructions for a "market bag" on a blog I was checking out. This one is made from tea towels. It was my first one and I am not a very good sewer but I DID IT! I am going to make about 5 more and use them for shopping.!

Mirror

Look at the mirror I found at Walmart. It was only $30.00. Black wood frame! I really like it.

Some old and some new.

This pic is a month or so old. Max went out in to the night one windy, cold evening. I don't think he really had to work too hard to get the swing to move!

We have been having some wind and rain lately. The temp has been moving up so that is nice. Yesterday we lost power for an hour or so. I went to dry my hair and the dryer wouldn't work. I thought I had blown through another hair dryer in a short couple of months. I was walking around the house trying different outlets. Banging it on the floor :) Swearing because I didn't want to spend another $20.00 on a hair dryer. THEN, I looked at the clock. "Oh...... the power must be out" DUH! So I spent the $20.00 yesterday on some wicker baskets to keep potatoes and onions in the pantry. One small step to being more organized.

My Grandma apparently has "plateaued" in her rehabilitation. She will be moving to an official assisted living facility. She has agreed to try it for a few weeks. This really needs to work out for her. She has been asking to go home. But she really does not take care of herself. She says she does. Even the nurses say she would not be able to live alone. So we are hoping she will be open to all the activities they provide there and get wrapped up in it all.

On a bummer note my sister is still looking for a job. She has sent applications and resumes in but with the economy the way it is hasn't heard anything back. She is networking the best she can. I have been checking over here as well. She needs a new beginning.

O.K. that is it for now.

Oscars!

Hurray it is Oscar day. Unfortunetly, I have not seen one of the movies that were nominated! I think this is the worst I have ever done. O'well it is the celebs and the fashion that I really like to watch. I went to a Pampered Chef party yesterday. Had a great time. It was a couple of gals whose kids go to school with Coop. His good buddy will be going to a private school next year and his friend Katie who would be going to the same public school as Coop will be doing an additional year of preschool. It made me kind of sad because now I don't think he will know anyone in his class. I know he will do fine. He is a happy kid and makes friends pretty easy. This summer I will have to watch for other kids in the neighborhood that look like they might be going.
Barry and Wyatt are feeding the ducks down by the river! And Max has his friend Will here.

Here is Wyatt with his buddy Tanner. Tanner is on his way to Fort Worth. We said our good byes yesterday. Wyatt is too young to understand that his buddy is gone. It was hard on Max. We will miss him and wish him the best of everything!

12 or so years ago my Mom got me a really nice wok. I finally took it out of the box and seasoned it and made our first stir-fry last night. It was yummy. Flank steak and veggies with a ginger like sauce. It had some chili kick too! I need some practice using it though. I was a little uptight. I was worried it wouldn't turn out and that we would never use it again. Barry is back to work today. The sun will be out today and it is supposed to be in the 50's. I am going to plan my day so that I can get some yard work going on!

Hailey taking care of Coop

Hailey taking care of Cooper and me and Wyatt playing around with the camera! Shhhh! Don't tell Dad that Hailey is on the couch :)

My Cooper

Poor Coop has a really bad cold. We are going to go to the doctors this morning and have him checked out. He has some wheezing going on. :( He is really bummed because he is going to miss the valentine party at his school. He and Hailey dog are becoming good friends. When he coughs she goes running to him. It is so sweet!
Had some snow yesterday morning. It is only February so I shouldn't be too disappointed. Both Max and I are really hoping for spring. He had a bit of a melt down about the weather and was complaining about "that stupid groundhog, scared of his own shadow and now we have 6 more weeks of winter!" thppt!

Possessed!

I decided to paint the masterbath yesterday. I started the night before with prepping the room and then started again at 8:30 yesterday. IT TOOK ALL DAY! Why I thought to do it while Barry was at work. O.K. I actually do know why :) The boys were kind of left on their own downstairs. I would pop down for more paint and just close my eyes at the mess they had created. I would just tell myself that it could all be picked up at the end of the day and remained calm and focused on my project. The boys did farely well. I have to say there was actually very little fighting and Max actually stepped up and entertained to keep the peace. Color antique verde. I started painting and you could see every roll mark and brush stroke I did. I realized that it indeed was going to take two coats. Not a problem but I had popped off the night before stating that " I should be able to finish the job in one day". I could not be proved wrong. The second coat looks great. I have some touch ups today. But it is done. I was possessed all day and exuasted by the end. Running up to paint. Running down to check on the boys. Yikes!
I am not painting again anytime soon.
I reconnected with a friend of mine who moved to Australia around the same time Barry and I moved here. It is so exciting to here what she has been doing. It all seems so adventerous.
Big night tonight it is a red carpet and Grammy night. My favorite new artist Adele is up for 4 Grammys. I will be rooting for her but she is up against some very popular artist.
And a note for you people with kids. We purchased Madagascar 2. We found it very entertaining and fun. We had rented Space Chimps the night before and that was not as good as we thought it would be.

Another nice Sunday....so far

The playroom/game room/dining room is now painted! Got an early start on Friday morning and finished by 1:30. It feels so great to have it done. I am thinking about pushing myself and getting the master bed/bath done too. I went furniture shopping yesterday for a little bit. What a bunch of leeches! Man, they follow you around like you are ripping them off or something. It made me more of a believer of on-line shopping. I only really found one sofa sectional that I liked. We are looking for leather so that it has a chance of looking nice after 5 years. Personally, I could just put a couple of futons in the family room and call it good until Wyatt is 6 or 7. We thought we would have enough space for a sectional and one nice chair for Barry but it is looking tight. Now what to do.
Super bowl Sunday! We are having a Chinese buffet today. Some barbecue pork, pot stickers and spring rolls from Winco. I already went to Panda Express and picked up some ornange chicken and rice for half time. We are grazing today. It is so great!
I talked to my Grandma this morning and she seems to be doing well. Mom and Nik are going to visit her so I will get a better report then. :)
I am going to go take a nap before the big game!