Due for some quality family time...

Yesterday was such a blur... my strong silent mysterious man was so tired and worn out from a long week of work. The teenager has been so busy with school and the golf team; it feels like I never see him. And I had a church meeting to run off to so everyone had to fin for themselves for dinner.

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I am so happy it's Friday; tonight we will all be home together and I want to plan a special meal, and have some quality family time together! We are overdue... it really drains us being pulled in different directions. Seems like if we don't have dinners together, we don't see each other much or talk about what is going on in our lives. And we all begin to droop.

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So in my role to nurture this family; tonight I will step it up a notch... we seem to really need it to fill our wells, replenish our spirits and unify our little family unit.

Too much excitement in one day...

Yesterday was just too much excitement packed into one day for me...

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My strong silent mysterious man made it home from his work trip out of town! Exciting, but he didn't tell me he was actually coming home, so I had thawed out and made dinner that was one of his least favorite dishes, so the teenager could eat it up and he wouldn't have to endure it since he was gone. So when he came in and smelled something yummy cooking, all ready for a home cooked meal... he was pretty sad to learn what I had made.

It's his own fault for not calling me!

(I made up some mashed potatoes and gravy, and threw on some meat... so he was really happy with that... he is easy to please that way)

It was really exciting to have him back home again... just ask my crazy dogs who would not leave him alone all night, I could barely get in-between them for my own hugs!

I went to see Katie and got my hair cut! Looked so cute yesterday, but today after I washed it... it feels short and I have no idea how I will pull it together for a big church meeting tonight... uggg.

How does she make it look so cute?

(and then there is the ugly cold sore remnants... still not healed up... double ugggg)

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And to top off my excitement for the day, I went over to our wards young women mutual activity... they are sewing 100 dresses (it goes along with a really cute story) for a charitable service project before camp; to help out... and I use the term "help" very lightly... I was a warm body to encourage and cheer them along; while asking as many questions as they had; but I had a sewing machine they could use, so I was not a total speed bump in the road.

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With my recent pajama pant project, I was just barely a step ahead of where I was last week, but just barely! In the process, a life long fear of sewing over my finger brought nightmares all week, leaving me sleep deprived.

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Then my biggest fear was realized through one of the girls when I heard she had sewn over her finger (I almost can't even type it... feeling queezy and light headed thinking about it... CRINGING!!!!). Luckily, she was behind me and there were leaders around her to scoop her right up and take her out to take care of her. They got the needle out and put her back to work... because 99 dresses just wouldn't fly!

Tee hee... just kidding, we had some doctors close by in our ward, so she got really good care, and came back on her own to "get back on the horse"... she was mostly worried if she would be able to pole vault in her track meet today.

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I can't wait to see what is in store for today.... it's national "Take a Chance" Day!

Discombobbleated...

I know my husband runs a tighter ship than I do... but I thought I at least kept things out of chaos! My strong silent mysterious man was called to work on a job out of town this week and I am holding down the fort without him. Something I can do, but I don't like it.

But apparently I am not even keeping things out of chaos... I kenneled the dogs and went to the store and came home and Taylor was all jammed up in Rudy's kennel WITH RUDY!!! What?????

There is barely enough room in Rudy's kennel for just Rudy; how she got her big bum in there without me even noticing??? and how he managed to squeeze in there with her ??? and he barely tolerates her in a big open space, much less jammed in together ??? Oh my stars ??? I am losing it!!! This is chaos!!!!

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Luckily I was only gone for a few minutes; or I might have come home to a Rudy pancake!

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I miss my main man... I can't wait until he comes home!

I am so discombobbleated without him... I hope nobody gets hurt on my watch this week!

SPT ~ Gift a friend...

I have been going to my friend's house (who had a stroke in December) once a week; we work on her therapy homework, and we take the time to catch up, and it gives her daughter a little break to do some of her errands and take her son to preschool. And a couple of weeks ago I threw out some suggestions of things we could do together since it was a regular routine.... we could really accomplish somethings together... and she loves to sew; so that was the project she picked!

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I do not sew, I am not skilled at it... but I do have a desire to learn.... so if she is willing to teach me (and she is very very patient) then I was all in!

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So the first day we went and picked out an easy project... I found some pajama pants; and with the warm weather quickly on it's way... something I would need to get out of my flannel. And we bought the fabric, it was such a fun trip out... so many choices, hard for me to make decisions; but again... she has the patience of Job... so we laughed and had a great time.

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The next week, I cut out the pattern... I had no idea what I was doing, and she kept having to explain and explain again... and then show me... we were quite a pair because she is still getting her language back and some times has to search for words that get locked away in file cabinets in her head. And then there I am with the "deer and the headlights" look trying to figure it out; not having a clue how to align a pattern... sadly it took me 2 hours to cut out one pair of pajama pants.

But again... Miss Job... with all her patients, still loves me... laughs at me, but still loves me and wants me to come back again! Yeah!

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This week I began sewing! The flat sides, easy, I get those... the round edges and aligning the right side inside the other leg, to sew the center???? OMG!!!! How confusing... she would tell me how to do it and I could not wrap my mind around any of it! So confusing... how does one ever learn these things? I just had to trust her... follow her direction and everything fell into place. The next thing I knew, I had a pair of pajama pants... finished!

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I was so excited! She was so excited for me... what started out as a gift to a friend, turned into a greater gift given back! What a huge blessing learning new skills, and having such a fun time, slowing down enough to laugh and have fun, at a time when I am stressed out trying to find balance in my life.

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Isn't that how giving usually turns out... the giver ends up with so much more than they started with... I love it! I need to remember to slow down give of myself enough to reap in the blessings that God has in store for me, and those in my path; instead of being too busy to give and serve thinking it will throw me farther off balance. It just doesn't work that way... it's so cool!

These are my new cotton hawaiian print pajama pants, and since my cold sore is still UGLY... that's all the self portrait I am willing to expose. But I love it that Morgan is smiling... she is always cheerful!