i am taking this whole week off from work to relax at home with my favorite people. david took the opportunity to write while i had a lunch date. grilled cheese never tasted so good. i will be taking it easy here at huffmania this week as the operative word is relax. i will also being obsessing over the sudoku book i got in my stocking. i have been avoiding them because i knew i would do just that, obsess. so much for sewing. have a good week, and get a little silly at the tail end of 2006.
cuteness abounds at the huffmania residence, as usual. i love sodoku too and get so obsessed that others think i've lost my mind. what a great way to do "nothing" though, eh? have a good one, hannah!h
what a good plan... I think i'm going to have to have grilled cheese for dinner and those kids of yours are just too much sweetness--"so cute I could eat you!" as we say in this house.
peace and love to all of you friends. safe travels to those on the road, and for those snuggling at home, grab those loved ones a little tighter. until then merry christmas!
a friend of mine sent me this very simple smock pattern that i knew i wanted to try out for collette. once i finally found the time and motivation to do a little something in the studio, uh i mean basement, from start to finish this little number took me 45 minutes. seriously. pretty good right? i'll say. some brown corduroy, beautiful trim from lisa and a fake "serged" edge and done. i could have made it even easier (remember easy means lazy for me) on myself and just edged the thing in bias tape but i only had extra wide brown so instead i opted for a quarter inch fold over and some tight zigzag stitching. this was by far the longest process. i really want one of these for myself. is that wrong? hmm... i would show you this smock on collette, but really, she never ever ever wakes up from a nap happy. ok, maybe like twice, but yesterday wasnt one of those days. you would think after getting all that snuggly good rest in she would be beaming. not so. not even with a cracker. oh well. must take after her father...
i think we have the same sewing attention span...so, yes, I want to try this! But then you did that quilt, so I'm not sure... it's fantastic, but the grumpy faced flickr picture is even better....
I'm going to dream of this for myself for days. I totally may have to copy you and try to make one adult-sized and similar after the holidays. Over a tight long sleeve t-shirt? Oh- too good.
just doesnt seem like enough. where does the time go? is it really seven days until christmas? oh my. taking a little time to reflect this morning i realized that even though time has been zooming by this month i have done nothing but enjoy it. really. i know i talk about how great my friends are, but seriously they are. i failed to mention last week that the reason that david and i got to go to the imogen concert (which was FABULOUS) was because two friends gave us tickets AND set up baby sitting. give me a break. that is almost too nice for me even and they are my friends. sheesh. thank you so much you two. david and i also had a chance to sneak out and see casino royale. so good. well, if you like action films, which strangely i do. i also at this moment in time like daniel craig (could his eyes be any more blue? i dont think so.) but i already had a crush on him from layer cake (another excellent action film. i told you i like them). while we are on the topic of violent action films we also went to see the departed a while back. stunning performances from an amazing cast. i will warn you though that there is toooons of violence and toooons of cursing in this film, not for the faint of heart, but when is scorcese?
ok, i didnt plan for this to be a post on movies, but i do like them. movies that is. what i meant to say is that our plan from the beginning was to have a very low key holiday, and it has turned out nicely so. i put absolutely no pressure on myself to hand make gifts this year, as a matter of fact, we got rid of nearly all gift pressure whatsoever this year. we politely asked our parents to not get anything for david and me and that in exchange we would not be getting them anything. i dont think there is an earthly way to stop grandparents from getting grandchildren gifts so we didnt even try. we kept our budget for the children very very low ($30 each and we came in under budget!) and it has been lovely. so even though christmas is screaming towards us, and i have yet to make a move towards christmas cards, i feel great! i hope you all are doing well too. if not, take a little break and try to feel good, ok? good. thank you. one thing i have been ga-ga for this year is baking. i cant seem to do enough of it. seriously, i cant. i have plans in the works this week for marshmallows, chocolate blocks, russian tea cookies and a cake or two. i posted a little recap over at the recipe box if you are interested. but seriously. no pressure, ever from here. i mean it about feeling good and enjoying yourself. do it.
ahhh...you make me feel good. I've probably done a little too much this christmas in the handmade department--but only because I'm trying a new genre: woodworking. yes, woodworking. it's always good to get a reminder to kick back and enjoy the holidays. i have all my shopping done so that i can relax, bake and wrap this week. i love it. I think christmas on a monday is perfect!
The best Scorsese movies are indeed not for the faint of heart, so I'm sure glad he's back to making them that way .. The Departed was easily one of the best movies I've seen this year
i'm so feeling you... i just need to kick this cold and stop my cheek breakout and i'll be good to go. (why is harder to relax when one is breaking out all over. gosh dang...)
aaaah. you are so right. not a time to be all stressy and stuff. A time to enjoy our peeps. I will remember that. I will stop stressing about gifts and cookies and whatnot. Instead maybe i will just contemplate those lovely eyes of that lovely new james bond.
hard to believe isnt it? kerry can you believe that you have had a little one in your belly for almost that long? crazy i tell you. let me see, lets do a rundown of accomplishments to date, shall we? i am gonna go ahead and say we shall, you know the whole baby book thing... so, sitting is an obvious one. pulling up and plopping down are in the works but no cruising yet. cheerios have so been mastered for about a month now. ticked off sippy cup with juice today, as well as the whole mom i am pretending i cant hear you thing. this mostly happens while turning the power to the cable box on and off and on and off and on...you get the picture. lots of sounds that i will spare you the details of here. um, almost reaching her arms out for hugs, almost but not quite. and pretty much just dang cute all of the time. so arlo my love, i think you have officially crossed over from just being a baby to being a little person with your own personality, not quite full fledged but pretty darn close. happy ten months my love! in case you were wondering eliot and collette are doing just fine with all this arlo talk. believe you me, they still get more than their fair share of attention. and mom even managed to do a little sewing today...
40 weeks doesn't really seem like that long, but its hard to remember not knowing arlo. getting excited for our 40 week mark to be here. maybe arlo's future boyfriend?
yay for arlo ! and your last post hannah... fantastic... i am just catching up - so yes - even though i am not 24 and i have no kids i am sometimes amazed at how things just HIT you.....
can't get over the pics of ellito and collette! jumping on the bed in the backround? too much! oh, and by the way, my oldest is turning 10 YEARS old next month. that one will definitely set your world in orbit. i'm not old enough for a kid who is almost a teenager!
i dont know. sometimes i think it is strange to be the mother of three when i feel like i am only 24 or something. does that feeling ever slap you full in the face? it did me the other day, as i was bending down to give collette some cough medicine. i suddenly thought, this is my daughter. this is my daughter, i am responsible for her in every way. i knew this already of course, it just slapped me in the face at that moment. holy cow. how can i feel so young and so old at the exact same moment? who knows. i think tonight will hold another one of those strange moments. you see we are double booked, eliots christmas program at school at 630 and an imogen heap concert at 9 in lawrence. so basically we will sit in a church and video tape our son with hundreds of other parents in the early evening, race home, put the kids to bed, hop in the car and drive to lawrence to stay out waaaay late at a concert rocking our brains out. well maybe not, i myself will probably be covering up a yawn or two. but hey, a day in the life of a gen x'er parent i guess...
Hey cutie. I was just telling my best friend the other day, "Shoot me if I'm still watching MTV when I'm 40." Ha ha. And I'm stuck at 27 for some reason...newly married, no kiddos. Sometimes when Big J calls me "Mommy", I think, wha? who is he talking to?"
i am so with you on this one. occasionally i look at my husband and say "we have a kid" as if he didn't know. we have a KID. and another one in the oven. weird. when did we grow up? i am green green green about the imogen show. she was just in my neck of the woods the other day and i wanted so badly to go but i have a kid, as you now know. still haven't hired a sitter. not once in his fourteen months. uh-oh, i feel a blog post coming on...
I feel like this pretty frequently. It makes me wonder if any parent really feels like their pre-child idea of a parent.
Have fun at the concert. I used to think that electronic music wouldn't make for a very good concert, but a couple of my favorite concerts have been of that sort (Air, Moby). I hope it's a good show!
we must all be alike......so many times my hubby and i have said...who do these little people belong to? we are way to young!:) by now you must be on your way out for the night.......have a great time with imogen!
No kids yet, but still, I know what you mean. Sometimes I look at Brandon and think, "Holy CRAP, man. We're not old enough to get married!" When he proposed, I actually said, "Are you CRAZY?" - not because I didn't think we were right together, but because it didn't feel like we were old enough somehow.
I was just talking with one of my brothers the other day, and he told me that he feels like he is stuck at 35, even though he's about to be 43. I'm not sure what age I'm stuck at. 28 doesn't feel entirely wrong, but somehow I don't see myself "aging" much past here...
the other day tracy said (in reference to you and david) "they're young and beautiful..." see there? young. and apparently (formerly) very fertile :) but still young. and we totally talk about you all the time.
your pic is making me smile H. I feel this way all the time lately. Time passes at such a weird speed once kids enter your life, slow and fast. Just yesterday I was like "when did I turn 40? and is it wrong not to feel like 40? cause that was basically the end of existence when I was looking at it from 20".
Enjoy the concert. Peter went to KU and speaks so fondly of Lawrence. I have a soft spot for that place.
Oh, and Truffles? If they are successful, I'll post them. If not, they'll quietly end up in the trash.
I had one of those exact moments today too. Bella looked up at me, took my hand and said "mom?" and it just knocked me sideways. She's my daughter forgoodness sake. I am amazed that I'm a mother and I'm amazed that I feel like such a mother. Oh and I'm also amazed that I'm 36. I have no idea how or when that happened. Great photo!
he he he I totally feel the other way around sometimes! James and I recently went to a (yo la tengo)concert and came home early-we were so tired. I looked at him and he said-"it's official, we're middle aged". Um-we are only 24-how sad is that! i hope that was just a fleeting moment... i bet you guys are the coolest parents!
seriously. i know you will not believe me when i say that this was easy, but i stand by my claim. if you can cut and sew in a straight line, you can make this quilt. i was inspired by juliesstrip quilt which is so lovely, and i thought to myself this is my kind of thing. of course i made it even easier by only quilting in straight lines and by machine stitching the binding. read easy = lazy in my lexicon. things were not helped by an extreme amount of procrastination on my part. i was in a sort of fog all last week for various reasons. anyway, the proud soon to be parents really liked it. i knew kerry would, but was delighted that clark did as well. lucky me! thank you stephanie for hosting such a great evening. for those that are interested, there is a set on flickr to peruse. just the sort of thing i needed, even though the event wasnt for me! good food, friends, wine and one kid, whats not to like? exactly. so onto other things. i have settled down on a christmas card idea (speaking of julie again, did you see hers??? love.) and now it is just a matter of dusting off the ol' gocco and setting to work. lots of excitement this week. christmas programs, concerts, and david jets off to los angeles for five days. whew. now that i think about it maybe dusting off the gocco might take longer that i thought. hmmm...
WOW! It looks fabulous! I'd love to attempt one of these, but I DO have trouble cutting and sewing in a straight line. Darned straight lines! Perhaps I could do a wonky version.
It's beautiful Hannah! I love the colors. I was just at the fabric shop over the weekend looking for fabrics for a similar project. But as always became overwhelmed by the selection. Your quilt inspires me to try again.
Oh my gosh! I love this, Hannah. I have to confess that I don't know how to sew even a single stitch - please don't ostracize me! - but if I were going to take up quilting, it would be because of this. I want one right now!
now THIS i could do...i've got quilts on the brain but get so intimidated so I never start. But I'd really like to do one with all this amazing fabric my grandmother has given me. And one for the new baby, and emma, and mary, and....and.... this may be the push i need!! I LOVE it.
Quilts always look impressive. It doesn't matter how easy they were (or were claimed to be), they're always so freakin cool when they're done. This one is simple and beautiful.
I'm making a blog entry about quilts and blankets and I love this quilt, so is it OK, that I tag your photo to my blog? I will leave a referens to your page of course!
If its not ok, leave me a comment, so i will take it of.
wow, thank you everyone. so wonderful to hear from you all. what a community! i wrote everyone back or commented on blogs for those of you who i could not find email for. you lovely anonymous ladies, thank thank you. sorry i couldnt send you personal messages. i am surprised how much interest there is in just daily life stuff. it really had me thinking yesterday. i am generally a happy person, but that doesnt mean that i dont have stress in my life. i actually have a whole lot of stress in my life that i never talk about here. like pull my hair out and cry stress. this life is something else and finding out what you are supposed to be doing is even harder, isnt it? for those of you who are living a life that you love, i commend you. if you suspect that you might not be, start looking around. i have been doing a lot of meditating on risk. i have decided risk is good. risk leads to growth. even if things dont work out how you think they should, you still grow and learn from the experience. and if risk means being happy and true to yourself and your family, then that is definitely worth it isnt it? ok enough sermonizing...
as for my life this week, lots of working on presents that i cant talk about here. dang. here is some daily mundane for you. eliot had to go to the doctor yesterday for his 4/5 year check up. why? not because he is sick, but because his school was all in a tizzy about updating medical records. ok, fine, i can do that. faxed in the form and found out that he isnt up to date himself. nothing like spending another $20 bucks on an unbudgeted office visit. to top it off the poor guy had to get four shots! neither he nor i saw that coming. that sweet boy took it like a champ. oh and remember how i thought he was going to freak out about getting presents for the foster kids? not at all. he came home from target and showed my friend sarah each and every thing, explaining "these books are for a little girl who doesnt have money to get christmas presents, this car is for a little boy who..." he so got it. that makes my heart feel good. eliot you are the best boy. i love you kiddo.
[had a typo in my earlier message... sorry] i've so been feeling the "go look for it". so glad you wrote that today. thanks. i think this community has made me realize that it is possible. now i just need to plan, organize and take the plung. kind of like jumping into a pool of cold water. so scared to even put my toes in at this point but i'll eventually dive right in.
hannah, i was telling john tonight about your concerns with eliot and the presents and he said, "oh, i think she'll be surprised. he'll get it." i think sometimes we forget how smart kids really are. been missing your blog lately...i need to catch up.
nothing worse than shots coming out of nowhere. you can tell eliot I felt the same way with my shots! ha. how wonderful to hear his willingness to share in the wealth and spirit of christmas with other children. don't it amaze you how much children really 'get' sometimes?!
eliot is seriously one of the sweetest kids. he always amazes me with his sensitivity to the smallest expression. i remember a few weeks ago i was over and he said something that i wasn't quite sure how to respond to; guess my eyebrows moved as i thought b/c he tilted his head, pursed his lips and then asked, "beth, what did your eyebrows mean?" love that kid!
good parents raising good kids. there was a touchy feely reporter on npr the other night asking this guy about his take on financial planning as an "investment in others, combining giving away the same way we combine saving and spending". anyway-- the reporter consistently asked questions which underestimated the understanding of children, the willingness of people who have little to give much, and the impact that parents have in intentional acts of charity on their kids.
whoa big comment. all to say, that you're doing a good job.
Eliot So dude. My mama is gonna take me to get my shots soon too. So not happy about that. But I'm pining for a new truck. . .do you think this is a good time to ask for it? Peace out, Henry
How sweet that your son actually did good with the gift buying. Isnt it nice when little children do something for someone they dont even know, and hopefully they will do it when they have children too. Glad that you are feeling better too, life does get overwhelming sometimes, even if you dont know why, and feel like it needs to change. Some days I feel fantastic about how my life is, and then the next day it can all change in an instant.
Hey, I'm behind on my blog-reading as usual, so I missed your last post but just wanted to say congratulations on two years of your life in the so-called blogosphere! I'm glad I found Huffmania. Risk can be scary but so worth it... just went through that one myself and glad I took the leap... good luck with whatever you're contemplating. xoxo
today marks two years i have been blogging here at huffmania. thinking about it this morning, i have decided that i just plain like it. there are so many reasons, the community is amazing, it makes me think in ways i might not have, i love taking pictures, i like to talk, and if you havent noticed, my posts are mostly me blabbing about whatever. so i think i will keep on keeping on. huffmania, a day in the life. thank you for stopping by. say hello today, i would love to hear from you. today i am vowing to write everyone back that comments, because really without you its just me talking in empty space, which believe me i could do, but you have made it a conversation. and that makes it just that much better.
this is my first time commenting at huffmania. i check in almost daily but i am not much of a commenter. blogs like yours are my favorite ("blabbing about whatever") and i am so glad to read that you are planning to keep it up. -jessica
Your blog is awesome! I could go out for lunch, but I'd rather sit at my desk and read about other people's lives. Yours is the only one I comment on but that's because I know "of" you! :) I tried to start my own, but I spend too much time reading to also do the writing!
i, for one, would like to see more basement projects. and maybe some more pictures of arlos chub. and david pictures. particularly the sort where he's looking kind of angsty.
what? you weren't asking for suggestions? okay. i'm okay with the babbling too... (you're one of my favourite conversations.)
I was going to write pretty much the same as Jess. I check in daily but I never comment (mainly because my native language isn't English aaaand because for most of the time I'm at loss for words).
I guess it's time to tell you how much I appreciate your blog and that it often fills me with joy. The way you write about your family and everyday life is so lovely that I sometimes can't wait to start my own family. ;)
Wow! Happy 2nd Hannah! Time really does fly doesn't it? Like everyone else I always enjoy stopping by and seeing what you're up to. And your blabbing is the kind of blabbing I like best! :)
wow two years! no wonder i'm not as good at blabbing about whatever. i love reading your blog everyday. i live in st. louis so i feel like we have something in common, living in the midwest and the weather mostly. thank you for your inspiration. it's helped me to start my own blog and helped me to look at things in the everyday a different way.
Hi Hannah, Happy 2 year anniversary. I have been following your blog over the last 6 months, and I enjoy it very much. I look forward to updates on your kids, crafts and recipes. I don't know how you find time to do all that you do. Maybe one of these days instead of reading blogs I will have the courage to start my own. Cheers from Canada!
Hannah, I, too, must confess that I read your blog regularly, but never comment. I love reading about how you think about your life--your crafts, your family, your friends. Your enjoyment of your life encourages me to enjoy mine more, too. Glad your plan is to keep blogging! Beth
of course we love reading your blog every day.... to be jealous of your craftiness and see your beautiful children... blogs like this are what make me forget that my 21 minute lunch is only 21 minutes.
yes yes i have to say my monday is not half so cheery until I've had a bit of huffmania. of course, it's good any day of the week, but i have to say it's an especially nice bit of brightness on a monday.
Congrats on two years! Time sure does fly when you're busy blogging. Sometimes it flies so fast that I read without commenting, but I do always read. Thank you, and thank goodness for bloglines.
Congratulations on your second anniversary. I love reading your post and check in everyday. I don't know if I have commented but I admit that I am a lurker. :*)
I'm not sure what it is that I like so much about your blog, but I do. Maybe it's because we are from similar parts of the universe. Maybe it's because you are so crafty. Maybe it's the pictures. I think mostly it's the writing. It's genuine, and interesting and insightful. Whatever it is, keep it up.
Well, hi! I don't know that I've ever commented before, but I'm here. I enjoy reading your "blabbing" and your pictures, think the recipe box is a great idea and look forward to more from you. take care.
I too love checking in on what is going on over at huffmania! Happy Two Years.....my head was in the sand then!!! I'm not sure I even knew what a blog was two years ago!!! :)
Hannah, I'm so glad we were swap partners otherwise it might have been longer before I dicovered your wonderful blog! I love checking in to see what you're blabbing about -- it's better than tv for me!
This is my first time commenting, too, although I check your blog regularly. Happy blog birthday - and I hope I make it to two years, and that my blog gets as good as yours.
horray hannah! i'm so excited by your two year accomplishment! between everything else you've managed to inspire, help, and encourage so many. that is the greatest gift of all! happy birthday huffmania!
I am a friend of a friend (I worked with Kristen, John, Beth, Patrick and all the other fun folks at Colonial, and lived with Julie Crabb at KSU), and I enjoy checking in with you and yours.
can it be 2 years already? your blog is always a highlight of my day. maybe someday soon i'll get my blog going again. you are so inspiring in so many ways!
Hi Hannah, I've been reading for a while as well but I never comment... I love your blog, your pictures and projects and stories. I'm pregnant now for the first time and I love reading about your kids and dreaming of what the coming months will bring. Thank you for writing with so much grace and sharing the loveliness around you! From halfway around the world, Dahlia in Jerusalem
Happy two years! Keep on doing what you're doing -- it works! I see I am at the end of a long list of congrats -- you don't have to write me back if your fingers are hurting by now. :)
hi there, congratulations on your two years of blogging- I have been checking in for a while, but have never commented before. But I love your writing, and you make me laugh, and your children are gorgeous.
Hello, I've been reading this blog for a while. It's been great fun to read. I can't remember how I found it but it's on my list of daily reads. Keep it up please!
I'm going to round up your responses to the grand number of 50! Congratulations on the big 2!I love reading your blog and wish I lived closer, like at least in the same hemisphere! I would also like to say thank heavens for the internet and blogs which are keeping our adult minds forever childlike with the imagining that we do when we read about one anothers lives. Questions like "What do they look like? what is their house like?" etc. I can conjure up all sorts of possibilities and when photos reveal glimpses it just makes it all so more intriguing.
Hannah, I am so glad you're here. I just love the way you put thoughts into words. I have a feeling when we finally do meet (one day, I feel sure) we will have lots of rambling to do. Happy two years, and happier many years to come xo
Hi Hannah, just like many have said before, I am also a frequent reader of your blog for a few months, but I really don't know what to comment most of the times. I really like that you talk about almost anything and hope to read more of your stories for a long time! Happy blog-o-versary, xoxoxo Nynke (the Netherlands)
Congrats on the two years!I always love reading your blog but I don't think I have ever commented. I just love seeing the pictures of your beautiful children and getting inspired by your craftiness. Thanks for sharing part of your life with all of us. :)
today is my moms birthday! 52 and beautiful...ah mom, te quiero mucho gracias por todo! i am taking her out to see marie antoinette tonight, that is if she can brave the snow and ice. just wanted to let you know that there is also a new soup up at the box for you to relax with this weekend. birthday or not, if you can go share a tub of popcorn and giggle with someone you love, do it!
Wow! Your mother is wonderfully cute:) So i haven't been paying attention here for too long-is there a post about her story or where she is from, etc? Now I am all intrigued. I hope Marie Antoinette was fun.
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dude, a week off. that sounds nice.
My reaction is similar to Eliot's whenever batman shows up to lunch.
Rock would quickly knock Batman off the table while narrating, "He fall down, Daddy. He fall down."
silly is so good! enjoy your week off, hannah.
sounds like my plan for this week hannah! enjoy the wee ones!
cuteness abounds at the huffmania residence, as usual. i love sodoku too and get so obsessed that others think i've lost my mind. what a great way to do "nothing" though, eh? have a good one, hannah!h
mmmmm grilled cheese..... mmmm
Everytime I think that one kid is enough I look at yours and think more would be more fun. They are just too cute!
Your Kids are so adorable! I hope you enjoy your week off. You deserve it!
what a good plan...
I think i'm going to have to have grilled cheese for dinner and those kids of yours are just too much sweetness--"so cute I could eat you!" as we say in this house.
Love the pictures. Your kids are so darn cute. I hope you have a great week off and a very happy new year to you and your family!
happy happy
new year...
hope you had
a lovely
time off
with your
cute little
{and big}
ones.
xo
happy new year
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