mama's boy

eliot, you really are the best boy i know. six years old!? how did that even happen? you are loved by so many people, and i think that is a huge part of who you are. because you give so much love in return. i'm pretty sure that will never stop. thank you for being such a good big brother, even though those girls know where your buttons are and never hesitate to push them. keep drawing, keep laughing, keep jumping and keep dancing, ok? because we all love it. happy birthday!

futab

feet up, take a break. futab. its friday and i believe highly appropriate to begin futab as soon as possible. have a good weekend. i know i am. girls night tonight with all my lady friends. required attire? sweatpants. yes. menu? carbs. carbs. carbs. and brownie & ice cream. yes. entertainment? girly movies. dance mix cds. mojitos. uh, yes, yes and yes. you're jealous, i know it.

too slow?

yeah. so my idea of slowing down was stopping all together and watching the whole first season of arrested development on dvd with david over the weekend. i think mama urchin & sarah yost hit the nail on the head. i did get a robot tshirt stenciled for a little friend that turned out great! i always think my stecils are so simple but then end up ironing on tiny little peices individually. but hey, i took my time and it is fantastic. now to get the other one done! eep! and today i took some time to enjoy the sun and pretend it was a whole hell of a lot warmer than it really is. 8 degrees is not an acceptable temperature in my book. ever.

ok, no weather talk. i do have a question for you, i am trying to come up with a small, easy valentines day craft that isnt too girly. im hosting the valentines party for eliot's kindergarten class and i didnt want the boys to be up to their ears in pink and red hearts. the majority of the time is going to be spent decorating their own cupcakes, and idea i stole from the chicken. thanks amy! i am amassing large collection of tube icings and sprinkles. anyway, ideas?

that paper

i think it might be cursed. this is the fifth attempt at making something with it. and really, lets be honest, i didnt make anything. i cut a big rectangle and attached it to a clear vase with some double stick tape. done. have i ever told you that i love double stick tape? love it. ever since i worked at the paper source and wrapped presents "professionally". awesome. but a word of advice, always get permant not that semi-perminant crap. it will just make you swear. and the thinner the better i say, i always get scotch 1/4 inch. i have rolls of it scattered around the house. it drives everyone crazy because if i see it in little hands i freak out and try to say as calmly as possible, "that is mommy's special tape, here use this {dumb single sided} tape". maybe i should put them away... i certainly did not mean to digress on tape. but back to the curse, i keep trying all these simple, "fast" projects and they just keep backfiring on me. i think because i barely even pause to use my brain, much less apply any sense of quality. and there my friends is the rub. quality. it always boils down to quality. because the better the quality, the better the item. it doesnt mean money, it means care. i need to take more care with my projects and slow down. way down. which is so hard. i know it. if i want any sort of sleep at night, i have to cram my crafting into the two hour window after 8:30. so things take more than one night to finish. ok. i can handle that. because i would rather like it than trash it. maybe i should clarify that this lecture is to me. thanks for listening.

a little something for

sweet molly of mommycoddle! thank you everyone for your lovely comments. so glad im not the only one with ideas droning through my head. actually i was pleased to see molly's name come out of the hat (well, nemo lunch box) because i met molly through a drawing she had on her blog. i love how things come full circle.

anyway, our weekend was full and unfull. you know? the big kids stayed the weekend with grandma, so we just had some quality arlo time. so nice. maybe i can convince my mom to rotate out one kid a weekend. hmmmm... i did have some time to stop by alicia's house and meet a whole bunch of kc blog ladies. hi ladies! sorry i didnt have more time to stay and that i came with a full belly because dang, that table of food looked good. and i finally finally picked up the serger from jenny. woot! now, what can i serge? huh? give me something, anything. maybe i can shorten all those tshirts i have but dont wear because they are so long on me! seems like a good test because who cares about tshirts?

ok, so obviously this post it turning into a bunch of randomness, but i did want to give a shout out to all my jayhawk lovers. david and i are going to the KU/OU game tomorrow night. did you know i like college basketball? its true. kind of shocking huh? i fully admit to being a fair weather fan. the secret bonus for tomorrow night? the drive to and from lawrence, an hour and a half of quality time conversation with david. you hear that david? get read for some heart to heart. i bet he is groaning right now.

we went outside

it was 50 something this weekend. so we went to the park. where the children ran around like a pack of wild animals. i think they were a bit dazed by things like sun, and bare ground. i was anyway. of course today is back to winter. i was grumbling to david about the stupid schizophrenic weather here and he just gave it to me straight. he said "hannah, it has been that way your whole life here. thirty one years. get over it". dang. he is right.

on a more positive note, i really have an itch to sew. and if kc can get its act together and give me even some upper 20's at night, i might actually descend to the basement to do so. did you see melissa's curtains? crap. those are good. and something that i have on my list. thanks for stealing my thunder. things also on the list are: make arlo's shirt (got collette's done months ago...), shower curtain (cant be that bad right?), summer quilt for my bed (simple people, lets keep it simple) and about a billion other things that are buzzing around up there. and i realized the other day, i hit three years blogging in december. what???!! now that is crazy. anyway, i was thinking. i have two more potholders to finish and give out (i am a bad, bad friend) and to make me get off my bum and finish them, i thought, hey why not give a third one away? yeah. that will do nicely. so, please leave your name and preferably email in the comments and i will draw a name on saturday. ok? ok.

let's begin

2008. a new year.

are you ready? i am.

this year i will:
have a 2 year old,
a 4 year old,
a 6 year old,
celebrate 10 years of being married,
make more things,
buy less things,
move more,
idle less,
try new things,
go somewhere new,
visit an old friend,
make new friends,
write letters,
make cookies,
take walks,
fly a kite!,
be happy,
be sad,
be ok with both,
smile more,
laugh even more,
dance more,
jump rope,
cartwheel,
read more,
sleep better,
stretch,
drink water,
take vitamins,
join a csa,
spruce up the house,
shoot more film,
frame and hang more art,
start yoga again,
basically just live.

how about you?