mid-week nonsense

get ready for complete randomosity...



i started a new book monday night. my aunt ordered it for me and so far so good. praying through the book that it will give me a new perspective on being a working mom and what's really important when it comes to finances and commitments. at the end of each chapter it gives you a prayer to pray and thinking points to reflect on.

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monday, my mother-in-law texted potential dates for our summer beach trip. monday i started counting calories and yesterday did a workout dvd on netflix. today i am so so so so so so so sore. i took ibuprofen this morning because everything is achy. my abs and inner thighs are the worst! but, if i'm going to get in a bathing suit this summer i have to get in shape. no one wants to see this flab in a bathing suit. no. one.

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maybe i'll run again one day. maybe...



we had a lunch date with daddy yesterday. we don't get to do that all too often because he works so far away (25 miles) but every once in awhile we do and its a lot of fun! e and her daddy together is something special. i pray they are always as close.

i'm not sure if i've mentioned before on here my desire to start an etsy shop. well it's something that i've been contemplating for over a year. but with work its just not super feasible. but, with the new year comes new hours and i really think that i'm going to be able to start one soon. hoping in the next couple of days.



my first official product. oliver owl applique lap tee. i'm finishing up 3 dresses (4 really because i'm making one for elle) tomorrow and hopefully will have my etsy shop up and running friday morning. i'm really excited about this.



fabric for the dresses. perfect for, but not limited to, christmas! i even found the floral fabric in a pretty eggplant color. i'm hoping to sew those up next. i have about 8 additional projects i'm wanting to get done in the next week or so...

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there is so much sadness and ugliness lately. mentally i just cannot handle it. my heart can't handle it. people are so lost and so broken. it's so so sad. i don't mean to throw stones here, i'm truly sad for people and their conditions. with that being said, i'm so grateful for all the good in my life.


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i want some leg warmers.

my middle sil has recently started making and selling iced sugar cookies. she's makes the cutest. aaron's family is full of the most talented people ever. see above, my older sil knits and can knit anything. she did not knit those legwarmers, an urban outfitters sweatshop did, but she could and hopefully will. grrr....



she made a yo gabba gabba batch for her son this week and sent us one of each character. to say elle was excited would be the understatement of the year. muno is her favorite so she decided to eat him. i ate toodee and aaron ate flex. holly's cookies are the tastiest i've ever had. if you are local i can hook you up!

and for my last random statement on this wednesday....i would like to say i am slowly, yet surely, getting excited about christmas.

these few things have lit a fire inside me...


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beautifully simple trees + elegantly wrapped presents.


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crafts. crafts. fun crafts. yep, i'm getting excited.

'tis the season!