Cake poll

see over there ----->

please vote on a cake design for Noah's first birthday party. I'm making the cake myself. No real theme for the party, so the cake will help decide that.

Thanks :-)

Projects

I'm currently in the middle of (or planning portion) of several projects and they're all starting to run together, so I'm blogging them for me (and you're just stuck reading about them :-P)

-wool dryer balls for Steph. i have the yarn I need for them, just need to actually wind and felt the balls.
-cloth wipes for Noah. I have several already cut out and pieced together, just need to run them through the sewing machine. and i have fabric for a bunch more.
-seat belt cushion for myself. the seatbelt's in the car always dig into my neck and shift around, so I'm going to make wraps for them. have the fabric, need velcro(and time)
-put the bed back together. right now we're sleeping on the mattress on the floor. the bed frame is upstairs in the new room, i just need to take the time to put it back together.
-clean out the old bedroom and Noah's old nursery. once they're emptied, we can...
-paint the new office and play room, and reclaim my living room!
-patch the header after our demolition project

and, a project I have in mind but need the weather to get nicer for...yanking up all the plants in the front 'garden' and replanting. Jen might come over to help :-)

oh, and somewhere in there I need to plan Noah's first birthday party. I'm keeping it really small, but still need to pick a cake pan and invitations and food. speaking of...time for another post!

Small Talk Six (errr...3)

This week's topic: 3/28 – 6 things you would like to do naked if you lived alone

I think this week is going to be a challenge for me. I don't enjoy being naked. Maybe it's because I'm paranoid that there's going to be an accident and I'll need to be ready to run out the door at any moment. or maybe it's just b/c I'm not that proud of my body...but, i'll try.

1. swim. especially if I still lived in the middle of nowhere. I love the feel of water rushing over my body when I swim
2. laundry. b/c inevitably I'm always wearing one of my favorite outfits when I do laundry and I can't wear it again until I wash it.
3. painting- b/c I always get paint on my clothes and ruin them

and now I fail. I can not think of one other thing I'd like to do naked. hopefully next week will be a topic i can actually complete.

I'm a slacker

This week was a rough one in my world. I'm having some problems at work that I'd rather not share with the blogging community, but suffice it to say that my simple pleasures were far and few this week. Nevertheless, I'll attempt some:

-fun words on the daily dictionary calendar
-black raspberry blast ice cream
-Noah discovering new foods he enjoys
-play dates with friends!
-and, counting down to birthdays. (only 10 more days!)

Here's hoping for a smoother week coming up.

7 in 7

i'm stealing this from Steph for this week b/c I need to get some things taken care of and if I put it down I might remember to do it.

1. call and schedule Noah's 1 year checkup (sob!)
2. look into pictures for Noah (completed! check out Noah's Pictures)
3. put the bed back together
4. clean the kitchen (completed 3/28)
5. go through all of my magazines and put out for recycling (in process)
6. send surprise gift box to Jenni and diapers to Meagan
7. re-order crunchy clean detergent (for my clothes, i've decided i don't like the CD version as much) (completed 3/29)

To clarify:

-driving with open sunroof(unless you're steve, in which case you should never open your sunroof again).

I work with(mostly) a great bunch of people. We have fun together, we tell stories. and the story from last week was Steve driving with his sun roof open. Friday after work he went to his car and discovered he had a flat tire. He went to happy hour for a bit and then had a friend drop him off back at the garage. He put the donut on the car and drove home. Saturday morning he had to go get a new tire for the car. It was a beautiful morning, so he had the windows open and the sun roof down. He was flying down the highway, doing about 60-65...and a bird crapped on him- straight through the sun roof.

The story cracked me up then, and it still does now. But, I'm leaving my sun roof on the 'vent' setting for awhile. :-)

Small Talk Six

This week's topic is six things you love or hate about springtime. This one might be hard for me, Spring is my favorite season so I'll have to try and keep it to 6.

-birds in the morning. I love waking up and hearing the birds singing. it just makes my whole day start off on a good foot.
-Rain on a tin roof. I love rain. the smell, the sound, the way it feels dripping off your nose after you've danced in it. and one of the best things ever is falling asleep listening to rain falling on a tin roof.
-light jackets. that's right, it's time to put away the heavy winter coats and pull out the fun bright colored jackets.
-longer days. The sun is still up when I get home from work, which means Noah likes to stay up later...which means I get to spend more time with him now!
-flowers. I'm a big fan of flowers, and I love watching them bloom. there is honeysuckle in the yard across from us and I can't wait for it to bloom because the whole alley smells wonderful
-capri pants. In case you couldn't tell from the jackets...I'm not a fan of heavy layers. so I love being able to wear capri's and shorts again.

and some other various things of spring I love: umbrellas and rainboots, bright splashy colors, switching to springtime purses, driving with open sunroof(unless you're steve, in which case you should never open your sunroof again), sleeping with the windows open, and food on the grill!