Summer blog Challenge Days 20-22

 I've gotten a few days behind on my summer blog challenge posts so I'm just gonna cram them all together. Its been pretty hectic around here lately, but I'm hopeful that I can get back to blogging and sewing soon.
Day 20 was to post a picture of me when I was younger.

I'm second from the left on the bottom row. This was from when I used to dance, I think I was 14 or 15 here.
And thanks to my childhood friend Gina for posting these on FB so I have the next two pictures of us playing dress up

Day 21: Most recent words of wisdom that stuck with me. Probably that being a mom isn't easy, but its the most rewarding job in the world. I've been having a rough time with Tabitha lately. She is really jealous of Evangeline and has been acting out because of it. But in the midst of her fits and peeing on my floor, there are still those wonderful times when she hugs me and tells me she loves me, and the times when she wants to hug and kiss Eva, or help me with whatever I'm doing. I know the hard times will eventually fade, and I will remember the laughs, the kisses, the jokes, the hugs, how much she loves her sister and what a good person she is. She has an amazingly big heart. She is so sweet and so loving, the other stuff she'll grow out of, but I know she will always be an amazing, sweet, funny girl who I will always be proud of. 

 

 

Day 22:  When I was little there were a ton of things I wanted to be: a teacher, a pediatric cardiologist, a ballet dancer, a writer, a photographer, a baker, but the most important was to be a mom. I always wanted to be a stay at home mom. I got my degree in History (which makes me qualified to say "would you like fries with that" and live in a cardboard box) because I love history. since I was already married while I was in college and I knew that we planned for me to stay home with the kids one we had them, I thought it was important for me to get a degree in something I loved. I still plan to go back to school and get a masters some day, but for now, I'm loving being home with my girls. I'm their first teacher, their boo boo kisser, their dance teacher, their story teller, their photographer, and their baker, all those dreams I had did come true, just in a different way than you would expect. I have everything I ever wanted in life, and I'm so very lucky. 

 

 

Summer blog challenge day 13

How do you see your self at the end of the year.

Well hopefully 30 lbs lighter for one. Thats my big goal, but I can't diet because i'm breast feeding. I try to get some exercise but between the girls and my back problems its a little hard. I've been stuck at 205 for about 2 months now. If I could just get under 200 I would be really happy, but my goal is 170.

at the end of 2012 I will be packing. In April 2013 we will be moving. To where? I have no clue yet. Morgen will be doing an internship from April to July then he will officially be done with school and we will go wherever he gets a job (hopefully not back to CA, sorry to my friends there, but after living out of CA I know we can't afford to move back there).

One thing I've been working on is anger. I've had a problem with it for a long time and I'm trying hard to control it. So I hope at the end of this year I will have a handle on my anger and I won't fly off the handle but will be able to handle things gracefully.

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Summer Blog Challenge day 5

the theme for day 5 of the Summer Blog Challenge is what are your short therm goals for the month and why? Well to start off my first goal is to write every day. Mostly because I was so bad at keeping up with my blog last summer and I want to get in the habit of writing every day.
My second goal is to make at least 10 items for my etsy store. I have been really bad about keeping it up to date and stocked.
My third goal for the month is to make a tutorial for the Grace Dress. I made this dress for Tabitha for Christmas and I never made a tutorial. I have pictures but they are of random things (Morgen wanted ot play paparazzi, I have a million closeups of pin heads) so I need to try to make another one and take pictures of that one using the pictures from the first as a guide so I can write that tutorial. The dress was really complicated so it will probably be a sew a long.

my fourth goal is to make at least 3 meatless meals a week. I did this last month and was really good about it. Next month I'm going to try for 4 meatless meals a week. Its really not good to eat meat all the time, so I'm trying really hard to make nutritious meals for my family. Also since I have so many dietary issues from allergies and Evangeline's reflux its hard to come up with something new every night.
My fifth goal for the month is to clean up my sewing area and get it all organized. I've been combing craigslist looking for free shelves so I can put everything in its own place. I think I could get more done if I had a cleaner work area.
My sixth and last goal for the month is to get all the back laundry done. I usually do 1 load of diapers in the morning (three cycles, 1 rinse, 1 wash, 1 rinse), then I do one load of laundry. But I've been so crazy busy lately and the weather has been so nice I didn't want to get stuck inside doing laundry all the time. This goal also includes folding and putting away all the already washed laundry that is living in baskets. I hate laundry.

30 before i'm 30

Ok so i'm turning 30 this year, (i'll wait while you scream). Its ok, i've accepted it. I'm good really... So to keep my mind off the fact that i'm leaving my 20's (and surrounded by people way younger than myself, since rexburg is a pretty young kind of place) i've made a list of 30 things i want to do before I turn 30 on June 30th!
1. Sew something from my own pattern and enter it in a contest.  (Entered into the little blue boo/dharma trading contest. Didn't even place but at least I tried.)
2. Write a toutorial for one of my patterns.
3. Get family pictures taken. (the last ones were from when Tabitha was 8 months old)
4. Sew Tabitha's quilt, sheets, pillows and curtains.
5. buy an actual kitchen table (we've always had card tables in our kitchen)
6. Take a Pattern making class
7. Sew something for myself
8. Get Tabitha's room set up (we moved in last month, but her room is still mostly boxes)
9. Get Tabitha to sleep in her "big girl bed"
10. Go on a date with morgen, and get a sitter for Tabitha
11. Actually finish the last season of Lost (Thank you NETFLIX!)
12. Build a piece of furniture for our house
13. Make Tabitha dress up clothes
14. Get a Massage
15. Take a Cake decorating class
16. Sew most of Tabitha's summer clothes (so I don't have to buy them!)
17. Use up most of my fabric stash before the end of the year.
18. Go to Bear world (Its in Idaho Falls and I'm so intrigued!)
19. Make and can my own Jam
20. Index 1000 names on Family Search.
21. Get rid off all the boxes from our move
22. Get a make over
23. Put enough money away to buy myself a silhouette for my birthday.
24. Learn to use all the feet that came with my sewing machine.
25. Put all of our pictures up in the house.
26. Order the touch up paint for my car and fix the scratches on the bumper.
27. make seat covers for the car and Tabitha's car seat.
28. Figure out what i'm making for christmas presents and have them all started by my birthday (so I have 6 months to get them done)
29.Take a photography class.
30. Potty Train Tabitha!

So there you have it, I have about 4 months to get this all done if I want to do it before I turn 30. So we'll see how it goes!