Game Time

We had so much fun at the Panthers v Vikings game last night. We were the only Panthers v Vikings couple there and we got a lot of comments about that. It was pretty cute actually. This was only the 4th game that we've been to, but it was a blast. We were only witness to a few drunken altercations heated debates and my team won! What could be better?

Overheard

in a bathroom at LOWES ...

"Daddy, are we in the bathroom at Lowes?"
Yes sweetie.
"Daddy, why is it so dark in here; it is kind of dark in here."
Yep, it's kind of dark. Are you ready to go?
"No not yet daddy, I have one more poos left."
OK
"Is that toilet paper daddy?"
Yes it is.
"Can I flush the potty daddy or does it flush itself?"
You can flush it. Are you ready to go?
"No not yet daddy, I have one more poos left."
OK sweetie.
"Who's feet are those daddy?"
Someone using the restroom baby.
"He sure does stink daddy!"
Shhhhh ... let's go sweetie.
"NO Daddy, I'm not done yet... wait daddy, you said that I could flush the ..."

The joys of raising a diva.

Coffee Cup Cozie Tutorial

This makes a great teacher gift. I made six of them for the boys' teachers and Sunday School teachers. I put a gift card to a local coffee shop inside and attached a ribbon that went through the mouth of the cup lid and attached to a gift tag that said "Thanks a latte for all you do!" Slip the cozie on and voila!

1. Use a Cozie from an unnamed coffee shop to create a pattern. I traced mine and added approximately a half an inch around all sides for the seam allowance.


2. Select matching fabric for the interior and exterior of the cozie. I used scraps that I had on hand.


3. Trace your pattern on your fabric pieces and cut out. Be sure that your exterior and interior fabric have right sides facing.


4. Use the original cozie from an unnamed location to trace some batting for your lining. I'm sure that there is something better to use for lining the cozie, but I was trying to use up what I had on hand.


5. Place interior and exterior fabric with right sides facing. Pin batting to the top of the fabric stack. Sew around both long edges and one short edge of the pieces, leaving one end open for turning. Be sure that you catch the end of the batting when you sew the short edge.


6. Turn pieces right side out and check to make sure the batting isn't bunched up.


7. Iron flat and turn in the hem of the unsewn edge.


8. Top stitch around the entire cozie. Check to make sure the turned under edge is sewn together.


9. Use the original cozie as a guide and fold end pieces end to meet. Sew in place.

Jack Bauer and the Beanstalk

We love us some Jack Bauer and we love fairy tales. Especially Jack and the Beanstalk, mainly because it is the only fairy tale that I can remember the whole story to. For some reason, that story always holds the kids' attention so that I can muddle through some otherwise unsavory task like trimming toe nails or combing tangles out of hair. It must be the plot or at the very least the deep giant voice chanting "fee fi fo fum." I highly doubt that it would be my story telling skills.

Could you imagine a Jack Bauer version of the story?

**The following takes place between 6am and 7am.
Events happen in real time.

Once upon a time in a city called LA, there lived a gun-toting, no holds barred special agent named Jack Bauer. Jack's mother asked Jack to go to town to sell the family cow, the last family possession. He knew that this was the wrong move. "Dammit mom, we need a better plan. The terrorists will seize this cow as soon as I leave the building." Speaking into his magical PDA ... "Chloe, get me the schematics for this building and any known aliases of this cow. I want back-up surveillance and an air unit ready to pull Bessie at the slightest hint of something going wrong."

Flash forward, Jack strangles the peddler with the 5 magical beans using a cordless phone, stabs him in the eye with a ball point pen and makes him divulge the location of 6 nuclear bombs brought to the US by the Russians working for the South Africans. He sends Bessie safely back to CTU.

After carefully implanting the magical beans with a tracking device, he has a field agent plant the beans. Before the beans can grow, an internal spy working for the Chinese takes the beans' family hostage in an attempt to prevent them from growing. Jack finds the internal leak and uses his dead body as fertilizer to make the beans grow faster.

The beanstalk is subpoenaed for further questioning while back-up units storm the Giant's castle. They find the giant gone and a bomb planted in the Giant's entryway. Half of the CTU field agents die and Jack Bauer is captured by the Canadian mafia.

In the end, Jack kills the giant, the terrorists and his own mother; recovers the stolen nukes, magical beans and the giant's gold before hoisting his government issued messenger bag full of guns over his chest and diving off of a cliff into shark-infested water.

The end.

Heck of a Sale!

I'm trying to clear out my inventory in preparation for new designs in the spring. Stop on by the ETSY shop and get 20% off of original prices on everything in the store. All items are ready to ship the next day!
Spread the word!

Ladybug Birthday Frocks

My friend Michelle asked me about making a pillowcase dress and pants for her daughter's second birthday. She is planning a ladybug theme. I've been eying a Pink Fig pants pattern for a while and finally bought it. This was my first pair of pants!

Gavinisms 101

Last Friday (the day after Thanksgiving), Gavin was helping me with the laundry. He loves to measure out the washing soap and the softener. I was in a bit of a hurry and did that part for him while he gathered up the laundry from his room. He got right huffy with me.

"MOM! Why didn't you wait for me? Why do you even want me to help?"
Oh honey, I am so thankful to have you as a helper when we do laundry, I was just in a hurry.
"Too bad ... yesterday was the day for thanks ... not today. Hmmmmph!"

That kid!