I know I should be sewing right now. I want to put more in the shop, but instead I’m sitting here. Not doing much of anything. I know the kids are in the other room making a mess. I’m hiding. Now doors are slamming. I should probably stop hiding and go check on them before they break something….

30 minutes later. Nothing broke. A towel got soaked a baby got clean and the house filled up with teenagers! I’m over at my Mom’s. I’m supposed to be making dinner, but since she brought home 5 teenagers I opted just to help.

I have been a slacker this week. Very little sewing got done in my home even though I set 3 days aside for it I probably sewed less than 30 minutes in 3 days. I did however vacuum my apartment (move the fridge and stove vacuuming) scrub my bathroom, scrub my stove and pick up the clutter. That was day 1. Day 3 you can’t tell I did anything. So sad. But life.

Now you are wondering what that 30 minutes of sewing amounted to. Don’t be shy it’s okay to be curious. I patched some holes in a friends purse. I made a quickie shawl (for that same friend) to go with her dress for Echoes (a dance at the high school). And then I made some uber simple ties for Caiden! Wanna see? Of course you do!

So last Saturday FLOC (our youth group) put on a spaghetti dinner with a baked goods auction and then a youth auction.

It went great! The baked goods and the kids sold really really well! Yes I said the kids sold… We auctioned off our youth to the people in the church. (No one was forced. It was on a volunteer basis.) But they have an 8 hour day to spend with whoever won them and they will be doing everything from fishing to hanging campaign signs and yard work. I even bid on one of the girls. It was so much fun! There was a bidding war for her. I wasn’t going to bid on her because she comes over pretty regularly and she’ll help with anything I ask anyway. But it was either that or an 8 hour day playing barbies and dress up with a little girl she didn’t even know and well the guy was being ‘smart’ so I had to outbid him! She was grateful and we are going to split up her day into a 2 and she’s gonna help me with the kids birthday parties which are just around the corner!

So Wednesday was my 25th birthday. Can we all say hooray!! for lower insurance rates! Yes I know it is kind of sad that’s why I was looking forward to my birthday, but well it was…

Anyway it was a rather nice birthday. I spent a few hours hanging out with a very good friend while our kiddos played together AND she made me a cake! Technically she made me two cakes, but she refused to give the first one because it wasn’t her best work. In fact initially she wouldn’t even let me see it! After our play-date I had dinner with Mom and Dad, green pepper steak one of my favorite dishes. Then it was just a quiet evening in with my monkeys. It was nice.

Thursday another lovely friend came out and made me dinner! And again the kids played while we chatted and I watched her cook

Friday night Danielle and I went to a Dance aerobics class that I guess is kind of like Zumba. I dunno what zumba is though so ya… I was terrified. TERRIFIED. Why? Because I only dance in front of my children and I never exercise in front of anyone else. NEVER. The class was great! I have terrible coordination! But we laughed a lot worked up a sweat and I felt GREAT afterwards and that’s the important thing. Right? Right. The instructor was awesome too. Please forgive me for not remembering your name. I was too busy being nervous to catch it. Sorry.

Oh and I stocked the shop! Go have a look around! Who knows you might like something you see! (And don’t forget I love to do custom work and I’ll special order fabric!)