Happy Memorial Day

I just wanted to take a moment and say
Happy Memorial Day.
May you take a moment
during your activities and
remember those
who have served and
are serving in the
Armed Forces.
Whatever your political philosophy
these brave men and women
are the reason why you are allowed to have an opinion.
I am grateful for the sacrifice that
these brave servicemen and women
puts forth to protect my freedoms.
I can never express in words my gratitude,
but I hope that my
actions and support
will be enough for most.

Thank you!

Molly Monday: Wowzer Weekend!

Saturday was a busy day for us. Here is a sneak peek at some of my projects.

Pink patch quilt top.

Blue patch quilt top.

Super hero Aidan!

I need to work on the mask, but he likes it!

I also sewed two flat sheets for him and his new toddler bed. Later this week I hope to make some pillow cases and fitted sheets. I didn't do them earlier because I ran out of fabric. Guess who had to run to the store??? :)

Sunday recaps: May 24-30

This week has been a moderately busy week, I love weeks like this. I was able to go into work on M-W-F. Being able to work a few hours a week really helps with my new spending problem. :) I have an addiction to fabric. Because I frequent lots of different craft websites I am finding fun ideas of projects to do. Some of these projects include Aidan, which is good, but most of them I enjoy doing. I can' t go into too much detail because of them will one day become gifts. Just understand I love them and this week alone I think I have spent nearly $25 on fabric. Yikes! But it will all pay off by the end of the year.

On Tuesday Aidan requested a quick run to space, so we did. I love the fact that he loves going and learning about space and science. I love that Brian is able to answer his scientific questions as well. I know I could fake them but that is it, nothing to in detail. And at the rate Aidan is going my pretend knowledge would be useless by the time he turns 3. LOL!

On Thursday we were able to play around the house and run some errands. Boring! But then that night we went and celebrated our good friend Lincoln's 1st birthday. We had a blast! We had some hot dogs, ate some cake, played with our friends and the best part was being able to play outside in the nice warm rain. Happy Birthday Lincoln!

Saturday was kind of busy. Yep, I would absolutely say busy! Brian went with his dad and Steven to the Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention and spent all day there. Brian had a blast playing Magic and Munchkin card games.

While Brian was away Aidan and I were busy doing fun projects around the house. Pictures will be posted on Monday. Today I stained the picnic table. The sun, warmth and the wind decided to come and hang out together on the same day, so it was ideal for staining. I didn't get it all stained but that is just because I need to let this stain dry so that I can flip the table over and do the underbelly areas. After that we came into the house and I slaved over the sewing machine. I was able to make two flat sheets for Aidan's new bed. At Wal-Mart, crib flat sheets are $7 a piece! Thanks to Wal-Mart having a sale on fabric I was able to do two flat sheets for about $2.25 total! I also made Aidan a super hero cape and face mask. He asked me to make him be a super hero, so I did. He has been wearing it all day long, so cute. Then I finished working on some quilt tops. Then Aidan and I worked on my dad's father day present. I hope he likes it, its kind of silly, but for him its ideal! :) Then I finished up making some presents for my cousins daughters. They are getting baptized in June! Yay for them! And now I am preparing the blog for this week. Woozers! No wonder I am tired and my wrists hurt!

I hope you all had a great week. We did. This next week will be busy for us...I love busy!

Saturday: Aidan-isms

This picture was taken on Thursday at our friend Lincoln's 1st birthday. Aidan insisted upon wearing these bunny ears the whole time. At one point I tried to take them off of him and he said "no way, I bunny, hop hop hop." I said, "No you are mommy's big boy." He replied "No mommy, today I bunny." Who can argue with that? He walks around the house saying he is different animals. I recently made him doggy ears and kitty ears, but the bunny ears are by far his favorite.

Another Aidan-ism is "Tank you." I am so grateful that is he picking up on mine and Brian's use of this word. Every time we do something for him he says "tank you." Tonight Brian put him in his new big boy bed and said good night to Aidan. Aidan responded, "no daddy, tank you." What a sweetheart.

Friday Movie Review: Memento

This movie came out while I was in Chile. When I returned it was the talk of the Oscar scene. I have always been curious about the movie, but something about it didn't make me want to rush out and see it.

Brian and I have streaming Netflix via his XBOX 360, so when we saw it on there and Aidan was asleep we decided to go ahead and watch it. Weird! Weird! Weird! For the greater part of my "readers" I would don't see this movie.

The movie is about a man whose wife was murdered and he is on a vendetta to kill the man who killed his wife. This story has been told many many times, but the difference is that this man has recently had a head trauma so he doesn't have a short term memory. The reason why this movie was the talk of the Oscars, I believe, was that the story isn't told in a start to finish kind of manner. It is upside down, backward, and all out of order. Your job is to keep up with the story line as it is told from the end backward to the beginning.

When I worked at the movie theater I watched everything and movies didn't bother me. I became VERY desensitized. Since I have quit I don't watch many hard core movies anymore, it is very hard to with a two year old. I have been away from the theater for 18 months and I can say that I can no longer watch movies just to watch them. Most movies don't even look good to me anymore. I can say that I have been ?sanitized? again.

This movie had no nudity, no violent scenes, little swearing but images were abundant. The main character (because he has a short term memory) tattoos information to his body and talks Polaroids of EVERYTHING. This movie is R-rated for theme.

I don't recommend this movie to everyone. I know of some people that would appreciate different aspects of the movie, but most wouldn't enjoy it. I sure didn't. However, that being said I am glad that I watched it and learned from this experience. Maybe there was a reason why hadn't "made" time to watch it before.

Thursdays Nostaligia

This picture I found amongst a whole slew of pictures my dad is hoarding. I love it. Look how young everyone is. Left to right is my cousin Alician, Tami, Harrison, Chad and Jacob. Alician and Tami are sisters and they belong to my uncle Reed. Harrison and Jacob are my younger brothers and Chad is my Uncle Danny's son. I think this picture was taken in the early 90s. This picture also makes me remember all the good times I had at my grandparents home on Hill Field Rd. I loved that house.

Wednesdays blessings

1. A solid commitment between Brian and I in our marriage.
2. My cute husband that tickles my back on demand.
3. My grandparents who are always willing to watch Aidan so I can have a moment to myself.
4. Prepackaged frosting in a tube. Why did it take me so long to find you?
5. Aidan and he attempts to learn the English language.
6. Craft websites. They are my new obsession/love.
7. Free places to go and visit.


More indepth...
1. The more I realize it the more I realize that I am blessed with a wonderful partner who helps to complement me (and hopefully I complement him). We are fully aware that our marriage is a bond, a contract, a commitment between the two of us to work hard, learn from our own mistakes as with our parents and make strong, healthy, happy, solid marriage work. I have oft times this week been brought to the understanding that it is important to have this kind of agreement between two people, it helps with the concept of marriage.
2. Doesn't need much explanation, he is just good at it and I love it!
3. I have been toying with the idea of finding part time employment, in addition to my barely there employment at the day care. Why? I enjoy spending money and going on trips. And Aidan is at an age where he no longer needs me 24/7. Bob and Virgie said that they would support me on this. They enjoy Aidan's company and he theirs. So I am grateful that they are willing to babysit so I can make money so that we can spend it.
4. I have been enjoying the beauty and simplicity of the cupcake. Little bite-sized morsels of sweet goodness. We aren't cake eaters in this house but there is something so fun about a cupcake. Recently I bought some prepackaged frosting in tube. I have never bought this before because it is cheaper to make it at home or buy a can of frosting. This frosting in a tube is designed for the decorating aspect of cupcakes/cookies and it is so delicious. It dries fast and makes for an entertaining activity. Aidan always gives me ideas of what to "color" on the cupcakes, they never turn out "cute", but the fun we have doing it makes it all worth while.
5. Aidan is all about talking lately. He is learning to put multiple words together and make phrases. His new phrase that makes me giggle is "how 'bout I carry you?" Which, sadly, translates to "how 'bout you carry me?" He is reversing his pronouns and I enjoy listening to it. Yesterday I decided to let him know that he was saying it wrong. This started a mini-debate between the mother and the two year old on when to say "you" and when to say "me." Needless to say I declared Aidan the winner; I got myself so confused I threw in the towel. I would still like to see him try and carry me. :)
6.There are so many other wanna be crafty people out there and they all have blogs to share their talents. I love it. Don't be surprised when everything I give away is homemade or refurbished. Love these sites. Here are a few for you to check out.

littlebirdiesecrets.com
makeit-loveit.com
jackiethejunkjunkie.blogspot.com
lemontreecreations.blogspot.com
cuteasafox.blogspot.com

7. Clark planetarium, local parks, local libraries, Hill Aerospace Museum, etc. These places are our friends and we love to frequent them. They are lifesavers when we need to get out and are broke!