Hair and hairballs lol

Agghhh, sometimes my hair is sometimes a thorn in the flesh...After blowdrying it, this is what it looked like. Believe it or not, I managed to get it much more "calm" than last time!! Anyone who is thinking about going natural with their hair should definitely really think about how much work it will be if they wanna wear it straight.

seat cushion and not horrible saturday

Omg, there is a Saturday that I actually somewhat enjoyed!! Today I went to practice a song that I wanted to sing for church tomorrow morning...I finished it! Mercy said no is the name of the song but in this case mercy said yes and I finished in about five tries :-).
After that I bought an overpriced side salad and ate lunch in front of a show with my sister...then to my grandparent's house to clean. I can't say that my grandparent's housecleaning was an highlight of today (or any other Saturday), but at least we had brownies today. Grampy isn't looking so well, I'm praying for him and worrying a little in my heart.
When we got home this evening I immediately started up my computer and started looking for crafts for my class tomorrow, I finished that in a minimal amount of time and started on my aunt's cushions which were supposed to be done ages ago. I have to say that since it wasn't anything at all difficult that I was kinda uninspired by it and just let it sit. It was almost too easy especially once the pattern was outta the way (which it was weeks ago) it's kinda embarrassing. Anyway, here is the finished product. She picked a great fabric...Now I have at least this off my conscience and am just itching to start on another project! Auntie will be so happy to see it (and finally have something to sit on while she eats :-))

Now...I have my dress for tomorrow set aside (so happy for now that summer is here) and all I have to do tomorrow is wake up and dress...love that...

Not a complete failure

okay so it's not so great...but here is my very first paper quilling design (?) lol. I did somewhat make it through the lil project!

You can't stick to anything...

A few weeks ago, around my birthday I came to the conclusion that I wanted to learn quilling. It's not the first time I came up with this great (or not) idea...years ago I saw it in a craft store and wanted to learn...but that's happened with lotsa stuff.

Fast forward to last week:

I got on ebay and found a cheap quilling kit for beginners and I'm waiting impatiently for it to come in the mail as I type. Sooo since I actually ordered it instead of dreaming about it, I realized that I will possibly start on it with a deep interest and enthusiasm then forty-five minutes later when I realized I'm not immediately amazing at it, I will put it up. I'm hoping this doesn't happen, but I know me...and things aren't looking good for me in this area. I've decided that I will give it a whole week before I quit. That's fair right? Right?

Elisabeth

Sewing by accident...

Okay yes, I did accidentally get roped into sewing an Easter dress for my little sister. How in the world?! Generally when I say yes to things I mean 'yes sounds like a good idea', or 'yes, that would be nice', but not 'yes, I'll do it'! Anyway, I made the mistake of saying yes to my sister Sarah, so the night before we left town last-minute to visit my pregnant sister the fabric got shoved under my nose. Oh well...I made it without an actual pattern, and after working a couple hours on it had it nearly finished. Tuesday morning I was at it again and my sewing machine's tension is set for thicker fabric so I kept having problems...We left Tuesday early afternoon and didn't come back until Saturday night. You guessed it...I didn't even bother. Sunday morning I woke up thirty minutes early, worked on it for fifteen minutes and I was done! I was happy with the result even though it might've lacked a lil inspiration. It has an elastic band for around her neck, and then some stretch lace that goes around her back and elastic at the skirt so she could get it on without a zipper. It's so thin that I had to use a lining too...I should really do this more often! I received some much needed encouragement from my big sister so I have no excuses (as always lol.)

Elisabeth

momless week

Omg...This week has been long! My mom has been away since Friday, I really miss her, and feel like I'm the mother while she's away since usually I'm the one home while everyone works. Besides leaving me behind, she also left behind the baby she babysits, and my two little sisters (ages eight and ten.) I have learned a lot. I learned that Monnie does everything slower than Nece, I've learned that they'll do anything to get out of doing something you ask them to do but are always "helping" when you don't want their help, and I've learned that keeping the house clean means going hoarse telling them to clean after themselves or becoming very tired from cleaning up after them myself. The major amount of stress comes from trying to fill my mom's shoes, I want to be as helpful, as strong, and diligent, and (with the girls) as instructive...I have failed. Fortunately though, I have found that I can be some semblance of a great future homemaker/fashion designer. My sister Sarah and I worked on a menu (all of which somehow I'm cooking) and with our budget in hand went grocery shopping; every evening we have eaten a delicious meal although I have missed the daily "what should we have for dinner?" "Ummm." type debate I have with my mom. I taught my ten-year-old sister the finer points of laundry also, rule one being that you don't take any out of the dryer when it ISN'T DRY, and wash all your play clothes together and let me wash the dress clothes...Whew...
Today I cooked lasagna while my sisters cleaned the pantry, and folded some clothes, and directed a bed being made and room being cleaned. Tomorrow we'll clean the bathroom, wash a load of towels, vacuum the living room, and cook coconut chicken with vegetable and cornbread.

Getting started is easy; not getting distracted? Not so much.

Do you ever feel the need to create, the desire to see something coming together right beneath your fingertips? I feel it all the time, and there's an excitement and thrill...and then *poof*. I see that my room is a cluttered mess and I can't possibly sew with it looking like this, or my mom calls from downstairs and asks me to watch the busy little toddler we babysit while she runs out (for about an hour,) and my whole train that was gaining steam has now come to a stop.
Well, so much for that. Try again tomorrow. Nope, not today! Today I'm going to throw that load of clothes in the washer very quickly while I still have steam going. Today I will pick up the stacks of book and make them into one singular stack of books while I'm still humming with excitement. Today I will thread my sewing machine and ignore any clutter because if I stop nothing will happen and I'll never find my happy place even for a moment. Today I'm going to find my happy place and then I'm going to pat myself on the back, because it won't even matter whether I finish the project anymore, I'll just be happy that I started on it, because a project half done is one that I will have to come back to over and over.
Now, right at this moment let me take the first step and put on my "day clothes" lol.

Elisabeth