Vintage Aprons

Ooo I love Vintage finds! These aprons I found at a local flea market/antique mall. I had to have them. The blue one is a hanky apron, to cute! The pink retro one was a must because the fabric is to cool. I have loved aprons. My Grandma Cutcher and Great Grandma Mauter always wore them. My love of them was stirred up when I participated in a Summer Apron swap. Now I am addicted. Be prepared friends and family, you may just get one for Christmas!

Adversity=Strength

All around you there is adversity. Each day there is something more to overcome. Some where along the way I have started to look for the positive, to see the glass half full rather than half empty. My favorite is "Making Lemonade out of Lemons." (Sorry if repeat this often, I just love this little diddy) It is more, and more evident the world is becoming a hard place to be. For as long as I can remember President Gordon B. Hinckley our former prophet and president of our church would say we need to be self-reliant, become strong within our families, and be prepared. Of course, we as members would say " yeah, we need to heed the words of the prophet." But in the past year it is evident. Gas is so expense, food is constantly being recalled, neighbors do not help neighbors, families are falling apart, the economy stinks, and having a job, especially in Toledo is harder and harder. We as a family have been hit with some hard stuff these past few months, but when we lose something, before we turn around we have been blessed with something new. Sure it would be easy to focus on the bad that is happening, but I have finally learned to keep the focus where it needs to be. Brian's business is doing great, he got a new job that is actually paying "something!" I am going to go back to school in a few weeks, my kid's are healthy, and our marriage is stronger then ever! No matter what happens around us, I can look and say "that which does not kill us makes us stronger" and really, really mean it.

The Death of a Musical

After two months of long, hot rehearsals, many late nights and tons of energy, the play was cancelled. Unfortunately, the person who was directing this play did not have her "ducks in a row" prior to doing this. The positive side of this is that I can be back home in the evenings with the family. Today I have to think "What have I learned from this adventure?" Well, first I found out that I love being in the theater, and I hope to maybe do another play sometime. Second, when you put faith in other things, you can get burned. The only place I can ever put my faith is in the Lord. Honestly, I am sad. Sad that I have made my family be without me, sad that my wonderful husband had to be a "single parent" for nothing.

The Death of Me

Here is what is left of a 14 ounce bag of plain Adventures of Indiana Jones M&M's. For some reason these little buggers have been my addiction for the past few days. I bought them for our first Bunco club night. Yes, I enjoy an occasional M&M, but to be this obsessive! I think it has to due with the colors, they remind me of my favorite season Fall, cool days, cooler nights, fresh apple cider, pumpkins, leaves, Halloween. Or maybe there is some unseen force within, maybe it is some kind of addictive chemical they put in these candies? The more I eat, the more I want, the more I eat. Whatever it is I have to get these out of the house, I do not want to know how many calories I have consumed the past three days. I have totally bagged my Weight Watchers this weekend. Yikes!

Costuming!

All in the fun of "Seuss" I have been working on costumes for the play now. We were all in charge of our own costumes, and being the little Mother that I am, I told my fellow Bird Girls that I would make their costumes. I am also making Gertrude McFuzz's dress, and did the Sour Kangaroo, and made bloomers for my pal Candie's daughter. Now alot of you know that my sewing skills are not that advanced, but will say I have come a long way, thanks to the wisdom of Laura, my mom, and Brian. I love to take on a new challenge, and the more creative I can be the better. But "Oh, the things you get into when you bite off more than you can chew!" ( this is me trying to sing my dilemma with "Oh, the things you can think! from Seussical. LOL!) I set unrealistic goals on myself. For instance, I wanted to get everything done in one week. Of course that does NOT happen and there I am sitting in front of my sewing machine at 2 in the morning, frustrated, bouncing my leg and complaining against every injustice in the world. Not to mention I am jacked up on Diet Pepsi, chocolate, and I have just seam ripped the same seam for the fourth time. Arrgghhh!
But my friend Candie a.k.a. "Mrs. Major" in the play, is keeping me sane. She is my partner in crime. We have been fabric shopping, web surfing ideas, drawing, and sewing. She has been a great help when it comes down to embellishing the costumes. I could not do this without her.