New Blog

A new blog.  Well I'm trying to create a new blog.  Word Press was recommended so I'm trying it.  I'm struggling a little bit so bare with me as I learn the new blog and change the appearance.  I'm not going to get everything done tonight but come check it out.  It is now idahoatheart.wordpress.com.  Or click here.
I added a picture there of the cute dresses.  I have several other pictures I would like to post over the next couple of days.

Thanksgiving

Ok well I was going to share some pictures with you but they will have to wait.  I have run out of room on this blogsite.

Anyways, we had a great Thanksgiving weekend.  My in laws came in from out of town and we had a lot of fun.  We had a good meal and did a lot of visiting.

Friday we took down all the Thanksgiving decorations and put up our Christmas decorations.  We put up our tree, our snowman up front, bought lights for the outside of the house (first year for that), and crafted some new decorations that are cute.  No we didn't do the Black Friday shopping.  I'm not willing to put up with the rude people you hear about for a sale price.

Saturday we just did random stuff around the house, yard and in the garage.

Sunday my girls wore their new beautiful Christmas dresses that their Grandma bought them.  I have pictures but sadly cannot share them with you at this point.

This week is going to be very busy trying to get as much Christmas stuff ready.  My sewing room was organized and looks much better so that will help.

Ok so now my question.  Is blogger the best free blog out there or is there others that I might should look into?  I don't want to pay for my pictures to be on my blog.  Any ideas?  Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Have a great Monday.

Snowman Christmas Tree Skirt

Here is a Christmas Tree skirt I made to sell on my store.  I grew up with Christmas Tree skirts but for the past few years we haven't had one.  So I decided to make one for us.  While doing that I decided to make one to sell.

It is made out of cotton material.  It has batting, and the binding is store bought bias binding.  I have also free motion stitched it.  It is machine washable and may need some ironing afterwards.

It is really cute.  If you want to see more information and more pictures click here.

Christmas tree skirt

Well here is our Christmas tree skirt.  I just finished it today.  I had one more picture but blogger wont let me add it for who knows what reason.  Anyways.  The first picture is actually the back in my mind.  It is reversible but I like the Santa side more.  Sarah was with me while picking out the material and these were the ones that she wanted.

 I free put batting in them and then free motion stitched them.  Then I sewed bias binding on the all the edges.  I am very excited to use this this year.  We haven't had one since we've been married and we really like this one.

What?

This week has been interesting and rough.  Sarah has been struggling in school and it has taken it's tole on me.  I know that she is only 4 and that there is a lot for her to learn but when she is struggling to behave it makes me wonder where I am going wrong.  Yesterday I spent the day just thinking over everything I do and say trying to figure out what I might be teaching her that I didn't want to teach her.  I came to the conclusion that there are a few things I definitely need to change but also in reality our kids don't learn everything from us.  I know it can suck sometimes knowing that they are picking up habits - be it good or bad - from other kids they see at school and church.

I had to take a step back and just do my best.  She was much better today and I had a much better day because of it.  Sometimes being a mom is just hard but it is definitely worth it.  So I'll keep doing my best and adjust when needed and try to be the best influence on my kids that I can be and hope that in the end they make the right decisions when I'm not around to help them choose the right.

Have a great Thursday afternoon.

Fall Table runner finished

 I mentioned that I had been working on a fall table runner.  Here it is....finished!  I was able to finish it this afternoon in between cleaning the house and helping my kids with their chores.  It will not be posted to my store since it has already sold.  I will send it out tomorrow.

 It is made out of cotton material, batting and thread. 

 You know I like to use fun stitching on the binding.

I didn't take a very big picture of the backing material but you can see it in this picture.  I thought it would be fun to spice the back up a little.

I hope she likes it.  Have a great day.

I will pick myself back up....

So what now?  I will be honest I was upset by the way the voting went in America.  I don't understand how this can happen.  I was still upset this morning after having dreams last night about voting...over and over again.  Then a thought came to me.

Is my mood helping or hindering the situation? 

So what now?  We pick ourselves back up and dust our pants off and get to work.  We need to help each other more now.  Maybe that is what we need to learn from this.  No matter who we voted for yesterday we are America.  We are supposed to help each other.  We are supposed to support and lift each other.  The President does not control each of us and cannot stop us from being Americans...no matter who the President is.

So that is my goal.  I will look around and see where and who I can help.  What are you going to do?

Tuesday

I feel pretty good about my shopping trip today.  I went to two stores.  Walgreen's and then Walmart.  I saved $29.41 at Walgreen's between their sales and my coupons.  Then at Walmart I saved another $22.08 making my savings today $51.49.  I felt pretty good about that.  My goal has been to save $10-$15 each week so today was definitely a success. 

I was also able to get Yana to take a short nap today so I was able to get some sewing done.  Hopefully I'll have pictures of the finished product for you tomorrow.

My girls have been good and although I am feeling really tired I think I'll take them for a walk.  I'm hoping that the nap today doesn't make Yana want to get up in the middle of the night.  She has slept all night the last 3 nights but has also not had a nap for almost a week.  So we will see.  She was obviously tired because she rolled right over and went to sleep.

I am loving the cooler weather.  I think I'm freezing my family out of the house though.  At night my husband is completely covered in the blankets and I'm sleeping on top of them. 


Sorry I know today is kind of random but that happens more and more when I'm tired.  Have a great Tuesday. 

Life

How was your weekend?  Mine was great.  My husband got back from Texas Friday night and we got some stuff done in the garage.  Then Saturday I went to our ward Super Saturday.  We started off with a brunch and visiting.  Then we had some classes.  I really learned a lot from the classes.  After the classes we got set up to do our crafts.  I did glass etching.  I took three of my kitchen glass cooking pans and etched my last name on them.  It was really easy and will be very helpful in the future to have our name on them.  I loved being able to visit with everyone and get to know some of the people I pass in the hall on Sunday but don't have a lot of time to stop and visit with.

After Super Saturday I went home and we worked in the garage some more.  My husband is building us some night stands for our bedroom and we are trying to get them finished.  The first one is about ready to stain and call good.  The second one we haven't started yet.  After dinner we went to Home Depot to get the hardware for the first night stand and while there we bought one of those outside fire places.  The ones that have legs and you a bowl so you can burn stuff in it on your porch.  After the girls went to bed we sat out on our porch for a while with a fire going.  It was so relaxing and a lot of fun.  It is also a great way to help us use some of the spare pieces of wood that we can't use anymore. 

Sunday was good.  My husband taught a great lesson.  The testimonies were wonderful to hear and we had an awesome lesson in Young Women's.  I'm am so thankful for the Gospel in my life and the lessons they are helping teach me and my family.

My upper respiratory infection is slowly going away thanks to a z pack.  The weather is beautiful...it would be even better if Oklahoma could figure out if it wants to be in the 60's or 80's.  I have a wonderful family.  We have a good job, a nice house, and wonderful friends.  How much better can life get.

Have a great Monday.  I'll let ya know if I get any sewing done...now that Yana is no longer taking naps.

50/50 again?

Today I had another doctor's appointment.  I decided to take our ultrasound pictures from the 20th week ultrasound that determines the sex of the baby.  I had some questions.  When we had the ultrasound the lady/nurse kept talking about three lines that meant we were having a girl.  Well I couldn't see them at the hospital and my husband and I still can't see them.  So I just wanted the doctor to explain the ultrasound so I understood it.  I didn't doubt that we were having a girl I just wanted to understand.

Well I showed her and asked my question and she looked at it.   And looked at it.  She couldn't see three lines either.  She could see a dot.  Then she told me that she had no idea what that nurse was seeing because she couldn't see anything that would help her determine the sex of our baby.  So we are kind of back to 50/50.  She wants to do another ultrasound at our next appointment and see if she can determine the sex.

I'm still going to say we are having a girl until otherwise told.  I just don't like calling the baby a he/she.  The doctor was going to do an ultrasound on the 30th either way to determine the position and get some idea of the weight of the baby.  Well right now I can tell that the baby is laying sideways just from the movements.  The doctor felt my stomach and agreed with my assessment.  So I'll let ya know what the doctor finds in a couple of weeks.  This should be interesting.

A good Halloween and two cute kids.

Halloween was fun.  It is so much more enjoyable with children.  Since I'm not into trick or treating but my kids are it is so much better.  If you remember last year Sarah was a dog.  Well this year she originally wanted to be a fireman but I forgot and never got her costume made.  The dog outfit still fits so she opted to be the dog.  Well Yana wanted to wear it.  As you can see it was a little baggie around the ankles.

 This cracked me up.  The dog costume has a tail and Yana wasn't sure what to do with it so she pulled it between her legs and tried to walk....it didn't work out so well for her.

 Wednesday day night we went to the church parking lot for trunk or treating and had a blast.  Yana went as Tinker bell.  It was the first costume I had made for Sarah when we were living in New Jersey.  It is purple.  After the trunk or treating we came home and I sat on the porch and handed out candy while my husband took the girls around the block.  It was a lot of fun but I'm glad it is only once a year.

This picture was just too cute.  Yana loves wearing Sarah's backpack after school and she has also really gotten into wearing sunglasses on her head.  I just had to share it.  She asked me to take the picture.