tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125990462012-02-05T21:14:03.476-05:00Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-10518676918951772672011-03-01T12:26:00.001-05:002011-03-01T14:21:13.598-05:00

Like most 4 year olds, Miss Claire loves to dress herself.  She's a real girly girl and will pick a skirt or a dress 90% of the time.  (She's also decided that despite the year round cool weather that she prefers short sleeves too.) When she picks out her outfits in the morning, there are a couple of rules she's set. 1) It must follow the pattern (for instance: long sleeve, short sleeve, short

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It's no secret that my dear, sweet, second born daughter is a difficult eater. The funny thing is that when she was a baby, I made all of her baby foods and she had quite a varied and healthy diet. Some time shortly after her first birthday that all changed.It all started with her refusal to eat any fruit except strawberries. Then she refused to try any vegetable in solid form preferring only

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I'm a girl mom. A girly girl mom. That is certainly reflected in the things I create. I tend to use pink...a lot. I can't help it. I love pink and so do the Divas I live with.I, naturally, have a really hard time coming up with boy designs. I really don't know why though. I own a LOT of boy designs, but when it comes to stitching them out I have no clue what to do for fabrics,

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There's a great Cyber Monday sale going on in my Etsy shop! New holiday tees are listed, so you have lots to choose from!All tees and bodysuits are buy 2, get 1 free**! To redeem your free item, add 2 shirts/bodysuits in your cart. When you check out, in the 'message to seller' field, please let me know which shirt you would like free! Visit Banana Bear Boutique now!**Free shirt must be of

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I am aware of the issue with the layette gown tutorial link NOT working. Instead of fixing that, I'm just going to post the tutorial on my blog to make it easier! If you want the tutorial before it gets posted, please leave me a comment and if you are a 'no-reply' blogger, please leave me your email address too so I can email it to you!

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Although I love the A line turkey dresses I've been making and selling at Banana Bear, I am so over making them! I originally wanted to make Claire one too, but I just couldn't bring myself to making another one. My solution was to make her a turkey peasant dress!I have yards and yards and yards of this brown corduroy, so it was the natural choice. For her sleeves and applique, I used some

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I seriously can't believe that there are only 36 days until Christmas! The last month and a half have really flown by for me and I haven't even started thinking about the Christmas gifts I need to make until tonight.I've been browsing for different craft and sewing ideas and I have a few ideas. I really like the idea of these magnetic calenders. I could definitely use one myself and think they

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Edited: I now have the tutorial posted in full on my Banana Bear Blog!

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Jenna from Momma Told Me is hosting a giveaway for me. It's a $20 gift certificate redeemable in my Etsy shop! Head on over to her blog to enter!**While you are there, check out all of the other great giveaways she has going on!

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I embroider a lot of shirts, but one of my favorite things to do is create outfits. Here are some of the outfits that I've made over the last month or so.I'm not sure why I didn't get a picture of the two parts together, but I didn't. This birthday shirt (above) and skirt (below) were a custom order for her daughter. She really liked Claire's birthday outfit, but wanted lilac instead of the

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In the last two weeks, I've been lucky enough to get two big wholesale orders for some tea towels! The first order is for 26 towels and the second is for 40 towels! Although it is almost a little too overwhelming to do 66 towels, I am really excited about it. Both orders are for different FRGs and will include either a sub applique and hull number or sub applique and the ship's name (as shown

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On our drive out to California, we took a minor little detour to visit the Grand Canyon. We had planned that for a few weeks and I was excited to see it, but that morning as we were driving through New Mexico and Arizona to get there, I began to feel really ill. At first I thought that maybe I was just feeling off since I'm a little acrophobic, but it just kept getting worse and worse. I was

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A couple of weeks ago, my little Bear turned 4. As I'm sure the rest of you moms out there know, time has just flown by and my little baby isn't a baby anymore!Since we just moved to California and we only know one other family, who also just moved here from Georgia, we had a little get together to celebrate. It was a nice day and it was good to spend some time with familiar faces. Of course,

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You see that smiling Mouse on the ginormous ferris wheel? Looks pretty innocent, huh? Yeah, I thought so too. What you might not notice at first is that every other gondola is on a loop so that when the ferris wheel spins, the gondola slides (and swings...violently) on the loop.Being somewhat acrophobic, I probably shouldn't have gotten on the darn ride. But the girlies and Justin wanted to

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I guess it's been awhile since I've blogged! I've been reading blogs like crazy and commenting here and there, but I've missed my blog. I think it's time to get back in the habit!Well lots of things have happened since I last wrote. Where should I start...First of all, Durand is doing very well! For updates visit his Facebook page and read what he's doing. He's a tough man and I'm so moved by

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As a military wife (or husband for that matter), sometimes it's easy to deceive oneself into thinking that your life is just like a normal, civilian existence. Sure we move around a lot, our spouses wear uniforms to work, and go on long "business trips," but I think most of us feel pretty safe and normal. A week or so ago, I watched Brothers. I cried my eyes out when Grace heard the news about

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Despite my last post about missing the husband, I am actually having a great time with the girlies and we are enjoying summer break very much. The girls have been out of school for almost a month already, which is just hard to believe!Claire with Mrs. Kogaklis at the Happy Apple "graduation" ceremony.Claire has loved the past year at Happy Apple and it has really helped her grow. Elise was

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With less than two months left here in Georgia, I am getting so anxious to leave. There's so much to be done here on this end and I honestly haven't had the time to tackle much. At least I finally got our move set up and I think we're moving out of this house the first week of August. It can't come soon enough!More than just leaving this area, I long to be gone so Justin will be on a shore

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Although I wasn't expecting to get them so soon, we have official orders to move now. I guess that means I am officially excited about our move to the West Coast! It's looks like we'll be leaving here in August and Justin will start grad school at the end of September. I am toying around with the idea of moving out of our house at the end of July. I figure even if Justin has to stay a couple

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I stumbled upon this website earlier today. I can totally relate to the Desitin incident. Claire did the same thing when she was about 2 and ruined her sheets, quilted shams, and some blankets. Luckily I salvaged the quilt, but everything smelled like Desitin for months!

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I hope all of you moms had a wonderful Mother's Day!Things around here went well. Elise let me sleep in this morning and took care of Claire when she woke up. She surprised me with breakfast. She made turkey bacon and strawberries and cream crepes. Yum! I was impressed with how well she did considering she's never made any of those foods before! I ended up taking the girls down to Jax to get

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The week leading up to and the week after the festival were very hectic for me. It figures that while I was trying to prepare for it I would get slammed with custom orders all week...not that I'm complaining (I'm not!). It took me all last week to catch up on it all and I'm happy to say that I am finally caught up now.In the midst of all of the other sewing and embroidery chaos, I decided to

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I don't eat crawfish. In fact, I pretty much hate the horrid smell that cooked crawfish emit. That said, I've spent last night and all day today at the Crawfish Festival in Woodbine selling my crafty stuff and browsing/buying others crafts. I might not love crawfish, but I love me some crafts!Sometimes craft fairs can be a dangerous place because all of the cute and unique items. This time,

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After I wrote that post yesterday, I researched my house again and came up with nothing. Where could the subs have disappeared to?This morning my friend dropped off her 9 month old for me to babysit. After she put down her diaper bag, she handed me a sandwich bag with the subs. No wonder I couldn't find them! Apparently when I watched him yesterday I shoved the subs in the diaper bag. And I

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...and it's making me go bat-shit crazy trying to find it! I bought these little subs last week with the intent of either putting them in I Spy Bags or using them for some other craft project I haven't come up with yet. I was actually pretty excited to get them in the mail today. So excited (because it's the little things in life, you know) that I tore open the package at the mailbox. (I like

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To say Claire is camera shy is a down right understatement. She hates the paparazzi me (or anyone else) taking pictures of her. Did you know she threw a temper tantrum at school on spring picture day because she didn't want her likeness captured??? So when I get a photo of her smiling, or even sort of smiling like above, I get really excited!Today I woke Claire up from her nap a little early.

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Wow! Has it really been over two weeks since I blogged? I guess time has just flown by (and that's a good thing right now!), but we finally have some exciting news!And No...I'm not pregnant!In late February, I made a conscious decision to stop stressing out and thinking about moving this summer, which meant that I wasn't going to blog about it either. Make no mistake, not stressing about not

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Why is it that when you say you're feeling nauseous everyone automatically says "Oh you must be pregnant!" with the most ecstatic look on his/her face? Seriously, if I were nauseous because I were pregnant, ecstatic would be the last emotion I'd be feeling! So anyway, I've been nauseous and dizzy since about Monday. Each day it seemed to get progressively worse. Thursday I decided to get to

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Sunday the girlies, Justin, and I spent the day at the Jacksonville Zoo. It was a great day! I hate to admit it, but I've never taken Claire to this zoo before. When we lived here the first time, I took Elise several times, but was never really impressed. I am happy to say that since the last time I have gone there were some improvements done and it is a nice little zoo now.The girlies

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Aren't these bunny softies adorable? They are so quick and easy to make too. I was planning on saving two for the girls for Easter, but they've already claimed two of them. I've been busy though and have about 8 of these hanging out with me in my craft room. Now I just need to get around to taking decent photos so I can list them on Etsy!I've made 4 outfits like the one above (bad picture, I

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Since we moved into this house about 2.5 years ago, I have switched craft rooms and rearranged it approximately 432 times. According to Justin that is approximately 431 times too many.This afternoon I finally decided to take some pictures. It's never going to be show house clean. This is about as good as it gets. Enjoy!Above is the view when you walk into the room (sort of). when you enter,

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This year for the Silver/Gold Dolphin Scholarship Auction I decided to create and donate a little girl kitchen set for the silent auction. I didn't get very many photos of the donation before I turned it in, but you can get the gist of it. I was also going to make a chef hat, but ran out of time. I'm still going to make one for Claire and I'll post it when I get a chance.Here's Claire modeling

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Seriously...just when I thought I was done with sleep problems here I go again. I. Can't. Sleep. No matter how tired I am, as soon as my head hits the pillow I am wide awake again. This sucks. It looks like I might have to start the Ambien again, which I really didn't want to do.***On another note, I've been super productive lately despite my lack of sleep. Last week I was crazy busy with

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The weather for the last few days (aside from the bit of rain yesterday) has been gorgeous! I think it's 75 degrees outside today. I have the windows open in the house and I am really enjoying the sunshine coming in through my windows. I hope that means it's the end of wintery cold weather here in South Georgia. I HATE the cold!There's no more news about new orders for Justin. Despite that,

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Well the furniture make overs are not done yet, but the projects are started and progress is getting made. Last weekend, while I was really sick, Justin was kind enough to go out to the garage and sand down the two furniture pieces. This weekend, he applied two coats of paint to my future bookshelf. It looks really good so far and I know it's only going to get better. I hope he can finish it

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On one of my thrifting adventures, I purchased a pink glass bunny candy dish almost identical to the one above. It's a little weird, but the pink (mine is a brighter pink) was so pretty and I had to have it for Easter. Now that I have it, what do I do with it? The obvious answer is to put candy in it, but I was hoping that I could do something a little more fun. I guess it would help if I had

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In about 6 months, we'll be moving from here. Where are we moving? Good question. If I had the answer I wouldn't have the moving anxiety that I have right now.Justin is looking at orders and we've got a lot of lovely places on our dream sheet. We really, really, really want to get off of the East Coast and try something different. Honestly any place on our dream sheet will probably make me

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-30431669605168547442010-01-27T20:31:00.002-05:002010-01-27T20:36:27.642-05:00

While it was fun going back to the ReStore, I didn't end up leaving with anything. There were several nice pieces of furniture, including a vintage (1956) Ethan Allen hutch, but nothing was too appealing. I did put in a low-ball bid on a couch, but I didn't really care if I got it or not. I was disappointed that I didn't win the bid on these lovely decorative bird cages. I'm not quite sure

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There's a book problem in my house. We have entirely too many books (if there is such a thing!). Before we moved here 2.5 years ago our main bookcases were overflowing and now it's even worse. Justin and I started storing a lot of the extra books in laundry baskets and in piles on my nightstand. Nice. We need help.We have two really nice bookcases already and we'd love to get another one to

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Here are some a few of the projects I've done over the last couple of weeks-some for gifts and some for sale. I wish I would remember to take pictures of everything. I made 4 different purses in December and I didn't get a photo of even one of them! Oh well...This chicken dress is by far one of the favorite things I've made for Claire. I know a lot of people think the chickens are weird, but

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I can't believe how long it's been since I've really blogged. Right now it's hard to imagine that there was a time that I looked forward to sitting down at my computer and sharing my thoughts. I want to try to enjoy it again. On the positive side, no one had to read about how stressed, busy, or crazy I've been. ;)So what have I been up to besides working...Well Justin came home from sea in

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I'm ineligible because I'm a team member; however, you may not be! Head over to the Homefront Team blog and check out the giveaway!

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Generally by this time in October, I have a pretty good idea about what I'm going to give as Christmas presents. I usually even have a lot of those gifts purchased or made. Not this year...I've got nothing.Honestly I haven't even thought about Christmas shopping. Not until today actually. We went down to the outlets in Saint Augustine and the cool, crisp air started to remind me of Christmas

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Today the Etsy shop hit 100 sales! Yay! Now I feel like the shop is quite established and things are going well. A year ago I wouldn't have thought that my best sellers online would be little taggie monsters, but I'll take it! If you haven't seen the cute taggie monsters, check them out now!

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...Lindsay! Please contact me in the next 48 hours to claim your prize (bananbearboutique @ gmail dot com).The shop has several new wristlet sets available and I am planning to add more new ones as time permits. Thanks again to all who participated!Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 28

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Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway! The giveaway is now closed. I appreciate all of the comments and constructive criticism. I have already made some adjustments to the shop including coercing the toddler to model some dresses (no easy feat I assure you!). More girly and gender neutral baby items will be added as well. Both Sheila and I have stuff made, we just haven't had the

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Well I'm finally ready to do the giveaway I promised in late August. I know it's late, but at least I'm doing it now!The winner will receive their choice of any clutch and key fob combo from my Etsy shop (I will be adding more throughout the week so check back often!). If you want, I will even monogram the clutch like the one below! This makes a great little wallet for yourself or a nice gift

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-8999676951994455312009-09-09T01:15:00.003-04:002009-09-09T01:26:39.323-04:00

From before the time I left the womb (late...of course), I have been a procrastinator. I tend to put things off. For some reason I just can't seem to do things until they need to be done. I work the best under pressure. For that reason, I always tell people to give me a deadline. Otherwise I'll just keep putting it off: that's just my nature.Now I don't do it to be annoying or anything like

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-83949319289699134002009-09-08T06:25:00.000-04:002009-09-08T06:25:00.094-04:00

No, I'm not pregnant, (Well if I'm pregnant, I don't know it.) but after watching that show on TV a few times (plus having all kinds of pregnant ladies around), I'm starting to feel paranoid. One day I was sitting on the couch reading and I could have sworn I felt fetal movements. It didn't feel like gas, it felt like fluttery baby movements. It freaked me out! The "movements" continued on and

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-71370877323671523672009-09-08T02:56:00.007-04:002009-09-08T03:10:24.490-04:00

I hate not being able to sleep at night. Normal people don't get their "second wind" around 10:30 and end up staying up all night because of it. I've barely slept at all for the last 4 or 5 nights. That's just not good.On the positive side, I've gotten a lot done. I've had several Etsy orders as well as some local orders to fill, so I've been working on that stuff at night. At least I have

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-80177622043002207332009-08-27T19:22:00.003-04:002009-08-27T20:00:10.374-04:00

It is very difficult to get a good photo of Claire. As adorable as she is, most of my pictures of her suck. She prefers to do her own thing rather than look at the camera and smile. I like that she doesn't "conform" but sometimes it would be nice to have a photo of her smiling at the camera!Here's the best shot from Claire's first day of school. This was in the afternoon after I picked her up

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-66390380160022951102009-08-26T23:16:00.002-04:002009-08-26T23:17:05.145-04:00

Visit Planet Applique and vote for me! If you embroider, have a look around at Becca's awesome designs!

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I just submitted my entry for an embroidery contest a few minutes ago and now I'm really anxious! The theme for the contest is "themes." The goal is to use 5 applique designs belonging to any one theme set. There are a lot of possibilities and there are a lot of super cute applique designs on the site. I have to say I own a lot of them!Although I had a dozen and one ideas for what to do, I

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-22949856542363679132009-08-24T23:25:00.003-04:002009-08-24T23:35:25.819-04:00

Elise started middle school a few weeks ago and today Claire started preschool! I can't believe how fast my little one is growing up. It's weird to think that next year (depending on what state we live in), she may be able to go to preK. That's just crazy! Where has time with my little baby gone?Claire had a great day at school. She's been telling me about her day all day and I couldn't be

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-19523964734845350172009-08-21T10:33:00.003-04:002009-08-21T10:44:32.417-04:00

Wow! It's amazing what a full night of sleep can do! For the last month, I have consistently slept less than 5 hours a night. I'd say for the last two weeks I've slept 3-4 hours a night. So a full night sleep was what I needed. I feel so refreshed!This morning I'm working on a lot of projects. I'm really glad that I didn't try to do them before I went to bed last night. I probably would

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-91821633683626790582009-08-20T14:40:00.002-04:002009-08-20T14:46:52.115-04:00

You think maybe I was up to some fun with 3 posts in one day, but unfortunately that's not the case...I was just told by a friend that a mutual co-worker of ours passed away last night. She wasn't someone that I was particularly close to or have even spoken to in years, but still...She's several years younger than I am and someone who appeared to be happy and healthy. I don't know all of the

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-85319283127969278952009-08-20T13:48:00.004-04:002009-08-20T16:06:51.284-04:00

It is really frustrating to me when people (including my friends and family) ask me when Justin's leaving or when he's coming back. It's not that I don't want to tell; it's classified information and I can't tell. So if I'm vague, don't take it personally.But then there are the wives who apparently never heard of Loose Lips Sink Ships. They talk too much and tick me off! These women talk

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It's been awhile since I wrote about her here and here. I haven't heard from her in a long time and have been quite happy about that. A few days ago her name popped up on FB as a suggested friend. So I had to change all of my settings on there to private. She hasn't made contact yet, but I do expect it soon. That is unless she happened to find my blog then she might take the hint. I hope

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-67765696859431218182009-08-15T21:35:00.003-04:002009-08-15T21:52:33.514-04:00

Being a tween mom isn't always easy. My not-so-little-anymore girl challenges me every single day with something new. She wants to grow up, yet she wants to stay my little at the same time. It would be a lot easier if we could live in a bubble, but that's not possible and I really wouldn't want that anyway. Elise has a friend, M, staying with us for a few days while her mother is out-of-town.

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For some unknown reason, I haven't run in nearly 2 months. I don't really know why I got out of the habit or why I didn't start back sooner especially when I want to do one of the Disney endurance events this fall (if I can work the childcare issue out). I really do love to run.I ran tonight. Instead of running the entire time, I at least had some sense and did a run/walk so I could ease back

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-72665019727664019522009-07-27T21:22:00.004-04:002009-07-27T21:29:49.960-04:00

I read a review for this movie about a month ago and decided to put it in my Netflix queue. I think the review stated it was "very moving." I should have known better than to watch it...especially before the husband deploys. I can't say it was a bad movie because it wasn't. It was very moving and heartbreaking to me. I pretty much bawled the entire time. I'm a cry baby. At least it wasn't

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-18918109146918121732009-07-24T22:40:00.003-04:002009-07-24T22:46:56.548-04:00

I've been getting Justin's patrol stuff ready so I've been making lots of trips to the store to pick up stuff. If I did it all in one trip, I'd be afraid to look at the total spent. When preparing your husband for 3 month without access to stores and ports, it can get pricey.One of the things that Justin requests is candy. Lots. of. candy. I think all he eats while underway (UW) is candy.

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Claire, like any other toddler, is completely impressionable. Because of that, I do try not to let her watch too much TV and I try to watch my trash mouth around her. However, this summer the TV has been on a lot more with Elise home from school. Here's some evidence my little one has watched too much TV this summer:A couple of weeks ago we were at Target in the detergent section and Claire

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Lately I haven't wanted to do anything. All I feel like doing is sitting around reading or even just sitting. It's really pathetic actually. I'm not depressed or anything: just feel lazy, real lazy.This weekend Sheila and I are having a booth in "downtown" Saint Marys. There will be a couple of runs, some activities, entertainment, and some other vendors down there. It's all going toward

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-76781086002201716362009-07-22T02:54:00.002-04:002009-07-22T03:02:01.517-04:00

Has anyone read these books? Because Elise (certainly not I!) loved the Twilight series so much, I bought the first in the House of Night series for her last week. I decided to be a good mom and read it first and I'm glad I did. The mention of a blow job happening in one of the first few chapters is certainly something I wasn't ready to explain. Needless to say, Miss E will not be reading

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I don't have a lot of time to blog right now, but I thought I'd share a few of the projects I've made this summer. Some of them will be listed on Etsy, but some won't. We'll see!I made Elise this recycling applique tee. Despite her goofy look in the photo, she actually really loves this shirt and so do I! I might have to make one for myself too.This is the embroidery on a navy blue golf

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The girlies and I have spent the last week in Destin-Claire and I visiting with my parents and enjoying the beach and Elise was at camp all week. The beaches were so beautiful and probably the nicest that I've ever seen. They call that part of Florida the Emerald Coast and it was quite easy to see why. My favorite part was going in the water up to my shoulders and still being able to see my

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Right now is one of those times. I don't know why whoever wrote the duty schedule bothered asking all the guys if they needed any days off duty. There was only one day that Justin requested to be off duty: his birthday, July 9. Can you guess what happened? Justin has duty tomorrow. Seriously why bother asking if you're just going to ignore the requests anyway.It would have been nice for

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-89992019508670662222009-07-07T23:43:00.003-04:002009-07-08T00:02:55.343-04:00

Back in February I purchased a black skirt. It wasn't anything special. It was just a black knit skirt that I thought would be comfortable to lounge around in: an alternative for shorts on casual days. I think I might have paid $20 for the skirt, so it wasn't expensive by any means. I usually love wearing skirts and/or dresses, but I hate feeling too dressed up to just hang out around the

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-86964002526112089342009-06-29T09:41:00.002-04:002009-06-29T09:46:16.143-04:00

Well I still have the mystery lump on my hand, but the good news is that I did go to the doctor on Friday. She didn't have much to say about it yet. She doesn't think it's an abscess, which is good I suppose. Her best guesses are a cyst or a varicose vein (didn't know you could get them in your hand)-both are benign, so she suggested that we don't do anything. I protested, of course. This

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-68244502776501943322009-06-26T01:07:00.003-04:002009-06-26T01:15:34.727-04:00

...and it's that I don't like going to the doctor. Okay, well I don't know many people who like going to the doctor, but I think I'm worse. I tend to suck things up stoically until they get either the problem goes away, the problem becomes unbearable, or I am forced to go.So what's my ailment now? (Well there are several, but I'll stick with what's bothering me most.) I have this lump on my

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-50841671424071875582009-06-21T11:18:00.002-04:002009-06-21T11:19:49.248-04:00

I hope all of the father's out there have a wonderful Father's Day!

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For the most part, I haven't had any trouble sleeping while on vacation...until tonight. I actually fell asleep easily enough, but then was awoken by some assholes screaming, hollering, and acting like fools on the street below. It was enough to annoy me enough to keep me from falling back asleep.Of course, I tried to sleep, but then my mind started wandering. I started thinking of all of the

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-75847086169025813352009-06-18T11:18:00.002-04:002009-06-18T11:31:14.562-04:00

This week the family and I are away on vacation and I have to say it's so liberating! My life is pretty good at home, but there's something about being away from it all that is just so relaxing and enjoyable. I do have to say I miss my craft room, but I'm really enjoying the quality time with the girlies and Justin.We're staying in Clearwater Beach and our vacation will be coming to an end soon

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-76720313921120311882009-06-06T02:45:00.003-04:002009-06-06T02:50:07.575-04:00

Someone said something to me today that deeply offended me. I don't think that was the intent, but it did. The person apologized, but the words just cut too deep. I'd like to say that I can brush it off and forget it, but I can't. I feel like it's eating me from the inside. The worst part is the stupid thing that was said isn't even an accurate observation of the situation. I guess that

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-3430831300400970062009-06-04T05:40:00.002-04:002009-06-04T05:52:22.768-04:00

...in the wee hours of the night when everyone should be sleeping. It's 5:40 am and I still haven't slept. I wish I could say I was doing something important like working or taking care of a sick child (not that I want one of my kids sick), but I haven't. I've been lying here in my bed trying to sleep for over 5 hours. It's getting ridiculous and I am completely exhausted.***On a positive

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It really sucks when one cannot sleep. Most of the time when Justin is home I don't have a problem sleeping, but over the last two weeks, it's been rough for me. Last night I actually fell asleep around 1:00, but then woke up around 2:00 and have been up since. Any time now I expect Justin's alarm clock to go off and him to come out here and ask why I'm not sleeping.I am sure I can guess about

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Last Friday was E's last day of school and I couldn't be happier. The girlies and I ended up spending the Memorial Day weekend in Destin visiting with my parents. Unfortunately instead of sunny skies and white sandy beaches, we spent most of the time indoors since it was raining so much. Oh well...at least we're going on vacation to the beach in a couple of weeks...I am (sort of) looking for a

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-52325325641218245102009-05-22T00:10:00.002-04:002009-05-22T00:19:13.373-04:00

Our tenants paid only a portion of their rent again this month and it looks like we won't get the rest any time soon. Supposedly she was in the hospital (which has been the case on more than one occasion) and did not get paid. I understand that. I am not completely devoid of compassion; however, it really is effin up my financial situation! They've promised to pay the June rent in full and

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This week is cupcake week in our house. Tonight I made pina colada cupcakes, tomorrow I'm making red velvet cupcakes, and then Wednesday I'll be making chocolate owl cupcakes. That's a lot of cupcakes! Luckily most of them will be leaving my house, so they won't be a temptation.The pina colada cupcakes (the actual cake part) was pretty good. I guess I suck at losing the pineapple in my diet,

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-24898536537786321812009-05-16T20:45:00.002-04:002009-05-16T20:52:13.845-04:00

I think I'm going to put myself on a citrus free diet. Ever since I was little, I would get mouth ulcers from consuming too much citrus (or anything really acidic), but it's always been manageable provided I eat acidic foods in moderation. In the last few weeks, I've noticed a change: it's getting worse. Last night I ate two small pieces of pineapple and I could feel the ulcers forming in my

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-53924187946248633472009-05-15T20:53:00.004-04:002009-05-15T21:09:33.484-04:00

Summer is right around the corner and I am so happy about that! Elise had her last soccer game and Girl Scouts meeting today and school gets out next week. I am so ready for the lazy days of summer to take over. I am so worn out from practices, meetings, and all of the other stuff that Elise has to keep us way too busy.***For Memorial Day weekend, the girlies and I are going to Destin to visit

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-17717140362169608962009-05-06T20:40:00.002-04:002009-05-06T20:48:04.934-04:00

Well...I'm not completely slacking, but I seem to have forgotten my embarrassment over the closet and have not touched it yet. It's for a good reason though: I've been busy working on other projects and custom orders. So that's a good thing because I'm having fun sewing and creating cute stuff!***After several weeks off from running, I'm back on the saddle (or treadmill in this case) again. I

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I looking for an adorable baby girl to model a dress and hair accessories for Banana Bear. Requirements: She must be a baby girl that can sit unsupported. We must be able to photograph her, so it helps if she cooperates for pictures!Incentive: If your baby girl is chosen, she will receive one custom pillow case dress (you can choose the fabrics) and several cute hair accessories.If you are local

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-76586763641116350942009-04-23T23:53:00.003-04:002009-04-24T00:05:10.420-04:00

My closet is still a disgusting mess. Actually much of Justin's part is okay, but any of my sections is gross. I need to get on that, but a girl has to have some priorities! I've been busy the last few days.Yesterday Sheila and I went down to Jacksonville to hit a few of our favorite stores. I got a couple of really cute fabric combinations, but I have yet to make it down to the little quilt

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-88653159395461322782009-04-22T19:45:00.002-04:002009-04-22T20:00:20.945-04:00

In the last few months I've been trying to think of ways to become more green. I've even managed to make some adjustments in our lifestyle. Even with those, I still wouldn't call myself green...maybe light green though.Here's a few things that I do (aside from the obvious things like recycle):1) Use reusable shopping bags (I have about 30 of them and use them when I go grocery shopping. I

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-2283890114556990452009-04-21T20:15:00.004-04:002009-04-21T20:40:27.444-04:00

I've been keeping busy with several projects. For fun (and hopefully to sell as well), I've been making some adorable pillow case dresses, which I hope to list in my shop in the next day or so. The big not-so-fun project has been my craft room. I don't ever expect a creative space to be perfect, but mine was insanely out of control. I spent most of Sunday cleaning up that disaster, which leaves

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-8903478380911789302009-04-14T20:50:00.002-04:002009-04-14T20:54:31.403-04:00

I know I promised to post the winner of the giveaway yesterday, but it was storming all evening, so I shut down our entire network last night and didn't restart until today.So the winner is Coty from Love. Marriage. Carriage! Her prize is a custom I Spy toy for her little cutie pie Charlie. Thanks for all of you who participated!

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After lunch yesterday, a friend and I were sitting around the table and chatting. It was awfully quiet in the house so I decided to go find Claire. This is what I found:And Claire was fishing out the rest of the wipes she put in the toilet with her hands. When I asked her what she was doing "cleaning." Nice.

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We finally sat down last night and wrote a new budget. For some time now, we haven't had a set budget even though I've known we needed one. Now that we have one, although it means we're making cuts on some things that I like, I feel better knowing we have a budget.Our biggest waste of money would be eating out. We eat out way too much. We made a compromise and decided to budget for one family

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Since I'm on a roll with my sewing machine (despite the trouble it wants to torture me with), I decided to use some of the fabric that I have stashed away in my closet. I made Claire this cute pillowcase dress using Alexander Henry's kleo and bangle dot fabrics. I have enough fabric to make at least one of two more like this so I might add them to the shop. I think it's simply adorable!Then I

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-44829697171196684552009-04-06T14:44:00.006-04:002009-04-06T15:31:53.241-04:00

It's time for a giveaway! I mentioned here that I'd be doing one and now it's time!So what am I giving away? One I Spy Bag of your choice! Each of these 6"x6" bags contain at least 40 little treasures to keep you your little one busy. This is a perfect soft toy to take along in the car, on a plane, to the store, church, or anywhere! I can even personalize the bag by adding your child's name in

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-57908889554389783322009-04-04T19:37:00.002-04:002009-04-04T19:45:44.257-04:00

Sometimes I get really frustrated with my sewing machine! Most of the time it works great, but every once in a while it will start acting up and not sew right. I will do everything that I know how to do to fix it and it still won't work. Then miraculously a few days later it will work like nothing was every wrong with it. THAT is pretty darn annoying! I really need a new machine, but I want

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-60091178541748674442009-04-03T06:00:00.000-04:002009-04-03T06:00:03.497-04:00

I've been wanting to make a pillowcase dress for Claire for some time, but I just haven't gotten around to it. I saw this cute "cheater" way to make one on the dollar store crafts blog, so I decided to give it a try.At Wally World last night I picked up a couple of bandanas, which were $1.00 each. In about 10 minutes today she had an adorable new bandana dress! You can find the tutorial

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-21005133762880563542009-04-02T21:05:00.005-04:002009-04-02T21:25:03.549-04:00

Wow! I hadn't realized it's been over two weeks since I've blogged! Things have been going great here and we've been spending lots of time with Justin now that he's back. Now that I'm getting back into the swing of things, I need to find time to blog some more.Because of a course that Justin is taking, he isn't able to get any leave until summer, so we went on a mini vacation to...you guessed it.

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-66856938903327830282009-03-16T19:53:00.002-04:002009-03-16T20:02:27.287-04:00

I started out this year with the best intentions and like most people, I started out strong, but slowly let it all slide. I don't generally make resolutions, but this year I wanted to do something different. I wanted to focus on me this year. I tend to put just about everything else before myself and this year I wanted to put me first. That sounds easy enough, but it's been pretty difficult

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-71412503633537052852009-03-11T21:58:00.003-04:002009-03-11T22:34:13.684-04:00

We couldn't take cameras down to the homecoming, but we got one after Justin got home. Claire is wearing the sub tee that I made her here. We are so happy to have him back home. Things are just not right while he's away.Here's Claire reading her book in her sleeping bag. She is obsessed with her owl sleeping bag. Actually just obsessed with her sleeping bags in general. In the above photo

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-53215686498375530192009-03-11T21:25:00.003-04:002009-03-11T21:58:02.138-04:00

I tend to do stupid things a lot. Sometimes I think I must be an effin idiot to do these things. So what did I do? I broke my toe...again. This is the same toe that I broke last May. I guess it was due to be broken again. Stupid, stupid me. It looks a lot better than it does in the photo above. The bruising has all gone down and the toe isn't quite set right, but oh well. So go ahead and

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992108051491395496noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12599046.post-1065590737195493462009-03-11T21:22:00.000-04:002009-03-11T22:42:50.329-04:00

With so many ways of finding people on the internet it's so easy to reconnect with old friends. Recently I've had contact with a few people that I'm not sure I wanted to reconnect with. Some memories are too painful to remember even if the people mean virtually nothing to me now. Have you ever found yourself in an awkward position when someone from your past contacted you?

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