The Ultimate Blog Party

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It will be a week long bash starting March 2, 2007 and ending with the big prize giveaway on March 9, 2007.

All party guests who sign the Mr. Linky by 12pm Eastern on March 8, 2007 and who invited guests (invited friends via a post and have an Invitation Button on their blog) are eligible for our random draw prizes. Prizes will be announced at 5 Minutes for Mom at 7pm Eastern on March 9, 2007.

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I am...

I am a baby girl born to two teenagers on December 24 the who, thankfully had the brains to give me up to 2 lovely people.

I am the toddler whose only memories from preschool invlove boys chasing me & a big kid breaking my pinky with a tinker toy.

I am the school girl who bit her tongue doing a flip on the bar over the slide, causing the school nurse to freak out, me getting 4 stitches & no more old playground. Sorry & you are welcome all at the same time, because the new playground was much cooler!

I am the teenager who was shall we say rebellious, sure why not! More like her genetic parents than her adopted parents cared to think about. Then meeting "Mr. Right" at 16 & never looking back. (ok, well only sometimes looking back, it has been 17 years after all, yikes)

I am the girl walking down the isle at 20, because she wanted to. Finding a path that was not really hers, but still feeling strangly comfortable.

I am the woman whose water broke on her 5th anniversary in the bathroom of a Ruby Tuesday's, then had to sit for a 30 minute car ride to the hospital with dh's best friend (male) patting me on the shoulder telling me I'm doing fine (did I say single male). To finally after 6 hours of slightly drugged labor give birth to a 9 pound baby boy.

I am the woman whose water didn't break, and had to endure a 10 minute ride at 1:45 AM to the hospital (15 we had to drop the Prince off) feeling like I was going to die, to be handed a specimin cup & a gown. Watching the PA stare at me with a deer-in-the-headlights glare & finally having the Dr. show up & say ok push, giving birth to a "veiled" 8 pound 11 oz baby girl (for those keeping up that would be 20 minutes tops at the hospital) "Veiled" meaning she delivered with the placenta, don't ask me I was in too much pain to care. Did I mention they still charged me full price...

I am the woman who MADE her husband go get fixed, because I did not want to have to check into the hospital a week before my due date, just so I could be there & avoid a home birth.

I am the woman who still has no idea what she wants to be when she grows up. But I do know that I want to be the best Mom I can be, so at least I have goals!!!

Owlhaven's Contest write your own I am... or I am from...

Interesting...

Knitted Ferrari

I gather this was some kind of graduate project, but still.

Home tool must haves from Eric Stromer...

Eric Stromer's Home tool must haves
A power drill & a tool bucket! Well if it were that simple, then why does my dh need half the 2 car garage for a work shop??? hmmmmm.

I love Clean Sweep, and he is one of the major reasons! I often feel that they should revisit the homes to see how they are doing. (I am also not convinced that they don't tell people to throw all their junk into the 2 rooms that they are doing, cuz I know that I would be hauling stuff out by the box load if that was really my room, no way I'd want that seen on TV!!!)

I think his personal website needs a clean sweep, no new news since 2006, dude, you too busy with all your tv apperances!!!???

Didn't realize...

That it had been so long since I posted here. I haven't done any sewing, lately. The basement has been too cold, since the below freezing temperatures finally arrived!!!

I am working on acquiring some new fabric (but with a purpose). I need to sew a curtain to cover my closet. We installed a closet system in our bedroom in what used to be an awkward nook (it was just big enough to house our king sized bed, but no room for the alarm clock...) So now it is a wide open spanse of shelving & hanging clothes, so I would like to cover it. I figure I will need to get at least 8+ yards. I'd like to get more so I can sew matching valences for the 4 windows.

Ah it's snowing again, maybe I'll grab the space heater & head down to the basement & work on my tooth pillow!

Appliqued pillow for tooth fairy

Well I have been totally distracted by the headband pattern! I have made 5 for myself (I guess I'm a headband nut) & 3 for the Princess!

I only made one more set of matching ones though. SO far I made myself one in black micro suede, brown micro suede, green floral cotton & burgundy/gold holly print (for Christmas of course!) The Princess is getting a fun bright lady bug print & one in the burgundy & holly print.

I am heading down today to work on my Penny & Paul appliques (Little Wool Gatherings, free templates)as I have finally decided how I am going to use them. I am going to make pillows for teeth! The Prince has lost his second tooth already & I being the great procrastinator has not made anything to put the tooth in. So I am thinking very simple square pillow with Paul appliqued on the front & a Pocket on the back. I will have to dig out the John Deere Tractor print again...

I'll post pictures as soon as I have something to take a picture of!!!

I got published ~ besides here!