Monthly Archives: February 2007

02.03.07
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Progress

Not only have I sewn on Billy’s Bobcat patch, I have repaired one set of PJs, and I whipped up 5 kid-aprons. Here are all the kids:

new aprons

And another shot of the girls. I didn’t want to make a special trip for fabric, but during my last move, I dumped quite a bit of scraps. I had to think for a minute, and then I remembered this pink material. Somebody did a promo for the National Guard and made sarongs using pink camouflage with NATIONAL GUARD emblazoned all over it. Bill brought two home for the girls and they used them for dress up. I only needed one of them to make both aprons. And what girl wouldn’t just die for anything made from pink camouflage? (There’s a bit of sarcasm there, just in case you weren’t sure.)

girls' aprons

02.01.07
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New Month’s Resolution for February

Before I think about my resolution for this month, I thought I’d look at my new year’s resolutions to see how I’m doing.

Obviously, I’m continuing my new month’s resolutions!

I haven’t yet made my to-do lists for tourist attractions to see before we move, but we did go to the Udvar-Hazy Center (Air and Space Museum) and I’ve scheduled some field trip somewhere next Tuesday, and Mount Vernon is free on the 19th, so we’ll probably go there too (I’ve not yet been in the house).

Organizing closets, going through photos, getting rid of stuff…not yet.

Haven’t touched hair dye so far. Resolve breaking down…

Did I really say I was going to potty train the baby ASAP? I think I meant that for next year…

I’m making an effort to run – 54.6 miles in January…not bad since I took a week off when I hurt my back.

Did January’s First Friday and have put this Friday’s Mass on my calendar.

Despite my whining yesterday, I have been doing some baking. A little more than usual. I did make a pie – pecan pie. I don’t like pecan pie, but Bill does. He thought it was good. Visually speaking, it needed work. Practice, practice, practice. As for sewing…the machine has a thin coating of dust…

And one-on-one time with the kids? It’s tough. We’re squeaking it in, but, interestingly enough, Billy really seems to prefer to include Fritz and the girls want to include each other. Fritz, though, would prefer alone time with Dad (not me)…like 3 hours every day minimum. Yeah, me too, buddy.

And this month? Looking at the above recap, the most guilt comes with the sewing. I promised Billy over a week ago that I would sew on his Bobcat patch for his Cub Scouts uniform…it’d be nice to do that before he gets his Tiger patch this month. I must finish my niece’s Communion dress. Bill wants a fabric book cover and all the kids want aprons (they’ve been reading the Kitchen Madonna‘s blog, I guess). I’ve got lots of extra ACU (camouflage) fabric that will do nicely for the book cover and aprons for the boys. And two of Petey’s footed PJs have holes in the toes (they are on boy #3 after all!). So this month’s resolution is to take care of these sewing projects and to continue to chip away at my goals for the year.

Let’s hear it, folks. How are your new year’s resolutions coming? What’s your resolution for this month?