dunno why?

Since our son was born there is only one photo of him and i taken(shown above). Him and I alone. Not in a group photo. There are about 2 of those. If I want a photo of us taken, I have to take it myself. There maybe is 1 of those. Im pretty hurt about it. Everyone else has multiple pics of them with him. Im sad because I wont have these memories of him and I as a baby. Out of 10 people nobody even bothered to take a photo of us on mothers day. It stinks. I wish I knew why. Am I over thinking this, does this often happen to knew moms?

i heart green.

[baby bottle.ampersand.holdens bedroom carpet.]
*i know the ampersand is backwards...i accidentally painted the wrong side.

if a tree falls...

this was in my foot. may not look like much...but it was. i finally got it out after having it for about a month. it took some work. now there is a big hole and it hurts worse now than before.

canigetasecond?

all i do everyday all day is look at random blogs. blogs of people i wish i were. i have craft crushes on a lot of people. i have them all bookmarked and it takes a good hour just to check out each daily. that is if i didn't miss a day. i usually have about 5 tabs open at any time also. they give me so many ideas and inspire me. which makes me sad because i have so many of my own ideas that i don't have time to do. maybe once the craft/office/art/guest room is finished i can. only because holden will be able to sleep,rock or just sit in that space. wait...his room is right next door...and now i leave you with another list. boring to you, but off my chest for me.










[crafts/art i need to get to]


+tshirt quilt.
+paperbag picture.
+finish my 2 purses i started.
+learn to screen print.
+make my buttons. so many phrases...
+kitchen menu board.
+holdens hand and foot prints.
+many many paintings.
+holdens baby book. atleast get a few pages finished.
+charm bracelet.
+letter number plate.
+paint swatch framed art.
+tie art.
+felt painting.





*this list makes me nervous. If I know you and you do any of these things I know you copied me and I will call you out on it. My ideas are my ideas, don't copy.


**picture posted is one of the purses i didn't get around to finishing. missing 1 handle,a pocket and a snap closure.

Feet smell like pasta roni.

One of my favorite things to do is make lists. I haven't made a list in a couple months. I'm so out of practice that I don't know what to list about anymore. A lot of topics are running through my head. Some topics are: what insects would I NOT want to fly/walk into my nose/ears. Things I would not want to take a wiff of. Things I would want to take a wiff of. Animals that would look funny being photographed in hammocks, baskets or tire swings. that list would be better if I had photos. I could list any animals. not funny. Things I wish I could poop. Things I would like my poo to smell like. Things I know I will never do to save the earth....And that is that of my lists of lists. Here is a list to hold you over.

Things I know I will never do to save the earth....

+drive a hybrid vehicle.

+wear organic clothing.

+have a recycle bin for scrap paper.

+stop ordering free catalogs.

+ride city transportation while owning a working car.

+ride a bike to work.

+eat organic foods...that saves the earth right?

+owning rain barrels.

+live by "if its yellow let it mellow...if its brown flush it down".

+stop using spray paint and aerosol hairspray.

Don't think I don't do things to save the environment. I try to remember my cloth bags and I recycle all of my soda cans...when I should be taking the to get $$$ instead of giving them away. I carpool to work when I can. and I don't smoke a pipe. I'm a regular tree hugger.

Crayons Crayons Crayons.

I started prepping for a new project. I'm making lil kid crayons. Hope to pick up some more crayons, I have zero purple. They will be big enough for a tot to palm. Will post more pics when I finish.

baby poo smells like chicken.

Holden is 2 months old...yesterday. He is changing so much and looking more and more like his father everyday. He is grown out of his newborn clothes and started drinking out of a big boy bottle today. We started taking his photo next to his stuffed penguin. We will take 1 picture every monday each month. The picture above is the first one. I will be putting them in his baby book. I can't wait till I can start it. Tomorrow he gets his 1st shots. I was scared until I started thinking about it. I think it'll be the same feeling I had when he came back from getting his circumcision. The picture below is not the "favorite photo of the week" picture. It just makes me laugh and smile so much that I had to put it up.

A couple weeks ago I finished my repurpose art project. It doesn't look like much but it'll look lovely on our bedroom wall. It is made out of cardboard tp rolls. I wish I had something to make lined up. I really want to make a t-shirt quilt. I've wanted to make one ever since I was younger.
I know Pat and I both can come up with enough t's to make one.

This weeks photo favorites!

Since I'm a bit behind I added two that weren't from this week. The hat one is the only one from this week. But I love the other two so much that I added them also.

so thats where the corn comes from...

Things I want/need to do soon:

-Stamp Holdens feet for his 2 month baby book entry.
-Plant a garden.
-Take more pictures of the baby out and about.
-Lose weight. I only need to lose 16 lbs. But I'm absolutely inlove with coke. The soda, not the drug.
-Make Holden a "Family Flip Book". It is a book that has a picture of each family member and their name. We want him to get started early. Plus make him a "My Body Book". A picture of his nose, eyes, ears...so on.
-Print out our pictures.
-Put pictures on our blank walls.
-Read. I need to read. I haven't read a full book in atleast 2 years. Maybe when we buy our side table lamps for the bedroom I'll be able to do so.
-Take Holden to the park atleast 3 times a month till it gets chilly.
-Take Holden to the zoo. I want him to see the animals and tell us which one is which.
-Make one piece of art a month. Would like to do one a week, but money and Holden don't allow such things.
-Finish all of the purses that I have started. Many just missing a single strap.
-Start walking 3 times a week.
-I'd like to volunteer.
-Donate clothes to a shelter and canned goods to a food drive.