tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81778230135457581812024-03-12T23:25:19.282-07:00 Reid Our StoryHollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-27531123494055756992013-09-22T11:27:00.003-07:002013-09-22T11:27:23.990-07:00Cousins Are For Lovin'Bran and sweet Katie Bug. Born only six weeks apart and these cousins already love each other. Or maybe they just love chewing on each other. Either way, these pictures make my ovaries go pitter patter.<br />
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<br />HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-92174765750601116172013-08-05T20:19:00.001-07:002013-08-05T20:19:22.784-07:00AT The Style Cure: Holy Embarrassing BatmanIs anyone else doing the Apartment Therapy Style Cure right now? (more info <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/apartment-therapys-style-cure-192429" target="_blank">HERE</a>) I desperately need the motivation to FINALLY gut/clean/organize/decorate our office, especially since Gary has all but abandoned it and it's mine (ALL mine). Today's assignment is to take the "before" pictures, and I was thinking that if I share them here, for all the world to see then <i>just maybe</i> I will like, feel accountable. Or something. Crossing my fingers that the shame of what I'm about to show you will propel me into action. The pictures are dimly lit for a reason (I don't want you to see the full extent of this train wreck). Behold:<br />
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Rickety card table = CLASS.</div>
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One sad plant hanging in the window. Nice.</div>
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Totally ugly builder grade closet doors that never got painted to match the trim.</div>
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The office supply side of the closet storage.</div>
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Our "food storage". Half of this is expired I think. Also this side houses paper plates, napkins, party supplies, a few random Halloween costumes and my wrapping paper. This is deluxe. </div>
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You guys, this is bad. Obviously I'm one precariously stacked pile of cardboard shoe boxes that are "too nice to just throw away" from qualifying for an intervention on Hoarders. Enter the Style Cure. I am giving myself one month and pretty much no budget to turn this janky pileup of junk into an organized and FULLY FUNCTIONAL space. Pray for me.<br />
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Edit: Looky what I did! I used an app called Room Scan to make a floorplan with measurements! It's 91 square feet of sadness and chaos.<br />
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<br />HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-39986485352975637522013-08-05T13:37:00.000-07:002013-08-05T13:37:20.284-07:00Family, Fireworks, the Fourth of July.Better (a whole month) late than never, right? I just wanted to do a quick photo dump for family since I don't remember seeing other cameras out all that much. For the 4th of July this year we took a day trip to Payson with Gary's family. We kept things nice and simple: creek side picnic for lunch, ice cream, dinner on the grass and then fireworks. Aside from being warm and muggy during the early afternoon it was pretty perfect, and I wouldn't mind at all if Gary and I took the kids back next year.<br />
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HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-1079624977752158852013-08-05T13:21:00.002-07:002013-08-05T13:40:56.130-07:00In the blink of an eyeYou know that saying "the days are long but the years are short"? Truer words have never been spoken. This summer the days have felt especially long. I want to say it is just because we didn't go on vacation, or that it was because we had a new little one at home. Really though, the days dragged by because my sweet girl has transitioned from the generally-not-all-that-bad-twos to the horrific-almost-threes. All of a sudden my sweet, gentle, obedient, sensitive girl has morphed into a wildcat. A wildcat full of defiance, with gnashing teeth and a pair of lungs like you wouldn't believe. I can't lie--it's been a rough ride. But sweet salvation finally came today when I got to pack her up and send her off to preschool. PRESCHOOL. And it is three hours a day, three days a week.<br />
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I cannot even tell you how excited I am.<br />
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I'm excited to have three mornings a week to snuggle my boy without interruption. I'm excited to have time to clean. I'm excited for all of the chances I will have to quilt. To eat a breakfast without someone begging me to share even though YOU JUST ATE A BIG BOWL OF CEREAL.<br />
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But more than all of that (well, just as much as all of that) I am excited for <i>her</i>. Excited for her to take this step towards greater independence. Excited for the opportunity to foster a greater love of learning. Excited for her to build skills, and confidence. Excited to see her excited.<br />
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Thrift store painting that I found years ago for $7. I love it. Like, so so much. Felt triangle garland made by me.</div>
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I made Bran this dreamcatcher using a couple of tutorials from Pinterest. It was stupid easy. Anyone want to come make more dreamcatchers with me?</div>
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My girl is a babe no longer. Yesterday she officially turned two years old, and while it makes my heart break just a little, I'm so in love (most of the time) with this age that I don't miss the days of nursing and bottles and swaddling <i>too</i> much.</div>
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*More photos and a sampling of who this feisty girl is at 2 years old to come, but in the meantime I wanted to share this funny picture. We told her it was her birthday when we she woke up, but since we had already celebrated earlier in the month we didn't have anything planned for yesterday. All day she was sad and weepy because there were no "happy birday cake" and no"happy birday pressens". Poor funny girl.</div>
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Easter. I tried to straighten C's hair only to discover a million cowlicks on the top of her head. Hence the crazy hair. It reminds me very much of <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Brown" target="_blank">this guy</a></b>.<br />
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Spring cleaning. My list is too long. Like, literally a couple hundred things to do. I'm chipping away at it slowly, but I keep getting distracted by all of the crafts I'd rather do (see above).<br />
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Playdates. Lately whenever I tell C we are going to get in the car she instantly asks me for Jenny and June. I love it.<br />
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Thrifting. As long as I'm dropping off stuff at Goodwill from spring cleaning, I might as well take a peek at what they have, right?<br />
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Growing. Our little garden is thriving. My Early Girl tomato bush already has 8 to 10 little green tomatoes on it, and the beans, corn, zucchini and okra are looking great too! <br />
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Trying to entertain a certain fussy toddler who, as it turns out, is cutting four teeth at the same time. I would be fussy too. <br />
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It's a smallish quilt, somewhere between a baby size and a doll size. I'm calling it a carseat quilt...just the right size for snuggling while on a long drive.<br />
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Happy Birthday Ba'june!HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-40953239238839316902012-04-02T21:31:00.001-07:002012-04-02T21:31:59.960-07:00A little artsy, a little fartsy.I'm sprucing up the master bedroom. Or re-doing it. Or just doing it for the first time really. Whatevs.<br />
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I bought two of these bamboo frames from goodwill for 6 bucks a pop. As
um, lovely as the prints are I decided to swap them out. I painted the
frame gold with some Martha Stewart craft paint, painted the mat black
to cover up the faded green bits, pulled out a bit of map from an old
atlas and called it good. Except that since this is going in our room I
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What about you? Anyone else working on a neglected space in their home? Have you whipped up any art lately?</div>HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-68518380262347286052012-03-28T16:54:00.001-07:002012-03-28T17:15:46.423-07:00The best compromise is the one where I win.Guys, today was epic. Like, better than the day I got married epic (kidding...probably.) Today I found THE rug. The one that has been haunting my dreams. It's perfect, I want to marry it, and maybe I will. I think that you can do that in Alabama or something.<br />
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On a run to my favorite home decorator fabric outlet place to pick up curtain ring clips (locals let me know if you want my source...only $2.99 for 7 rings!!) Gary was lecturing me about how he doesn't want to spend much more of our tax refund on rugs. I already bought an ENORMOUS 9'6" x 13' wool rug for our living room, and a smaller version of it for C's room, plus we need some runners for the hall, a rug for our bedroom, then some day the office will get a dhurrie and when we end up having another bambino the nursery will need one...the point is that I'm on a rug buying kick.<br />
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I would never go back to carpet though. Let me go on record; I would rather walk on bare laminate flooring for the rest of my life than have wall to wall carpet again. But we were super ready for a few area rugs. I'd given up on finding the perfect wool ikat in a predominantly rusty red print in just the right size and within my budget. At the store Gary was trying to convince me that we need to cut our spending and just compromise with a synthetic rug from the store we were in (great fabrics at this place, but very questionable floor coverings). I almost threw up on him. However, I'm also a reasonable person and a good wife so I told him I would find something synthetic (gross, that word gives me the hives!) IF he would let me run into Home Goods across the street and "just take a look at what they have...just in case."<br />
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Then the heavens opened and the choirs of angels started belting out all kinds of hosannas. They were all super excited for me when I saw this looker:<br />
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It's exactly what I want. In wool. In a very generous 7'x9' size. In the exact rusty red tones WITH a bonus grey accent worked throughout. I think maybe the rug gods designed it just for me.<br />
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But it was a little over our budget (by like, a hundred bucks which is a pretty significant amount when you're already on a budget.) Good thing I have the best husband and that he was gifted with an eye for good design when I point it out to him. And also maybe he was placated because I encouraged him to buy a bunch of new clothes. Distraction is the greatest weapon in my arsenal. Well, that and my knockers.HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-70714407917537981862012-03-27T23:19:00.000-07:002012-03-27T23:19:11.639-07:00A Letter to my Oldest Friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Amber is my oldest friend. I've known Amber since before I can remember. She was always the cool older girl that I wanted to be. I was furiously jealous that she already had a sister. We shared barbies, made houses for our littlest pet shop animals with jenga blocks, stayed up eating whopper malt balls during sleepovers (remember that time I threw them up in your hair in the middle of the night? Sorry about that.) We had crushes on John Smith and Thomas from Disney's Pocahontas. She let me wear her clothes. We ate lunch together (remember peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches that your mom would serve on the little tin trays with roosters on them?) and played with her mom's collection of scarves and elephant figures. She was the best.</div>
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Over the years we drifted apart until one chance encounter in a Bath and Body Works brought us back together. I believe, to my very core, that it was divine intervention made her randomly stop at a store in a part of town she almost never went to. She was and is still the cool older girl. I'm still jealous that she already has a sister. She is still beautiful and kind and good.<br />
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Dear Amber, <br />
Thank you. Thank you for being who you are and for loving me for who I am. Thank you for being a force of good in my life. I don't know if I've ever told you, but you rescued me. You taught me to love myself and convinced me that I was interesting and worth spending time with. I think that you were key in me being ready to meet Gary in so many ways. Thank you for sitting next to Mark that night so that I ended up with the weirdo who pointed out our twin moles. For that alone I can never thank you enough.<br />
I love the light and peace you exude; even when you talk about being frazzled all I can see is a woman who moves slowly, speaks softly and loves fully. You are still the girl I want to be. It brings me such joy to see our girls play together (or rather, to see Ivy tolerate C...I'm sure the playing will come soon enough!) I can't wait to see you again, but for now, I just want you to know that I love you my friend.<br />
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.<br />
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So I know I'm a bit behind on February's post for my <b><a href="http://reidourstory.blogspot.com/2012/01/out-with-old-in-with-new.html" target="_blank">12 In 2012 goals</a></b> but I'm just going to roll it into this post as well. I'm pretty sure you don't mind.<br />
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For March we decided to go on a trip without family where the destination would also not be to visit family. Sounds like no big deal I'm sure, but people we have not been on a vacation of any kind with just the two of us SINCE OUR HONEYMOON!! What the what??! I'm not even sure how that happens. And in all of the (very modest) vacations we have taken in the last 5 years, only one of those was without family members! We love our family and all, but we were itchin' for a chance to get away just the two of us.<br />
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So. When I heard that one of my <i>very favorite</i> bands was playing in Tucson this weekend AND we got our tax refund, we figured there was no better time to head off for a little mini trip. It really is a shame that they were playing in Tucson though...Gary aptly described it as the New Jersey of Arizona. It's gross. It's dusty. It has the most ridiculous traffic I've ever seen, especially considering that it's neither a large city nor a very cosmopolitan one.<br />
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***Did you guess how I fulfilled February's 12 in 2012? Ahem, my hair is no longer blonde! I went dark brown with auburn tones. I reaaaalllly wanted to go full red but after trying samples against my skin tone my stylist helped me see that I basically look like a chubby clown with true red.***HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-85114163467579795772012-03-20T22:08:00.000-07:002012-03-20T22:08:23.713-07:00"Oh What a Journey" baby shower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago I co-hosted a shower for my BFF Carly celebrating her "journey" to motherhood. Shanna and her brother Marv did a FANTASTIC job catering the food. Seriously, first class stuff! I got off easy and was in charge of the decorations/invitations/favors.</div>
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<br />HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-38816914767225102292012-03-08T19:39:00.001-08:002012-03-08T19:39:05.111-08:00This and ThatA little bit of what's on my mind:<br />
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* I feel like I can't quite get 100% healthy this year. A car accident, the flu, strep throat, and now a sinus infection. Or maybe I'm dying. Possibly the black lung. I'm sure that if I went to the doctor they could tell me but between crawling under the covers and blowing through 2 boxes of Kleenex in 36 hours I don't really have time to go in.<br />
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* C had her 18 month checkup today. She's back up in the 75th percentile for weight and 95th for height. Tall, tall girl. Her ped was super impressed by her word count (almost 200 with several phrases and sentences on top of that). Most kids her age have around ten. Pardon me while I brag, but I think my kid is a genius. She talks almost nonstop at home (never mind that she is shy around adults) but she can ALSO count to six. Sometimes I have to help her remember '2' but I'm not going to hold it against her. On top of that she went #2 in the potty today. We're not even potty training yet and all it took was her daddy asking if she needed to poopy on the potty. She ran on her sweet fat little legs to her little potty chair. I think she might be a genius. Does anyone know where I can get a baby IQ tested?<br />
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* I have a "12 in 2012" post to make. I actually checked off February's item on the last day of January, but I've been so busy being sick and planning a baby shower that I have yet to take a picture.<br />
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* Local band <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Lmkm5EF5E" target="_blank">Bears of Manitou</a></b> are releasing their first album this month. They're so rad and I'm pumped to blast them on my iPod while I drive. It will be a nice change up from the Banana song from Yo Gabba Gabba and "I've Got a Dream" from Tangled. These are the ONLY songs C will listen to in the car without yelling at me.<br />
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* Have you seen this video? Hilarious. Thanks to my little brother for bringing it to my attention.<br />
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* I can't find a picture to add to this post. Let's pretend that I took a totally rad/hilarious/adorable photo and shared it with you and it is relevant to some part of this post. Also let's pretend like this post wasn't just a bunch of brain vomit and you still want to be friends, m'kay?HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-22526829374708275402012-03-04T09:24:00.001-08:002012-03-04T09:24:18.089-08:00Testing, testing<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>While this sick momma and her sick little girl crash on the couch ans watch peppa pig reruns I thought I'd try out mobile blogging. Fingers crossed that this works! <br/>
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I like play dates with <a href="http://jennybradfordred.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jenny and June</a>. I get the chance to talk <i>face to face</i>
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This last shot is very possibly my favorite picture of C ever. Why play on the slide when you can get yourself stuck in the fence?HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-34801836063386572542012-02-23T10:15:00.001-08:002012-02-23T10:15:11.859-08:00Because it's either this or eat my body weight in Thin MintsI'm so behind on blogging. I still have Christmas, my graduation, a wedding, a concert and a baby to post about. But honestly, I'm super burned out and all I want to do is curl up under a pile of quilts with some cookies or french fries. Because it is less fatty I'm going to share some shots from a mini shoot I did the other day. My cousin had her baby girl about a week ago and I got to play around with her while taking some newborn pictures and I have to say, she was delicious. It's ALMOST enough to make me want another. Almost.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love pictures of infants crying. Not in a weird way, I just love to capture that side of them because all too soon the crying goes from something sweet and pitiful to nails on a chalkboard. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My great shame: the "office" phase (aka, the "dump everything in here and close the door so we can pretend this doesn't exist" phase.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Switching out flooring, repainting (again), and installing new baseboard.</td></tr>
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I'm pretty sure we're going with the pink and blue color scheme--hence the paper on the wall and color of her play kitchen (which I'll have to address in its own post!) For now though, this room is purely functional as a place for C to sleep and play. Phew, glad to have that one checked off...now on to February's goal!HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-13227151518138270232012-01-28T20:47:00.000-08:002012-01-28T20:47:35.556-08:00C Picture Overload<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now that I'm done with school I find myself trying to figure out what
I'm supposed to do. I still want and need to be productive, but without
the structure of deadlines and due dates I've been feeling a
little...lost. Yesterday I spent a couple of hours just playing with C.
She loves watching her shows and I've been trying to wean her off of so
much TV (though I appreciated what a great babysitter tv was during my
final semester); I'm not a natural "player" (in any sense of the word,
heh.) I have to force myself to slow down and crawl around on my dusty
floor while C crawls all over me like I'm her own personal jungle gym.
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<br />HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-4813255348709568282012-01-17T20:43:00.000-08:002012-01-17T20:43:09.891-08:00I'm not messy, I'm creative.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVvcisV7Ig7zTBi6VF_HjRTxykCfcrYNmtb91b8j3JKxahVR5tNUbj6V8HFKG3z7_6nN7O5iWTneMaY4IWTQElZ7lWEAomfbon-PHHuatXq5BztMaUAblERyi07RqIIVGzCdBijYyEv8/s1600/IMG_7141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVvcisV7Ig7zTBi6VF_HjRTxykCfcrYNmtb91b8j3JKxahVR5tNUbj6V8HFKG3z7_6nN7O5iWTneMaY4IWTQElZ7lWEAomfbon-PHHuatXq5BztMaUAblERyi07RqIIVGzCdBijYyEv8/s640/IMG_7141.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I tend to make a mess when I'm working on a project. Well, Gary calls it a mess, I just say it's part of the creative process. And then I like to leave it out because I almost NEVER finish a project in one sitting. And then my project turns into clutter; before I know it these little piles of not-yet-finished projects start running into each other and then we've lost the dining table. And the island. And a generous portion of the office floor. But really, does ANYONE clean up projects that they know they aren't going to finish til later? Please tell me I'm not alone!HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-30840689857009702702012-01-13T12:10:00.000-08:002012-01-13T12:10:30.229-08:00Because did I mention that I love lists?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1IeGwTocAWx6vWmlfOiLalNYgiIeTTWfuPrQbR3cFO71idpKwrud245se-fN4T1tRIdcdfu2j-MEASHBLQBcT-qAsBLwBRMsrkkFOnHJCQaZYYaLlVwIutyuL2SDQCkdgJiqjbCWEpik/s1600/IMG_6925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1IeGwTocAWx6vWmlfOiLalNYgiIeTTWfuPrQbR3cFO71idpKwrud245se-fN4T1tRIdcdfu2j-MEASHBLQBcT-qAsBLwBRMsrkkFOnHJCQaZYYaLlVwIutyuL2SDQCkdgJiqjbCWEpik/s640/IMG_6925.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />
Working on cleaning up a little around the house and inching towards finishing a few projects. While I wish it were colder this winter, today's weather is just perfection and I can't help but be in a good mood because of it. What are you working on today?HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-61859595199158181372012-01-12T20:11:00.000-08:002012-01-12T20:17:54.859-08:00Out with the old, in with the new.<div class="MsoNormal">I like lists. I'm a list-maker. I'm pretty sure I've made lists of the lists I need to make. It's probably the biggest reason I enjoy writing my goals for the year when January rolls around and this year I ended up writing 3 or 4 lists of goals. There is the list of personal goals that will happen over the course of a year (keep losing weight, learn to really use my camera and take more pictures, sew more, build more, cook more, socialize more, etc). Then there is the list of goals for our family which always includes what big "project" we want to tackle (last year was replacing all of our flooring and baseboard). A crafting goal list (skirts for me, dresses and pants for C, many more quilts, the pillowcases I bought fabric for 2 years ago...) and finally, FINALLY, the list of twelve things I want to do. This is the "12 Things To Do In 2012" list. My plan is to pick one thing to do each month so that even if I don't cross ANYTHING off of my other lists, at least these 12 simple things will happen. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</a></div><ol style="text-align: center;"><li><b>Plant a Tree</b></li>
<li><b><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span>Build a playhouse (or an outdoor sectional. or a kitchen table.)</b></li>
<li><b>Go on a trip (without family and without visiting family!)</b></li>
<li><b>Start and finish a quilt</b></li>
<li><b>Potty train Cora</b></li>
<li><b>Post on the blog every day for a month</b></li>
<li><b>Move C into her big girl room</b></li>
<li><b>Finally organize the office top to bottom</b></li>
<li><b><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span>Go Camping </b></li>
<li><b><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span>Finish caulking/sanding/painting all of the baseboard in our house</b></li>
<li><b><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span>Change my hair color</b></li>
<li><b><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span>Compile a proper recipe book</b></li>
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</div>I'm off to a pretty good start I think since I finally re-started a quilt for a friend's baby girl. I'm about 80% done with the piecing and I bought material for the backing and binding today...I'm quite sure that the quilt which was meant to be a baby shower gift will be done by the end of January (only 11 or so months late) so it can be a 1st birthday gift! This year is off to a good start.HollyandGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293981683562259002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177823013545758181.post-75476292586674610172011-12-02T23:51:00.000-08:002011-12-02T23:56:19.452-08:00Breathing a little easier The end is in sight and graduation is just around the corner. Today we gave ourselves a few minutes to breathe and Gary took C on a walk to the mailbox. She loves doing this (in case you can't tell by the look on her face) and I was excited that she got to take her new winter hat out for a spin in the chilly evening air.<br />
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