tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50336846241672003022024-03-07T04:20:28.343-06:00Mommy x 3= InsanityChantelle @ Mommyx3=Insanityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397658294447968777noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033684624167200302.post-21888955013596496322013-09-23T23:53:00.002-05:002013-09-24T21:23:00.564-05:00It's Been So Loooooonnnggg
Seriously! Its been like Forever since I posted!! Okay, almost a year, but that feels like forever. I kind of dropped off the Blog-o-sphere completely. One day I was spending a ton of time reading blogs, writing posts, planning posts, doing posts, then life happened. I dont even remember exactly what it was, but all of a sudden blogging went from being one of the balls I routinely juggled and LOVED throwing around to being out of the picture altogether. Would you believe that I have been even more creative than ever?!?! I have been baking, cooking, crafting and sewing up a storm in the past year, and with every project I have thought hmmm I really should take a picture of this and blog about it. Then something distracts me and away I go onto another scheme. Well, after a long, exasperating, and tiring day I pulled up my blog and fell in love with it all over again! I am back!! But, I have to say, probably not with a vengeance. My life is starting to get on an even keel with work (they increased my hours), kids (they are ALL 3 in school now. Woohoo!), and with my obligations as a Ministers Wife and Music Minister (always unpredictable, but that's the fun and glory in it right?!?). So I thought I would put my toe back in the shallow blogging pool with this post, and tell you about my day...
I woke up this morning and got the kids ready for school and out the door. Then I laid back down (I was sick), woke up later and ate some yummy cereal. Then, after almost putting the cereal in the refridgerator instead of the pantry, I went to work. Clocked out later and went to pick up the girls from school. After returning home my youngust locked my keys and purse (in which were my spare keys) inside of the vehicle. Subsequently I had a melt down and called my hubby. My sweet sweet hubby came home after working and opened my car with a wedge of wood and wire coat hanger (he's my hero!). He left to drop off a vehical to a friend that he had worked on, and I left to pick him up. Then we went to the church and I played around on the keyboard while I waited for him to finish teaching drum lessons. Then we came home to feed the kids dinner at which my son spilled chocolate milk all over Hubby and himself. So into the bath went the boy, and I shampooed the rug that milk spilled on that had JUST been shampooed 2 days ago. Then I washed the two daughters hair after they bathed themselves (I am extremely picky about the soap being properly rinsed from their long hair). Later this evening we entertained my FIL who stopped by to visit, and sent the children to bed after they had given and recieved lots of love from Mommy Daddy and Pappy. Finally alone in the quiet sleepy house I sat down and relaxed with my blog.<br />
Whew It has been a very eventful day for my family!<br />
Hope you had a great day and thanks for letting me unload. I cant wait to (slowly) wade back into the blogging pool. Thanks for your patience and all the support I have had during my hiatus! I love you blogging world!!<br />
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Today I am thankful for my job. I actually really enjoy my work. Especially since I get to do it from home. I did recently apply for an office position (benefits baby!!), but I fully intend to keep my part time job too if I can juggle the work. Anyway, I love the money and the work, so I think that's pretty awesome! I am blessed in this area!!<br />
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This is going to sound crazy but I am thankful for thankfulness. I guess i should say for the spirit of giving thanks and what being grateful and thankful can do for my spirit and attitude. It is amazing how your perspective on life can change when you are looking for something to be thankful for. You start realizing the many blessing you have, and while life isn't perfect, its far from being bad. It makes for a happier day and life and for better relationships and interactions with others. </div>
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There is a trend on FaceBook right now to do what I am attempting to do here on my blog. That is to post every day about something you are grateful for. Now its done on a much smaller scale since its a FaceBook post, but still its a moment of gratefulness everyday. All of a sudden I am noticing those who are giving thanks have started smiling more when I see them out and about. They have a more positive attitude in their other postings on FaceBook as well. There is an overall happier attitude and look about them. Its amazing the transformation that has taken place in some. I am loving all the thankfulness that's going on!! Its biblical as was preached tonight, and I am thrilled to be a part of it. </div>
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Lord let me express my thanks more not just to you but to those I meet and interact with daily. Amen!</div>
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Well yesterday (monday) and today (Tuesday) I have been sick and i am greatful for wonderful family members who love to keep my babies and love them like they are their own. (I know I have already been thankful for my In-Laws, but this is me being thankful for family that chips in taking turns to help each other out when you are down and out. From the ones who take three kids home to stay the night, get them up and dressed for school for another family member to go by and pick them up to take them to school. All so a sick mommy and injured daddy can get some much needed healing rest!! Love my family they are AWESOME!!!</div>
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Today (Sunday) I am thankful for a wonderful 28 year anniversary for my Pastor and my church. It was a wonderful day of Homecoming services. We had a great time visiting with family and friends who have moved away and came back to celebrate the anniversary with us. I am thankful for the grace God has shed on Calvary Tabernacle and the revival that is headed our way.</div>
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I am thankful for my beautiful and healthy family! Today (Saturday) we had our Christmas photo shoot and it was beautiful. The kids were gorgeous and well behaved (why do they smile for anyone wanting to take their picture except me???). Since I am a photographer I requested to be able to edit my own portraits, and also posed a few of them. Here were the results. What do ya think?<br />
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The family portraits I'm saving for the Christmas card. I'll put a copy on here so you can see it then ;) </div>
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Today (Friday) I am thankful for organ donors, medicine, doctors, and hospitals that give second opportunities at life. Tonight we held a celebratory family dinner for my Uncle by marriage who just successfully came through a liver transplant. He has went from being feeble of mind and body to being robust and healthy, having soundness of mind returned to him. It is amazing to see the transformations that God has worked in his body since the transplant. God is a Miracle Worker and the doctors are amazing. Thank You God for Your healing Power!!!<br />
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Today (Thursday) I am thankful for financial peace. We are attending Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University at our church, and growing from it. Originally I was going against my will, just to appease my husband, since I thought this could NEVER work for us. He sneakily got me into it by being the coordinator of the class, and since he's over it he knew I would support him all the way by attending.<br />
Here's the back story: My hubby has a Bachelors in Finance so I let him handle every bit of our finances. By handle I mean I refused to have anything to do with it...AT ALL, other than spending that is. Which I now see loaded the stress on him. He has read and listened to Dave Ramsey for years and loved him. Me not so much. I hated Dave Ramsey even though I had never met, read, or listened to him. All because my hubby LOVED to quote him and sing his praises from room to room in our house.<br />
Now I am the one singing a different tune, and I'm really enjoying the class. Learning that this COULD work for us when we work together as a team is awesome. Also its amazing my hubby that I'm more of a nerd than he realized, and he is more of a free spirit than I am when it comes to budgeting and keeping track of things (if you dont know about nerds and free spirits go take the class you will be AMAZED to learn new aspects of yourself).<br />
So today I am thankful for the growing financial peace I am finding in our marriage and our lives. It is so much easier to stick to the budget when its all written out in black and white and you know exactly where your money is going. Ummm I LOVE controlling my money and not having it control me!!! Now its me saying "Dave Say's" all the time, words I never thought I would say!! Here are a few more words I never thought I would say: THANK YOU DAVE RAMSEY!<br />
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So now I'm going to prepare for tonight's Financial Peace class. I know its going to be fun, educational, and life-changing.<br />
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Today (Wednesday) I am thankful for the beautiful colors of fall. A couple of weeks ago I substitute taught at my daughters school, and we went on a leaf hunt, First and second graders were running around finding the best most beautiful specimens of God's handiwork they could find. Then yesterday my children ran around our yard collecting pine cones for Fall projects at school, exclaiming over how cool they were and how unique and different each pinecone was. It was a joy watching these children enjoy Fall and all of Gods beautiful ever changing creation.</div>
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Today (Tuesday) I am thankful for the right to vote for the President of the United States today. This is a right that our forefathers and the fathers of our children today are fighting for half a world away. The right to choose our leaders and our laws through the power of the vote. Thank you for allowing me to feel a strong civic pride by and giving me a voice in my government. Thank You for fighting for our right to vote!</div>
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Today I am thankful for friends. I enjoyed hanging out and playing volleyball with a few of my friends to night and it made me appreciate the relationships I share with those who are special in my life. I am blessed with an abundance of friends across the country and world and on blog-land too. I have childhood friends from school, friends from college, friends from summer camp, friends from yearly summer visits to my grandparents farm, friends I've gained by moving here to North Alabama, and friends from writing this blog. I cherish each and every relationship that has been forged. I am so glad that the process of making new friends isn't something that stops at a certain age, but can happen each and every day when you take the opportunity to stop and get to know someone a little better. I made a new friend just tonight and hopefully we will have the opportunity to get together again in the future. Friends are the spice of life making every bight unique and complex in flavor.<br />
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Today (Sunday) I am thankful for the freedom to worship my God. I live in a wonderful Country where without persecution I can publicly worship my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I have been blessed beyond measure, and through nothing I have or could ever do had my sins washed away and been filled with the precious Holy Ghost. I do not have to hide that I devote my life to Christ nor is there any law preventing me from sharing that news with anyone and everyone I come into contact with. I am truly thankful for this freedom. </div>
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I am thankful for beautiful days like today (Saturday) when an Indian summer is upon us. It allows me to get out in nature and explore the beauty that God has created. Beauty is all around us from the fluffy white clouds floating through the beautiful blue sky to the gorgeous vibrant leaves falling as the wind rustles them free from their limbs. My family enjoys spending these kind of days soaking up the sun and getting the most out of these days that are all too quickly disappearing as we ease into the cold wet winter season. Thank You Lord for the beauty of your creation.</div>
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Today I am thankful for the wonderful family I married into. For my Mother and Father In-Law, my Sister and Brother In-Law, My Grandparents In-Law, Aunt and Uncle In-Laws, and Cousins In-Law. I can NOT begin to tell you how wonderful and supportive they are each and every day. <br />
From Nanny and Pawpaw who refused to allow me to put me now seven year old daughter into what they called "the nursing home" (daycare) when I had to go back to work after Maternity Leave. Seven years later and that still means so much to me that they committed then and there to love, protect, and care for my baby while I went to work no matter how long that may be. Turned out I only worked 6 more months before God stepped in and made a way for me to stay home with my baby, but they didn't know that when they came to me expressing their desire. They still love to keep my children for a day, and occasionally overnight.<br />
Then there's MawMaw the Matriarch or the Rogers family who will suddenly appear on my doorstep wanting to know if she can help me out in any way. She comes in like a whirlwind folding the pile of clean laundry, hanging what needs hanging, and putting it away. If I'm not watching she will sneak doing dishes and sweeping and mopping by me too. Making it look as if little elves have been hard at work in my home, and one has: a tenderhearted kind lady who loves to help out a busy working mother of three, making my life so much easier. <br />
Next is the Aunts and Uncle In-Laws, and they are all a fun and crazy lot. One set in particular is more than just an Aunt and Uncle In-Law they are friends, and great help. At least once a week Nena has my girls or son to stay the night or they just take them out to dinner. My kids love to spend time with them. <br />
Next is my cousins In-Law who I love to get together with just to have fun. One in particular has become more than just family, she is a best friend, and more like a little sister. There are times she stops by and I know its going to be an all night gab fest just because we can talk anything to death, and part wishing we had more time. <br />
Then there is my Sister and Brother In-Law and their sweet baby boy. What can I say other than I really don't have to add the "In-Law" tag to them DeAnna is truly a sister and Josh a brother. There is an ease of friendship and love between us that is deeper than just a bond forged by marriage. We worry about, help out, care for, and love each other day in and day out. We can completely be ourselves around each other, and know that there will be no judgments passed just acceptance. I would trust them with my children any day hands down, and know they would love them and care for them like I do, no doubts ever, and I'm pretty sure they would say the same about us for their son. <br />
Finally there is my Mother and Father In-Law who also really don't need the "In-Law" tag. We are family through and through. They have been there for Kenneth and I from day one. They have worried, prayed, and supported us through our many life and ministry decisions always standing by our side whether they completely agreed with us or not. They are AMAZING! If either of them sees a need we have, before we know it, they are working to provide it, or helping us acquire it. I can honestly say I do not have to buy my children clothes because my Mother In-Law loves to shop. Before I can even get to the store to get school clothes she comes in the door loaded down from all the sales she has hit. It is an amazing blessing that I probably don't thank her enough for. There is not a holiday or birthday of mine that can go by that they don't acknowledge, and want to celebrate with me, and I know that is not the norm. I take them for granted far too often, but I am truly thankful for their love support, and for accepting me into their family as if I had always been a part.<br />
So to say that I am blessed and thankful is an understatement. I have cried through typing this, because it is a matter of the heart, theirs and mine! That we are able to get along so well and love each other so deeply is a rarity. I truly thankful for and blessed in my extended family by marriage, and I wish this blessing up every married family.<br />
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I would love to hear about your relationship and the blessings you have found in your In-Laws so leave me a comment!<br />
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Have a great Day and God Bless!!<br />
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N-E-waaaay Today I attended a baby shower for a sweet cousin of mine who is having her second son very soon. At her last shower, about 2 years ago, I gave her a too cute diaper cake. So this time I decided to do something a little different, and give her one of those super cute Diaper Bouquets I have seen popping up all over the place in blog land. I think diapers are one of the best gifts to get at a baby shower (voice of experience here!!) so I ALWAYS try to give them. But its so boring to just give a box of diapers and a card. I like to put a little creativity , and a little bit of myself into my gifts!<br />
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Here's the result. My version of the Diaper Bouquet!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Now don't crucify me for the lackluster photo quality here since I forgot my camera and this was created on the fly...Sorry!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Basically I took the diapers and rolled them up, taped the edge down, and stuck them on skewers. I did about 10 like this then I put a soft package of wipes on its end and taped the skewers to it. Next I gently set the wipes inside the gift sack on its end with the diaper flowers sticking out of the top of the sack. Then I did about 10 or so more diaper flowers and </span><span style="text-align: left;">attached</span><span style="text-align: left;"> them to skewers, sticking them in the sack until it was pretty full. Next I rolled the baby wash cloths up to stick on the skewers, and added them. Then I taped the baby spoons and pacifiers to skewers and added them along with the bottle brush (You cant see the brush in this photo but it is visible in the next one taken from the other side). Next I cut tissue paper into squares and taped them to the end of skewers to give the pops of color. Finally I tucked the extra diapers around the edge of the top of the sack to make sure all the skewers were completely hidden (kinda like you would tissue paper in a traditional gift bag. It turned out so stinking cute and it only took me about 45 minutes to do, start to finish!! </span></div>
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I think I would've fixed a few things and froo frooed (yes, that's a thing) it up a little more if I would've had some extra time, but well I didn't. Anyway here is a full shot of the whole thing.</div>
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And this is actually after it had been manhandled a bit, and I remembered that I hadn't got a picture of it yet! Oh well!</div>
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Have you tried making one of these yet? They are pretty easy, and once I watched a few YouTube how-to videos I got the hang of it pretty quick. Also, did I mention I made this whole thing while sitting in my car at a Sonic drive in???? I actually got away from the house without the kiddos for a little while (The hubs was on kid patrol), and it was the perfect time to let my creative juices flow if not the perfect place. I would love to hear about your fun baby shower gift ideas and if you have tried something like this!!</div>
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The first book is one I have seriously needed since I have been going through closets and under beds trying to get rid of all the clutter my family of five has accumulated in the last two years since moving into this house. Its crazy!!! I want bare closets again like when we first moved in!! So I am going to give this a thorough read and see what wisdom I can glean to help me in this quest!!</div>
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So you know what happens when you start going through closets and decluttering?? You make a MESS! and since your focusing on reorganizing the deep cleaning doesn't seem to get done as much as you would like. So my next read is this one to deep clean after I have decluttered!</div>
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Next is a book that I found fun and interesting. Even though we don't celebrate Halloween I LOVE and anything about costumes since I have some VERY imaginative children who love to play dress up. As well as a drama department in our church who is always needing costumes for the next production. So I was excited to find this free costume book that even has instructables!!</div>
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Then by the same authors is this free Halloween Food book. Umm, FREE RECIPES?? LOOOOVE, and I can use them for things other than Halloween. so... SCORE!</div>
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So, I have not blogged in a long time, and by long time it feels like FOR-ev-ER!!! I have missed this world so so SO much! I wouldn't even allow myself to read other blogs anymore because I missed it so much, and knew I just didn't have the time to participate right now. I have continued to sew and create interesting things, and every time I did I thought "wow I need to take a picture of this and blog about it!". My heart would jump with joy a little at the thought, and then I got completely stressed thinking about all the things I had ALREADY done, taken pictures of and NOT blogged about yet. Ummmm, I have a LOT. So in order to take the stress out, and put the joy back into this I'm starting fresh. I will blog about anything and everything I want, when I want. I was so worried about staying in my "niche" of sewing, crafts, and cooking, and staying on a posting schedule that I stopped enjoying it all. It became work to keep up with multiple posts a week. I really felt I started to abandon my family a little in order to stay current on what was going on in "blog-land" and in the crafty department. Making sure that if I posted something on here as my own idea it truly was an original idea, and not "inspired by others". Now I have a new frame of mind... I'm going to blog what I do, and if I did find inspiration in something then hey I'll share my source. But if I just came up with it I'm going to tell you that, and if you see it somewhere else, and they did it first OK. The Bible tells us there is nothing new under the sun anyway so there! lol<br />
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So, with all that said, this is going to be a catch up on my life post. I am going to be brutally honest and tell you that this summer has been rough on me. Please keep in mind that I get at least 20 hours a week at my part time (from home) job, am the full time Music Minister and Assistant Pastors wife at our church, and have three GORGEOUS children who light up my life as well as a husband who is a blessing, the love of my life, and perfect for me in every way, but is still a man who enjoys having a clean house, nice smelling laundry, and meals frequently put on the table. <br />
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Now for the hectic part of all this...while maintaining all those jobs, Ministries, and duties my summer went something like this. I spent two weeks in Montgomery at Church Camp with my beautiful family, two weeks working in our fireworks stand full time (with the beginnings of a sinus/ear infection making my life miserable too I might add). <br />
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After fireworks we had a very FULL two weeks kicked off by my daughters luau themed joint birthday party the first week (there will be an entire post later on this one), then VBS and several family adventures the second (the ear infection had lessened but was lingering). After that an extended weekend trip to Chattanooga Tennessee that was so much fun and the kids had a blast!<br />
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Well Kent had a mishap going down a slide that resulted in a black eye (only my son could accomplish something like that I do believe!). <br />
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Then back for a Momma-Daughter day with my Mom for her Birthday. Which was exquisitely fun and full of relaxation. <br />
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Finally a week spent in bed fighting a phantom illness that knocked me on my tail. I say phantom because I'm really not sure what I had. All I know is that I could NOT keep my eyes open. I am one of those people who sleep their way through sickness and the sleepier I am the sicker I am. I spent three days sleeping. I actually tried fighting the sleep the first day (not wanting to admit I was sick of course...who has time to be sick??? not me!!). I couldn't sit, stand, or lie down without my eyes closing and falling instantly asleep though. I actually asked my husband if he had slipped me some kind of pill!!! Yah right why would he want a wife who sleeps instead of cleaning and taking care of the kiddos in the summer break to boot!?!?! He was a trooper though and stepped in to take care of it all and arranged for the kiddos to have some fun time with all their favorite relatives while I convalesced. Now the sickness didn't have any other symptoms other than weakness dizziness and you guessed it, tiredness. Finally after three days I started to feel somewhat normal, but it was truly another week before I felt completely like myself again. Kent evidently caught whatever it was too, but being a kid with tons of energy he only slept most of the days away, not all of them like his Momma, and whined the rest of the time. Then to wind up the summer in early August I went to a Music Conference with some of my music team to enrich my ministry, and allow me to be a better leader for my Church and Music Department. We had a wonderfully blessed time.<br />
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Now I am caught up to last week when my babies started school on a Thursday, and this is their first full week of school (I will be sharing a cute first day idea and their pics in my next post, so be on the lookout). Finally, today I have been hit again with the same ear & sinus infection that has come and gone all summer long making me very uncomfortable. I have spent ALL morning laying on the couch with my half my head throbbing, (and of course) sleeping. After my antibiotics and steroid pack took affect (yes I finally got some) I was thinking about how much I miss blogging, and how even a few of my friends have mentioned that they have missed my creative posts and summarized family updates. Taking into account my baby girls are back at school and our routines are starting to normalize, I have come to the decision that I can take this time back for myself again. So, watch out Blog-land HERE I COME!! I am going to be sharing over the next little while some of the activities, and craftiness that this summer has brought as well as projects I am working on currently. I hope my followers are still out there and want to rejoin me on my journey of documenting all my insanity and crafty craziness and whatever else I decide to spill cause I'm going to just be relaxed and go with the flow from here on out.<br />
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YES!!!! It must be all of that!!!! I am just in a giddy happy mood and I thought I would share it with you all. I feel like sunbeams are dancing in my heart! I turned on my work computer to try to maybe accomplish something there and turned it right back off. I cant work when I am this pumped up and ready to tackle the world. Inspiration is hitting too but really the kind that say I am inspired to go outside and play with my kids on this gorgeous day. So I think that's what I'm going to do.<br />
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Now on the crafty side I was VERY busy this week!! I made a dress for myself for Easter as well as two bolero style jackets to go over my daughters Easter sun dresses (I'm not a big fan of the sleeveless look, even on my little girls). I used this pattern<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I cant wait to make SOOOO many more of these to match every Sunday Sundress that I plan for them to wear this little jacket with. Oh and they loved the lightweight jacket as well and since it was a breeze to make (I took a few shortcuts, so I'm talking literally an hour from cutout to completion on each jacket!!) I will be churning out a few more of these PRONTO!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next project while the sewing machine is out (and all my stuff is littering the area) two dresses for the girls, two skirts for the girls, several maxi skirts for myself and perhaps a convertible skirt/dress for me too. Oh this is going to be a fun crafty week all gearing up for spring break the next week. I cant wait!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Chantelle @ Mommyx3=Insanityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397658294447968777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033684624167200302.post-59063913584921963242012-04-03T15:50:00.000-05:002012-04-03T15:50:22.346-05:00A Neat idea for a Bloom<div>So there are these blooms at Walmart for cheap but they are in the little egg-crate planters all ready to be planted in your flower garden. That doesn't help you too much for bringing them inside to decorate with though. And since potting can get SOOOOO messy and cumbersome I came up with a cutie patootie idea. Well actually it was a collaboration between an idea of my Mother In Laws (I have the BEST Mother in Law in the world for those of you who were wondering!!!) and the final product that I cam up with to showcase her awesome idea.<br />
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First you start by cutting apart the egg-crate container that the flowers cam in (not pictured..sorry)<br />
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Next you wrap a plastic sandwich bag around the individual, now cut apart, plant.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next wrap either a piece of tissue paper or, like my MIL did, a paper napkin (shes a genius!). Use some string or a rubber band to make sure the tissue stays in place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBm1rExxA65uNZyk2LOCMyVr4o2JcTkcqEMQJZqmoUYD1pMvQdOIvUKJEGiAJZ3YUcWz7UYPcpDWotnhCCydA8yPRv9UBcA5z8wU62N4q5ryWGLzpzkTrWwYaie991PiU-sOCp5EZVQNY/s1600/spring+touches+04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBm1rExxA65uNZyk2LOCMyVr4o2JcTkcqEMQJZqmoUYD1pMvQdOIvUKJEGiAJZ3YUcWz7UYPcpDWotnhCCydA8yPRv9UBcA5z8wU62N4q5ryWGLzpzkTrWwYaie991PiU-sOCp5EZVQNY/s320/spring+touches+04.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally pick up a cute container for a buck at Target or Dollar Tree and put the now prettily wrapped flower into it. Oh did I mention that because of the plastic baggie you can now water the plant without fear of leaking??? Lu-AHH-Vv it!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeh2uJ2f5ZBef3cJE7hikFsN7u0EDWZ1E1D8mxNA3uyFV2IQa4kpOsQfYoSb2g5UDf1vnq81ptyfIduA_tJ3SCOu2x3NJaoO1xg172ACUCSMLgnqLmz5ZIzCoYBiB75FXWhOCEF3HzDy8/s1600/spring+touches+05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeh2uJ2f5ZBef3cJE7hikFsN7u0EDWZ1E1D8mxNA3uyFV2IQa4kpOsQfYoSb2g5UDf1vnq81ptyfIduA_tJ3SCOu2x3NJaoO1xg172ACUCSMLgnqLmz5ZIzCoYBiB75FXWhOCEF3HzDy8/s320/spring+touches+05.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh and check out my little planter on the top shelf. It was an old metal bucket I spray painted white. Then I cut out the sweet "Simplify" on my cricket in the pretty bright yellow vinyl, applied to the front, and there I have a new spring planter that pops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Aren't they beautiful? All three of my babies picked me great gobs of wild flowers that bloom around the trees in our backyard. Yes they are <strike>weeds</strike> wild flowers, but I absolutely adore live flowers of any variety. I love that my kids know this and try to pick them for me whenever they can. My kids ROCK!!! So now they sit in a pretty pink pail on my desk blessing me with their love every time I look at them. And I do look Reeeeaaalll close at them ever so often just to make sure no little critters came in with them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So far no unwanted guests! Yay!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another plus to my day is that I now have an additional shelf in my pantry where there was once just a big empty useless space ( My Hubby is AWESOME!), and I know whats wrong with my dryer and the part is on its way as well as the washer part to fix the leak!! woo hoo!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
So what started out as a rotten day has ended quite nicely, if still very messily (I can NOT wait to reclaim my kitchen from the laundry room stuff and dryer), but that's a job for tomorrow! I'm too tired to worry with it now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">First is a funky little vignette I set up on one side of my Mantle (or shelf over my Wood stove... yah whatever! I'm going to pretend its a mantle since its there is some semblance of a fire under it when it gets cold out)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OTurL9-XTWowffSNpRVBs_83YnJAbVJQwrPv2e1zbcKrWKV8fPFt8YSn-3X980BJNL_wHxvXkHRuKN3lmhnFIjt4q3U89oxRCEFpfPZw7ASF29T01RW9ZlTVvoWkz003cjOtc7up6xM/s1600/spring+touches+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OTurL9-XTWowffSNpRVBs_83YnJAbVJQwrPv2e1zbcKrWKV8fPFt8YSn-3X980BJNL_wHxvXkHRuKN3lmhnFIjt4q3U89oxRCEFpfPZw7ASF29T01RW9ZlTVvoWkz003cjOtc7up6xM/s400/spring+touches+01.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I clipped a few flowering branches from a shrub in my side yard, placed them in a small canning jar, and then placed a painted wooden frame around the whole thing. then,just to set off the yellow and white, I added that sweet little turquoise-ish blue bird. I adore it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the rest of my Mantle just to show it to you in its entirety.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know the Mantle clock front and center and isn't really spring-ish, but it was my grandmother and grandfathers and I absolutely adore it. So whatever the season it will remain on my mantle (or until my mother gets completely moved into her house and decides it will once again look fabulous on her mantle).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Cyyc545f9cllrmdeXZrtcbUhnSbXvS8I1aPrI5yeAFLdjaRyyNEbBpkxfQbv2mBI8s-dnDd_qbeEcjAvhnpEeRHriaAWfGKTB-R1mjpTh-op0sq3Ug7QovPYo05FrV_akDmzWVXnRvI/s1600/spring+touches+06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Cyyc545f9cllrmdeXZrtcbUhnSbXvS8I1aPrI5yeAFLdjaRyyNEbBpkxfQbv2mBI8s-dnDd_qbeEcjAvhnpEeRHriaAWfGKTB-R1mjpTh-op0sq3Ug7QovPYo05FrV_akDmzWVXnRvI/s400/spring+touches+06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you enjoyed this small touch of spring and <span style="text-align: center;">I have a few more touches to share in a post later this week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I would love to hear how you have been bringing spring and sunshine into your home, so leave me a comment telling me all about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br />
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I am starting back blogging by changing up something that I started at the beginning of the year. My Inspiration posts. Originally they were "Inspiration Wednesday", but I have discovered that inspiration is fickle and may strike on a Monday or Thursday or even a Saturday. So rather than try to pin down my inspiration to just one day I am going to make it something that may pop in anytime during the week.<br />
With that being said, for this weeks Inspiration I want to talk about being inspired to be you and to be true to what that means. To me it means being able to sit in a room with nothing on and just be content with your own thoughts. When was the last time you turned off the radio when you were alone in the car and just let the world be silent and calm? What about the last time you turned off the TV or radio at home and just had a time of silence to think about life, your blessings, your joys, your memories, your friends. Just took the time to think about who you are and to be happy about that. Its not as easy as it sounds! The more children and duties you have the harder it gets. Its easy to sit and fold clothes while listening to your kids playing in the other room and listening to the radio too, but consciously take some time where there is absolute silence to just sit and soak it up. Usually for me that is after they have all went to bed and the house is still. <br />
If you will just try this for 10 min you will learn a lot about yourself I promise. I found out a long time ago that my friends who couldn't just sit and be still with no distractions or stimulus were also the one who had a more difficult time dealing with the pressures and problems of life. There is just something that comes in that silence, a recognition of who you are, what you think, what you believe, and where you want to go that gives you a strength that isn't found elsewhere. If you find that you cant handle the silence, the introspection, may I suggest that you add prayer to that quiet time. There is no better avenue to finding yourself than by first finding God and the Peace that is in His arms. A couple of my favorite scriptures are found in Psalms and deal with being still in God:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Charis SIL', charis, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth</span> Psalms 46:10<br />
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So take some time this week to just Be Still and learn who you are by spending some time with yourself. Just take some time in silence to think about your life. We are all human (I hope lol) and have our ups and downs of life. Take this quiet time to just contemplate them, to decide where YOU stand on issues that are affecting your life rather than just where someone else thinks you should stand on them. Reason the things affecting your life out for yourself and in prayer and the Word of God. I promise you will begin to crave these times of stillness and peace. When you lose who YOU are in the midst of being Mommy, Wife, Employee, Friend, Leader, Fellow congregation member take some time to come back to center by being still.<br />
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This is a free printable for those who want a reminder to frame or just put up somewhere where you can always see it. It was saved in 8x10 but feel free to print it in whatever size you like<br />
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