Adventures in Home Ec.

So, there I sat looking at a relatively simple pattern for pajama bottoms. I was on my way to making adorable bloomers for my costume. I was at my friends house who is also in the play. She is a wonderful seamstress but I was doing my own so she didn't have to.

She gave me the pattern and told me to cut out the ones labeled "9" and "10". I proceeded.

She came over to look and mentioned that something didn't look right. Then we noticed that I was cutting out the skirt instead of the pants. That was a good laugh. I had wasted a little time but that was ok.

I cut the out the correct ones and pinned them on, cut out the material and you know, I was confident. I knew what I was doing. I have sewed before. It's not like I am a novice. I started to sew little tiny stitches on my new machine I got for Christmas. After I had finished, I held them up to me. Tash started laughing and said I had done great if I was making the skirt after all! I had sewed clear to the bottom without leaving legs!

Needless to say, I felt brilliant! So I had to unpick all those teeny tiny stitches. The back spacing was really hard. I did get it though and I finished the pants without further ado.

Next came the elastic. Did fine there until I realized it was twisted. I didn't even bother unpicking that! I just cut it and sewed it again.

When it came to the ruffles at the bottom, I told Tash she had to do it! So I took her dress that she was unpicking, to do that for her while she did my ruffles. My next comment to her was, "you don't mind a little hole in your dress do you?" I had accidentally gone through the material just a little tiny bit!

By this time I had had it !!! Now I remember why I got a D in sewing when I was in 8th grade!!!!

The finished product is adorable! There is a cute pink ribbon and lace around the ruffles and pink bows on the outside. You don't see them much anyway during the performance but you will see them during "the Butterfly Ballet"!

I love how my closest friends are so good at cooking, sewing and all those domestic things! It helps me out when I am required to use their talents!!

Historic Corinne

I am in a play! How dang fun is that!? My friend Tash is in it and in charge of choreographing the dances. She asked to me take the place of a gal who broke her arm.

I am not from Corinne and it is put on every year by the people of that community but I feel right at home.

The people there have become such good friends. I LOVE going to rehearsals. This is my cup of tea and I had forgotten that since I have grown up.

I play a snotty opera lady. It is a blast!. The performances are Friday and Sat. night this coming weekend. You can go to the web page at www.historiccorinne.com. If you can, you ought to come and see it. Bring lawn chairs and blankets! It's fun and best of all, it's free!

They serve homemade peach cobbler and hot dogs, hamburgers and the best dang root beer you've ever had! I went to it last year. SO fun! Anyway, I am so glad to be a part of it this year! What a great experience! You can get directions and times from this link.

See ya'll there!

It is a beautiful Sunday morning I have been lying here with Bry just visiting. I love that. Taking the morning slow. Enjoying the sunrise. I have a cold and don't think I will make it to church and I would have liked to go on a run but, as I said, I am not feeling red hot. I love to run on Suday mornings. It is so quiet and no one is out driving anywhere. Watching the sun come up over the mountains alone in the quiet has become one of my most favorite spiritual experiences.

My dear friend in the ward called and asked me to teach Relief Society in a couple of weeks. I just taught last week and now again. She said she felt like she should ask me and the she loves it when I teach and yet, she is seldom there when I do! I think HF has a strange sense of humor.

Once I am up there teaching, I have a lot of fun with it but I never feel like I am the best candidate for the job. But I do love how good it feels and how I feel the spirit when I study and prepare. That part is nice. I usually pray for a miracle and then I am always surprised when I get one! I love that too.

So, I hope you all have a lovely Sunday too and "May God hold you in the hollow of his hand" today.

I feel I need to clarify. Once again, I am being misunderstood. What a surprise. To understand this post, you will need to read my last post and comments.

My husband is the hardest worker I know bar none. He averages 12 to 14 hour days, 6 days a week. We run our own plumbing business. He is wonderful to work like he does and when he plays on the computer, it is usually after the kids go to bed and he wants to wind down.

My kids are in baseball, karate and piano lessons. They have chores required of them everyday. Not to mention keeping their rooms clean, and reading at least 20 min a day.

My 11 yr old, who is almost 12 mows our 1 acre yard and has the job of mowing a few of our neighbors yards once or twice a week to earn money. He has already built a tree house, and is currently saving his money for college, mission and other little things he wants! He works harder than ANY other kid I know and he does it with a cheerful heart!

My kids play hard swimming, riding bikes and various other physical activities on a daily basis so yea, when they want to relax and play WoW on the computer, I let them! (with supervision mind you) My computer is in my room so no one uses it without my permission. Every kid needs down time. This game is no different in fighting good and evil then half the stories in the Book of Mormon for Pete's sake! Not to mention Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings etc...and no more addictive than many other activities that parents allow.

My kids are honest, hard working and fun and I am do a dang fine job as a mother! I am doing my best and that is all we are required to do. Someone else might have a different opinion on what is best and that is fine but I do what I choose. I follow my own heart, not some other persons opinions.

Some people are so judgemental and always have something critical to say about the way others live when they don't even know half of the story.

As for Lisa, she is one of my closest friends. Nothing I wrote in my last post had anything to do with her and if she had a problem with something I said, she would tell me so herself.

People don't always need to agree but please, have the courtesy to attack without a mask on.

Lisa made an interesting comment on my last post. She mentioned how this game was the cause of some terrible marriage problems friend's of hers were having.

I thought about this. My guess is that it is probably the husband who has an addiction problem. He probably plays all the time, never spending time with his family and ignoring his duties.

There a quite a few addictions that can cause the same strife in any home. To name a few, Pornography, and alcohol, which are very dangerous in and of themselves. Then there are games.

Whether you play on a computer or play a gameboy or Xbox. I used to be against these things. I have learned since I have aged that these things are not bad in and of themselves but do need to be regulated. WoW is a huge incentive for my kids. I love how they can get their stuff done fast to play. They only get an hour after their things are done and if they want more time, they have to do another job.

The fun thing at our house is that we all like the game so we actually spend time together watching each other play. It drives me crazy to watch Bry play! He lets himself get killed while I would run away! His pride doesn't let him be a chicken! It is so fun. What I really want to do is buy a laptop so we can run around together. I know a couple that do that. They don't go to movies, they don't watch tv, they like to play together.

Addictions like over eating, or shopping when you have no money, or other things like ignoring your home and kids while playing would definitely fall under the line in my opinion. I think it comes down to being a mature adult and mature parent.

We as parents need to teach our kids to take care of responsibility first and make play time at anything, the reward. It is too bad that there are so many people who struggle with this. It can ruin lives and families. On the flip side of the coin, it can bring a family close and give them something in common and fun to do together that is no more of a waste of time than watching tv would be.

Be careful folks. Don't judge a book by it's cover. I used to do that where games are concerned. Life doesn't always have to be a "test". I believe we can have a little fun too!