Success with a dash of Failure

In less than 3 hours June will be over. Yesterday I glanced back at my June to-do list and a tiny bit of panic came over me. I don't like to fail. And I still had one crucial task to complete. Let me break down the little, totally do-able list for you and fill you in on how I did...

1. Finish that darn quilt!!! I swear I will never have to quilt again if I don't want to after this month. That baby is getting checked off my Dreams To Do list once and for all. Hopefully by this weekend.

I did it! Well, everything except for the actual quilting part. You can check it out and read more about the process here.

2. Visit the local bead store and buy supplies to get started on my jewelry making dreams.

Okay, so this is the task I was stressing about yesterday. Because every weekend this month I have meant to go, but have been sidetracked by other things. I was also stressing because I don't have a crystal clear idea of what I need to get started. BUT, I couldn't let the month go by without accomplishing this task...well kinda. I went today on my lunch break and here's what I left with...

Two measly items. BUT, I spent a lot of time browsing and deciding that the store I was at didn't have everything I needed. So, are you curious about what kind of jewelry I have decided to experiment with??? I am going to explore the bezel set resin jewelry realm. I own a couple of resin bezel necklaces and have seen many people selling personalized pieces online (etsy and stuff). And, I want to try to create my own! So, what you see above is a sample of Ice Resin (it's supposed to be good stuff) and some needle nose jewelry pliers (because I don't have any). Next I am going to find some bezels (i.e. little metal/silver cup thingies that you fill with an image/whatever you want and cover with resin), some chain, and some decorative charms/beads/etc. After I have everything together I will watch a few YouTube vids and be on my merry way to jewelry making happiness. That's what I hope anyway!

3. Have a real date with my Hubby. This is sad... since Leila has been born Andy and I have only been out alone maybe twice together. We both still have a hard time leaving Leila on the weekends or week nights since we don't see her much during the week. With our anniversary coming up in a few days I really want to go on a real date with him. Like to a movie! We haven't been to a movie together in two years. :-(

Still haven't been to a movie together in about 2 years. BUT, we did go on three, yes THREE, lunch dates together! Okay, so maybe this wasn't the ideal date situation I had in mind - we didn't get dressed up, we didn't spend more than an hour at lunch, and we didn't do anything else special solo - but, it was better than nothing! The best of our 3 lunch dates was our anniversary lunch. You can look back on that here.

So ya see, I did indeed succeed on at least touching these three little Dreams To Do. I say there was a "dash of failure" because I still left about 5-10% of each item incomplete. However, I feel pretty dang good. I'm proud of myself. I am an expert procrastinator who is learning to JUST DO IT. That is why I LOVE LOVE LOVE having this blog. It allows me to put things I truly want to accomplish out there for the world to see and in turn I hold myself accountable for actually accomplishing something. It makes my goals real. It makes it so that I can't just pretend they don't exist. And it makes it so that yes, there is a real possibility that I could fail, but I hate failure, so there is actually an even better chance that I will succeed.

Next up? I want to continue to set short term goals for myself. To get things done a little at a time. July is up next!

Anyone else participate in some good 'ole monthly goal setting? How'd it go?

Wise Words Wednesday: Time Flies

"Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past even while we attempt to define it, and, like the flash of lightning, at once exists and expires." - Charles Caleb Colton

Oh crap! There is only ONE day (and a few hours) left until June is over! I seriously feel like I just wrote this post with my June to-do list. Am I going to succeed? We shall see after tomorrow!

This realization that I only have one day to get my s#*& together and feel like I actually succeeded in something I said I would do has got me thinking about time. Time sucks. Time flies...and not just when you're having fun. It happens as you get older. With each day that passes, another day is a smaller fraction of the life you have lived so far. So by the time you are 80 it must literally feel like a day passes in the blink of an eye. It scares me. Especially since it seriously feels like I was just pregnant with Leila last week! And now she's nearly TWO and I'm pregnant with #2! And I still feel like I'm a kid! Craziness I say!

Anyone else ever struggle with the feeling that time is just passing you by?

24 weeks

Do ya carry boys lower? Kinda looks like it to me...



But, maybe that's just because I am bigger now than I was with Leila Jade.

Pregnancy tid-bits for this week...

• Had another ultrasound and doc appointment last Wednesday... baby boy looks great and my placenta seems to be moving up with my growing belly. They still want to do another one in a few weeks just to make sure it continues to move away from my cervix. Darn! ;-)
• Weight gain? Let's just say that I am about 10 pounds away from my ending weight at 40 weeks with Leila. Looks like I definitely will be surpassing my weight gain with her!
• I am feeling GREAT! I just love the 2nd trimester. I've got some serious energy, I'm loving food, I'm sleeping decently, and I'm comfortable. Life is good!
• Finally bought the little man some clothing this past weekend. Just a couple of items, but it feels good to get started since I doubt I'll have another baby shower.
• I've been researching cloth diapering and I think we're gonna give it a try! If anyone has any brand suggestions or recommendations, please do share! The options are overwhelming!

That's all for now folks!

Summer is FINALLY here!

'Bout dang time we get some decent weather! Minus my missing working hubby, my weekend was perfection. A nearly tantrum-free toddler + warm sunny weather = 1 happy momma. To help keep me sane while Andy worked, my mother came and stayed with us. We relaxed and ran errands on Saturday, and today we ventured off to the lake...













If you read my last post, you know I was pretty scared to be solo with Leila all weekend after our dreadful Friday night. BUT, I've really learned that the key to keeping her happy and tantrum-free is to keep her busy. When we are out and about, she is a happy little angel. Keep her trapped inside with mommy for too long and the beast emerges. So, while Andy now works every other weekend, you will find Leila and I at the lake, at the park, visiting friends, running errands, anything to keep us busy.

On the agenda for this week? Work, duh. BUT, I also plan to re-visit my June to-do list and make sure I tie up any loose ends. Stay tuned.

Possessed

Do you believe in the terrible twos? I had always heard of them & I had even witnessed them in the children of friends and family. But I never really thought twice about them after I had Leila. She was born my little angel. So sweet and shy and well behaved. People always comment on how lucky we are and how good she is.

Little do they know...

Lately something is changing in Leila. My sweet angel is still there, but every now and then she becomes possessed. Possessed by something that is NOT her. She becomes a child who I do not know - a child I still love very much, but don't really know how to handle. The terrible twos have emerged in her sporadically over the last few weeks, but tonight was a whole new beast.





I'm not sure how it started really. It all seems so surreal. I picked her up from daycare after work and her teacher commented on how happy she was all day. GREAT! We can go home and have a wonderful evening together! NOT! She continued to be super happy for about another hour and then a switch went off. One minute she was eating her mac n cheese and smiling away at me. The next thing I knew she was throwing her macaroni and screaming her head off. I told her not to do that and it got worse. So, I tried to stop the tantrum by taking her to the bathroom for a bath. WRONG idea. Baths are Leila's favorite thing... or so I thought. She totally lost it when I started undressing her. By the time I got her in the bath she was thrashing around like a wild beast, trying to hit me, and screaming as if I was murdering her.

She cried for 45 minutes straight.

Once I got her dried off and dressed, gave her a binky and her bear, and sat her in front of Mickey Mouse on TV she calmed down.

But, for 45 minutes I didn't know my own daughter. I have never experienced that before. I know parents have to deal with this all the time, and even worse when out in public, but I just never knew.  The psychology nut in me wants to research all about this terrible two phenomenon, this demon that possesses our sweet, innocent babies. But I won't. Instead I'll just try to roll with the punches.

This was a perfect start to a long weekend with just me and Leila. Andy works this weekend, so we should have fun! Wish me luck!

Wise Words Wednesday: Leila-isms

"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." - Angela Schwindt

This post is dedicated to remembering the cute things my almost 2 year old daughter does these days. Things I do not want to forget. And, since I SUCK at keeping her baby book updated I figure this is the best place to document.

Here are some "Leila-isms" I want to cherish forever...

• Leila usually sits up once or twice in the middle of the night and says, "Wa-Wee" (asking for a drink of water)... funny because she never calls it that during the day, only at night. During the day it is "Wa-Wa."
• Leila loves Mickey Mouse Club House. She knows all the characters by name. BUT, she only calls Mickey "Mou" (can't quite say her S's yet)... Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, and even Pluto get called by their names, but not poor Mickey... he's just "Mou."
• Every time Leila sees my mom or I tell her she's on the phone, she starts doing the Wheels on the Bus hand motions. Don't know why Leila associates that song with my mother, but it is pretty dang funny.
• Leila's favorite thing to say is "No No Dada!" Her daddy is constantly annoying her and she is constantly shaking her finger at him and telling him "No No!"
• Our dog, Billy, is "Bee-lay" to Leila. Almost said with an accent.
• Leila is a perpetual snacker. She isn't very good at sitting down and eating a big meal, but she's great at snacking. She is constantly dragging us into the kitchen saying, "Nack. Nack." This usually means that she wants a fruit snack or something sweet. :-)
• My girl is currently obsessed with hair rubberbands, or as she calls them "ponies." She is constantly finding one or more and putting them on her fingers or wrists and/or asking me to do her hair. Ironic thing is that she will not keep a "pony" in her hair for more than 5 minutes. It drives me crazy because her bangs are down in her eyes now and I refuse to cut them.
• When Leila attempts to sing her ABCs, my heart melts...

Witness Leila's version of the ABCs while she stuffs her face and tears apart her dinner...

23 weeks

Large and in charge!



Oh man, I think you can really see a size difference in this week's comparison... especially in my ass! Lovin some extra boo-tay!

Pregnancy tid-bits for this week...

• Not much to add here. Still feeling pretty dang good: no more headaches (knocking on wood), sleeping decently, & back and hips are ok.
• Baby Boy is super active. With Leila I was always freaking out because I would go so long without feeling her move, but with this little guy I can just poke my belly or yell something at him and he is kicking like crazy. Wonder if this is a sign of what's to come???
• Getting another ultrasound on Wednesday! They're gonna check my placenta to see if it has moved away from my cervix with my growing belly. I bet it has. I'm just excited to see my little man again!
• Not sure how my weight gain is pacing right now. All I know is that pants that fit last week aren't fitting this week. Can't wait for the big weigh in on Wednesday.

That's about it for baby-related content.  Since yesterday was Father's Day and I totally failed to mention anything about it in my last post, I thought I'd share with ya what Leila & I gave Andy...



It's a stepping stone we made from a craft store kit. Only cost us $15! And, he LOVES it. Other than that, we just made him a sweet card, brought him coffee in bed, and then took him out to breakfast. I love my babies' Daddy! :-)

Soakin' up the sun... NOT!

This is ridiculous. June is practically almost over and summer still has not shown up around here. Sure, we've had a few mid-70 degree days, but we haven't even reached 80 yet. I feel like summer is never going to get here. I told Andy today that if this trend of super short summers and super loooooonnnnnngggggg winters continues around here, we're getting out. California here we come!

The reason I go off on this rant about weather is because today we attended a beautiful wedding on a big boat on a big lake. It would have been absolutely perfect with a little sun. But, nooooooooooooo... Mother Nature had to go and continue with her trend of dark, drippy skies around here. Boo on her! Needless to say, we all had a fabulous time and the rain held back during the 4 hour boat ride.

My hubby & I trying to stay warm in the wind pre-ceremony...


Kelly & I reenacting a classic Titanic scene...


Co-worker photo op with the bride & groom...


So, besides the fender bender (see previous post) and dreary weather, this weekend was quite fun! Here's to a productive, and hopefully sunny, week ahead!

Fender Bender

So, last night I had plans of sitting on the couch with my laptop and busting out a happy-shiny blog post. But, this happened instead...



Went to the mall after work to grab a gift for a bridal shower that was today and came home with a nice little "ding" in our rear bumper... along with a side of some serious pregnant woman rage.  I won't even bother recapping all the little details. Let's just say that 99% of the time I am the nicest person ever - I hate hurting others and I really do see the best in everyone - but, maybe 1% of the time I just lose it and I am not so friendly. Yeah, that poor lady I collided with last night saw the 1% nasty side of me. I'll blame it on the baby once again.

Anyhoooooooo, this little car incident got me thinking about how crazy life is.  A while ago I started reading Rhonda Byrne's The Secret and decided I really wanted to try to implement it in my life. Finishing this book and practicing its principles is actually on my current Dreams To Do list. Basically, the whole theory behind it is that like attracts like (i.e. The Law of Attraction)... so, if you wake up thinking you are going to have a crappy day and you're dwelling on the negative, chances are you're gonna have a crappy day and vise versa. Now, I kinda think the book is a little extreme in how far it takes this concept, but I truly believe in the general principle behind it.

Take yesterday for example... Early on I noticed that I was just having a crappy car day. On my way to work, the SLOWEST person ever cut me off and I was stuck behind them the whole time. Since I was running a few minutes late, this really got to me. At lunch I got stuck in a construction zone and a 10 minute car ride took me over 20 minutes. By the time I left work last night, I was expecting the worst. What do ya know? On the way to the mall I dealt with people speeding up when I tried to pass them and then slowing down when I got back behind them. And then the little fender bender. By the time that happened I just lost it. Tears and rage and irritation... even though it really wasn't that bad. Isn't it just funny how stuff like this all happens at once? Is it more than just a coincidence? It's very interesting to me.

I'm sure I've bored you by now. It's just the psychologist in me getting to thinking once again. On a happy note, the fender bender was very minor and everyone involved is just fine and dandy. Today was a fabulous day and tomorrow is Father's Day. GOOD STUFF IS GOING TO HAPPEN... (come on Law of Attraction, let's see what you can do!)

Wise Words Wednesday: Happy Happy Joy Joy!

"Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else." - Alphonse Karr

An unofficial and ongoing Dream To Do of mine is to find happiness in the little things. To not take life too seriously. To not let little every-day stresses get me down.



I find that by living vicariously through my daughter this is easy to achieve. Imagining the world through her eyes - seeing the joy as she runs up the sidewalk and back down for no apparent reason - easily erases anything standing in the way of my happiness at that moment. Since having Leila, my perspective on life has truly changed. Work used to cause me so much stress. Now I know that it just isn't important in the grand scheme of things. Love and Family and Friends are all that matters. Their happiness is what matters.



Today I am just bursting with happiness and joy for no real reason at all! Maybe tomorrow will be different, but today I am relishing in it. I'm focusing on bottling up the way I feel right now and storing it somewhere safe so I can retrieve it at a moments notice. For example, I know it would come in handy during one of Leila's terrible two tantrums. ;-)

PS - I picked Leila up from daycare today and they informed me that she tinkled in the potty for the first time! Yay! She always wants to sit on the potty at home, but this is the first time anything has come out!

BIG Girl Bed!

My baby is not a baby anymore! I take that back... she is still very much MY baby, but she is becoming her own little sassy person now. She's almost two! Still so little, but wanting to be so independent now and voicing her opinion (i.e. telling me "no no momma!" all the time) every chance she gets.

And now she has said adios to the crib and hola to the big girl bed...





Doesn't she look so little in it? She absolutely LOVES it!

We ordered the bed a while ago from Pottery Barn and it has just been sitting in the boxes, waiting for us to paint her room and buy a mattress, sheets, etc. Well, we ended up doing all of that stuff pretty quickly and before I knew it I came home from work to find that Andy and my Dad had put the bed together.

Then, I kinda panicked. Was I really ready for her to be in a big girl bed... before she is even two? Was she ready? How painful would that first night be?

But ya know what? It was worked out fabulously! Yes, the first night she was super excited about her added freedom and got out of the bed 2-3 times before falling asleep. But, she was happy the whole time! One time we were finally sitting down to a late dinner around 8pm, thinking she had fallen asleep. Andy snuck upstairs to check on her mid-meal to find that she wasn't in her bed. We found her downstairs, sitting on the couch, watching the news. It was pretty funny actually! After that she fell right to sleep. Since then (it has been about 5 nights) she has done great! Still waking up at midnight to get in bed with us, but I love her snuggles so I'm not complaining.

What's next on the road to Big Girl land? Potty training! Stay tuned...

22 weeks

Ya know what? I think I'm going to like being preggo through the summer.



I really haven't had to wear any actual maternity clothes yet! I've just been rocking leggings with tunic-y tops or dresses. This will probably change once I am REALLY big, but for now I'm good.

Pregnancy tid-bits for this week...

• I'm feeling good! Haven't had a bad headache for a while now & I've been sleeping pretty good (besides Leila's night terrors, but that's a whole other topic).
• Last week my appetite wasn't really there, but it's back in full force now! I want it all! Salt & Vinegar potato chips right now, but I'm also craving some taco soup. Think I'll make that sometime this week.
• I hate my hair right now. With Leila my hair got thicker and softer and I was sheading a whole lot less. With my little man? Still losing lots of hair and it is just so stringy and limp. Time to make a hair appointment.
• Bought a pretty new diaper bag the other day. I know it's early, but I found it at Nordstrom and I happen to have a gift card there. Check it out on Amazon here.
• Over the weekend I also shopped around a little for some cute baby boy clothes, but haven't bought anything yet. I just feel like I haven't seen anything super cute that I just have to have right now. It's hard going from buying for a girl to a boy. I picked up some cute summer clothes for Leila, though! :-)

Dream To Do *DONE* ... The quilt is complete!!!

Oh, I am so proud to post this. The quilt is complete! Well, technically I haven't "quilted" it or tied it together, but I don't really feel like I need to. I probably will before it needs to be washed, but right now it is just lovely as is. And I am just sooooo glad it is done! Never again!



Pretty, huh? You see that nice pink binding around the edge? Well that was a friggin pain in my ass! When I started this project I had NO idea what I was doing. I just picked out fabric I liked, started cutting squares and then sewed those together. I added the brown border at my MIL's suggestion. After that I sewed the top, the batting, and the green minky material together. Then, I googled "how to bind a quilt" and watched a little youtube video. And I was like "oh sh$#!" What did I get myself into? The traditional way of quilt binding requires piecing together one looooonnnngggg strip of fabric, sewing it around the front edge of the quilt (paying extra special attention to the corners), and then you friggin have to HAND SEW it over and on to the back side!!! Yes, I actually sat there and hand stitched around the whole edge of this thing. I'm just happy I didn't make it any bigger. And while I hated life at the time, when I placed that last stitch I was soooooo proud of my work. It turned out beautiful!



Can you believe I hand sewed that edge? Looks pretty dang good, huh?! And, Leila Jade likes her new quilt, too!



Funny thing is that on the same day that I finished this cute, crib-sized little quilt, Leila got her BIG girl bed (there will be another post dedicated to this!). And since I'm having a boy next who probably won't appreciated the hot pink, this will definitely get put to good use on Leila's baby dolls. I don't even care. I just wanted to be able to say that I made a quilt and now I can!

Wise Words Wednesday: Photography

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything." - Aaron Siskind



Wanna hear a sad story? Remember back in January, before we got MacDreamy, when we were battling that nasty virus on our computer? Well, we ended up paying someone to completely re-boot our computer, deleting EVERYTHING off of it, and starting over fresh. Before handing it off I was able to extract several years worth of digital photos I had taken onto a brand new fancy external hard drive. Here's the sad part. Last night that external hard drive fell off a top shelf in our closet and now it won't work. When it hit the floor I instantly started having a panic attack while frantically getting it plugged into the computer to see if I could still access all my files. I couldn't. So, I cried...hard.

When people ask you what you would grab if your house was on fire, photographs are usually near the top of that list. I know they are for me. Like the above quote says, photography allows us to remember the little details in life that we often forget. I get teary-eyed just thinking about the fact that I may have lost all of Leila's baby pics, photos from my European adventure, college graduation, high school graduation, our honeymoon, and endless amounts of random pics I have taken over the years.

Right now we just need to find somewhere that can try to fix the hard drive and get our pics off of it (I'm sure it'll cost us a pretty penny). Moments like this make me even more grateful for starting this blog. As of this year, I can find my most treasured pics and memories right here. Thank you internet!

On a happy side-note, I received the quarterly Above & Beyond Award at work today! I get my face and name displayed on a little plaque at the station along with a little bonus on my next paycheck. This made me happy. :-)

Three AMAZING years!

Three years ago today, on 06/07/08, I married the love of my life. My high school sweetheart. My soul mate.



Since our marriage we have accomplished a LOT! 1 PharmD degree, 2 trips to Hawaii, 1.5 kiddos, 1 house, 1 new car, & lots o' loving!



Looking back on my high school years and earlier when I would get asked what I wanted to accomplish by the time I was 30 (and I'm only 27 now) I would imagine something exactly like this. But I had no idea I would actually get it! Thank you Andy for making my dreams come true!



I am so lucky to have the most determined, loving, supportive, funny, handsome, athletic, laid-back hubby out there! He is more than I could ever hope for and I hope we have MANY MANY MANY years ahead of us to enjoy each other!



We kept our celebration simple today. Just a lovely little lunch date at our fave restaurant in town overlooking the raging river. It was perfect! And even though we had decided against getting each other gifts (we have been spending a fortune lately on things like Leila's closet and our new washer and dryer) Andy of course had to go all romantic on me and give me the most beautiful ring over lunch. It totally reminds us of our wedding - beautiful little blue stones set in a bamboo-style sterling silver setting. So sweet! He's a keeper!

Lunch time kisses & my new ring...

21 weeks

Time sure is flying by! Over half way there already!



Pregnancy tid-bits...

• Feeling my little man kicking more and more each day! Andy felt him through my belly (for sure) on Saturday night when we were watching TV. I loved that moment!
• I'm also loving my growing belly. I'm finally to the point where random strangers ask about my pregnancy while out and about. No longer just looking bloated! And I like to rock snug fitting clothes to flaunt the belly. ;-)
• I bought my first baby item today. A pair of adorable robeez for $12 at Ross. Gotta love it!
• Oh, and I ordered some super cute fabric to make little man a couple of blankies. No, not quilts! Just basic blankies with cute fabric on one side and soft minky material on the other. I think I'll make some burp rags, too. More to come on this!

PS - On a side note, today has been a crazy day for me! My momma went in for a pretty intense back surgery this morning and I spent 8 hours at the hospital with her and then waiting for the surgery to be over. She's doing great so far! Only had to work 2 hours today. :-)

Fashionista

Okay, so this post is really only a little bit about fashion. Mainly it is fabulous photos from my fabulous day.

Oh, I am definitely not too fashionable while preggo, but I can rock a belly!


Last night I had the privilege of attending a local benefit for the American Red Cross called Fashion Night Out. It was a total last minute thing - my friend Kelly happened to have an extra VIP ticket, so Andy took over Leila duty for the night and I got dressed up and went out. Of course I didn't bring a camera and failed to take any good iPhone pics (pooey on me!). BUT, it was sooooooo much fun! Free food, free drinks, free swag bags, & front row fashion show seats.

You see, I really love fashion. Personally I just don't think I'm very good at it because I never put much time into my own looks. But I am REALLY good at admiring other people. Others at work. Others around the town. Others in magazines. I drool over a fancy belt and a really great pair of heels. Part of me thinks I should have pursued fashion in some shape, way, or form as a career. Who knows, maybe I still will! Anyhoo, last night I got to kick back and check out some great clothing. And I rocked some killer silver heals and a cute belted dress with my little basketball belly (again, so sorry I didn't get a pic).

Since I usually don't spend much time fashionista-ing myself, I like to put my effort towards my daughter's cuteness instead. Check out her new kicks (courtesy of Payless Shoes)...



Sure we didn't go anywhere special today, but she modeled those bad boys on our family walk to the park. It was such a glorious day today! And we had such a great family day, just Leila, Andy, and I.

Okay, are ya ready for photo overload? Ya know you are!









Check out the beauty only minutes away from our house...


Baby duckies! I'm melting!


I'm so proud of my photography skills sometimes!


And the only way we could tear Leila away from the swing at the park was the promise of a popsicle when we got home...

Leila was in strawberry heaven.


Oh wow. This post went from talking about fashion to pics of toddlers with no clothing at all! Silly me! :-)

Wise Words Wednesday: Happy June!

"It's a new month. Do something fabulous." - Kelly Hampton

An 11 month old Leila Jade's first park swing experience, June 2010.


Ahhhhh, I love June. I've always loved the month of June for some reason. Maybe it's the long-time association with the end of the school year. The start of summer. Loooooonnnnger days. Warmer temps. Everyone just seems happier. And, it just so happens to be my wedding anniversary month!

Today my fave blogger, Kelly Hampton, blogged a most inspiring post (she always does) about taking this start to a new month and a new season to tackle something new. To devour something that's been hanging over your head. Sooooooooo, I'm gonna get some stuff done this month! I'm keeping it simple, but I'm documenting it now and I'm gonna hold myself to it (hopefully you can hold me accountable, too)...

1. Finish that darn quilt!!! I swear I will never have to quilt again if I don't want to after this month. That baby is getting checked off my Dreams To Do list once and for all. Hopefully by this weekend.
2. Visit the local bead store and buy supplies to get started on my jewelry making dreams.
3. Have a real date with my Hubby. This is sad... since Leila has been born Andy and I have only been out alone maybe twice together. We both still have a hard time leaving Leila on the weekends or week nights since we don't see her much during the week. With our anniversary coming up in a few days I really want to go on a real date with him. Like to a movie! We haven't been to a movie together in two years. :-(

See, I'm keeping it simple and totally do-able. Wanna join in on the fun? Just do it!