Thing a Day: 6

I know I missed day 5, but I found myself sick yesterday. I was unable to do much of anything but lay down (somewhere near the bathroom).

Anyway...

My family and I have been trying to go snow shoeing since the beginning of December but there is always something that doesn't cooperate, whether it's the weather or my health.

Today, everything did cooperate. It almost didn't though. It was actually kind of funny.

Since my son has grown about 8" since the last time he wanted snow pants...we ran into a bit of a problem. It's a good thing that I'm short (5'3").

My 13 year old son ended up wearing the snow pants marked "womens medium". I wore the pair marked "14/16". They were a little shorter (in the crotch) than I would have liked...but I "sucked it up".

Then we went to a nearby park. walked around, ran around, made snow angels,

threw snowballs at each other, and watched a couple of dogs having a ball in the snow.

 I love watch animals play in the snow.

We all had a great time, followed by hot chocolate for the boys and tea for me.

Thing a Day: 4.5

Since it didn't work right earlier. I figured I would give it another try...

Today TAD has to do with helping my sons, who are both boy scouts.

First, I took the "Youth Protection Training".

Then I will be sewing on a total of 5 merit badges. Three for one kid. Two for the other kid. (Can you see the pins?)

(I thought my son did something to my camera. My pictures did not download this afternoon but a screen shot of his video game did, each time I tried it. I discovered it wasn't the camera...but it was still his fault. He left his game in the disc drive, that's what kept downloading into my photo software. How bizarre.)

Thing a Day: 4

Today TAD has to do with helping my sons, who are both boy scouts.

First, I took the "Youth Protection Training".

***imagine picture of certificate with my name and the date*************************************

Then I will be sewing on a total of 5 merit badges. Three for one kid. Two for the other kid.

***imagine a picture with 2 olive green sashes. One with 6 sewn on, 3 pinned on. The other with only 2 pinned on.*********************************

(My son did something to my camera. My pictures will not download but a screen shot of his video game does, each time I try it. I think he has forgotten that he has his own camera.)

Thing a Day: 3

Hmm...

What should I do with some old apples...

applesauce? cinnamon muffins with apples in them? or maybe apple crisp...

It's still early yet. I still have some time to decide.

***a few hours later***

I ran out of time to decide, have to get the boys from their after school activities.

 Baked apples. It'll taste the same as crisp once it has ice cream or whipped cream on it, right?

Thing a Day: 2

We finally have a snow day! Our first for the school year.

I am trying to teach my son how to make one of these snowflakes/stars:

This is his first attempt (I figured we would just make it out of magazine pages):

He forgot to flip it over. In the mean time, I made this. (Keep in mind, I've done this before.)

It looks like I will end up with a 8 pointed star...hey, whatever works right?

My son got very annoyed. decided to quit. Then he says..."Learning how to make it takes the mystery and beauty out of it." I think he's decided he doesn't want to learn it after all.

That's OK.

He just joined his brother in shoveling the driveway. They said the snow is really heavy but didn't give up right away. 

Hurray!

P.S. If anyone want to learn how to make these, visit my friend's blog here.

Thing a Day: 1

My father-in-law gave my husband on old Tommy Hilfiger sweater that he was no longer wearing. It's still in good shape. Hubby doesn't like it...neither does the son that will be able to wear it in the next few years.

so...

I'm making it onto a cardigan for me. I'm hand stitching it.( I didn't want it to stretch out on me.) I'm almost done. Just one more hem to go...up the one side. Do you see the pins still in it?

I'm glad I actually did it! It looks sooo much better as a cardigan.

Thing a Day

Thanks to a friend, I bumped into something to help keep me motivated (well, at least for the month of February).

Thing a Day

The idea is to:


Simple enough.

Starts tomorrow.