I finished the 9 pairs of flannel pants for my friends family!! Not only that, but they are all wrapped, labeled, and have a candy-stuffed stocking attached! I put them all in one big box so that I could deliver them without fear of forgetting one or more...yippee!!!
Now I need to work on stockings and a tree skirt, then onto the 3 pairs of pants left for my family
Larisa, wishing Rebekah would go to sleep and stop coughing, that there were more hours in the day, and that I was able to get at least 1 good night of sleep
getting over congestion caused by being put on milk based formula. Doc had her on it because of colic, but it turned out that she was more allergic to it. Of course, had I known that it was milk-based, I wouldn't have put her on it at all. We switched her ack to soy on friday, and the congestion is clearing up rather nicely. Needless to say, I am a bit angry because her doc said she probably shouldn't be on milk-based because her older brother had a milk allergy (in talking to dad, turns out that he is allergic to milk, and after a bit of a chat, that I have a mild milk allergy as well ).
But things are working out...I get to be around 1am, she sleeps until around 430 when DH gets up with her, so I get to sleep until 7....DH has been going to bed around 9pm
OK now I am tired!! 9 pair - great job :-)) Here is wishing your Rebekah will be better soon. I am also sending wishes for you to have a good night of sleep. wooooooooooooosh --------- wishes sent!!! Sun
congrats on doing such a great job. and again larisa...how DO you do it??? im overwhelmed with what you accomplish! betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children"
Thanks. how do I do it??? I enjoy my sanity, and I know that if I didn't find time to sew and block out most of what is going on around me that I would go bonkers up here. None of my family is here, and neither is DHs, and I hate to keep bothering my friends when I am bored, so....I sew instead. Most of the time, it is either on the weekends when DH can take over both kids for a while, or at night, like I will be doing shortly. DS is in his room (hopefully sleeping!) and DH has already gone to bed so that he can get up with DD for the early morning feeding. I will be going to bed in about an hour or so if DD doesn't wake back up (she just drank nearly 5 ounces, so I hope she sleeps for a while!!!
- she slept for 6 hours last night...wahoo!!!!!).
Larisa, not meaning to overwhelm anybody....
P.S. > congrats on doing such a great job. and again larisa...how DO you do it??? im
i need to take lessons from you! i work full time..my office is in my home, and since DS is almost two, i spend most of my evenings doing "work work" (ie for the company) rather than sewing. i need to get better organized here!
though, for christmas presents, i have been making some gorgeous (if i do say so myself) embroidered snowflakes on my embroidery machine. with that, i can turn it on, and turn it loose, and still do some work. but, that has been my sewing so far. i am making (just ordered the windblock fleece from malden mills) a poncho for DD, and pj bottoms for DH, i am making DS an alphabet book as well. i better get started! betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children"
I don't "do" anything but take care of my kids....which is sometimes more than I can handle, and sometimes rather dull. I applaud you for finding ANY time to sew since you work from home AND take care of your little one!!
Since my youngest sleeps most of the time (she slept through the night for the first time last night!!!) I mainly work around the olders schedule. We have read/story time while eating breakfast, then we watch some PBS shows. It is while he is watching PBS that I am checking emails/newsgroups and doing some sewing. Then we take a play break, I bottle the baby while he eats, then I eat. After that is quiet time, where he can either play in his room quietly or take a nap. The baby is usually sleeping, so I can sneak in some more sewing, but most often, I crash out with the kids (I'm the one who gets baby duty until 3am, so I need the nap). Then, once DH and DS have gone to bed (both are in bed no later than 9pm unless there is something special going on), I get some more sewing....it's all in finding your window of availability.
Sometimes, I only get 1 or 2 seams done on a clothing project I am doing, but that's work that I no longer have to worry about doing....It took me about 3 weeks to do my friends flannel pants this way, but they got them in time for Thanksgiving!!!
Now, however I have gotten in over my head...again....what else is new???!???
I still have to make DH, DD and myself flannel pj's before Christmas, but I went out and bought fleece to make DS some play around pants...well, that's what I bought today. Yesterday, I bought him some corduroy to make him some fairly decent school pants (both fabrics were on sale for $1.99/yd, and I only needed a yard for each pair of pants!). I also have to do 2 more stocking and finish the tree skirt, for which I finally have all of the fabric .
Oh, and then there is the fleece sleeping bag thingy that I am planning on making DS so that he can sleep in our room when he has a bad dream (not in our bed, but at least in the room with us).........GAK!!!
Anybody want contractor work???
On a side note...baby Rebekah will be playing the role of baby Jesus in the church's Children's Christmas pageant
larisa... i need you to bottle some energy and send it to me! and congrats on rebecca for sleeping all night...what a good girl!
i told the DH today that for christmas, he could give me one "very cheap" (ha ha) gift...and that would be two hours every saturday morning for me to just sew. of course, its an impossiblity in our house! LOL. but still, what a gift that would be.....
betsey betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children"
hmm, bottle my energy......not even sure where it comes from.....but I can give you a rough idea of my daily intake:
1 cup of coffee with milk (enough to change the color) and 2tsp of sugar (maybe more if I don't pay close attention).
Whatever cereal I happen to grab, vitamin, antibiotic (only a few more days), and anti-depressant.
downstairs to check email and try to get some sewing done while DS watches PBS...I usually have a generic version of Dr. Pepper with me at this time (M-W-F)...on T/TH DS goes to preschool for 2.5 hours, so I am usually home sewing during that time as well!
Lunch...usually sandwiches and chips or something, again with some form of caffeine
quiet time....large glass of water before crashing out
wake up, most often with some water, and then a glass of iced tea, give
3yo snack and threaten him if he wakes up his sister
start dinner, which requires complete attention, allow 3yo to help when feasible.
dinner with water or another version of caffeine
read with a glass of water
3yo to bed thanks to DH, me downstairs with baby, check email, bottle, baby to sleep, get some more sewing in if possible.
I fondly remember that when we first adopted DS, I firmly announced that every Saturday was Father's Day, i.e.mother's day off. Ah well, it lasted about three months, then there was a rush on at the office and he had to go in on Saturdays!!
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