dear mama,

This is how you're supposed to put my snacks in my stroller.

Stop putting the fishies with the animal crackers. It's just not natural. It will save me time in sorting them out. Thanks.

Love,
Scarlett

he's all growed up.

Aww. When did he get so big? This is Michael on his last day of classes at University of Western States.

He was mildly embarrassed taking this picture. It might have been the fact that he's standing in front of the door like a preschooler or it might have been because I was wearing my jammie pants with clowns on them and I look a little like Edward Scissorhands in the morning.

The most awesome graduation announcements ever. These ones were pretty good too though.

You can't see the shiny sheet that makes it look like an x-ray. But believe me, it's there. And it's cool. My first idea was to print them on overheads, but apparently printable overheads are from the days of the dinosaurs.

Michael's graduating, but we (yes, I mean we) won't be done until September (fingers crossed). There's still one quarter of visits/clinic hours left.

divorced so soon.

You remember when I told you about this? Of course you do. It was my last post. I fell in love and then it shattered my heart. It stopped zigging when I was zagging. Bummer. It went back to the store.

But good news! I got this instead.

 And I love it even more. Especially since we got it $100 cheaper than online ($40 cheaper than Costco). Woot woot! It's the Brother XR7700.

It came with a walking foot and a darning foot too! Ruffler and hemmer still to come? It's small, but the stitching looks awesome, and it's quiet. The only thing I hate: that dumb dog. You can put your own picture in it to "personalize" your sewing machine. Pff. That's dumb.

But peace at last. I have something that works, that I love, and I didn't break the bank either.

victory!

She finally gave in and gave me the whole yogurt.

Mmm...Victory is sweet indeed.

old vs. new

For mother's day my wonderful husband turned my old sewing machine

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I'll tell ya, he has magical powers.

I wasn't sold on it at first, especially when the Knittn Kitten lady told me that old singers used to be top of the line and not so much now that they moved over to China. She told me to get my old one fixed if I could, but we've already gone that route. And it's not worth it.

I spent a whole day going around like a mad woman going to all sorts of sewing machine shops to see if I could find anything else. Scarlett was a trooper.

First stop (after Knittn Kitten): Montavilla. These people sucked. The guy tried to sell me an $800 machine right off the bat. I pointed to one in my price range and he said, "Oh no no no that one is much too basic. How about this one?" as he lead me to a $400 machine. Then, as I left he started talking to Scarlett.

Montavilla Monster: What are you going to be when you grow up? Huh, baby?
Scarlett: ..............
MM: What are you going to be?
Scarlett: ................
MM to me: So what is she going to be?
Me: Umm. What?
MM: What are you going to have her be when she grows up?
Me: Uhhh....whatever she wants?
MM: Really?!?!
Me: Yeeeah......byyye....

Second Stop: Amazon, Costco, etc. I spent most of Scarlett's nap researching all sorts of sewing machines online.

Third Stop: Save Stores. These people rocked. I was considering a Brother cs6000 and the guy showed me the inside of it, and how it was built--it was a no go. I'm so glad I went there. Then, I fell in love with this brother.

It was only $300 out of budget. But I got to thinking and my machine did all the same things and then some, just without the bells and whistles (like a cool turny knob, a needle down button, and never having to bring up the bobbin thread--it does it on it's own). Pretty cool stuff, but not worth the extra dough.

Every store I went to I thought I would find something better, but instead I fell more and more in love with what I had. The more I sew with it the better it gets. It's been 2 weeks since I opened the box, and I am still super excited! 

I'm looking into getting a rolled hem foot, a ruffler foot, and a darning foot. These would make awesome birthday gifts! :) Hint hint!

Speaking of feet. I think I need to find Scarlett's.

mommy babble

Scarlett turned 13 months last week, and she couldn't be more fun and/or work. 

She loves other kids. Eden wanted Scarlett to sit on her lap, and to my surprise, she sat. It might have had something to do with watching a snippet of Rio.

 I think she wanted to go somewhere. She loves going to the store to "make new friends". She smiles at anyone who will give her attention. (I did talk Michael into getting the car seat I wanted. I love every inch of it.)

Studying with Daddy for Part IV boards.

Packing up baby to send her to China.

Kissing EVERYTHING. It's super cute. And super slimy. Hopefully she'll learn to kiss with her mouth closed sometime soon. I love Scarlett hugs and kisses. Mostly because they are very random, and Scarlett isn't what you'd call cuddly. It especially melts my heart when she hugs her dolly and rocks it.

"YES!!!!" Daddy taught her how to cheer.

"What stickers?"

We also like to enjoy spinach smoothies.

And she walks! 

She only goes 5 feet at a time, thank goodness. I guess this is when I start counting down to nursery, huh?

Scarlettisms:
*Knee walking. She compromises between walking and crawling by walking on her knees.
*Says bottle (baba), mama, dada, more, diaper (bapbap), sings (laaaalaaa), that? (da?), thank you (taytoo), block (ba), night night, hi, and mimics a ton.
*Makes elephant noises whenever she sees an elephant or if you ask her what an elephant says.
*Blows raspberries on her own arm. Is it sad that our 1 year old thinks farting and burping is funny?
*Loves being outside.
*Has the best surprised face.
*Tries to put on her own clothes. Shirts, pantaloons, and especially socks and shoes. She is such as girl, and loves shoes!
*Eats better with a fork.

i'm sorta into older men.

This is Chandler. He's my boyfriend. He has a sweet ride, huh?