Hard to please, not me

Yep, you guessed it, so frustrated with the customer service, really the lack of service at a particular fabric store in the area (there aren't alot so figure that one out). The staff is awful and they always make me feel like I am bothering them when I need help. HELLO, you work there, it's your job to help me.

I went in to this store to get some fabric today for a project that I am working on for a friend's new addition. Now I am the first to admit that I am new to sewing and don't know alot. I'm also not afraid to ask for help, an admirable quality, i think.

I asked one of the ladies a question (don't even remember now what it was) and she

ROLLED HER EYES AT ME AND SUCKED HER TEETH AT ME.

I'm not the kind of girl that expects alot, fill my water, answer my question, smile, and I'm good , really, I'm not hard to please.

I was in disbelief, I was in shock, I was frozen and didn't know what to do. Eventually, after a few seconds, I snapped out of it and said Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were too busy to help a paying customer, maybe your boss can help me. And then I walked to the manager, bought my fabric, asked where to call with complaints and left.

SO ANNOYING!!!!

Just do your darn job, gosh no I don't want to go back there on sheer principal.

Which leads me to the real point of this post, I am looking for an online fabric store (no moody fabric lady in an online store) that offers cute, current fabric, know of any?

February Book Review

Half Broke Horses by: Jeannette Walls

was a fantastic book!

It was a prequel of sorts to another great book, The Glass Castle.

Half Broke Horses told the story of Lily a dynamic, firey, independent woman.

The story lead you through her life's adventure be they triumph's or failures.
Immediately I was invested in Lily and wanted her character to win. The author gives you glimpses of history as she intertwines Lily's story with historical happenings.

The story follows her from adolesence to womanhood and sets the stage for her daughter's story to be told in The Glass Castle . I could not put this book down.

VERDICT: I highly recommend this book!!

And that brings us to A Million Little Pieces, by: James Frey

I struggled from the beginning to get interested in this book. The story is one that appealed to me, an addict in the depth of his sickness and his internal struggle to rise above himself and get sober.

But the authors writing style was not one that I could get past. He rambled for pages without really saying anything at all. And maybe that is how an addict's brain works, i really don't know, but I found it boring.

In the end I could not force myself to finish this book and believe me, I TRIED!

Normally I am not a quitter but back to the library this one went, I wrote the ending in my own head, he got sober and lived happily ever after.

VERDICT: SKIP THIS ONE

Where did the weekend go?

We had a weekend JAMPACKED with fun...

Keddie had his first soccer game, and he was sooooooo excited!

Langston & Keddie showing their muscles (I love that Langst0n wants to be just like his big brother).

Huge thanks to Abby for coming to the game.

She videotaped while I took pics, and she actually got his first goal on camera!

Yup, you read that right, he scored a goal!

But more importantly, (I'm told) he had fun.

Following the game Abby and I had some much needed us time enjoying our favorite past time, you guessed it, shopping.

Saturday evening we were excited to be able to attend the wedding of my Sister Angel, totally forgot my camera, but trust me she looked beautiful!

Congrats Girl!

Sunday started off pretty lazily, but Keddie and I finally made it to get his hair cut, he's been begging me for a week and as you can see from those pics, he REALLY needed a trim.

And then we went to Target and totally scored in the 90% of valentine's section.

We spent the rest of the day celebrating a friend's birthday grilling and hanging out.

The weather was beautiful all weekend.

Hanging with good friends, outside in the beautiful weather, doesn't get much better than that in my book.

Blah Blah Blah

It's been a busy week. I am exhausted and it's only Wednesday.
From here on out this is the summary of my life...

Keddie's soccer practices started this week.

He has them twice a week and I already feel stressed.

I'm sure it's just because it just started and we haven't found our routine yet, so hopefully I can find one soon.

Between that and part-time evening work, I feel like all my days are blurring together.

The Hubs and I are both so stressed about one of us finding work that all life's other trials seem huge when I'm faced with one. I know it's all about perspective and I try to keep mine in check via daily chats with sisters and friends.

But sometimes life is hard and no matter how you look at it, it's still hard. I know that problems are relative and mine are minor in comparison to what some others are faced with. And I will keep trying to remind myself of that until things start to look up.

So as so many of you in blogland say, I will try my best to

Water for Elephants

Well I finished Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen last night. This was my book club selection for the month and I ......

LOOOOOOVED IT!!!!!!!

I didn't want to put it down from the very beginning. The author did such a good job of developing the main character that I felt a connection to him, like I knew him and I truly rooted for him.

It was a journey of a man's struggle to deal with the unexpected that life deals you, it was a love story, it was a circus story, it had suspense and drama.

And it's gonna be a MOVIE!

I heard that they made a movie that will come out in April and I was really excited to see how they will translate it onto the big screen and then I found out Robert Pattinson (from Twilight) is gonna be in it. I was disappointed because he is not a personal favorite...BUT... Reese Witherspoon is also in it so my love of her will prevail and I will see it.

Maybe we can have a book club movie night, who's in??

I may have a little problem

I guess there are worse things that I could have stacked on my nightstand compromising it's structural integrity...

I'll save you the time, there are 11 books stacked there. And truth be told there are two sitting on my pillow that I didn't notice until later. HA! All of these gems just waiting for me to read them ( I hope they're all good)

Oh yeah, and this is the stack next to the night stand. I count twelve. Hmmm, think I can read them all this year...I think I've read a couple of those already so I'm on my way!

Where can I buy a REAL toy vaccuum?

This is what our kitchen table looked like all weekend since we were on house arrest due to the suppossed to be snow but turned out to be just ice storm. The boys school was closed Friday and out came the construction paper, crayons, and scissors.

It is also a pretty good indication of what the rest of my house looked like too...

So what's a momma to do, but tell her baby to ge to vaccuming!

Isn't he so cute. This is by far one of his favorite toys. It makes noise like a real vaccuum, pushes and pulls like a real vaccuum, lights up like a real vaccuum, if only it cleaned the floor like a REAL VACCUUM!

February's Books

I am really struggling to finish my first February book, A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey.

I remember a few years ago when this guy, James Frey (the author) was on Oprah and everyone was loving on his book, I thought I am gonna read this one day. And then he had to come forward and say it wasn't a true story, and I thought that's ok, I'm still gonna read it someday. Well fast forward I don't remember how many years and I don't get what all the hype was about. I love a good book about addiction sio it should be a breezy read. BUT, for me it is really hard to read and I struggle to stay interested. I'm about half way through so hopefully it will get better, keep you posted.

And my book club book is Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

I started this one last night because I could not make myself read any more of A Million Little Pieces. I know you probably think I'm crazy for reading more than one book at a time but, that's just how I roll. I get bored easy, and actually while I'm being honest I think I'm in the middle of three books right now, I just can't remember what the other one is. HA, it must be an awesome read, huh?

My husband laughs at me because I have a STACK of books on my nightstand that I want to read that could topple over at any moment. It's getting out of hand. Dang I wish I was blessed with being a speed reader!

Children's Museum in pictures

Sunday while Mike was gone the boys and I ( and Abby) had a fun day at the Children's Museum in downtown. Lots of Fun.

( Not real sure why a giant Chick was there)

Keddie loved the grocery store

This pipe was blowing air out

Feel it?

Should have got a pic before, this is after and we were all tired.

New to me sewing machine

I am so excited. I practically begged my mom to get me a sewing machine this year for Christmas (you know since she was moving away and wouldn't be here to execute all my sewing needs), and for some reason she didn't think i'd use it so no sewing machine for me.

That's all right, I still love you mom!

Well I had already started saving my pennies so I could (eventually) buy one for myself. Much to my surprise Mike's Mawmaw had an old one that she was looking for a new home for. This is where I (giddy) enter the picture. He picked it up for me this past weekend and I was soooo excited to use her.

This is her (isn't she great?)

This is the original manual. 2010 is not the year but the model. It's from the 1980's

These are the goods I picked up at Hobby Lobby for my first solo project

I decided to make an apron, easy enough I thought. and it was, that is once I figured out how to thread the needle and bobbin correctly. I had to call in some reinforcements for that (THANKS Krystal!)

But after that it was pretty smooth sailin and I was pretty impressed with myself that I did it by myself and that it's something that I will actuall use.

I can't wait to use her...I love her print and color...she makes me happy!

Changes

Well the big window seat project didn't happen this weekend. My hubby (and laborer) ended up being gone most of the weekend. I was pretty bummed.

Come Monday afternoon though I was pretty thankful that we did not spend the money on that project when my husband got laid off from his job.

It was a complete and total shock for both of us.

Please pray for our family that we will have the strength to endure this trial and that he will find a job that makes him smile.