Tuesday, March 3, 2009

in an effort to update

ok-i'm going to try to keep you posted day-by-day instead of week-by-week. i know i've been slacking lately and it's pathetic really. my days are getting so busy that by the end of the week when i have time i've forgotten most of what i was going to say.
so today i trimmed off the edges of my quilt and started putting the binding on. it looks awesome. and i love it with the raggedy ann and andy sheets that are on that bed, however, paul has informed me those sheets aren't very "boyish". so we'll see how long those sheets last. i keep telling myself "after this quilt i'm taking a break". and then i find yet another pattern i'm just dying to put together. do you think i could put quilt tops together and sell them to people who want to do the quilting? i like the quilting part but not as much as the piecing together part. i can throw a quilt together in a weekend, usually. this quilt took me a whole week. so i told myself "no more!" and then i found some super cute patterns i'm DYING to do for my neices that i need to make quilts for. i am not ready to give up that self-made tradition. and i found the cutest cutest patterns for each one. so...we'll see how long i can hold out and not make another quilt. because then it sits in the basket waiting to be quilted giving me guilt when i watch tv. that's when i get most of my quilting done because i'm just sitting there. other than the office there's really no show where you have to SEE the people's acting. it's all just lines. but the office, you miss one awkward camera glance and you've missed some serious plot. man i love that show. derailed-sorry. anyhow. tonight a friend from work, linda, i think she's a left over hippy. i just love her. she gets on these religious kicks and they crack me up. this year she has decided she's not celebrating holidays. i'm not quite sure i follow her logic but she's adimant about it. man-i'm a train wreck tonight...back on track-she has a storage unit full of toys she has to clean out. and i have a cleaned out house that needs toys. so wah-lah! we're helping each other out tonight and i'm gonna go empty out her toys for her. yippee!!! now foster kids will want to stay for something more than cool bunk beds! she gave us so much stuff we are beyond blessed. i am humbled, once again, by the way God chooses to provide. it's little things. i wanted a little step stool. nothing fancy or major, just a little something for brushing teeth. she had one. i was looking at some more blankets, just in case, but i'd really like a blue blanket that would match the boy bed, but gosh, i hate spending money on it. she gave me one. and it looks like a down comforter, but it's blue. and not baby blue. it's like stormy sky blue. baby block bible. puzzles with the alphebet. learning toys. alphebet flash cards. a barbie kitchen that talks. AND it not only talks, it says "for nutrition help, press one. for fitness tips, press 3....etc" and a baby doll that talks and best of all it says "i love you." something these kids might or might not have heard and have trouble with. a children's book, about the size of a golden book called "does god see me". hello!? do these kids need to know that or WHAT?! let me think what else...a cradle and so many stuffed animals i can hardly cram them all in there. a couple pairs of pants that are neutral, some girl pajamas. a bucket full of cars and boy toys, and a bucket full of dishes and girl toys. just enough baby toys that it didn't freak me out. a baby doll stroller. a baby stroller. a toddler stroller. an ecta-sketch and one of those sketch toys that has the little slide bar that clears the board. a mr. potato head. seriously-i can't even think of it all. so much stuff and things EXACTLY what i've had my eye on but just can't spend the money on because i just don't know who to prepare for.
ok-i've been bleaching toys and washing clothes and stuffed animals for 4 hours now. i gotta go to bed. thanks to all of you that have been praying for god to provide. it's working.

2 comments:

Elizabeth Angelo said...

SO exciting Cheri'! It's really happening!! :)

Brock said...

I've been bad about reading everyone else's and writing to ours. Just now getting caught up - no guarantees that I'll be writing - but so good to catch up on yours. Such an awesome time for you guys.