Mending...

I had to don my "housewife hat" again today and work on the laundry as well as picking up around the house, doing the dishes, planning dinner and such.  I also had to do a bit of mending for my niece, Z.  The sequins on her prom dress were coming undone.  So...I spent a few minutes tacking them all back down.

I posted about it on Facebook, the mending that is, and in turn I received several messages from local teenage girls asking me to do some mending for them.  Tell me...is "mending" a lost art?

Disney Character

Today, we shopped for supplies (the Good Will store is fabulous for this) and once we got back home, we have been crafting two Disney Character costumes for school on Tuesday.  We have finally finished Little Ty's costume.  :)  Now we're working on Small T's.  I'll show you hers later.

Here's a small photo collage of what was going on this past hour.

 Small T making Little Ty's "hat".

 A quick shot of them "cheesing" for the camera.  Small T is fitting her "retainer".  Good thing we have wire hangers around the house.

Now...for the good stuff.

Little Ty's photo shoot.

 Um...this is a little boring, Ty.

 Finally...some emotion.  See the smile.

 Oh all right...I'll do something.

 Now what?  Well, do something that your character would do.

 No...not that.  I'll put it on Facebook!!!!

 Ok.  Stoic again.  Really?  That's the best you've got???

Finally!  A good photo.  Sort of.

(Sorry for the "guns" in the photos.  I didn't realize you could see them in each and every photo.  You can tell that we live in the country, right?)

Now...can anyone guess who Little Ty is going as?

I'll give you a guess....Jasmine will be happy to see him.

Yep, you're right.  He's Aladdin!

Today...

Today has been a busy day.  After cleaning off the truck this morning we ventured out to get Small T and Big C from a friends house out in the country where they stayed over last night.  This was no small feat as we had an entire day of freezing rain yesterday with some snow in the middle of it all.  It took Big Daddy a long time to get the truck de-iced and warmed up before we could head out.

 Once we picked them up, we headed out of town with Small T to the nearest clinic which was 30 miles away.  She has TMJ Disorder and her jaw was killing her.  So she needed to be seen today.  It was a rough 30 mile trip and it ended up taking about 45 minutes to get there.  Between the clinic visit and then going to Wal-Mart pharmacy to get her prescriptions, this trip ended up taking us about 5 hours before we finally arrived back home.  Let me tell you...I was sure glad to get home.

 After arriving home, I hurried up and made Taco Soup for dinner then washed the dishes.  After that, Small T asked me to help her with the Ugly Christmas Sweater for the contest at school on Wednesday.  I started out sewing the bows along the buttons of the vest she's wearing.  She spent the time making a sparkly headband.  We still have several things to sew on the vest, but she's not at home right now to give me "instructions". :)

I usually bake cookies once a year and that's during the Christmas holiday season.  The other day I made up several batches of different cookies and put the dough in the freezer but tonight I decided to make up a double batch of M&M cookies and bake them right away.  The photo above shows what's left of the first 3 dozen that I baked.  The four guys in the house really hit them hard.  But that's ok.  I'm still baking them and after the initial stampede for cookies, they've slacked off now and I have about 3 dozen on a plate so far.  I should have at least twice that amount by the time I finish up tonight.  Of course, they won't last the weekend, but that's ok.

So...that's my day in a nutshell.  What's everyone else been up to today?

Procrastination

Today is the day.  No more procrastination.  Seriously.

 So...out came the trusty sewing box.

 I covered the furniture and carpet with sheets so the jewels on the dress wouldn't snag.  Then brought up the dress that needs the sewing.

I re-attached the hook and eye closure and checked out the beads on the front to make sure they were firmly attached.  

Whew!  What a job!

And now, the dress is back on the hanger downstairs in it's place of honor with the other dresses and the sheets are all folded up and put away along with my trusty sewing box.

I'm so glad this is done.  If I hadn't kept putting it off, I would have found out how little time it took to get it done.  Stupid me.