*sigh*

stupid, stupid, stupid cold weather. over night below freezing temps doesn't make for good conditions for my poor little flowers. i get it, i'm not in california, i'll play by the rules for living in an area where it's 7000 + ft altitude. *sigh*

some of my favorite things

stitchery and books. there's something about the whole cottage thing that makes me warm and happy. i love that i walk in and instantly want to look around at what the walls or see what the cupboards hold. curl up on the couch with a quilt and a book or stitch something new, or just daydream of new projects.

quilts, i actually made this one, sad to say this is the most complicated quilt i've made, all of the other ones are pretty plain square ones, but i love each and everyone of them. wreaths, i try to limit this one (jake doesnt think so, it might be to the fact that i've lost count of how many i have), but i loove looooove wreaths and if it wouldnt look so totally ridiculous i probably would have one on every wall, yes i love them that much.
handmade treasures...i think these are the best, and they make me happy, i can't remember when i made this but it was my first attempt to a log cabin block, i don't know the actual requirements of a log cabin block, i just did what i though would look cute. and yes the planting has begun, slowly but surely i will keep adding more and more flowers and vines to this place, and most likely it will be a tangled mess to my husband but a lovely cottage-y look in my eyes.

my inspiration...

from: cottage style decorating by sunset

one of my favorite books to just sit and stare at. i think i'm going to start tackling the outside of the house again.

i want to be her

i'm not to be jealous of many people, i love to meet women with a ton of talent or prettiness or confidence and LEARN. but this woman is the shiz, i can honestly have the crappiest day and i'll drop everything (after the kids are asleep) and go to her blog and i will seriously be in tears from laughter. she's amaaaaaazing, she's hysterical, and darn it i really want to be her sometimes. she's so freakin' cool.

and i have to do my disclaimer: i still think the sun and the moon rise and set on martha stewart for creativity, but i've never wanted to be her, just want to learn from her.

what i did yesturday

well as if we don't have enough crazy going on around here, lets just add a whole new litter to the mess shall we?things i learned from the experience 1)i'm super happy i only have one kid at a time, i mean i could probably handle twins but uh no thank you to 7 at a time. 2) it may be a lot cleaner of an experience for cats to give birth, but it's still gross, and am going to throw away the blanket and towels that were used in the process. 3)cats go through laybor, pretty much like every other living thing. i felt so bad for her she kept meowing a deep meow and all i could say was "oh, i 'm sooo sorry kitty!" and after 5 i started to say "okay you can stop now!" ... they sure are cute, and the kids are trying REAL hard to convince me that the cat would be royally upset with me if i even think about giving the kittens away there's no way i'm going to keep all the cats but they are pretty set on it, i'm already tired just thinking of the the fights and nashing of the teeth that is going to happen when the time comes... and notice the new shoe? yuppers a new great find at aero when i was with jake up at slc on the clearance rack...
i've been going through my photos, trying to upload them into the computer, here's a funny one of me on my 6th (?) birthday, love the hard liquor amoungst the birthday celebration. apparently we knew how to party. found this picture of our wedding day, gosh i miss you.
and the spring cleaning is in full swing over here, i'm going through EVERYTHING and getting rid of and simplifying, clothing, decorations, toys, and just anything i don't want to keep. i moved up the cat food and the cereal bags out of reach from my little organizer, and ofcourse the ever so many loads of laundry that happens with trips. i'm still playing catch up, but i'm starting to love my house again.

somethings i DIDN'T do yesturday: 1) check other peoples blogs, i swear i try, it just gets super hard to, but i love to see what's going on with everone 2) go to bed at a reasonable hour 3) go to the grocery store 4)make dinner (we ate pizza) 5)manage to have a wonderful experince doing homwork with my 8 year old (he ended up smearing pizza all over it so he didnt have to do it any more, but i made him do it anyways. 6) get any real crafting done except a few things here and there (hence the late night and no blog checking, and no catching up on my shows). maybe today i'll get some of these things done. wish me luck.