so what wednesday

it's that time of the week again! time to link up with the lovely shannon dew for another round of so what wednesday!

 

here's what i'm saying so what to this week:

 

*if i can't stop looking at my phone to see if the doctor will call yet? check out last thursday's post for an explanation.

 

*if i go home from work each day and promtly put on yoga pants & a sweatshirt?

 

*if i am meticulous about Christmas lights?

 

*if we've had our scentsy warmers for a whole year & i've always had the same scent in them? i just love stain sheets, even tho i have probably 12 other scents. also, i don't know how to change them... do you warm up the wax then just pour it out?

 

*if i use different laundry soap for sheets & towels than i do for regular clothes?

 

*if i don't really know what i want for christmas this year? and i don't really know what to get anyone? it doesn't help that the mr and i didn't set a budget for each other...

 

*if i'm a terrible blogger and told you on monday that i'd do a shop update yesterday then i didn't do it? please don't hate me!! i promise it will be soon!

 

*if i spent $35 at the post office yesteday? we needed stamps & i had 3 packages to send.

 

what are you saying so what to this week?

had on over to life after i dew to link up &

see what everyone else is so what-ing this week!

 

love, mrs. k

hey that's pintastic/craft weekend

linking up with AP for another

round of 'hey, that's pintastic!'

 

this week i tried my hand at making this pin:

my pin

pizza hot dish!

 

i followed the instructions from for mamas, the blog almost to a 't'.

i used a mix of mozzerela cheese and italian blend as well as some grated parm for good measure and i added a layer of pepperonis after the first layer of ground beef and i added some italian seasoning per the blog's suggestions.

 

delish!! i will for sure make this again!

you should try it if you haven't.

 

lucky you- you get to read about craft weekend today too!

this weekend my friend lacey came up for a holiday edition of craft weekend. we got so much done!! i made:

sugar scrub in 3 scents

5 coffee cup cozies (see last week's 'hey, that's pin-tastic')

2 pairs of pj pants

vinyl letter art for our bathroom wall

bunting & 5 chalkboards for the smoothie station at church

the 2nd half of my advent calendar for the blog swap i hosted

 

late friday night my dining room table looked like this:

 

craft weekend ended up being cramped a little bit because my sewing machine totally craped out! for real- there is no fixing it this time. the tread tension went out. good thing i'm getting the mr's grandma's old/new one. one of her daughters bought it for her and it has too many buttons so she doesn't like using it and she's going to let me have it :) only down side is that we aren't going home again until christmas, so i won't get it til then and i still have some sewing projects to do... good thing i have nice friends who will let me borrow theirs :)

 

come back tomorrow about a great craft sale announcement!!

love, mrs. k

 

exploding closet

i have an exploding closet because i like clothes. a lot. i have WAY more than i need. i'm telling you this because i'm looking for a better way to organize & store all of my stuff. i'm sick of fighting with my closet trying to get things in and out. let me just share with you my clothing situation in pictures:

 

under our bed:

long storage totes- on the left: high heels, on the right: purses & bags

at the foot of our bed- on the left: dress pants, on the right: skirts

 

in my closet

(the one in our room, the mr uses the front coat closet and a storage closet for his clothes):

jeans in a closet organizer that hangs from the rod that i bought at target- totally intended for use in the dorms. not a grown up closet.

 scarves: the up & down hanger has my infinity scarves & the other hangers with shower curtain hooks house all of regular scarves. yes, each hook has AT LEAST one scarf.

 side 1: shirts & tops organized by color

side 2: still organized by color. please note how far back the hangers go. dresses go after shirts.

 

on the floor of my closet:

my shoe rack- some are inside the front or back door because we don't wear shoes in our house.

my shoe tote- for sandals & flip flops

 

also in our bedroom:

piles of shirts i've gotten from work/youth events & tshirts that are not hanger worthy and a pile of pj bottoms/shorts

my makeshift dresser for tank tops, unmentionables, socks, swimsuits, leggings, & white tshirts

 

in the other room we have a shelf for sweatshirts & sweater- i forgot to take a pic of that. but it's about 3 feet wide with 4 shelves. i have the top 2 & the mr has the bottom 2.

isn't this insane!

 

how do you organize your clothes/closet?

any suggestions on how to organize mine?

 

love, mrs. k

 



ps- everything with my echo went well yesterday. the doctor will read the results today and call me within a week to let me know how it looks. thanks for your thoughts & prayers!

i'm nervous

back in august i told you about a loved one of mine that was having a pretty serious surgery. at the time he didn't want to tell lots of people. he seems to be more ok with it now. so i'm going to share a little of our story with you.

i have written and rewritten this post because i have no idea how to share it with you...

the loved one is my dad. he had/has (not sure if or when it ever switches to past tense) hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, more commonly called HCM. wikipedia has all sorts of great information about it if you're looking for a medical explanation. basically HCM causes the center wall of your heart to grow to be too thick. when you hear of highschool athlets that have heart attcks during games or races, they typically have this as well.

in my dad's case the center wall grew into the right side of his heart. so every time his heart pumped blood it pumped less than it should. in turn, making the heart work harder.
here's an idea of what it looked like:

source- more good info about hcm

i think it kinda looks like fat but the tan-ish color is representing the muscle that it too large.

before the surgery my dad could not walk & talk at the same time, he could not walk a block without stopping to catch is breath & rest.

dad had open heart surgery to correct this. what they do is go in and shave away at the heart muscle to take the extra out. the doctor took out about as much muscle as the size of my thumb. crazy to think about when your heart is only as big as your fist.

dad is recovering well. he's back to work, he can walk a mile and a half without stopping. things are good. he's still sore sometimes and it still hurts to cough, but life is good.

but, hcm is genetic. all of my dad's sibling have been tested and my sister has been tested, none of them have it. i'm getting tested today. that's why i'm nervous. no one has ever told me this but, in my mind, if i have hcm any plans for a baby are out the window until we figure it out. i mean, if my heart has to work extra hard just to support me, how would it support me and a baby? like i said, i'm not a medical professional and no one has told me that hcm will hinder my baby dreams- that's just my mind working over time.

so, my appointment is at 10:30 this morning (cst), wish me luck. i'll be back with an update later.

love, mrs. k

so what wednesday

it's that time of the week again!!

linking up with shannon for a little 'so what'.

here's what i'm saying to so what to this week:

 

*if i bought elf on a shelf and we don't have kids? i know full well that it will be years before we can use it. i just love him. and i can't resist pinterest. don't judge.

 

*if i watched magic mike by myself while i was hunting widow?

 

*if almost everything on my christmas wish list is over $50 if not $100?

 

*if i was the 5th wheel turkey day weekend? the mr had to work and i know it makes me a terrible wife but i was not missing out on that family time.

 

*if the only black friday shopping i did was a JoAnn Fabric?

 

*if i'm nervous for tomorrow? come back then to see why.

 

*if i jump when the phone at work rings?

 

*if it took the mr calling me a hoarder to clean my craft room? well, that and the fact that i wanted to put the tree & decorations up.

 

what are you saying so what to this week?

head on over to life after i 'dew' to link up &

see what everyone else is saying so what to!

love, mrs. k

thanksgiving 2012 in numbers

'normal' recap posts bore me so this year this is what you get, our thanksgiving in numbers:

thanksgiving dinners i consumed: 3 *not counting left overs

miles driven by me & the mr: 860

nights in a hotel: 3

times i went down the waterslide: 1

times i got to hold my cousin's baby: 2

dollars spent on fabric on black friday: $95 *now taking orders for infinity scarves & coffee cozies!

rounds of shit on your neighbor played: 10

pies baked on thanksgiving: 6 (+1 cheesecake)

pies left over: 5 1/2 (+ 1/2 cheesecake)

people at mr's family thanksgiving on wed: 21- we were only missing 10!!

people at my family thanksgiving on thur: 21+ the baby in anna's belly- we were only missing 1

times my sister and i fought: 0!

hugs i got: 100's probably :)

weird dreams i had: 5

brueggers bagels consumed: 1

brueggers bagles bought to bring home: 6

trips to target: 1 :( not enough

christmas presents bought: 1

tickets i won at dave & busters: 668

temperature range: 60* above to 0*

trips to starbucks: 1- my tastebuds are sad but my waist line & checkbook are happy

 

so that was our thanksgiving.

hope you remembered all that you're thankful for this year!

love, mrs. k

hey, that's pin-tastic!

i can't believe i took 2 weeks off of linking up with AP!

but i'm back with another pinterest project to share!

 

this week's project was inspired by this pin:

 

which lead to this website/tutorial:

crafty staci

 

and my finished project:

if you follow crafty staci's tutorial i would suggest cutting your fabric bigger than the template she gives you. i found my first attempt to be really small- i added at least 1/2 and inch all the way around on the second (& third) attempts and it was much better. i will be making lots of these :) also- be sure that you cut in really close on the corners corners before you flip it right-side out and sew again. i had issues in the corners with my fabric being to thick.

 

love, mrs. k