Relaxing Weekend

So I hope all of you had a nice weekend. Mine was very relaxing. I took a half day of vacation on Thursday because I had to take a gestational diabetes class at Beaumont hospital. My doctor thought I would benefit even though I am already a Type 2 diabetic. However, the class is held only on Tuesday and Thursday from noon-3pm. What a way to be flexible to us working folks! It was interesting though and I learned that I am not eating enough. My meals are fine but my snacks are to small. Oh twist my arm and make me eat more! Once I got home I took a nap and made dinner.

On Friday I stayed home while the hubby went to his friend's house to get my brakes fixed. Now there is no more grinding noise when I go to stop. Then we had a nice dinner and went to bed early. Saturday was my cousin's open house so we went there for a few hours and then Sunday we again stayed in and relaxed. This was a nice calm before the storm.

We move in a little over a month. The baby could be delivered in a little over a month. Are you sensing the stress that is going on here? All we can do is take it one day at a time and get as much done as possible. I am on vacation next week so I will be sorting all the paper and junk in the closet of death. I just need to keep repeating to myself "this to shall pass" and take a deep breath.

On the crafting front I have continued to make pretty good progress on the Winnie the Pooh latch hook kit. I would show you a picture but I am to lazy to find working batteries for the camera. Just take the last picture and add most of Pooh's head and the start of Tigger's head and you will get the point. Until next time ....

Blast From the Past

When I was growing up I was not a crafty kid. I made some Christmas ornaments with my mom, I especially remember the famous clothespin reindeer. However, one thing I used to love to do was latch hook kits. I made a clown and started but never finished one of the famous flying bike scene from E.T.

Fast forward to sometime in 2004. I was newly married and working at a job I absolutely hated. I needed something productive to do with my time or I was going to stress eat my way to 300 lbs. That is when I decided to head to JoAnns and find something crafty to do with my time. I bought a couple of counted cross stitch ornaments, a learn to knit kit and a Winnie The Pooh latch hook kit. I tried to knit but I was not understanding the diagrams and kI needed to take a class to learn. The cross stitch also intimidated me so I did not even try it. Then I turned to my old friend the latch hook kit. I have always known that I wanted to decorate my nursery in Winnie the Pooh so I figured it would be a good wall hanging one day. I did about 7 rows, took that knitting class and put the kit away in my closet until this past weekend.



I have added about 10 rows since Saturday. It takes me about 30-45 minutes to complete a row. I would love to have this done before the baby is born but I am not sure that is going to happen. It is so big that I can only work on it at home but I am loving the reminder of my childhood. Anyone want to take bets on how old this kid will be before this hangs on their wall? Until next time ....