Isaac's Baby Blanket

Thanks to rain and snow this past weekend, I was able to finish Isaac’s baby quilt.

Let’s be honest, I don’t like the cold so when it gets cold I am more than happy to curl up on the couch and knit or quilt. The upshot of quilting, I have a blanket as I work.

I did shades of blue fabric and embroidered his name, his initials, and crosses in yellow on the front.

Then for a pop of color Vince chose a pretty yellow/orange for the back.

It is certainly not the traditional pastels of baby blankets, but Isaac has plenty of pastels and this was so much fun to quilt.

Weekly 2016 Goal Update, Week 4 of 52

1. Complete the 2016 Declutter challenge. 

We have made some more progress of getting rid of items from the house. I'm winning!

2. Have the following things finished when Isaac arrives.
    I still need to finish hanging art on the walls in the Master Bedroom.
    Secure speaker wires, so Roomba stops trying to eat them. 
    Make sure birthing boxes are ready!
    Rehang laundry room shelves. 

It makes me so happy that everything is crossed off the list of things to do before Isaac gets here. That is a huge stress off my shoulders. 

3. Finish the following projects by end of year.
    Clean out the Garage.

Since I finished everything on the Baby To Do list I have been cleaning out the garage more. If Isaac decide to wait and come late I might actually finish the garage. 

    Cut down trees in back yard… Finally.
    Re-gravel paths.

4. Pay off some of our debt by end of year. 
    Pay of Credit Card #1 – 
    Pay off Credit Card #2
    Pay off half of Student loan #1

5. If God sees fit, have Isaac at home.

I had my 39 week checkup yesterday. Everything looked good and now we just wait!  

6. Survive the first year with Isaac.

7. Eat more meals from scratch, made with local foods.

I now have a freezer full of meals so that we wont have to resort to takeout. I also managed to either use or eat all the yummy meat we recently bought at the farm, so we may have to get more. 

8. Keep making the house less toxic. 

9. Complete a home inventory list.

10. Special Secret Goal

Finished Master Bedroom

I am so super excited! Our bedroom finally has art on the walls and I can call it finished.

Mama kindly braved the cold and brought the mirror and art. Then her and Vince kindly hung the mirror and art, since I’m basically useless at this point.

The walls are bright, but I am not afraid of color and absolutely love bright colors with my black and white bedding. The bedding is what inspired the room. I got it over 10 years ago and have never found bedding that I like half as much as this. And it looks great with bright colors (like bright pink, aqua, and now “coral”).

You can see that baby has already started to take over, that’s fine with me.

Mama insisted the stuffed animals be out of the basket so it looks like a "baby's room."

Weekly 2016 Goal Update, Week 3 of 52

1. Complete the 2016 Declutter challenge. 

See the photos of all the trash from the garage... 

2. Have the following things finished when Isaac arrives.

I still need to finish hanging art on the walls in the Master Bedroom.

Still waiting for Mama to bring the mirror and art down. She has been sick so hopefully she gets well soon.

Secure speaker wires, so Roomba stops trying to eat them.

Make sure birthing boxes are ready!

The Midwives came and did the home visit and we are all set to go. Now we just get to wait for Isaac to make his appearance!

Rehang laundry room shelves. 

3. Finish the following projects by end of year.

Clean out the Garage. 

Somehow when I intended to wash and put away all the baby clothes, I ended up spending the whole day cleaning out the garage. This is how it happened… I went to the kitchen to get something, and forgot what I went in there for. Then I saw I left a few recyclable containers on the counter, so I took them out to the garage. Then I got lent and dust all over my socks from the nasty garage floor (our dryer vents into the garage so it gets dirty). Well this made me want to sweep up all the stuff on the floor.

Then I had trouble sweeping around these so I started rearranging.

5 hours and 8 bags full of garbage I had a clean garage. I had been keeping lots of stuff like wood, nails, and things that were too small or messed up to be of use… so good bye! I still kept the usable scrap wood and nails, but they are more organized. I also found a use for our old “broken-ish” Irobot, he now lives in the garage and is scheduled to clean everyday. Hopefully that will help the lent problem and so far it seems to be working.

I will not consider the garaged “cleaned out” quite yet because there are still some things to sort through, but it is so much cleaner I smile every time I go into the garage now.

Cut down trees in back yard… Finally.

Re-gravel paths.

4. Pay off some of our debt by end of year.

Pay of Credit Card #1 – 

Pay off Credit Card #2

Pay off half of Student loan #1

5. If God sees fit, have Isaac at home.

6. Survive the first year with Isaac.

7. Eat more meals from scratch, made with local foods.

I have been cooking a few freezer meals with our new meat from this weekend so hopefully that will help limit take-out after Isaac gets here.

I also made beef broth and the dogs got the left over bones, so even they are eating better J

8. Keep making the house less toxic. 

This month’s MightFix was reusable sandwich and snack bags, which makes packing Vince’s lunch so much nicer! They are so much better than plastic baggies, and so much cuter… not that Vince cares about that cuteness any.

9. Complete a home inventory list.

10. Special Secret Goal