So Talented and Creative!

While multi-tasking at work I've been blog surfing and browsing all kinds of cute, crafty ideas people come up with. It makes me want to be creative, or just a copycat. Seriously though, how do people come up with the time to make the project, photograph it and then be witty when they post about it. Its all so much effort!
Here are some recent favorites:

Fun ideas At Second Street

I want to make this skirt from Freshly Picked

Guess I better invest in a sewing machine if I keep following Tea Rose Home

Melissa's flowers always brighten my day at Blossom Sweet

Coming up... Vacations!

April

Going here...

taking these...

for a little of this...

but hopfully not this!

May

Going to take one of these

to see this guy

and a few of these

July
Back to bliss down south

for a little of this

but mostly R&R. Ahhhh.

Excited!

Just the Usual

I know, my blog (and sometimes my life) is so boring. I think about deleting the blog and just keeping up on Facebook but I enjoy reading and viewing everyone elses adventures. So I'll post the occasional exciting things and try not to get bogged down with the everyday mundane.

The Second Annual Bootleg (and Baby) Tour is scheduled for the end of July. On my dad's side I have family in San Francisco and Seattle - wine country. This year we're traveling up to see new additions to the family also - twins (for Jen and Andrew) and a new baby girl (for Chris and Ami). I'm excited to have time off work for an official vacation, even though I'll probably still be on baby duty. It may not be a sunny beach vacation with tropical drinks but I will be soaking up the R&R.

I am still anxiously awaiting getting into my house. I paid my first mortgage payment this month and while it was exciting for the first time I'm sure it will get old fast. Especially when its my own money and not from renters! The carpet is almost ten years old so I'm saving to put in new carpet and hard wood floors on the main level when the place is empty.

I have three new swimsuits ready and waiting to meet my hot tub. Slightly exessive - but they were all on sale! October is still bikini season right?

Dress search is on

The newest from the maid of honor dress search. I'm finding all the ones I like are black. Not a great color for a wedding.

The previous favorite from David's Bridal turned out to be a bust. Very pretty in the picture, not so pretty in person.

Dreams - My Subconscious Coming Through?

I keep having the weirdest dreams. I've been out of high school eight years now and still regularly have dreams about being back there. Not nostalgic, sentamental dreams but ones where I can't remember my locker combination. Dreams where I haven't been to class for so long that I can't remember which seat is mine and I know I must be failing. When I got to work today I had this errant thought that I needed to get online to check my midterm grades.

What does it all mean? I didn't do poorly in high school. I may have sluffed a couple classes. Why is my subconscious traveling back all the way to high school? My college career was more recent, and probably more stressful!

They're wild, crazy, loud, snot nosed, rambunctious... and they're cooped up in the waiting room.

The visitor's policy in L&D is four people plus spouse can be on the unit. I swear no matter how throughly I explain this either the patients don't get it or they don't care. It wouldn't be such a problem if each family could contain and keep to themselves but that's asking entirely too much. The last shift I worked we had a unit full of children bouncing off the wall. Their parents were too busy to be concerned with what their kids were doing. Okay, so maybe the family is super close - but do I'm doubting the laboring mother wants everone crowded around her door, ears pressed to the wood, straining to hear that first cry. If mom was that concerned you hear/see her seconds old vernex/meconium covered baby she would have invited you into the room for the whole painful ordeal.

I've come to the conclusion that the extended family is more hindrance than helpful. There is so much to get done in that first hour after birth. And contrary to popular belief even after baby is delivered there is still some exposure of mom's parts to be done - fundus checks, clean up, breastfeeding, etc.

So just for future reference, if you have a baby and I'm not there immediately after delivery or I don't visit you in the hospital its not because I don't love you. And you'll probably love me all the more because I won't interupt those precious moments of sleep you're catching at the same time the baby is napping.

Lisa's Wedding

I'm pretty sure everyone knows by now but my sister Lisa and her boyfriend Mike are getting married in September. Even though I'm trying not to take on responsibilities that aren't my own I still stress over the details. The days are slipping away and there is still so much to do! I'm being hands off... mostly. We found this dress at David's Bridal and Lisa now may have to plan her colors around my bridesmaid's dress - Champagne and Black Strapless Tulle Dress with Caviar Beading. You know it is pretty from just the description.

*For whatever reason I can't get the picture to transfer, ugh, so if you're really interested you'll have to view it in a different window. http://www.davidsbridal.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplayView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10051&categoryId=-49998944&currentIdx=3&subCategory=-49998947%7c-49998944&catentryId=2001041