Another day another dish!

Our dishwasher and I have had some words today. It has decided to stop washing our dishes and that's just unacceptable. I don't know where it gets off thinking I am seriously going to wash all these dishes especially when I hate getting my hands wet. I know...Jared laughs and thinks it's hysterical. I can't help it. I just hate getting my hands wet and especially doing dishes. Needless to say the dishwasher and I are not on speaking terms at the moment and I am going to need Jared to come to the rescue. I will seriously strike over this one. I just can't have a dishwasher that doesn't work if I am expected to try and keep my sanity. Jared has commented to me that I cook like I am on Food Network with a staff of people just swoop in after me and clean up. Of course as he was telling me this all I could do then is daydream about a huge kitchen where I make it a total mess and someone else comes through and cleans it up. Not only cleans it up but organizes it and puts out all the things I will need for the recipe I will be making next. Doesn't that sound wonderful, ladies? Oh well. Jared's my only current staff and I need to get the other members of the house trained up on this.

I also locked myself out of the house which was quite exciting. Luckily all the kids were with me although I did it once before a year or two ago and Ian was able to unlock the door for me. That would have been a great big help but this time Jared had to come to our rescue. I am not smart enough to have a spare key at the neighbors house. I am so thankful to God for our wonderful neighbor who was home and let me use the phone. Yes...my phone was in the house, too. I guess I need to change some of my habits so that does not happen again. It was not fun.

Lia is not feeling well today. She has some type of wheeze when she breathes and cries so I am taking her to the doctor. They need to make Lysol bombs for homes when sickness hits. Our whole family got sick last week and I refuse to get sick again. I feel terrible that out of all of us that my little Lia is not feeling well. Hopefully the doctor will be able to give her something to make her feel better very soon.

Um...can you tell it's been a very interesting day for me? Maybe another cup of coffee will make me feel better although I think a little Starbucks liqueur would make it so much better on a day like this. It certainly would give me a little more energy to get something done today.

Well off now to make dinner and make more dishes! Grrrr

To Blog or Not to Blog...

Alright so I have been kicking around this blog thing for a long time now and I think I am just going to stop thinking about it & do it! Our lives are so super busy and I do not see it slowing down anytime soon. I am learning that sometimes you need to just make the decision and move on.

This is THE best time of the year in my opinion. I love fall. I love the smell of a crisp Autumn morning, meals in the slow cooker, and the beautiful colors that God allows us to enjoy in the trees. There is the excitement of upcoming holidays to be spent with friends and family.  I love pumpkins and yes I even love it getting dark earlier. I just love having a warm ambiance in the house with the glow of candles and even the lights of stores when driving around in the evening. I love it all!


On another subject, I have found a passion for all things creative! I absolutely love making gift baskets for people. Here is one I made for my sister-in-law almost 5 years ago for her baby shower.

This next picture is a diaper cake I recently made for another baby shower.

I need to make this into a business! I can not imagine being able to have this much fun using the creativity that God blessed me with and getting paid to do it. How awesome would that be?

Well for now these are the fun little projects I am doing for family and friends. There will be pictures to come of the one that I will be making for another baby shower.

I guess in ending this post...the answer is YES...with all the things going on in my life I will be blogging and it will be more for my sanity than yours but if it helps yours then that's just a plus.