Favorite Stuff

Considering I haven't written a random post about nothing recently I decided that I am behind on meaningless posts. As a random side note before I start I would like to say that I am SOOO glad that my visiting Colin post has finally knocked my downeast bashing post from the number one spot. Also the post about questionable cereal marshmallows has moved down one as well, haha I NEVER would have guessed so many people would have read it. That being said I can move on. Recently I have decided I need to make a list of things that I really love. So here it is, no particular order.

1. Family history! In May I pulled out a huge family history chart that was from my great Grandma Hazel and decided I wanted to fill out as much of it as I could. The chart has David and I as the second place and our first kid is first. It's been really awesome to dig up all the names from the church's website but I was also lucky enough to have a little help from David's Granny Lou. She helped me fill in the Warden part of the chart. I feel much closer to our relatives after knowing their names. David and I plan to pretty much only use family names for our kids. I can't tell you how often I correct people when spelling my name and it isn't even that uncommon, there's just 50 ways to  spell it (literally). I'm excited to have names that our kids can have in common with their ancestors as well as be easy to spell pronounce and grow into.

this is before I filled in David's side

2. Clorox/ Lysol house wipes. What can I say? They cut down on my laundry and make everything we use them on smell and feel clean, I just can't live without them. They are great for cleaning the kitchen, bathroom, and I like to use them on/ in the car as well. Great stuff.


3. This one I'm not going to talk about specifically, it's kinda personal, but I will give some comments and a link. It's called the Diva cup. I found out about it over Christmas break on an annoying little add on the sidebar of Facebook. At first I was like, WEIRD! Mainly because they also had washable feminine napkins on the website, which are awesome for ladies in foreign countries but again NOT for me. Then I got to thinking about how much money I could save not buying personal products all the time and decided to give it a try. I should also state that this is as close to "green" or "eco" friendly as I can get. All you amazing ladies who cloth diaper your babies (Julie, Darci and I know there's more) I could NOT do it. Mainly cuz it's gross, I don't do poop, and yes I know that by having children I will deal with poop plently but regular diapers are bad enough. All the more power to the ladies that can. Anyways I've used it, decided I like it but I'll admit there was a sharp leaning curve with it. Never thought I would be able to say I use something like it but its been really convenient.

4. Classical music, and church music. I have always been a BIG music lover. Unlike some people even as a teen I can remember listening to just about everything all the time. Over the last 2+ years I have found myself listening to less and less of anything, even in the car. That is different for me but the other thing I feel that I have changed is that I no longer only listen to soft music just for bed, when I'm stressed or tired. Lately I've been turning it on in the car whenever. I like it. Change is good.

5. Sewing. I have always liked sewing. Ever since I was a little kid I liked the idea of being able to make some thing I could actually use. I can remember on plenty of occasions trying to use my mother's nice sewing machine by myself to do things I probably shouldn't have, sorry Mom. I have decided to try and make a dress. It's going to be pretty darn cute, but as usual I'm having a difficult time keeping it going. I'll do a ton of work on it one day, and then not touch it for a week. Yea, I could work on consistency.

before I cut out my pattern

after