Housing Update

Well, The managers seem to be on my side and think that the people are overreacting. I made her some zucchini bread as a peace offering and went away for a week to give her a break. (actually I went away because my brother just got back from BRAZIL!! So exciting!) We now are very careful to step lightly and I tiptoe a lot. I refuse to stop Ella from playing loudly because hey, that's what childhood is all about and we live here as well. I don't know if it is making any difference but the managers pretty much said that they are not going to do anything else and the neighbors will just have to get over it. Hopefully the zucchini bread soothed their tired ears and they are happier. Who knows,maybe we can be friends not enemies.

Ahh, apartment life.

You have to love it.

What would you do?

We have had our neighbors come upstairs to complain about noise twice since they moved in seven days ago. They say that we walk like giants with heavy heel two movement. Actually it is just the wife who comes up to complain. I have tried to be quieter and to keep Ella quiet but there is only so much that we can do. Tonight they came while we were sitting down at dinner and said that it had just been really noisy. The only walking that we had done was when Charles went to get something out of the oven. I guess I feel that they may be overreacting a bit, but I also feel bad for being so annoying. Anyways, I am pretty sure that they have called the managers about it because I just checked my messages and they want to meet with me. The ironic thing is that we have always lived upstairs in our apartments and nobody has ever complained about us before. And if you know us you know that we have lived in A LOT of different places. So, do we all tiptoe or just carry on with life and tell them they need to get over it?

Imagination

This girl has it. She is always making up new games. Today she was "using" my blender (minus the blade of course) and pretending to pour in fruits and veggies while making a grinding noise! So cute! She also like to feed her babies and make sucking noises when they are taking a bottle. She has also been known to use sippy cups as guns and make shooting sounds as the milk sprays out. (Not really sure where she learned that one...)

Photo by Judy. Isn't she an amazing photographer! I love it when she takes pictures for us!

Funny Girl

Wedding

Congratulations Hugh and Emily! What a beautiful couple. Emily was stunning with her happy smile and gorgeous dress! We loved seeing them and the rest of the family. Here are some moments from the day.

Graduated

Finally! I actually have a certificate telling me how smart I am. Just kidding. If there is one thing that I have learned in college it is that there are so many things I do not know or understand. I am happy to be done and had a wonderful graduation celebration! I would post pictures but I am recuperating from a week babysitting my 4 little cousins along with Ella. Three of them are under the age of two and in diapers. Whew, it was hard work but lots of fun. I will post the pictures at some point in the future.

Sewing projects

Here is some catch up on what I have been sewing of late.


I love the skirt! It has godets in it. (I think that it how it is spelled, pronounced go day.) Anyways it is a lot of fun to spin around in. Now I just need Charles to take me out dancing!
The pants have welt pockets which are supposed to be hard to make but truthfully were not all that bad. I think that I had more trouble with the skirt than the pants. I used a Burda pattern for the skirt and it was a BAD experience. I don't know that I will buy another Burda pattern. ever. The godet insert pattern piece was much to big for the panel piece. I had to pretty much remake the pattern pieces. I may as well have made my own pattern. the directions were pretty confusing as well. I used a Vogue pattern for my pants. Vogue patterns are more expensive but wont it. They have more detailed instructions and are easier to follow.

Lately we have been doing a project every two weeks. I am working on a knit hoodie at the moment. Next up is my very first quilt.
9did I mention there are only three weeks left in the semester!) SO exciting! I have to say, it is soooo nice to have machine here at home! If I didn't have it here I would live in the sewing lab and we would only eat boxed mac and cheese for dinner. (oh wait, lately we have been doing that anyways...)
I am a bit nervous about picking out fabric for the quilt. My teacher gave me a lot of good advice hopefully it helps. Wish me luck!