Joy Leanne

  The house is a mess, but in a good way. Piles of toys, piles of books, piles of fabric, relaxed bodies sprawled on the floor. Yes the house is a mess, but it's the kind of mess I thank God for!

Today was one of those days where nothing went quite right. Nothing was went wrong exactly. But nothing went as smoothly as I was hoping. My potatoes over cooked. I let the bread rise to long. My errands took longer than I anticipated. The fabric picnic basket came out horribly awkward even on the second try. Goose is up way past bed time. The house is a mess. Not a bad day. Just a day full of reminders of my humanness (is that even a word?).  Thankfully there was also a few quite hours at the sewing machine. The chance to try and encourage and minister to some one who was there for me when I desperately needed encouragement. A family dinner celebrating a special person. Fresh baked bread. Pretty fabric to work with. And the anticipation of an evening spent in bed with journals, fabric, and HGTV hoping, dreaming, and planning. So tonight, I am thankful that I am humane, thankful that I serve a God so much bigger than I am, and thankful for my super fluffy comforter.

  Maddie Goose fed herself for the first time yesterday after church. Mashed potatoes were a big hit! I have five followers now, so I will be hosting a give away for this book mark and the end of next month. If we can add five more followers between now and then I will add a doll to the give away as well. I finally picked out and photographed my fabric for the Amy Butler Birdie Sling bag I am making this weekend. It took me forever to pick out fabric. It wasn't until this project that I realized I tend to gravitate towards very juvenile fabric. Maybe it's becuase I sew mostly for little ones, or maybe I just like bright colors. But so much of what I was picking out looked like fabric more suited to a diaper bag, not a purse for personal use. At one point I picked out a great black, red, and white combo, but the more I looked at it the more I realized how not me it was. While I would love to be one of those amazing people who wears red lip stick in the middle of the afternoon a...

Sorry for the lull in posting. Hubby and I were struck with the stomach flu and have been down for the count the past few days. Times like this I am extra thankful to be living near family. His parents stepped in and took the girls for a few days so we could sleep. Then today they came and helped me put the house back in order. I can actually see all my floors again! It's a miracle! After all that I was even able to go shopping for a bit. I finally picked out the fabric I will be using next weekend to make the Amy Butler Birdie Sling. It took me forever to decide on fabric and I am so relieved it's finally done. I wanted to post pictures but by the time I got home it was to dark to take any. Hopefully tomorrow. I also stopped at Barnes and Noble and picked up a copy of Blogging for Bliss.   I've heard mixed reviews about the book so hopefully it will be worth the money. While I was there I browsed the journal section and found an awesome sketch book and came strait home an...

Today was hubby's day off so I didn't get much done. Well I didn't get much house work or crafting done today. I did, however, get to spend a lot of time with the family. Watching TV, meeting with our real-estate guy, taking naps. Tonight we went to a revival service at our church and had a wonderful time of refreshing and reconnecting. Tomorrow I'll clean house.

I've decided I want a happiness/inspirational journal. So I spent the afternoon online looking at ideas, journals, and other things that make me happy. I am now lusting after... Sharpie Markers from Sam's Club. Leather journal from  threestories over at etsy. And this funky journal by FunTime324 at etsy. What about you all? What do you journal in. What do you journal about? How do you journal?

Feeling a little discouraged today. Not a lot to say. So I will simply share a picture of a patch I am working on for another onesie for Goose. Sorry for the poor quality picture. I took it after the sun went down. Will post pictures of the finished product (hopefully tomorrow.) Happy weekend!