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i meant, american horror story... that has been bugging me since i hit post on the last one.

i owe.

i owe a lot of explanation to the teasers of last night's post, but tonight isn't the night for it.  i've been up past midnight every night this week.  i'm obsessed with a show on TV (american horror show on FX) that i need to watch my tivo'd episodes of.  and i am just so happy to have had yet another successful halloween party tonight,  thank you to my friends who made amazing dishes and awesome pumpkin pie martinis!!!!
the kids looked amazing (as did some of you adults!)  thank you for making my favorite holiday that much more awesome!


tomorrow, i will tell the rest of the other.

to come...

I have so much to write about; so many stories to come. Like about the baby walking, and talking. And my potentially making the worst parenting decision to date (it's really not that bad, but I rocked m's world, which is why I am writing from my phone in my nigh-light-lit bedroom with her sleeping next to me.
All of this to come. But now, I pray, sleep!

night off.

i'm taking tonight to relax, watch tivo, and drink a glass of wine.  three things i haven't done in way too many nights!  my children have been asleep for a while (and i'm guessing my husband has been, too, since he put M to bed and hour and a half ago...)  i am enjoying the silence of the house, the hum of the tv, and- oddly enough, the snore of the dog.  
while, in general, i don't know what i would do with my life if my house was clean, my projects were complete and my life was in order, it's nice to sit here and pretend that there is not a sewing machine on my dining room table with feet and feet and feet of crinoline surrounding it, halloween decorations strewn around the house as if decorated by a four-year-old (ummm, yeah), and an entire new load of laundry piled up on my chair to be folded.  i will just sit here and pretend that i live like everyone else- organized, tidy and up-to-date with life.  


i can deal with the rest later.  like in november!

Quick update...

So i cheated a little (with iron-on adhesives and hand-sewing the trims), but the girls' costumes are COMPLETE!  and so damn cute i could scream!  they have a halloween party tomorrow afternoon, so we're going to have somewhat of a dress rehearsal.  i am hoping that i don't have too much further work to do before the weekend... although i'm sure something will need to be tweaked here or there!  


and now, i am off to bed, finally!  my eyes don't handle the fine-tuned visual needs that sewing brings; they need to shut, for a very long time!  

We did it!

i have to say that today has been one of my favorite days in forever.  i absolutely adore my baby, and when i say what i am about to say, it has no reflection on her.  but, the baby slept for an almost three hour nap today, and it was one of the best three hours M and i have had in forever!  first, we played yahtzee for a while, then we set up the sewing machine and computer, and got to work.  After many videos on youtube and reading through the manuals a few times, my amazing four-year-old and i learned how to sew!  It was so fun to work side by side with her, and i'm pretty sure that she will remember this day for years to come; i know i will forever.  we stared diligently at the computer, rewinding when the steps got confusing.  M asked questions that forced me to figure out the answers.  So with her help (she has much better eyes and aim for small threading holes) and with my patience, we somehow figured out how to use the godforsaken machine!  now, tonight, after i sign off, i need to actually learn how to aim, stay straight, and keep up with the machine!  but, i think we'll have no problem being bumblebees by tuesday!  horray!


i love the fact that M and i share so many interests and now that every day she is getting more and more able to actually sit down and do things with me.  we laughed, and i almost cried (several times with the damn bobbin) and we created a lot of fun designs on our pillow case!  we just had so much fun!  i hope that our sewing adventures continue and that through the years i can teach her many more things about what i know and enjoy, as i know that she'll be teaching me a lot in the many years to come!  


I love you, MAK, you sweet and smart and wonderful girl!

Not yet

I've done no laundry and my sewing machine is still packed in the trunk of my car.  We did, however, take a hayride, buy pumpkins today, M rode a horse, and we spent nearly an hour in a corn maze.  It was a fun day at a farm, and although i did nothing of real purpose in life, we had a great day.  Tomorrow, i swear to myself i will do my two tasks for the weekend.  Tomorrow.