I made this!!

I finally put my new sewing machine to good use and made a tote bag. I used this tutorial from another blog to make it since I have no idea how to read a pattern. I think it turned out great, although my stitches are not all that even.


It only took a few hours and I was able to complete most of the bag while Mia was taking her afternoon nap. Luckily it was a long nap. I was actually shocked that I made something that looks good!

Free Friday

On Friday, B.J. and I had a free date night, it was awesome. First free item: babysitting. My dad came over Friday to watch Mia since he was going to a volleyball tournament at the convention center on Saturday. This is key since our usual babysitter, Stacey, is moving to Cincinnati so we no longer have a babysitter. Ugh, such a pain to find somebody trustworthy to watch our kid.

Second free item: Dinner. We went to Abuelo's which is one of our favorite restaurants. We had a gift card from Christmas so all we had to pay for was the tip. It was delicious, and I had an excellent glass of sangria. Mmmmm, fruity wine. Luckily we didn't have to wait for a table, and service was fast. We were cutting it close to our third free event.

Third free item: Movie. B.J. won a gift card to anywhere in the Easton mall area, for doing an excellent job at work. Good job baby. We decided to see Juno, which was both funny and cute. I highly recommend this movie, one of the better I have seen in awhile.

It was a great Friday even though I have been feeling like crap for the past few days. I have had a sinus headache for almost a week, hopefully it will get better soon.

Nothing much planned for this week, hopefully I can get some stuff done around the house. I am also going to attempt to make a tote bag with my new sewing machine. I will let you know how it goes.

Have a great week!

"Huckleberry" is an idiot

Most people know that Mike Huckabee is an idiot about current events (his knowledge of Pakistan), but apparently he is also ignorant of past events. Or more importantly, ignorant of the meaning of past events such as the Civil War and the confederate flag. What a great campaign strategy to alienate many of the southern voters!

Normally I think Christopher Hitchens is a bit extreme in his view points, but I have to agree with his point about Huckabee. I have not read his book "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" just some excerpts on Slate. Although I agree with the title of the book, his tone is so elitist that I really don't think I could make it through the whole book.

So scared of a little girl

Flanagan isn't really scared of Mia, he just gets tired of her following him around. He is also annoyed that she wants to play with his toys even though she has a ton of her own toys. Here is a picture of him pouting on the chair, he moved from the couch because Mia was sitting there with B.J. What a baby.


I know this is a lame post, but nothing exciting is going on. On a side note, I am really enjoying following Pablo's blog about his exciting trip!

Is this for real?

Check this out.

I admit that I swear alot, more than I should, especially for someone with a small child. But a law to ban swearing in bars!? Come on people, get a grip.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Already 2008 is an exciting year, Mia is now crawling! She is keeping me very busy and it's only the second day of the year.

I want to say thank you to my parents who came over to watch Mia so B.J. and I could go out on the 31st. We went to dinner at the Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse in Dublin with 3 other couples. It was a great meal with wonderful friends. After dinner we went back to Nick and Christina's house and ate dessert and played catchphrase which was very fun. As much as I missed Mia, it was so nice to hang out with friends, it's been awhile since I have done something sans kid.

I hope you all have a wonderful and happy 2008!