Family Photos 2010

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basement, boom-box, and labor pain

When we bought our home we knew we would need to do something about the eyesore of a basement it had, but it was put on the back burner until all the plumbing issues arose (see previous post)...

before: gross!

after: ahh...much better :)

ps: stay tuned for an "after after" of that monstrosity of an entertainment center I am turning into a playhouse as a Christmas present to Abby and Hannah...shh

Remember back in the day when music didn't fit in a 1" x 2" device and people lunged huge boom-boxes on their shoulders? Hannah loves to rock out "boom-box style" to the alphabet song

For the most part, I'm a self-taught sewer and had made a couple "quilts" (pathetic imitations posing as quilts) but I jumped at the chance to learn how to do it correctly. A friend of mine, and experienced quilter, organized and taught a group of us the craft...crazy nice, huh?! I consider this my first real quilt. It turned out better than I expected since at one point the rows formed more of rainbow shape rather than the grid it should have been! FYI: doing it the right way is way more work than doing it the wrong way...

I've decided quilting is like labor and delivery. When it is finally over you swear you will never do it again... over time amnesia sets in and before you know it you're back at the hospital with contractions... I am now in the "just-delivered-never-doing-this-again" phase...

but the girls are going to need matching bedspreads once Hannah's out of her crib... ;)

It will be one of Hannah's Christmas presents...

...and she better want to take it to college :)