This Weekend..All about ME!!!

This past weekend was ALL ABOUT ME!!!! (and no, it is not my birthday.)

I drove over 7 hours in the car.

I met Meg from Whatever! (she was so sweet).

I ate Cafe Rio for dinner.

I went to LA fashion district with my friends & Claire (unfortunately almost everything was closed because of Yom Kippur).

I went to Michael Levine (all the fabric was so beautiful I felt like a kid in a Candy shop).

I got some of Randy's donuts.

And finished off the weekend on a major sugar high.

A special thanks to Justin for putting up with all my plans.

My Latest

Did you know that March was Craft Month?

I think it was my least craftiest month in over a year.

I spent most of March working on this:

I spent a lot of my "free" time sleeping and resting. Now that she is finally here I feel so motivated to get back on the horse and get back to crafting and blogging again. But we will see if I am able to find the time with all the extra cuddling and snuggling going on around here.

The Wants

Last night I had a bad case of "the wants".

If you ever have "the wants" don't combine it will blog hopping.

It just makes it worse.

I grabbed an Ensign to distract me.

I found this article about gratitude.

I need to work on being more grateful for all the many things I have been blessed with, instead of what I don't have.

Sorry, no picture.

Peanut Butter Truffle Brownies

Can someone please tell me where

February went and how it is already March 11????

I am feeling like a ticking time bomb. Officially 5 weeks until this baby is due to arrive and there is so much I want/need to do before its arrival. I reduced the days I am going to preschool so that I can have more time to get things done and more importantly go fun places like Sea World, the zoo and the beach. I think it is time to start crafting and blogging again. I don't know what I have been doing but it hasn't been crafting or blogging.

I signed up for a Betty Crocker coupon book. It came in the mail and it was filled with delicious pictures of food and desserts. I about died when I saw these brownies. I made them that night. Justin and I agreed that they tasted better the second day and straight out of the fridge.

(picture from here)

You can find the recipe HERE. Thank you Betty Crocker.

A Girl Can Dream

Can you tell that my life goes in cycles. Some weeks I am super woman, my house is clean, we do lot of fun things, I somehow find time to craft and blog about it all.

Other weeks I struggle to keep my house remotely clean, keep my sanity and I can't even manage to get dinner on the table. During those weeks once the kids are in bed all I can think about is taking a HOT shower and going to bed myself.

Life has been busy. As I get closer to my due date (April) the time goes faster and the to do list gets longer. Our family has been living at the doctor's office the last couple of months. I have driven to the doctors at least 2 times a week for the past 2 months and we are not even sick (okay, maybe a little off the norm)! OB's, Pediatricians, Neurologist, extra Ultrasounds, and the Gastroenterologist. Luckily we have good insurance and are all looking healthy.

But on the crafty side I saw this and I want it. BAD!

I love, love, love it!

Here is the link to V and Co and her tutorial at moda bake shop. I don't think I have it in me to make it or even put it on my to do list. So if anyone wants to make it for me, please do. I will be watching the mail. I want that exact fabric, even if I have a boy.

A girl can dream.

I am not a Reader

Have you missed me? I went out of town for two weeks so the kiddies could soak up some Grandparent love. I have been home for a couple of days now but can't get back into the swing of things. And I will tell you why, but I am going to start at the beginning.

I am not a reader. That does not mean that I don't know how to read it just means I am not one to always be reading a book. But I will confess to be an avid blog reader. There are many reason as to why I am not a reader and the list could go on and on but I will share with you the main reason.

I get ADDICTED!

When I pick up a book and like it, it immediately becomes impossible for me to put it down. I stay up late, I ignore my husband, children, the house. I put everything off until the book is finished. It becomes quite the inconvenience. I try to lead a normal life while reading a book but I think it is impossible for me. So once I finish a book I usually take a couple of months off to give the family, house, etc the love and attention they need.

Right now I am reading Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe. It is the second book in a series about Josephine Bonaparte. It is fiction, written in diary format by Sandra Gulland, very interesting. I read the first book The Many lives and Sorrows of Josephine B while on vacation. I loved it, so as soon as I got home I rushed to the library to get the sequel. There is one more book in the series so my family should not expect me to come out of my reading stupor until the end of the week. I do have to say that I hate recommending books because everyone has different taste. So I am not officially recommending this book, I am just saying that this is what I am reading and I am enjoying it.

So there you have it. Now you know why I am not a reader. I get addicted.

Welcome to Queen B

Welcome to my newest blog Queen B. I have wanted to start this blog for quite some time and have been putting it off for one reason or another. I always love looking at crafty blogs and getting ideas and inspirations for a new craft project, how to better my home or finding new recipes. I hope that this blog might do the same for someone else. I really just want to log all my projects and ideas I have for making life flow with a little more joy.

A few disclaimers:

* I am not a fantastic crafter. Just a wanna-be. I consider myself a student. I always pick new projects that will challenge me and my abilities to help me gain more skills.

* The same goes for sewing. I am a beginner. I am teaching myself to sew one project at a time. So lucky for you all things will be simple and full of mistakes.

*Most projects are not my own so make sure you check out the original source, when a link is posted.

A little about me

I am 25, wife, mommy of 2. I always wanted to be a mom/ homemaker but now here I am and I feel like I am just making it up as I go. The truth is I have no idea what I am doing, so I am always trying to figure out how to better manage it all. I love being crafty and it makes me happy. I am hoping with this blog it will encourage me to make time for being crafty, because I have to post something.

So please enjoy and come back often.