Getting back into it.

It's taken me a while to build up to this again but I think I'm ready. You can't go backwards, only forward from here :-)

After the horrible flu season we had and the GI tract damage Josh endured, today was the day we finally went to the allergist. 

As you can see they tested him for over 30 food allergies, things he eats on a regular basis. After 20 minutes they told us that none of them were "allergies" but 4 came up borderline sensitivities that we will have to get rechecked with Bloodwork. Those 4 were apples, bananas, green peppers and peanuts. 3 of these 4 things he literally eats everyday. 

They were super nice and gave him a fleet of dinosaurs and he quickly cheered up. From the left they are uncle Joe, uncle Jacob, (soon to be aunt) Christine, uncle Josh, and uncle juston. 

Speaking of the future aunt Christine I finished the invite inserts today :-) nearly 350! My cricut was working hard for several hours. Thanks again mom, we had no idea just how much it would come in handy. :-)

Then here is the fun part of my evening. After we put the kids to bed I decided to tackle the "DIY roman shade mini blinds" thing that I have seen all over Pinterest. 

I had been hesitant to try it because it seemed a bit intimidating and I hadn't even used my new sewing machine yet so it was too much learning to do and I was nervous.  I stumbled across a no see version that involved hot glue and this stuff called stitch witch. I was intrigued so  with all 3 of the kids in bed and Matt was working on the flooring I rushed to good ol Wally World to purchase the stitch Witch. As it goes at walmart I Came home wtb $30 of stuff and I went there for a $2 item. Ahem. Anyway.... I cut the black out curtains I had used in the middle room previously and removed the blinds . 

Lined it all up, stitch witches the hem and  went on to removing the excess slats

Matt decide he wanted only 3 bumps in our shade so I did iced it up and properly spaced the remaining blinds

This is where the hot glue would have come in but I remembered that this particular fabric melts when there is to much heat so I decided to try the magically strong  double sided stick tape roll that Matt has brought home for me. 

It worked like a dream!!! And much less messy than the hot glue would have been.  Then all of a sudden I was done and it felt so great to have taken the time to do something crafty!  :-) I am super pumped to do the rest of our windows Goal: finish all windows by Sunday :-) 

Once the new Romans were up I realized i made them just slightly too wide so I sniped it so it would fit inside the window sil. Now I know they aren't the prettiest things on the block but this was my real first try and I'm sure they will get better and better the more I do :-) 

And here is a little glimps of the work my super cool husband has been doing. We call this house his second job. He goes to work from 8 to 5, comes home and works on the house from 6 to 12, sleep repeat. 

I LOVE my white floors :-) they make my heart happy!!!

And now it's morning and I'm finishing this post. for dinner I made this delicious roast with Italian sausage, chicken, green beans, onions, red potatoes, one packet of Italian seasoning, some salt not to mention it had a cube of butter. But that wasn't my fault it was in the recipe. And of course because it had so much butter it turned out amazing. But everyone else had already eaten so I was the only one who ate it last night and we will eat it for dinner tonight :-) 

From me to you, happy projecting!!! 

Mo