Status Report

Here is my status update in red and green.

1. Finish the sash and post pics of the adorable dress I made Amelia.  It has been raining like cats and dogs and extremely overcast, so it's not been ideal picture taking weather.  I thought maybe after she wore it to church today I would just snap one to get the idea, but when I picked her up from her class I noticed red on it, then inspected closer and closer and saw color crayon marks EVERYWHERE on the front of it.  I have no idea how she did it.  I think she must have been laying on her drawing and it rubbed off or leaning on the crayons.  It is everywhere.  So, it is being stain treated and I hope that it comes out, otherwise I will feel like it was a total waste!!
2. Cook something new and bake something new.  I am undecided about the treat, but leaning towards this BBQ chicken braid  Made the braid, and it was really good.  Can't go wrong with anything wrapped up in that bread recipe.  YUM.  Also, baked my staple, blueberry muffins.  I had some lemon lime icing left over from who knows when and I love dipping muffin tops in that icing, so it was a great use of stuff I had on hand and doubled as a treat and breakfast.
3. Wash both our cars and SCRUB my nasty house.  Seriously I would be ashamed if anyone came inside. I did scrub my house with the assistance of the family.  It has been very clean all weekend.  But, due to the torrential rains we are having, we did not wash the cars, but all the bird poop has rinsed off on it's own.  So thank you mother nature. 
4. Finish up my bookkeeping job. Not started yet.  Procrastinating.  Maybe tomorrow?!?!
5. Make some shirts for the kids for our trip to Disneyland next week.  Yep, last minute going to Disneyland with my brother.  I'll post about it on my other blog. But I am giddier than I should be. Instead of a shirt for Amelia, I made her a mickey mouse headband.  Turned out cute, but that bugger took me 2 hours to figure out and it's still not the greatest, but it will do.  Lots of throwing away and starting over.  You would think the mickey mouse shape would be the easiest thing to create, but apparently for me, it was near impossible.  I finally had to trace one off the internet.
6. Play tennis or go on a walk. Did neither, rainy.  But Phil and Amelia did, does that count??
7. Buy a swimsuit so I can stop obsessing and wasting my time when I could be crossing off my list!! Done and I took Claire's advice and found a coupon code for $20 off and free shipping (they charge 14.95 for shipping. yikes)  So with what I saved, I let Amelia pick a swimsuit and still came out under the original price.  I am very happy and can't wait to get them.  Phil said he didn't like the blue color, so I opted with the classic black.  Although I was wanting to do something fun, I think I will be happy with the versatility of black to mix and match with other suits later. Now I need it to warm up and stop raining!!
8. Try and get Ben to poop on the toilet.  (I hate potty training him.  It was too easy with Amelia)  No luck here and I am kind of the verge of giving up.  He doesn't care, so should I??  I got him a pack of pixar character underwear and he seems much more motivated, but coming from totally unmotivated to a little bit motivated seems like a big step.  I hope Ben doesn't turn out to be our Buster from Arrested Development!!
   
   By the way, these pics are our backyard.  It totally floods anytime there is any sort of rain.  The white strip on the bottom of the picture is our back door!!!  In this case, it is annoying we rent, because I would rip up the concrete in no time and it would get rid of the flooding problem.  Not to mention, it would just be nicer to play on.  But not my house, not going to do anything.  Just hope it doesn't come in!!!