We got so much done this weekend. Our whole house was vaccumed from top to bottom, every toy put away, all the laundry hung and folded. It was awesome. And then the girls woke up and demolished everything. So my house is once again covered in chaos and dirt. But at least I can rest easy knowning it’s new dirt and all that old dirt is gone. Right? Right!?!

Once the house was in order, I turned my attention to something a little more satisfying. I pulled out a pattern and fabric and sewed up some fun twirly whirly skirts for the girls. No zippers or buttonholes, just easy seam sewing. Right up my alley! I can higly recommend this pattern as easy and very very cute.

So here are the cuties, posing in their new threads.

Of course, if didn’t take them long to discovery why I called them twirly whirly skirts.

And the best part? They have the same pattern in mommy sizes too! ‘Cause really, who wouldn’t want their very own twirly whirly skirt?

Ok, so, I probably shouldn’t say this but I have big plans for this weekend. I have kicked the cold and no one else succumbed to it.

This is good.

I’m feeling energized and ready to work.

This is also good.

And, most importantly, we have nothing planned for the weekend.

This is best.

My head is brimming with things I want to do. And so far, it looks like this is the weekend to do them! Cleaning the house? Sure! Weeding through the overwhelming piles of out of date kid toys? Let’s do it! Starting a new sewing project? A must! Cooking, baking, and eating? But of course!

I know, I know, I’m setting myself up for a big fall but I can’t help it. I’m so longing to get my house back together and my hands into a new project I can taste it.

They say enthusiasm is contagious so watch out. Maybe this will be a power weekend for you too. (Come on, you know you feel the urge to GET SOMETHING DONE. Right? So go to it)

Well, the snow has melted and I’m feeling better. Truth be told, I wish I was still sick. Whenever I go down for the count I seem to bring the whole house down with me. Everthng is a wreck. Dirty clothes everywhere. Stinky toilets in every corner. Giant hairballs roll around piles of strewn toys and crayons. We are out of diapers and dino nuggets and fresh veggies. Just thinking of how much work I have to do now makes me wish my cold would resurge so I coud avoid it a bit longer. I’ve lugged all the laundry downstairs and have started a load. Luckily my back is to the room right now so I can’t see the land mine of messiness that surrounds me. Even worse, I have 152 updates on my Google Reader to get through. Hmmmm, catch up on blogs or clean the play room? Not much of a debate, is it? I mean, it’s not like toys go bad if they lie on the ground too long. Right?

We woke this morning to a mantle of white. Just a nice covering of snow that fell sometime during the night. Now the sun is out and its blindingly bright and white. We have hunkered down and are curled in front of the TV.

I’ve been struck down with a mild cold. Nothing major, just draining. I planned it just right because I hit me on Sat so I could hand the kids off to Kevin and curl up with a good book. Or two. Or eight. It drives Kevin crazy how fast I can read and when in formed in Sunday night that I had polished off eight books this weekend he was not impressed. Disgusted is more like it! Since my nose was firmly planted in a book, I have no idea what Kevin did with the girls over the weekend. Being sick is, however, getting easier. Now the girls understand what “sick” is and I can shoo them away from me. I remember all too well being horribly sick when they were little and having to drag myself around and take care of them when all I wanted to do was curl up and pass out. Now it’s hello tv, goodbye kids!

So today we are staying home and watching the snow melt. Not a bad way to start the week really.

It’s crazy cold here. Sunny and blue skies and freezing really. The other day they were “hoping” for a high of 25 degrees. 25 people! This is Oregon not Wisconsin. Where’s our rain and gloom? I almost don’t know what to do with all the freezing weather but I gotta say the sunshine bit is pretty nice.

Luckily, our Christmas package from my sister contained an abundance of knitting. Since she lives in San Diego, I’m always kidding her about her knitting habit. I mean, really, how many hand knit scarves does one need there? All my pestering must have paid off because for Christmas she sent us all our very own knit goodies.

The girls got matching scarves, I got fingerless mittens, and Kevin got a warm and snuggly hat. He has been so thankful for this hat lately when walking the dog at night. It keeps his little ol’ head nice and toasty warm. Then the other day we got another package with a scarf Suzy had made and Kevin quickly claimed that as well. So here they are all bundled up thanks to Auntie Suzy.

Suzy also included some other little sewn treasures. One of which was a cute fabric headband that Leina loves. She finds normal headbands too tight so this nice soft fabric one is just right.

I’ve been doing a little stitching too – getting ready for Valentines. I’m making some felt hearts to hang downstairs to spread the love. Leina took one look at hers and declared she didn’t like it. She wants hers to be blue. Tough beans kiddo. Momma made yours already. No changing your order now!

Called my girls this Saturday and orgainized a little shop hop. We started, naturally, with lunch at Mother’s downtown. Yum. Yum. Yum. Then we hit the stores! We managed to hit four quilting store in about 3 hours all over place. I loved the fact that these were all new stores for us so we had no idea what we were in for. And shopping with fellow fabric lovers Kat and Traci was perfect. I now have a stack of new project books and beautiful fabric to play with. All I need is the time. Doh!

Have you ever had so many things that you wanted to do that you end up just standing around looking lost? That’s where I am right now. I want to leap in all directions at once but I’m trying very hard not to bite off more than I can chew. But what first. A new blouse for me? A skirt for Leina? A bag? A mini-quilt? I tell you, it’s a rough life I lead.