tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65282024531483936632024-03-12T19:42:21.555-07:00.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-72602039462545444042011-09-30T16:52:00.000-07:002011-09-30T16:52:54.594-07:00Site Change<div style="text-align: center;">Hello Everyone!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have some super exciting news that has been in the works for a while now...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have updated this here blog and changed the name.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So from now on to get my current updates, DIY's and recipes please hop on over to </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourhomemadehappiness.blogspot.com/">Happiness is Homemade </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and bookmark http://ourhomemadehappiness.blogspot.com/ as a place to visit everyday!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks so much everyone for reading and following It's Sew Lisa and I hope you continue to check in even though I've moved.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hop on over now and check out <a href="http://ourhomemadehappiness.blogspot.com/">the new site</a> and be sure to tell me what you think!</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-21641605372519511382011-09-30T05:13:00.000-07:002011-09-30T05:47:21.213-07:00Maple Glazed, Brown Sugar Scones<div style="text-align: center;">My mister is a man of few words.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our conversations are often quite one sided as I could blab for hours while he waits to say something he feels has actual value to the conversation. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I do not have that restraint. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm afraid if the thought comes into my head, it will also come out of my mouth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The compliments I get whenever I bake something are often a shrug accompanied with some sort of line like "yah, it's good", or "I like it". </div><div style="text-align: center;">So the day I made scones and he told me they were the best scones he'd ever had I was blown away. I was even speechless for a couple of seconds while I processed the magnitude of this compliment!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEJt_SZOivj2Iu1jUWVhZcwEglP5L6JCw_tUq4QBGqGvj_fpu4CvXKPVHyc7U36uGIUDs7fzECITYp1DvCxYQ7Wy7ngILfid0-QYMaZEjvSDSk2_6_c93FxMho_7ushOP9FA9mjYjCsM/s320/DSC_0016.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658131340167443906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love these scones a dangerous amount. The maple flavouring in the icing with the tender yumminess of the brown sugar scones makes all your worries of the day just melt away. They are super-duper with coffee too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't think of a better way to welcome October then to make these babies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maple Glazed, Brown Sugar Scones</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the Scones:</div><div style="text-align: center;">3 cups four</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 cup brown sugar</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 tbsp baking powder</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tsp salt</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 sticks (1 cup) cold unsalted butter</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 egg</div><div style="text-align: center;">3/4 cup buttermilk</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Cut the butter into the flour mixture, until the butter has been broken into pea sized pieces.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mix the egg and buttermilk together and pour into the flour/butter and mix using a fork until <i>just</i> combined.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pour the loose dough onto a work surface and push together into a disk. Cut the dough into 12 triangular pieces (like a pizza), or 8 large triangular pieces.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bake at 350 for 22 minutes until the tops are just starting to show some colour.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maple Glaze </div><div style="text-align: center;">(This is <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/">Pioneer Woman's</a> fantastic recipe... make it, drink it, <i>looooove</i> it!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 pound icing sugar</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/4 cup milk</div><div style="text-align: center;">4 tbsp (1/2 stick) melted butter</div><div style="text-align: center;">splash of coffee</div><div style="text-align: center;">pinch of salt</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 tsp maple flavouring/extract</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In a medium bowl stir everything together until smooth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pour or drizzle the icing over the scones once they are completely cooled.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And then eat... eat <i>them all</i>!!</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-27903107342024686272011-09-29T04:16:00.001-07:002011-09-29T04:16:15.978-07:00Will Power<div style="text-align: center;">It is often a battle of will power in our house, and I have one little boy that has some <i>amazing</i> will power let me tell you!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyY5weEgKLMJUbu4oyTlf9TCAZDKnXCYb6o86SJJVIe8M2TZAEKQy0pWgMog5grnsx5TuTuZ258TZh4_3LuPlKs1jm8nbaQFSVeoiqp0DjC-fkmnxBBYZBdq-i1Pxpr_YKNsY2kK6HyI/s320/DSC_0007_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657737497033132610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We try to inforce the "one bite rule", insisting that they have to try everything on their plate or have at least "one bite" before they get down to play again. Eli is currently going through a phase that he doesn't like any food, and therefore the one bite... well, he just wont do it. He'll sit at the table, with a pout on refusing to eat, pushing his plate away <i>forever</i>!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's really quite amazing how long he'll sit there just to get his way... he gets that from his mama!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know this is something they all go through so I try not to worry crazy amounts that he eats pretty much nothing all day, but I do find it super frustrating, making him lunch for him to refuse eating it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">What are some constant battles in your house?</div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-81349307628057559472011-09-28T18:01:00.000-07:002011-09-28T18:02:20.947-07:00Heirloom Cut Chenille Blanket<div style="text-align: center;">I found the instructions for making <a href="http://www.aestheticnest.com/2010/08/sewing-heirloom-cut-chenille-baby.html">this</a> blanket a while ago and have been itching to try one ever since.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRPKhPAjw2EgNPIOwjb0RdmOsRbT6N7aVAUSsG4QgtjhubphRi8xyR-p0JefUAbRMhn369fb-2algY-W2KOHA8HJ5dvPxOVjrGvaNyebFOYtwJJFNcDGgd0oW0OaW1mHMIX9KS_SdVRw/s320/DSC_0014_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657393259280844562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It wasn't at all difficult, but it took <i>forever</i>! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I do love how it turned out though, it's super soft and cozy like, and it was really pretty cool to see how the flannel went into the washing machine looking one way and came out looking completely different.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You should totally make one. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't wait to make another. It's a great "make busy" project as it's only sewing straight lines so it's really easy to stop and start or just go to town and make in one sitting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The thing that took the longest was cutting the flannel. I don't have one of those fancy cutters mentioned in the <a href="http://www.aestheticnest.com/2010/08/sewing-heirloom-cut-chenille-baby.html">instructions</a> so I did it all by hand with my trusty scissors... that was unpleasant!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I'll tuck this one away (I had some troubles with the binding...) and get out the fabric to make another for the next little baby in our group of friends!</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-61069281347118888812011-09-27T01:00:00.000-07:002011-09-28T18:01:08.782-07:00Why Blog?<div style="text-align: center;">Why do I blog... it's a question I've been asked a couple of times.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My reason is a pretty simple one. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I blog to remember and find the positives in everyday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My mister's job has moved us far from family into a community that is about 94% smaller (yah, I totally did the math!) then where we are from. We moved from a place that is incredibly busy and full of malls and box stores to a place with fewer then 20 stores. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w2v_P4L328XD23Eqj3dSmI76AapwjFrlOTb3HdvB9TEt8vDNB2vjl1Neywj8G8Xum_b9ZOPDAvqvdRRZtnHUmBMTVwhku5rGWHMRCQksIaQuHLC8zSkcXAX9kpI3j6Ln06gV9wEk5ug/s320/DSC_0010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656820055561920354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first year after our big move I was pregnant with my second baby, had a little guy who just turned 1, and was living in an area much smaller then I was used to with little support. I was feeling emotional, bored, lonely and straight up negative. I would see the down side to a beautiful day and would dwell on the one thing that went wrong in the last 24 hours. I was not a nice person to be around. I was not happy with myself, as a wife and a mother; and I was horrified to think of all that I was missing in my boys lives as I was on a personal quest to be miserable.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided things needed to change.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I bought a journal and I wrote one thing everyday that made me smile. This worked well for the first couple of days however I was very stuck in my spiral of negativity and being accountable to only myself was not enough to keep me motivated. That's when I decided to start a blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Something about writing something and publishing it for the world to see made me feel obligated to push to be the person I wanted to be. I also loved that I could journal with pictures this way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSKop2lAKhTXc1LWMh2ORrHsp0RxNpCJUyoXQVH2kYrgLbFLjvmGglBHh4qV5IBuyb4QG60epa1v_9U8xiFb1g6UU1vt7CbAI625q_653glXe1GNpnJjwXmEWdMySXGD1Hg0tkP3ilWs/s320/DSC_0601.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656819722133511506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">My blog has since become a place I share things that happen in my life and my boys lives, crafting projects I'm excited about and baked goodies I simply can't get enough of. It's a bit of a hodge-podge of everything but all in all can be summarized as things I love and things that make me smile.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since starting this blog and becoming accountable to my invisible audience I have become more of myself again. I laugh more then I did, I play more then I was and I love in a way that I am proud of.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So... that's why I blog!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for reading along my invisible buddy! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope I make you smile every now and then too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVN4h2rBr8eu4pumDA_YdKUVV7iuTJUWFuuqAW-O1ezh5MFs_zab4IQRm0fWilE98LUz_oKpuZQu-Dquu3OITmGJIWS9YD5HwO1kCbdFTkYByyytjiDPjBjJfNic3fp22J06um4b3mbp0/s320/IMG_7490.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656820725321592722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-41533669931051279782011-09-26T01:00:00.000-07:002011-09-28T18:00:34.367-07:00Musical Monday: JJ Heller - Control<div style="text-align: center;">If you know me personally, you will know I'm a control freak.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you don't know me personally... I'm a control freak.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have my life planned out for the next 10 years or so and I find it SO hard when life throws me a bit of a curve ball that messes up my plans... like I loose sleep until I have a new plan figured out!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I heard this song a couple of days ago and it spoke to me so much! </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's about realizing that we're not in control and our lives are in God's hands no matter what our plans are.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I'm trying to let go... or at least loosen my grip.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you like it (because I do so love Ms. JJ Heller!) & Happy Monday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KBFfZ3sD1jQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-32692785199282460422011-09-22T04:00:00.000-07:002011-09-28T17:59:45.564-07:00Scrapbook Inspiration Video<div style="text-align: center;">what fun!! It's a long video but I took a bunch away from it so I had to share for all those out there looking for scrapbook inspiration...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="400" height="257" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SxOLwCOJNSs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-12018407862670978882011-09-21T04:47:00.001-07:002011-09-21T04:47:42.124-07:00Crochet<div style="text-align: center;">I <i>finally</i> completed my first crochet project!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qcnpsbpvIvNZL5t4RYOPlEtk1n3m_NoCcaLsheT-OqHAsLw2gfC0cq4FD0v7fAFZnVMpPN9QeFd-Hek-MpDPXgjCrxEZs0xmIdTxdNdw8HfKG5PZBuxEU7Z5dQRSXTWRoIAsihmBGRg/s320/DSC_0050.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530103077003289362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It took an intensely long time (like almost a year) but I'm obsessed with it.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdefH53WwhK-SokMijsVpLEU_ncxxW6cyZy1e77nKoQKE3hcb69mjAXxDk2F-BZT11NiTH6OEonPd83TyZ0YkTZCNxHq-tPJOfxZrmc-4aclrNLyUVTrDDwN4zS3JS9SpkutvzzmiTjNk/s320/DSC_0002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654776358658308962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Obsessed</i> people.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thinking of making another one... or two...</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoPMxzr-dhnzgk-7mY42Pd1pBdYREYu1BEig8ZpxRaz4SAD6zUaJP5COyu2ZNDMM-ARqrz6xuWw0hnYHQFeYxOsJAFkDd4pA-kcnvqjMKSCmiCPKT0lPjudxABuwYnJTPkyJR_gRfTW0/s320/CSC_0017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654776690633120530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was perfect timing to finish it as well as the air is cooling off quite quickly and now I can wear it all the time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I plan to do just that! This baby is officially glued to my head until April.</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-26630136205738185142011-09-20T01:17:00.000-07:002011-09-20T01:17:00.213-07:00Amazing Puffer Energy!<div style="text-align: center; ">I've been having troubles breathing lately... no biggie, just like I can't get in enough air all the time.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">I went to see a dr tonight, because it's suuuuper annoying, he wasn't too concerned though... I think he thought I was making it up actually. Luckily the nurse who was working said she once had the same thing and the best they could guess was that it was some sort of muscle strain... so I'm going with that...</div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">I do work awfully hard you know; it only makes sense I would pull an invisable muscle causing me to imagine shortness of breath.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Short story shorter... they sent me home with a puffer...</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Now, I know nothing about medicine and puffers and what not and really thought it was safe to take it before bed, but hokey tater tots friends, I could not have been more wrong!</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">I am sitting here shaking like I'm on my 5th cup of espresso, ready to run a marathon and the best part? I still can't breath!!</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Luckily I'm smiling though.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Want to know why I'm smiling?</div><div style="text-align: center; ">You totally do, I know you...</div><div style="text-align: center; ">I was just on <a href="http://www.fabric.com/Index.aspx">fabric.com</a> and found some wonderful stuff... you should go look. Type "retro" in the search and you will find the most swoon worthy patterns ever... <i>EVER</i>!</div></div><div style="text-align: center; ">You know what, just click <a href="http://www.fabric.com/SearchResults2.aspx?Source=Header&SearchText=retro&CategoryID=1d5f47dc-9991-4088-93f3-26a376046a5e">here</a>, I did all the work for you with my <i>aaaaamazing </i>puffer energy.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">...I wonder how long this craziness will last...</div><div style="text-align: center; ">seriously... I'm practically vibrating off my chair...</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-71433223921220882942011-09-19T14:14:00.000-07:002011-09-19T14:15:02.487-07:00Musical Monday: Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way<div style="text-align: center;">This past weekend was one of those that leaves you scratching your head asking if it really happened.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The house was disastrous but it's clean now... the laundry pile was huge, but it has all been washed, folded and (almost) put away... I finally cleaned my side of our room (I can't tell you how over due this was!) and yet it feels like I blinked and it was gone. So strange considering how slow last week went.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ah well, what can you do?</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can play a Musical Monday song, that's what you can do!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this song - I bet you know all the words too...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="400" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6ul-cZyuYq4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-31696654453560549992011-09-16T14:15:00.000-07:002011-09-19T14:15:56.570-07:00Books<div style="text-align: center;">I have never been one to read a single book at a time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know why, it only makes sense to read one book at a time, but perhaps that's why I don't do it! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I usually have 2 on the go, at least.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The other day I was cleaning up my night stand and realized I was currently reading 7! </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMfrG0F2XTaEhqSzUdfKKaIY6Lrxl4U8SSKZUgkGIDWgnxmD8pd0yJJxRVvIiuQ6ydWuTk7-s1iM9hIDuPbDJxl7Y7Wh02hSkZhbpnqlEvD0bqkGkv0u7M3jBdFlyGhlSbM3oRfUUhoEY/s320/DSC_0052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652921949241327122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;">(I found 2 more after I took this picture)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think 7 is a new record for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided it was time to scale back a bit... enter the world of the "normal" and start and complete a single book before I move on to the next. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided 1 book a month seemed reasonable, so that is a new goal of mine - to complete reading <i>one</i> book a month.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This month I decided to focus on <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/One-Thousand-Gifts-Ann-Voskamp/dp/0310321913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316173789&sr=8-1">this</a> one.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQR4kSe8ypzvLdfCUx80_YCO4Syw9REKZoaet97cWE9nUgm7MXqMzvWNaWJegQc-Da-7oe0mJhbRyhlu0CdAicnd5k_kXsG9IHPNY7FjUO6iGSB8mkcJVxeAtPcoWlxlyiuC4noHXavs/s320/DSC_0002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652922518010985586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's the first faith based book I have read and from what I've read so far I know it's pretty intense but beautifully written.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What book(s) are you reading right now?</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-91358441892796005682011-09-15T14:16:00.000-07:002011-09-19T14:16:44.464-07:00Slow Days<div style="text-align: center;">Do you ever have weeks that last for eeeeeeevvverrrrr??</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am having one of those weeks. It's actually completely shocking to me that we are still in this week because I feel like an entire month has gone by!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tL5fsrNQa3fQ5QnxWHVnn2HWt3X_G4yPSKT3NC4zRtHiutsdGEKfKbVKuo8akCpCsYM8eq_wGm2B3XYXrFFeAwRm1F-u2TWrlykF0p6L9tecsMcxjkiUMXhoQpHsl2VSpdhqqtPB_gM/s320/DSC_0009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652549424126163426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have done all our standard "long day" activities, a couple times now, and still nothing is increasing the speed of time. I'm thinking we must just have amazing speed completing all the tasks because what would normally eat up hours is taking minutes!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's like we're living in a parallel universe or something! </div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you do on slow days?</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-67419547028865845202011-09-14T14:17:00.000-07:002011-09-19T14:18:32.674-07:00New Fabric Stash<div style="text-align: center;">I love fabric. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love looking at it, I love touching it, but most of all I love <i>buying</i> it!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The hubbs doesn't quite understand my enjoyment of fabric purchases, but I like to compare it to his love of football. It doesn't have to make sense, it just <i>is</i>, so accept it and move on...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When we were in Ontario, in July, I spent so much time in fabric stores. Whenever I was able to muster up child care for the boys I drove like a fool to the fabric stores and spent hours in them, fingering through every wonderful bolt they had!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Truth be told, I may have gotten a little carried away...</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAWhzlUuy8CNQcvByn-S3bKSnT6-df3TJSncNWsrFobY3_WvkLwgJllFTpFEA40xlnBs1ORjO3O7smMpNUii6PnStL9Wsb-0IZq4AmGqyNeb2ga_6fNXgrGNRgvmvjWTutGUx57HwEk0/s320/DSC_0650.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644907608051997602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a problem I have when fabric shopping... no self control...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought a lot, but I have plans for every inch of fabric, I didn't buy for the sake of buying... well except for this stuff, but just look at it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBmqAJGWAp1bzR-oVLbg6_cPngqIiR5l5X7TgOXo_1VN8te89pxeLqhp3m6Xu-1o56fJbZjlRMHhu_DBmjfF_RM1wzk5BCxYWLaRrCP8J7rHRDm83_O0bIE3lFP3PSAZCY9PO5uqrKw0/s320/DSC_0657.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644909700423288882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div>And it's super soft and cuddly like... ah, just looking at it makes me smile like a fool!</div><div><br /></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I plan to make the boys quilts at some point during their childhood so it only made sense to buy the fabric the second I made my decision that a quilt was in their future.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eli's fabric is made up of cars, trains, planes and other locomotives. He likes that kind of thing.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HzvpjEJAZEf-NA0uCa7cwkIJiTvrOdLGHvk5Hj_ygPTdCcoU0esWanrF1CeBZpT2nDpQEohpxu3pz3lDV0fD30bPC9Xr6Mo8Ng3IhH95sEAEdbxAkjU7uHQsxpXB4WUO-05viIs8pqo/s320/DSC_0652.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644909388096222802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I found the Thomas the Train fabric I think I actually screeched in delight! It was a semi embarrassing scene, complete with a happy dance...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Zac is <i>super</i> into superhero's. This morning he informed me that he has changed his name to Superman actually... so I made it a personal mission to find him superhero fabric and I succeeded! </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfdU7e86pkxbttQP7b0nPgJQa-XGkQ7kGhEbvdv03XJ8_sUNYlsUsWtTQCsL5T8F6XDSjc-kHfn_KmPozyxv8XCXVMP9roY_6seLj3QFBHOFntM6B9T2E2NGFreU7OlvFhcOT9EbLvZM/s320/DSC_0653.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644908934107943826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't wait to get at all this fabric and wear my poor sewing machine out. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://itssewlisa.blogspot.com/2010/11/another-introduction.html">Bertha</a> and I have actually spent very little time together since I've been home and I think she's getting a little annoyed with me. Perhaps I'll plan a date for later this week. I think she'd like that...</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-84785822226871871622011-09-13T14:17:00.000-07:002011-09-19T14:18:10.954-07:00Poke Cake<div style="text-align: center;">I love baking with Zac (Eli's still not exactly interested in helping yet), but I find it a real challenge to find easy recipes that he can do pretty much all on his own. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYI_Czh2zBQ6mNqF2iNMIUibtPA22raU65P3nKzaGDSqu1SCLvf2a6VJik9xkW-YvMRhZoGB2PSnDIeimDbntorMc3apzj0NUOUAlSnqqWYZl9XgwAnSaiusn98GRm7CC5wmEhH2PN8c/s320/DSC_0089.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644904768131753058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">If we're baking Zac prefers to be in charge and likes <i>me</i> to assist <i>him</i>, so the less work I need to do the better the experience... for everyone...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've heard of "Poke Cake" before and even seen pictures of the end result but didn't really know how to go about making it. Once I found a recipe I knew it was a perfect one for Zac to tackle. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Poke Cake</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 package cake mix (I used rainbow chip but yellow or white would work well) </div><div style="text-align: center;">1 package of your favorite jello flavor</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 cup boiling water</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 cup cold water</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 cups whipping cream</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0rMbGwtAMdzuzffL5aVkqtfUuWkaEAMVhDEk3dDQ5BzPhwU7MvFrM5T6P84bgzYd0GMXqwHxf_bcXjO-libs0vAjqt5-wNk7uyt4jL44Z1HF6zMZfSTCSvk04c8-2vl9GAsqy3ZL0DU/s320/DSC_0093.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644904998587294546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div>Make the cake according to the package directions and bake in a 9"x 13" pan and allow to cool for about an hour.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirojZpEz7s1xAzW0q7bFrtgjWCqfmEJkjXeJ7I_Fx00kpfEhXW_1aZ-epMeo6g5CB4odsqGzJch-pm4gHDr6BCfUXWNKcN3Em5v6h2cECRzOkJ8wsfrqSNS77q5wNnlIlU6JwlBeGD0Uk/s320/DSC_0095.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644905249355422226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div>Using a fork or fat cake tester poke holes all over the cake. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8mRqnxgnhW1TOS6hyphenhyphenTmoo1q0NpQV6A1QI1dE3jEFEpAWO3HztFTEgpGy7epcy2oT58p2A7P1tZiBFd2Zj2AsnFzBpDymwRhIGBwgYdoLMJAgmtEjalOVmMcL_w9yT3cqf6aHj11CX3o/s320/DSC_0098.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644905451504086178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mix the jello powder with the boiling water until dissolved and then add the cold water, pour all over the cake and put it in the fridge for 2-4 hours.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0wnvxxbN89eFdjcMMXAKb6-iRjddvaUi19I8hyphenhyphengBeyfat-U7FBBHAR2TeGYt3T-XCFs5IkZRfZteW_iliyvVfB2pl-lW_kmTV_zVfQo6l0RQ_ZIvrmyHQJjFqe3ANJHt_CbzD-LqEAY/s320/DSC_0103.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644905717884049410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div>Whip up the whip cream and spread all over the cake.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FiIyZTL5h1FNzTk2XdhdBq3YnJd8NK4SOS3zs6tn4sogg0T0jIe75g-Z8zzBm0I06wM4oRxD8VWT3cgoOUaZYFveClvVwR_yORGX8LmCio81YKhbtSRZKHfKA-ewhp7wow7eRXwrQXg/s1600/DSC_0106.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FiIyZTL5h1FNzTk2XdhdBq3YnJd8NK4SOS3zs6tn4sogg0T0jIe75g-Z8zzBm0I06wM4oRxD8VWT3cgoOUaZYFveClvVwR_yORGX8LmCio81YKhbtSRZKHfKA-ewhp7wow7eRXwrQXg/s320/DSC_0106.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644906071890780674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></div><div>Simple enough for the kids to make, good enough for the adults to eat!</div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528202453148393663.post-34015911832876973422011-09-12T14:18:00.000-07:002011-09-19T14:19:15.499-07:00Musical Monday: Joni Mitchell - River (live)<div style="text-align: center;">I feel like I may have shared this song before... or perhaps I just listen to it lots and am confused... I'm confused quite often, let's be honest here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love it, I think it's too beautiful for words.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCov0TYXBp8?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCov0TYXBp8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="325"></embed></object></div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791046215475543232noreply@blogger.com0