Happy Birthday To DD #3......

So, 24 years ago.... I was minding my own business (but pregnant as all get out!) and I got a phone call from my MIL.... saying that she had gotten a call from one of her daughters.... (my SIL..... also pregnant!) and that she was at the hospital in labor! Now, those of you who have had kids know that it gets longggg and drawn out at the end. Well, I was supposed to be due before my SIL.... so I wasn't a happy camper. Anyhow that was around 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. Also MIL/FIL were going to the airport to pick up another SIL that was coming home from a mission for our Church. Noooo problem! At noon when MIL called me back to tell me that the plane had been delayed and that SIL #1 (preggers one) still hadn't had baby... While we were talking on the phone.... all of a sudden I went into labor!!! Now it takes me a little while to get things going and well this was baby #4 altogether, so I wasn't really in any great hurry (no water breakage or anything dire... just labor). I told MIL that I was now in labor and of course she got really excited! I hung up the phone and being the normal procrastenator that I am, I pulled out my nightie that I hadn't finished sewing yet to take to the hospital! Stop laughing!!!!!! My DH would have killed me had he known I was doing that then! Of course, he was at work.... so what he didn't know, wouldn't hurt me!!!! MIL called one more time to inform me that SIL #1 had her baby at 3 or 3:30 (can't remember now.... it's her kid, not mine!) At around 4:00 he got home from work and I told him I was in labor. Your going to be shocked.... but he asked if he had time to shower!!! Now, you need to understand, always with the past babies he has had plenty of time to shower b/4 we left... so I'm sure that he figured it wouldn't hurt to ask! I said fine, make it quick! DH does not know how to make his showers quick!!! I'm just saying.... most times he pretty well drains the hot water tank of anything remotely near hot water! I finished the nightie and finished the packing and was trying to cross my legs....... if you know what I mean... and finally I said we need to hurry this up a bit! Pains were getting closer and closer... we lived near the Air Force Base and so traffic was a mess, and they didn't have the roads as they are now... let's just say at one point on the way to the hospital we had to wait our turn to get onto the Hiway.... I said, "Can't you just go around the people..... cause it seemed like all they were doing was sitting there! You see, by then the pains were a little less then 5 minutes apart! Hospital was still about 6-8 miles away... with too many traffic lights in between for me!!! We made it to the hospital and BIL met us there cause well... someone had to take our other 3 kids.... NO ONE WAS HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!!!!! We got me to the labor room.... I was checked and I was dialated to a 3 and 10 minutes later they came to check me again.... yep, I was a 10!!!
So, things were going fine, I'm in delivery and ahem...... NO DOCTOR!!!! They said he was on his way, he had been in the North part of town at another office when he got the first call. They called him again the 10 minutes later.... and he left and was scurrying towards us.... He got to the hospital at 6:15 p.m. When he walked in, I told him I was glad he was there but there or not this baby was coming and I told him that she would be there no later then 6:30 p.m. Baby Girl #3 was born at 6:30 p.m.! How's that for labor and delivery! 6 1/2 hours total! And girl cousins were born 3-31/2 hours apart! They call themselves (or did) the twin cousins! So today is that day.... 24 years old.... oh, and Cousin (not DD) is pregger herself now! Due in Sept. or Oct. with a little boy. Funny how things change but remain the same.... So Happy Birthday DD #3..... (oh, and no we didn't name her DD #3!) You know who you are! We Love You!!!
Oh, and what I forgot to say was that another SIL ( I have 7 on DH's side and 1 on my side) was planning a wedding later in the week! 3 days after the Twin Cousins arrived.... I was there (not for the wedding.... no way!) for a family picture! Let's just say.... it wasn't my best picture! Hmmm, maybe I will see if I can find that... too funny I'm sure! The two of us new mommy's and all the motley crew! And 2 months later..... the SIL that came home from her LDS mission, she got married! Talk about your whirl wind courtship!

Ever Want To Tear Out All Your Hair?

Sometimes I just wonder.... a while back I took a bit closer look at DGD dress and well there are these fold/crease lines that are on the bodice and the front of the skirt! Yep, the type you get from a well defined bolt crease!!! I tried everything I could think of, also trying to pick the brains of a few people out there who I hoped would know what else I could try! Yeah.... nothing! You see back between last fall and winter, I had read a bunch of library books on different sewing thoughts, idea's etc... anyway I remembered that there were several different idea's in said book (I no longer remember the name) about how to get hardy crease's/fold marks out! I went back to the library to see if I could find the book.... nope! And then asked the librarian if she could show me a record of the books I had checked out over a number of months.... (sorry... this may take a bit longer....) that was a no go.... she said, "It's for your protection, that we don't have a list of all the books you check out". Well, another librarian and I both went HuH????? This way the library can't have their records supenied by a judge.... I'm thinking big WoW.... all I ever read are sewing, craft and novels! O.K. so that was a no go! But, I ran into a friend that said I ought to try the extention service! Good idea! But, that was to no avail either! Last but not least I finally took it to the cleaners to see if they could help me out! I figured if worst came to worst I could start over with a new piece of fabric! The gal at the cleaners did her best and it did look better, only not the best! So, I corraled my DD and had her take a look... and she said it looks fine! So, on with the show! Guess I need to try not to be soooo picky! So, I will try to finish up today!

O.k. so since I started a post a while back that I didn't complete and then went to another one... I messed up big time! So if you want to read about what I'm doing with my DGD's little dress, you have to go back a couple postings....to the May 26th post cause it won't let me change the date of the post... and I'm just not qualified to move things around to get it to change any other way! LoL.... later, Jean

Emily is having a contest!

I'm Backkkkk! Kinda like a bad penny! (I think I've said that before!)
First things first.... Emily over at RavenHill http://ravenhill.typepad.com/weblog/ is having another contest to enter... and she is giving away some really fun things! This after just finishing up a giveaway for a wonderful shawl. But, for those of us who did not win.... she took this to heart and is now giving away a craft magazine that has an article about her in it! (clever girl is just getting her name out there all over the place, blogs, posts, and in print too!) So, she is now giving away the magazine she is featured in, (she already has a subscribtion) and also some wonderful fabric's.... on second thought.... don't go to her blog cause the more people who go the less chance I have to win! Just kidding.... well..... maybe!
That's all for now.... back soon with the pic's of my DGD's dress!

O.K. first of all I have to apologize... I started in on the dress and then realized that I had forgotten to take pic's. So I backtracked a bit... so you could see a little of what I've been doing.

As I told you b/4 the fabric is white Silk Dupioni... I may be spelling this wrong... (which if your my parents... you know that this isn't the first or last time this will happen!) And please forgive the cock-eyed picture... what can I say, it happens!

O.k. this is the skirt that as you can see is extra long, due to the fact that I'm adding several horizontal pleats.

Nothing tricky here, I just finished the seams a bit because this type of fabric really ravells. So since I don't want to line the entire thing.... because of the fact that she will be wearing it in Summer mostly. I finished the seams.

I spent far too much time finishing the neck edge b/4 I put the zipper in. I was going to use a piece of white satin ribbon around 1 inch wide. But due to the fact that it wouldn't lay right (and I want to hand sew the facing), I ended up ripping it out! I wanted it to feel nice agains't her skin and so instead I used a nice soft piece of lace as the neck facing. Since I changed the pattern (DD didn't want a collar) so we had to use something for the facing. Not a problem... ahem, for most! I guess I just like to make things difficult at times.

Anyway I will post some more.... this is taking far too long... just too many interuptions!

Oh, and since this is finally getting posted... it's now June 9th... not May something or other!

So Happy Birthday Sharon.... from Red Geranium Cottage!
I'll be back soon with the finish up stuff and more pictures. Need to let the dog out.... she is dancing around and crossing her legs a lot!

From A Mother To Her Family And A Few Other Thoughts

Well Mother's Day has come and gone... as it does each and every year. It's always so fun, sweet and nice to have you all right here. Us Mother's do appreciate all the wonderful things you say.... and mostly we just like it when you spend the time of day! All the jewels, flowers, cards and such, just can't really compare with knowing that you are/were in touch.... because it shows you care! Thank you so much for all your love and all the things you do.... From this Mother of 4 and a Wife of 1, and a Grandmother of 3. You made me feel especially nice, as nice as nice can be! Love You All.


Thanks For Making My Day Sweet!


O.K. here I am crying and it's the day after Mother's Day! I do that enough on Mothers day... due to overloaded sweet sentiments at Church and such...


I hope that all you new/or not so new Mother's had a wonderful day also!


So this past week has been a good time! The medicine the dr. put me on.... the antibiotic.... let me tell you.... fun..... not so much!!! 2 days after I had started taking it I called the pharmacist and told him that I was getting this terrible.... and I DO MEAN TERRIBLE... METAL TASTE, IN MY MOUTH (hmmm, where else would I get it.... oh well) along all of my taste buds! You have to know this guy... our Pharmacist.... his name is Von. He says to me... does it taste like your sucking a nickel? I said, yeah! He kinda laughs and says... yep... that will happen! I asked him what I could do about it, cause they are time release pills. I had to take 2 huge horse pills (it just seemed that way to me, cause they were wayyyy big) once each morning for 10 days! Yuck! Anyway... he said, just get yourself some hard candies.... and I'm thinking... dr's. orders! Root Beer Barrels to the rescue!!!!! So, each time I started getting that terrible taste I would just take a R. B. B..... and it did really help.... Only problem was I was getting it all the time, so I was sucking them all the time..... big sigh.... no weight loss! THIS IS MY OFFICIAL LOSER MONDAY REPORT....... Such is Life! But for those of you kind people who has asked.... yes, thank you I am feeling better. I would not have let the family over if I hadn't been!




Oh, and for those of you interested... Who were with this blog last Fall..... when my DD and her hubby got custody of the two sweet little ones..... it's all done and Legal! As of last week! And next month, they will take them through the Temple to be sealed. The kids have grown a lot... so cute to see them all together. And of course the rest of the family is having fun with them too!


Nothing like getting your family in leaps and bounds....




So today I finally get to cutting out the dress that I will be making for my little granddaughter or DGD as she will here to fore be known.


It's Butterick 3762. You can go here... http://www.butterick.com/item/B3762.htm?search=3762&page=1 if you want to see it~ Basically it's view D... with a few changes.

#1 Change is there will be no collar... DD has an aversion for kiddy type collars.... go figure!

#2 Change is that there will be pleats of the horizontal direction towards the hem. One will be around 1 1/2 inches and the next will be around 3 inches. This will give it some more detail...

The fabric is White Silk Dupioni. Since GD is now walking, it will be a nice long length. And hopefully not too long to trip her up!

I will be taking pictures so you can see what I'm up too... for those of you who may not care... well, I suppose you can just skip this sewing adventure or my blog totally.... I leave that up to your discretion. Stay tuned to this blog.... you never know what I may come up with!

A Bit Under The Weather And A Early Looser Monday Post

Hello All,
Just thought I would post a quick little note. I've been under the weather for the past week, still am as far as that goes. I managed to get myself bronchitis somehow or other. It came on rather fast... so it knocked me for a loop! Plus on top of that the computer conked out a week ago Friday. So..... I've been incommunicado for a while. Believe me when I tell you I was going thru withdrawal! But dear hubby, and our SIL managed to bring the computer back to life! Yeah! We will still have to start looking for a new one! Shhhhh! Don't tell this one... we don't want any more fits or anything like that!
Want you all to know that Sharon.... from Red Geranium Cottage sent me a sweet package a couple weeks back... ( remember I won one of her contests?) Anyway, she spoiled me rotten.... (hmmmm, maybe that's why I got sick! No, not really!) she sent me two charm packs from Moda.... they are the same so it will be fun deciding what to use them for. Also two separate kits, I think they are both for bow tie wall hangings.... I'm a little fuzzy at the moment.... medicine, I need medicine! Guess I had better close... to busy coughing to make much sense right at the moment. More later..... I won't be weighing in this week... hopefully that means I will be in great shape next week! Here's hoping!