Playing, Potatoes, & Projects

Sarah Grace at 12 months! The beast that took Eric & my Dad 5 hours to install...long story! And after 2 1/2 years we finally put fans up, now, this is not the chandelier I originally wanted or the flower fan that I settled for, but it works and its kinda cute! By the way, if anyone wants to know how to make the bow holder it's super easy & I don't mind sharing, although you may find a better way of doing it! A bow project I did forever ago and never posted about...its a few bows up there, but I had no where else to put them.  This dresser has been sitting in our shed for almost a year & I finally did some work on it and put in Sarah Grace's bedroom! This picture is for my aunt Melda/Nanni, love the dress! The girl likes a raw potato and I don't blame her, I just choose to peel mine first! We've been busy around here and I've kinda slacked on my blog.  I guess I will just have to start combining the next few to make up for it.  Eric has been busy finishing up this semester and is looking forward to his two week break in between. He recently found out that he will be able to do his internship this summer, which we were not expecting, and will now (hopefully) be able to graduate in december!  We are keeping our fingers crossed...   I have about 4 more weeks of "tutoring" and I can hardly wait for summer to get here. I have so much planned, including swim lessons starting in June for Sarah Grace. I've been keeping myself super busy with organizing the house and clearing out clutter.  I have packed away any decor that is not hanging on the wall and has no real purpose other than looking pretty.  I also started a cleaning schedule for myself which appears to be working out pretty well so far.  Honestly, I  have lists on all of my doors in the house. A  To Do list, cleaning schedule, home improvement list, grocery list, food storage...there are too many to count.  But its helping and thats the important part, I've found myself to be too scatter brained to function without them.  Sarah Grace is wonderful of course, including being wonderfully challenging at moments.  Let's just say she has a temper, wish I could blame that one on Eric! Luckily it passes very quickly! She's so loving though & recently all she wants to do is kiss/hug you!  I guess it makes the moments of tantrums worth it.  We've been calling her the sour patch kid, have ya seen the commercials, "first they're sour, then they're sweet," with the little piece of candy doing mean things and then hugging the person.  Thats Grace, she may hit you, but one second later she gives you a huge hug & a kiss!  A little frustrating/humorous.  I guess we are all a work in progress!