my husband has two wives.

or at least it can look like he has two wives.  

this is what i looked like yesterday morning.  when i caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, i almost lost my breakfast.  i mean really?  the #1 mom crown my kids made for me may have put the look over the top, but then my frizzy hair might have looked even worse.   i even kissed my husband goodbye looking like this!!  oh, he's a saint!

wife #1

she's the, i just rolled out of bed, found you underwear in the laundry basket, make breakfast and coffee for you and kiss you goodbye wife.  she cleans, homeschools the kids and sometimes changes her outfit and fixes her hair before you come home from working all day.  

wife #2

this is the wife you hope to see when you come home after a long grueling day at work.  she does all of the same things as wife #1 except for one very important thing.  she took the time to make herself look nice.

i wonder which wife my husband prefers?  

~tiff

slime

can i just say how much i love having kids old enough to read books, follow direction and make their own science projects?  they did make quite a decent mess, as you can see on their faces!

is it a solid?  a liquid?  it's both!

ever since i paid off my library fines, we've been there at least a couple times a week.  science experiment books, historical fiction, joke books...anything and everything you can imagine.  it's been so fun, but my oldest son has been loving the science books!  this particular concoction has been the biggest hit so far, they had fun with it for days!  

~tiff

how many needles does it take to sew a messenger bag?

i've been wanting to sew up a messenger bag for ages, and since i got my new laptop, i've really wanted on so i could take it around with me!  this weekend i nabbed some time for myself in my sewing room.  i haven't sewn anything in ages and it felt so nice.  for this particular project, i used some pretty heavy fabric and i broke 3 needles in the process!

just look though....wasn't it totally worth it?

i used a couple of different tutorials for this and i added the ruffle to the front.  i wish i would have added a pocket on the inside and i sat at the table trying to decide if i wanted to do more cutting when i was so far into it.  i didn't, and now i'm thinking i made the wrong choice?

i did make a small error which i'll have to rip and restitch.  i blame the way the flap is sewn onto the bag.  in my mind, it seems like i could do it better (you know, design a better way to put it all together) but, that's easier said than done....

overall, i love it!  it's  just what i was going for.  something soft and pretty.  it isn't perfect, but it's my first time sewing a bag like this.  even my  husband said it looked well made!

materials:
i used some dropcloth left over from sewing slipcovers for my couch and some pretty fabric i found at jo ann's for the lining/ruffles.

happy monday girls!

~tiff

linking up to:

feed my family friday!

i'm linking up with becky from farmgirl paints for her feed my family friday!!  

cooking isn't something i really enjoy, but i do have three kids and a husband so basically i have no way out.  i always envied those gals who love on their families by feeding them.  

lately though, i have made a couple of good meals, and last night was so yummy.  i can thank pinterest for the surge in good ideas.  

{spicy peanut butter noodles}

                                                                         Source: crumbblog.com via Tiffany on Pinterest

the whole family enjoyed them.  i liked 'em so much i'm seriously considering making them again tonight.  is that bad?  oh well...


{sorry, blogger hates me--go here to get to becky's blog!!}

have a great weekend ladies!

~tiff

Source: luxefinds.com via Deb on Pinterest

this is what i'm trying to focus on today.

do you ever lose your temper and say some things that you didn't exactly mean and go back to try to make it right, but the other person isn't even at all interested in what you have to say?  that they could care less and you know it?  so, it seems like this never ending cycle of negativity that you don't know how to change?  even if you do try and be loving and  kind they just only care about themselves and no one else?

i'm having one of those days and they are always the pits.  then, even the people who haven't done anything wrong are caught in the cross hairs of your bad mood.  as wrong as it is, sometimes you just need to be upset.  upset because you're worried that some people seem to come into this world with a stubborn and willful spirit that seems really hard to deal with and they might never change.  because the world is full of people who have yet to figure out how to get along with others and it just might happen that i might be responsible for raising one of them.

and that's almost unbearable.

~tiff

do y'all remember this post when i talked about how i lost my wedding ring?  

by some miracle, i found it!  

i had been puttering around in my bedroom cleaning when i grabbed a little pile of garbage from a freshly folded kitchen rug when i noticed it in my hand.  

i can't tell you where it came from or how it ended up on top of that rug without my noticing.  it's super weird, but i'm not going to question it.  i'm just stinkin' happy i have it back and just in time for valentines day too!   

i hate to even admit i don't even have anything super special planned for tonight.  i will make dessert (which i don't normally do) and try to make something nice for dinner. the kids and i will make cute cards for their dad, but that's about all i've got up my sleeve. 

so, in the spirit of love, here's a pic of my honey and i.

aww, aren't we just so cute together?  

{sorry, i couldn't help myself.  if you can't be mushy on valentines day, when can you?}

 i just made it the screen saver to my new laptop, which i love.

yes, i'm in love with my laptop.  

and my husband. 

and my kids.

and my life.

the end. 

~tiff

broken

i'm going to tell you a story that started last june.  why?  well, because i had meant to blog about it, and then i didn't.  but, in a weird way it has something to do with the birthday i just had, which i also didn't blog about.

so, my mother in law and her close friends have a gourmet lunch club every month.  doesn't that just sound like fun?  they each take a turn hosting and that person plans the lunch and the activity.  this particular time, i happened to be invited and we were going to have lunch downtown seattle and were going to see a seattle film festival movie.  it's been so long, i can't remember the name of the movie, but it was about a woman who lived in a mental institution.  as i can recall i think we all liked the movie.  the ending was super interesting and we sat in the theater trying to figure out if we all agreed what it meant. one of my favorite parts of the whole day was sneaking into anthropology with my mother in law.  i saw these cups and fell in love.  i just had to take a picture of them.   that was 8 months ago  and i had long since forgotten about them.  

fast forward to my birthday which was just a couple of weeks ago.  i gave up my birthday present from my husband so i could buy a $58 wrestling hoodie for my little guy.  

{we can all agree that is totally outrageous, but, they know us mothers will pay any price...right?}

so, i knew i was getting nada.  but, my husband's oldest sister surprised me with a small anthro box.  when i opened it i had one of those cups.  even after i opened it, i still didn't remember i had taken a picture of them.  but, i fell in love.  it was light pink and monogrammed with the letter t.  

i filled it with licorice spice tea, sat on the couch and enjoyed my new anthro cup.  when i finished, i set it on the table, walked into the dining room to grab the phone.  as soon as i entered the dining room, i heard the crash.  my oldest son accidentally knocked it on the floor. 

 and it was broken.  

i wish i could say i handled it well, but i didn't.  i yelled and lost my cool.  it was an honest mistake, but i was so upset.  i felt really bad afterwards and later apologized.  

a few days later i used a camera i haven't used since i took the picture of the cups.  after downloading the pictures i had taken, i saw this.  and i just had to laugh at the irony of the whole thing. i guess it just wasn't meant to be.

don't you hate it when stuff like that happens?

~tiff