Sept 13

Today was "Sunday" for me. With Pizza now on Saturdays, my weekends are Sunday and Monday, so even though it's Monday, it felt like Sunday...you follow?!?

Yesterday, I ran some errands (which translates into a 1/2 hour drive--each way--to Winona to get to a Walmart!) and  a garage sale I heard about in Alma. I hit the mother lode of baby girl clothes! Best of all, she'd been born in the winter, so there was a lot of cold-weather gear in little-bitty sizes! Score! The only thing that stopped me from buying the place out was that I'd only gotten $20 from the cash machine. Ended up with 5 long-sleeved, footed play suits, 3 pairs of pants, one long-sleeved top,  a pink cable-knit suit with a fuzzy hood and little mittens to cover her hands, one completely adorable summer outfit that I hope she'll fit into, and something that I don't think existed when I had babies.... It's a padded little bed that you can put on your bed. The baby can sleep with you, without you worrying about rolling over on her. It  even has a little night light so you can check on the baby in the dark. And, it folds up so you can bring it with you and the baby can sleep on someone else's bed, too. Until she can push herself up and/or move around, of course. I've got an email into the manufacturer to see if I can get a different cover for it.

I spent today pretty quietly, mostly working on a sewing project, but also laundry, and some cleanup in my room.

Next Monday is Heather's youngest son's 3rd birthday, and I made him a sock monkey! He's big into tractors, and stuff like that, but it's hard to sew a John Deere! I hope he likes the monkey. I think it turned out pretty cute!