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Monday, June 9, 2008, by Leigh Anne
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I am not really sure if addiction is the right word but I admit I really love aprons.
I have always been an apron wearer - even before it was the “in” thing to do! (If you didn’t know, aprons are really “in” right now!)
Thanks to my 4-H sewing teacher in the 3rd grade the first thing I ever learned to sew was an apron.
I wear an apron a lot - anytime I am in the kitchen (I am a very messy cook), when I am cleaning the house (I am a very messy cleaner) and when I am in the garden (yes, I am a messy gardener too).
And much to my two teenage daughter’s horror I have even been known to go out in public with my apron on!
I have quite a collection of aprons. A friend jokingly (or maybe she wasn’t joking) said that I had an apron to match every outfit! I have aprons I have bought, ones that have been made by friends and lately I have gotten into making my own aprons.
I even joined an apron swap I found on a blog I visit. Here is the apron I made for Tracy in Alabama - hope she likes it.
While I was at it I had to make another new one for myself too!
And in case you are wondering - those are not my slim little hips. My hips have birthed four babies! That is my slim hipped 14 year old dancer daughter. Thanks for being my model Tessa.
Since we are on the topic of aprons I thought I’d share with you the story of one of my favorite aprons.
Fourteen years ago I was on a “girl’s weekend away” with my Beach Babe group. On the way to the beach I was reading aloud excerpts from the book Living a Beautiful Life.
When I read the following section all 5 of us burst out laughing…
“When I return from the office I put on an attractive apron and unwind by freshening up the house. Somehow this simple act - putting on an apron - sets the stage for my tidying up ritual and I go about the apartment attending to little things.”
We got a huge kick out of it and have joked about it over the years. The idea of each of us getting home from work and putting on an attractive apron to “tidy up” was just too funny.
Well, the next time we got together, April, one of the group had a gift for each of us - yep, you guessed it - an “attractive apron”.
Here they are! (Yes, the top part of the apron is detachable and also doubles as hot pot holders!)
I don’t think this is what Alexandra Stoddard, author of Living a Beautiful Life, had in mind but we sure have gotten a lot of enjoyment and laughs out of them! They have managed to show up at various events, parties, BBQ’s, holiday gatherings, even the wedding reception of one of the Beach Babe’s daughters!
So next time you have some “freshening” up to do - don’t forget the attractive apron!
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008, by Leigh Anne
I have added a fun contest to go with the “Fun surprise in the mail” post below - so if you didn’t leave a guess on which baby is mine please do so! All those with the correct answer will be entered into a drawing for $20.00 Amazon gift card.
If you are reading this through an email update or a rss reader you will need to click through to the blog to leave your guess in the comment section. Happy guessing!
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008, by Leigh Anne
Keep reading to see how you can win a $20.00 Amazon Gift Card!!
So I just had to share this cute card I got in the mail today.
My childhood friend LuAnne (we met in the Junior High and were inseparable until I moved away after high school graduation :( received this card in the mail from her mortgage broker. When she emailed to tell me about it, I asked her if she would send it to me….
The inside of the card reads as follows:
“Don’t make any “rash” decisions in today’s market. Call me for expert mortgage advice. I can help.”
Isn’t that cute - do you get it? Rash - diaper rash - picture of babies in diapers…
O.K. -but that is not the really cute part - this is! The front of the card.
Isn’t it cute? Well - it is especially cute because one of those darling babies is MINE! Yes, this picture was taken over 22 years ago as part of a Nike ad when my oldest sweet college boy was 18 months old.
A friend called one day and said she was taking her 18 month old baby to a “call” for babies to do a Nike ad and wondered if I wanted to go along. I said sure - well - my cute little baby was picked and hers wasn’t. Bet she wished she hadn’t called me!
Logan was paid a whopping $25.00 for this photo shoot. He was actually the only baby there at the time - the magic of computers.
So - here’s the contest question - which of those cute babies is mine? Can you guess? Just leave your guess in the comment section below and I’ll unveil the answer on Thursday. All those with the correct guess will be entered into the drawing for a $20.00 Amazon Gift Card.
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Happy guessing!
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Thursday, March 27, 2008, by Leigh Anne
This week is Spring Break and the girls and I have been hanging out with sweet husband in Seattle, Washington where he had business. We have had fun at the Space Needle, a Blazer-Sonics game (o.k. that was sweet husband’s idea), shopping and pretending to be a rock band at the Experience Music Project.
We stayed at a lovely hotel right on the Pier overlooking the Puget Sound. Our room was very Northwest-ish - complete with a fireplace.
The problem was - the bathroom! Don’t get me wrong, it was a beautiful bathroom but I am sure that this particular hotel had to have been designed by a man because NO WOMAN would have ever made the mistakes that were made with this hotel bathroom.
Mistake #1 - A clear glass shower door.
When you are traveling with teenage girls - there is no way they are going to allow anyone else to be in the bathroom when they are showering when there is a clear glass shower door.
Now this wouldn’t be as big of a problem if Mistake #2 hadn’t been made …
…the ONLY MIRROR AND SINK was in the same room as the glass shower door!
So only one teenage girl could be in the bathroom at a time and when one of those teenage girls is a Makeup Maven and only has one speed - SLOW - it takes a LONG time to get everyone ready in the morning.
What were those hotel designers thinking!
So the moral of this blog post….when traveling with two teenage girls always check the configuration of the bathroom first!
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008, by Leigh Anne
After sharing with you my Easter Outfit Issue I thought I would share with you a few pictures of my girls in their “coordinating” Easter outfits. I posted these on my family blog this week but thought you might like to see them too.
When the kids were little I would get them all dressed in their matching/coordinating outfits and take their picture. I remember what a frustrating and sometimes exhausting ordeal it was as we would try to get them all to sit still, look at the camera and smile - all at the same time. With no digital photography you never knew until they came back from the developer if you got a good one or not!
I use to think - “When they are older this will be so much easier!” Well - I was wrong.
It’s a lie - it doesn’t get easier - it only gets different!
Here’s the proof!
Even mom got in on the act…
Thank goodness for digital photography and the ability you have to waste dozens of photos trying to get a good one.
Finally…….
Aren’t they cute!
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Friday, March 21, 2008, by Leigh Anne
I have issues, in fact I have shared one of those issues before.
According to my children though, I have a lot of issues. One particular issue that I have only manifests itself three times of year - Easter, Christmas and the Week of the Family Photo.
This issue is - the need to have my children’s Easter/Christmas/Family Photo outfits match or coordinate. Now you would think that with children ages 14, 18, 22 and 24 I would be way beyond that - but I’m not. In fact I spent a fair amount of time at the mall today trying to find “coordinating” Easter outfits for my girls.
We are going with a yellow, black and white color scheme if you’re interested.
Several years ago they put their foot down and refused to wear matching outfits - go figure!
My excuse for this issue though is that it is in the genes. Look at this picture of my sister and I from 1970….
And then there was this one from Easter of the same year…
You see my mother had the same problem - the “Matching/Coordinating Outfit” gene. So of course it was only natural that when I got married and started a family that the gene would kick into gear….
Yes, I made these cute little linen suits for my sweet boys. Then baby #3 arrived and it was a girl so we branched out into coordinating outfits…
And Baby #4 arrived….
Aren’t they cute!
As soon as Baby #4 got a little older and I could find matching dresses for the girls - guess what?
Soon the boys got older and their standard Easter outfit became a white shirt and tie but I still had the girls….
I guess eventually, one day when the children are all grown up and gone from home, I will have to overcome my “Matching/Coordinating Outfit” issue but until then I’ll keep making those trips to the mall.
And then - someday- there will be grandkids!
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008, by Leigh Anne
Peanut Butter is not approved by airport security and is considered a gel!
Jim left early this morning for a quick overnight business trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. He and Clark will have dinner in Salt Lake tonight. (Logan is in California on tour)
Clark asked me if dad could bring him some food. (He requested no sweets, guess he still has plenty of candy left over from the Valentine package I sent)
“Do you have any peanut butter?” Clark asked.
I had just bought a new jar that day so I put it into Jim’s carry-on to take to Clark.
Jim called this morning from the airport and yes, peanut butter is considered a gel by airport security! He was early so he just went and checked his bag instead of carrying it on - think I would have just ditched the peanut butter!
Last summer we also learned that trying to carry an aebleskiver pan onto an airplane is also not permitted - it is considered a weapon… that one is a rather long story….
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Monday, February 25, 2008, by Leigh Anne
Last week I made a new blogging friend, Rhonda, over at Because Mom Said So. I love the name of her blog because it reminded me of all those MOMMY-isms I use, my mother used and if you are a mother - you probably use too!
You know what I mean - those statements you make to your kids when they are driving you crazy or you just don’t know what else to say.
If you were to ask my children what MOMMY-ism I am most famous for I have no doubts that all four of them would answer - “Life is not fair”. If any of my children dare to even whisper the words “That’s not fair!” (can you hear the whine) in my presence they know my answer before it’s even out of my mouth…
“Life is not fair!”
They have told me that they are going to engrave those words onto my tombstone!
I first heard those words - Life is not fair- not from my mother, but from my high school chemistry teacher Mr. Winston -back in the good old days, at Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
My friend Hannah Kotz and I always sat in the front row of chemistry class. Often in answer to our response of “That’s not fair!”, although I have no idea what “wasn’t fair” about chemistry class, cute “old” Mr. Winston (he was probably in his mid-40’s!!) would say - ”When you were born - did a great big sign come down from heaven saying LIFE IS FAIR - no - LIFE IS NOT FAIR!”
It has been my favorite answer to the statement “It’s not fair” ever since!
Maybe some of these MOMMY-isms sound familiar to you…
Am I talking to a wall?
ANSWER ME!
Are you deaf?
Don’t make me come in there!
Go ask your dad.
Go play outside. It’s a beautiful day.
How many times do I have to tell you? I can’t believe you did that.
Why on earth would you do that?
I don’t care who started it…stop it now!
I just want the best for you.
If you’re too sick to go to school, you’re too sick to play outside.
I don’t know is not an answer
I’m not running a taxi service (one of my other favorites!)
Were you born in a barn?
Say you’re sorry and act like you mean it!
Some day you’ll thank me for this.
Someday when you have kids, you’ll understand
What part of no don’t you understand?
Do you have a favorite MOMMY-ism you say or maybe one your mother used. Let us hear it - just leave a comment in the box below!
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