Don and I didn't make it over to Sheila and Dennis's yesterday. I called to see what time was a good time and received their answering machine. While waiting for a return call, we decided to clean house. I tackled the kitchen and bath while Don threw in some laundry, vacuamed the living room and assisted with gathering up the trash for today's pick up. All in all, it worked out well. After sweeping and mopping our wood floors, I decided to start us a nice dinner consisting of baked steak, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, brown and serve rolls. While dinner was in the oven cooking, I whipped up a double-layered carrot cake with cream cheese icing... perfect for my birthday on Wednesday, which baked and filled the kitchen with such a wonderful scent while we had dinner. While the cake was cooling, waiting to be frosted, we ran a quick errand out to Lowes.
Shortly after arriving home, I frosted the cake and the cupcakes I made from the leftover cake batter to give to Amber and Chris. In the evening, we enjoyed an overnight visit with Miss Alexxis McKenzie! Mommy arrived early this morning to pick her up so I could make it to my chiropractor's appointment.
I received good news. I'm mending. We are going to try once a week visits during the remainder of the month, although I can call and be scheduled in if I need to be seen and treated. Overall, I'm starting to feel a lot better, although there is still a bit of tenderness at the base of my skull and I'm experiencing a touch of dizziness while laying on my right side. It is a quick wave of dizziness that is relieved when I reposition my head and neck. More troublesome than anything else, yet important enough to continue to receive treatment for a while longer. I use a lot of care when holding Alexxis... and tend to err on the side of caution while caring for her.
We are in a for a Winter Storm watch today. 1-3" of the white, fluffy stuff expected, then a Winter Storm Warning is in place starting after midnight tonight. It is expected to hit Ohio around 2 a.m. with a possible 4-6" of snow; possibly up to 8" depending upon the jet stream placement. Anything south of the mid-line of this system will be snow and ice! Ick!...
I did manage to get my recent fabric purchases washed and dried. I have to press them yet before I can actually get started sewing anything. I'll be heading out to the studio this evening to work on the two swaps I need to get mailed by the end of this week, then I'll start to work once again on sewing up two additional curtains for my bookbinding cabinet and an spring summer outfit for the little princess.
I recently heard that the WalMart's across the country will be removing their fabric departments. Thankfully, we will still have our small JoAnn's and have a new Hobby Lobby opening here. Of course, there are some nice fabric stores within a 50 mile radius of our home so that helps out as well. I am finding that I really am enjoying sewing with my new machine...and I believe I'm becoming as obsessed with fabric as I already am with paper, LOL! Thankfully, I am realizing that I only have so much time available and am taking it a bit easier with my fabric purchases.
Oh! Oh! before I forget. I'm getting a Crucit for my birthday! While at WalMart the other night, I showed it to Don, explaining how it works, and how useful having one would be in my paper art crafts, and that eventually I'd love to own one. Well, he handed me the money to purchase one for my birthday; although I've decided to wait and do some comparision shopping before I actually do. Gotta make sure our necessities are covered first! But anyways, I'm on the hunt for the best price. Maybe soon....
We had a long heart to heart talk on Saturday morning regarding our finances. We've decided to really focus on getting a few small obligations out of our way, so that we can save $$$ for neccessities we need for our home, a new to us automobile, and contributing more to our savings. It was a nice conversation, one that sort of put things into a clearer perspective for us and that allows for us to both cover the necessities and a few small desires along the way. It is a whole lot easier when we're both on the same page, and have one another to hold the other accountable; not to mention it really curbs some of that impulse shopping. I'm finding that I really am loving this setting goals process and we're applying it to more and more areas of our lives. Gotta love that!
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