Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Miscellaneous Happenings

Things were pretty uneventful around here today.  Although I was able to cross two rooms off of my cleaning list, so that felt good.  Somehow I don't actually feel like the house seems cleaner though, but Nick says it does so I must be on the right track.  This weekend my college roommate and her husband and baby are coming to town so I have to get everything done before then.  At least I have a solid deadline to keep me on track!  Not to mention that I am super excited to see them all - Ella and Molly will be great playmates this weekend!

Some bumbo time - how cute are her little jeans??!


I also spent some time getting things ready and organized for Ella's first day of day care.  :(  I am headed back to work on Tuesday and I have very mixed emotions about it!  I know they will take good care of her and I am looking forward to seeing my work friends but it is going to be a hard transition.  Anyway, I had ordered some name bubbles since EVERYTHING that goes to day care has to be labeled.  They came yesterday so I had fun sticking them on things today.  Hopefully they really do hold up through the washing machine and dishwasher.

napping while Mommy cleans
In other news this weekend I re-covered our office chair.  It needed it SO BAD, Zoe apparently loved the fabric that it came with and completely clawed it up.  She doesn't claw on other furniture, but I guess she really loved the texture of this.  For probably close to 3 years I just had fabric draped over it and it looked like a mess all the time.  I had been mentally planning how I would sew a slipcover for quite awhile but finally decided that I was going to do it.  I got the fabric half off so it only cost me $15.


I couldn't believe how well it turned out!  I love it so much.  All I did was carefully pin the pieces together on the chair and did some very steady sewing right on the line that I pinned.  Such a difference - had I known it was going to turn out so well and be so easy I would have tried this a long time ago!  Lesson learned.

1 comment:

  1. Ella is very cute in her mitten shirt and jeans.
    Great job on the chair!!

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