Crafty goals 2012

I'm really pleased with what I accomplished this year. I learned so much and made a ton of new things. I'm going to keep up with it better - somehow!
Goals for this year
Sewing - more gifts - aprons, coasters, diaper changing pad  , diaper pouch (probably from vinyl table cloth too),
Quilting - Christmas tree quilt(ed) thing - I've started on this, but I'm not sure if it will be a quilt or a quilted wall hanging or what. I super duper love the Christmas tree theme though. Cross-stitch, snowman quilted wall hanging thing - I have 5 snowmen that are too cute. I'm going to stitch them up and decide what to do with them - quilt, quilted wall hanging? We'll see. I also want to make the new baby a quilt and experiment with a t-shirt block. And there are some cool Christmas/scrappy quilts here and here that I want to toy around with.
Crochet - a santa scarf - that's it as far as what I want to do. I'm sure more things will come along. I have a ton of yarn from my mother. I might crochet the baby a blanket or something.
Cross-stitch - I want to finish the poinsetta I've been working on off and on. I want to finish one of the flower ones I want to put in the kitchen. The Haunted Tea party, Santa claus, Christmas topiary, Swirly tree and Merry Yule. And other things to make into ornaments to give next year. Maybe some festive initial ornaments.
I got a new sewing book from B&N with a Christmas gift card so I want to make some stuff from it too.  
     

Decorating for Christmas

Well, we're putting up stuff now, but here are some pics from the process. We really do have a lot of Christmas decorations. This was really before everything was out. But, since we didn't host anything, we never really finished making it look nice and it stayed messy. Oh well.   

Soccer party

Gracie had her soccer party at Mazzio's a few weeks ago. We were the only parents (I think) who didn't bring gifts for all the girls. It was nice. There was some pressure to play again. Not sure we're going to be able to do that.

Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving was busy, then not. I had a conference for school on the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday before in Dallas, so I was there. Then I came back Saturday night and Scott, Grace and I went back up to visit his parents Sunday. It was a nice trip, but a lot of time in the car. We listened to Snuff by Terry Pratchett, which was good. We came home Tuesday. Grace went with my mom Thursday to visit her aunt, so we were alone for Thanksgiving day. I worked for about 6 hours at school, then we went to a friend's house, which was nice. I got sick, which sucked. It's the first time in a long time that I've had sinus/allergy crud and I had it bad. I went to a movie Friday and did some mystery shops, then spent a lot of time in bed. It was nice. My sewing machine is finally back in session, so I was able to use it, but didn't really. Gracie had a good time with mawmaw, but we were ready for school to start back.      

Update

I really am not good at updating this thing during the school year. I'm tired. The tadpole is sucking the life out of me. Not really. Some days I feel great. Other times I feel like lying in bed with the heating pad all day. We had our first bout of cold weather here and we're about to have another. Cold for here is pretty mild for most folks, but we're not used to it.
The tadpole is good. I went to the doctor last week and he was pleased. I've gained 3 lbs. The heartbeat was good. The height of the fundus was good. So I posted it on facebook. We're going back on Jan. 3 to see the ultrasound. Can't wait! Boy? Girl? We don't really care. A boy would be different. A girl would be easier - materials wise because we saved a lot of stuff from Gracie. We're just grateful either way - but we are going to find out. We have to plan!    

Soccer season

It's almost over. 2 more practices and one more game. It's time consuming and Gracie isn't all that good at it. It's just starting to get cold here. Saturday was our 1st and only early morning game and it was after a cold front had come through. It was miserable. Miserable for us and miserable for them. Gracie loves the social aspect of playing with her friends on the sidelines. I don't think we're going to play again. It's just too much away from home. And with a new baby - probably too much.

Scarecrow festival

My hometown has a botanical garden-type area called Shangri-la. My mother is a member and she and Gracie go a lot. This was my first time to go. Gracie loved that she got to show me around. We went because it was their annual Scarecrow Festival. Gracie wanted her picture taken with all of the scarecrows, but we managed to get just the highlights.