Getting Back to 'Crafting'

I've been making some things again lately. I found instruction on a blog ( http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2009/03/easy-hair-clips.html ) for these cute barrettes. They're made from dollar store barrettes, with ribbons glued on top and scrapbook embellishments for the flowers & snowflakes. I think they're pretty cute. I didn't have a lot cute embellishments, but I might have to get some more so I can make some of these for Christmas gifts.

I'm hoping to make most of my Christmas gifts, but I realize I have to start planning them now!

I Love/Hate Books

Trying not to watch as much TV, I started doing some reading again. I read an entire novel in a 24 hour period. Guess how much other things I got done? I love reading, but I hate it when I get so into the book that I just have to finish it. Then I decided to read another book! I read Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. It is based on the story of Hosea in the Bible. The book was really good, but the author's note in the back really struck me. I'm going to have to keep the book for a while longer so I can re-read the author's note a few more times.

I'm all into reading blogs online. I get so inspired by other people's ideas and projects. I saw on one blog the author had a post titled "This Week I Will..." I like the idea of setting a few goals for the week. I'm not going to do that today because it's the end of the week and we are going away, but could be a good challenge sometime.

I Need Me Some TV!

So the no TV thing didn't go to well. Might have been better if DH was on board too. I was exhausted after some busy weekends, and it was too hard to go and do something or read. I just wanted TV. So I did. And DH didn't want me obsessing about it (he knows me too well.) I will try to do stuff instead of watching TV here and there, but for now whatever.

Day 3

Today we were gone all day to a family picnic, so TV was easy to avoid. Now I am super tired, and would love to veg out infront of the TV. DH is watching TV, but I'm not. I did get the dishes done and switched the laundry, which I probably wouldn't have if I had just sat infront of the TV.

Day 2- We went to church and stuff, then visited my brother at night. Was only hard to stay away from the TV after my nap, when I felt like I was still waking up. Just have to develop new habits.

Fat-free, sugar-free, bpa-free, TV-free?

I am not doing all of these things, but for the month of August I am going TV-free! Yikes! I figure it shouldn't be that bad, especially because most shows are doing re-runs. I will miss the new episodes of John & Kate + 8, but that is probably the only show I will miss. I can still use the internet (lets not get too crazy people!) so I can catch up on some shows online. And I'm going to blog about the experience.

DAY 1:
We went garage saling in the morning which is always great entertainment. At night we went to a friend's house for a campfire. It was mostly just not turning on the TV randomly through the day when I'm feeding Tess or I'm a little tired and don't feel like doing anything. For some reason Hayley tried to turn the TV on, so I told her it was broken. (I had unplugged it so that I couldn't just turn it on. She doesn't usually try to turn it on, but that's probably because it is often on. When I was feeding Tess, I was reading a magazine and found a project idea in the magazine. No TV will definitely give me more time for projects.