Disboutiquers Part 7 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[mytwotinks]

OK, so I'll weigh in here. I'd like to think I've got a little bit of experience, LOL! 7+ years as a NICU nurse helps out! Pacis are GREAT! Being able to suck is soothing for infants and gives them comfort. You are not a bad mom for thinking of giving those kiddos a paci! It will help you, it will comfort them. Sounds like a win-win situation to me!

Seriously, it's one of the main reasons almost all NICU babies wind up with pacis - at least while in the hospital. As much as we'd like to sit and hold and rock fussy babies, we just can't - and the parents can't be there all of the time, either. I try to really educate my parents about the benefits of pacis. It's one little thing that brings these babies a little bit of comfort in a mostly uncomfortable environment. I'm a big advocate for pacis!

Good luck whatever you decide! You're a superstar mom and those babies are extra lucky to have you!

P.S. Swaddling is great, too! The "boundaries" of swaddling are comforting, reminds them of being all cozy and curled up in the womb!

That's where Riley found her love of the binky! Your hospital even! I really loved it that she had something that comforted her when I couldn't be there. She couldn't be swaddled though becuase she was under those nasty lights. I hated that she had to lay there all naked all of the time. I know she was warm temperature wise, it just seems so "cold" though to see a baby all flopped down naked with a blindfold on. She didn't seem to mind as much as I did though.

 

[HeatherSue]

I JUST UPDATED MY TRIP REPORT!
This is the day we spent with Stephres!!

Did you notice my hidden mickey light fixture? You guys will appreciate it, but when I point it out to people, I get the feeling they are rolling their eyes at me ! Here it is again:

You know what, I didn't!! I just knew that I had looked at that light fixture and that I had really wanted it, but couldn't remember where I'd seen it! Now I remember! I had just installed the light fixture in our dining room when I saw that one for sale on disneyshopping.com. I tried to talk Henry into it, but the Disney-hater wasn't going to have a Mickey light fixture. I LOVE it, though!

GORGEOUS! I can see all the time you put into it!

Broke my tooth on a soft pretzel (seriously, who does that)

Must not have been too soft!

Here is Louie's nursery - I didn't really use any patterns, just lots of paint, fabric, and love

http://www.dressydolly.com/CarlaC/nursery.html

We moved out of that house just before his first birthday. Supposedly, the new owners were going to keep the mural. We still have most of the crib bedding and pillows on his big boy bed. .

What an adorable and original nursery! It must have been so hard to leave it! I LOVE the frog mural!


Cathy: I was being sincere, you look great! I really don't think you look like you're 30lbs overweight!

 

[2cutekidz]

I finished my Big Give outfit!! Emily decided she wanted to send somethng too, so she helped with a little something extra. She sat on my lap at the sewing machine and helped. She picked out the fabric and all the threads (for the pplique!!) too. It's not perfect, but she loves it and now wants one too!! I'll try to get pictures in the morning.

 

[teresajoy]

I once again should really be in bed, but I wanted to post and say Hi to everyone! Hi! There were some cute things posted today! Minnie2, the patchwork twirl skirt was too cute!!! That looks great.

Disneylovinfamily, I love the Alice outfit, and I'm sorry about your husband. Rara, I'm sorry for you too. That has to be so hard on you two.

Stephanie, Corey would like to know what kind of reception you are getting on your cell phone today, and he wanted to remind you to take the keys out of your car.

Oh good, I see Heather has posted her TR, so I will get mine up in the morning time! Or, maybe afternoon time....

 

[minnie2]

LOVE that fireplace! I have seen old fireplaces like this going for big $$ in antique stores! I love your staircase, too!

How pretty! I have yet to attempt a patchwork twirl skirt. They look so time consuming!

thanks on the house. We really do love our little old house. My SIL the engineer noticed one day the scroll work on the fireplace was different on both sides and now every time I look at it I see the missing part and it irks me! Sadly we can't use it because of my son's dust mite allergies. . Oh well it is pretty!

Thanks about the skirt too. It was time consuming but as it started comming together I could see what it looked like and I loved it. So much so I went to Hancock yesterday to actually buy material for me! I really want a mickey purse for our trip well what do I walk out with for me ? NOTHING! nada zip! Nikki walks out with material for a hanna montanna twirl skirt! Go figure!

Here's a closeup of the little dress I put on Tessa's "Polly Pocket" dress. I cut out the shape of the skirt with a little extra on the sides. Then, I sewed it to a plain white piece of fabric, right sides together (leaving the top seam open). Then, I turned it right side out, folded down the top seam, and sewed that up. Then, I gathered it a little by hand and then sewed it right onto the skirt picture that was already on the bodice.

this came out so pretty!

Ask and you shall receive!

I love this picture! the look on her face is adorable!

OK ladies I am tired lol. I think I am officially afraid to try IVF as the next step now! I cannot imagine having triplets. I think you could without a doubt lose your mind. I got to thinking about Jon and Kate this morning thinking about how even with help .... oh my just do not want to think about it lol.

So I need advice. Little ones are waking up a bit when I think if I were giving them a paci they would be able to sleep a bit longer. I have always been pretty anti paci. Alex had one but only because he spent 3 months in the NICU and they gave it to him ... not my choice. I am really starting to reconsider my anti paci feeling. My Dr. this morning reminded me that it is much easier to break a paci than a thumb sucker. So I would love your opinions? Am I being a crappy mom to these little ones by giving them one? Admittedly the only reason I am is for my sanity because there is two of them and well only one of me lol. Neither of them like the swing or the bouncy seat or any of the things that usually will appease a newborn for a few minutes lol. They are however thankfully very very good babies! Anyway would love your honest opinions.

Both my kids had binkys and you know i would do it all over again with both of them! I swear they kept my sanity! My best friend who has 3 boys and one set of twins. (whom i made those shirts for) . Her older boy had a binky and he was fine getting rid of it. Don't ask about the blankie though Aunt Marlo(me gave it to him so I say he gets to take it to college Any way when she had the twins and her older one was only 2.5 she tried binkie I mean EVERY binky that was every made ! She needed it even for the few minutes while she got one situated with his bottle and then got the other one. Or if she was changing one and the other needed to be changed. BUT NOPE neither would take one. She didn't want to give it to them in place of other things but just to help her have a bit of sanity in between doing things.
So I say try a binky.

 

[minnie2]

Since we're sharing, here's some pictures of our house. Don't pay attention to the landscaping - we're adding just a little at a time because it's so dry here right now.

great room fireplace and bookcases

kitchen (just ignore the handprints on the fridge !

breakfast room

master bedroom

I'm not even going to show you pictures of the kids rooms right now ! Have a great weekend everybody!

what a nice house! I am so jealous of every one ss fridges! All my appliances are SS except my fridge we are waiting for it to break then replace it with ss but the darn thing won't break and it is old too! UGH

These are from a couple of months ago. My mom is helping dd4 with her *very own sewing machine* (which, it turns out is totally useless & won't be used again, but that's a different story). She's working on a pillowcase to the dolly bunk beds.

She did really well considering the problems we had with the machine not working right. If it were me, I'd have tossed the thing out the upstairs window long before I was finished - oh wait, we don't have an upstairs. Oh, well.

I think her hem is straighter then mine are.

How cute is she sewing away! I was looking at one f those kid machines yesterday glad to know they aren't good.

Hi all!
I finally had a few minutes to upload our vacation pics from Lancaster. I put titles on everything too so you can kinda follow along. We have done more "tour-esty" things on other trips cause there is so much to see and do there! This time we mainly did Hershey park, a pretzel factory tour, visited a couple of fabric and quilt shops and hit a few tourist traps for fun! So click below if you want to see the fun!

Hershey Park - Lancaster Vacation

I love the girls matching outfits! You looked like you had so much fun! How far is Hershey from Penn State? Does any one know? DH wants to go to a Penn State foot ball game and we were thinking of ding hershey park when we went. My SIL went there and they are both HUGE Penn State fans. My SIL has no clue ad she refuses to find out since she works for Nestle

 

[disneylovinfamily]

Just wanted to stop in and say good morning. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers for Mark---Rara and I really appreciate it. I will be away all day from the computer so don't post too much (I hate having to catch up) Rara and I are going to a dismeet in Baltimore today.

 

[minnie2]

Cathy: FANTASTIC pictures! It looks like you guys had a great time! Seeing you in a bathing suit makes me realize that I really need to lose some weight. You look great! I'd love to feel comfortable enough in a bathing suit to get my picture taken!

Chocolate World reminded me of John and Kate plus 8. Your hotel looked very nice and Hershey Park looked really cool! You have me wanting to take the kids to Pennsylvania.

We went there for our honeymoon and it was gorgeous! We stayed at one of those tacky hotels in the Poconos with the heart shaped pool and the champagne glass bathtub!

Sorry I had to chuckle at the champagne glass thing! In HS and College one of my friends lived in the Poconos so I pretty much spent the summers up there and on weekends we would go to shows at those 'Honeymoon' hotels! It just brought back a lot of memories of my DH and I were 1st dating too. We used to go up to the pocono's for newyrs eve alot too. Talk about Flash back! I grew up about an hour or so from there in North Jersey.

Just wanted to second what someone said about swaddling. I thought my babies didn't like swaddling, until I got the "miracle blanket", it really was a miracle! Helped my son sleep better instantly!! It was great!

My DD hated anything remotely like swaddling. I remember she was not even 24 hours old and she wouldn't stop screaming and DH thought I had just given birth to satan spawn She screamed at the top of her little lungs all night. The nurse came in the room and we were all in tears the 3 of u because she wouldn't stop screaming. So the nurse re swaddled her and she screamed louder. She had been feed changed everything. Then the next morning my mom came in and non of us had sleep and she unswaddled Nikki and flip her hands come out and are free and she stops screaming and starts smiling!!!!!! Needless to say we NEVER swaddled her or my son ever!

 

[minnie2]

Here is the completed outfit with bows

That is so great!

Did you notice my hidden mickey light fixture? You guys will appreciate it, but when I point it out to people, I get the feeling they are rolling their eyes at me ! Here it is again:

I wanted that so bad for my kitchen! i couldn't convince George to get it!

Here is Louie's nursery - I didn't really use any patterns, just lots of paint, fabric, and love

http://www.dressydolly.com/CarlaC/nursery.html

We moved out of that house just before his first birthday. Supposedly, the new owners were going to keep the mural. We still have most of the crib bedding and pillows on his big boy bed. .

What an adorable nursery!

"I will be so sad if you leave me there.... You left me once and I did cry for you!"

that seriously just broke my heart!

 

[mommyof2princesses]

We had a cancer scare here this week. My DH had to have a biopsy Tuesday and they saw a "dark spot" on the ultrasound when they did the biopsy. DH & I were both convinced it was cancer. I was worried we would have to cancel our August trip. We got the great news today that it was just a minor infection. I think even my Disney hating DH is looking forward to our Disney trip now! Such a huge relief!!!!!

So I'm going to celebrate with a little retail therapy (DH doesn't do retail therapy) and buy a new sewing machine.

So glad it was just a scare. My mom had 2 scares and I know how that feels! Celebrate and buy some fabric!

I am so excited I finished my 1st patchwork twirl skirt!

Thanks to every one whole helped me calculate how many sqs I needed. After I sewed them all together I thought I wanted it longer so I added anther tear but now that I see it on her she didn't need it.
Next one I think I need to add more material for the base layer where the elastic goes.
Nikki is going to where this to the Luau in WDW when Kyle and my best friends boys where their bowling shirts.

It came out great! the colors you choose are so pretty! My twirl patchwork is still in pieces....I am going to moms to get her to embroider some stuff on her machine before I start piecing it together! and I LOVE twirl factor!

Here's a closeup of the little dress I put on Tessa's "Polly Pocket" dress. I cut out the shape of the skirt with a little extra on the sides. Then, I sewed it to a plain white piece of fabric, right sides together (leaving the top seam open). Then, I turned it right side out, folded down the top seam, and sewed that up. Then, I gathered it a little by hand and then sewed it right onto the skirt picture that was already on the bodice.

What a neat idea! And it came out so cute! And I love the pic with her in it...she is so cute!

OK ladies I am tired lol. I think I am officially afraid to try IVF as the next step now! I cannot imagine having triplets. I think you could without a doubt lose your mind. I got to thinking about Jon and Kate this morning thinking about how even with help .... oh my just do not want to think about it lol.

So I need advice. Little ones are waking up a bit when I think if I were giving them a paci they would be able to sleep a bit longer. I have always been pretty anti paci. Alex had one but only because he spent 3 months in the NICU and they gave it to him ... not my choice. I am really starting to reconsider my anti paci feeling. My Dr. this morning reminded me that it is much easier to break a paci than a thumb sucker. So I would love your opinions? Am I being a crappy mom to these little ones by giving them one? Admittedly the only reason I am is for my sanity because there is two of them and well only one of me lol. Neither of them like the swing or the bouncy seat or any of the things that usually will appease a newborn for a few minutes lol. They are however thankfully very very good babies! Anyway would love your honest opinions.

Give the pacis! My dd1 took a paci till she got an infection at 3 months. At least it got me through those first few months! DD2 never took one. I wouldn't give her one the first 2-3 weeks so she would learn to nurse well...she nursed so well she thought I was a paci. I tried every brand and would never take one! I wish she would. Many a night I fell asleep with her attahed to me!! You are such a good mommy for thinking about it!

After church two Sundays ago, I suggested that we dropped by Hancock since is was on the way home from church. Much to my surprise, my dh agreed and he had the cart while I walked around and looked at patterns and notions, and when I got back, this is what he had in the cart...

He had picked out some Disney fabric, and said that I should get them all...which I did..I think I need to take him shopping with me more often!!

I also picked this up last Thursday at a quilt store nearby...my dd requested that I make her something with cupcake fabric for her birthday early august...and I found this:

I still have no idea what I am going to make with it yet....she recently told me not to make her anymore shorts or pants because they are for boys, and she looks prettier in skirts and dresses!

how lucky! DH hates when I go to Hancocks! And I love your material! We have that same material and I try not to buy it, but I have to have it! Can't wait to see what you make from it!

Since we're sharing, here's some pictures of our house. Don't pay attention to the landscaping - we're adding just a little at a time because it's so dry here right now.

great room fireplace and bookcases

kitchen (just ignore the handprints on the fridge !

breakfast room

master bedroom

I'm not even going to show you pictures of the kids rooms right now ! Have a great weekend everybody!

another beautiful home! How can I share pics when everyone's house is so gorgeous! Guess I should finish painting and take some pics!

I was reminded today of one of the reasons I love to sew. Besides seeing the kids light up & obviously adore something I made, there's just something about seeing that huge pile of fabric suddenly transformed into something else (especailly when it comes together like it's supposed to).

I'm working on a nusery set for one of my best friends. It's her 5th & she FINALLY decided to get something new so her mom & I are sewing for her.
Sheet & crib skirt down - bumpers & diaper stacker to go

That came out so pretty. I never have sewn sheets or blankets, but we did buy an entire set for my dd's room that was handmade. It had the sheets, the bed ruffle, the pillowcases, even curtains. I think it is great to be able to make items for your home...or other's homes!

These are from a couple of months ago. My mom is helping dd4 with her *very own sewing machine* (which, it turns out is totally useless & won't be used again, but that's a different story). She's working on a pillowcase to the dolly bunk beds.

She did really well considering the problems we had with the machine not working right. If it were me, I'd have tossed the thing out the upstairs window long before I was finished - oh wait, we don't have an upstairs. Oh, well.

I think her hem is straighter then mine are.

Those pics are so cute! Such memories in the making there! And such a great hem! DD4 has recently asked for her own machine. I was looking at the mini janome for $39. It looked cute and maybe it will actually sew....mom will help me decide!

 

[CastleCreations]

I usually don't do this, but if you are a praying type person, my friend needs prayers for strength. At work last night, my coworker...my friend, got a call that her 17 year old son has been murdered. I have never seen such pain...of a mother losing a child. She lost a daughter years ago, and this is just a total shock...please hug your little ones, and those not so little, today.

 

[disneylovinfamily]

I usually don't do this, but if you are a praying type person, my friend needs prayers for strength. At work last night, my coworker...my friend, got a call that her 17 year old son has been murdered. I have never seen such pain...of a mother losing a child. She lost a daughter years ago, and this is just a total shock...please hug your little ones, and those not so little, today.

Elisa, I will pray for your friend. That has to be the worst pain anyone can ever go through and to lose 2 children. that is just so aweful!

 

[minnie2]

It came out great! the colors you choose are so pretty! My twirl patchwork is still in pieces....I am going to moms to get her to embroider some stuff on her machine before I start piecing it together! and I LOVE twirl factor!

thanks! I can't wait to see yours!

Has any one ever made this skirt from the book marks?
http://houseonhillroad.typepad.com/photos/twirly_skirt/skirt_002_1_1.html It is so cute but I am a bit confuse which isn't very hard to do! I get how to cut all the pieces no problem but they never said how long the finished skirt will be per measurement. or what size each on should roughly be. I am assuming since my DD needs her skirt to be at least 19-20 inches long she needs this measurement?
130cm (50-54 inches): 2 skirts on the fold (21.75"w x 15"l each or 43.5" wide by 15" long each when unfolded)

For the waistband, cut 2 pieces on the fold 2.5" long by the width of your skirt (e.g., size 120 = 21"w x 2.5"l)

For the hem band, cut 2 pieces on the fold 3.5" long by the width of your skirt (e.g., size 120 = 21"w x 3.5"l)

For the waist tie, cut 1 piece on the fold 1.5 " long by the width of your fabric (42-44") and 1 piece (not on the fold) 1.5" long by 12" wide. Or you can use ribbon - approximately 65" in length
I am not sure????

 

[minnie2]

I usually don't do this, but if you are a praying type person, my friend needs prayers for strength. At work last night, my coworker...my friend, got a call that her 17 year old son has been murdered. I have never seen such pain...of a mother losing a child. She lost a daughter years ago, and this is just a total shock...please hug your little ones, and those not so little, today.

OMG that is so awful! i can't even imagine!

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Hi all!
I finally had a few minutes to upload our vacation pics from Lancaster. I put titles on everything too so you can kinda follow along. We have done more "tour-esty" things on other trips cause there is so much to see and do there! This time we mainly did Hershey park, a pretzel factory tour, visited a couple of fabric and quilt shops and hit a few tourist traps for fun! So click below if you want to see the fun!


Hershey Park - Lancaster Vacation

I love all the pics! You all look like you had a great time! I want to go now. Dh said, maybe we can take a trip there during early spring! Woo hoo! We'll see! and you look great in your bathing suit! I look like a beached whale in my suit!

Here is the completed outfit with bows

WOW! It is even more beautiful! The ric rac does add a nice touch! And I love the bows! Did you make those bows? WOW!

Did you notice my hidden mickey light fixture? You guys will appreciate it, but when I point it out to people, I get the feeling they are rolling their eyes at me ! Here it is again:

I didn't see it at first! I love it! We need a new fixture for our eating area! I want that one!

Here is Louie's nursery - I didn't really use any patterns, just lots of paint, fabric, and love

http://www.dressydolly.com/CarlaC/nursery.html

We moved out of that house just before his first birthday. Supposedly, the new owners were going to keep the mural. We still have most of the crib bedding and pillows on his big boy bed. .

What a beauiful baby room. Did you do all that painting? I wish I had that talend. I cannot draw to save my life. I can draw an easter egg...something I learned in 1st grade.

I usually don't do this, but if you are a praying type person, my friend needs prayers for strength. At work last night, my coworker...my friend, got a call that her 17 year old son has been murdered. I have never seen such pain...of a mother losing a child. She lost a daughter years ago, and this is just a total shock...please hug your little ones, and those not so little, today.

I am so sorry for you friend. I will say some prayers and ask others too.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

I should be sewing instead of on here. Has any one just gotten bored with an outfit and had a hard time finishing it. I am making our family matching tops. DD13 and I are having the same pattern. DH is getting a cllared shirt. I am just tired of looking at the same material! I have like 10 yards of it! I think I just need to finish our tops and go on to something new before doing dd4 outfit. It is driving me bonkers! At least I haven't cute her outfit out yet. It might have to wait until after something new!

 

[disneylovinfamily]

WOW! It is even more beautiful! The ric rac does add a nice touch! And I love the bows! Did you make those bows? WOW!

Thanks! Yes I made the bows too.

 

[twob4him]

twob4him your pictures were great your daughters remind me of mine when they were little they look like they are about the same years apart as mine.
my girls are grownand have little girls of their own, except for my baby and she works for disney world and loves it.
Sheri

Sheri...thanks so much for your kind comments....how neat that your littlest works for Disney. I am definately going to encourage my DD to do that while in college. I am reading an "experience report" from a CM who is in the college program here on the Dis. Very interesting and lots of hard work!

I had one of those non potty trained 3.5 year olds with a binki in her mouth and I just want to tell you that she successfully navigated through kindergarten without the pacifier and with only two potty accidents!

We moms are too hard on ourselves: we do the best we can.

I couldnt agree more!!! God left lots of leeway for love and I say a contented baby sucking on a paci is much better than a fussy baby skirming around unhappy. All my 4 kiddos were different (of course). I tried and tried to get my youngest to take a paci and she wouldn't. She ended up mostly being held. None of my kids got attached to the bottle for some reason and none really had a stuffed animal or blanky. I found that strange since I thought most kids like those kind of loveys. My first was binky-dependent. He had two or three "nuki's" at all times until he was potty trained at 3 1/2. He could talk clearly right thru them . Finally he put them down before he turned 4 and I took the opportunity to "not know where your binky's went? so lets go play over here". The other two girls I think "lost" them sometime when they were 3. I think I limited it to their beds at the end and then finally took them away completely. I couldn't just go cold turkey.

The Joann's by me used to have lots of Disney cotton fabric selection but the last few times I went there, all they had were flannels.

Looks like such a fun vacation! Dh and I got married in Bethlehem, PA just about an hour away from Lancaster, PA yet we have never been there!


My dd was potty trained really late...older than 3.5 and other parents always said to her "don't you want to be like those big kid - they don't wear diapers anymore!". I don't regret it since it didn't take long once she was ready...and I didn't have to deal with too many accidents.

My Joann's has enough flannel to cloth the entire continent. And only about 3 bolts of old Disney fabric. Thats it

I have friends who live in Bethlehem and my very first boyfriend was from Nazareth.

My potty training philosophy is the same as yours.....just wait and you hardly have to do anything!

I love the girls matching outfits! You looked like you had so much fun! How far is Hershey from Penn State? Does any one know? DH wants to go to a Penn State foot ball game and we were thinking of ding hershey park when we went. My SIL went there and they are both HUGE Penn State fans. My SIL has no clue ad she refuses to find out since she works for Nestle

Thanks! I can't tell you how helpful matching outfits were in the Parks. My kids don't wonder around much but in a busy park it really helps! I am not sure how far apart they are but I would recommend Hershey park! We got there at the opening and did all the dry rides first, then ate and went to the water park during the heat of the day. Very refreshing! Check out their website too for all the rides and a map of the park. I did that ahead so I was prepared.

 

[karebear1]

We went there for our honeymoon and it was gorgeous! We stayed at one of those tacky hotels in the Poconos with the heart shaped pool and the champagne glass bathtub!

CLASSIC! I always saw ads for those hotels in papers and always wanted to stay at one but alas, I was never able to. It is comforting , however, to know that you were the priviledged one! I think we need pics of that!

Did you notice my hidden mickey light fixture? You guys will appreciate it, but when I point it out to people, I get the feeling they are rolling their eyes at me ! Here it is again:

Love the hidden Mickey and LOVE your home! How cool that you have a detached garage. I've always wanted one of those as well. I'll bet you have TONS of storage in your home- lucky duck!

Here is Louie's nursery - I didn't really use any patterns, just lots of paint, fabric, and love
http://www.dressydolly.com/CarlaC/nursery.html

We moved out of that house just before his first birthday. Supposedly, the new owners were going to keep the mural. We still have most of the crib bedding and pillows on his big boy bed. .

This room is adorable. You did a beautiful job on it!

What an adorable and original nursery! It must have been so hard to leave it! I LOVE the frog mural!

But the question is my friend.... did you see the MONKEY peeking through the bars of the crib?? Are you afraid of all monkeys, or just poor helpless sock monkeys?

I finished my Big Give outfit!! Emily decided she wanted to send somethng too, so she helped with a little something extra. She sat on my lap at the sewing machine and helped. She picked out the fabric and all the threads (for the pplique!!) too. It's not perfect, but she loves it and now wants one too!! I'll try to get pictures in the morning.

That is so cute! See what you are teaching here by doing the BIG GIVE? She's learning how to be a sweet, empathetic young lady. GOOD JOB MOM!

what a nice house! I am so jealous of every one ss fridges! All my appliances are SS except my fridge we are waiting for it to break then replace it with ss but the darn thing won't break and it is old too! UGH

I have a solution for you. Take your old fridge out to the garage and use it as your spare fridge. Tell DH he can store all the liquid refreshment he wants in it if you can get your SS one now. Usually, that's all ya have to do. Of course, if that doesn't work- you may need to have a big party this summer and have no place to get your drinks cold.

I usually don't do this, but if you are a praying type person, my friend needs prayers for strength. At work last night, my coworker...my friend, got a call that her 17 year old son has been murdered. I have never seen such pain...of a mother losing a child. She lost a daughter years ago, and this is just a total shock...please hug your little ones, and those not so little, today.

OMGosh! That is so startling and so sad. What happened? I just can't imagine having to face something so horrific! Our prayers are with her.

 

[~*~Michelle~*~]

Here's a pic of my house too. lol

Here's a top I finished last night for breakfast at CP: