A little BIRDIE told me!

Awww....Scout brought me a present last night, a bird that is and into the house!
Last night I had just come home from watching a movie with a couple of friends of mine and my cousin, Mallory, was over so I was catching up with her when I heard this commotion in the kitchen and I looked in the doorway, saw Scout and feathers going everywhere. So I went into the kitchen and what did I find, Scout sitting on the counter and looking into the sink. So I crept my way up to the sink, being ever so cautious (I have seen parts of the Alfred Hitchcock movie, the Birds so I didn't want to get attacked) and looked over in the sink and there was the bird. I was hoping that he may already be dead because that would be an easy fix, just scoop him up and put him the yard but no such luck. At first he looked like he had a broken wing but as you will see from the video he was just faking it (he actually later on tried to fake dead, no joke started tipping himself over on the floor and making his wing look broken....I think it was to throw off Scout so he would leave him alone). Hope you enjoy the video of Mallory and I's adventure with the help of my couragous neighbor, Mr. Ronnie, the bird is now fully functioning in the wilderness again, hopefully never to be brought back in the Ross House again.

By the way Scout was really proud of himself, I don't think that he really ever realized the drama that he caused, you can tell by the way he looks a me in the video, even though I am all over the place...warning there are some high pitch screams but this should make for a good laugh.

I sewed a baby outfit for a gift!

Some college friends of mine are expecting their first baby in August and since I have been wanting to get more skilled in sewing, decided to sew them a baby romper. I was so excited in how it turned out. Of course baby Cameron won't be able to wear it until next spring but he will look adorable in it that I am sure of !

My New Sewing Closet

This past weekend I painted and reorganized my sewing closet. I use the closet in our home office to store my sewing/craft supplies. Here are the before and after shots. I am pretty proud of it. I want to add some shelves on the side to hold additional stuff and I am going to make a curtain to cover up the closet shelf that holds all the big stuff. Now to decide on my next sewing project :) !

Kayaking on the 4th!

I was downloading my pictures for this week's blog entry and I totally forgot about posting my kayaking adventure with my fav sister- in-law, Kim, on the 4th of July. Chris and I spent the 4th with the Hindman crew at the lake. It was fun to have all the sibs together and to play! Kim and I got adventurous and took the kayak out a couple of times. I was impressed with our speed and that we didn't tip it over. I think that could for sure take class three rapids :) !!

Monogramming....It seems neverending

So this week so far, every evening has been spent monogramming, although I enjoy it, it can be time consuming and I have an older machine so it will mess up on me if I don't keep an eye on it. But I got done with all my stuff that I had to get done, I still have a few more things to monogram. Above are some beach towels I made for a friend and a onesie. Now I am done with monogramming for the week and will be heading to the lake this afternoon. YEA!!