I am a homemaker!

Im a mother of 2 trying to adjust to my new role as a SAHM. I love doing 5ks and I have a running team named Team Bathsalts. This blog is just a way to express my feelings everyday to total strangers :).

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Friends

The kids have not seen their friends in a while because they were sick. Today Sofia and Elena came over to play since they were all better. My house was loud.. I could not get any work done. But who can blame the kids? They haven't seen each other in a while so I let them be. They painted, played twister and hungry hungry hippo. Then i made them dinner and they just finally went home. I hope tomorrow I get some sewing done! I'm dying to make these dresses, the fabric is already cut and everything!

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Woah! Its been quite some time since I last wrote on this blog... Too many reasons(excuses) not to keep up with it.

Lately I've been working in so many projects at a time is hard to keep up. Today, I should be out running or at the boxing gym(I am paying for it after all). Instead I stayed home to sew a nice MLP Izzy top for my awesome girl. She has class pictures tomorrow and I wanted to make something special!

I did run into some problems while trying to put this top together. First I was transferring the pattern to the fabric while watching some TV, not the right thing to do at this point. I only noticed a problem when it came time to sew the top part of the shirt. The lining and the main fabric did not match at all. Cut them both wrong size using the same pattern. How ever did that happen?

Seriosly I must have not been paying any attention to what I was doing durring the transfer. But I did figure out a way to fix it! All I did was to sew extra fabric to the lining and cut to match the main fabric (even tho the one that was cut wrong from the start was the MF). This fixed my problem immediately. 

Now, I've had a sewing machine since 2012 but just recently did I start to really make dresses and such. I know, it had up until now, been a big expensive paper weight. I'm learning as I go and I'm glad that the internet has so many free patterns :).

This one Izzy Top was made by Terri Olson from Climbing the Willow. The pattern can be found here in her blog. Go check out her blog as she has many free patterns with great tutorials!

Now for the big reveal! This is what the top ended up looking like. I'm definitely proud of myself in completing this! I did make a minor adjustment. Because I cut the back pieces too narrow. I decided to scrap the button closure and put ribbon instead! I hope you guys like it.

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Jobless

So I recently had to leave the job I love due to health reasons. I'm definitely adjusting to my stay at home role once again. It does kind of work out because I have to prepare for metrocon. I guess there is a plan for everything in this life. I'm just sad because not only did I have to leave my job but I also had to stop going to boxing, it was my only outlet to let all my frustrations go. A place just for me time. Where I can be the hard side of me by punching a heavy bag hanging from the ceiling.

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We started the day late. Last night I decided we should travel 2 counties over to go play bball with Doug's old buddies. Now the day had its accidents. When they were playing one of the guys accidently knock the other ones tooth well more like broke it in half. Talk about ruogh play lol. I'm glad to see Doug enjoying himself with some one other than me. It truly makes me happy. The kids kept busy with the Thomas trains that Xanatos brought with him.

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Hurray new job new life can you guys guess what it is?

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My little trooper!

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DIY Easy 2 Ingredient Sensory Rainbow Bubbles and Foam Tutorial from Fun at Home with Kids here.

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Nap time!

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Renting Houses...

We are finally settling in to the new house but I keep finding stuff wrong with the house... Like what the hell. I opened up the fridge and saw some pink stuff on the side panel inside the fridge... My standing shower had streak marks on the glass doors, on of the drawers had eye liner shavings, some of the nobs are mismatched, the toilet of the 2nd bathroom keeps running and you can see someone doing their business there because the door is too small. I don't know who cleaned the house but they did a poor job at it. I know it sounds like a lot of complaints but come on when a house is costing to rent over 1300 a month, they could have made sure it was in better condition.

They do "clean" the house before move-in, but they also rent it as is... Kind of annoying when you think about. I'm just frustrated. Luckily this is just temporary.  Hopefully I don't have any major issues with the house again. 

The house is huge compared to me 2br apartment. And as a plus I have the master. I've never had a room and bathroom so huge!

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Aperantly is not only dryers that eat socks its boxes too. .. Moving=missing stuff

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Cupcakes for the office

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Moving day!

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Puerto Rico trip CANCELED!

Yup that's right, I canceled the Puerto Rico trip and took the $350 hit. I'm really disappointed in my brother and I hope that he enjoys his wedding knowing that the reason that I'm not there was totally his fault. Its funny because he said that it was basically our fault that we didn't plan the trip better. So me asking to stay at your dads house and getting a yes the month before is not planning? 

How could you tell your own family that they can't stay there because your plans changed  5 days before our arrival and be mad because we canceled the flights? Seriously... I'm really annoyed at the fact that he basically threw Natasha out on the streets and she had to pay for a hotel she did not have money for... My family is seriously messed up.

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Zumba time

So my sister in law was looking for someone to accompany her to a zumba class. I was so up for it, and luckily my cousin was around to babysit. The moment could not have been any better. I do miss Zumba classes. We used to go to a gym called Progress fitness (formally known as Extreme fitness), they used to have all kinds of classes specially Zumba. Great times, great environment, and most important of all great workout

So, when the opportunity popped up today i was like "Hell yeah!". Because we were doing a "trial" membership to be able to do the classes, we had to sit there and listen to one of the salesman tell us about the gym and whatnot. The class was fun but not really what I was expecting. At the other gym, the teacher was dancing with us the entire songs. In this one, she just showed one move and the let us do the rest. Then she would show the next and stay still.... I did not like that at all.

Either way I was there to have fun and to support Michelle in her decision to join the gym. I would think about joining too since they have a pool :) and who does not like the pool... Well I guess people that can't swim.

Surprisingly it was cheap to join, so I will consider it :).

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And this would be my lovely twin Giselle.

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On our way to pick up exaiven at school

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This is what 8am this morning