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Shifting focus. Parteee Tyme.

by Claire on March 7, 2010

There’s an end in sight to what I should call my daughter’s never-ending pregnancy. The doctors had us convinced that she would deliver early due to risk factors in this pregnancy and early contractions that started back in January. So we’ve had false start after false start, only to be sent home and my daughter told to take a hot bath and relax. It’s been very frustrating not to mention that the contractions has caused my daughter’s fibro to flare too. (Yes, we both have fibro. Great, eh?)

However, the great news is that baby Laila has proven everyone wrong. She is strong and healthy, and the doctors are estimating (as of last Friday) that she’ll be a “chubby” 7 and a half pounds or so. (They admit their estimates based on her size can vary by 15% or so.)

My daughter is now scheduled to be induced on her due date at 40 weeks. That’s this next Tuesday, March 9th.  Ah, the luxury of knowing something, at last. My oldest daughter had scheduled C-sections so we just knew on X date, she was having her baby. I really enjoyed planning for those dates. Not knowing is killing us!

This is good for me because once the baby gets here, my job of caring for my own daughter is mostly done, and the focus will shift to my daughter caring for HER daughter. I can get my life back to a somewhat normal routine of work and play.

Until this next party is over, that is.

Partay???? PARTAY!! My mom is turning 90 on March 30th, and I’m organizing a big party for her on March 26th.

For that event, I’m going to need a pretty new dress. Every girl needs a pretty new party dress, right? And considering I’ve had no time what-so-evah to sew, and what time I did have to sew for myself ended up in a major FAIL, I’m buying. (This is good news too cuz now I have a body that I can fit more easily! Go me!)

So, I went to Kohls.com (my favorite store these days as they seem to have clothes that fit me pretty well) and picked out three new dresses. Gotta love free shipping and Kohls Cash. I purchased all three of these for $132 (including tax) and got $20 Kohl’s Cash to spend in a store – thinking I’ll be needing some cute shoes to go with these dresses.

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Not sure which one I’ll pick to wear that night, but most likely the pink one. What thinketh you?

Tagged as: dresses, Kohls, life events, parties, shopping

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Retail Therapy & Grandkids Cure All Sorrows

by Claire on November 28, 2009

So, my evening last night pretty much sucked and didn’t turn out at all like I anticipated. I won’t go into details other than to say I felt very much betrayed by someone very close to me and essentially heard their message loud and clear. There is a saying, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Well, I’m no longer going to participate in the insanity of this situation, but gently, and lovingly, set my boundaries, keep my support system close by, and do what I need to do for myself, while staying available to this person, should they ever decide to ask for my help. There is nothing else I can do when another person chooses something I consider ill-advised. It is, after all, their life, not mine.

That said, today was a “take care of yourself” day, and hence involved a little retail therapy, some time with my little grandsons, and my daughter and son-in-law. I believe it must be a law of nature that no one can be unhappy around a small child. These two boys light up my life in a way no one else does. To walk into a room and see a two year old jump up and down, squealing “Mimi!”, only melts away the worries, sadness, and loneliness. 

One of the stops we made was at Pacific Fabrics where I spied – actually, Cindy spied it – the fabric I’m going to try making my plaid dress out of. (I purposely left all the extraneous stuff in the picture so you could see the size of the plaid. I was too lazy to go upstairs and get a ruler.) I couldn’t find the fabric like in the pattern, so this will do just fine.

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I like this fabric because it has a small amount of spandex in it – great for a fitted dress. I’ll probably line it fully so that the fabric isn’t itchy next to my skin. Haven’t completely decided though.

And my new boots also arrived today. I’m thinking they will look awesome with this dress, and some sort of jacket (still undecided.)

And to end on a lighthearted note… I’m thinking of making this fabric into a pillowcase for myself. Then I can say I’ve had multiple men in my bed at one time.

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Tagged as: dealing with life, fabric, family, life, Relationships, self-care, sewing, shopping

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