Party week

Despite my best efforts, I really can not get into any kind of groove with this schedule change. I am enjoying certain aspects of having my husband around during the day: today I ran errands for several hours with just Coop. We had a great little date and picked up everything for Sweet A's birthday celebration. But by the time I got home and put everything away and cleaned up, he was off to work. He has Bible study tomorrow at lunchtime, and I usually have a ladies' study on Thursdays. This is not so much a complaint as a confession that I just can't seem to order my time very well when the days are less traditional. Maybe Moriah can help. :)

So with the confession out of the way I can tell you about all the exciting creative ventures I have planned. Oh, but first, my ever-important-but-not-very-exciting-creative-venture: Organize and arrange the guest bedroom. We are having a joint birthday party for my two sisters-in-law and Sweet A here on Saturday. They all share the 30th as their birthday and I'm excited to be able to have a party for them that neither of them have to prepare for. My mother-in-law is helping me with dinner, and then she and my father-in-law are spending the night here afterwards so they don't have to make the long trek home on a Saturday night (hence the guest-bedroom priority).

Back to the creative stuff...Oh, I just realized I can't tell you about one of the items because it is a birthday present. But it involves sewing and that will be fun. I finally found a little lampshade for the kids' room bu it's plain white so I'm going to stamp some polka dots on it. (Not birthday related, but "having a bunch of people over" related.) I made the ladies' cake today because it freezes well, and have everything in hand to make these for Sweet A. For me, a lot of the joy of celebrations is in the planning and anticipation of the event (e.g., WH told me where we were going for our anniversary this year and I think about how excited I am almost every day. Smart move, honey). I bought some geraniums and plain pots (to paint) instead of flowers because I thought it would be nice to have something to keep afterwards, that and my porch is dreadfully bare). I think I'll make some place cards, and I'm going to make some candy bags as favors for the kids. Did I mention that we will have 8 adults and 12 kids? And this isn't a "friend" party, only family.

I'd better get to work on some of these projects instead of just writing about them.