A little update

Do any of you ever get to the point where you know you need to update your blog, but it's been so long since the last post and there is so much to update that you just don't want to? That's where I am at.

However, since Kyle is doing this...

And because I have nothing that it particuarly pressing on my schedule, this seems to be as good of time as any.

My parents came to see us last weekend and my mom taught me how to make baby blankets and pajamas. I am really excited to try them out and if they turn out looking normal I might even post pictures of them on the blog. So, my mom was telling me that we needed to buy a table for my new sewing machine (Thanks Ted and Nancy!!) and the rest of my projects. Luckily, Kyle and I saw an old man throwing this table away in the dumpster the day before.

So I had Kyle and my dad go and get it out of the dumpster. There was no other garbage on top of it - thankfully- and all it needed was to have a good cleaning and some screws tightened. It works out really well for what I need and now there is finally a place for my flowers- that Kyle threatens to throw away every time he sees them.

I have been really working on my food storage and the other day I was, lets's say- scared into doing some water storage. Last Friday our water stopped working- yes, the bathroom, laundry room and kitchen. Kyle went to the front office to see what had happened and came back saying that it was because we had forgotten to pay our water bill and we wouldn't have any water until Monday. I was freaking out, but can you really blame me? I got to the bathroom like, 50 times a day! Soon after I found out that Kyle had fibbed to me and there was only a broken pipe that was promptly being fixed. Needless to say, the next morning I washed and filled all of our empty juice containers.

Today I went to the church cannery for the first time. I was actually very impressed and came home with seven of my very own silver tin cans. I did them myself and I think I am going to go with our ward when they schedule the times. I got six cans of dried refried beans and I broke into getting a can of dried apples. We had made some extra cans and I tried a little piece and they were too good to not get. We are also working on our bucket storage, which I am really happy about.

This is a picture of my recently organized closet. There is seriously something inside of me that it drawn to organizing. If I feel that I am surrounded by clutter then I start to get really antsy- Ask Kyle, it is true. I just can't help but to think that there has to be some way to have a better more organized use of the space. I should have gotten a before and after picture but I didn't. Just imagine something way worse and then look at how it is now.

Lastly, I recently joined our ward book club- which is a whole new post in itself. Anyway, this last month we read this book. It is supposed to be Oprah's pick of the year for 2008 or something. Let's just say that I was less than impressed. It is like a modern day Hamlet, for those of you who know the story. The ending..... made me, as the reader very unhappy. Hopefully this next month will be better. We are reading, The Sunflower.