Random Ramblings

Hyrum getting some much needed sleep.

Wow, life has seemed very busy lately...here are some random things that have been going on at our house.....last week I bought myself a Kitchen Aid...I got the Professional 600. I had my friend, Johanna come with me and I have to say it was rather fun to have someone with me to pick it out. I chose cherry red and was all excited to use it. The box said it had "14 cup flour power". I decided to make my wheat bread recipe that only calls for 7 cups of wheat flour. Things seemed to be going well, I added one cup of flour at a time, kept it at speed 2 and about the time I thought my dough was looking pretty good, my machine started smelling funny. I assumed it was because it was new so I kept kneading. About a minute later, the machine turned itself off and there was SMOKE coming out the back of it!!! AAGGGHHH!! I was mortified. I called Kitchen Aid and they are sending me a replacement just in case....it still works, but I'm scared that there has been some damage to the motor. After reading the recipe book, I saw that you can do 14 cups of white flour, but only 8 cups of wheat flour.....so I wasn't above the limit, but I won't be able to double my wheat bread recipe!! However, my bread turned out PERFECT!


Right after my Kitchen Aid started on fire (okay, I didn't really see flames), I was changing Hyrum's diaper and noticed some big red welt looking things. I decided to NOT freak out (I know, amazing!) and see how it was in the morning. Well, Saturday morning, he was covered from head to toe in large red hives (they looked more like welts). He was taking amoxicillin for an ear infection and I guessed that he was allergic but of course we had to take him to the doctor to confirm that. So, now Kennedy and Hyrum are allergic to amoxicillin!! That would explain Hyrum's disgusting, green, snotty nose all last week too. Poor guy.


One good thing did happen this last week.....I finished the quilt top for Kennedy's quilt!! Now, it will probably only take me another 4 years to put the back on, quilt it and bind it. This is my first real quilt....thus I have NO clue how to hand-quilt it, but for some reason, I'd like to try. Anyway, this first photo is so you can see the little stars in the sash! (Not so you can notice that the seams don't exactly line up...there are LOTS of flaws, but I learned a lot.)

So, here's a photo of the quilt top....the reason there isn't really a pattern with the blank squares is that I ran out of fabric and didn't feel like buying anymore.....getting to the store is just too hard sometimes. My friend that quilts says that you should try not to have a perfect pattern because then it makes it unique....well this is as unique as they come.....it was supposed to have a little more pattern to it, but I kept messing up (sewing the wrong strips on) and after awhile....I just left them even though it wasn't where they were supposed to be. I don't think you could really classify me as type A personality anymore. (Type LAZY personality is probably more like it.)

I had to share the quilt top because I excitedly showed Layne and he said in the MOST unenthusiastic voice ever, "Great." Not really the response I was looking for!
Now my friend, Michelle, is going to call me Molly....I can take it Michelle!