soooo overwhelmed

sometimes i get so excited about being creative, that when i finally settle down to create something, i find myself completely overwhelmed. this has been the case for the last couple of days. i have felt so inspired to create some things for our home, but then i find my mind running so fast that i can't think specifically. that may not make much sense. for instance, i saw a white bowl and decided i wanted to make a bowl from paper and make it sort of into a sculpture. i think i have a pretty good idea of how to go about it, but i was so overwhelmed by some beautiful clothing i saw, some beautiful home stuff i was looking at as well, besides all the thoughts of what needs to be done around the house, people i need to call, email, etc, etc. i haven't done a thing about any of it. what i am lacking is focus. i could also use a little more energy.

moving on...afton is having her first out of town sleepover. our good friends moved to the rochester area, and invited some of the buffalo girls for a birthday sleepover. she was sooooo excited and we haven't had any phone calls to come and pick her up.

ella also had a birthday party to attend this morning. i picked her up and found her with sparkling red dress-up shoes on her feet and a crown on her head, so i'm gathering it was a good party. she also got to bring home a star shaped rice krispie treat wand!

ryan is onto a new project...4 small ottomans to push together to create one big ottoman. i am excited to pick out fabric. i would like something leopard-ish, but i'm not sure if it would be too much. okay, pretty sure it would be too much. we'll find something.

ryan's parents are coming to visit us next week! i have a few projects lined up for jan. i'm sure ryan and his dad will come up with something as well. last time they were here, ryan and jim took out a couple of huge trees in our front yard. the time before, one of the sidewalks came out, the time before that, they took down the fake brick in our kitchen and hung new drywall. they are amazing! i try to feed them well to make up for all the hard work, but then they usually take us to dinner. i can't win! they are wonderful!

here's ella with grandpa! she really does love him more than it looks like here.