Diaper Bag is finished

After some tears, screaming, getting mad at Scooter (he likes to help), and swearing, I finished my diaper bag. I realize I'm having a boy but I figure he is not the one who is carrying the bag so I made something for me. It's probably the most difficult sewing project I have done.

The view from the inside shows a lot of pockets. This was a large portion of the frustration. Don't ask me why every pocket needed two pleats.

I must say, I look good with this bag. It screams "hip mom, ready to take over the world"

Green means go

I have a fascination with street signs. I really love crosswalk signs. I don't know why, but that's who I am. Here's a sample from France. This one is walking up stairs. Appropriate since you are probably going to be walking up stairs in France.

I love the perspective composition on this one. How crazy..
This one tells you to stay within the crosswalk lines. How clever.
Your typical Paris walking sign.

So far, the French have the most creative crosswalk signs I have seen. Although, Vancouver, BC, has some pretty good ones too. My favorite, though, are the old ones in the former East Germany.

She's so crafty

Kelly finished Lil' Mathlete's booties this weekend. They're really cute.

A Typical Saturday Afternoon

Bad pants in France

So, one thing Steve and I did while in France is we documented all the bad pants we saw (if we could covertly get a picture) while in France. Here are our findings.

This guy doesn't have horrible pants (just short red shorts), but check out the mustache on the guy in the beret.

It's only fair that if I do a post on ugly pants, I include one of myself. Personally, I think these pants are great. They are roomy, long enough to be modest, and they have a bunch of pockets. Steve finds them completely unflattering.

I LOVE Sewing

This weekend, I got into using my new sewing machine for the first time. Right now, I am making curtains for our bedroom, booties for the baby, and a diaper bag. Hopefully, I will have pictures of my creations soon.

Now let me just acknowledge my new sewing machine and how nice it is. Everything runs smoothly, I can see the bobbin so I know when it is getting low, the button to choose whether you want your needle to land in the up position or the down position is fantastic, and Steve and I both love how quiet the machine is. We can have conversations while I am sewing. Soon I will have to find a project where I can use other stitches besides straight and zigzag sitching.

Debate

I know...I'm supposed to be posting pictures and stories from our recent France vacation, but I just had to write about tonight's debate.

The debate was intense at times, a little too negative for my taste, and relatively substance free. I wish both candidates would have answered the questions more directly (or at all in some cases). In the end, though, I think Obama came off looking cool, calm, and collected. John McCain seemed agitated and angry. Since the 2 said little of major substance I based my opinion of the debate on their behavior.

The extreme low point for the evening was when John McCain pointed to Obama and said with disdain, "that one". That was just uncalled for. I also loved the moment when McCain insulted the intelligence of the audience member who asked the question about how the bailout (i mean, rescue plan) will help ordinary people; I believe it was the 2nd question. McCain, said to the man, "you probably never heard of FannieMae or FreddieMac until recently." I hear the best way to win voters is to insult them.

I finished watching and wondered, how is John McCain planning to pay for a mortgage bailout (so much for government = bad), maintain a war in Iraq, conduct a surge in Afghanistan, and lower taxes? It just doesn't make sense.