seven things

1.  On this lovely Halloween weekend, I have Christmas stockings in mind.  I bought this pattern last year, and made Mono a stocking, but my sewing has come a long way since then and I'm thinking I'm going to re-make it, and make stockings for the rest of the family as well.  Does your family do matching stockings?

2.  All of the sudden, Baby Bear (almost 5 months) has refused to go to bed at night.  He falls fast asleep, then wakes up a minute or two later and is completely inconsolable.  Tonight we are on our fourth round of this!  I have no idea what the issue is.  A week ago he had no problem with bedtime.  Welcome to the wonderful world of parenthood I guess.

3.  My latest netflix obsession is White Collar.  Oh my goodness, how come nobody told me how good this show is?

4.  Monkey Boy is in need of some winter boots.  I have my eye on these.  Cheap enough to justify, but nice enough that they should hold up until he grows out of them (in two weeks).  Also, no laces.  Nothing worse than trying to hold down your two-year-old long enough to tie his shoes.

5.  I'm trying a new meal planning strategy for the month of November.  I'm a little nervous about it, but the idea is that it will cut down our grocery budget.  Stay tuned...

6.  Currently reading this book.  If you read it, what did you think?  I loved it at the beginning but I'm about half way through and starting to get bored.

7.  I am so ready for bed.  BUT.  I want you to know that I almost have picture of me (and the family) ready to put up on the about page.  No more ghost posting!  Okay.  Peace out.