God's blessings

Today I was reminded that God blesses us in unexpected and sometimes small ways to remind us of our larger blessings and our need to rely on Him. 
So here is the story...I went to go and see my very good friend Sammi today to catch up and have some girl time.  We were talking about how I wanted to start a Bible study with my girls about growing into godly young women and I had been eyeing a book called Polished Cornerstones.

Well the book is a little expensive $48 from Doorposts or $30 on Amazon.  So I had been praying about the right timing to buy the book so it wouldn't be a big burden on our budget and as I was telling my friend about the book she said that she had the book.  Shut the front door...no way.  She had bought the book a looooong time ago and had kept it and now I am blessed to be able to borrow it.  God's timing and grace are perfect and sufficient, even for the little things :)

In other news/events for this past week, let's see, Jon is loving his job.  He did say he is going through a little withdrawal from time with the kids though.  But hopefully, at the end of the school year I will be able to only work part-time and really focus on our home and our family!

I did make some cupcakes and a cake this week.  Last Sunday I made Salty Caramel cupcakes which are my mom's favorite.  I switched it up a little bit and made it with a caramel buttercream instead of ganache and I thought it was fabulous.  My mom however still prefers the ganache.  Not a great pic but you get the idea.

My sister-in-law wanted a zombie cake for her birthday and this is what I came up with...

It was an oreo cake with oreo buttercream and ganache filling.  The zombie is made out of fondant.  The bones were little candies I had left over and I just spray painted them with edible spray.  With the left over cake mix and frosting I made cupcakes.

So that is my week so far.  Crazy as always.

Augusta

Verse I am meditating on for this week: Psalm 119:9-12 "How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, O Lord; teach me your decrees."

I thought I would never do a blog!

Well I have given in and started a blog.  I never thought that I would do it but I have so many crazy ideas and projects that it is the easiest way to share them with all my friends and family.  Hopefully I will post on a regular basis but I make no guarantees.

So for today's crazy project I was cleaning my house and it came time to mop the floors.  Unfortunately I was out of the Swiffer WetJet pads and really, really did not want to go to the store.  So I started surfing Pinterest (one of my all time favorite sites) for ideas on making my own.  There are quiet a few posts on how to make them out of cloth baby diapers or towels or any old fabric you have lying around.  I however did not have any cloth baby diapers, old towels to cut up and was just to lazy to find other fabric that would be suitable.  So as I was folding my laundry and contemplating actually buying cloth diapers I came across some really old and stained washcloths.  And wouldn't you know it, they are almost the perfect size for the project!  So this is how I did mine.

I took my very old and stained wash cloth and folded it in half.

 Notice I folded it with the picture or right side out.  That way when you sew it and turn it inside out the picture is on the inside.

Next I sewed around the edge of the washcloth with about 1/4 inch seam.  I left about a 4 inch open area to turn it inside out.

Here it is turned inside out but not yet sewn closed yet.

Fold your edges in and sew closed.  You will be able to see this seam but it is just a mop pad :)

Next cut the soft side of your velcro to fit across your pad.  You will need 2 strips.  I put mine about 1 inch from the edge of my pad because my Swiffer has very large velcro strips and it didn't really matter.

Sew all the way around the velcro strips.  Don't forget to backstitch to make sure that it is secure.

And this is what it looks like actually stuck to Swiffer.  It isn't perfect and maybe an inch to short on the sides but it was free and only took me about 5 minutes to do.  After I finished mopping I just threw it in the wash.  Now I will not be spending any money the disposable pads and that makes me very happy!