Updated Picture Wall

Now, I normally wouldn't be blogging about so many little mundane things as I have been, but since Kevin's gone and I'm all alone, this is the only way to share the things I do with someone I care about, and it also makes it seem more worthwhile too, I'm not sure why...

Updated Picture Wall

The Latest Project

I found a cool directions to make a hooded baby towel, and I added flannel on the outside. this was the my first experience with binding, and I like how it looks.

and no Michelle, i didn't get a new machine, i found a thing for $8 that sits behind the machine that is for holding the spool

Addresses and Tuesday Night Creativeness

Per Skips Request:

Kevin & Amy Cederquist
24 Dunn Drive
Fort Rucker, AL 36362

Melissa Cederquist
PO Box 571
Kenai, AK 99611

Here is the latest of my projects, a wedding present for a friend:

And a "Hooter Hider" (i.e. nursing cover up) for my friend Jessica:

What do you think?

Life is Bitter-Sweet

Well, today I got to head to church an hour early and spend 45 min pre-sacrament meeting, sacrament meeting and Sunday school with Kevin. Then say good bye again. It was wonderful and awful at the same time, when I knew we only had a short time together. But it was definitely better than not seeing him, that's for sure. As he put it today, only five more Sundays, and the last two he'll have passes, so really he thinks of it as only 3 more Sundays.

He told me about his training and it is so by the book. They have a standard operating procedures manual, and they have to follow it or they get demerits. They aren't told how to do it right first, they have to figure it out on their own, or they are demerited. After 25 demerits, they have to write an essay. He said that he likes that public profanity gets you automatically 25 so he can go around telling people to cut out the cussing and they will listen, unlike any other part of the military him and I have both been involved in. But this is ridiculous, his shirts have to be folded in a 7"x7 " square, his bed has to be 2" away from the wall and folded exactly right. His locker has to be a certain measurement from his bed and the wall and at night his door has to be open exactly 2". Everyday there is a 3x5 card that is outside his room that has to have the date in correct form and a few other things on it. the margin on the left side has to be two inches. He got his room one demerit because he put Oct 07 instead of Oct 7. I think this would drive me nuts! This is like movie stuff that you don't really ever think actually happens. They aren't even allowed to put their rank and name tapes on their uniform the night before or have their watches wake them up early to get prepared for the day, which lasts from 4:30 to lights out at 10:45. At that time he finally has a few min to read his scriptures by flashlight, which would get him a lot of demerits and say his prayers. So he's only getting about 5.5 hours a night. I'm glad it's him and not me that's for sure.

I Love my Cricut

This is my first attempt at using vinyl with my cricut cutter. It actually took me all evening really to figure it out, but next time I think it won't take so long. I'm planning on putting up family pictures over it, just don't have them up yet as I just finished making this tonight, I guess I'm just to excited to share my work.... I'll re post when i get the pictures up.

I'm Pregnant

What is wrong with me? This morning I watched a Sarah Pailin speech and got more choked up over that than I did when Kevin left. These emotional highs and lows caused by this little girl of mine can be mind boggling.

Well... he's gone

Well, here is the last image of Kevin before he undergoes his transformation to a warrant officer. I snapped this picture then dropped him off at his warrant officer candidate school (WOCS) in-processing on Wednesday and tried my best not to cry, which was amazing only a few tears slipped out seeing how I am all emotionally pregnant and stuff. He has had his phone the past few days, but he hasn't been allowed to use it, so of course he has called me everyday - if not twice a day.

Tomorrow the real training starts and his in-processing will be done. His phone will be locked away for good and he has his first PT test tomorrow, and he told me last night that he might name our daughter during it so he can think of her to help him do his best possible... I told him (sarcastically) I'm sure he wouldn't try to name her Chloe, which he has been trying to do ever since before I got pregnant. And just so everyone knows, I am now leaning towards that name too ;). I think I've done well staying busy the past few days, lets just see if it's something I can keep up for the next 7 weeks. But good news is that I will get to see him and sit with him every Sunday during church in Ozark.

Also, on a side note, the tire problem turned out to be a small deal compared to what came later that day when we were in the middle-of-no-where Kentucky. We were driving along listening to our audio book and then all of the sudden all these lights and buzzers went off on the dashboard and when we pulled over we discovered that our lower radiator hose was blown off and we had six gallons of coolant everywhere but where it belonged. We had to wait 3 hours on the side of the freeway for a man to come and patch us up. So when we planned on getting to our hotel by 8 pm that night, we didn't check in until after midnight.