This was going on today. I decided to take the afternoon and declare sewing time. The kids were occupied elsewhere in the house and I got Lindsey’s sleep shorts made.

And they came out adorable except for one thing…she’s a teen who wears her shorts around her hips instead of her waist. Sigh. She pulled them up around her waist and did a little jig that she thought was hilarious but me, not so much. Seeing as I have two more pairs to make for two more teen/preteen girls, I had better figure this out. I texted my mom who suggested taking out the waist/elastic and shortening them from the waist. I think that’s a great idea…way better than me trying to take it from the crotch area. The seam ripper and I will have a little date tonight. I wish I had realized this was going to be a problem before I purchased the pattern. I got the pattern at Keepsake and I paid an arm and a leg for it mostly because I wanted the girls to pick fabric and be happy doing so the day we had made the trip there. In retrospect, I should have shopped around for a more current pattern that accounts for teens and their love of low slung pants. Live and learn and I’ll make adjustments and hopefully everyone will be happy. I was really just happy to be at the sewing machine.

I’m going to join Ozzypip with her Fitness Friday reports. I am trying very hard to get up and walk 2 miles in the morning while the kids are still sleeping. I am walking on the treadmill to shows on Netflix. Last week I walked to the first season of Cedar Cove. I’m through that and now I’m starting Bones. I am 1.5 episodes in and I love it. I never watched it while it was on regular tv but always thought it would be an interesting show to watch. I met my 10k step goal on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday I hit 9,553 and yesterday I didn’t wear my Fitbit because it was charging and we went to the beach.

I’m trying to get back on the TOPS eating plan but it’s hard when Lindsey keeps baking up yummy-ness like this:

These are Lemon Scented Blueberry Cupcakes and they are heavenly. Heavenly. Did I mention they are good? She got the recipe off the flyer from the blueberry farm where we picked blueberries this week.

I’m off to seam rip…