Happy New Year

Today is January 1, 2010 and I am embarking on a new adventure. I'm getting my sewing machine today, my first sewing machine I must add, and I'm going to learn to sew. Cool beans, eh? I'm really excited and a little scared. The first thing I'm going to make is a sock monkey. I read that it takes minimal sewing skills and I have minimal sewing skills. So it's a perfect project and my little boy, Harry Potter, is going to help me. He's 8 so I don't know how much help he'll be. But it should be fun!

My husband, Pinball Wizard, is also excited about the sock monkey project. And he's excited about the new pinball machine he just picked up yesterday. It's called Black Pyramid and it's a pretty groovy game. It has mummies on it, so Harry Potter really loves it! Ever since he saw those Mummy movies, you know the ones starring Brendan Fraser? He's been crazy for mummies. He just started watching The Wizards of Waverly Place just because one of their episodes featured a mummy. Kids are funny little creatures!

My inlaws are coming today so I have some pumpkin bread in the oven. I put raisins in this batch. It smells so good in here right now! I love the smell of pumpkin bread baking! I actually love the smell of most stuff baking. I think that's why I bake. I really don't eat it. Thats Pinball Wizard's job. He loves when I bake. Strangely, though, Harry Potter doesn't. He's the weirdest kid! He won't eat a cookie to save his life! He says he hates sugar and can smell it a mile away! He does, however, love Season Salt. He'd eat it by the spoonfull if I'd let him. He doesn't know that one of ingredients in Season Salt is sugar. I don't think I'll tell him that.

My pumpkin bread is done and so is this post. Happy New Year everybody!