Interior decorating

For the first time ever Kenneth and I collaborated on a project. We made this wall quilt together. He made the design and I made the quilt. I even dyed my own fabric for the colored sections. What do you think?

This is the finished project on our wall

These are the squares up close - the whole quilt is made up of small squares to resemble mosaic tiles.

This is Kenneth's original design. 

The Nanny Diaries

Kenneth is working today, so I checked out the movie The Nanny Diaries from the Library.  I'm a nanny so I thought it would be good times. I've even read the book a few years ago. I thought it was really funny and I felt lucky at the time that the family I worked for wasn't that extreme. 

That was before I worked for the Forresters. I only worked for them for 6 weeks. But I think it is safe to say that those were the hardest and worst 6 weeks of my life.  

I have a new family now that is so fantastic - I feel grateful every day that I work for them. In fact I could write several posts about how great I think they are. But, I actually still have nightmares about my 6 weeks with the Forresters. 

That was only 1 job out of many I have had working as a nanny. And it was so much shorter than the rest..

I put in the Nanny Diaries today thinking that I would laugh and have a good time watching. But I actually turned it off. That woman could actually be Courtney Forrester. Within the first 15 minutes there had already been almost a dozen reminders of my old job. The list of rules and notes, the crazy preschool with it's screaming spoiled children, the private school application, getting in trouble for using the wrong bathroom, the crazy organic soy food. Even their first lunch/interview. 

I called Kenneth freaking out and he suggested I watch something else. So, I turned it off. I really don't need anything else giving me nightmares. 

I'm just going to focus on my current job with this fantastic family and their incredibly fantastic kids. And I will be grateful every day that they hired me and that I don't have to step into the Back Bay again unless I want to go sightseeing. 

(If you haven't seen the Nanny Diaries, here is the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1358364953/. - you can watch it and think about the fact that you should never take a job as a nanny for someone like this).

Ode to my talented sister in law...

My awesome sister in law, Jeanette, made this awesome sweater for Kenneth for his birthday. Isn't is fantastic? Kenneth LOVES it! He wears it all the time - and it's a sweater vest, so he'll be able to keep wearing it all summer long :)

Thanks J! You're amazing!

Bird Puppets!

Since I am a nanny, I am always looking for fun projects to do with the kids I take care of. My cute sister in law suggested this one, and we loved it! Jay actually spent the entire time yelling out "I'm so happy!" It was actually really sad when we finished the project. This might be one we have to do again. Here are some pictures of our bird puppets:

I definitely recommend this project if you're looking for good times :) 

Happy Birthday Kenneth!

Today is Kenneth's 30th birthday! We had a BBQ last weekend to celebrate. It was so much fun!

Thanks Jason and Nadia for hosting the party!

I for one, am so grateful that Kenneth was born 30 years ago. He is so cute and fun and smart and I love him so much! Happy birthday Kenneth!!!

It's finished!

Here is is.. My row house quilt is officially finished! 

Now the question is, what should I work on next?

Happiness..

So, it's true that money can't buy happiness... But money can buy a new bed and mattress, which as far as I'm concerned is happiness.

Of course, spending the whole day at Ikea, as well as several mattress stores, last Saturday almost killed Kenneth. Luckily it all worked out and our new bed is amazing :)