Thank God it's Sunday

It's been awhile since I've stayed home on a Sunday night. Apart from going to church this morning and swinging by an old highschool friend's party for a couple hours, I actually stayed home for most of today. And it feels gooood!

This morning I picked up Will's (my boyfriend) mum and brought her to church. Will would have picked her up but he had to be at church really early so I offered to. His mum is visiting from the Philippines mind you, so this is really only the third time I've met her! I thought I'd be nervous, especially considering it was just going to be me, her and Gersh (my little 7 year old brother) in the car but I wasn't nervous at all. Will's mum is a really sweet person and I think we actually got along quite well - well I hope so anyways! I did find myself rambling at times (embarrassing, right?) but whenever I wasn't sure what to say, I just kept asking her about Will's childhood and what he was like when he was little. He sounded so cheeky... nothing's changed really ;)

After church, Gersh and I went to the shops and bought some ingredients to make pizza for lunch. And yes, pizzas from scratch. If you know me, you know that cooking is not one of my specialities. I remember one time, I was in the kitchen making bacon and eggs for breakfast (or something really simple as that) and Gersh laughed and asked what I was doing in there! This week though, I've been really inspired to make homemade pizzas. It was a whole lot of fun and tasted quite yummy too! I should have taken some photos but my hands were so sticky and covered in dough. Note for next time though, everything and I repeat EVERYTHING must be covered in flour when making dough. Oh, also make sure that the pizza base is thin otherwise you'll end up with with... well, let's just say you'll end up with pizzas only a mother could eat :) Thankfully Michelle, my 12 year old sister, was there to help us! I know it's pretty shocking when you're younger sister has to show you how it's done.

Speaking of Michelle, she made a pillow case today - in the space of an hour! I think I might try and make some pillow cases. (Sewing is another skill my 12 year old sister taught me. Yes, I know.) Apparently, you can buy the pillow stuffing at Spotlight for less than $5 and material is always so cheap, so it's definitely a project that I want to work on.

That reminds me, I made a goal at the start of the year to work on a creative project each month. It doesn't matter how big or small the project was but as long as I created something. Here's a list of things I've created so far;

• January - my first dress. It was actually a really gorgeous red shift dress with white lacey sleeves which sadly got burnt when I was ironing it. I got so upset when I burnt it! The dress is still hanging in my dresser though and I might either turn it into a shirt or patch it up one day.
• February - a blue polka-dot shift dress. It's the same pattern as the first dress (Spotlight was having a sale on patterns and I got them for dirt cheap!) and really pretty.
• March - a bright orange dress in the same pattern again. Well, actually it was suppose to be a dress but I cut the hem too short so now it's more of a really long singlet.
• April - I'm not sure if I made it in April but let's say I did even if I didn't :) I made the paper buntings that I posted a picture of the other day. I've always wanted fabric buntings - and I hopefully will get them one day - but I figured paper buntings were much easier to make. And they were!
• May - home made pizzas that were trying to be gourmet but didn't quite get there.

I wonder what I can make next month - perhaps some pillows? Well, until next time :)