are going through my head. I should be sleeping, since I have to get up in 5 hours, but I was in bed wide awake so I decided to get up and write in my blog. Hey, does anyone know why blogs are called blogs?
We had an inservice day today, and it actually wasn't too boring! We also had time to meet as a staff, and then meet with our department. We discussed department goals and a few things we needed to talk about. I won't even have to have a meeting on our work days! =-) Tomorrow we start with an all school meeting, but it won't be as long since we did some things today. I will have time in the next couple of days to really work on my plans for the year.
On my last day off yesterday I planted a "Fairy Garden" in a pot. It will have to come in during the winter, but it is outside right now. I went shopping with one of my sisters this summer and we both bought little metal arbors, chairs, a loveseat (looks like willow stuff), a little flower pot upside down as a table with a tiny tea set on it, a wheel barrow with garden tools, a watering can, and I even have a little gazing ball. I put it all in a pot with some plants, with texture and different colors of green and heights. I got some moss from my sister, which I have under the arbor, and I put little river pebbles around all of the plants. It's really cute. I'll have to see if I can get a picture.
Yesterday I alsoI painted some fabric. I have to have a small challenge quilt done by Sept. 18th. We were to look at a watercolor painting of a Lake Michigan shoreline that they have at the Rahr Art Gallery in Manitowoc, and make something that it inspires us to make. Because watercolors are so "blendy" painting fabric seemed the way to go. Now I am going to make a design and cut pieces to make it. Mine is going to be "November Sky Over Lake Michigan." I did fabric last year, but I needed something darker for water. So I experimented and did a couple of pieces. Oh, that reminds me, I still have the fabric hanging outside to dry. Last year I went to a friend's house and she taught me how to do it. I realized I forgot some things yesterday. I might decide to paint some more so I know I have enough useable pieces.
DH plastered all of the wallboard seams, and screws tonight. It took him about four hours. Tomorrow night he plans to do a second coat, and since he is texturing the walls, that should be enough. He bought a new contraption that is used to texture. Hopefully it won't be too hard! So he should be painting next week (he's using a sprayer), and then we'll be ready for the vinyl. I am getting sooooo excited! I was down there tonight and I could see it finished in my mind, and I just thought, "It's becoming a reality." =-)
Did you hear about the blond who was driving down the road and saw another blond out in the middle of a farmer's field in a row boat? She slammed on the brakes and got out of her car and yelled at the blond in the field, "It's blondes like you who give blondes like me a bad name, and if I could swim, I'd come out there and kick your ass!
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Another one of those nights...
where I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back to sleep. I have a headache. I had a great day, though! I had my lesson on the Fun Quilter. I can hardly wait to get mine now! Because of doing machine quilting with my Bernina, I didn't have too much difficulty, although I definitely need to practice. It is different moving the machine instead of the quilt. She was showing me (and drew them on my practice piece) different designs. Fun is a good name for this quilt machine! After my lesson I went to see a friend. She had me for lunch. I haven't seen her for a couple of years, and hadn't really sat and talked to her for at least SIX years. We picked right up where we left off though, no problem. I hope we don't wait that long to get together again. She told me about a fabric map of the world she had found at Wal-Mart, and I stopped to get one. It will go up on my current events bulletin board and I am going to have students stick a push pin in the part where their current event is from. I make them do a story with a dateline from somewhere outside of the United States. Another thing I did today was stop at a store I like and I found something to get for my sister for a house warming gift. I liked it so much I bought one for me, too! LOL As I was driving to my friend's place today, I spotted a store that I had not seen before. It is called "Primitive Heart." Sounds like it definitely has possibilities! I will need to go check it out. No time today.
Tonight after supper DH and I went downstairs to clean up in the basement. I was picking up the waste pieces of wallboard and sweeping. I got quite a lot done in my quilt studio area. He was cleaning in his shop. Temporarily he is moving all machines to one end so he can put all of the things from his carving shop (he calls them his dirty shop [sawdust] and his clean shop) so the vinyl can be put on the floor in there, too. There are only a few things left in my studio area that have to be moved out yet. After I worked for awhile I asked DH for a mask. I think that is why I have a headache, breathing in that dust at first.
Tomorrow (or later this morning) is my last day of summer break. I think I will finally get that fabric painted! I have had everything out to do it for two weeks or so. I hate to think about being back at work with no time for me again. Hopefully this year won't be as bad since I don't have an overload and I have one year of being department head under my belt.
One of the things I was thinking about when I woke up is my sons. I was talking about them with my friend today. Even when your children are adults you wish you could "kiss it and make it all better." But you can't. So I just love them.
Tonight after supper DH and I went downstairs to clean up in the basement. I was picking up the waste pieces of wallboard and sweeping. I got quite a lot done in my quilt studio area. He was cleaning in his shop. Temporarily he is moving all machines to one end so he can put all of the things from his carving shop (he calls them his dirty shop [sawdust] and his clean shop) so the vinyl can be put on the floor in there, too. There are only a few things left in my studio area that have to be moved out yet. After I worked for awhile I asked DH for a mask. I think that is why I have a headache, breathing in that dust at first.
Tomorrow (or later this morning) is my last day of summer break. I think I will finally get that fabric painted! I have had everything out to do it for two weeks or so. I hate to think about being back at work with no time for me again. Hopefully this year won't be as bad since I don't have an overload and I have one year of being department head under my belt.
One of the things I was thinking about when I woke up is my sons. I was talking about them with my friend today. Even when your children are adults you wish you could "kiss it and make it all better." But you can't. So I just love them.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Hellooooooooooo Everybuddeeeeeeee!!!!! Part 2
This seems to be working now. I did a long entry this morning, and lost the dang thing. It wouldn't publish and then I saw two, one published and one a draft. I assumed it had published and deleted the wrong one. So, it is partially my own fault.
The title of this post has to be said with just the right inflection. Do you remember the Muppet named Grover? We had a book I read to my sons when they were little that had him as a character and that is how the book started. I always had to do his voice. Loved it!
Yesterday I spent lots of money! I made the down payment on the vinyl for the basement, and I also paid in full my Nolting quilt machine. It is due to be shipped Sept. 1, but I won't have it set up until after the vinyl is in. DH has all of the wall board up now and is finishing something in his shop. Then he's going to move the things we couldn't move out of my studio area into his shop. He will begin taping the seams and plastering. He is going to borrow something from a friend that will make it easier to make the plaster textured. We are going to paint it with a paint sprayer. He'll be spraying the ceiling white... all if the wood, pipes, etc. We aren't putting a ceiling in. The shop lights will hang from there and there will be a bunch of them so I have a lot of light. I am getting so excited. I am having a lesson on Monday morning on how to use it. I'm excited and nervous at the same time.
I was at a curriculum writing meeting all day yesterday and got really frustrated. I want to have a say in it, but there are some people who argue and butt heads and don't want to give an inch, and then blame the other person for doing it. I had to get up and walk out. The facilitator told me at the end that there are stages people go through as a committee to write curriculum, just like grief has stages. What we are going through right now is called "storming", he said. He also said he isn't worried. He said if we were still doing this in January, then he would have to move us along and get things going better. Well, it drives me NUTS!
This morning I slept in. DH and I went downstairs when I returned from quilting last night and he showed me how far he was. We started discussing the cupboards that we'll be putting in, and I got so wound up I couldn't get to sleep. So I slept later this morning. Then I mowed the lawn, and I got some things ready to mail and finished reorganizing my closet, and did a few other things on my list. We went out to eat for supper tonight and then I dropped DH home and I went to get groceries. Came home and watched Kyle XY since we missed it Monday. Then I read the paper and here I am.
We are going up to the trailer tomorrow and taking our DGD. It is Halloween for the activity and she will go "Trick-or-Treating. I bought treats to hand out. I always get a costume for her, but it's too early for that yet, so she is going as a "Red Hat Lady." She has a long velvety dark purple dress and I have the hat. She can't wait to show the friend at the campground who is two trailers down because she is a red hat lady. DGD really likes her. It'll be fun. I love having her there, but it is definitely not as relaxing when she is there. I won't be bringing my sewing along!
She wants to be a Jack-O-Lantern for the real Halloween, so I will have to get looking for that.
I am re-vamping my teaching this year. I have to keep doing that or I would get bored. I am hoping that teaching in units this year will give me more time to do a thorough job. We have so much and it seems we never have enough time. I've been planning, but have more to do. I have to look at the number of units I'll be doing and figure out how much time I have to use for the units. Some will take longer than others. I need to make a sort of schedule for myself for the year. "Curriculum Mapping" is what it is called. I just call it planning my year. It will be interesting to try a new approach.
Boy, I was really funny this morning, and tonight I am dragging butt. That's what happens after a day of hard work. Will talk to you again soon!
The title of this post has to be said with just the right inflection. Do you remember the Muppet named Grover? We had a book I read to my sons when they were little that had him as a character and that is how the book started. I always had to do his voice. Loved it!
Yesterday I spent lots of money! I made the down payment on the vinyl for the basement, and I also paid in full my Nolting quilt machine. It is due to be shipped Sept. 1, but I won't have it set up until after the vinyl is in. DH has all of the wall board up now and is finishing something in his shop. Then he's going to move the things we couldn't move out of my studio area into his shop. He will begin taping the seams and plastering. He is going to borrow something from a friend that will make it easier to make the plaster textured. We are going to paint it with a paint sprayer. He'll be spraying the ceiling white... all if the wood, pipes, etc. We aren't putting a ceiling in. The shop lights will hang from there and there will be a bunch of them so I have a lot of light. I am getting so excited. I am having a lesson on Monday morning on how to use it. I'm excited and nervous at the same time.
I was at a curriculum writing meeting all day yesterday and got really frustrated. I want to have a say in it, but there are some people who argue and butt heads and don't want to give an inch, and then blame the other person for doing it. I had to get up and walk out. The facilitator told me at the end that there are stages people go through as a committee to write curriculum, just like grief has stages. What we are going through right now is called "storming", he said. He also said he isn't worried. He said if we were still doing this in January, then he would have to move us along and get things going better. Well, it drives me NUTS!
This morning I slept in. DH and I went downstairs when I returned from quilting last night and he showed me how far he was. We started discussing the cupboards that we'll be putting in, and I got so wound up I couldn't get to sleep. So I slept later this morning. Then I mowed the lawn, and I got some things ready to mail and finished reorganizing my closet, and did a few other things on my list. We went out to eat for supper tonight and then I dropped DH home and I went to get groceries. Came home and watched Kyle XY since we missed it Monday. Then I read the paper and here I am.
We are going up to the trailer tomorrow and taking our DGD. It is Halloween for the activity and she will go "Trick-or-Treating. I bought treats to hand out. I always get a costume for her, but it's too early for that yet, so she is going as a "Red Hat Lady." She has a long velvety dark purple dress and I have the hat. She can't wait to show the friend at the campground who is two trailers down because she is a red hat lady. DGD really likes her. It'll be fun. I love having her there, but it is definitely not as relaxing when she is there. I won't be bringing my sewing along!
She wants to be a Jack-O-Lantern for the real Halloween, so I will have to get looking for that.
I am re-vamping my teaching this year. I have to keep doing that or I would get bored. I am hoping that teaching in units this year will give me more time to do a thorough job. We have so much and it seems we never have enough time. I've been planning, but have more to do. I have to look at the number of units I'll be doing and figure out how much time I have to use for the units. Some will take longer than others. I need to make a sort of schedule for myself for the year. "Curriculum Mapping" is what it is called. I just call it planning my year. It will be interesting to try a new approach.
Boy, I was really funny this morning, and tonight I am dragging butt. That's what happens after a day of hard work. Will talk to you again soon!
Hellooooooooooo Everybuddeeeeeeee!!!!!
I just spent 45 minutes writng a post and because of a blogger problem it was lost. Damn.
Later. I am going to see if it is working now.
Later. I am going to see if it is working now.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Just finished my coffee...
so I'm awake. I have been getting up when DH gets up so I get used to it again before school actually starts. Even though school has not started yet, I am doing school things. Yesterday I went to our "Data Retreat." A retreat usually is enjoyable- maybe they call it that to try to make us feel we enjoy it. I go because I have to go. As department head for social studies I am in charge of writing our department goals. I was able to complete that yesterday (as a draft- I will discuss it with my department, but knowing them they won't have any changes), and also figure out how I would use department meetings to discuss strategies that we are supposed to be using, and encourage their use. I did have help from an ELL teacher (English Language Learner) who teaches 6th grade SS, so that was good. She's a person who is really on the ball. She's on the Curriculum writing committee with me, too. We have THAT all day meeting tomorrow. At least I get paid for those meetings! Today I am meeting with a teacher who will be teaching both 7th and 8th grade social studies this year but hasn't taught it before. I gave her some things to take home over the summer, and today I am going to talk to her about what I do to teach 8th grade so she can get an idea of what to do. I will share any of the activities I do with her if she wants. You really do have to adapt things to fit your own personality. I am sure that some other teachers couldn't pull off some of the goofy things that I do in my classroom. A couple of years ago I had two high school students come to visit me. One of them said, "You know what, Mrs. V? Sometimes my HS SS teacher says things and I think, 'I already know that. I learned that from Mrs. V.' " Then she said, "I was learning things, and I didn't even know it because I was having so much fun!" That made me feel GREAT! =-)
I am still trying to get things done around the house before my teaching bogs me down. Yesterday I started rearranging my closet. I have been doing things to help DH out (like mow the lawn, which he usually does) since I want him to keep working on the basement. He did more wall boarding last night. He is almost ready to plaster.
One thing I have been procrasinating about is painting fabric for my challenge quilt. My former quilt buddies in Two Rivers and Manitowoc have a quilt show at the Rahr Art Gallery in Manitowoc every couple of years. This year it will be the month of Dec., into January again. The challenge was to take a painting (that will be displayed with the challenge quilts) and make something that it inspires. It is a water color painting, so right away I thought of painting on fabric. After being taught how to do it last summer by a friend, I had some fabric I could use. I decided I needed some darker "water" fabric and I have the things to do it, but right now my confidence is flagging and I am wishing my friend lived a lot closer! I will have to boldly step out and do it, but I have to wait until I feel bold! Soon, very soon. I am going to take the painted fabrics and use pieces to make my quilt which I will call "November Sky Over Lake Michigan." I am also using a new technique to put it together that I was also shown by the same friend. She makes gorgeous quilts, art quilts, and mine won't match her expertise, but it will be something new, which I think a challenge should be. Just have to get my Star Trek courage up... to boldly go where I have not gone before! LOL
Time to hit the shower. Oh yeah, and get in it to clean up, too. Wish I could sit in my jammies all day and read. That's what I REALLY feel like doing today!
I am still trying to get things done around the house before my teaching bogs me down. Yesterday I started rearranging my closet. I have been doing things to help DH out (like mow the lawn, which he usually does) since I want him to keep working on the basement. He did more wall boarding last night. He is almost ready to plaster.
One thing I have been procrasinating about is painting fabric for my challenge quilt. My former quilt buddies in Two Rivers and Manitowoc have a quilt show at the Rahr Art Gallery in Manitowoc every couple of years. This year it will be the month of Dec., into January again. The challenge was to take a painting (that will be displayed with the challenge quilts) and make something that it inspires. It is a water color painting, so right away I thought of painting on fabric. After being taught how to do it last summer by a friend, I had some fabric I could use. I decided I needed some darker "water" fabric and I have the things to do it, but right now my confidence is flagging and I am wishing my friend lived a lot closer! I will have to boldly step out and do it, but I have to wait until I feel bold! Soon, very soon. I am going to take the painted fabrics and use pieces to make my quilt which I will call "November Sky Over Lake Michigan." I am also using a new technique to put it together that I was also shown by the same friend. She makes gorgeous quilts, art quilts, and mine won't match her expertise, but it will be something new, which I think a challenge should be. Just have to get my Star Trek courage up... to boldly go where I have not gone before! LOL
Time to hit the shower. Oh yeah, and get in it to clean up, too. Wish I could sit in my jammies all day and read. That's what I REALLY feel like doing today!
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Oh, my arms...
ache! I just finished mowing the lawn. I haven't been doing that this year, but since DH is working so hard on my quilt studio I figured I should do that. He finished all of the wiring (in place, but not hooked up) and yesterday he bought wall board and he has almost all of it put in already! He is going to finish that as much as he can, before we go back up to the camper for a few more days. He can't do all of it in the bathroom until he runs the pipes.
I worked on some DJ things the last two days home, because I facilitated the DJ Club last night. We only had 3 of us there. I got phone calls from 3 others, and I think 2 are giving it up, at least for summer. One of them is probably really busy because she alters all of the Packer jerseys. Like Brett likes his sleeves shortened. She also repairs them if necessary after each game, but they only wear them once. They are sold after each game. At least I know that's what happens to Brett's. She says sometimes they are not washed, and they really STINK!
Really got off topic there! I finished 3 more DJ blocks yesterday, but I haven't done my journal yet, so I have to do that to update my numbers. I'm taking it to the trailer.
Next week I have school things going on already. Waaaaaaaaaaah! I am not ready for this yet! (I never am, but once I get there I'm OK!)
Well, I have more fabric to fold... I have 8 tall rubbermaid boxes filled, and have tubs here with special fabrics in, like Christmas, and plaids, that I have to re-fold yet. So I will work on that. Moving this sewing room is a HUGE project in itself! I haven't had any time to be bad. 0=-)
I worked on some DJ things the last two days home, because I facilitated the DJ Club last night. We only had 3 of us there. I got phone calls from 3 others, and I think 2 are giving it up, at least for summer. One of them is probably really busy because she alters all of the Packer jerseys. Like Brett likes his sleeves shortened. She also repairs them if necessary after each game, but they only wear them once. They are sold after each game. At least I know that's what happens to Brett's. She says sometimes they are not washed, and they really STINK!
Really got off topic there! I finished 3 more DJ blocks yesterday, but I haven't done my journal yet, so I have to do that to update my numbers. I'm taking it to the trailer.
Next week I have school things going on already. Waaaaaaaaaaah! I am not ready for this yet! (I never am, but once I get there I'm OK!)
Well, I have more fabric to fold... I have 8 tall rubbermaid boxes filled, and have tubs here with special fabrics in, like Christmas, and plaids, that I have to re-fold yet. So I will work on that. Moving this sewing room is a HUGE project in itself! I haven't had any time to be bad. 0=-)
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
The paint, paint, paint roller...
...goes paint, paint, paintin' along! Only one more coat of paint to put on the walls in the bathroom. I did all of the corners and edges twice, and one coat with the roller so far. It is good paint, and one coat might be enough, but I like to be sure with two coats. It will only take me another 45 minutes, if that, and then on Friday I can do the wall paper border and reinstall things I took off the walls. I bought a new (prettier) towel bar and towel ring to put up. I have decorations to go back up, too. That will be my goal for Friday.
DH spent last evening working downstairs in my studio. He has the wire run for the outlets where I will plug in all of my lights. He is also wiring his wood shop properly. Last night he said, "I can't WAIT for this project to be over!" Then he looked at me and said, "You probably can't wait, either, huh?" VBG He will be getting the wall board to start soon. Having a deadline has sure livened things up down there! Hooray! We are still not sure exactly what we will be putting on the floor. Have to decide that SOON.
DH called a little while ago and suggested that we should go out for lunch since I am going back up to the camper today and he won't see me for a few days. Oooooh, a date! =-) I have a little over an hour before I have to hop in the shower, so will try to get some other things done.
The excitment is building!
DH spent last evening working downstairs in my studio. He has the wire run for the outlets where I will plug in all of my lights. He is also wiring his wood shop properly. Last night he said, "I can't WAIT for this project to be over!" Then he looked at me and said, "You probably can't wait, either, huh?" VBG He will be getting the wall board to start soon. Having a deadline has sure livened things up down there! Hooray! We are still not sure exactly what we will be putting on the floor. Have to decide that SOON.
DH called a little while ago and suggested that we should go out for lunch since I am going back up to the camper today and he won't see me for a few days. Oooooh, a date! =-) I have a little over an hour before I have to hop in the shower, so will try to get some other things done.
The excitment is building!
Monday, August 07, 2006
Oh, I wish I could sing
...so you would all be able to hear me! What a glorious day it is today! The weather is absolutely beautiful, and I hope not to spend all of the day inside! But... times a'wastin, and I have miles to go before I sleep!
I had my granddaughter from Thursday evening until Sunday evening. On Friday I took her down to see my mom and dad. We were going to go swimming in Lake Michigan, which would have been a first for her, but the beaches were all closed because of E. coli pollution. DARNNIT! We have had heavy rain and the run off into the lake causes it. Both farm manure run off and untreated sewage that goes in when the system can't handle the overload during the rain. Milwaukee does that all the time. So, instead, she went swimming in the pool where my parents live, and she was the only one in the pool! Then, on Saturday, we went to our camper by ourselves. Her dad came up on Sunday, spent some time and then tool her home. DH didn't go to the camper. He stayed home and worked on wiring my QUILTING STUDIO!!!!!!!! He told me that he is up to the lights part, the outlets are finished. Well, they aren't useable yet, but tomorrow night his retired electrician friend is coming over to do the hook up into the new circuits in the box, and he will also assist DH in hooking the outlets to the wires that are all in place. Then DH is going to start the wall board. He will have everything done that needs to be done before the walls get put on (and painted), and that has to be done before the flooring can go in, which needs to be done before my Nolting Fun Quilter arrives! The entire room will not be done by then, but we will continue to work on it. My storage area won't be built until after the machine arrives, but soon after, I think. I am going to put pre-made kitchen cupboards in where I can, and the rest DH will have to build. I am getting so EXCITED!!!! (Can you tell???) I will have to post photos once it is done.
Today I am working on painting my bathroom. Tomorrow I am going back up to the camper for a few days of "girl time." A number of the women are planning to spend some time together. We've been beading together (and, I'll admit, drinking a bit...). Thursday I will come home for an appointment. Then I will continue working on the house, and pack for a quilt weekend with my quilting buddies. One has a cottage on a lake, and we have been going there for a mini retreat for about 4 years now. Not sure what I will be taking... maybe Dear Jane. I'd like to get that finished. I can't go up until Sat. morning because we have a 50th wedding anniversary party to go to on Friday night. It is one of DH's carving friends and his wife. Nice peoples! =-)
So, if I am not posting regularly this week, you will know why! Gotta get back to the bathroom... the walls are calling me!
Angel
I had my granddaughter from Thursday evening until Sunday evening. On Friday I took her down to see my mom and dad. We were going to go swimming in Lake Michigan, which would have been a first for her, but the beaches were all closed because of E. coli pollution. DARNNIT! We have had heavy rain and the run off into the lake causes it. Both farm manure run off and untreated sewage that goes in when the system can't handle the overload during the rain. Milwaukee does that all the time. So, instead, she went swimming in the pool where my parents live, and she was the only one in the pool! Then, on Saturday, we went to our camper by ourselves. Her dad came up on Sunday, spent some time and then tool her home. DH didn't go to the camper. He stayed home and worked on wiring my QUILTING STUDIO!!!!!!!! He told me that he is up to the lights part, the outlets are finished. Well, they aren't useable yet, but tomorrow night his retired electrician friend is coming over to do the hook up into the new circuits in the box, and he will also assist DH in hooking the outlets to the wires that are all in place. Then DH is going to start the wall board. He will have everything done that needs to be done before the walls get put on (and painted), and that has to be done before the flooring can go in, which needs to be done before my Nolting Fun Quilter arrives! The entire room will not be done by then, but we will continue to work on it. My storage area won't be built until after the machine arrives, but soon after, I think. I am going to put pre-made kitchen cupboards in where I can, and the rest DH will have to build. I am getting so EXCITED!!!! (Can you tell???) I will have to post photos once it is done.
Today I am working on painting my bathroom. Tomorrow I am going back up to the camper for a few days of "girl time." A number of the women are planning to spend some time together. We've been beading together (and, I'll admit, drinking a bit...). Thursday I will come home for an appointment. Then I will continue working on the house, and pack for a quilt weekend with my quilting buddies. One has a cottage on a lake, and we have been going there for a mini retreat for about 4 years now. Not sure what I will be taking... maybe Dear Jane. I'd like to get that finished. I can't go up until Sat. morning because we have a 50th wedding anniversary party to go to on Friday night. It is one of DH's carving friends and his wife. Nice peoples! =-)
So, if I am not posting regularly this week, you will know why! Gotta get back to the bathroom... the walls are calling me!
Angel
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
It's five o'clock in the morning
...but I haven't danced the whole night through. I've been awake since a storm went through about 3:30. Once I was awake that was it. Between hot flashes and DH's snoring, and my clenching my teeth, I haven't been able to sleep. DH gets up at 5:30, so maybe I can sleep some then.
Yesterday I went to get my bangs cut and then went to a yarn shop. I fell victim to the socks craze, buying a pattern and some of that yarn that gives you a design from the way the yarn is dyed. Don't know when I'll start them, but soon, I'm sure. I need to finish something else, first. And, it's on size TWO DP needles. Am I NUTS?????
Like I need another project.
But, as the QuiltChicks motto goes, "It's not a matter of need." 0=-)
I made real food for supper, too. Pork roast, dumplings and sauerkraut, a good German meal. I haven't made it for ages. In fact, I haven't COOKED in ages! Unless pizza counts.
Guess what! DH's retired electrician friend came over last night after supper and DH talked over all of the plans for the wiring downstairs. After his friend left, he actually STARTED!!! One night this week we are going to go to the store where we'll buy the flooring and decide what we'll be getting and talk to them about preparing for putting it in. We thought we'd better get in NOW in case it has to be ordered. The wiring, wallboard and flooring have to be in before my QUILT MACHINE comes. Woooo Hooooo! I am going to get some of the pads to stand on at the machine. The kind in pieces that you put togther like a puzzle. That's what the seller has and she said it's great. Otherwise my cleanup of the floor will mostly consist of a Swiffter (sp? I'm too lazy to go look); I love those things.
The guest room carpeting will be put in Thursday morning. It will be nice to have a place to put all of the stuff that is currently sitting in my living room... and dining room, and bedroom, and foyer, and a few things still left in the basement, like the treadmill and exercise bike. That room will be packed for a few weeks. We won't set up the bed until the other rooms are done.
Today I am going to start my bathroom redo by washing the walls. I think that I should do that to make sure there isn't any mildew or anything when I paint. Then I'll start putting on the painter's tape. Thursday after the carpeting is in I can have another frentic day of motion. That's what I am like lately. It's like, omigod it's AUGUST already, and I still have (want) to do this and this and this... Before I know it I'll be back with the rugrats. I have the paint for the bathroom already. After it's painted I also have a wall paper border I bought about two years ago. The bathroom "theme" is "There's No Place Like Home," (from my favorite movie), and besides a sign that says that, I have houses, the primitive country kind, in decorations, and pictures on the wall. That's what is on the border, too. This place is going to look great when I get finished with all of this. Then I'll have more time to sew, too!
DH will be up soon, so I think I'll quit going on and on and on, and end. Bye!
Angel
Yesterday I went to get my bangs cut and then went to a yarn shop. I fell victim to the socks craze, buying a pattern and some of that yarn that gives you a design from the way the yarn is dyed. Don't know when I'll start them, but soon, I'm sure. I need to finish something else, first. And, it's on size TWO DP needles. Am I NUTS?????
Like I need another project.
But, as the QuiltChicks motto goes, "It's not a matter of need." 0=-)
I made real food for supper, too. Pork roast, dumplings and sauerkraut, a good German meal. I haven't made it for ages. In fact, I haven't COOKED in ages! Unless pizza counts.
Guess what! DH's retired electrician friend came over last night after supper and DH talked over all of the plans for the wiring downstairs. After his friend left, he actually STARTED!!! One night this week we are going to go to the store where we'll buy the flooring and decide what we'll be getting and talk to them about preparing for putting it in. We thought we'd better get in NOW in case it has to be ordered. The wiring, wallboard and flooring have to be in before my QUILT MACHINE comes. Woooo Hooooo! I am going to get some of the pads to stand on at the machine. The kind in pieces that you put togther like a puzzle. That's what the seller has and she said it's great. Otherwise my cleanup of the floor will mostly consist of a Swiffter (sp? I'm too lazy to go look); I love those things.
The guest room carpeting will be put in Thursday morning. It will be nice to have a place to put all of the stuff that is currently sitting in my living room... and dining room, and bedroom, and foyer, and a few things still left in the basement, like the treadmill and exercise bike. That room will be packed for a few weeks. We won't set up the bed until the other rooms are done.
Today I am going to start my bathroom redo by washing the walls. I think that I should do that to make sure there isn't any mildew or anything when I paint. Then I'll start putting on the painter's tape. Thursday after the carpeting is in I can have another frentic day of motion. That's what I am like lately. It's like, omigod it's AUGUST already, and I still have (want) to do this and this and this... Before I know it I'll be back with the rugrats. I have the paint for the bathroom already. After it's painted I also have a wall paper border I bought about two years ago. The bathroom "theme" is "There's No Place Like Home," (from my favorite movie), and besides a sign that says that, I have houses, the primitive country kind, in decorations, and pictures on the wall. That's what is on the border, too. This place is going to look great when I get finished with all of this. Then I'll have more time to sew, too!
DH will be up soon, so I think I'll quit going on and on and on, and end. Bye!
Angel
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