Okay, I'm hanging my head in shame. Can it really be May 21st? Anyway, it hasn't been as long as last time since I blogged. Not really sure that I'm cut out for blogging, but I'm trying.
I'm thinking of changing my house around. I need to do something to make it more appealing to myself. I used to love being in my little house, and puttering around, and I don't anymore. If I'm home alone (which I used to adore), I am usually doing laundry, reading in my room or working in the garden. I don't even move my stuff (meaning my collections) around anymore. So naturally I thought, "I should change the furniture around." Which led to, "I think I will move my sewing room back out into the den." Which led to, "I need a bookcase for my bedroom." So I guess this is what I'm going to be spending my vacation taking care of. I was going to go out of town for a couple days with mom, but I don't think I will since Brett will be leaving the following weekend, and I will miss him so much that I want to spend the time with him. He's pretty awesome.
In the spirit of making my house more appealing, I've been making a huge mess sorting through stuff in my bedroom. Why does this ALWAYS mean I have a bigger mess to clean up than I originally had? I really need to ruthlessly cull out my closet and dressers (that's right, I said DRESSERS). Ruthlessly. I also need to organize the absolutely ridiculous amount of shoes that I have accumulated. Ideas and suggestions are welcome.
A proposal that I and a coworker submitted to present at the Florida Association for the Education of Young Children was accepted so I will be shopping for a decent suit and sexy shoes soon. I'm kind of thinking red. Or purple. We will present a workshop on Implementing the Project Approach Across the Domains in September. This is a pretty big deal, and I'm pretty pleased with myself, I must say.
This weekend I will be working on building my potting bench. I have a bunch of reclaimed wood just waiting to be made into something wonderful. Why haven't I had the motivation to just do it? It won't even take that long, I think. I just need to do it. Maybe getting the house in order will inspire me. One can hope.
Well, I KNOW it's been a long time since I posted. And I KNOW that I should post more often. Work is stressful, home life is stressful, family stuff is stressful, do I need to go on?
Never mind, this post is going to be full of good news.
1. I paid off my car. This is wonderful because it will give me some financial ease that I've been needing.
2. Hand quilting--I'm at it again. I decided after finishing my yellow quilt that I would go back and finish my Hawaiian quilt. After all, who starts a ridiculous project like that (and I've STARTED several!) and doesn't finish it. Especially after researching all the traditions and superstitions about Hawaiian quilting; they are all so fascinating! So I looked and looked and LOOKED AND LOOKED some more for my quilt that I partially hand quilted (a yellow and white hibiscus quilt), and could not find it. SURELY no one would have THROWN IT OUT!!! I don't know what the heck I did with it, but I can't find it. I'm sure it's stashed somewhere super safe. So, that left me with no project to work on. So I did what all good quilters do...I started a new project! I made my own Hawaiian quilt pattern of the plumeria, which is my favorite of all the Hawaiian flowers. When we lived in Hawaii, we had a plumeria tree in our yard and it smelled like heaven. No exaggeration. So I drew out the pattern, and found a gorgeous green batik (I wish I could have found a pretty pink one, but the green is so pretty) and cut it out and basted the pattern on the background. I'm now working to hand applique (yes, that says HAND APPLIQUE--by HAND!) the batik onto the background. In accordance with Hawaiian tradition, I only work on it when I'm filled with good feelings because they get stitched into the quilt and stay there. It's kind of like my "putting good things out into the universe" theory. Can't wait to start hand quilting it, but I surely am enjoying the applique.
3. GRANDBABIES! Is there a more beautiful word in the English language? I think not. Pictures of my gorgeous girls to come.
4. Lasagna--I made the best lasagna of my life this weekend.
5. Brett is home. I miss him so much--I forget how awesome these people are that I made from scratch. He's funny and obnoxious and I adore him. And his wife.
6. I have a lovely vacation coming up. I took a week off of work, and I'm going to go to Leesburg with my mom for an extra long weekend that week.
That's all I have time to write about for now. More to come--much sooner than last time, I promise.
