Hello and happy new year all!
Woohoo!! Congrats Annie!! A new job how exciting!! I LOVE the excitment of a new job! New routines, new people! Ahhhh. Just LOVE it!
KrazyKat! I am sooooooooooooooo in love with sewing!! I have made my messenger bag, a backpack for my sister, am working on a purse inspired by a cedar waxwing, and am currently sewing a little hand bag that looks like a scarab beetle with real leather! I keep saying I need to take pics but never get around to it hahahaha My mother in law let me choose any fabric I wanted. She has a whole little house full of it! She taught me how to properly measure and sew a bag since I was just making it up as I went really hahaha I used all her proper tools… She has an amazing iron, fabric cutters, rulers, and of course sewing machine! She lent me her 3rd favorite one which has all these fancy gadgets that made life so easy since the first machine I was using only had a straight line stitch. I made that bag with her in only 4 hours (only took that long cause she has severe ADD and was glued to the TV. Sheesh, I felt rude constantly saying HELLO!! HELLO!!! Can we just turn the TV off??? hahaha) I never thought I would like it. But I LOVE it!
Ott lights! That was my exact problem yesterday while sorting through fabric. I couldnt tell what some of the colours were. I will have to look into those!
Congrats Quizzical! I only dream of what you’ve done (being on time etc). I didnt have any decorations, I never send any cards when I always get some… bleh. Makes me feel like crap! I was still apologizing this year! But I never want to go through that again so I took all my gift card money and bought a bunch of Christmas decorations for next year (and of course they were all on clearance) I was very proud of myself for that! I vowed to myself to buy one person a gift each month before christmas so I am set. I also am now making a conscious effort to take notice in what people like and if I see soemthing that reminds me of them buy it. I already have something for my sister and a co-worker. Problem is I get so excited about what I got them I normally cant control myself and give it to them right away or just tell them what it is. My Grandma in law told me as soon as she buys someone a gift she wraps it, and puts their name on it. I thought that was a great idea!
I took 10 days off from work. 2012 is bringing BIG changes for me and my family. We have decided to move to the city. Its 6 hours from here. Ive grown up in a little town of about 1000people. This is going to be scary! During my days off my mom came over and we cleaned my entire house. I dont think its been this clean and organized since I moved in! Took us 3 days. Cleaning walls everything! Sorted through EVERYTHING boxed up things I didnt need right away, and lots of boxes for a moving sale. My husband is going ahead of me since I have full time work and he isnt working. Was laid off right before Christmas. Then I hope to head up in March and then my kids will be joining us in June. Im only stressed out about finding renters for our home. But I will be putting it on the market as Rent-to-Own, or Lease. There are close to 30 homes in my town for sale right now, and not much is moving. That worries me. But we will see what happens! This experience so far has been a big high five. I have been keeping everything organized and just been going, going, going, not stopping to think. Except at night. I have not been able to sleep because there are too many things going through my head. Thank goodness for sleeping pills eh? hahaha
Oh oh oh!! I am also proud of myself because I havent been glued to the PC anymore! Wooohooo!! Actually I have been falling behind with emails, and facebook, and youtube! I couldnt believe myself. I am actually sick of the PC hahaha My in laws bought me the PC game Ive been wanting since it came out, Skyrim, tried to play it but my PC is too crappy. Need to get a new one, but things are too crazy right now. I prefer to sew anyways 