Christmas Projects

Since Husby's been home, he has been helping me finish some projects around here. He was able to fix the 2 curtains for our bed, hem my yoga pants (and make me 2 sweat headbands from the excess fabric), finish sewing 2 more burpcloths and sew 2 of B's fabric Christmas books.... Here are the pics of some of the stuff.

2 Burpcloths 

(Fabric design 1 side, Blue Terrycloth/Towel material otherside)

 Christmas Soft Fabric Books

The Night Before Christmas

12 Days of Christmas for Children

Penguin Blanket

Polar Bear & Penguin felt stuffed figures

Weekend

So the advent calendar for Christmas is finally complete! I will to post a picture later in the week, but today my day is occupied with this paper for Grad school. Why did I ever agree to go back now? I am so exhausted of writing and discussing and reading....every week....read, write, discuss, repeat... :(

Two more weeks of this class and then on to the next one...9 classes to go!

Oh Happy Sunday!

Sick Day...

So last night was a rough one. I was up a good portion of the evening with a terrible stomachache. Therefore I stayed home today. I tried catching up on things around the house, but the dogs have been pretty hyper. Michael and I need to start packing for Thanksgiving and so I already made a list of everything to pack in the truck...after all I don't want another forgotten dress situation. I'm sure we'll forget something even if I make a list, but at least starting early will give us time to remember everything.

I also looked into a library card for myself for the local library. I grew up going to the library like every week and taking books out, and I want to get back into that. But here, the library costs 15/year. Maybe things have changed over the years, but I never had to pay a membership. I think I will need to go and take a look at the library to make sure it's worth it.

Ok, well off to take some more pepto. I'm not sure if this stomach thing is due to the medicine or maybe something I ate. I am still not sure if the Met is working, but I guess we will see the results (or lack thereof) in a few more weeks. I have my next appt. on the 12th. The dogs have seemed to relaxed a bit. Lucky is asleep on the other couch, Snowball is asleep on the top of my couch and Reese is in the big bed. I am going to try to accomplish some more projects around the house while it's quiet, just not sure where to start; tons of plaster crafts, wood plaque "Welcome Friends" and of course there's the wreaths. So much crafting, so little time. :)

Chilly autumn in Florida

So today has been another quiet day at work. It is still pretty chilly outside and supposed to last through the week and into the weekend. I hope it is warmer where we're going for the holidays or else I may be out scouring the stores for sweatshirts and jackets for the puppies since they currently whine and refuse to go outside in this cool weather.

I have been slowly trying to make this my own by changing some of the images and backgrounds, but guess I will need to employ some help from the computer gurus and do some more online help searching. If anyone has suggestions or ideas, please let me know.



Last night, Michael and I spent the evening (after burritos) searching the 3 craft stores around our town for the Bacilla felt kits for Christmas. Michael's hasn't carried them in years, Joanne's is selling them 50% off so they were wiped clean and Walmart is discontinuing their fabric/arts section so they have no Christmas crafts as of yesterday. So back to the ol' faithful computer I went and found them kits I wanted on Joanne's online and purchased them. So now I have a tree skirt and an advent calendar kit coming way. And to make things better, I got them on sale, both 50% off and because they are sponsors of Upromise I saved another 6% towards our loan debt or possible grad school fees. Upromise is an amazing thing...I am starting to like how you can earn rewards by doing some of the simplest things (grocery shopping, gassing the car, ordering presents, paying bills, get quotes for various things).



We also picked out all the necessary supplies to make a wreath for the front door and a centerpiece for the kitchen table for Christmas. Once I have them completed (and find the time and camera) I will post some pictures. Things are settling in nicely. I am starting to get the itch to go to South Carolina, so hoopefully the next 5 days pass quickly.