Beautiful Disaster: September 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Almost October

It's almost October, but I have a confession. My Halloween decorations are already up. I love Halloween. I think we should decorate for it year around. Skulls are so great, and I was able to find some for pretty cheap this year, yeah me!

And you see that candelabra? Isn't that the greatest ever? I couldn't resist it when I saw it. Okay really, I resisted it the first time I walked by it, but the second time it jumped into the cart. Its haunted.

I actually made it into the sewing room yesterday, and actually got something accomplished.

This is one of about 4 baby quilts I made a few years ago. This one has been sitting waiting for a binding to be put on it. Its been hand quilted in 2 inch diagonal lines and its so puckery and cute. Luckily some poor soul in my neighborhood was hauling a bag of fabric scraps to D.I. and I rescued them and there was a perfect pastel stripe for the binding. Unfortunately there wasn't enough to cut it on the bias, but hey the price was great.

I also finished piecing the top for my Orange Crush mystery quilt. This has to be in the top 2 ugliest quilts I've ever made, not because the pattern is ugly, but because if it was gonna be called Orange Crush, it was going to be orange, and lime, and pink, and black. Whoa. But Stinker likes it, so it goes to him. Someday I'll talk myself into quilting it and giving it to him.

And just for fun, here is a picture of one of the first quilts I ever made, and the first quilt I ever machine quilted. It lives on Squealys bed until I get hers done.

It's all cheapo Walmart fabric and my free motion quilting really stinks on it, but its done.

I went and bought batting and backing for 2 quilts that my mom and I made a few years ago. I got one sandwiched last night and its ready to be machine quilted. I think they are going to be presents for the girls for Christmas so I can only work on them when Girlfriend isn't around to pay attention to what I'm doing. Squealy is oblivious to anything I'm working on thank heavens, so I can work on them while the older kids are in school. Ugh, I just realized the kids are going to be home in 45 minutes, and I haven't even started on it today. I better go see if I can get anything accomplished.

Have fun.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Happy Birthday Dude!

Six years ago today at this moment I was sitting in my dr.s office being induced for labor. In 3 short hours, my third child was born. Can I just say I am so glad that I don't have to do that again? Here is a picture of Dude on his day of birth, September 25, 2002.

And here he is today...Enough said.

So, I'm preparing myself for a full day of birthday boy fun. Yeah. He was psyched because today he got to take snacks for his kindergarten class. You know, I think those rules about no homemade treats are great? It makes it so worthless moms like me don't have to feel so worthless because we didn't make the perfect cupcakes for the class on their birthdays. Donuts are wonderful. At least I'm cool enough to let him take donuts instead of carrots and celery. Nothing says happy birthday like gorging yourself on trans fat.

Now its downstairs to throw away toys. Yep, I'm purging the rooms before Christmas. All toys are going, hopefully I'm strong enough to do this. If I really want to scare you all I'll post pictures of it. Maybe I'll save those for Halloween.

Since you brought up Halloween, have I mentioned its my most favorite holiday evah? I could so be a witch (notice I said witch not the one that starts with a b, i'm already one of them). And the best part of being a witch, never dusting cobwebs again! Hmm...I might need to look into this a bit more.

Have fun, because I will be.

I knew there was something irresistable about me...

Your Personality Is Like Cocaine

You're dynamic, brilliant, and alluring to those who don't know you.
Hyper and full of energy, you're usually the last one to leave a party.
Sometimes your sharp mind gets the better of you... you're a bit paranoid!

At your best: You're confident, euphoric, and feel like you're on top of the world.

What people like about being around you: You're intense and overpowering.

What people dislike about being around you: You can be arrogant... and a bit of a jerk.

How addicted people get to you: Incredibly addictive. And hanging around with you isn't cheap!

http://www.blogthings.com/whatdrugisyourpersonalitylikequiz/">What Drug Is Your Personality Like?

Okay, so scary thing is, that is totally me.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

I went over to a friends house today to walk her through a couple digital scrapbook pages. She has been wanting to get started on this for awhile, they bought the program and a printer, but she wanted to get all the photos she had printed scrapbooked first. She finally got that done, she is such a better woman than I am. I would have just given in and started on the digital stuff. Hopefully she'll keep playing with her program and soon have everything figured out. That is so important when you are scrapbooking the digital way. You really need to just sit down and play with the program to figure it out. People can show you how to do something and give you some ideas but until you start tearing into it, you won't get it. So, in spirit of her scrapbooking, I made a scrapbook page today. Its from our last camping trip. Basic, easy page, but sometimes those are so nice to just get some pictures scrapped.

Girlfriend has gymnastics tonight, and tomorrow is Dudes birthday. He'll be 6! Time goes by so fast. I have to find time tonight to go buy his birthday present. He is really hard to buy for this year. He doesn't have anything hes into right now. I'm gonna go start dinner, I just realized what time it is. I'm gonna give my friends German Pancakes a try tonight. She says her family loves them, I hope mine does to! Have fun.