Oh Goodness…

So I needed to get internet for some studying I am doing and because Sophie is going into 6th grade and will start needing it a lot more now. I was checking deals and saw that I could get cable for $20 more. Well, it would save the time of having to adjust the little dial and the rabbit ears EVERY time we change the channel. Also it would solve the “What’s on TV tonight? Well, we only get channel 64 tonight so looks like it will be Qubo…” problem. I had very big reservations about it though. 1. I don’t want Sophie watching it ALL day long and doing much little else. 2. TV is from the devil anyways 3. We really don’t watch it much to begin with and can go days without turning it on. Cable won out over all of that though because the few nights we do turn it on I would like to watch something other than spanish tv (only because it takes me a while to translate it all in my head and then to explain it all to Soph…haha!) or cartoons.

So this week I have learned that Jersey Shores not only burns my eyes and hurts my ears, I think I actually lost brain cells in the 15 minutes it was on. I would rather watch cakes fall over on the food network. HGTV and the food network are greatness. Oh and the History channel. That’s all I have really allowed myself to watch.

On another note, during my creativity times this week I managed to get some fabric cut for a brown and pink quilt I am working on. My beautiful Aunt Linda has challenged me to see who can finish it first. I discovered that I suck at pinwheels. Completely suck at them which is unfortunate because this entire quilt is made of pinwheels. But seeing as I am not a quitter I will take this challenge and be a perfect pinwheel maker when I am done! People will come from far and wide to see my pinwheels and stand in awe of their beauty.

I guess considering I am not a traditional quilter this is not a bad start. Very sloppy work and my measurements are off. I will try again tonight. Below is what I typically like to do. I don’t need measurements for that! If I mess up I can say “It was meant to look like that! Are you questioning an artist?? What is wrong with you?”

 Made Swiss Quiche tonight and it smells good. Gotta go make the salad to go with it. It’s raining out so it will be the perfect night to hole up in my sewing room and practice my pinwheels!

Creativity wherefore art thou?

Okay, it’s been a while. Sophie and I have just come back from a very inspiring, much needed vacation. I think it’s true that we all get caught up in the mundane routine of our lives and sometimes just don’t care enough to do anything about it. Some people might even find that very soothing. Living every day as the day before it and the day before that one. I can’t. I feel like I have been caught in the same cycle for the past 2 or 3 years. Work, church, choir, bed. Every day. Ugh. I do enjoy going to church and taking Sophie to choir. It’s just that I feel like every day another inch of me turns gray. Does that make sense? Like visually an inch of my skin or hair or clothes turn gray. SOOoooo, I decided to shake things up a bit in my world and do something creative for AT LEAST 30 minutes a day. At least. Maybe some of my color will start growing back.

While on vacation my Aunt and I started a cute little owl wall hanging.

 Oh my gosh they are SO cute!! Fun to make too. So that stirred some juices. I think I came home with a total of 8 projects in my suitcase. Of course then that inspired me to finish setting up my sewing room (come on…do we really ever finish setting up a sewing room?). A very close friend of mine gave me her grandmother’s kitchen table and 2 chairs and I moved those in there and put all my pretty fabric away. So now I have a sewing table, a cutting table, 3 bookshelves, a sleeper sofa and the table and chairs that you can sit at and look through quilt books, scrapbook, play a game of chess, do a school project, lay out designs…oh the possibilities!! It’s wonderful!! It’s cozy yet there is still enough room to get up and walk around and pull out my ironing board for projects. It is my very own happy spot and the room is yellow so you can’t help but be happy

I can’t wait to get in there this weekend and see what I can do! I plan on working on that and painting my bedroom this weekend. Someone should come over and do my yardwork for me…yes, that’s a hint. My dear friend who gave me her grandmother’s table said “You should really fire your gardener.” Haha! Yes, it’s that bad. I keep hoping some nice neighbor kid will come by and ask to mow my yard but now I’m afraid it’s past the point of intimidation and now just looks like really hard work and who wants to mow THAT in 103 degree weather? Back to my happy spot…