Twas the week before Christmas

and all thru the house - not a present was wrapped and the mom was starting to panic!

How did it get to be LESS than a week before Christmas?? I spent the day purging in Jess's room to make room for more loot (LOL!)... I'd go thru her stuffies and purge if she didn't know each by name and love them all - too hard to decide.

This season sure has thrown me some curves ... my mommy announced her trip to Vegas through the holiday (who does that?!) ... which in turn resulted in a full meltdown by moi. I've never in my 40 Christmas's NOT have my mom around Christmas Day - wow! I made her swear to NEVER do it again.

I have THREE more days to work and then I'm off a bunch - woo hoo! Maybe start cutting squares for one of two quilts I am to do... I think Jess's monkey quilt comes first ... as it was the first one to be done.

Just finished watching Julie and Julia and if I had some real food in my fridge I might have just started cooking up a storm ... but instead - I am finishing my glass of vino and going to go climb in my bed (which I'm hoping Jess has heated up a wee bit)... and then tomorrow is Church and hockey!

Night all!

Welcome Lucy

I can finally cross a lifelong dream off the bucket list - and I can even drive her (kinda) - her name is LUCY and she's a 1974 VW Westfalia Baywindow. Isn't she adorable - and with some tlc and a coat of paint in the spring - she will be even cuter!

I know I'm neglecting my blog

but I've been thinking a lot about how to reconnect with the kids - find more things to do that are "together" and "active" ... ie. wii bowling night - or leaf finding expeditions in the park. It's so easy to plunk them in front of the tv and go on about my chores but really - who is that benefiting?

They love spending the time as a family and it gives everyone the "warm fuzzies!"

I had a GREAT trip to Buffalo with my friend Steph and now have enough fabric and yarn to keep me busy all winter (and then some)... wow was it ever fun to get away and just be me for three days - quite the indulgence. And we've got our list of likes/dislikes when we go again next year!

Dreaming of Heather Ross fabric and her new yummy book!

Raggedy Owl (cool name - we all know how much I love owls!)... is having a cool contest on her blog... she was lucky enough to go on a weekend with Heather Ross AND Denyse Schmidt (OMG!!!)

I've been drooling over the pics of my sewingmama friends who went to the Blueberry Hill weekend too - what a cool Inn that looks like - on my wish list too someday!

Wish me luck with the contest and cross all your crossables ... and hope that I'll be posting a pic of a quilt I will make if I win!

Raggedy Owl's website - contest ends on 12th!!

also if you want to see more pics of the fun weekend including pics of my sewingmama friends aka The Ric Rac Sisters (check out Karen's twirl!!)

Heather Ross's Journal

Very cool article in local paper

about the town I grew up in!

http://news.therecord.com/Life/article/588534

My heart bubbles over...

So today I picked Alexander up from "Bible Boot Camp" aka - FBI Camp. He was there for three nights and it was his first overnight camp with our church.

It was so good to see him - wow I missed him. They gave out team awards, etc. His team won overall - and from each team a member got a flag and another got prayers verses... the one kid in AJ's ground who got the verses was very new to God ... kinda cool. Another kid in AJ's group was healed and no longer needs his hearing aids... - he got the flag. Alexander was pretty emotional by the end. He told me they prayed for his godfather Ralph and Alexander was the first one to lead the prayer. He said he cried a lot.

At the end they gave out four or five random awards (tshirts) - to the kids who they see as future leaders at the church ... the one's who showed real heart at camp and a good example. I kept thinking as they handed out one and another - would my son be that kid? I know he has it in him but there's 48 kids and a good majority are from the church school ... anyhow they she said his name - you'd think he won an Emmy - I was all teary and trying to take a picture - and just SO PROUD.

Such a FABRIC geek - good finds and good blessings!

OK - I own lots of fabric - and hardly sew at all lately - what is up with that!

But I got two great deals yesterday ...

FIRST - Heather Ross was having a sample sale (woo!!)

Heather's Website!

I emailed asking about shipping to Canada and then it sold out (boo!) ... but THEN I got an email letting me know I responded in time! I told her I loved camper vans and monkeys and owls (and and and LOL!)

I am SO excited - I will post pics when I get the goodies...

Secondly!!!

I am in love with some owl cord that is at JoAnn's but by the time I get to Buffalo and back ... and find the hours to do it ... I begged and pleaded (LOL!) with some online friends of mine and I got some - going to make a jumper for Jessie for fall - I am so psyched... and I got a coordinating one too!

OWL CORD

AND saving the BEST for LAST!

I have been going thru some tough times and really wanted to make Jessie a quilt for her dollie for her birthday but I just was (and still am) overwhelmed with life... I posted on my great mamas board sewingmamas.com and TWO mothers offered to make her quilts. Another great mama donated some fabric and this mama made Jess the BEST quilt ever... PIC OF DOLL QUILT




I am TRULY blessed!!!