one shabby chick

Vegging

I haven't touched my sewing machine since last Friday...I think I burnt myself out last week.

I have, however, caught up on all the laundry and house-cleaning (it was a disaster on Monday!) - the laundry was helped along by a new obsession...

 

I just can't help it! It's probably definitely why there's been no sewing...my free time has been spent watching Season 1 and part of Season 2...I have to catch up before the new season starts so that my sister and brother-in-law can come over and we can have "theme" dinners (and drinks) and watch the show.

I do find it a bit depressing as there seem to be no redeeming characters but I'm still enjoying it - and I keep picturing Hubby in a suit like Don Draper :-) - boy, the 50's/60's sure were a different time!

 

I am planning on some sewing this weekend though - I have about 5 or 6 quilting bee blocks to catch up on - one is from March (sorry Wendy!).

We have one more ballet performance today at an elderly care facility (the girls' ballet class did two last week - one at an adult day care and another at an art gallery in Haleiwa) and then sports will be over for a little while.

I have a few posts to write too - one about Quilting for Babes (we are waiting on a few more packages but I'll post a list of everything we've received) and another to show some great gifts my mom brought back from New Orleans...

Glee

I just had to share these - I dare you to watch them and not feel happy afterward. Best show ever! I watched the season finale of Glee and Top Chef while folding the mountain of clothes - I'm in the best mood now!

Christmas in August

Or fabric heaven...

I got two boxes from here...

One from here...

And a small one from here...

I love the pony skin fabric - think I'll use it as binding!

I spent the morning making a banner for my daughter's soccer team. I didn't have the camera since Hubby had it at work but I'll try and snap some tomorrow at the parade/opening day.

And because I am so impatient...I bought the first three books last night at Audible. I just opened an account there. And while at Costco tonight, I saw the 4th book and snatched it up too. That way I can sew during the first three and relax for the fourth one.

My family is watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony right now and I'm off to join them...can't wait to see all the events!!

Oh - and we dyed my hair again yesterday - which has made it pretty dry but at least it's not orange...now it's really blond. I kinda feel freakish but my family keeps reassuring me I look fine...

Fabric and orange hair

Thanks for all the great tips/ideas! I'll let you know how it goes when I (eventually) start on them again. 

This morning we (my mom and I - pretty much just my mom) highlighted my hair. I have been noticing lots of blond (and sadly, gray) hairs all over my head and decided I should probably go back to blond or else dye my hair every few weeks (until it all falls off).

So we bought this (don't worry - we've done it many times before...it has only gone bad once - right before my wedding - I had to have the hairdresser fix that one) and went about changing red to blond. But we didn't leave it on long enough so it didn't process enough. So my mom is picking up another box and we'll do it again tonight or tomorrow. It's orangey-blond...like a bad dye job.

The mail cheered me up though...

Heather Ross from Reprodepot and fun patterns!

A package of free fabric (since I used my free RME money for this one!!)

and a bunch of fat quarters (which I had to fold and stack up immediately).

I have packages coming from my two favorite Etsy stores too. I have ordered from a few different Etsy stores just to see what is out there but these two are by far the best (in my opinion): Fabricworm and Sew Love Fabric. Great communication, shipping and packaging.

I am definitely making pajama pants for the kids out of the Mendocino fabric - it's just perfect for kids' clothes! And I love how there are prints for girls and boys.

I am waiting for batting for the giveaway quilt and will hopefully have it done next week.

I had told everyone (you know, my family) I wanted fabric for my birthday but seeing as how I've ordered it all already I'm thinking I want this book series instead...I wonder if it's on audiobook yet? That way I don't have to take time away from sewing. It's all about mulit-tasking...wonder if I could watch the Olympics at the same time - hmmm...

Tan lines

Well, we kicked off our summer as one should if they live 2 minutes from the beach (and in Hawaii). Sorry no pics though. I don't want to haul my camera along with all the other stuff too. And I realized I really need a new suit.

The kids had such a blast that I see lots of beach days in the future.

And I really need to work on getting rid of my soccer shorts tan. Oh, and the knee brace tan that goes along with it. Yep, I'm old - I play soccer with a knee brace. And it has a hole in the middle so it makes for a nice tan circle on my knee - pretty hilarious!

I had wanted to join in the fun of this game but never got around to it until now. Except somehow I can't get the links to show up so I'm typing them in myself.

1. dandelion and amber

2. Flickr Loves Sushi. Mmm.

3. dirty rotten homeschooled kid

4. vw

5. colin_firth_08

6. Golden Drak

7. Boat

8. Creme Brulee

9. Calm Sunset [HDR]

10. bless from above

11. Loud Mouth

12. Baby girl's top

The Rules:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

No curtains yet - I hope I don't disappoint all of you when they are done. I'm going for even bottoms but most of them are behind furniture and so if they are off a little, I'm really not going to care. Hope none of you are cringing while reading that!

And I've gotten a few emails on Flikr about the drawing room bag so I may need to (gasp) put something in my etsy shop. But right now I'm too busy (ha ha I just typed out busty - which is also true) watching Euro 2008 on tv. And I can't wait until the Summer Olympics - so excited!!

A clean house and a full tummy

It doesn't get any better than that...unless maybe you have a maid to do the cleaning. But I don't.

But I did spend the day cleaning all my windows and screens. I love looking outside through clean screens. I had to replace some since they were really old and hole-y. I also washed the filthy car.

Hubby spent the day at the range with my dad. He deserves it..he works so hard and doesn't get to spend many days off just hanging by himself. I think it's just because we love him too much :-)

Then he came home and put in a new back door. Now I need to paint it...decisions, decisions.

No sewing today but I did make some sushi and won tons and then was feeling the need for something sweet. I think it's from reading this blog - I am working my way through it. I had some mascarpone cheese in the fridge and found this delicious recipe. I know it sounds a bit odd but it was DELICIOUS!!