I can't believe how much stuff I have in here

The stuff from sewing room exploded all over my living room, in preparation for having the carpet ripped out.


Even more of the "explosion"...



The ugly carpet. Yuck.



The totally cleaned out sewing room, now with oak floors.


I'm so tired of moving so much fabric.


Here is my neat and straightened studio...with Ben helping to show it off.

I'm tearing up carpet - We have oak floors

Our carpet was too yucky, so it was finally (past) time to rip out the carpet and explore the wood floors that we knew were underneath it. Some of it's gorgeous and some, well, let's just say that it's a good thing the "shabby chic" look is in. It's worn, but we're not ready to refinish it yet. At least, it's clean. Wanna' see some pictures? I'll post more later as we work on my sewing room.

The new hallway


















Some gorgeous wood flooring



















The hearth - looks like the fire escaped at some time in the past

I have thimbles

I am hand quilting a big ole' huge quilt for Rick, and a while back, I set it aside. When I wanted to work on it again, I could not, for the life of me, find the thimble. I looked and looked ... and looked. For months, I've been looking for my super-favorite-est goat leather thimble, but no matter which nook or cranny I peered into, could not find it. I knew if I bought a replacement, I'd find it, so I stalled on getting a new one. Finally, Thursday night I bought a new jelly thimble. It was only $2.50 and I found one that fit perfectly. Yay! Now I can quilt again, well, as soon as I get the sewing room cleared out the rest of the way, and rip out the carpet. And put the sewing room back together. :o) But I'm ready to go.
Guess what I found yesterday? Only a day and a half after I bought the replacement? Yep, my leather thimble. :-) (Now, I can't find my camera.)
P.S.-Monday morning-I found my camera. Yay!

What kind of Mother Hen am I?

What type of Mother Hen Are You?
by Montessorimom.com: Educational Resource

What is your outlook on life?

I'm watching a video by Randy Pausch, amazing, by the way, and there is a very good question he asks, on your outlook on life ...
Are you a Tigger?


or an Eyeore?
I'm watching the video called "The Last Lecture" that I learned about from This Is True

I *so* like to think I'm a Tigger. :o)

Happy Anniversary to me! :o)

Rick and I have been married for 23 years today. Happy Anniversary to me!

catchin' up on quilty stuff

Each month, one of my online quilting groups gathers quilt blocks to make a charity quilt (or 2).
July blocks, so far. Look, we have 12. What a nice start. :o)


Thank You card
What they really mean is Debi and group...
Here is a Thank You card that we received from the Susan G Komen foundation.
They were so pleased that we thought of them when we were making charity/lotto blocks and then turning those blocks into this beautiful quilt. They are having a fund-raising luncheon and as part of that, there will be survivors attending. One of the survivors will win this. So, we are helping to raise funds AND it will help wrap someone in love. Thanks! to each of you that had a part of this. This is just one of the ways that we can help when we send in blocks each month.