It's been a while, huh?

First off... Happy 4th!  I hope everyone is staying cool and enjoying the holiday (if you are in the States).

I noticed my last post was 3 weeks ago.  Sorry!  Life has been nutty and truly?  I haven't done anything creative.  I spent some time in my sewing room today and thought I would be in there for hours but it took all I had to go up there for the 2.5 hours I worked in there.  I'm just not feeling it.

Let me fill you in on the last 3 weeks.  The secret trip to Lake George, NY for a few days was a hit.  Amelia had no clue and was even a bit confused.  She asked if we were going to NH after Lake George.  When we told her we were sticking around LG for a few days instead, she was super happy.  We had a nice time.

Project "New Kitchen" is underway.  I'll show you some progress photos if you care to see them.  I thought it was a lost cause and now it's on fast forward.  My house is a wreck.  Boxes of kitchenware is on/in every available space.  There is a fine layer of sheet rock dust on everything too.  My husband promises to put up some plastic when they sand it down to help with that.  I have old sheets to put on my furniture too.  I'm not going to bore you with all the different angles of demo photos I took.  And if you're on FB, you've seen them already.  This is a picture, standing in my new kitchen looking into the old.  My breakfast bar is going there.

Loving all the sheet rock dust!  NOT!

all sheet rocked and first coat of compound on

just another view

Punk lost her 2 front teeth.  One came out about a week ago and the 2nd she pulled out while on vacation with the in-laws in NH.  I haven't seen her yet with the 2nd one missing.  She's still on vacation.  Talk is they will be heading home either tomorrow or Friday.  I've enjoyed my peaceful time but I'm ready for her to be home again.  I miss her.

Tooth Fairy visit again!

And some sewing.  I finished 8 of the 13 pencil cases that I need to make for Amelia's upcoming birthday party.  I like how they came out and I totally shopped in my stash.  You can't tell that I did that; made not a dent in it but that's okay.  I need to shop for the 3 boys.  Amelia wants theirs to be super heroes and race cars.

And you know what else?  I was in Walmart yesterday and they already have "Back to School" stuff out!  Really??!  Back to school??   School barely finished up here and they already want us to buy new pens and pencils for school.  Insane.

I haven't mentioned it in a while but as of today.... 76 more days until our Disney trip!!  And in 52 days, my baby is going to be turning 7 and will be getting the biggest surprise of her life!  Next month I can finally spill the beans!!

Enjoy your day!  I promise not to be away for so long again.
Jen :)

Pencil Case

Pinterest.  It's a dangerous place.  The ideas and crafts out there is mind-blowing.  The recipes.  Oh the recipes!  I try to stay off Pinterest as much as I can. I pop on there once a week or so.  It can just suck you in if you don't keep tabs on yourself.  Kris had pinned a tutorial for a fabric pencil case.  It's very cute and it was on my mind for a day or two.  Kris jumped on it first and found out that it was too short for regular pencils (the ones you use a sharpener for).  I decided to give it a shot yesterday afternoon before Amelia got home from her weekend away at my Mom's.  I extended the measurement by 2 inches and used a 12" zipper.  It's cute!

I had an idea to make them as party favors for the kids at Amelia's birthday this year.  She liked the idea and agreed.  So now I have 3 months to make 12 more.  Nice thing is that we will be shopping out of my stash.  Only thing I need to stock up on is more 12" zippers but etsy is good for that!  15 zippers for 9 bucks.  Can't beat that!

Enjoy your day!
Jen