Monday, Monday

I'm slacking in blogland. I have a bunch of things to update - things that we did, things that I've worked on in the last week or so but I haven't had time to organize my pictures off my camera. So hopefully more posts will be coming in a couple of days.

93 days smoke free.
1389 cigarettes NOT smoked
$383.00 saved
10 days added to my lifetime

No thread purchased.

I think my husband is going to do a "lifestyle change" with me. Maybe that will help me get motivated and back on track with the whole weight scene. We'll see.

Enjoy your day!
Jen

My Monday Post

I usually post in the morning but I forgot today. I have the start of a cold coming on so I'm just not with it.

86 days smoke free - I have decided to have a giveaway celebrating my 100 smoke free day. So you only have 14 more days to wait. LOL.
1288 cigarettes NOT smoked
$350.00 saved - not even close in my wallet but that's okay.

No thread last week.

So. There's my "Loser Monday" post. Can you tell what I'm in denial about?! LOL.

I did do some sewing over the weekend. I made a cute denim jumper for Punkie and a pair of pajama/lounging capris for myself. I had an all day pattern reading lesson on Saturday. I'll have to take some pictures.

That's about it.
Jen

My Darling Clementine...

My, my, my... what have we got here?

Delivery from the Fat Quarter Shop! Well, what's inside?!

Oh my darlin'! Oh my darlin'! Ooooh my DARLIN' CLEMENTINE!


And a Sewline pencil. LOL.

The charm squares and pencil are for me. The blue and orange FQs and yardage is for my SIL's quilt that I will be starting soon. Very soon. She wanted a blue and orange colorway quilt and Clementine fits that bill so well! The orange is ORANGE like the fruit. I love it! And I'm glad I could just get the blue and orange FQs. But I have a feeling I will be buying more of them for myself.

I soooooo want to tear into the packages NOW but I can't. I have too much on my sewing table that need some attention. Once those projects are done, I will start the blocks for Charlotte's quilt.

It's going to drive me crazy! I left everything in the box and put it away. Out of sight, out of mind. Let's hope...

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Batter Up!

On Memorial Day weekend, Punkie and I went to a family birthday party. At this birthday party there was a tee ball type game (Better Batter Baseball) that Punkie could not get enough of. Chris and I decided that if she really wanted the toy, she would have to use her own money to pay for it; trust me... this little girl has a ton of it! So, a deal was hatched and Punkie agreed. So I took her to Walmart over the weekend to see if they had it.

Check her out!

Waiting for the ball to load up...

Keep her eye on the ball!

Lining up the swing!

She knocked it out of the park!

I love her expression on this one. Keep your eye on the ball!

Even Daddy got in on the action!

After all that baseball excitement, we went out for some ice cream. What a treat!

Have a good night!

Jen

I found another one!

Another giveaway! Check out Vickie and see what she's willing to let go! 4 winners in her giveaway!

I want that pin cushion!

Jen

Giveaway from Lanie Jane

Found out about this on Rachel's blog. Lanie Jane is having a giveaway. Of what you ask?

THIS!

NICE! Go over and leave a comment for a chance to win!

Good luck! But not too much good luck because I want to win! LOL.

Jen

I'm a bad blogger

Seems like the only thing interesting or news-worthy to report on lately is "loser Monday" and I'm not even losing! I had hope on Friday, things were looking really good. Then the weekend came AND I'm PMS'ing really bad. So, that's all I have to say about that.

In other news...
79 days smoke-free
1179 cigarettes NOT smoked
$325.00 saved - not in my current stash. I've been a slacker there too.

6 new spools of embroidery thread purchased. I need to order a little girl's plain white t-shirt and then I will be in business.

In sewing news:
I have all 4 fabric baskets standing with their handles attached. I'm working on getting the liners done. I would like to have them done for this Thursday so that I can bring them to my ceramics class to show them off. Chris goes back to working Thursday nights after this week so I won't be able to go to ceramics. By the time I'm back there, Amelia will be out of school. I'll see how much time I'll get to sew in the next couple of days.

I'm also getting ready to quilt the pinwheel wallhanging and I want to make a cute little tote bag for the birthday girl. Every little girl likes purses. But why can't I find what I want!?! I have in my mind either a black/white/pink OR a black/white/aqua fabric trio for the tote. I can't find any cute black/aqua or pink fabric anywhere. Why is this so difficult? I guess I'll have to change the color scheme and just go the fabric store and see what fabric "speaks" to me.

Have you tried Ocean Spray Cranberry Pomegranate juice? YUM!

Enjoy your day!
Jen