Wow. Today really IS Tuesday!

I'm all out of sorts with the holiday weekend. All day yesterday, I thought it was Sunday and today Monday. Not true. I missed my Loser Monday post. Well, I have nothing to report on the Loser Monday front.

BUT...

73 days smoke free
1091 cigarettes NOT smoked
$300.00 saved - I need to start putting my money aside again now that my fabric shopping is done for a while.
No thread purchased. I need to get to the store though and start working on my project. July will here sooner than I want it to be!

On the sewing side of things... I started working on the End of Year Thank You gifts for Punkie's teachers. I've decided on the pedicure/pamper yourself fabric baskets. And what makes me happy is that 3 out of the 4 baskets are completely out of my fabric stash! I didn't know I had a stash big enough to accommodate. I'm putting some of my fabric to good use. :)

I'm also going to create a lap quilt for my new "sister"... sister in law to be exact. She has another SIL on her side of the family (her brother's wife) but they don't get along so I'm #1. LOL. And she got me a keychain from Las Vegas saying "#1 Sister" on it to prove it. She loved Amelia's quilt so much that I thought I would make her one for her upcoming 30th birthday. It probably won't be done for her birthday but that's what it will be for. I found the perfect fabric for her since her color request was orange and blue; orange being her favorite color. I just need to order it.

My "to do" list is growing by the second. I really need to get laid off so that I can work on my sewing projects. LOL!

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Giveaway, giveaway, GIVEAWAY!

Vickie E is having a giveaway over at her blog. Go and check it out!

RUN!

Jen

So, I am in need of some ideas...

The end of Punkie's first school year is coming to a close very quickly and I was thinking of End of Year Thank You gifts for her teachers (she has 4 of them). And of course, I had BIG plans to get these all done a MONTH ago... but we all know how that goes. Amelia attends preschool within our elementary school and follows the school's calendar so she will have the summer off.

My first question... is it customary to give End of Year Thank You gifts? I gave them each a little something for Christmas but I would also like to give them something as a thank you for making Amelia's 1st year of preschool so enjoyable.

My thought was to make them each a fabric basket and also make a homemade sugar scrub and do a little pedicure basket. You know, getting ready for summer and cute feet. But I thought that was a bit cheesy but I need to put SOMETHING in the basket. I just have no idea what.

My other thought was to make them each a tote. But I wanted to give them each a monogrammed tote. I recently bought the Fat Quarter Fonts pattern book and I thought HOW CUTE to make them each a tote. I'm thinking I will hold off and do that idea this coming Christmas. I'm almost certain by this Christmas I will be laid off so I will have more than enough time to get 4 totes done so that I'm not rushing and making a mess out of seams or anything.

So? Any ideas out there other than what I'm thinking of doing? Is the fabric basket a cute idea? What do I put in it?? HELP!!

Jen

It's That Time Already...?

I think Jenessa summed it up REALLY well. LOL!

In other news...

65 days smoke free
969 cigarettes NOT smoked
$268.00 saved (according to the computer) - I've been on a few shopping sprees so I didn't put any money aside for myself. I already spent it on fabric and Longaberger baskets!

Thread purchased - zero spools this past week

Buh-bye!
Jen

Quilt Giveaway

Go on over and check out Pigtails and Snails... quilt giveaway!

New Hampshire Part 2

If you are ever in Cabot, VT - stop at the True Value Hardware store, walk to the back of the store and have yourself a tasty bacon cheddar burger. That's right. You're reading correctly... in the HARDWARE store. Get yourself a burger. Only my husband would know this place even existed. LOL. Apparently, it's right on a snowmobiling trail and lots of people stop for a bite. It was MIGHTY good. I will go back. And there is no advertising of any sort so if you were just driving by STARVING, you would just keep on going. Too bad I left my camera in the car. I would have taken pictures as proof.

While in Cabot, VT - we went to the Cabot Creamery and took a tour and saw how they made their cheddar cheese. They produce cheese 7 days a week so we saw the separating of the curds from the whey process. Pretty cool. Got a picture of a milk silo and their visitor's center. Amelia was the youngest in the tour and after we watched a short movie, people were free to ask questions. Amelia was getting a bit upset and I didn't understand why. Apparently, she had her OWN question to ask ("How do cows make milk?") and the lady could not hear her over everybody else. But once everyone got quiet, Amelia asked her question and the girl doing the tour answered her very nicely. Amelia felt very proud of herself. I was too! :)


After Cabot, we headed back to NH and chilled for a while and then took Punkie to the park before heading out for dinner. She had a good time running around after being in the car most of the morning. She and Daddy played on the bouncy airplane. They had fun.



While at dinner, it POURED! But made for some great puddle jumping fun once we got home. As you can see in the pictures... Punkie was soaked. And we found a rainbow from the front porch.








All in all, the getaway was too short but we had a great time together. Now it's back to reality. And back to my sewing projects.


Jen

Loser Monday...

I am not. This is pretty bad. Lots of people are telling me not to worry about my weight and just focus on not smoking. I just can't do that. I'm out of control. Every week I'm up another pound. Every week I'm more discouraged and think it's not worth it and just start smoking again. At least when I was smoking, the weight didn't come on this fast. I had something else to do when I got bored/stressed/sad/angry... now I eat. And eat and eat and eat. When I smoked and was hungry or wanted a snack, I would have a cigarette. Now I eat. And eat and eat and eat.

I thought posting once a week would make me more accountable. I guess not.

I won't go back to smoking. I just needed to get my thoughts out of my head and onto "paper". I will re-think my Loser Monday strategy. Maybe I'll get my mouth wired shut for 6 months. Maybe I will re-join Weight Watchers and physically go to meetings (I was doing it online). I know I can lose the weight. I did it before. Took me 2 years but I did it.

Anyway...

58 days smoke free
865 cigarettes NOT smoked
$239.00 saved

and at Anna's suggestion...
spools of thread purchased - (from 2 weeks ago) 41 spools! I didn't add to my spool collection last week. I'm working on building up my embroidery thread collection so I bought 6 spools for that. I also bought 35 spools of cotton thread from Connecting Threads. Can't beat the price and the size of the spool for the money.

I have more New Hampshire adventures to share with you and some pictures but that post will have to wait until I get home tonight.

Jen