Pressed Flowers

My baby and I pressed a Holly Hock last fall. It turned out SO GREAT!!! We decided that we are going to do more this year! I am so excited to do that with her! I have found some wood in the shed to make a GIANT press so that we can do lots at once! All I need is to drill the holes for the bolts, and get the bolts and nuts. We'll need some form of paper, or cardboard, etc. to help the flowers dry, and stay away from the wood...I have boxes, I can get more. Was thinking newspaper. thought better of it...

Just really excited to do it! I can't wait! I got a book at the library this past weekend on arranging them! So excited!!!

Makin a Dress

Same thing really. I had an idea. I have a plan. She thinks that I should buy a pattern. I want to save $, but maybe that is a good idea, until I can make my own pattern that would be awesome! Even if I just make sun dresses for around the house, etc. Well, not really, I want to make something that I would wear out. not to a gala... When the hell am I  going to go to a gala! I mean to Target... Not Walmart... That is the difference isn't it... Something that I would wear to Target. Not just good enough for Walmart, that is not saying much... I want to make a Target worthy dress! Ha ha.

Not this weekend though. First of all, its too cold to wear it if I did make it. Plus, THIS weekend, I want to clean the hall closet... Man is it bad! Plus it is the Superbowl, and who knows if we are having people over, doubtful, but who knows, right?

Sewing means that I have to take the machine and all of the stuff that I need and take over the living room, since it is too cold in the garage, or should I say, my sewing room... he he. When it is warmer, I love being in there, but since it is only going to be 18 tomorrow. This weekend is not far enough from that cold a** day to allow me to spend in the garage. Even if it was 70 on Saturday, my mind would say, "Nope, are you crazy? It was 18 on Tuesday!" ha ha!

OK, well that is it I guess... Wanna make a dress... Wanna clean the hall closet...Wanna clean the living room closet ( stuff falls out when you open the door... I didn't even mention that one...) Wanna clean the shed ( waiting till it gets warmer, again, 18 on Tuesday... ) Wanna clean the garage, I mean my sewing room, my Ost Sindsro Suite ( thanks baby for the signage! ).. AGAIN. 18 ON TUESDAY!!! Plus, there is no point until I clean the shed, because a lot of crap that needs to be cleared out of the sewing room, is going to the shed!

Gardening!!!

Oh man! I am so excited to garden this year. I know that I say that EVERY year, and EVERY year I think to myself, "Self, what were you thinking?" I think that the difference is that I only have a few things that I want to grow this year, so I have a reality based goal...haha, plus when I worked 3 on and 4 off, I was pretty much always tired, and my time always seemed to disappear?! Now, I have a normal job, but I have time in the morning to maybe do a bit of watering. And in the evening, sit out back and tend my garden for a few minutes while me and my lady enjoy the sunset, etc. Another thing is that the things that I want to plant all have different time lines, so I don't have to do it all at once. Another part of it is that "we" are stronger, and if I were to tell her, I am going to tell her, that I want to spend that half an hour, etc, out back, hopefully she would come out there with me. Even if not to work, but just to be near me and such. Maybe not if I asked today... but I bet if I caught her on a good day. ;)

Even if she doesn't want to come out back with me... I need to learn to do stuff that I want to do even if she is not into it. That is easier said than done. She tells me to do these things, and I know that I should, but it can be hard when she is asking me to go do nothing with her. I have to just go do it.. It is the best thing for me. Even if laying around watching movies seems more fun, and calls to me. I have so many plans, I need to not just dream, but act...Maybe Ill make a sampler with that on it! Haha!

Woohoo! She is back!

I'm happy to say that she is back! I wish that I could have taken the day off to spend with her, but as it is she came to my work and we had a nice lunch together. She is kinda bummed about aspects of her trip. I wish that I could make everything better, but all I can do is let her know that I am here for her. I think that she knows that. I hope that she does. I am...

Tomorrow at 5:40 cant come soon enough...

She has been gone since Tuesday and I miss her like crazy! She is miserable away and we are miserable without her! I can't wait to get her home and give her a big hug and kiss and have cuddle time. The dogs are going to keel over with excitement when they see her! I just wait.. With all of the shit that we have been through in the last year or so, I could never have believed that I would have missed her THIS much!!! But I do...

Tomorrow at 5:40 cant come fast enough!!!

I need a nap...

There are so many new things going on, and I dont know what to think about half of them. I get excited when I think about them, and that scares me. Just not sure. Im tired and I dnt feel well, so every little molehill seems like a mountain to me today. I need to go home and rest, but Id be better served, we all would, if I took off tomorrow, so I can, do stuff, Wait, that wont make me better, grocery shopping, etc...

I miss my baby, and I dont want her to worry about me, but I want to cry on her far away sholder... Not fair, to either of us... Maybe I will sleep tonight and feel better tomorrow?

I want to take a nap... I think that I will have some ramen noodles... Thatll make me feel better! Woohoo!

I Remember Now...

Yesterday, I realized I can get onto farmville again. I harvested some
crops, started plowing, didn't even make it through that. I don't
wanna become all hopelessly addicted again, but it was fun.
Unfortunately, I don't have the freetime these days, liked I used to!
Hardly have time to blog, right now, I'm stuck, and forgot my crochet,
so I had the chance to jot this down...

We'll see what happens!

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something
- Frank Capra

Oh man!

So, I was blogging on my other page, and I had an idea about something I wanted to post about here, as I was logging on, I FORGOT IT!!! Figures!

If I remember it later, I will add it then!


Lovin' my new job, that wasn't it...

Another Idea

I had an idea this morning, as I was getting dressed, that is when most ideas come to me, when I DON'T have pen and paper! Soon it is going to be to warm for a jacket, but not warm enough for nothing. I have lots of sweaters, lots. But, I want to make a shawl, a spring shawl, and then for the fall, I will make, you guessed it, a fall shawl. My mom just gave me lots of pretty spring colors of good yarn. I think that I will get started on that, maybe today? Maybe Ill start by getting a book at the library? I can't read patterns yet, but I can look at pictures and try to copy it. That is what I am doing with a different project, slippers... More on that later...

New Idea!

So I had this idea to make reusable shopping bags as Xmas gifts, heaven knows I have tons ( that I often forget to take to the store... oops). I was looking into it and a friend from work said that she had a great website for me. So, I just got off of that page, and man was she right. She said that they would be easy to make, TOTALLY, she said that they wouldn't take long to make, or get good at, TOTALLY. So, maybe today, if I have time, if not, maybe tomorrow. If not then, TOTALLY when my grrrl goes out of town. I will have lots of free time then, Missing her and all... SO, I m going to start with fabrics that I am not crazy about, so that I can get good at em before I move onto my good stuff. I'll have tons of em in no time!

SPOILER ALERT: to those of me that know me, and get gifts from me... you know what you're getting!

http://www.morsbags.com/   This is the link to the page to make he bags!

So I haven't blogged in a while, and for that I am sorry. Between the
holiday, the kids being off of school, and my new job, where I
actually have to work while I am there, I have had no time.

I will make more of an effort to keep the Blog going and active. It
is, after all, a resolution of mine. OK, starting right now, it is...

Misty

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something
- Frank Capra

Sorry...

So I haven't blogged in a while, and for that I am sorry. Between the holiday, the kids being off of school, and my new job, where I actually have to work while I am there, I have had no time.

I will make more of an effort to keep the Blog going and active. It is, after all, a resolution of mine. OK, starting right now, it is...

Misty

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