9 days

Till summer break begins. 3 work days. 3 camping days. 2 school picnics. 1 bake sale. 1 field trip. 1-2 day (overnight) field trip. 1 bi-athalon. 1 awards night. 1 friends over for dessert. 1 birthday. 3 days cat-sitting. 1 book club meeting (it's my turn to facilitate, too) and...my house is so messy, laundry is not done, etc. I feel overwhelmed. I think I'm not cooking dinner tomorrow.

All that aside...Z can ride his bike! R convinced him to go on a ride with him, then refused to help him start. woo-hooo! Good job boys. I'm proud of both of them.

*update: 4 days to go! camping was great, field trip was fun, bi-athalon was good, boy off safe for overnighter, I think I'll make it!

done and done

Here it is! The WIP with a deadline...It's an advent calendar. The tree is the 3rd grade class' (Z's class) hand prints, the decorations are drawn with their fingerprints. I did this once with R's 1st grade class and still love it! (but that time I hand-sewed 25 felt ornaments myself.ugh. I like this better)This (like the old one) is for the MCCSchool auction.The ornaments hang on the bottom, and as you count-down to Christmas day, you decorate the tree! I love advent calendars.
No ornaments left on the bottom...It must be Christmas!! Merry Christmas!!

Sorry it's sideways, I forgot to rotate the pics and am too lazy to go back and fix it.

ARRRGH!

I wanted to make these as Easter gifts, but just got around to them the other day....

now they are just because! (for my big kid nephews). Freezer-paper stenciled with clip-art from my publishing program. I think I'll add their names so no one can fuss about which is whose!

Sometimes I Embroider

Not much. I love looking at embroidery and am easily impressed by other's embroidering work, but i just don't have the eye for designing my own, or for anything elaborate. So, I really like red work (in any color, really) and I think I should try to incorporate more red work into my to-make list...

I did make this,from here (her embroidered quilts are amazing!)

And started these (her blog is lovely!)...

Someday I'll post a finished object. Right now I need to wash a mountain of dishes and laundry. Woe is me.

Spring?

Today during the 2.5 hours that I am at work it was sunny, rained, snowed, sunned, rained...And it is for the moment snowing out my window now. My first-born was hoping for a snow day last noght. Crazy weather! fun

My books are here!

Hooray! I have a lot of crafty reading to do now!!

These are the books I requested the library purchase! the other two were next! Do you think I'll actually sew anything from them? But I'll look at them and think about it a LOT!!

Sometimes I go outside

Like today. Beautiful. We went to the Theler Center in Belfair and did the wetlands trails.

It was an easy hike and all the trails are boardwalk or flat gravel/dirt. I think it would be a great quick daytrip for little ones and strollers. Our crew ranged in age from 11-5 and they all had a great time. There are lots of benches along the way and a small picnic area just before the end. It's a beautiful day! If you hurry you can make it out and have a pic-nic dinner.

Just wanted to share.