Mehhh Monday

Yeah, enough said about that (reread title, boo).

I can honestly say after last week at the day job, I am exhausted and more motivated than ever.  I am still working on "my story" for you.

The light at the end of the tunnel (as dim as it might appear now):
One of my hair bows sold in my neighbor's health club.  It is a start, and it's my start, therefore I am proud.

Sorry for the post and run but it is bedtime for this tired gal.

Goodnight friends, I am thankful for all of you :)

Middle of the Week!

Yes, hump day is finally here!

So from Sunday here is what I have completed:

1. Bow holders - You can see one of them here and one of them here...

This is the holder and the bows I took to display (and hopefully sell!) at my neighbor's health club in Smithville, called Warrior Nutrition.

2. So this clearly shows #2: making more bows was completed ;)

3. I was also able to collect the stuff that didn't sell at the nearby garage sale! (I did get to sell some bows ;))

4.  Got the house to be a little cleaner, and did NOT clean on Monday while I was off

5.  I was able to spend some nice time with DH, we went to a movie and that was very nice

6. Like I said, I now know my neighbor owns a staple gun (and said I could use it any time!)

So yes, between Sunday and Monday all of these things got finished :)

Feeling productive this week, although I was extremely tired all day today at the day job.

OH! One thing I tried today was making "boiled" eggs in the oven.  YES! The OVEN!  You can see the directions here, all I did to find them was (seriously) Google "how to make boiled eggs in the oven" and clicked the first link they had.  Worked pretty well! I'm not sure the taste is all that different but this method works better for me than the actual boiling.  I know what some might think, Oh boiling is so much faster than a half hour in the oven! But I am bad about "correctly" timing the boiling of the eggs and with the oven method I didn't even have to use water! I did put my eggs in a muffin tin though, I wasn't feeling up to putting them on just the rack...

Okay time for bed!

Goodnight friends!

Sunday shenanigans

What my day looks like for this beautiful Sunday:

1. Make some bow holders (and post pictures on my blog)
2. Make more bows as my very kind, business-woman neighbor has agreed to sell my bows in her health club
3. Go collect what did not sell in a nearby neighborhood garage sale
4. Clean house so I don't have to on my day off from my day job tomorrow :)
5. Spend lots of time with DH
6. Find someone I know who owns a staple gun and a router (JUST got word my neighbor has a staple gun! Yay!)

I will check back with you later to let you know what all actually gets done ;)

I hope it's as beautiful where you are as it is here today!

As always, thank you for reading

Fab Friday!

Hi Fab Friday Friends!

I have been looking forward to this day all week! And just curious, is it just me or is everyone having Blogger issues today?

Well I just wanted to type a quick note on my news today:

A neighbor's friend was having a garage sale so they kindly offered to put some things from my garage in the sale and I put some hair bows out for sale and some of them have sold!

It may be a slow start but we are only going forward, not backward :)

So I sat in the floor for a few hours to make some more to replenish my stock.

Thanks for the read!

Have a great weekend!

Update!

Dearest Friends,

I am proud to say that after working my tail off at my day job, I have managed to find time to make my Etsy shop BETTER in many ways.

I also have 6 baby quilts at the quilter that I hope to get back soon to bind, and put in my shop.  They will definitely be for sale and I will make sure to put pictures here as well :)

I have been reading amazing information in Etsy and on the internet and it is extremely motivational and inspiring.

I have also been thinking about my story and what it all means for my future with Thurman's.

(Since I was super conditioned in college to do outlines and rough drafts before turning in the final draft so I will be working on that for all of you)

Now I am off to do more "work" and wifey things (like fold towels and do dishes)

Toodle-loo friends :)

Life (with some mushy gushy)

Life lately has been a little nutty.  Work has been taking up a lot of my time (as in more than the norm 40 hours)... so that's been it really.

My wonderful, loving hubby bought me a Singer Futura last week! And yes, I say "last week" as in I haven't used it yet.  I was going to plug it in tonight and watch all the tuts on it but I can't find the power cord! I'm almost wondering if DH hid it somewhere because I kept threatening I was going to call in to work and sew all day ;) (which I would never really do, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't/still don't think about it)

I have lots of monogramming requests already, so lets hope I find this cord!

Also I picked up tshirts today for a tshirt quilt order :)

I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

This evening after work I was able to crank out a necklace and two pairs of earrings.

I have big goals for the upcoming months and I will keep all of you informed as I go about completing them.

Just hang in there with me, I really do appreciate ALL of you who read and keep coming back to my sites.

This is all for tonight, I will now go make a reasonable and achievable goal list!

Nighty, night!

P.S. I got my degree in the mail today! It's official! I am ALL done with undergrad :)

Holding it in my hands was a little emotional to be honest.  This piece of paper shows all of my hard work and everything I have learned in the past 5 years.  I am proud of myself for sticking with it, even when it totally sucked.  And a HUGE thank you goes to DH for sticking with me, even when it totally sucked.  I cannot wait to frame it, and I have decided it will go in the hallway because I want everyone who comes over to walk by and see it.  I know I will have many more great accomplishments, but for my life right now this sure is a chart topper ;);)

Goodnight everyone.

Ohh the productivity!

I had a pretty productive day! Very exciting.

I took 6 baby quilts to be quilted! I decided it was just better to have them quilted instead of trying to do them myself (as they would look nicer anyway since I am still learning...)

I also got 3 pairs of earrings made (my first time making earrings) and 1 pair is already spoken for by a dear friend! I am SO EXCITED! I appreciate the business ;)

I am getting excited about the quilt expo coming up in October! I got all my tickets printed out for my classes and I absolutely cannot contain myself.

Tomorrow for Labor Day I plan to spend all day with the hubby.  And I hope to get some more work/crafting done! And of course watch The Devil Wears Prada, considering I could not locate this on the shelf...therefore DH will have to find it.

I know, I know. I need to finish things on my WIP list...(as you all look over to this list...)

Maybe I can make time tomorrow to finish at least one....

;) have a good night! Happy extended weekend!