100th Post!

This is my 100th blog post! Yay me for sticking with this thing!

Now on to my post that has nothing to do with me making 100 posts since I just found out as I logged in ...

First -- Things I've Learned This Week
* Little owwies bleed bad.
* Canada has a much more interesting transportation than my area of the U.S.
* The fixing of railroad ties is quite interesting.
* Trains without graffiti do unfortunately exist.
* Many people don't agree with my views on graffiti. Oh well. I think it's beautiful.
* I've watched (and analyzed) far too much Mighty Machines Construction Trucks with Little D. Obviously.
* There's not much I dislike more than being "shhhh-ed" by a 4 year old.
* It IS possible to spend hours daydreaming about a house I can't afford based soley on the existence of a catwalk and the potential to have a store IN my house.
* Redbox is a great concept. I think I'm in love. And watching Coraline tomorrow morning.
* Payless doesn't suck this year. Dave and I BOGO-ed the other day. I found realllly cute red shoes. I feel like Dorothy -only less glittery.
* Don't order a 'golden margarita' at Brewsters. They're nasty. That's not what I wanted anyway.
* My sis living in KY sucks. BUT, they do have clearance designer fabrics at Hancocks there.
* My sis living in KY rules. ONLY because she surprised me with a box of these designer fabrics. One so awesome I squealed. For real. Like a little fabric lovin piggy.

Ok ok I may go on all day. I swear, I start every post with nothing to say and then write a flippin novel.

Anyway.

I might have to start making quilts! The response to them has been amazing! Thank you to everyone who commented, tweeted, emailed, convoed, Facebooked, Myspaced, etc.! I even got the downlow on some friends that haven't told anyone else they are expecting yet, except ME, so they can get on the list for a quilt. *evil grin* I know and YOU don't. Ha.

People pretty much know by now that when I get a project idea working, I will make a few, and then I'm done. I might make the item again sometime, I might never make it again. Slowly my friends are learning that you gotta get in when the gettins good. There's no waiting here! I wish I was able to make everything I create custom, but man, some days I just don't feel like it! When that happens I start enjoying my creations less and that's not why I work for myself. I work for myself doing what I do so I can make what I want when I want. And start working at noon. And wear flip flops to work. Or pjs if I so choose. And flat out skip work some days to go to the beach. That's right Mom, I DID find a job that I can do all that. Even after all those years of you telling me to grip reality and real jobs don't work that way. You're right a lot Mom, I find great happiness in getting my chance. Love you :)

I spent a nice chunk of this week/weekend sewing. I got a really cool patchwork-y tote bag made that I still need to photograph, and 6 new Itty Bitty Snap Pouches! I'm itching to make some pinafores with some of my new awesome fabric too. I had linings for a bunch already cut out, but I did something crazy and cleaned and now I can't find them. So pouch crazy I went...

One more day of my 4 day vacation. I'm hoping to finish an AWESOME Slapdash Clutch. I had lots and lots of requests for longer clutches but I have a hell of a time finding longer frames at a reasonable price. I wandered the mall with big Dave the other day and found a great one -- on clearance -- and as soon as I find exactly the right fabric it will be awesome. I am saving it from it's gaudy destiny as a leopard print sequin clutch. No surprise here that it was on clearance.

I shouldn't admit that I also bought leggings at the gaudy clothes store I found the clutch at. Yes, leggings. Wtf Delainie. I swore I would not welcome this trend back and now look at me! Then I tried them on and thought "hey, these are actually cute!" and tried on a bunch of other crap from my closet to see what they go with. I need an intervention. Or a really cute hoodie dress from American Apparel.

Monday Glorious Monday!

It's Sunday, I know. But this Monday is my day of reckoning! I won't be blogging since I promised the kidlets I would have a computer free day. I've been so busy with Etsy and promoting and blogging and all the other things online that sidetrack me, I thought it was time we had a technology free day. When I told them this they seemed so excited that it made me kind of sad. I don't mean to work so much, that's just the way it is lately. *sigh*

Other than a day with Davidino and The Allister, why is Monday to be so glorious? Read on!

It's been a lot of years... actually as many years as I can remember since moving out of my parents house... that I've been paying on credit cards. I was 18, living in the dorms, broke and jobless. So what did I NEEEED? A credit card of course. I mean come on, it came with a free tshirt and a 10-pack of Reeses PB Cups! It was probably laundry day and I was likely PMS-ing. How could I say no to that? Apparently in my own teenage stupidity, I couldn't say no. And what a shopping spree that was too! I remember my first credit card purchase - a huge papasan chair! It was so comfy! We'd all fight over who got to sit there, and we'd all laugh when someone fell out of it (which happened quiet often). Now it sits in my basement unused and in need of a serious cleaning. Now that I mention it, I bet it would look amazing if I slapdash it up with all my fabric scraps! I knew I was keeping it for something...

Anyway, the point of this post is to express how THRILLED I am, that come tomorrow morning when my last payment comes out - I am officially out of credit card debt!! WOOHOOO!!! Of course I've still got school loans, and all the crap insurance didn't cover when my son was born, but that's so miniscule compared to the burden my credit card debt has caused me. And I can finally put a dent in that as well now. I had my debt consolidator print out a summary of every payment I've made to them over the past 6 or so years also. I'm afraid to look at it, and probably won't for a long time. I thought it would be good to have on hand when my son is older and wants a credit card though. I wish my parents had been more upfront about the seriousness of credit. I learned that lesson the long, hard way. I have no qualms about telling my son "Listen, Mom was a dumbass, and I don't want you to be one too." Now it's OVER! I'm ALL DONE! I want to shout it from the rooftops!

Look what David found in his closet yesterday!

That is the very first "real" patchwork piece I ever made. It's actually a wrap skirt. I love the colors and patch placement, but my finishing work sucked. ie. the bottom band of olive green that just doesn't stay laying flat and the ties are too short. I never wear it and because of the defects, I'd never sell it. David's been walking around all wrapped up in it. I'm thinking I might cut it up and make it into a blanket instead. I've always wanted a patchwork lap quilt for my couch. Or back it with some minky and give D a skirt shaped blanket. Who knows? I'm also tossing around the idea of a patchwork Snuggie! Yes, yes I am that nerdy.

What other exciting things are going on? Wellllll, I will be 28 on Saturday! In an earlier post I talked about this necklace I bought myself for my early birthday gift. I'm the type of person to celebrate my birthday all week long, making sure no one forgets I'm Queen of the Week. I'm sure it's super annoying, but like my sis says- "I don't annoy me." So last night in a sleepy, excited for Monday state, I picked up this necklace as well! What? It's my birthday week. I lack self control.

Spring Break is next week so I get a nice chunk of time off of work! I love my job and I miss those kids when I don't have them, but I also love sleeping past 630am. I will never, and have never, been a morning person. I've got trips to my Dads place and hopefully Ohio in the works! Oberon, my favorite local seasonal brew comes out Monday too! Vacation starts Weds. at 6pm!