NEW BUNTINGS!

Shabby Cottage Fabric Bunting

Here it is!! I need to work on the display of the bunting for photo purposes... Any suggestions?

Spring is around the corner

Hi all! I cannot believe that it's been almost 2 months since I've been posting.

Spring is almost here... who cares what Phil has to say. My mother and I have decided that we're going to start the flea market circuit again in April. So, we've gotta work on some new treasures. Here's one road we're taking- pennant banners.

When I was a little girl, I fancied myself a seamstress and would make cloth hats out of leftover fabric my nan had. She told me that I could make a straighter line than some adults she knew. But, as growing up sometimes does, I stopped using the sewing machine and lost my fervor for all things hand sewn.

As an adult, I've found that I want to go back to all things hand made. So, my nan, very excited that I was picking sewing up again, graciously purchased my very first sewing machine! Two pillowcases later the machine went into the closet. (I should add that this was 2 years ago- I've been afraid of the bloody thing) My fear of threading a bobbin kept me at bay. Then it was the loading up of the thread. I could find one excuse after another to why I couldn't use the thing.

Last summer I took the sewing machine out of the closet and put it on my dining room table- there it sat as a guest. Sometimes I would sit down, thread the bobbin, lace up the thread and sit there looking at it. My mom went out and got me a pattern, gave me some unused fabric and demanded that I use the damned thing to make a bag. Reluctantly I started the process.

After many stops and starts the sides and band came together. Then came the connection of the pieces. I could not understand how they were supposed to connect. So again, the machine sat. I tried again but could not make it happen. "Back up," I thought to myself. Going back to basics- straight lines, pinning, etc. led us to making these pennant banners- or bunting as some people call it.

We took them to Kane County and found that people loved them!! Now that I am feeling bulletproof again, the sewing machine is back out and I'm in the process of making some more pennants. I will post them as soon as they are completed.

Yours,
Sarah

12.5 Trivia

Which president of the United States had adopted the Donkey as the Democratic Party image AND why?

First one with the correct answer wins!!

Black Friday TRIVIA!!!

So, some of you will be out shopping til you're dropping this weekend... but some of us house cats won't take part in today's madness... Instead, we're online trying to win or buy stuff. Here's this week's trivia:

Get Cary Grant to Kevin Bacon within 6 people (marriages don't count as a connection)

Good Luck!

TRIVIA!!

It's been a long time- I've been doing trivia on Facebook. It seems that it gets more attention there... but since there are 5 of you that follow- I shall try it here again...

Trivia question for the day:

What was Charlie Brown's father's occupation?

First correct answer gets a pendant of their choosing!

Ribs....

So 2 weeks after the pneumonia clears up and I am still coughing. My husband asks the doctor he works with. Doc says that's normal. I'll probably be coughing for another couple weeks- my body is trying to get it out.

My side hurts. That's normal, too. Coughing has strained my rib cage.

I'm at work last Friday and my principal comes in and makes some jokes about when I finally have kids they're gonna be crazy like me and will have to be checked at the doors. We are cracking up about this! Very funny stuff.

He leaves, I cough. I hear a pop. A sudden pain. I can't take a full breath. I can't speak a full sentence.

I call my husband (have I mentioned that he's a paramedic and studying to be a nurse? he is my official medical opinion). He tells me to call the school nurse and come listen to my lungs. The kids come back for lunch and are like- omg what's going on with you? I try to be a trooper and not freak out- doesn't work. Nurse comes up, gives me an ice pack, tells me to call my doctor. I call my doctor's office and am told to go to the Urgent Aid (I think I am becoming a frequent flyer at this place- which is also where my husband works).

My hub meets me at the UA- the nurse and her assistant have driven me there. The doc on duty says I probably just pulled a muscle, it can hurt like a broken bone sometimes. But, just to be sure, I'm gonna have a chest x-ray.

Results come in. Doctor's jaw drops. I have broken a rib.

Of course I have.

I get a shot of muscle relaxer and pain meds in my butt. Ugh...

I'm on the mend!