Acceptance

I'm still thinking being a grown-up is not all it's cracked up to be, but I'm willing to move on. No, I didn't get enough sleep last night. Yes, I did have messes and more messes to clean up. But, somebody has to be the grown-up, and as the girls don't seem the least bit interested in doing it, I suppose I'd better step up to the plate. ;o)

Today Bean and I headed to GG's to work on her Elsa dress and to cut fabric for the quilt. Have I shown you what I'm biting off? Here, take a look. Isn't it swoon-worthy?

I didn't get as much cut as I wanted, but I'm so afraid of messing up or making a mistake, I'm taking it nice and slowly--that whole "measure twice cut once" adage is firmly in my head. I know with quilting you need to be very accurate, and I really really don't want to mess up. :oS

As for the costume, well, the bodice and skirt are now attached. Yay! It looks like a dress, all we need now is for the Chinese fabric to come in. ;oP I only had to pick out a small section of stitches and resew. And then, I managed to catch the hem in the restitching. Doh!! :oP

I've had this little project in my mind ever since I painted the island two years ago. I finally tackled it today. My neighbor, Jenny, has the same model home we do, and is painting her cabinets. Good golly Miss Molly that's a lot of cabinets to paint!! Don't think I haven't thought of it more times than I can count. But, watching all she's going through, I'm more than happy to just hang back and stick with the island for the time being.

That wallpaper was a piece of cake! I swear, the next time we decide we want bead board in a room, I'm going to lobby for using this stuff!

I'll bring out the paint tomorrow and finish it off and touch-up the island and windowsill as well.

(Ya'll know I believe in keeping it real. Yes, this is really what the piles and floor and whatnot look like right now. Except for maybe the boots--I think Bean put those away...)

Now, I just need to figure out window treatments. We've been two years without and it's time to do something about it. I think window treatments really do finish off a room, and now that I can actually sew, why not see what I can come up with. :o)

I'm not sure these guys need anything. Maybe a valance...Hm. It bears thinking about.

You know, I really do love my kitchen. :o) Now to get B going on replating those knobs...

I think I better get some sort of window treatment up in here as well! :oS
And, finally, more on keeping it real. The offudio is an absolute wreck. There is absolutely no way to do any sort of work when it's so cluttered and messy. I'm too distracted and off my game. UGH!

I was in the middle of tackling it when Bean and I left for the bus stop. Once I'm finished here, I'm back at it. I truly believe I need more storage, I just have no clue where I could put it. :oS For now, I'll work with what I have and move on from there. In an effort to keep myself from being too embarrassed, I'll post the "after" tomorrow. :o)

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Sparklies:

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I was folding laundry; he was feeling guilty about knocking the cup of chocolate milk off the table (at least that's what I tell myself); he came to snuggle. I'm so glad he's feeling better. :o)

2. Decluttering the offudio so I can work in there again!

3. The island looks marvelous! I can't wait to slap paint on it tomorrow! :o)

4. Another cool, autumn-y sort of day. Ahhhhh...

5. Getting Elsa taken care of, and starting to cut quilt pieces. I know that quilt is going to take a long time to do, but I'm so excited about it! I just wanted to stay and cut pieces until I was done and start piecing it together! :o)


No milestones.