254/90

 Tutus in progress...they are finished, I need to take a picture of the one that lives at my house.

 Tees to go with the tutus.  I think they are pretty cute actually.  The Bossy R belongs to Gretchen and is from the Electric Company.  The other ones are from Midsummer's Night's Dream.  They are gifts as well.

This is the total of the yo yos I have made this fall.  The square (almost) is the 90 that if I had made one each day of school so far is where I would be.  The rest are just well...more.  Total....yep 254!  So I guess I am well past my goal of 180 by the end of the school year and getting close to the 2 a day goal of 360.  But this is what you can do in a semester of waiting for school buses.....kind of makes me a bit crazy that I have spent 2 years waiting for the bell to ring when it was raining or too cold to walk....what could I have done then?!  But that is over now what can I accomplish just in those short times between now and the time that Gretchen is a 4th grader?!  The yo yo quilt, obviously, maybe a cathedral window and a grandma's flower garden.  We'll see for now it is one yo yo at a time.....

January First

Playroom almost halfway painted, so

moving will begin...

All of the leaves on Vega's quilt have been, well quilted

have begun the Dogwood blossoms.

Nope she has not arrived

Yoyos only worked on one afternoon at BK while watching our kids play in the play structure....at the semester I'll let you know how far ahead of 90 I am.

too many Christmas cookies still at my house

too much cleaning to be done this week since kids have been home for nearly 2 weeks...

and where did those 13 days go?  My goodness they flew!

More blogging this year and 

Banish the Beige!

Just a few

The stockings are hung...yes I made them, yes to match each child's quilt....yes I am that big of a quilt nerd.

Paper plate angels the top one I made when I was like 4...she lives at the top.  Now 3 of my 4 children have made a version of the same thing, they all go near the top.

Gifts to wrap for my children & husband...yep that is the whole stack.  Add a new pair of pjs and stocking stuffers and that's it!

Gifts to wrap for each set of parents (except for my dad's which well is not even started let alone finished yet!), all the nieces, and both godbabies and their siblings!  Still need to wrap this pile, and no the wand is not part of the gifts it was just on the floor as well.

Bag of goodies from JoAnns that includes miles of tulle for 4 tutus I will be making.  Ok miles is a bit of a stretch, but literally it is like 25 years so it seems like miles!  

Today I finished a tee shirt for my 2 year old to match her brothers'.  They have their initial and a Santa hat perched on it.  I also made her a really cute little ruffle skirt to go with it.  This they can all wear for Santa pictures and for Christmas day at my husband's parents'.  That way they look nice in pictures but I don't really have to worry too much about it and they are still in something comfortable.  

I still have tutus and tee shirts, cookies and teacher dinners and a whole rag quilt to make....plus Christmas cards to send and kids are only at school 2 days next week.  

I have continued to work on yoyos, while I make my own personal hole in the ozone layer as I go through 10 miles worth of gas sitting in a parking lot waiting for busses to arrive picking up or dropping off for school.  Yes I am a bit bitter about it, but it is what it is...and part of that is a BIG waste for me!  Have a great one, I will do m best to post a bit more in the next week and much more as of the 26th!

First art project

This is the first art project Andrew brought home from art class....and I am deflated!  I know he can do better work, that is not the point.  Point being using white crayon on manilla paper...seriously!  and to encourage the kids to just trace leaf outlines and then fill in to make snowflakes!  There is so much here that could have been....A dark paper, snowflakes that are individual!  This is why I am jealous when I see what some of my art teacher friends do with kindergarteners.  This is also why I try to do more at home.  

I am working on Vega's quilt.  I made 3 yoyos today.  Next is the rush to finish Christmas projects....cards, ornaments, baking and finalizing gifts.  Tomorrow I am helping to teach second graders to add double digits....time to break out my teacher voice!  Have a great night!

That's SO tinsel!

SOme new yoyo pictures....one week over 3/4 of the way through the first half of the year.  Soon you will get the number of how close we are to the 90 half way mark.  I am sure that I am well past that, but we will see where we are at the semester.

The middle picture is my holiday decorations, mostly ornaments that need to be put up this week.  That is what I have spent most of the day doing today.  $300 in OnLine shopping, 2 hours worth of fluffing the tree, stockings hung, Santa letters written by children and just a bit of quilting done.  

Now I am watching Prep and Landing....which the first one is my all time favorite kids Christmas show!  I have much to do, and it will all get done before I manage to go to sleep on Christmas Eve....and it will all be worth it! 

I am thinking about making an ornament for each kid...it is something I have wanted to start, but when would there be a better time?  Actually I think I will figure out how to do that for my kids this year and then add nieces and friends' kids next year!  Way to go, lay it out there now so I really have to do it!  I still have to make the 3 projects that I promised to have done this year on New Year's DAy!  Oh well....have a great night all. I will try to manage to post a bit more as we get closer.

Full disclosure

I thought you all should see behind my stove, it is only fair when I post behind my sister's.  I did not cook a full Thanksgiving meal and then take these, true, however I also did not do any sort of cleaning in prep for these pictures either.

Above is the wall behind the stove and the back of said stove.

All the way to the floor...yes I need a back splash too, or at least a better quality paint that I can scrub and won't show water marks this badly!

This is actually from the other side showing the countertop too.

This is the full shoe rack, including the 2 new toilet seats I need to install....a job for tomorrow.  Again, must figure out something better to do with the hats and gloves bin....still thinking bike baskets hung below the coats would work.

Tonight I cut a dozen or so circles for yoyos.  They were left over circles from the circle quilt I made for my friend E.  While cleaning last week I found them and instead of just stashing them somewhere as 4 and 5 inch circles I figured I should just cut them for yoyos.....done!  I also worked some on Vega's quilt.  I am locating some quilt pictures for my quiltspecific blog, so will not be posting there tonight.  Have a great one!

Pictures....

This is my mudroom!  I cleaned it out while Tim was building 2 of these AMAZING shoe racks for me!  The idea came from my sister at  Thanksgiving.  They are great!  I want to come up with something different to hold hats and gloves...I am thinking a couple of bike baskets attached to the wall under the coat rack....which needs bigger knobs for kids coats!  But that is a different issue.  SO I LOVE these new racks and it has also given him an idea for a new entertainment center for the new TV we will be getting in the next 6 months or so.  But that will come soon!

This is the back of my sister's stove.  I know it seems like nothing, but I have a stove that sits out like this one, but I have no counter top behind...so it is a waste and annoying because things can fall behind.  Annoying....this could be an answer!!  

I have done much cleaning this week, not much crafting.  Since yesterday I have embroidered  the words....peeks out of the shutters and sometimes he speaks and tells ho(w).  I will be doing a bit more tonight and cutting some yoyos too.  

I am watching the Project Runway behind the scenes episode tonight which again just makes me want to A) watch the next season and B)makes me want to make clothing....unfortunately I HATE construction, which is why I make quilts!  Have a great night and enjoy some new ideas and what new things you come up with!