Citrus!

Here is what I'm currently working on while procrastinating on school work. I plan to have a stocking of "bits" at QuiltyBits.com next week. My mom is the quilty and I'm the bits,lol. Anyway, this is the second in a set of 2 mug rugs I made. I call them Citrus as they make me want to eat a juicy sweet orange.

Making tins o'magnets with vintage images

Blogging from my iPhone!!

Hubby and I got iPhones for Valentine's Day. I just found an app for blogging and I'm trying it out. I think I want the paid version so I can easily take pics and blog at the same time-- you can't do that with the free one. If I do that it will be so easy to put pics on my blog instead of uploading from a memory stick.

LIfe has been kicking my rear

I had this epiphany that I needed to get back here.  Since Christmas we have gone through the entire family with bronchitis, a bout of flu and a fun-filled adventure with RSV with the baby.  I will gladly take on a baby with bronchitis over RSV any day -- that was scary.  And finally, when I thought everyone was well, I had a previous root canal from 10 years ago decide to abscess last week. 

I have never really had dental pain in my life, and after living on hydrocodone for a week waiting to get into the endodontist, I decided that childbirth and 3 days of labor is less pain than one stupid tooth.  It took my dear endodontist 3 hours to clean out the previous root canal, and then the he and his assistant were thrilled when the abscess started draining through the root system out of the tooth. It was quite weird to see them excitedly taking pictures. 

The funny thing was I had a major midterm that same week I was living on hydrocodone -- the only test for my ethics and advertising class.  I was terrified of taking it because I had paranoia of being aware I was not fully functioning while taking the pain meds. Somehow when everyone was sleep I decided to take the test the night before my endodontist appointment at 3 AM in case my pain was even worse.  Magically, the baby slept and slept and I had the writing skills and totally rocked my essay.  It doesn't happen often, but I love that groove you get into when something literally writes itself.  Not only did I get a 100 on the test, my professor emailed me and asked to use my essay (my essay!!) for the key to the test as the example.  I was beyond thrilled!  My husband and I joked I should get high on hydrocodone before every test, lol. 

I have another test this week in another course, so I will probably disappear for awhile.  But I am going to try to create an Etsy store for some ephemera stuff.  I have this strange addiction to it and went to a "junk" store yesterday and picked up some wonderful finds to add to mixed media art -- handwritten postcards from years ago, magazines from the 50s, and even this crazy old medical book. 

We're crawling!!

Molly learned to crawl last week.  She's a bit of a weird crawler.  I like to refer to as the hermit crab crawl.  She crawls with one knee and one foot.  Very odd, but boy, does she move fast.  Daddy is playing Death Cab for Cutie in the background.  He'd probably die if he knew we could hear him, lol.

Projects to share very soon, as soon as I can remember to take pics of them.

Five more classes!

I'm doing the college thing really really really s~l~o~w.  For the past year and half I've been taking about 1 or 2 classes at a time and took off all spring and summer 2010 for the pregnancy.  Well..I just ran my degree audit and I only have 5 classes left.  At the earliest I'll graduate at the end of the year, at the latest it will be spring 2012.  I figured it would take me longer, but it seems to almost be here.

I'm getting a general studies degree from TWU with my concentrations in sociology and business with hopefully a minor in biology.  It's totally weird, but I was on my way to a biology degree and med school years ago before I started having babies, so now I have TONS of hours in biology.  I'm hoping they will let me put that bio minor on my degree.  The advisor was a moron last time I spoke to her and she had absolutely no idea if I could or not.  I just don't understand why they let professors be advisers as I have never had one who knew anything more than I did when it comes to a degree plan.

Ok now onto some sewing talk.  I'm planning out my projects for the etsy and craft fair endeavor with my mom.  I'm working on whimsical mug rugs sets currently and baby stuff.  

Now that creepy doll hat - do you want a tutorial? If nobody wants one, I won't bother, but...if anyone is interested, send me a comment a I'll write it up.

Off to bed for some reading.  I'm planning a little trip to Joanns tomorrow.  I haven't been there in forever, but I need thread.