I can't sleep.

It's the middle of the night or should I say the wee hours of the morning and I can't sleep. I decided it wasn't worth the tossing and turning and getting all agrivated over it so I just go up. Don't you just hate it when you have so many things on your plate that you fall right to sleep but then wake up realizing there is something you forgot to do that day or you are designing things in your head in your dreams? I just haven't figured out how to balance work and sleep yet. Please if anyone has any good tips on a good night sleep let me know. I've been tossing and turning mutch to long now.

I'm betting old.

As many of you know I had a birthday this month. My mom emailed me these pictures from my family birthday party and I thought I would share them all with you.

Here I am with my whole family.

We are not drinking beer if that is what you think you see in the picture. It's Root Beer.

And here is Morgan, my niece eating a cupcake

It's been dry.

I am not talking about rain around here because we finally have sunny weather after a laps of two weeks of rainy cloudy weather. I was getting pretty sick of it all.
My computer has been having many problems lately and I finally gave up on it and handed it over to my brother to fix three weeks ago and am still without. I didn't realize how much I depended upon it. I am still waiting to get that thing back but in the meantime I received a new computer. I am so excited about it! It is my very first mac! An imac G3 that is. It's getting so old that it is almost retro in computer world. I am able to do all my internet surfing and all my blogging in, while I am waiting to get my other computer back. It's absolutely a pleasure to have it. The novelty of it all makes me happy.

Here's a picture of it, but mine is Grape.

The Cutting Edge!

This summer has been my first for being responsible for mowing my lawn. I was very lucky my mother found me a push mower at a garage sale for a great deal. The hard part is that it isn't self propelled and I seam to get quite a work out mowing my not so big yard. I want to die from heat and exhaustion when I am done.


My brother and sister-in law noticed that their new neighbor was sporting a push reel lawn mower and thought since I am all about conservation and Green things that maybe I need a mower like that too. I am all for it! But when you think about it, you have to be on top of mowing your lawn. You have to mow maybe twice a week because you can't let your grass grow to long or you won't be able to cut it. I really don't even enjoy mowing my lawn once a week so how would I ever get around to doing it two times?

Maybe I would with one of these.........

link.

My brother would be proud! We are a huge bicyclist family (even though I have ridden my bike probably twice this summer). This might be a way that I could enjoy mowing my lawn a little bit more. It's possible that it would even be easier to mow my lawn.

Craft My Ride...

not pimp my ride.

Thanks to my friend Raechel I found out about this great little contest from Scion. Craft a car accessory for the Scion XB (my personal dream car) and you can win one for yourself. What a fun creative way to win a car. So sign up and lets see what happens. Contest Details

Dark Fairy Craft Swap

It's time again to join the Free People in a craft swapping gaila! I signed up, so make sure that you sign up too by this Friday to join in the fun.

I don't know what I am making yet but it will be cool and book based of course.

Sign up and see post here.

Sock Knitting

I am so excited! I just signed up for my fall knitting class. It starts on Tuesday night. I am going to learn all about knitting socks. Something I have never been able to do and also helps me with my goal that I made for the new year last January, to do new things. I took another knitting class last winter and learned many new knitting techniques that I never imagined I could do. Like knitting with a needle in both hands and one time. Quite challenging in the begining but really easy and fun after you get familiar with it all.

With this cooler weather we have been having, knitting has been on my mind. I am craving to do some knitting! I will have to go home and see if I have all the supplies I need.

Decorating Contest

Who wants to join?

I just read on Domino's website that they are having a decorating contest. You can enter your room to win a great prize. But I think just having a picture of your room on a website like Domino is cool enough. So I am debating going home and cleaning up and doing a photo shoot. What room shall I do????

You can check out all the rooms that have been entered here.

I could do my lovely basement area here.

It looks much different now that it has carpet. I almost wish my carpet was grey because I really loved the color of the concrete floors. But they just weren't comfortable or warm and the carpet was free so brown it was and has to be.

Another options is my bedroom or my living room? Tell me what you think I should enter.

New Dress

This is my dress I have been working on for the last two weeks. It was good for me to have a dead line, my friend Nick's wedding or it might have never got done. My mom and I worked on this dress that was suppose to be a "Fast and Easy" pattern from Butterick for many hours. All afternoon and evening Sunday, all afternoon Monday. I cut out the pattern for the top three times before I got it right and the skirt twice. Good thing I had purchased many yards of the fabric. I think I might be a pro at this pattern by now. Does anyone want the same dress in the same fabric? hehehe. The reason for having to cut it out so many times was first I forgot that I am not a standard body type any everything always has th be altered to really fit me, the second time was because I altered the pattern incorrectly, so the third time was a charm. I imagine it wouldn't have taken us so long if I got around to sewing more often but I rarely do. I still have a pair of dress pants hanging in my closet from last fall that I was suppose to take the hem out and lengthen. Hopefully I will get around to doing it this fall so I have another pair of pants to wear for work. The sewing machine is now dusted off and warmed up we will have to see what other projects I get finished.

Pillowz

I finally got the front two pillows sewed today. I've been meaning to do this since early spring.