Sometimes I like to ramble...

So...I've totally gotten sucked into reading the Twilight series. (thanks to Tessa and Ella for sending the first two on the bus home with me last week, you girls are mean but I love you ;) This distraction has made me a pitiful blogger. I've reached the point today...after 1, 300 pages in 8 days...of wishing it were over. Not because I want it to end or I'm not enjoying it. but because I can't seem to get much else done. It's wretched. Yet wonderful. But I only have a few hundred more pages and I'll be done. Then I can be a really good blogger. Then I can have a real life again. Then I can not blog about how obsessive I am. That will be good.

*Deep Breath*....moving on...

So....about a month ago I said I was starting to organize my sewing room...and I still am. (How slow am I!?) But I'm really going to try to kick in gear now and get it presentable so I can show you pictures. That's my motivation because the idea of a clean sewing space doesn't seem to be helping me get it done. But it definitely does need to be done. Then I am going to make some clothes for me. :) Hopefully... ;) Not to mention my room could use a good De-clutter.

Anyway...it's probably far to late for me to be aimlessly writing all this. But sometimes I just like to ramble on about things that probably no one else cares about. So there it is. :)

Now I'm off to read a chapter...or two...or five...;) and then sleep.

Seaside

While visiting Ella we took a day trip to my favorite Oregon Coast town Seaside:

It's been 10 month since I have seen the sea...and even longer since I've seen the west coast.

Seagulls here aren't as fiendish as those evil Cornish birds were. :) You can read about my tragic experience last year with seagulls HERE.

But these lil birds are quite chummy. :) I like them.

*sigh* "Is there any felicity in the world superior to this?"

I stinkin' love this place...I seriously might move here one day. Or else become a frequent visitor. :)

Farewell Seaside...we shall miss you....

First Summer Expedition

I just got back from an amazing visit to see my dearie girl who's in summer classes...we had a lot of fun!

We took a picnic to the park one day and Tessa and I played Frisbee while Ella studied.

Ella loves purple fire hydrants. :)

I love railroad tracks:

We had lots of fun seeing different places. Tessa was our chauffeur:

Ella the backseat driver:
And me...the DJ. Basshunter anyone? :)
We watched tons of movies, went shopping, ate ice cream...oh and got blisters and sun burns. It was epic. :)

Business

Today I had a busy day with lots of yard work and then a trip to town for coffee with my good friend who's here from London. It was so good to see her!
I splurged and bought some fabric to make bags for my Etsy shop and came home and washed them and hung it out to dry. Then spent the rest of the evening crying while watching '50 First Dates' (can anyone else keep a dry eye in that film or am I just emotional?) and cutting out the bags. Hopefully I will sew them together tomorrow and have them in my shop soon!
I've gotten a little ways on my sewing room organizing but not enough to post about yet. I will soon though! (hopefully!) ;)

Sew Organized?

I wish I could say my sewing space was as neat and inspiring as this:
But alas...it's a monstrous mess at the moment that's enough to quench my mood for sewing any day. An intervention is in process. :) I'm going to tackle a corner of it tonight and maybe a little more next week until it's finished. I'm taking before pictures but you'll have to wait to see them until I have the after pics ready. They're too shocking with out the refreshing clean picture afterwards.
Wish me luck! I hope I make it out alive! ;)

Beckah's Birthday :)

Last week we finally celebrated my friend Beckah's birthday...(her birthday was in April) and had a Wallace and Gromit marathon. Wahoo! They're the best. :)


We also had a crazy hailstorm and me being even crazier than the weather...I had to go out in it and get a bowl full of hail to eat...which might be bad for you but I love it too much to care. ;)

And of course you can't watch Wallace and Gromit with out tea with milk. Or cream...as we Americans use.
Most important is the CHEESE. :) "We've forgotten the crackers Gromit!"

And then of course...birthday brownies with ice cream and a big 'ol candle. :)

Back to Blogging

Reading all the amazing posts my friend AnnaMae has done lately has made me realize how much I miss blogging. I blog quite often on my sewing blog but I really miss thoughtful blogging about everyday life and deep and meaningful things. So, I'm going to attempt to get back into it. I've also been inspired by AnnaMae to do some deep organizing so get ready for some posts about that. :)

We've been having so much rain lately. I really love it...even though it means the laundry must be hung inside to dry. (there's a dryer epidemic going around in our neighborhood...it seems everyone's dryer is breaking)
I just love the fresh smell of rain and how clean the air feels after a rainstorm.

I pulled out my umbrella the other day so I could take some photos. I think it was happy to be wet again.

Today we spent a long day in town and I was more than happy to return home with a movie from the library and my new Real Simple magazine came in the mail. I also picked up a Thesaurus from the dollar store. Can't tell you how much I love it. So many awesome words in there. Which I just may need if I keep my promise and start blogging again. ;)