3 down, 17 to go

OK, I already forgot I was on a "no buy" spell until I've completed 10 projects. I didn't violate on purpose, I forgot! SO as penance, I've upped my project list to TWENTY. I have to complete 20 projects using existing supplies before I can buy anything (other than adhesive) again. The purse below counts as 1 and these 2 layouts make 2 and 3. I made the previews here small though because if you want to see more you'll have to visit their other homes, my Prima Gallery and the brand spankin' new Prima blog where they will be making their debuts later this week.

On another note, I'm sad to say I had to turn on comment moderation as I was starting to get spam comments. DO spammers seriously think anyone in their right mind is going to think "hmmm, I feel like gambling and/or ordering viagra right this minute and this potentially dangerous link is exactly the one I should recklessly click on to do so...". fidiots!

On the remodeling home front, we have been "taped" and "darby-ed"! Our wall guy (ie: my super father-in-law) has to leave for a week tomorrow, thus quashing my hopes of being done this weekend. Ah well, what's one more week, right?

Happy 1/2 hour from officially being Thursday!

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1 down, 9 to go

My friend Lain publicly admitted to her stash (and her husband's lack of knowledge of the true extent of it) and made a promise to BUY NO MORE until she has completed 10 projects. Being that I have the same problem, I agreed to join her. NO MORE SUPPLIES, not scrapbook, nor quilting, nor yarn, until I complete TEN projects using product I already had. So, this afternoon I crossed the first of the ten projects off the list: this purse made from old cargo pants (although originally these were bought new, on clearance, for this project.) For my friend Steph.

It's all just smoke and mirrors

The upside of this remodel is I have a room with solid white walls and a huge window to do impromptu mini photo-sessions in. What you DON'T see in this picture is Indy is leaning on a scrap of sheet rock and sitting on a very dusty ledge. (And I photoshopped out the BBQ sauce from her chin and the sheetrock dust from her hands.)

We've been sheet rocked!

Sheet rock: check
Taping and drywall: next
then, subfloor, hard wood
and then, we get to move everything from the living room into the new dining room and start all over in there.
Such a messy, pain in the butt.
For those considering remodeling and living in the same space...ugh, you might reconsider!
 

Remodel

Look what we have going on! OK, granted, "I" thought we were JUST putting in new hardwood floors, but coming home from lunch brought quite a surprise. DJ decided we might as well "re-do the walls while we're at it" and of course, you have to do the walls first, right? We are still weeks away from being done, which means weeks (more) of fast-food (for once, I am actually sick to death of the "convenience" of fast food - oh, and the taste too!) More pics as the project money-pit continues.

Oh, and amid all this, DJ built us a new server so I'm back in the email world! Yea!