Well they (the varsity team) ended up 5th in their league. They grew tons and I'm excited for next year! Now, we have about 3 weeks "off" and then Club Volleyball starts, which lasts from November through July. With two kids in volleyball now, I guess you could say we are a volleyball house. Good thing I like to watch it. If it were, say golf or bowling, I'd have a much harder time (LOL, no offense to my golf and/or bowling loving friends.)
Don't think I shared this one here (know I did on Flickr) and all posts can use sumthin' purty to dress them up, so here it is.
And an update for me on my list posted last time. There are a few things gone (yeah) and a few new ones (I started one I hadn't even conceived of within an hour of posting the list...I'm hopeless.)
Pink skull hat (surprise for B)
Modern blanket (crochet)
Cotton Log Cabin blanket
Flower scarf
New black skull hat
sling bag - The "dish towels as fabric" one
"wrap-up" album
Art spot/seasonal art
(Start and finish) puzzle album
(Start and finish) tag album
(Start and finish) file folder album
Find missing file tab punch
Hexagon blanket (pics to come - I LOVE it!)
Spiral experiment blanket
HOF entry
Pouch album
Frame "Silly things" print
Just thinking outloud, thinking maybe if I put this all down here I will be somewhat more accountable for it and GET ON IT.
To finish:
- Pink skull hat (surprise for B)
- Modern blanket (crochet) - do I love (LOVE) the red or not? decide
- Tunisian felted experiment/potholder - finish or toss already
- Cotton Log Cabin blanket
- Finalize wording on photography price cards, then print and guerilla market :)
- Flower scarf (I'm sending this to someone special)
To start:
- New black skull hat when yarn arrives (for Mel)
- prototype for sling bag that I've alredy cut out. The "dish towels as fabric" one.
- Start an album that contains a "wrap-up" page of each month. Ongoing - will just grow and grow.
- Find a spot to put a consistantly sized piece of seasonal art. And make said art. And make said art for other seasons so I can just swap them out with the seasons.
- (Start and finish) puzzle album
- (Start and finish) tag album
- (Start and finish) file folder album
Must do:
- Decide if I'm really going to start new felted bag and either rip it out and forget about it or start on it for REAL.
- Pick up S & C at midnight-ish when home from Pasco.
- Mail LO to SBT mag
- Find my missing file tab punch - driving me crazy - all kids deny touching it
- Stop starting projects until I cross off some of the ones above!
- Either hit SEND or CLOSE on the order form open for 2 days on my computer where I've ordered (want to order) 24 balls of Queensland rustic wool.
In other news: I'm SO EXCITED. And its not traditionally exciting, but scary news. Scary, exciting news I have been waiting for for 30 years. I broke my hip when I was 11 and it forever changed my life. I was active as a child and did gymnastics and rollerskating and loved to dance. But after that point, and complications from my surgery, I have lived the rest of my life in moderate to severe pain. I get no exercise, I often move like an old woman. My back is always hurting (from compensating for my hip.) Well, I just met with an orthopedic surgeon this afternoon and I found out today I can get on the surgical list for a hip replacement! I could kick myself (if I COULD) that I didn't do this sooner. The quality of my life would have been so much better. And now it will be! Scary, lots of rehab, but I see this terrifically awesome ability to move and be pain free waiting, just over the horizon. I am so EXCITED!
Two WIPs (works in progress) and an FO (finished object) (the middle blanket) from the last couple days. Must be the weather, but I can't get enough of the yarn. The sweet, sweet, cursed, often traitorous, yarn that I love so much. My goal this season is to make at least 5, and hopefully more, blankets to stack on our couch. Smaller, like one person size, so everyone can snuggle under their own with no "she has more than me" hollering when its chilly. Also bought the Bind it all from Zutter and man oh man, is it sweet! Instantly went through and bound everything within reason, just 'cuz its so cool. Now to put down the yarn long enough to use it on an actual project!
I saw this on the Simple Scrapbooks site and loved it! Such a great way to kick your butt back into doing a page when you've been a bit, um, empty, lately.
One thing I’d grab if my house were on fire: My camera
One thing I wish I could throw away: My garbage ON TIME and not miss the truck.
One thing I’ll never, ever throw away: My stash
Something I lost and still miss: Nothing I can think of.
Something I’ve kept since childhood: My love of making stuff
A food item I never run out of: Ice cream
A household brand I’m very loyal to: HEINZ baby!
Something I sleep with every night: A heavy blanket of some kind.
One thing that’s on my wish list: A clean house
Something I take with me wherever I go: Chapstick
Something that makes me smile when I see it: A smiling baby
Something my children fight over: Control of the TV and computer
Something I hate to clean: The fish tank
Something I show off when people visit: New stuff on my walls
Something I hide when people visit: The upstairs
Something I’m embarrassed to admit I like: "Deal or No Deal"
Something I collect: Craft books
Something I avoid at all costs: Guests in my house - always too messy
Something that reminds me of my mother: Home-cooked meals
The best gift I’ve ever received: When my husband picked me up from work and had already arranged for a babysitter so we could go straight to a movie.