Heading to Chicago

Can't wait til Friday when we finally get to head out on vacation as a family and visit my brother's family in Chicago. It's a trip we all love, seeing family, playing with cousins and boating on Lake Michigan. Mostly I'm ready for a break in the routine around here and having time to just hang out with everyone and watching the kids have a blast with their cousins.

I've been busy in the Studio these past few weeks working samples up so I can get them photographed and posted on Etsy. My newest niece Nola will be modeling them for you and I can't wait to see everything on her. Are we ready yet for the craziness of the Holidays? Hard to believe we have to think of these things already but I've been sewing Halloween items all week! Not ready to give up the hot, hazy "slow" days of summer yet! Hope you are enjoying yours!

Still waiting.......

So my hard drive was toast. Geek squad wanted a ridiculous amount to repair something they said was probably covered under warranty, which of course was not. My brother-in-law sells and repairs used laptops and has been so kind to us with his expertise and "family" discount but we just couldn't ask anymore so when my husband found a great deal at Best Buy last summer he picked it up for me which was great until my hard drive fried. So I'm thinking a Mac is my best bet and I saved up the money but apparently used Macs are in great demand around here with some of the school districts giving them to students after raising taxes to fund them. So the parents of all these students really like their kids Macs and want one for themselves, which means supply and demand is skewed in this neck of the woods.
I'm really trying to be patient, but my photos of new fabric finds are waiting to be rolled out and my sewing room is filling up with merchandise that is anxious to find new homes, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a MacBook gets found soon and I can share all these new things.
In the mean time I'm enjoying my first stress free summer with my kids in years and the days are happily laying out ahead of us to be filled with spontaneous plans with friends and family. Hope your having one of those summers too!

Another computer bites the dust

Arghhh! Another computer down for the count. So frustrated! Of course was it backed up? A little but not recently. Shame on me! Should know better! So should I invest in a Mac? I'm thinking yes. In the mean time hubby wants to get an Ipad to play with. Not sure if it will do the trick but sounds like fun!

Last 6 weeks of school and then summer freedom and hopefully more action in the Studio and new blog posts more often. Well I do know there's going to be more sports action happening once again now that May is here. Hang on for the ride!

HAPPY EASTER!

Just back from a trip to California to visit my family, especially my Dad. He's been fighting kidney and liver failure for the past year. It was wonderful to be there and enjoy the sunshine and warm temps that we Michiganders are still waiting patiently for! I'm sure the time change has something to do with it but I am finding myself both physically and mentally exhausted this week. Hope to be more with it next week.

Happiest of Easters to you and yours! Looking forward to entertaining my husband's side of the family at our house this year!

Standing Still

Yep that's how I'm feeling today like I'm standing still. So anxious for the changes that are on the horizon, some really positive ones, but I'm feeling like an impatient kid waiting, waiting, waiting. I have all these ideas to work on and I really just have to wait a bit longer, but its so hard. I guess the biggest change is coming in September as my final duckling joins the others in all day school. I've waited 16 years for this and I'm not complaining but just feeling like that race horse ready to bolt out of the gate! Happy to welcome April tomorrow! That also brings a birthday with it so HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my twin neices! Can't wait to come see you in 2 weeks!

Helloo...Psst...It's me again!

Just wanted to stick my little neck out here and say Hi! I'm still here. Not such a great start to 2011 here in our house with one after another of us succumbing to the midwinter ills. Been living in a little bubble here and have to say I am ready for Spring! Beautiful sunshine out there today but alas my littlest crawled into bed with us this morning declaring both ears hurt and he felt hot. Hm-mm, didn't that doctor I saw Saturday know this would happen? I did. But with all the resistant germs out there I listened to her and waited for the full blown infection to set in so we weren't taking antibiotics for nothing. Not really upset with her just tired of visiting the doctor and wishing my little one could be at his 100's day celebration today with the rest of his kindergarten class and me well I wish I could be in the studio with all those delicious new fabrics. They do say good things come to those who wait right? Well I'm waiting and ever so patiently if I do say so myself. Got lots to show you when there's time to finish like a new living room and a powder room redo, new fabrics and hopefully lots of new projects this year. I hope your Valentine's Day was full of love! I know I enjoyed the kind of cuddle up love that comes with being cocooned in sick bay with my kids upon our new sofa. Hope to be back again really soon!

Sending prayers

A sweet young girl we met through friends just found out she is losing her battle with cancer yesterday. Her name is Lisa and I would love it if you said a prayer for her and her family as they process this information and face what is ahead. She had a head full of curls before her chemo started and through all the pain and suffering has offered such hope and smiles to those around her. She has truly blessed the McMaster family that adopted her and her older siblings and all of us who have had the priviledge to meet her in her 6 short years. God bless you Lisa and your family and friends. Her story.