Fall is in the air

Fall is here, but if it weren't for the candy corn I wouldn't know. We've had multiple hot & sunny days in a row, even reaching the 80's! We had a couple cooler days last week, in which the quilt came in handy for all of us -

The colors of that quilt really aren't 'us' but I think it is 'autumn.'

I've been so busy working at the school and at Olive Garden that I've barely had time to make anything, let alone blog about it. I did make Curt a travel wallet, I'll post pictures when I get them. He's out of town right now, actually using the darn thing, so I'll have to wait until next week when he finally gets back. He's been gone so much for such long intervals that I'm going crazy. He leaves in a month for Australia, when he will be gone for 3 months. What am I going to do without him? I cry when he leaves for a week, I can't imagine the mess I will be when he leaves me for 12 weeks. Ugh, I don't want to think about it. 

I'll distract myself with the new episode of 'House' and then bed. Great plan. 

Pushing Daisies

I love ABC's 'Pushing Daisies' so much! It just gets cuter every episode. If you have not seen this show, I recommend finding the past episodes online and catching up so you can tune in every Wednesday night. I loved everything about tonight's episode from Olive in the convent to the car full of 15 dead clowns to the Cheer's allusion to the mime jokes. The costumes are fabulous, I want Chuck's* entire wardrobe, it's so vintage and lovely. The dresses, the cardigans, the adorable hair accessories - oh, what I would give to spend all my days looking so cute serving up desserts at the Pie Hole. The sets are just as fabulous as the costumes, everything is so fantastical and dreamy. The narrator is the same guy who does the Harry Potter books on tape CD and he is just magical.  

Yes, please watch 'Pushing Daisies.' I don't think you will be disappointed. 

Craft Sale Recap and Fighting Neighbors

Last week was just crazy. I was working everyday and preparing for the craft show.  I did what I could while at home, but I also brought it all with me to my parents house to finish it up. I went to bed Thursday night because I was pooped from working all night and Curt was tired from the drive up to Michigan (he did it all by himself.)

Friday I got up early to start working again. My dad had cardiac rehab, so he woke me up before he left. I got up eventually and started working. When he got home we ran to the Secretary of State to change over the title on my car. I also needed to get a new license plate. Note to self: I have to put that on today. We also stopped by the fabric store to pick up some last minute essentials, and Dad picked out fabric to make "friends" for Buddy. 

I worked hard all day Friday and turned it into a family affair. Mom was ironing, I was sewing, Bri was turning, Curt was stitching. It was all a very well oiled machine managed by yours truly. I was very thankful for their help.

Later in the night, Bri ended up doing some sewing of her own, impressive because the girl has never sewn before. She won't admit it, but she loved every minute and even kicked me out of her area so she could be creative on her own. I am the creative one in the family, so I was very proud of her. 

Bri & Curt went to bed around 3 AM and 5Am, respectively. I, on the other hand, stayed up all night. My mom woke up around 6:30 to get ready, and I greeted her in the bathroom. One mug of English Toffee coffee later, I was ready to go. We picked my eager grandma up and headed to the church where the craft show was being held. 

I was shocked to see how many vendors there were, and a lot of them were utter crap. My aunt Dianne also came to help us set up. My table was ready to go, we grabbed some donuts, and waited. 

And waited, and waited, and waited. 

We had a fun time, but unfortunately business was not booming. I sold a few things, but not like I had hoped. Headbands and cupcake pincushions were the most popular, go figure. The easiest and cheapest things to make. I should have just made a whole table of those. Oh well, now I know and I can make more for the next one. 

We all had a great time and it was so much fun to hang out with my family. I miss seeing them on a regular basis, so it was nice to catch up. The craft show was over at 3, and I immediately took a nap when we got home. They woke me up to go out to eat. I slept on the way to Mongolian Barbeque, barely made it in the door, woke up enough to eat and laugh at all the scandalous homecoming dresses. I managed to stay awake for awhile at home, Curt stayed up and I fell asleep on the couch watching SNL. I love me some Tina Fey & Amy Poehler!

All in all, despite the lack of sales, I had a great weekend with my family. My dad is healing up well from his surgery, and will be heading back to work next week. It's good to see him healthy and happy, when we left him last, he was still in the hospital bruised and bloody. 

Now I have some slippers and aprons to make special ordered by my family. Also 6 sets of coasters and one purse for my mom. I won more Anna Maria Horner fabric on eBay, so I am going to make it out of that. She wants a fall purse and picked out that fabric from my stash. 

Last night the neighbors were fighting at 4AM and woke me up. I'm still tired from listening to them yell for 1 hour, but I can catch up on that later. It went something like: 

Guy: You didn't come home, I was sitting here at home. 

Girl: What do you want me to do?

Guy: I don't know, call me. Get in the car and come home. If that was me out, you would have freaked and gone ballistic. 

Girl: Whatever

Guy: If that was me out with some girl, you would kill me. Who is the one always looking through my phone, checking my text messages? I talk to a girl outside of work once and you lose it. You sent a text to someone in my phone to see how she would respond. You don't trust me. What kind of marriage is that? - (which answered my question as to whether they were married or merely living together, we weren't sure. And I'm still not convinced they are actually married - no rings. But he does have a giant heart tattoo with her name on it. I haven't seen his likeness on her yet.) You don't trust me.

Girl: something I couldn't hear, she wasn't yelling nearly as loud as he was. 

This went on and on for over an hour. They were moving around their side of the house, so I couldn't hear the whole conversation, despite my best eavesdropping efforts. I was ready to call the cops if: A) I heard physical contact, B) she started crying, C) they didn't shut up eventually. I don't support domestic abuse, be it physical or verbal. But they seemed to calm down eventually; there was a door slammed around 5AM that woke Curt up because Finn started barking. I think at that point they got the clue that it was the middle of the night and they were a mere wall away from sleeping neighbors and shut up. I'm anxious to see if they are both living there after this weekend, they have been fighting a lot lately. I know it's none of my business, but they make it mine when they wake me up in the middle of the night with their screaming. So there. 

Now to the store, I need fabric and yarn and do-dads. You know, do-dads for the aprons. Oh, and either Joann's or Hobby Lobby has patterns mega cheap, so maybe some of those too. 

Win a Free Handbag!

Handbag Planet is giving away a handbag an hour in a couple weeks, and you can enter to win. All you have to do is visit Handbag Planet, pick your favorite bag and sign up! So easy, plus, earn extra points by twittering, facebooking, and blogging - everything I do anyway! Could the chance at a free handbag be any easier?! I think not. 

On My Own: Day I've Lost Count

Today is my first double shift. I am on a short break right now, which I shouldn't have bothered taking seeing as Curt isn't home right now and he didn't get the laundry in that I asked him to. I was depending on that laundry so I could get something done so he could get a lot done for me while I work tonight. 

Alas, here I sit alone at home on my break not getting anything done I planned on. Blogging will do. 

I finished all the blocks for Jelena's quilt and did the sashing last night. No pictures yet, but it looks really cute. I still really hope she likes it because boy did I put a lot of time into it. 

I also quilted and bound the baby quilt I've been working on. I hate satin binding with a passion. But babies love it, so what can I do?

Tonight I will piece the back for Jelena's quilt, put it all together, and quilt it a little. I'm not planning on doing too much quilting because I don't want it to take away from the horses. I'm still debating how exactly I want to do it. And I'm not going to bind it. I'm thinking I'll just do the inside-out sandwich - turn it right side-out thing. And then topstitch around. Yeah, that will take much less time. 

Then I have to make a million headbands, baby shoes, burp clothes, and bibs. I'm never going to finish all this in time. I feel a couple all nighters coming on...  Maybe I can get someone to work for my Thursday night. That would be a huge help. Yes, I'm going to ask around. 

Curt's not home yet and I have to eat something before I get back to work. I was hoping he'd get back with milk, but no such luck. Guess I'm eating a Pop Tart for dinner... I'll grab a breadstick when I get back to work. And here's also hoping that Curt got me a job at the high school. I sent him in today to convince them to hire me, after leading me on with a job and dropping me like a dead fish in the toilet. Rude; so rude. I am forever resentful. 

On My Own: Day 1

Today was my first day all alone on the job. No one following me around, no one telling me what to do, no one grading my every move. Boy was it great to be free. 

In other news, my hubby is finally coming home, hopefully tomorrow night! I work a dinner shift tomorrow so he will probably get home the same time I will. I have missed him terribly for the past 12 days, the Finn has too. He was busy being a rock star, but I like him best here at home with me. He can be a rock star, just so long as he eventually comes home. I don't know what I'm going to do when he leaves me for three months this winter to tour Australia. Scratch that, I know what I'll be doing - probably working two jobs to try and keep up with the bills. 

What's up with Gossip Girl herself pimping Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist? I mean, great cross-marketing, but are the two related in any way?! Well, other than the fact that I love Gossip Girl and I also love Michael Cera. So yeah, I guess the commercial worked - I'll see the movie at some point and probably love it. I'd rather see Michael Cera in the Arrested Development movie that is rumored to be coming. Can't wait!

Training Day 6

Today was my last day of training. I was pretty much on my own today, Mandy didn't follow me very much. I passed my stupid menu test, 100% ! So that's a load off my shoulders until tomorrow when I have to study for my final server test. It's pretty much common sense, so I don't think it will be too hard. 

Today was a perfect fall day, cool temperatures, crisp breeze, but there could have been a little more sun. I pulled out my hand-knit wool socks. They made me feel very fally. 

Today's weather was quite the contrast to Saturday, it was very hot and humid, the beginning signs of Hurricane Ike rolling through. I took Finnegan for a walk between shifts at work and I made a big mistake:

Do you see it? I walked out of the door in my slippers. They are just like shoes to me and I wear them all over the house. I was talking to my sister while hooking Finn up, and I guess I was distracted. I didn't realize I was wearing them until it was too late to turn back. It made for a hard walk through the tall grass and wooded area, but Finn got his walk in and all was well. 

Tonight is my first night without studying to do, so I am going to make more blocks for Jelena's horse quilt.  Tonight will be the smaller horses, so I'm a little worried about drawing them and cutting them out, so I hope it goes well. 

Finnmonster has been driving me crazy all day, now he wants to go out *I think* It's hard to know what a dog wants when that dog can't talk. He's pretty good about scratching at the door, scratching at his food dish, but today he's just been crawling and clawing all over me and I can't read his darn mind. How long until we have that capability?