Start Your Engines!

I don't know about you, but I'm feeling overwhelmed and a bit like an underachiever as I tally up just how many PHD's I have.  Just what I have in the sewing room is awful! 

These bags used to be separated into categories - now it's just a mess of stuff that may need to be mended, sewn together, or even cut out!

 Happily, one of those bags hanging on the rocking chair is someone else's PHD.  But there are still four more bags of my stuff to do.

 How nice that all these PHD's hold up Eliz's Dollhouse.  Glad they are helping out!  P.S. these are all from Christmas, and not just this past Christmas!!!

I decided that I'm going to start with the oldest project I can find, which would be an outfit for Eliz when she was 2.  Then there's a coat from when Lex was a newborn, some shorts from the same time period, and some cut and partially sewn Christmas gifts.  Early, early announcement for July - to make myself feel better about the number of PHD's that involve Christmas, I'm going to do "Christmas in July"  and work solely on Christmas stuff the month of July. 

I'm forgetting the Steampunk costumes I started and actually need for a party the first week of June.  And, I've got my Tailoring work - 2 dresses and a shirt(these have to be done this week, though) Unfortunately, that doesn't even cover half -FROM ONE ROOM!!!  Oh dear, we're so going to have to do this again.  And again.  And again.  And no new projects til all this stuff is done!  Maybe I'll carry it over to June?  Or just do it again another month? 

Bleeckk!  I'll get the Facebook page up and running today, and the Pinterest board.  Check back here for the links!

It's in my DNA

At least, that's my excuse for why I have to make a bigger mess in order to clean something. 'Cause that's how my Dad does it.  Which is why I can honestly tell you, this is almost clean.

Nevermind, I didn't want a sewing room anyway!

Well, it's a good thing we had already decided to move Eliz and Lex into Eliz's room, b/c we may have water damage. We noticed a funny odor Saturday night in Lex's room, and neither Bry-D or I could find the source, which lead us both to think that it was in the wall or on the foundation. My Dad does home remodeling, so he came over to check things out. He believes(we won't be able to tell until it stops raining)that we have water between the brick and the drywall, in the space where the insulation is supposed to be. Well, hooray. I had already gotten Eliz's room ready to begin a slow transition to room sharing, however, we had to do a trial by fire last night. Things went much better than I had thought, both kids went to slept reasonably well. I put Lex in the portable crib, there was no way he was going to settle down and sleep on his floor bed; too much new stuff around! The other part of the moving them to one room was that Lex's room would then become a playroom, with the kids' toys and my sewing/crafting desk. The closet is a good size, so I thought we'd add a few shelves and be done with it. Well, mostly done with it. But now, I can't move in until we get the wall fixed. And we can't fix the wall until it stops raining. Fine then. I'll wait.


The wall. That I think has something against me. Maybe because I never painted a mural on that particular wall. Hhmph. And this is Bry-D's preferred weapon against possible mold.

Big strong man that he is. Te hehe, I love that man o' mine!