What does AMH Little Folks Voile and the flu have in common?

well really nothing except now that I have the flu, these super soft fabrics do have me wondering what I am going to do with them! I really need to think of a quilt pattern or blocks to use! any suggestions?!!

aren't they so pretty? I often read online how soft they were and they really are!

yes I do have the flu, well I think I have the flu, from what everyone is telling me, it sounds like the flu! I don't think I have ever had the flu or a flu shot and I guess it got me this week :(

I feel so behind on every area of my life right now being stuck here pretty much in the bed or on the couch but I did do a little organizing and I also went through a lot of paper work to purge. The organzing was happening in my craft room, I really needed to focus on it so I could be more productive in here! it was bad, it's not quite done yet but getting a lot closer now. I guess my whining and complaining on my last post about being so behind caught up with me now having the flu...it has forced me to stay home and be produtive here :)  I do feel pretty spoiled though, all I was thinking of this week while I have been sick is that I am so grateful to be able to be a stay at home mom so that when I am sick, I don't have to leave the house. (thank you Jim!) It's pretty nice! 

(I will have craftroom pics soon!)

PS... where is my brain?!!  I just remembered after writing this post that I received an award from a sweet friend, but I want it to have it's own post so I will post about that on the next post.....I swear it's the flu....(thanks Karen, love ya!)

 

my creative side.....

is not what I want or where I want it to be.....do you ever just feel so stuck? I mean I have the drive to be creative and Lord knows I have a good amount of fabric and scrapbooking supplies to be creative, I also have Betty , poor Betty, she needs a better owner! what woman wouldn't die to have her?!!  I have not spent enough time with her  ;)  it's mainly because of one barter project that I am stuck on, sooo close to being done, just about done! but I feel like I am not "allowed" to work on much else until this is finished and it's driving me crazy, it's hanging over my head!  I did make 2 pillowcases for a friend and waiting for some fabric to come in to make her some curtains.

I am behind on my ps i quilt, quilt a long, I STILL have 2 projects to finish for family (I am a horrible daughter and sister! lol),   I really want to start a new quilt for Zach, 1 have 2 other quilts, actually 3 (I just remembered a pinwheel quilt that I started a year ago)  that are cut and somewhat pieced. I have a *to do* list of fun stuff to make for myself, my home and friends, not even gonna mention all the scrapbooking pages I want to do :)

sometimes I start to feel a bit overwhelmed with all I want and need to do but it's a good thing because I love what I am overwhelmed with!!! you know what I mean? I have my crafty, outside and inside the home endeavors :)

it's so beautiful again this week where I live (last week was cold) but overall we have had a very mild winter here in AZ, I am itching to start my garden, and plant honeysuckles and more bareroot rose bushes, which need to be done this coming weekend. Last week I trimmed up hedges, weed eated and we sprayed for weeds. I want to work on my *pretty* side area of my house (Jim cringes when I mention this project!)
On the inside of the home, I want to repaint my craft room, revamp my laundry room, which is one room that is NOT working, it always becomes such a mess! redo my pictures in the living room and hallway. I am on the hunt for a type of buffet type of furniture from goodwill, yardsales that I can redo, I am still purging, mostly trying to get rid of 10-15 things a couple times a week, I have been organizing 1 or 2 small projects a week, things are looking better!

Here is a picture I need to share with the family...

Zach ran the 10K in Londons run and did great! GO ZACH!!!

I also got to spend some time with my sister Laurie before she moved toWisconsin to start her new life

                                                                                                                                                               that was a lot of rambling! hugs                                                                                                                    

oh and my book that I am reading that I told you about last week, One Thousand Gifts  is so good and I have only read the 1st Chapter, it had me crying in 2 places in the first chapter, I have to be careful because I really want to read ahead but since I am doing it with my mom and a online community over at (in) Courage I am trying to be good! go get it and read along with me!