Slow Progress

While I can't vouch for my where abouts lately, I can tell you...it has NOT been cleaning my family room. 

Deb, I told myself (that is my name): you have been working on this silly room for days. Why is it not done?  The answer is quite simple.  "Those" people I live with  (aka: my family), keep finding other stuff for me to do.  And It really doesn't take much to get me off track. I did fill one black garbage bag with trash...and part of my youngest son's childhood. I went through the HUGE stack of school papers I had saved over the last 10 years and winnowed it down to fit in one file box. 

A School Career...in 1 neat file box!

Monday, it cooled off enough (if you call temps in the 90's cooler...) that I decided to "declutter" my front porch. Granted, there was no sewing stuff there...but it really needed it. All this heat/humidity has left countless spider webs & dead bugs everywhere. I took EVERYTHING off the porch. Swept it.  I swept the floor and the walls! Then, my son Big Boy hosed everything down and I swept the water off the porch. 

Ahh...a nice place to relax again. 

The porch  needed more plants, so Big Boy and I drove to Menards and found a few begonias (for .85 cents/six pack!)  and I planted them in the wall hanger. I also planted a lavender plant I bought last week and put it in a pot. I hope it adds some aroma to the porch area. Ahh, Life! 

Tuesday found me preparing myself for a job interview.  I think I did well...so hopefully I will no longer be among the unemployed.  

But, I couldn't forget One Flower Wednesday.  Here is my growing bouquet.  Thank you Karen at Journey Of A Quilter  for sponsoring this.  If not for One Flower Wednesday, I wouldn't have gotten ANY sewing done! 

Okay, maybe it is Two Flower Wednesday

Have a great rest of the week. I hope to be more productive. I WILL conquer my family room.  From there...I will be moving onto an even bigger project. My basement full of fabric. 

Still puttin' my pieces together, bit by bit,

Deb

PS:  Check out my newest pincushion on my ETSY site, Prairie Zen   .

Asian Gentleman Pin Cushion