Back in the Swing

I have been gone for a long time. Too long really.  A lot has changed since my last post. 

Curtis and I are expecting our first child this Thanksgiving. Amelia will be here before I know it and I CANNOT wait to hold her.  That said I am terrified out of my mind. She's already super active all the time.  I don't sleep much already.  

This next stage of our life is also coming with a change of venue.  Curtis got a really good new job and with it we are moving to a new house at the end of the month.  We have to move out of our apartment really really quickly. We have just at 3 weeks.  

It's a lot.

I do not recommend moving this quickly at almost 30 weeks pregnant. Especially when you've been given orders to lift nothing.  Curtis has been fantastic and taking on so many responsibilities. Especially since my most recent doctor's visit where I was instructed to greatly reduce my stress (and eat more!). 

My fur babies are all stressed out. Especially the newest addition we welcomed into our tiny home almost a year ago. 

Meet Stitch.  He showed up in October last year as a small hungry kitten and melted my heart.  When a big male cat tried to kill him one night I declared he was from then on a member of our home. He fits right in and him and grumpy kitty get along fantastically.  It's like they've always lived together.  

Stitch has never experienced a move, he's sticking by my side constantly and follows me around. He'll love the new house and all the space it will give him.  

That's another fact I'm excited about.  We are going from a one bedroom apartment, to a large spacious 3 bedroom home. With extra rooms.  I am trilled beyond words.  Hubby will have his own room for all his gear so it stays out of our way.  I can even set up a craft room in another extra room.

 This new home is a blessing and we are so thankful. I cannot wait to get into it and set it up. 

And then wait for Miss Amelia to make her debut!

Beginning anew

I am starting a new job this Friday. I cannot express how excited I am to be starting this venture. I have been so excited that I have forgotten to work on the Soda QAL.  All I have managed to do is get the squares laid out and organized into rows.

I wanted to work on it yesterday but I had blood work done and honestly it knocked me out.


Hopefully tomorrow will be the day to finally start getting them put together. And finally start attaching some petals.

Misplaced

I have lost the cord to our camera.  I have turned this house inside out and upside down and cannot find it.  


This should move me to further organize the house and do some cleaning, but it doesn't.  All it moved me to do was continue to sew and do some dusting and straightening .  Plus some laundry and dishes.  


On another note, Maybe it's time for computers to have an SD card slot.  

Wishing for a Break

Not from projects. From this insane heat.


Don't get me wrong, I like summer,however I'm more of a fall girl myself. Georgia during fall is nice. It's not cold, but nice and cool with beautiful colors. I also get to show off my hand knit scarf collection.


This week between working, getting started on the Soda QAL and trying to avoid heatstroke I had no time to even attempt a post before today.


All my squares are cut and in a neat stack on my coffee table. My fur babies have shown no interest in them and likely won't till I need to work on them. I traced all my petals onto my fusable webbing with some help from the hubby.


I went one step further and went ahead and ironed the webbing onto the fabric and have started cutting them out. Hubby took care of all the ironing for me so I need to make him something special soon.


I still have 400 petals left to cut out. Sounds like it's time to watch a BBC miniseries.

Friday!

And things are somewhat together..... Somewhat.... Kind.....  We've been to Jamaica and back. Had a fantastic trip 

Hubby and I had a blast hanging out at this late night lounge that overlooked the ocean. We liked it so much that we went there ever. single. night. 

We spent a good amount of our time at the pool or the beach.  It was so very relaxing and calming.  I am now somewhat spoiled since our time spent in lounge chairs was spent with much reading and several naps. Also, beverages were continually refilled without my ever having to get up!

This was a perfect anniversary trip for the two of us and one we wish we could repeat every year.  We both turned our phones off stuck them in the safe and didn't pull them out again until we were leaving.  We didn't take computers with us either.  It actually felt really good to disconnect and focus on each other.  The resort we stayed at was a couples only resort and the entire place was set up for romance.

I have never swam in water as clear and beautiful as the waters in Jamaica.  The views were always agreeable. We did not want to come home. 

Once we did it was back to work on craft projects. 
I have my fabrics for the Soda QAL and they are pictured below.  They're cut too.  I decided to get a little ahead so that I can take my time cutting the petals (still haven't bought my fusable web yet). Hopefully tomorrow's store run will have my supply list finished and I can start drawing my petals and get going on cutting the 445 petals (oh deer Lord that number gets me every time). 

And in case you didn't notice I joined another QAL.  It's a Super Mario Brothers one over at Cut to Pieces.  It's going to be interesting!