The Sewing Mom

We’ve had so much going on in and around our home in the last couple of weeks, I feel like I’ve been doing nothing but cleaning. This past weekend was definitely that way. We had a crawling baby in the house for 5 days and there was no way I was letting her crawl around on dirty, dog hair covered floors, so I was sweeping and vacuuming every morning and a couple of times, I swept again in the afternoon. It makes it worse that the dog we have, you know the one that we were told wouldn’t shed too much, sheds constantly. Sometimes, I’d like to attach the dog to the end of a stick and use her to sweep up her own hair! (just kidding, you know I love this spoiled dog!)

Now that everyone is gone and we have a few weeks off before our next set of house guests, I’m ready to conserve my energy and give cleaning a rest. Yesterday I even found a way to re-energize myself and ignore the cleaning process all together. I spent the day floating on a raft in our swimming pool! It was the absolute most relaxing day I’ve had in a long time and I loved it! I would have repeated the activity again today, but alas, it rained.

Since I don’t have any type of robotic cleaning device, eventually, I will have to resume my daily cleaning routine. Either that or I will be wading through dog hair in a matter of days. At least by using the Dirt Devil AccuCharge Stick Vac and Hand Vac I can use 70% less electricity than my regular vacuum. These Dirt Devils have even earned the Energy Star approval.

While I really prefer to just ignore cleaning, every now and again, it does have to be done. Since I can’t put the dog on a stick and use her as a broom,I might as well use the Dirt Devil cordless technology that has earned the Energy Star approval. At least I’m cutting down on my electric bill and getting clean floors at the same time!

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I am so excited!  My daughter and I were out running errands today and we headed to the quilt shop to get some fabric and supplies for my fabric bags.  We then headed to my daughter’s guitar lesson.

I was driving in from a different direction than if we had come from home.  When we arrived, we were on the opposite side of the building than where we usually park and my daughter casually mentioned that there was a quilt shop right across the street.  I said “WHAT”!?  I couldn’t believe it.  She has been going to this guitar studio for about a year now and I drive her there myself once a week.  I have NEVER seen this store.  I was so excited, I couldn’t wait to go check it out.

It wasn’t an overly large shop, but they did have some nice fabrics and some good information.  I learned that they had been in their location now for about a year and a half.  I just couldn’t believe that I had not found them sooner.  I also learned that there is a quilt show this weekend in Mesquite, TX which is only 25 miles from where we live.  I might just have to go check it out.

I bought a kit to make a tote bag from blue and brown fabrics.  It’s really pretty and can’t wait to get started on it.  I think it will be a great bag for grocery shopping.  It also has quite a few pockets in it so it will come in handy for many other uses. I think I need to go get started, I’m anxious to put this fabric to use!

Tags: fabric, quilt shop

What do you do to reach your goals? Do you work hard? It’s sort of like that saying, “anything worth doing is worth doing well”. That’s how I feel about my sewing, if I’m going to create it, I want it do be done well. It may take me longer to complete a project, but it’s worth it in the end.

That’s exactly the thinking behind Honda vehicles and their new Honda Accord television ad. This ad took a lot of practice and coordination, two skydiving planes, 50 sky divers, some with cameras on their helmets, a ground crew and lots of blue skies to make it work. The sky divers performed difficult jobs as they jumped to form 3 different designs in the sky and finally, the work ACCORD, before deploying their parachutes for a landing. This is really an incredible commercial, one I could watch repeatedly (and that’s saying something!). This ad certainly conveys the quality and integrity that’s synonymous with the Honda Accord.

Remember, Difficult is worth doing. Take a look and I think you will agree.

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Today is going to be somewhat of a busy day. We have several appointments to get to today for my daughter and I’m going to try to squeeze in a few errands along the way. With gas prices the way the are, I’m trying to create a driving route that allows me to accomplish as much as I can while I’m out instead of having to go home, back out, home, back out. Here’s my list for today.

1. Complete some online bill paying
2. Laundry
3. Orthodontist Appointment (daughter)
4. Stop by the library
5. Go to the quilt shop for fabric to complete bag orders
6. Guitar lesson (daughter)
7. Grab some dinner (hamburgers or pizza)
8. Softball practice

The first appointment is at 1 and the last practice starts at 6.  If all goes according to plan, we’ll be out of the house from about 12:30 until about 8:30 tonight.  We will come home for a quick dinner just before softball and to allow my daughter to get her gear on.  That also means I won’t be online too much today, so hopefully I can drop EC cards tonight.

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