Did I mention….

… my house was for sale? While I am trying to be thankful that we are in a position where we can move, and thankful that we need more space, and content for this house that I love that we built 9 years ago… I about hit a wall today!!! The kids were out of school and it was showing at 2:00. Back it up to about 10:00 and that’s when the cleaning begins. My house stays pretty clean, but EVERY toy has to be put in it’s place, beds have to be made, ALL the “junk” including dirty laundry usually gets thrown in the back of my car (along with the toaster oven which CAN’T be left on the counter). All the blinds are left open and the lights on just perfectly with a spritz of Febreeze room spray in each room! Doing all this with 3 kids running around is a chore. And did I mention we did this Friday, Saturday and again today!! How about an offer people??? Just one! Please…
In less whiny news we got a new computer last week and it is A-W-E-S-O-M-E!! I actually watched a 2 hour TV show on it last night and it’s clear as day! The keyboard and mouse are both wireless and it only has 1 cord, as all of the computer brains are IN the screen. Love. It. I am now working to get all of my *stuff* loaded on it. I managed to get Sew What Pro loaded with some help from Steve. I also got Monogram Wizard Plus loaded, but I have NOT gotten my extra alpha paks on there yet. I also haven’t moved all of my embroidery and design files yet. Anywho, it’ll be wonderful when we get it all set up.
Here is a pic of Sissy with her Simple Cross shirt on. I love this design!
And a closeup – I got this fabric in lavendar too on Friday. It’s a sweet little fabric!
I’m working on editing my pictures from Friday’s road trip to Beth’s. I will work on that post for tomorrow… I took lots of pictures in her store of all the beautiful fabric as well as the new ones I needed got. Lots of dainty florals, lavenders and a good Easter plaid. Check back for that post.

All Family, All In…

We made the trip this past week to the BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME in Glendale, AZ! First stop… Vegas (Sat – Mon morning). Not too much to report from there other than great food and an awesome hotel (Palazzo). Lots of people watching… We drove to Glendale Monday morning and spent the day walking around and “tailgating”. What an awesome trip!
Here is a pic of me & Jeff just before the game:
This is during God Bless America and they had an EAGLE fly the stadium. The place went C-R-A-Z-Y!!! This was one of a few emotional moments of the game ~ this and when they reunited families with their loved ones from Iraq on the field!
This was the end of the game ~ Auburn won 22-19! Very close and very nerve wracking – I needed a Valium those last few minutes! As I type this Jeff is watching the game on Tivo…
Here we are again after the game! WAR EAGLE!!
We got home Wednesday evening as planned. Lots of people got stuck out in AZ due to the weather, or stuck in random airports all over the US trying to get back home!
Still recovering ~ planning a LAZY weekend!
In Embroidery news, I made an impromptu unplanned trip to Beth’s Heirloom this morning and I actually had my camera on me, so I took some pics and will do another post this weekend. I got lots of beautiful fabric! I also went by Caffco Floral Outlet and got some clear bags I was out of.
In House news, last week’s couple went back to VA and evidently have to lease their house there before buying one here, and evidently they like ours, and evidently they have to do something by February. We’ll see! Our house showed today and shows again tomorrow. Lots of traffic now that Christmas is over! What does this mean? Basically all of my sewing stuff has been put away for over a week now. My machine stays in my dining room and my computer stays when I don’t take it down too. I have a hand full of shirts to do that were given to me before we left and I will work on those this weekend or next week. I DON’T think I’m taking too many orders at this time. A) because with our house showing so much it’s just a hassle to bring it all out and then have to put it all back up at a moments notice, B) our house could sell at any moment and I don’t want 50 shirts piled up to do (nervous breakdown waiting to happen), or have to return to their owners with nothing on them and C) we also got a new computer yesterday and it’s going to take a bit to get it set up with all of my software and programs and files! I’m VERY excited about it but am nervous too about the transition! It’s a big screen Sony All-In-1 computer. The keyboard and mouse are both wireless and all of the CPU stuff is IN the screen. Less cords and no big computer box! AND…. D) I am still wanting to switch my BLOGGER blog over to a WORDPRESS blog.
In Applique Cafe news, we did do 1 design on our laptop while on the plane. We will hopefully get back to work this weekend on new Spring designs!
Stay tuned for my Beth’s post!

New Year and BLOGS!

It has been crazy since my last post. Holidays are over, back to school, back to work, back to reality, back to getting up before 9:30 AM…. I appliqued a few shirts this week for a friend heading to Disney next month and did a bib/burp baby gift. That’s about it! Wednesday morning I got a call that someone wanted to see the house. It was a M-E-S-S ~ serious Holiday hungover house mess! I had 1 hour to completely clean it. They came. They saw. Yesterday (Thursday) morning I get another call from the same realtor ~ they wanted to come see it AGAIN! Again, I had about an hour to get the house in order. Did I mention that I had to put all of my sewing stuff up Wed., got it back out Wed. afternoon and then had to put it all back up yesterday. It is still all “up” which means hidden in my closet. As of last night these people liked our house, but we didn’t hear anything today so we hope that means they are taking the weekend to mull it over!?
In Applique Cafe news, we put out several new designs over the Holidays ~ Valentines and Easter. Check them out ~ New designs are listed first…! We’ll have some more new stuff in a week or so.
In BLOG news, I think I have definitely decided to switch over to a WordPress blog. I’ve started following several blogs (which have all been added to my blog list) and they are all WordPress and I love them! They are very neat and organized and appealing. Very professional. Not that I’m professional, but I think it’s time to make the switch. I have the # of a guy who can hopefully help me do this. I have over 3 years of blog juice and posts and Google status and I don’t want to lose any of it. Stay tuned!
In other blog news, I’m a huge fan of The Pleated Poppy! She is the one who does the WIWW and while I tried to keep up with this, it only lasted me a few days. Anyway, she wears these cute taupe colored Target boots that are cute ~ seen in a lot of her photos. I went to Target this week and they had my size, on clearance, for $12.56! I was excited! So excited that I commented on her blog about my find. I got a REPLY back from her! She actually read my comment and replied! I was so excited! I also like to read Fly Through Our Window. On both of these blogs this week there was a story of Edie, who is also a fellow blogger. Her blog is www.lifeingraceblog.com and you MUST read this post: http://www.lifeingraceblog.com/2010/12/the-god-who-promises.html It is incredibly and beautifully written, even though it’s a tragedy. All great blogs! All wordpress!
We are getting ready for the BCS Championship Game! WAR EAGLE! I promise to post something more than words next week! Have a great weekend!