Quilting room pics

Here are pics of my quilting room! This is stuff hanging over my doors. Gotta utilize all the wall space for decor since most of my wall space is taken up with my design wall.
I just got my design wall up and running today!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!

This is my pressing area and my sewing machine!

This is my cutting area under the window. It's great to have something to watch while cutting something out!

It's small, but it'll work!!!

FINALLY...something quilty!

This weekend, my daughter Sarah is a bridesmaid in her best friend's wedding. Molly will marry Matt and so I had to make a quilt. Can you guess what Molly's favorite color is??? YEP...you guessed it, GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
I sure hope she and Matt like it! Here's a close-up of the fabs. It's all quilted and the binding is on. I just have to do the hand stitching!
It sure felt good to quilt a bit!

Martha Stewart look out...

OK...so I got a bee up my "you know what" to make homemade spaghetti sauce cuz I am B*O*R*E*D...I went to the farmer's market this morning and got fresh tomatoes, carrots, and onions along with parsley and oregano. This is a totally MN grown spaghetti sauce! Here are the goods...with a few tomatoes to spare...First I had to core the tomatoes and then skin them by dunking them in a pot of boiling water and wait for the skin to split...

Then douse them in an ice water bath...

once they were cooled off the skin magically peeled off...I was totally impressed that this worked...Google is a good thing!!!

Here are the tomatoes in all of their "nakedness"...LOL after prepping the spices, onions, and carrots (yep, there are carrots in here...see ingredients above)...it is still simmering down to spaghetti sauce consistency.

I have tasted it and it's AMAZING...a bit spicy cuz there's crushed red pepper in there as well...but I think this recipe is a winner. I'm not sure how much it's gonna cost me...the tomatoes were about $8 and carrots were about .50...spices about $1 or so...when I see how much I get out of it I'll have a better idea of the cost...but it doesn't matter cuz it's way better than store bought!!!

Condo pics...

OK...we're not completely settled but here ya go...I hung a quilt up in the entry way...my future quilt gallery is finally started! WOOHOO!!!
This will be the sitting room...right now it's the "where should we put it" room! LOL Here's the master bath...beyond the wallon the left is the shower...the toilet is to the right of the towels...and the tub is behind the door on the right! You can see one of the double sinks to the left!

Master closet...before the master bath...just walk thru the door ahead and see the bath above! LOL

The master bedroom...

guest bath...

Steve's space...

the closet to steve's space...we NEED NEED NEED shelves!!!

my sewing room...still a WIP

my fabric closet

my sewing room as viewed from the family room

here's the kitchen and eating area from the family room

The deck before I spent 3 minutes reorganizing! LOL

This might work better...we'll give it a try...the jury is still out on this one!

SO...there ya have it...our condo...about 75% done...I still need to get my cutting area and design wall set up and then I'll be good to go!!!

Kitchen table arrived...

The new kitchen table arrived the other day... Problems with a chair...repairs...and now it's perfect!!

Almost done...

TADA...I want to find a neat graphic cloth for the chair covers...the tan isn't working for me!!!
I have quilted a little bit but no pics...just assembling HST's that I had from a looooong time ago but it was nice to sew a bit!!!

House...

So...we had an offer on our house in KS today...an INSULTING offer at that! They offered us $100K less than our asking price and that offer is $30K less than we paid for it 8yrs ago minus the pool, the landscaping around the pool, the finished basement, the granite countertops, and the theatre room and its equipment. WOW...really???????????? Is this a JOKE? I know the real estate business is rough right now but seriously people...make an offer that shows you want the house.

After reading the offer that our realtor sent via email...the couple only qualify for a sales price of $350K. IF, and I repeat IF...we said yes to this insulting offer...these people couldn't afford the property taxes and upkeep of the pool. What are people thinking? We've had a mortgage crisis here in America and they would be just another chapter in that book if we agreed to sell it to them...WHICH WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for listening to me vent! PS...the sewing room is ALMOST done...I might be able to purchase what I need for my design wall and cutting board area! WOOHOO!!!

July 4th...2009

Sarah and her pup arrived Thursday night. We enjoyed the evening on our little deck with a few margaritas!

I said good morning to Autumn on Friday!

Friday we went shopping and Saturday we spent constructing furniture and rearranging furniture! It was great to have Sarah's input...AND help!!!!

Saturday night we were invited to the rooftop deck, met some people in the building and watched the fireworks. It was pretty cool!!!

Sunday I made breakfast and got Sarah and Autumn on the road back to KS. It was fun to have them here...I miss them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still a mess...

There's a long way to go...but here's my sewing room...it needs a little TLC...stay tuned!!!

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I'm not dead...just buried in BOXES!!!!!!!!!!!! It took me almost 3 days to get the kitchen unpacked and organized.

Here's a pic of the kitchen after we closed on it. More chaos pics later...I need some zzzzzzzzz's now!

My life in 3 snapshots...

Happy 27th Anniversary Steve!!!! I love you!!! See you tomorrow.

Moving...

The moving van showed up today. Lots of boxes everywhere and there's still more to do. Tomorrow they will be back to HOPEFULLY finish up. I have a night planned with girlfriends and do NOT want to delay it. It will be fun but emotional! Delivery date of our stuff to MN will be this Saturday. Keep me in your prayers...this is rough...tomorrow, 6/18 is our 27th anniversary and we'll be apart for the first time EVER...not fun...

Maui...

Here are a few pics from our trip to Maui with Steve's parents. It was a super trip...now to the task of moving...UGH...NOT NOT NOT happy about it but I want to be with Steve so it's what I have to do. I'll be out of commission for several days. Don't worry about me...just a change of location!

Steve and his dad took the SAME tshirt to be their "pool" shirt...UGH...

Steve and I in Maui

Steve, myself and his parents in Maui...


Steve and I at the Luau...

Our final sunset...GORGEOUS...

A new life looms...

Tomorrow I fly to Mn and tie up loose ends on our condo. I will be with Steve, the love of my life, and feel like life starts anew. We fly to Maui on Sunday for a week with his parents and then it's back to KS to have us packed and moved to MN. It's a very disconcerting time in my life. I am sad...yet incredibly happy to be with Steve. It's been a difficult 9 months apart (although we had a lot of times together)...but talking on the phone every night at 8:00 just isn't the same as getting caught up in person over dinner.

Leaving kids and friends behind breaks my heart...but when I got married, almost 27 years ago, it was for better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness in health, until death do us part. And this living apart...well, in one word...it SUCKS...............

Keep us in your prayers...pray our house in KS sells...and that I find friends to love like the friends that I love so much here in KS.

It's June.............

My days are numbered..............................

SAD...............

tomorrow my fridge and deck table/chairs will be gone. I have a few things to sell on Craig's List, then a week in Maui before moving back to MN. When we moved to KS, almost 8 years ago, I always said I wanted to go back "home" to MN...but HOME is KS now. I do not want to leave my kids...DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT want to leave my kids here...not to mention friends as well.

I AM SAD.....................................................

Graduation Tshirt Quilt

This tshirt quilt is for my niece and goddaughter for her graduation gift. I sure hope she likes it! I just LOVE making these types of quilts because of the individuality of each and every one of them!

Girl's Night at the "K"

Tonight was "Girl's Night at the K"...Kaufman Stadium, home to the KC Royals. From left to right: me, Nancy, Denise, and Carla...What a BLAST!!! It was my bday celebration with the girls!

Even Sluggerrrrrrrrrrrr posed with me...aren't we cute?

There was a contest for "Fan of the Game"...I was one of 2 people to compete on the big screem

And the WINNER IS....................................................

YEP...ME! I got a $25 gift card to a local grocery store and coupons for some free bottles of marinade! YES!

FUN times before I move in about a month...*SIGH*