52:24

Last week of filming for Property Virgins!

Paul, Myself & Sandra during wrap up!

currently...

...dreaming of a new sewing machine after reading this post.
...waiting for dinner to be done (the bf is making taco's)
...thinking the week might get worse before it gets better (in work related areas)
...bumbed that mom isn't coming down anymore to help pack.  1. because she has to have surgery :S and 2. because it means I actually have to start packing myself.
...contemplating all the packing that actually needs to be done. blah.
...wondering what that cocktail was made of at the Flare party tonight - it was very yummy. 
...hoping that we can see our house on Thursday while we are in town
...thinking of what has to be done before we move and what can just wait. (ie. need house insurance immediately and need to schedule movers, everything else can wait)
...hoping that once we move my life will settle down a bit (or at least feel like its settled a bit)
...wondering if I should sort and reduce things we don't really need as we move, or just move everything and deal with it there.

oh so many things on my mind and so little time.

May Crafty Review

Okay, so even though it was right at the end of the month I still ended up getting sewing done in May. 

We went up to Paul's grandma and grandpa's the last weekend in May because Uncle Barry was up for the Memorial day weekend. He wanted some new curtains for the trailer and a doggy bed cover for Rockets bed.

I wasn't really sure how to do the curtains originally because, the windows/wall are slanted in the area that we wanted new curtains for.  We ended up deciding to use velcro on the wall and curtains and basically just make a big rectangle.  Then its easy to put up and easy to get down.  The velcro wasn't really sticking to the metal in the trailer, although it was very humid, but I think a little super glue and it will be fine.

I had a ruff idea on how to make the doggie bed cover.  There was a basic pattern in one of my sewing magazines.  Grandma and I made a circle pattern and basically just had two big circles and a long rectangle for the middle.  The back has a flat piece, similar to a pillow sham so the bed can just slide in and out. We saw them again this weekend (for Aunt Shirley & Uncle John's Anniversary Party) and Rocket seems to be very happy with his bed.

June is going to be a good sewing month too.  Even though we are getting the house and suppose to be packing up, I've already finished two projects!  I'll wait and post at the end of the month, cause who knows what else I might be able to finish!

52:23

I moved into a new group at work a few weeks ago, and they all sit on the 5th floor of our office.  So this week I moved up to join them.  They did some shuffling, and I ended up getting an office.

The office manager told me "don't get to comfortable in here".  I'm actually okay with that for the 2 hours I was in there yesterday afternoon it was very weird. Now there is only the five of us that sit on the 5th floor (the rest is all finance), so its very quiet, although hoping to get a lot more work done.

Happy June 1st Day!

13 years ago I spent 90% of my summer at my grandpa's trailer.  We danced and sang and hung around the camp fire.  I kissed boys I only saw during the summer, ate tons of watermelon, and swam every day.  It was a fantastic summer.

I was 16 and having the time of my life. That summer we had my aunts old video camera and us girls (my sister, and my two cousins) would video tape ourselves dancing around on rainy days to "oldies" music.  We'd laugh and occasionally get into a fight, but it's a summer we will never forget. 

On one particular day that summer my cousin Ange had the video camera and was giving a play-by-play as she video taped around the room.  The camera's date in the corner of the screen said "June 1st".  "Happy June 1st day" she said, and ever since its been our special holiday.  Despite the fact that we've all forgotten since then that the day she saw "June 1st" on the camera wasn't even June 1st it was some random day in July, but we can't remember that random day so we celebrate today. 

Our own specially little holiday to kick of the camping season and a time to remember dancing around, falling off couches, endless laughing and being a kid in the summer. 

This is us at my cousin Sam's wedding a few years ago.  I wish I could find a picture of us from that summer but with all the packing going on around here, that's a lost cause.


Happy June 1st day girls!  Love you!

52:22

My least favourite part of sewing is the cutting out of patterns and fabric.  You have to be so spot on, cause if you make a mistake here, there is no fixing it. 

The starting of my School House Tunic - hopefully to be finished in time for the Anniversary Party this Saturday.

52:21

SOLD! (to us!)

(Okay, so I goofed again, and this was actually taken on the holiday Monday, which was actually week 22, but since it was a long weekend and it still felt like the same week, I'm going to count it as week 21)

Currently...

... wishing it wasn't sunday evening at 8pm.
... so excited that in 22 days we get our house!
... thinking it was a great weekend in the sun up north with good friends and family.
... excited to move up to the 5th floor at work this week, to my own office!
... very nervous that in 22 days we get our house :S
... thinking that sitting in the sun all day without sun screen might not have been the smartest idea - however not nearly as red as I thought i'd be.
... hoping this week goes better then last week and that things at work start to become "normal" again.
... just finished cutting out the pattern pieces (on paper) for my school house tunic
... really hoping that the size I cut out for the tunic is the right one :S
... thinking of things we NEED to get for the new house, and things we just WANT for the new house.
... thinking how busy we are this summer.  (4 weddings, 1 anniversary party, 1 birthday party, 1 new house move, several "housewarming parties")
... thinking that we didn't have dinner tonight, but still full from the BBQ this afternoon!

Our House, the inside.

Okay, now that everything is truly official I can post some pictures of what in exactly one month today will be very much our new home!!!

Instead of posting all the pictures individually I've made a mosiac from here.  This first one is a view of our first floor.

1. Entry Way, 2. Dining Room, 3. Kitchen, 4. Kitchen other angle,
5. Living Room, 6. View of Dining Room from Living Room, 7. Backyard, 8. Other side of backyard

The Second Floor

1. Upstairs Main Bath, 2. Other side of main bath, 3. Hallway, 4. Spare Bedroom, 5. Master Bedroom
6. Master Walkin closet, 7. Master bath, 8. Spare Room/ Future Sewing Room, 9. Hallway looking downstairs, 10. Powder Room on Main floor heading to basement.

There is also a Second Floor Laundry room that I forgot to take a picture of, but very much looking forward to it! Its hidden around the corner from what will be my sewing room.

Basement

1. Top of Stairs leading to the basement aka broom storage, 2. Storage Space under the steps
3. Unfinished basement space/ furnace/ wash tub, 4. Other half of basement to become Paul's man cave in the future.

So that's it. :)  What do you think?  Its only 3 years old and everything is in very good condition.  The only improvements we plan on making right away is some paint in the upstairs master bedroom and the room that is going to be my sewing room. 

We've chosen a green/grey theme for our bedroom but i'm still stumped on my sewing space.  I think I want it to be fairly neutral so that I can really see my fabric for what it is, but then again I want it to be a fun space.  Any thoughts ?!?

52:20

My life as a realty TV star. 

Just bought a house!

Oh my gosh.

So crazy.

Will update with pictures and details when I get a spare second. 

52:19

First week of filming for Property Virgins - perfect photo-op!

March & April Crafty Review

Okay due to all the craziness March wasn't very crafty.  But April definitely made up for it! 

Finished projects included: 

Birthday Tie for Jesse

Baby Blanket for Mary-Ann & Jordan - Pink, Grey and Green on the front and soft minky on the back.

Matching Bib for Mary-Ann & Jordan's new little girl - who is yet to make her appearance!

Pinafore for Edith's first Birthday - Front view

Pinafore for Edie - Back View.  It's still miles to big for her, but she'll grow into it.

This receiving blanket, that still hasn't been gifted yet.

And this cute clutch that I made to take to Sarah & Gary's buck and doe.  I totally screwed up the inside but outside looks good.

 I also worked on my wild things quilt a bit, and have coming up with new projects, re-determining projects for weddings and babies that still a few months away.  Between searching for the new house, taping for the show, and work, I need to get my sewing butt into gear over the next few months if I want to be anywhere close to finished.  Wish me luck.

Whoa.

Sometimes life just gets away from you.  

And no matter how hard you try to keep up, you feel like you just keep hitting the ground.  Then end of March and most of April were like that for me.  I'm going to choose to just put it behind me and move on.  I'm not even going to tell you my excuses reasoning's on why the month was like that.  Let's just chalk it up to a few bad decisions (on my part) and the rest of it was just life. 

But seriously there were a few very exciting things that were going on at the same time. We are DEFINITELY buying a house and we're going to be on TV.  My dad has been saying for a while, we should apply to HGTV's Property Virgins.  How it would be "such a great experience for new home buyers" and "that we are sure to get a lot of knowledge from it" and the fact that we'd get to be on TV.  So the last weekend in March I sent off a quick email giving all the info they required, and honestly never thinking they'd email/ call. 

The next morning (a Sunday!) we get a call.  I think we were both incredibly shocked.  Okay its one thing to write an email and say ya we want to be on your show.  It's a whole other thing when they write you back and say we want you to be on our show.  There was a few things we had to do before they could officially approve us - but we made it through all the stages, and we can officially call our selves Property Virgins!

So on top of the show we actually get to buy a house - that is the truly exciting part.  We've been out the last two weekends and it's weird.  I mean i've had to search for a new apartment almost every year for the last 10 years, but house hunting that's different. 

This is going to be ours we can do whatever we want to it/ with it. And I can't wait.  We have already been through the offer/bidding war once. 

This is us waiting out in our car, on what was a very humid Sunday night. (this was one week ago, yesterday it snowed. oh spring, please stop playing with my emotions.) We lost out on it because of conditions - but we're okay with that.  There are a ton of houses out there.

Okay I think that's enough for one post right now.  I'll be back with my March and April crafty round ups.

52:18

week 18: accomplished making my own pajama pants....that are about 2 sizes to big.  but they sure are comfy.