Giveaways!

Annie, over at Regarding Annie, did such a fun thing...giveaways on HER birthday for others! I was lucky enough to be one of the three recipients of a benevolent gift, a junk tie! Now, this is my first experience with a junk tie and I hope that I am wearing it correctly.

Thank you Annie, not only for the gift, but for sharing your marvelous writing talent with all to enjoy!

Coming along...

I have a new quilt under way. It is taking me a while to get it cut out as I keep procrastinating, but that stage is soon over and I will have something to share! Thanks to Camille, this video was inspiration for today...now I am going to figure out what I am going to make all my peeps for Christmas this year! Enjoy.

Hawthrone Threads Giveaway!

It's a giveaway! I love giveaways. Charlie and Lindsay have moved from Etsy and opened a new website (which is fabulous by the way) and are hosting a giveaway! Click here to check out their new site and enter to win! They are quick with the orders and have a great selection of fabrics...and will chat with you! Oh, and check out the shop for fabric by color! That is a handy tool.

Fraternal twins

Finally, they are born! These two quilts are from a pattern created by this talented gal. I wanted to have them finished when I went out to Oregon after the race, but didn't quite get them done.

However, they are now on their way to Oregon with my hubby who will be hand delivering them today to these two special ladies:




Love you Grandma and Ursula!

Foyer is finished!

Finally, a color we like! Thank you Cynthia for helping me pick put the color and to Katie Rae for your awesome suggestions. It is a great feeling to have it done...and it is so warm and inviting now.
 

Foyer remodel and dining room colors

We have been trying to paint our foyer for about a month now. We have gone through 4 different colors and still don't like it. This last time I bought a different brand of paint and realized THAT makes a huge difference! Needless to say, I won't be buying that brand again. Here is what our wall looks like now...

and this is what I "think" I want it to look like. I love the dark chocolate in this room, yet I am afraid it will be too dark, so in the meantime I have spent way too much time and $ on other colors!


Here is our foyer. It is not very big and the lighting is yellow. Maybe I should switch the light bulbs. That would be a novel idea.

What to do, what to do. I've already spent $60 in paint I will probably never use. Any suggestions?

In other news, I love how my dining room turned out. Here are the colors:

I am debating what type of fabric to use for the window treatment. What do you think of this? Maybe I should add more color somewhere? I am not good at these things. Help please?!

Marathon is completed!

To read and see more about my marathon, click here. It was an amazing journey!

26.2 in San Francisco!

Fundraising is completed! nice. Around $4200 is what I raised all together. Thank you to everyone who participated in making this a success for me. I am so excited to be on my way to San Fran in 9 days! Yes, 9! 26.2 here I come.

Ready. Set. Run! and run and run and run...

Here is what I have planned on this trip so far:

A night tour of this place...


And a slice of this cheesecake, dolloped with cream (fortunately the Cheesecake Factory is right across the street from our hotel!) This is my post race reward, maybe I'll take the whole cake...



A visit to Portland to see Grandma Hari

and Ursula (sorry Ur, I don't have a picture but am excited to come!) both of whom I am running in honor of.

Of course none of this would be possible with out the wonderful support of this person,



who has watched the kids every Saturday morning for more than 3 months now and helped me with fundraisers without complaining I might add! You are amazing and thanks honey (can I get a massage now please?).

What have I been up to?

I must say, there hasn't been a whole lot of creative projects being accomplished at my house lately. In fact, this summer has been filled with all kinds of other events that there hasn't been time to sew. Fortunately I haven't been sitting on my butt all summer eating bon bons (although I did have Godiva Cheesecake from here last night...I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!) but have been very busy with running, fundraising and playing with my kids. So here's to my summer fav's:

1. Cynthia and I have been hard at work trying to figure out ways to raise money for our race. Here we are at a charity car wash and I am glad we were able to capture this moment. Cynthia is an amazing person who has overcome many obstacles. She is a caring person and goes the extra mile in all that she does.
 

2. We joined our pool this summer and man was that the best decision EVER! Won't miss another summer without that. The benefit of being members of the pool meant that Sadie could participate with the swim team. I was so proud of her for all that she accomplished. She was very proud of her trophy!
 

3. This young man is growing up to be such a polite and thoughtful kid. I have really enjoyed watching him help with Derek and be kind to those around him. I enjoy his energy and laughter. We enjoyed a trip to Grandma & Grandpa Johns' house this summer where we lived the high life.
 

3. This about sums up his summer! Always on the go, but also very patient and willing to go along with the flow. Derek is such a pleasure to have around and I love having him as my constant side kick.
 

So, here's to a summer well spent and fall just around the corner. I can't wait to start creating again, that is after my marathon is completed!

Running for Ursula, Gabe , Grandma Evelyn and Uncle Fay!

Running for Ursula, Gabe , Grandma Evelyn and Uncle Fay!

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