super saturday happenings

as much as i despise shopping at any big or popular establishment in person after thanksgiving, we braved the houston freeways and went to ikea. early. when there is still parking available.

i had to return some dining room chair cushions that seemed to be about an inch short, but at the store today, they had one on my style chair and it fit perfectly. maybe i had defective cushions? no idea.

at ikea, instead of putting the decorations on the christmas tree and finishing the storage shed in the backyard while we had sunlight, we bought this:




the norden occasional table. minus all the stuff....



my cuisinart finally has a real home! look - it fits and so do all 10 blade attachments! now i just have to use the darn thing.

and because i must be insane, or at least a glutton for punishment, i got the back of my mom's wonky log cabin christmas quilt finished and basted it all together about 10 minutes ago. the cat is helping of course. i started this last weekend and intend to finish it before christmas.



i had some issues last night with this quilt, so i set it aside and steamed instead. me that is. same with trying to decorate the christmas tree.... the boys attempted it while i cooked, but i had to take nearly all the ornaments off so i could rearrange them in a proper fashion. i haven't put them back on yet. that's later this evening and tomorrow.

i think this is the latest i've ever decorated the tree. tradition in my family is around my sister's birthday (the 15th) and i'm a few days late. we wanted to get one last weekend, but was busy with the shed and the trees at home depot looked dead. then on tuesday, i sat in the hospital with my dad waiting while my mom was in surgery. tooooo tired after that long day waiting to get a tree up.

snow in houston!!

teaching boo to catch snowflakes

it snowed yesterday and during the night in the greater houston area - including my side of town by the water. it's lovely and gorgeous. we woke up boo to play in it some. snow just doesn't happen here... last time was christmas 2004 and the beach got more snow than the northern side of town and it stuck for 4 days. this will melt off in a few hours now that the sun is up and the temps rising.

debris left from hurricane ike - covered in snow

i've decided to start blogging again. much thanks to sew mama sew and their fantastic give-away day last week. i had been searching for craft and quilting blogs for ideas and inspirations with a little luck, but they gave me a huge and wonderful list of blogs to visit. eventually, i'll start posting pictures and details of all the work i'm doing for you guys out there (if anyone actually reads any of this). of course, i have to learn all the cool tricks to blogger - over time. i'm at work right now and don't have photos either!

i am working on too many projects at the moment and almost all with huge time contraints, i.e. christmas. having a 6-yr old in the house doesn't help because i can't work on his stuff or similar items when he's awake or home. i'll get it done. i'm starting to plan out next year already with some good ideas from several of you out there. just need to start earlier... and not have hurricanes and broken sewing machines and friends with short engagements get in the way.

happy blogging and i'm going to enjoy looking out my office window at the remains of my snow.