Tote Progress

I got the quilting done around the strips and sewed around the edges. I put the blue strip down to see if it would work as the tie. I didn't like the other material I picked out so I am going with this plain blue since there is so much pattern going on anyway. I have to cut some things now so I am stopping for the night because my brain doesn't work when I have to measure and cut.

Time for Ben & Jerry's mmmmm

29 March - Monday!

Another cold,rainy day here in Dayton. It was a semi-busy day. I am still trying to get all the paperwork the bank wants. I am getting pretty frustrated with them. I fax them things and then they tell me they are still waiting for it. My blood pressure got up so I went to the gym to swim but guess what? It is their annual cleaning the pool time so no swimming. I walked on the treadmill 20 minutes and biked 20 minutes and then did some stretching.

I am going to try to finish up the tote tonight but I also need to do some cleaning and packing. I will see how David feels when he comes home. I also need to sew up my mom's purse and get all the decoration complete.

I will post pictures of the tote later if I get it done.

28 March - Rainy Sunday

Woke up to a gray, rainy day today. Hopefully it will clear off and we will have some sunshine later. I am up waiting for David to wake up so we can go to the commissary. I cleaned out all of my clothes and drawers last night and have a huge pile to take to Goodwill. I am going through the rest of my shoes today as I will probably get rid of anything with heels since I can't wear them any more. The linen closet is next and my bathroom cabinet. I don't think we will have enough room in the garbage can for all that I have to throw out. Amazing what you collect over 2 years. I don't know what I am going to do when we don't move any more.

Here is a picture of parts of my tote that I worked on yesterday. I am hoping to work on it this week. Also, showing some pictures of material I picked up at Hancock yesterday to make another tote for someone else. I also have Mom's purse knitted but know I have to put it together and add some embellishments. I just have too many projects going on! I need to get a lot done within the next two weeks before school starts again. I am not sure how much spare time I will have taking two courses.

All right, have a good Sunday!

27 March - Happy Saturday Tote Bag

Woke up Friday morning to a blanket of snow on the ground and icy roads. I guess the road crew was caught unaware of this. I drove to work at 10 - 20 mph and the work parking lot was like a skating rink! By the afternoon it was sunny and all had melted. I hope that is our last little blast of winter.

It was a beautiful day today. I went to the tote on the go quilting class which was 10 -1 but we did not finish the tote. I will have to work on it here at home. The instructor is going to see if she can get some time to get back together but I will probably just finish it on my own. My friend and I went together so that was fun. She got much further than I did. Then we went to lunch at Milano's and then had fun at Hancock Fabrics buying more material to make more tote bags!

I am working hard to clean the house up and throw things out or bag up for Goodwill. We found a renter or someone who says they want to rent so hopefully we will get some papers signed soon and a deposit made. They are coming from Texas for attendance at AFIT so that will be one year. They have three young children so I think this will be a very good house for them especially with all the young kids that live on either side of us.

Well, I have to get back to cleaning my room before bed...i would rather be knitting or working on a tote but such is the way of the world. I will post pictures of the tote tomorrow. Hopefully I will have time to work on it tomorrow.

Night!!

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