April 11 - Crafty Sunday

Well, I had quite a few things I wanted to do today but I ended up spending most of it working on the pillow. It is very addictive. I finally had to stop because it was bothering my wrist and I have my brace on now. I will have to give it a day to rest.

Tomorrow, I start 2 weeks of leave. The plan is to go to the gym at 9 each morning and then either pack stuff or paint/clean. Tomorrow I will walk around and see what each room needs done and make a list. I need to go to Lowe's to get spackling and paint. Hopefully I will get quite a bit accomplished without David and Jack here. David worked on the front yard today and it looks really nice.

Okay, posting pictures of my pillow progress. I still have not broke out the old sewing machine to finish the tote but I will try tomorrow.

April 10 - Sunny Saturday

Good Morning!
It looks like it is going to be a beautiful day and hopefully warm. We are going out to the garage sales today and a clearance sale of Longaberger baskets.

We have to take all of our stuff to Goodwill it has been loaded in the Jeep for about a week now and we have more to take over there.

I am posting pictures of my new project. It is a latch hook pillow made with material. It is in the style of a log cabin quilt pattern. I decided to do a patriotic theme for it. I am excited to learn this new craft as I have seen some really pretty rugs in the quilt shop and would like to make some of those too.

I will definitely get the tote done today. I don't plan to do any packing today since I have taken the two weeks off to do that so I am not going to ruin my weekend of crafting to pack. LOL

Oh, the reinspection on the house went well yesterday and we will be able to start moving in on the 26th instead of the 1st so that will help with getting the renters in sooner, as they had hoped to be in the last week of May.

All right, I am going to have some breakfast and get ready for shopping. David is still asleep of course so I am enjoying the peace and quiet before he gets up.

Cold Thursday

It turned cold, wet and windy today. Disappointing after all the nice weather lately. I got my allergy shot today and then went to the VA center to pick up the form I need to claim the disabilities. I then went to the medical records and requested a copy of all my medical records. Once I get those I can see the medical record review person and then once I get my retirement orders I can send in my claim.

I worked on a lot of training stuff today and got things posted to the website it was quite time consuming, I have more to do tomorrow.

I started packing up my cubicle since I will be out three weeks and we are supposed to move to a new building next month so figured I would go ahead and clean everything out, not sure when my surgery is going to be so I may be out when they are moving.

I just read on the MEB forum that someone from 17 Dec has received their findings back so I am getting closer. My friend said she would call again tomorrow to check the status so I will update the blog tomorrow.

Still no crafting. I am going to stop by Jo-Anne's tomorrow and pick up some fat quarters to make the hook fabric log cabin pillow. I have some material but they aren't the right colors for this project. I will try to post something tomorrow or Saturday. I still need to do the final stitch around the tote but I have to get the old sewing machine up and running.

Time for a snack and then I have a bunch of shows to watch.

April 7 - Yah Wednesday!!

I am getting happier as the week moves on because I got my leave approved. I am so looking forward to the time off. I have not worked on any crafts the last couple of days. I worked on my exercise room last night and went through and threw out a lot of stuff and have a big box of books for Goodwill. I still have a few boxes to pack in there some awards from work and stuff like that. I have a bunch of workout DVDs that I know I am not going to use ever again so I think I will take them to the base thrift shop and put them on consignment along with my Malibu Pilates chair, and my Dale Jarrett stuff. Maybe I can make a few bucks out of it. I will do that next week while I am off. Hopefully, I don't find anything to buy while I am there :).
Since I don't have any craft pictures to post I am posting some pictures of our pretty spring flowers. We are supposed to have more rain tonight with maybe some thunder. We will see.

6 April - Stormy Night

Well, it is storming outside and a little storm brewing inside because my sewing machine broke right before I was about to finish the tote bag. I broke the needle off on a pin I forgot to remove and now it refuses to make a stitch. Well I am posting the pictures of what it looks like right now.

We are still packing up and throwing things out and it is really looking nice and tidy around here. I am about to pack up the Turkish dishes, I am not sure where they will go in the new house.

Well, if my sources are correct I should have an answer from the medical board in 2-3 weeks! I am trying to take leave for 2 weeks and then I go to Orlando for a week. Strategic timing :)

Okay off to pack and then bedtime.

Happy Easter!!

It is a beautiful day here so far. I believe it is supposed to be 75 today! We spent most of the day yesterday packing still. David cleaned up his computer room and I am working on my exercise room. I am contemplating what to do with all of my Dale Jarrett stuff. I hate to keep moving it and all it does is sit in boxes in a closet. I think I will put it up for sale on ebay. I am also considering getting rid of some of my paperback books keeping only the ones that are truly my favorites. I've got some things I am going to set aside for our works silent auction. some glass items from Turkey that also sit in the closet. Hopefully, I will finish in there today. I am also going to clean out the pantry and pack up our everyday plates because we mostly use paper plates any way. I would like to get some new plates, I have had those many years, Rachel will remember that they were plates sold at Safeway in Tucson that you could get at reduced price if you bought so much in groceries. They are all chipped up now. I think I will get some new ones the next time we go to IKEA. David bought a burn barrel yesterday so we can burn the piles of papers that we should have shredded for the past year or so. We always end up this way and then we try to shred and overheat the shredder so we decided to get a burn barrel.

I did not work on any crafts yesterday, the day just seemed to fly by. I am not sure I will do anything else until most of the packing is done since it seems we are on a role right now. I am actually going to pack up most of the craft room that is in the dinning room. All the yarn and stained glass stuff.

The commissary doesn't open until noon today so we will be a little behind in our schedule but that's okay. All right I am off to clean out the pantry, shouldn't take long.

2 April - Happy Good Friday

Well, I have not posted in a few days. I took some time off from work and was packing up the kitchen for a couple days plus some other chores. I worked out twice but did a little too much yesterday so I had to rest today. Spent most of the day today doing paperwork for the rental, new house and refinancing current house.

I bought some finishing touches for Mom's purse and I am happy to say that it is complete! I will get it in the mail to her and then will post pictures once she has received it.

Tomorrow more packing and hopefully finish the tote that was started last Saturday in a class that was supposed to be long enough to finish it...LOL. I have to make the handles and the lining and I will be done with it. I will then get back to my dress. Plus, I picked up a cute little kit to make a pillow, it is like a hooked rug but with material. I also picked up a couple of dresses at the thrift shop to use for making purses. I got an old sewing box too. Overall it was a pretty good day!!

Enjoy the pictures!