Summer Is...

swimming

splashing

playing

working

movies

fun

missing Liam

beach

camping

still working

hot

sweaty

summer lovin'

sun

sprinklers

flowers

brown

golden

want to go

have to work

vacation spot

cabin trip

mountain lake

happiness

family fun

Hermit crab made it to the fabric challenge. There were 9 entries in all and Hermy won the most votes!! 14 total votes! I was worried I wouldn't finish in time. I've been sick this week. My sinus and ear problem is back. My ears are full of fluid. I've been dizzy feeling- congested and sleepy from the medicine. I left work early on Friday to go to the Dr and had to go back today. I am on antibiotics and sudafed, and allegra, and nasonex, and singular.

The binding is not completely done yet. I'm just happy it is done as much as it is. I had envisioned beads and all... but I'll have all of that before the show in October.

side note: it turns out Hermy was the purple shelled orange legged Hermit crab- Wally was the grey legged red shelled crab. -Liam should know best, as he tells me, 'cause they were his crabs. I think it was Wally but there's no use arguing with Liam and I don't know how to prove it... so we now call the quilt crab Hermy.

More on the crab later..
Peace Out

Day Off

Finally!!!A day off from work.



I've been painting with Riley today. She is such a perfectionist (at 4) that when the humpback whale didn't look like a humpback whale - she had a freekout for 20 minutes. I had to send her to her room for a time out/chill out.This humpback whale project was on her agenda since before breakfast. She must have imagined it differently. Everything is calmer now though.

I printed out some humpback whale pictures on the internet and had her paint one so she can cut and paste it onto her larger paper.



Liam, age 8, is talking car talk now. When his dad is at work he plays the race car game on the xbox 360 and knows the names of all the cars. When did he grow up? He's an amazing kid. He is a master at getting his way. My sister says he'll be a Lawyer someday. He will argue any point for as long as it takes.



He was in trouble a few months ago. He brought a note home from his teacher saying that he 'cheated'. He started writing the answers to the timed test before he was supposed to. He was trying to get a head start.

2 weeks later at the award ceremony he received the 'timed math test' award. and the next month(may 2007) he was Student of the Month.

His father and I are so proud,

...and somewhat confused.



We definitely expect great things from him.

More after the paint dries

Instant Crab

The wonderful thing about freezer paper applique is that when you peel off the paper the complete image is revealed. SURPRISE! Its a Crab. -In this case a crab w/o a face... and needs more purple....and antanea, I'll probably use some tulle to the shell..and also need its background and beads...

I have 1 week? Good luck little crab, I hope you make it.