Tying up loose ends...

Yup that's right, almost time to go back to work. Our school has one of those electronic message boards and they have a countdown til the first day of school going on it! We see it every morning when I take DD to soccer practice. I get to subtract one day because being in the cafeteria we go in to set up a day ahead. So sweet of them to count down for us!

Ah, but the weather is still fine, and time is what I make of it...working or not. The house is in order after last weeks mad dash, so I've been taking time to get much sewing in. This was supposed to be a table topper....

but my, it turned out big! The center was 18 x 21, fat quarter size and I measured and remeasured....but it looks more like a wall hanging!

Those are my binding strips to the side, can you tell I wasn't in the mood for small binding. Haven't folded and pressed them yet, so they are not THAT big. I do love the fabric though...

I think it will go on my dresser in the dining room for fall. The gals at MaryJanes farm got me on an apron kick again. I've only made a few that I have given away...I have bought and inherited most of mine. I started browsing through a topic on aprons and I was just blown away by everyone's talent and imagination! Time to get sewing says I!! Right after I make this table topper:

Kinda a dark, but let me assure you, there are moose involved!!! Hehe...

I'm happy to report that I am happy with the wood floor under the carpet! Let me assure you that I lifted corners of carpet to make sure that I at least had an idea of what I was getting into. That and the fact that the dining area, hall and my bedroom are all hardwood gave me the security to start this project! DH said this weekend we'll take the carpet out of the livingroom together. Let me tell you, that is BIG brownie points right there! He does alot around here, and works hard all day, so when I get myself into one of THESE kinds of projects, I try to keep him out of it. We purposely bought a house that didn't need immediate work because we are really not knowledgeable do-it-yourselfers, and we're not at a point where we want to spend alot of money on it either. But that carpet was just bugging me and the project seemed safe enough, and so far so good.

Most of what you see on the floor is fuzzy from the carpet from where it is cut on the right side. That is coming out this weekend, and he'll also show me how to get those tack strips up. I'm sure some people would immediately have to sand and redo, but with two kids and a dog, I'm not too worried about marks on the floor.

So this week I'm taking the time to soak in summer. I guess I'm a big kid in alot of ways. Gotta walk barefoot in the grass, drink my sun tea, even lay down and smell the earth under the apple trees. Next week will be busy enough.

~Blessings