Thursday Thoughts

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~ I did laundry today and will now have clean sheets on the bed tonight. LOVE!!!

~ We had the best dinner last night...ham steak, fried okra with Cajun seasoning (that's the ticket right there!) and horseradish mashed potatoes that Chad made (he rocks!)

~ Tonight I'm eating leftovers ;-)

~ I went fabric shopping today with my new friend Heather (the creator of the awesome pics you've seen) and had so much fun looking at all the new fabrics. It made me miss the store SO much and wish so badly that I could still be doing what I used to. The new lines from Amy and Heather are so pretty I just want to lay down on the floor and roll around in them!

~ After all my looking around, I only bought two fat quarters and a yard of ribbon...what is wrong with me???

~ I am looking forward to my accountability group tonight. I love these girls so much and I am so thankful that the Lord brought them into my life. I really don't know what I would do without them. And, I really don't want to have to find out.

~ Speaking of my girls, will you please pray for the mother-in-law of one of them...she just found out that she has cancer. We are asking the Lord for healing and specifically that the cancer not have spread to her lymph nodes. Our God is the Great Physician!

~ Does anyone have any fabulous ideas for jewelry storage??? Mine is a big mess in a box right now and needs some serious help. How do y'all store all of your necklaces and such??

~ I called E tonight and she wouldn't talk to me =( What has happened since she turned three???

~ This weekend is the Christmas open house at the store where our little booth is. I am really praying that we are busy and sell lots of stuff!! However, I'm going to keep my eye on things because in the past week I've had two, count 'em two, kitchen towels STOLEN!! What on earth people??? Are you really that bad off that you need to steal a kitchen towel??? I oughta pray that it just falls apart when you wipe your hands on it. Ha!

Well, that's enough rambling for now. Hope y'all have had a great week!

This time last year

we were in Salt Lake City, Utah for the International Quilt Market. I got to go with the owners of my store to the quilt market to buy fabric and see all kinds of neat things. It has definitely been one of the coolest things about my job. Teaching pre-school before this, there weren't many "perks", so this was the first time I got to travel for work and it was so much fun.

Chad went with me and hung out and played golf while we were at the market. Although, he totally should have packed ski clothes because it snowed three of the four days we were there. Umm...yeah, we did not pack accordingly! It was snowing when we landed and we thought it was going to be in the 50's and 60's!

This was the highlight of the trip for me - meeting Amy Butler! (she is very tall)

Her booth was awesome!

We also met Heather Bailey, who is another fabric designer.

The mountains of NC, although pretty, do not EVEN compare to what we saw out there. They were absolutely gorgeous! I would love to have views like that everyday (although I wouldn't want to put up with all the cold and snow!)


God has created such beauty for us to behold. I am just amazed!

This year the quilt market is in Portland, Oregon but we are not going. That's okay though, I have great memories from a wonderful trip that I was so blessed to be a part of! Thanks for sharing in what we were up to last year at this time!

In with the new

I was so excited to get to work today and see the new fabric that had come in. We have ordered so much cute fabric for spring and we are getting shipments each week. Our UPS man probably likes us, because we are always so excited to see him!

This is our first shipment of Amy Butler's new line - Midwest Modern

You can't tell much from the picture but it is so pretty in person! My wheels are turning about what I can make with them! She always has the coolest fabric.

Speaking of new fabric, I came across a remnant of fabric a couple of weeks ago that was too good of a deal to pass up. So I decided to do new drapes for my living room. We have had the same valances up since we moved here and I recently got the urge to change them up. I like the new panels, it has just been such a change and I am still trying to get used to them. I'm still trying to decide if it's too much with the mantel scarf on there...what do you think?

Gotta run...we're having Pioneer Woman's "Marlboro Man" sandwiches for dinner...Yummy!