Summer is OFFICALLY here!!!!

Happy first day of summer!!!

i am off for 2 months and looking forward to each and every moment! this of course doesn't start til after the 8th of July... i plan on getting alot of sewing done. i am looking forward to upgrading my work wordrobe from dress jeans and long sleeved t's and cardigans to dresses and skirt and jumpers to wear with long sleeved t's and cardigans! there was a time when i only work dresses!! i want to at least get back into it for work...but since i sit at a desk all day, on the computer, getting up very little, just to move around in my area....jeans oops, i mean dress jeans are very comfortable. so we shall see. i have some great patterns and awesome fabric so let us see if i can merge the 2 together....but i have to remember that what ever i make it has to be confortable for sitting most of the day LOL i like jumpers that can be worn with short sleeved t's in the summer and long sleeved t's and leggings or leotards in the winter...Down to earth, comfy but dressy clothing....

i have alot of charity sewing to do, and hopefully pick up a few sewing jobs to supplement my lack of income over the summer! lol oh but what fun i am going to have!

i also want to put more up in my Etsy shop. so needless to say it will be a busy, but wonderful and full summer, i plan on enjoying every minute of it.

i plan on being around more often, but for now, it is exam time and i am partially responsible for getting out the exams in the morning for the teachers and need to get to work a bit earlier so i can have myself organized, exams ready to go!

our next chat will be sooner because i need to get blogging more, producing more, sharing more. talking about sharing, i will have to post some great pictures of my Pirate! lol til next time, NIGHT!!

I am not good at this....just saying of course........

it has been a busy year...i changed jobs....not what i wanted to do because i was passionate about working and helping people achieve independance with employment....but one can only deal with harrassment from coworkers for so long with everyone else, knowing but turning a blind eye to it. so i applied out, taken from hell and put into a wonderful job with an awesome group of co-workers and staff that have been so supportive! i do miss my 'old' job, but with this new job, there is such a great learning curve. they say it will take a year to learn this job! At first i didn't think so, but after being there since October 25, i truly believe it will take me a full year! HA

with this new job, i now no longer work 12 months!! YES....i now have 2 weeks off at christmas, spring break off and 2 wonderful summer months!! Summer in my pool....YES....i am so looking forward to it! ....but .....now i have to get a job...searched my options.....i did open an ETSY site
www.etsy.com/shop/eyesofyellow
i did sell one scarf. i don't have much on it, so i am busy trying to sew up a few little dresses to sell to suppliment my lost income so i don't have to work outside of the home for those laid off weeks. EI and sewing income, that just might work. i can give it a try and see what happens. wish me luck!!!
i will have to gather myself and post some pictures of what i have been sewing/crafting lately.

now that i have settled into my 'new, no stress job', i hope to be more proactive on here. i think posting here will help me keep on track of what i need to get done.

'til next time
jane

The Yellow Dog has a name...

The Yellow Dog's name is Logan. He is living with my daughter and son-in-law in Alberta on their ranch and living the perfect dog's life! He went there almost 4 years ago, to the wide open spaces of the ranch life. He will be 13 years old and the vet says he is in perfect shape for a lab his age!

February 2010

Here we are, a month and a half into 2010 and I have not written a word since the summer.......

I have been busy sewing for charity...T-bags for the Women's Shelter, Diaper Bags for Africa, Pencil Cases to go to schools in Africa, Burial Gowns for the NICU at St. Joe's Hospital, here in London. Now I am into making little dresses that will be shared with Africa, Haiti and here.
I will have to add some pictures soon.

Why does time go by so fast????

This weekend I am here to sew!
I am hoping for rain this weekend....and the weather man just said the storms are heading this way....so I will be sewing.
I have spent time out in the yard...I have a beautiful herb garden just outside of my kitchen door. I have sweetpeas and nastursiums (sp?) growing in a very narrow space between the walkway and fence...I want them to climb and cover it! I have tomato plants growing on the other side of the garage! and Carrots, Radishes and 2 kinds of Leaf Lettuce growing. Next year I will dig up more grass along the side of the garage and put in some flowers! I have 3 rhubarb plants growing and 2 zucchini plants too! Most of the work was getting the roots out of the ground so I could plant. It was a lot of work but sure looks nice. Later in the summer I want to start on the front yard. One day there will be paths and plants. I have my Lilac and Hydrengea bush in the front. I am passionate about the dwarf Japanese Maple so that will be my next purchase, in the fall, all a work in progress!
So as you might be able to tell, I haven't spent much time sewing. I am craving to sew... that is the plan for this weekend. I will spend some time helping the man open the pool...yes it isn't open yet because the weather hasn't been nice...hopefully it will remain warm enough for it....and after this weekend the rain can stay away too! Talking about rain, it has been so rainy this spring heading into summer, where out west they are in drought conditions. Weird weather conditions around the world!
Til next time
Jane

Working in my sewing space

I hung some of my pictures and photos in my sewing space....the wall space is limited so hung 3 or 4 vertical above each other! One day I will share a photo of the art wall when I get it all done!
I have more art to hang, just have to find it in the packed boxes! Some of the art is what my photographer / artist daughter Katie did for me! Some of the pictures I hung today are of my kids, my sister and my parents! It is nice to have those familiar faces looking at me when I look up from my sewing machine! some photos of the kids couldn't be hung so have them sitting on the shelf by my miniature sewing room that Clint (my son) made for me 18 yrs ago!

Years ago my sister brought me a woven wall hanging from Mexico. I have that hanging on the wall between my sewing machine and serger. I use it as a large "pincushion" for notes, pattern pieces, fancy pins, and little keep sake gifts from friends. I contemplated taking it down, but I would just have to find another space to hang everything. ... this is perfect, if I need it, I know where it is, at the tip of my fingers!

On Thursday, as I walked home from the bus, I stopped at our little neighbourhood library and picked up 3 books on tape. Today I have been listening to one titled "The Cat Who Smelled A Rat" by Lillian Jackson Braun and narrated by George Guidall. The other 2 books are: "To Ruin a Queen by Fiona Buckley (read by Nadia May); Robert Ludlum's The Apocalypse Watch, read by Edward Herrmann (I have the book and read this many times over the years - but of course I can read and listen to anything by Robert Ludlum over and over)

I had better get back to work...I have a little sewing alteration to finish up for a friend before my evening is over.

Jessica and Jason off to Ashiah's Toga party!!!