It only took me 6 months

Yup that's right, 6 months. Not that I worked on it all that time. But I am so happy it is finished. Wyatt asked me to make him a pirate quilt. So I spent some time collecting fabrics. Then I spent some time cutting. And some time sewing blocks, then sashing. Pinning and quilting. Then last night I finished up the binding, tossed it in the wash and then dried it. After it was nice and dry, I snuck into Wyatt's room and put it over him. He was so excited this morning when he woke up. He has been dragging it all over the house with him today. I think he has thanked me 250 time. It is always good to know that the time you spent was well worth the happy day he got from his new quilt. Now it is on to the other two kiddos.

Just For Fun

And because Katy asked....

“Let’s Play”Let’s Play rules: IT’S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS! COPY, ERASE MY ANSWERS, ENTER YOURS, POST IT ON YOUR BLOG, FACEBOOK, ETC. USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR LAST NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES, NAMES, AND THINGS. NOTHING MADE UP! TRY TO USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS IF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU HAD THE SAME 1ST INITIAL.Have Fun!!
1. What is your last name? Casey
2. A 4 Letter Word? Crap
3. A Boy’s Name? chris
4. A Girl’s name? Cath
5. An Occupation? cop
6. A Color? Charcoal
7. Something you wear? coat
8. A Beverage? Coke
9. A Food? cake
10. Something found in the bathroom? crap
11. A place? China
12. A Reason for being late? car crash
13. something you shout? CRAP (i say crap way toooo much)

*THE VOODOO THAT YOU CAN DO*

I took Maddie out to an art supply store to stock up on some fun things. Pastels and artist pencils, watercolors and some good paper. Her grandma gave her a table top art easel to work on and she wanted some real art stuff. So off we went down town to get some stuff. She had a great time looking at all the art supplies. She would like to be an artist when she grows up.

Then when we were finished spending a small fortune on her we went down the street to Urban Outfitters It has got to be one of my favorite stores. Just so much fun. I found some great windup owls on sale. Had to get me one and one for a buddy. They are mystery colored. All closed up in their box. I was lucky enough to get the super awesome green one. I don't have any idea what color miss buddy's owl is. I will have to wait till she gets it. I was tempted to peek but I am being a good girl and I will wait. I also found the great and wonderful Paper Voodoo. So great, how can you go wrong. How many times have you felt the need to put a hex on somebody but you had no idea how. Welcome the paper voodoo doll. Happy me!

I am so stiff and sore from a bunch of work that hubby and I did yesterday. We took out an old sliding glass door and put a wall up in its place. So our day started out great. We went to Home Depot to get the stuff we needed. Well hubby dropped me off at Starbucks and I walked from Starbucks over to the fabric store then I wandered over to Home Depot. We got the stuff we needed and went out to my dads truck that we had borrowed for hauling supplies and some wonderful person had sent something through one of the truck windows. Thankfully he left a note so hopefully it will be fixed. After that we went back home and got to play with more glass. There was no safe way to get the doors out of the house without breaking them so I had a little fun with a lot of tape and a hammer. But by the end of the day we had a almost complete project. Hubby is finishing it up right now. He is kinds scary with a nail gun.

What did you do over your weekend?

i love santa cruz

I really do. It is such a great place to just be. Down Town Santa Cruz has got to be one of my most favorite places to just wander.

After a crazy trip to Office Max to get a new sewing/computer chair, I thought we all needed a cookie from the Pacific Cookie Company. Yummy. And the grownup's got some coffee from The Bad Ass Coffee Company. It was nice to just sit and people watch. It is a great place to people watch. Santa Cruz is known for its many types of people. There is a bit of everything you can imagine.

I am wanting to get a few mothers day gifts done today. I figure if I put it down here it may give me the push I need to get something done. A little virtual kick in my Bad Ass Coffee drinking bottom.

Mommy's Day Off

I get to go play with my cousin tomorrow. No kids, just me and my cuz. I don't get much me time, so I am super excited about our adventure. We are headed to the Jan Jose Flea Market. I have never been to this one but I here it is huge and lots of fun. I will ave my eye out for buttons and other fun sewing stuff.

I have been busy working on a kids art quilt for Maddie's teacher back in Texas. There are not a lot of things I miss about Texas but her teacher is one of them. She is such a wonderful person and we miss her terribly. Before we left I had the class draw me some pictures. I used printable fabric and copied all of their art onto the fabric. It really was a lot of fun working with their art work. Each drawing reminded me so much of the kid who drew it. All in all the quilt turned out great. A few puckers in the quilting but nothing I couldn't live with. Kinda nice not being a perfectionist. I am going to have Maddie work on the label and I hope to get it sent out next week sometime. I want the kids to be able to see their art in the quilt.

Last Wednesday Maddie had a field trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Because I don't know any of the moms from this new school I drove her over myself and The boys and I wondered apart from the class. Maddie was given the choice to go around with one of the groups or stay with me. She picked me, go figure. So I got to have a fun day with my kiddo's. Not a great place to be when you are scared of fish, but we still had a great time. We met the class for lunch, something I soon regretted. I don't know what it is about me that makes people run away in fear, but some people seem to run. Maddie ate with the class and I took the boys to another table. We ate happily all alone. I will have to say that I may not put off the best effort to be friendly, but man I got the cold shoulder from the bunch. I even think I did my hair normal and all tattoo's were covered.