Fabric organizing

I spent all day yesterday going through just 1 shelf in my closet. I couldn't believe it took all day. I didn't realize I had that much fabric. I don't even know how I accumulated so much purple fabric either haha! Here is a before picture of the mess.



Here is a shot of how I folded it and you can see how messy the stacks were because I pulled it out as it was and placed it on the ironing board so you can see what a mess it was in the closet.



And here is the result after hours of work.




If I had just put it away properly to begin with I would not have had to take all day to do this. Hopefully I will keep it this way but I won't hold my breath. It's nice to have them stacked according to color too, much easier to see what I have and need.

And just so you can see how big the kittens are getting.



They are pains in the butts some times but entertaining to watch.

Bye!

Look who's mobile!

Yep, that is THE pink slip. Beware Michiganders, Susan is mobile. She is now allowed to sit behind the wheel of a 4,000 pound weapon going 55 miles an hour! ACK!

You know I'm just kidding. She actually did well driving home from the meeting. She just needs to practice more. This is the first step in the Michigan graduated lincese program. I think it's a good idea, the only problem is we have to go to the Secretary of State at least 3 times! That place sucks and thanks to our state we now only have 1 to go to in the whole county, so you can imagine the wait time. Oh well.

Well as you know we have goats and Susan uses them for fair and fair time is almost upon us. We are about 3 weeks and counting and our goat club has an old banner that they have entered for judging for, it's been determined, about 15 years! I figured that when I saw it. I remember my mom using some of those fabrics in the 80's. Anyways I have volunteered to make us a new one. I figured it was a good jump back into my sewing and painting creativity. So I've been working on it for several weeks and it is now done except for the binding and sleeve which I will finish today. It also needs some flowers added to it which I will do tomorrow as I am taking it tonight to show to a few people. Here is a picture of the one they have been showing for over 15 years.



And here is the new, updated banner.



One of the kids drew the goats and Susan cut everything out and decided on placement, fabrics and painted the grass and sky background.

I also wanted to mention what I made for dinner last night. I made the Fresh Corn Chowder recipe from the Fix it and Forget it Lightly cook book and converted it to gluten free, dairy free, soy free, onion free, and there's some thing else but I can't remeber it right now. Ha! Anyways it is delicious and will be made again and often. It would be great with chicken or ham or bacon added too but was great as is. you really need to try it. Too bad it was eaten up before I could take a picture. I'll take one next time.

Bye!

Pulse Fest

We went to World Pulse Fest today with Susan's youth group. It's always a good time and had some good bands. We saw....

C 3
Mandisa (from American Idol)
Skillet
Toby Mac
and the first song of Casting Crowns.

Susan stood in line most of the day for C 3 and Skillet's autograph. She said all the people from Skillet's band were really nice and talked to her except their female guitar player. She signed her poster and kind of threw it back at her without saying a word. Talk about rude! These kids are the ones who buy their music and make them popular and for her to be like that is disappointing.

Susan stood in line all day and Dan was doing this....



Yeah......I'm serious.

I don't know how he can sleep anywhere. We had a speaker right in front of us. Susan can sleep like that too. It must be genetic. He didn't sleep all day though, it was more of a quick nap.

So, I have to say my favorite band was Skllet although I am disappointed to now hear how the one member was but they were still good. Here's a few pics of them. They look like tiny ants right.





Susan's favorite was Toby Mac. These pics are ones she took from her camera as she was much much closer than us.



He is one brave guy. At the end of his set he jumped into the crowd twice.

These are pics of the C 3 band. Susan took them when she got their autograph.





Unfortunatly Skillet would not let her take a picture. It was either autograph or picture but not both.

Hummmm......maybe they are a bit big for ther britches huh.

A picture of Susan and Loren just for fun.



Now here is some thing exciting for you celiacs out here. If you have one around you Nelsons Porta Pit is Gluten free, soy free, dairy free, MSG free and a whole long list of allergin free. And their potatoes are only the best ever! So if you see one on the side of the road for a charity (that's what they are usually set up for) pull over and give them a try. You will not regret it.

Bye!