Sewing Shopping

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:40 Written by lorie Thursday, 29 May 2008 04:43

One thing I forgot to mention in my last post … I’m back in the sewing room, too! And I’m thinking about teaching sewing classes again. I use to teach children’s sewing classes about 15 years ago — but then I had three babies in three years and well, it was just too much to keep up. I love to teach sewing and scheduling the classes after school hours is pretty easy. Now that I have a daughter to help me it’s been a lot of fun. She really enjoys sewing too and it gives us something fun to share. She wants to be my assistant if I start classes again.  We’ve been going through all my ’stash’ in the sewing room — and dreaming of things to make of it all.

Now, if I could just find a nice storage unit to organize all this fabric and sewing notions!

Enjoying Spring

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2008 03:41 Written by lorie Thursday, 29 May 2008 03:41

I’m starting to really enjoy this Spring. The weather has been very nice — somewhat cooler than usual — but I like that. I’m in no rush for the hot, humid weather we usually get here in Virginia. I’m trying to enjoy some of my old time hobbies that I hadn’t had time for the past year or so. I feel I somewhat lost touch with reality the past year while I was busy with an online venture I started (in which the time commitment was enormous but has since dwindled down considerably). I’m finally taking some time to smell the roses. I actually DO have a beautiful flower garden this year. Everything is just beginning to take off. The spring rains have helped a lot. And our lawn looks the best it has in the entire eight years we’ve lived in this house.

And, I’m reading a novel for the first time in ages. Mary Higgins Clark is one of my favorite authors. I use to read all her books the minute they were on the shelf at the store. Currently, I’m reading her latest “Where are you Now?” I’m about a third of the way through the book and she is still a great writer.

Our neighborhood pool also opened this past weekend — and guess what — they now have wireless internet service — so, I’ll definitely be taking the kids there a lot this summer!

Tonight I plan on climbing up to the attic to bring down our luggage — our Disney trip is just a month away — but it takes me a while to get 5 people packed so I begin early.

Sunscreen Protection

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:41 Written by lorie Thursday, 29 May 2008 03:15

Sunscreen protection is my number one priority for our upcoming trip to Disney. Everyone knows how hot it can get in Florida — and we love to sit around the Polynesian pool and beach during the day and soak up the rays. However, I have very Sensitive Skin and have to be extra careful. Everyone else in my family is much less prone to a burn than I am — still, we all need to protect ourselves from those harmful rays. I’m planning on taking plenty of sunscreen protection with me to Disney World.