4 months just flew right by!

Yikes!  4 months and no posts - oops!  I do mean well, and often I compose blog entries in my head.  Unfortunately, it's usually when I'm lying my head down on my pillow at night, and as you can see - those posts don't make it to the blog.

I'm actually have a good streak right now, not sure why, but happy for it all the same!  House is tidy, and Mt. Washmore is sooooo close to being conquered.  Been feeling good and being productive - can't ask for more than that!  I'm in the middle of rearranging the quilting room.  Max and Marci each want to get rid of a tall bookshelf.  So the 2 shelves I have now will go out to the barn - they have a larger footprint and I find that they stick too much out into the walkway.

So right now it's complete chaos, things piled on the longarm table and stuff half moved, LOL!  The pix below show the fireplace wall.  It will keep the design wall in place and the treadle in front of the fireplace, but the thread cabinet will go beside the design wall.  The rolling garment rack will go across the room to hold customer quilts and a box of batting scraps probably.

The next view is the wall where the cutting table/cabinet will go.  I think the quilts on the wall can remain hanging where they are, we'll see.  My sewing machine desk will go in the spot where the cutting table is now (can't really see it, behind the longarm) on the wall with the window, just to the left of the window.  I'd like to keep the space in front of the window clear so I can have a quilt there for Maggie to lie on.  She loves napping there in the sun when the curtains are open!

And this last pix shows the two shelves that are getting replaced.  They are really nice shelves, but just not so practical for what I need in here, and sticking out further at the base is annoying too.  The thread cabinet/hutch in between them will be moved across the room, and the garment rack will go in this area somewhere - depends on how much room is left around the longarm.  I'd like enough room to scoot to the other side, but can give it up and go the long way if I have to.  That's one of those things I'll just have to move the furniture around and see how it works best.

In family news.  Marci finished cheering and had a great season.  Next up is a clinic to brush up on try out skills and then try outs for High School - wow!  Can't believe my last baby is going to be in High School next year.  Here are some pix from one of the last games -

The middle pix is with her two awesome coaches, Jamie and Mollie.  She sure learned a lot from them and I really think she has a good chance to make the High School squad.  Those tryouts are in April - stay tuned, LOL.

Ellen got her first job about a month ago - she is working at Chuckie Cheese's, tee hee.  Corny place, but she seems to like it ok.  She doesn't like one boss, but everyone else is nice.  And for the most part, no one likes this one boss.  She isn't very nice to the kids.  My only beef with the job is that I am her taxi and they don't always let her off on time.  Last night she was scheduled 5 - 8 pm.  I arrived at 8 pm to pick her up and sat in my car for 1 hour and 45 minutes.  The bad part is, that's not unusual.  She gets off on time about once a week, and is about an hour late all the other times.  Of course, she's supposed to be checking into getting her driver's permit so she can learn to drive, get her license and drive herself - hasn't lifted a finger yet *sigh*.

Guess that's all the news for now - time to go home and start the weekend!