COUNTIN' CROWS - ...gathering my thoughts

LOL...well a bag lady yes.... but not one that pushes around all of her worldly possessions in a shopping cart. Oh me oh my...goodness no!...with all of my "cra..."...oops I mean craft and collectables..lol....I would need an awful big trolley...about the size of your average road train I would think...lol (bit hard to maneuver around those tight corners...tee hee!) What I mean is.... that since my last post about the bags I wanted to make for my mum (youno... from that ridiculously priced fabric that I just had to have!!) I got to thinkin'....and what I "thunk" was that I really should have a go at one before I cut into that $43 a metre fabric that is literally worth its weight in gold. So I set about buying some more suitable fabric...(and handles and trim...and more fuseable lining, and..and..and....oh my god!!!...HELP ME PLEASE!!!...seriously...I have a problem!!!!)...and set about making a bag to test my capabilities. Well....it turned out fabulou...

CUDDLES WITH MY NEICE ....always nice but sometimes sloppy...lol LAURA INGALLS...oh heck .."Walnut Grove" in general...for my introduction to my love of all things prairie MY JOB...I get to work from home doing what I love!...is that really a job?? PHONE CHATS WITH LONG DISTANCE FRIENDS...gunna catch up in person one day! STIFFY (Fabric Stiffener)....Very handy and the name always makes me laugh GUT BUSTIN' BELLY LAUGHS ...and that fact that I still have some form of bladder control GOOD FRIENDS...who could live without them! PACKET MIX CHOCOLATE CAKE...say no more! MY LOVING HUSBAND AND FAMILY....couldn't do it without their support...plus they put up with me like only family can! OH OKAY...MY DOG!!!....even though she's neuroitic and drives me nuts...lol COFFFEEEEEEEE!!!! OLD JUNK...and the fact that it now lives in my home I AM NOT ALLERGIC TO DUST....lucky coz with my busy schedule most often I am surrounded by it MY SENS...

Yep....well it's nearly here again...that fast approaching but wonderfully enjoyable "Silly Season". NOVEMBER!!!!......My christmas shopping would normally be done and wrapped by now....but oooohh nooooo....not this year!. This year I am yet to even start! Well, actually I have started...if you call buying fabric "started" !! Yesterday I headed off to a fabric sale at our local Spotlight store ...only to find that I had misread the information and it was only the "cruddy" fabric that was on sale...lol (simply  got blinded by the word SALE I guess...tee hee) Anyways...never one to miss an opprotunity to spend money I dont really have...I headed off to my favourite quilting and scrapbooking store where I had previously seen something that had taken my eye...........uh-oh...it was about to get very expensive!! I had seen some beautiful vintage look floral linen ...youno "the ridiculously expensive fabric that you just HAVE to h...

Robert Louis Stevensen, Charles Dickens, Stephen King......Chris Byron (tee hee!!!) ....all writers suffer from writer's block...lololol Writer's block????....hah!!! ...I know!!!...you have to BE a writer to have writer's block...but hey...I'm struggling here so that counts doesn't it?......lol I'm not sure that it is necessarily that I have nothing to write about...in fact my head is full of trivial information, silly stories to tell and many a useless fact. .....the fact of the matter is I am just plain tired...knackered, worn out.......tuckered ! ......Waaay too tired to get the brain to work...so,  I am afraid that it will be just useless dribble that you will be receiving for my post.this week .lol. I lay the blame soley on myself....firstly we were away for most part of the weekend (GREAT I hear you say!!....well....NOT!!!!....but our trip away is a story for another day)...let me just say it would have been much more restful having all my teeth ...