Don’t you hate it when you’re tired and then as soon as you lay down to sleep, you can’t sleep? Thinking about all sorts of things and then think, oh I’d like to draw that, so you get up and draw it. And then after you’ve drawn it think, oh let me blog this, all the while thinking, damn the baby will be awake in 6 hours and you didn’t sleep enough last night and won’t have enough sleep tonight. Or maybe it’s just me.

Whoo hoo got 5 hours sleep!

I’ve been meaning to talk about the Maker Faire. But with all the no sleeping and the drawing mood that hit me, I forgot about it. Anyhoo…we went on Saturday. The reason I wanted to go was to see Jess Hutchison demonstrating how to knit George.

Isabelle did soooo well. She took a nap on the ride there. And during the workshop Alan wheeled her around in her stroller. I was sort of antsy during the workshop though because I couldn’t see her and was worried she was fussing. When I met back up with them she gave me the biggest smile. It was so sweet.

There were so many attractions to see, my favorites besides Jess Hutchison workshop was a big walking metal giraffe and blinky bugs. But there were also unexpected sights like the guy riding around on a broomstick bicycle, no handles, it was a broomstick. And at one point I got to ride this guy’s balancing scooter. That was a blast! We were there for 6 hours and didn’t get to see everything. I wanted to drive around the little 3 wheel car but we never got around to doing it.

We did buy some things. I just had to have the popsicle from Heyday Fashion and the stroller blanket from Tartlette. Isabelle seemed to enjoy the faire, so much to look at. I was worried she wouldn’t take a nap. But she did in the ellaroo wrap and then she had another nap on the way home.

Ok in this picture Isabelle looks like she doesn’t like her new blanket and toy but trust me this wasn’t her reaction on Saturday. She was holding the little popsicle in her hands and trying to chew on it and it was the cutest thing…that I didn’t get a picture of. It’s just today Alan was working in the yard with that weed whacker machine or whatever it is called and the noise scared her. But that’s a post for another day since I have rambled on more than I regularly do.

It was our anniversary today. We’ve been married for 14 years! We couldn’t be more in love. We had a nice dinner out and now I’m going to get some…

…sleep! Ha ha ha ha! Goodnight! Sorry…tired…couldn’t think of anything to write.

We’ve been gardening. Or I should say Alan has been, while I made a feeble attempt and am now all sniffles from my allergies.

We have this rose bush that has just gone wild. We don’t water it yet it blooms every year and it was all branchy, crazy, and big. It was taller than me. And it had these massive roses on it.

I say had because I tried to thin it out and clean it up a little even though I don’t like roses. But it was just so daunting and with so many branches it was hard to know where to cut. So Alan hacked it down to two feet. He bet me that it’ll come back. I don’t think so. I think it’s done for.

It’s amazing, after sewing and ripping and sewing and ripping, I finally finished the mom’s bag!! After I figured out the first two diagrams in the book the rest was easy. Looking back at those pictures I don’t know how I couldn’t understand them before. It seems to make perfect sense now. If I had to do it again I would have done it a little differently. Again here is what the bag looked like in the book.

I didn’t use a solid material but this stripey one. I wish I had used a solid fabric because…

the little darts or whatever they are called in the front aren’t even noticeable in my bag. I might as well not have sewed them in.

I don’t know what kind of fabric I was supposed to use. I just chose cotton and a stiff interfacing. It was a little challenging because I had to sew this separate interfacing sandwiched in between my fabric. If I had to do it all over again I would have chosen a stiffer fabric or a different kind of interfacing.

Even my inside pockets didn’t work as expected. Sewing my purse, it seemed stiff, but now it doesn’t seem stiff enough and I doubt I will be using the inside pockets. It just pulls the whole bag down.

Well that will teach me to just choose fabric I like. I think I was attracted to the colors and had them more in mind for a quilt than this purse. And if you notice I didn’t even use the other two pieces of fabric I bought for this purse.

So on the whole I am very happy that I finished it but who knows if I will actually use it.

Alan was playing with the left over fabric from my new bag. My kung fu baby girl!!

This remote control is one of the inappropriate “toys” Isabelle plays with. Shame on me.