Runaway October

In no par­tic­u­lar order… except for número uno.

10…) This shouldn’t even really count, but Mt. Dew, Cof­fee and Thin Mints is the best way to start the day. So really what I’m say­ing is my mom made me happy today, as she was gra­cious enough to pro­vide all three. I don’t think she meant for me to have all three at once though.

9…) Tax Returns. Seri­ously. It may have cost over $250 to get mine done, but we can finally have some breath­ing room. I’ve already pur­chased my cov­eted Emme­line Apron Pat­tern. I’m also try­ing to decide on a new cam­era, since it’s gonna cost $150 to fix mine. I’m look­ing for some­thing that takes great indoor pho­tos and is more than a plain point-and-shoot. So far I like the Kodak Z712 (~$200), the Nikon D40(~$500) and the Canon EOS Dig­i­tal Rebel xTI (~$600). I can’t see myself spend­ing half a grand or more for a cam­era, but only $200 gives me that “You get what you pay for” nag­ging feel­ing. Any thoughts? Please?

8…) Baby smiles. With­out fail, one lit­tle grin from Rowan can put the hugest smile on my face regard­less of the mood I’m in.

7…) The bar­gain fab­ric I found at Wal­Fart. I’m chomp­ing at the bit to make my lat­est project with it, but I have so many other irons in the fire. I’ve been think­ing about it so much, I even went back and bought all they had left. Maybe I’m so smit­ten with it because it was only $1 a yard.

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Cour­tesy of Juicy Liv­ing

4…) I’ve always loved to work with wood and some­day hope to have an out­door shop for things like weld­ing and wood­work­ing. There have got to be hun­dreds of “plans” here, dat­ing as far back as 1925. Lots of odd­i­ties, but also lots of cool stuff too.

3…) I just received a pack­age from Pat­tern Res­cue in the mail. In the last cou­ple weeks I’ve picked up 6 vin­tage pat­terns from then for all of $10 total. That’s mainly because I was being gen­er­ous. All I really have to cover was ship­ping, which was less than $4. Check them out, they have all kinds of cool “pro­grams” to help you with your vin­tage needs and wants.

2…) If I wasn’t afraid to put huge holes in the walls of a rental house, I’d be installing a Moddi Mur­phy Bed in a heart­beat! The only prob­lem with hav­ing “extra” beds is they always seem to fill up after a party. Not a prob­lem in itself, but hav­ing to look pre­sentable just to cook break­fast the next morn­ing is.

1…) I was hop­ing I could tell you guys the thing that made me hap­pi­est today, but I was told I could not. The news has not been offi­cially released. (NO! I’m not pregnant!)

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