New Wheels & Unit Preperations Update

Yes I gotta my lil black jetta on Monday n do I ever love it!!! Only 19 more days to drive it tho:( :)

Preperations...or lack of preperations...or is it slow preperations?! 3 dresses done n worn! Another just needs some buttons..another@ the dress maker so its off my mind! Mom has another Sunday one on the go for me and I'd like to sew 4 or 5 more...if I could be a wonder woman tomorrow I'd get a few or even 1 more done..but...! 3 days of work and I'm done! :( :) a lil bit if shopping left & 1 more appt & then I think its just the packing & things around here...

Sewing Update

Dress #1 is half ripped apart so it can be resewn to fit me.

Dress #2 was cut out awhile ago & is still waiting to be sewed.

Dresses #3, 4, 5 cut out Sarurday & lstnight & are waiting to be sewed.

Dresses # 6, 7, 8, 9 cut out today & are waiting to be sewed. Dress # 9 is serged.

Dress # 10 is spread out on the kitchen table half cut out to be finished before work in the morning.

Dress # 11..I don't really have enough fabric I realized after I cut the front skirts so...we'll see if I can scrounge up some more!

Dress # 12 needes to get taken to someone else to sew!

The end.

This morning I woke up to rain so no work! So I got to stay home & have brunch with Grandpa's & 2 of my cousins. Then I got to go to this real good book sale! And to the little fabric store to buy them out of small shoulder pads! Along with other needed things for this venture...and finally home to cut dresses the rest of the day! Cutting is the worst so now I can have the fun of sewing! Anyone wanting to come spend a day sewing?! :)

Where Have I Been?

Well I'll try n give you a run down of the highlights so far this summer! Maybe then I'll realize where it went!!
School year-end was the 1st weekend in June! All went well after all the business leading up 2 it!!
The following Tuesday, we went n had supper with Grandpa at his place...had one of Grandma's pies..that was my first time back after her funeral..n yes it was so empty n so hard....then on to Edmonton for night.
Early Wednesday morning I flew to Phoenix!!! And there I met my big sis!!
Was soooo good to spend about 2 weeks with them...time was spent swimming, shoppin, eating, talking!! So hard to leave but leave I must...reality was waiting! Got home in the middle of the night & by the next supper my uncle, aunt & 4 cousins were here! They stayed til a little after lunch the next day. Before they left, in time for lunch, a real good friend & her 2 yr old girl arrived as a surprise visit for mom! So uncles left & they stayed til atleast 4 the next day! A busy time but so much fun having them here! "Little A" the 2 yr old is such a darling! I even played in the kiddie pool with her! Haven't played in there in a long time! :) Then life returned to normal...I think!
A week later I helped put on a jungle themed baby shower for my sister-friend...(you know those sisters you choose!) She is expecting a boy the end of July!
Day after the shower I finished cleaning ALL my stuff out of school...& then before sup 5 of us girls, our luggage for all weekend, pillows& 5 sleeping bags all piled in 1 car! (we did fit by spreading a sleeping bag out on the back seat to sit on!) Headed up by Medicine Hat to spend July 1st weekend wth 1 our friends! Sunday night left there & went camping with her! Home monday night! Fun weekend!
The next morn I started my yard care job down at J.L.'s about 25 min away...I'll be there about 3 days a week for however long I need work...they have 1 little darling boy who is about 2 1/2...he loves to come out to where I am working &"visit"! He calls me"Lady"! But is also starting to say my name...such a dear! Other then visit with the sweet lil guy, I mow, water, weed, rake, whatever they need help wth! That week I also started a yard job in town a day a week...actualy both of these jobs I had last year. In town I just help her with anything that needs doin inside or out! All great people to work for & will miss all greatly when I quit at the end of the month...
July also brought SVBS.. Had a girl come teach & she spent a week & half here..she was actualy "lil" sis' friend..so SVBS brought on many youth deals- sup at the dunes, pizza, fireworks by the lake, volleyball, volleyball, more volleyball!
Found myself a black diesel jetta to buy! I actualy don't have it yet but can't wait to drive it!
Went to a friends wedding I think it was July 22..was huge! Before I got home mom called & I am leaving for Ann Arbor Sept 12! So the rest of July was filled with work & starting to plan for that...
August started really nicely!! My sister-friend had her lil (or big,8 lb) boy august 1st! He is such a sweetie n I'm trying to get all the cuddle time wth him I can before I leave! Otherwise so far August has just been the normal juggling of work around rain n then trying to get started on my sewing...dress number 4 is now cut out...Thursday is a sewing day for me! doesn't sound like there will be alot there but EVERY BIT HELPS!!!
Ok I'll end this long post...n I need sleep cuz I'd like to get up early enough to cut a dress before work! Think I can??? we'll see...!

The Golden Key

Yes I'm still alive! Thought summer might slow down from the crazy month of May but NO! I'll try & do a catch up post of the highlights yet but this will just be a short post on that GOLDEN KEY!
Why I call it the golden key is because our school keys are gold! Yes, I handed mine back to the board this week...my teaching days at WCS are truely over now...that was"my"key, "my" school! Yes it was a lil hard & had a final feeling to it...but all my stuff was out of there..all grades recorded where they should be so it was time to give it up...
Good bye WCS & all the wonderful times my 3 years there...