Wow, I find something new everyday

I was looking at my Twitter and saw that one of the quilters I am following was using #talknt. So I did a search and found my first tweetchat. How cool is that!

I am now following the Talkin' Tuesdays blog and will be looking in to it for next week. I don't have time right now to fill out the form and submit my info but sure looks interesting.

I was busy today. I took some time to get my pictures all in one place. So I wanted to share some Show and Tell:

I made this Quillow for my Nephew a couple of years ago for Christmas. It was one of my first 'big' projects, and I am so proud of it.

If you look really close at the back picture, you should be able to see that I matched up the fabric on the pocket backing to live up with the backing of the quilt. It was a very proud moment for me.

 And here it is folded up into the pillow. Kinda cool huh?

Here is a better pic of the pocket backing. The seam runs along the top of the Firehouse and down past the Airplane wing tip and trough the Yellow House.

I am playing around to see if I can upload pictures and have them work in the blog.

I took this photo a couple of years ago, when I first moved into my sisters basement. I have always loved it but have never found a use for it, because it is kinda grainy and poorly lit.

So here goes. I will find out in a few moments if it works.

Hopefully more pics will end up in my posts.

June 25,2011

I have moved into my own place, my new place. It has been almost a month. When I asked the landlord what was included in the rent, she said; hydro, cable, and wifi. The truth is I am grateful that the hydro is included but have very little use for the cable, cause I consider watching TV to be a huge waste of time. But the internet. I have a lot of stuff that I do on the internet, I have my blog, Facebook, Twitter, and there is my quilting and crafts that I am always looking for new stuff. So the wifi is included? What a farce. I had internet access for 5 days at the beginning of the month, then it went down for 5 days, then back up for an evening, then down for another week. So needless to say I have had internet for 7 days out of 24 that I have been living here. This is a very exciting time in my life and I want to have a record of it. So I am looking forward to back-posting some of the stuff that happened in those weeks, just for posterity.

I will start having some free-time, now that I have all my stuff out of the storage locker. I know I should be spending the time getting unpacked and settled into my new home, but I just can't resist. I want so badly to share my new experiences with this cool journey I am undertaking.

I have such big plans. I am a major procrastinator. "Why do today, what I can put off til tomorrow." Well at this point in my life I want more, and I deserve it.

I am so proud of myself. Yesterday, I finished the curtains, I moved some stuff from my locker to the new place, and I did some packing. Very productive day for me. Today, I have made a plan to get some help to move essential stuff from the locker (that won't fit in my car) into the new place. I wish I could start staying there now, but there are a few things the landlord was to fix, and when I went there yesterday they were not done. All the baseboard heaters are destroyed, and the stairs outside are very treacherous. The other stuff is all minor and can be done after I move in. I was a little distraught when I saw that none of it was done, I don't want a lazy landlord.

Before I Start Over

I am making a fresh start in life. I am moving out on my own again, and setting goals and making plans. I am so excited about my fresh start that I am having trouble finishing up the stuff that I already have on the go.

So before I get going on said New Life, I need to do a little housecleaning. As is known to everyone who actually reads my blog (not many) I have been with Jack for almost a year now. I am moving out. Things have been so rocky for so long, I don't have the energy for it any longer. I have completely lost myself in this relationship, all the stuff I used to do, quilting, friends, family, my business, and my freethinking have all vanished from my life. I want my life back!

I have been seeing a councilor through a program at work, to help me deal with stress and self-esteem. Likely the best decision I had made in a long time. Well, she has made me realize that I really do have worth and that this crazy stuff I do by collecting and visualizing is actually called art. I am an Artist. I have been so inspired, I have been taking my camera everywhere with me and taking random photos of all kinds of stuff. Trees, flowers, powerlines, puddles, buildings, etc. So what I want in life is to have my own studio, and finally get some of this inspiration actualized, like in the real world.

I made the decision to move into my own place early this month, and started looking for a place to rent. I have probably looked at 30 places altogether, the one I fell in love with was the first one I looked at. It has great light and a nice floor plan and is ground level so no stairs into a dungeon. But alas I was too slow, I wanted to look around and someone else snapped it up. But I believe that my Kharmic balance this time round is that I got to meet so many great people on this house hunt. In the past when I go hunting all the people I talk to are quiet or self focused or just kinda rude, but this time everyone was so appealing, I wanted to be friends with almost all of them.

So I found a place. It is further out the valley than I wanted, but I really like the light. There are only a couple of stairs down into the dungeon not like my old place. The place is not in great of shape, but I will put my mark on it anyway. It is a two bedroom basement suite, with a full bathroom, and full kitchen (the stove is apartment size, and I am okay with that). There are some little things that I noticed when I went to pick up the keys, but they are all minor. A cupboard door that doesn't meet in the middle, there is a nick in the back of the door, the shower doors have some mildew, all minor things that I can fix or clean. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, my own parking spot. And I can see the car from my living room. I really am so excited.

So I have a list of things to do before I leave Jacks place. I have already done the washroom closet (the handle fell off). The last big project I have is the curtains. The string on the blinds let go, so the landlord brought over some curtains from Ikea. All I have to do is press them and hem them ready to put up, I have one finished, so I am half way there.

I have so much stuff to do, moving day is in 2 days. I have these 2 days off. If I do this all day, I won't get the important stuff done on time.

I have so much more to say. I miss my blogging, and can't hardly wait to be able to do it again.

Bye for now, I promise to write soon.