Today was a good day. I pretty much just sewed Bliss blocks all day. 
I took a few breaks to water the garden,
put cookies in the oven,
play with Winston
and do a little Fall decorating.
Finally made my choices and finished sewing the blocks together.
Made these cuties at Brown Bag yesterday
(which is what inspired me to start the Fall decorating a few days early). And now I'm off to bed. Yup it was a good day :)
but not a one that works...and that's not all of them. Sheesh, wouldn't you think with all the cameras we have around this house I'd be able to take pictures for my blog? A little while back the normal lens for the Nikon D-40(Jonathan's camera that I usually use) broke....no worries though because Sarah got a Canon Rebel for her 16th birthday so I just borrowed that (never did quite get the hang of it). Then last month she had a little accident and this happened :( 
I went to pull out my last resort camera (which happens to actually belong to me) and the battery is fried. So until I get something else all pictures here are taken with a telephoto lens...and I don't really have the hang of it yet. Have you guys seen this Divine Twine?
A while back Sharon included this fun surprise in a box of fabric I had ordered
...isn't it cute? It usually sells for 15.00 but Sharon has it on sale over at the Daisy Cottage for 8.50!!! She has some awesome colors...I'm thinking I may have to get the black to go with my orange and use it for a Halloween banner, wouldn't that be cute? Wanna see what else was in the box?
I LOVE this piece from the Cosmo collection. Especially the toaster bit lol.
Speaking of orders from Daisy Cottage, I got my Blissful box in the mail earlier this week
and have been playing with them all day....sooo pretty.
I'm very happy to report that I finally did ALL OF my borders!!! Well except for 2 tops and that's because I haven't bought them yet. I've also been preparing for the hot drink season by making little cozies for these guys (please forgive the coffee grounds...oops didn't notice till now).
I've really been trying to finish projects before starting new ones and for the most part I've been pretty good. I've gotten all my blocks made for this Christmas quilt
that I talked about here. I was all caught up on my Fat Quarter Shop mystery BOM
...until this morning when my Sept. block came. I've also been busy sewing on bindings...
no more masking tape for me :)
And yesterday I quilted my Hemming House top.
So what I'm thinking is that tomorrow while I'm at the San Diego Quilt Show? I'm a gonna do me some guilt free new project shopping :)
I am not a garment sewer- but this? Easy. So incredibly easy. And cute too. I found the (free) pattern here. The best part was hearing Sarah's friends say "your mom made that? Wow...she is so cool". Or something along those lines.
Flower Sugar Heaven. After a very trying tea tragedy this morning, I was very happy, no more like ecstatic, to see this box on my porch!!
It's not on my porch in the picture. I was way too excited and didn't remember pictures until I saw how prettily Sharon had wrapped some of the piles...
then I ran and got the camera. 
I am loving this white one way more than the last white from Flower Sugar, and I liked that one a lot lol!
Is this gorgeous stuff or what? Zip over to Daisy Cottage quick quick if you want to stockpile your own supply of this loveliness! She's a super speedy shipper too!!
Also in the box of adorable awesomeness: Holiday Happy by Monica from Happy Zombie--Love this stuff too.
Thank you Sharon!!!
It started at my local Teavana store and has grown to include many online tea shops. Look at this box(es) of 31 samples from Golden Moon for 19.99.
Anyways, one of my very favorite teas is Jasmine Dragon Phoenix Pearls. They are little hand rolled green tea leaves with a jasmine flower tied around each one, cute aren't they?
Very yummy, but the flavor is delicate- so great care must be taken to only store them in a tin that has only ever held Jasmine Pearls. Well this morning I stumbled out to the kitchen and pulled down a tin of My Morning Mate and scooped it out into my measuring bowl, then I decided to mix it with some Chai Mate so I dumped it back in it's tin....only it wasn't. I looked in and thought there were a bunch of little chocolate chips in there...so I started to mix them in better...then I got a whiff of Jasmine....oh CRAP---I somehow dumped my extremely strong smelling Mate
into my delicately flavored Jasmine Pearls, about 40.00 worth of Dragon Pearls. These babies aren't cheap.
I spent my morning with various sized strainers and sieves and separated as much as possible that way and then painstakingly picked out every little pearl by hand. Who knew that reading glasses were an essential piece of tea brewing equipment??? One more little tea fact for those of you who stuck with me this long...it makes you lose weight...especially the Oolong and the Pu-erh. I've lost 15 pounds in about a month just drinking yummy tea :) O.k. I gotta go get dressed, I'm leaving in about an hour for a 3-day conference at UCSD with my church.
So the big day has come and gone. Jonathan has graduated! Can you say "Proud Mama"?
He sang in the Senior ensemble but I can't find a picture of it....Sarah was the designated photographer...bad Sarah! Here he is giving the best speech ever!
Biased? Nah, not me :)
I love the rose ceremony.
And may I just say that it was called that LONG before the "other" (blech!) rose ceremony. I think he's pretty happy, yes?
So it's just Sarah and me for the next 2 years. I think she's a little bit scared...probably with good reason. I've been pouring over the curriculum catalogs...must get everything in I've ever wanted to do in the next two years!!
or the cutting
but had to keep going and sewed all my little pieces into blocks...I am going to try and control myself and wait for the next step...we'll see how successful I am.
I am now going to go brew a nice cup of tea
and sit in my chair and (hopefully) finish my book!