Posted by Katherine on January 28th, 2007
Today I made Zoe a cat bed. She has been dying to get into the bag of fleece that I have been using to make the baby quilts and any time I left a scrap around she was sure to find it and drag it over to me. So I decided to make her a bed out of it. The bottom fabric is cotton leftover from outfits that were made for my sisters and me when we were kids. I don’t remember if Mom made the outfits or if Gram did, but Gram is the one who gave me the fabric, so my guess is her. The filling is plastic grocery bags. Zoe loves the noise of these bags and rushes to sit on them if we leave one out.
As soon as I was done making it and walked away to get the camera Zoe plopped right into it. She has spent about 90% of the day on it.
I wonder if it is considered Upcycling, since it is made from fabric scraps and plastic bags that I have been meaning to take back to the market…
I also finally posted the second baby quilt on mosesandzoe.com.
And I ordered some business cards from Office Depot. Kat sent me a link to a coupon for business cards for .99cents and I decided to check it out. Unfortunately I couldn’t put the new logo I just drew on it because you could only have text, but hey .99 cents… maybe I can try to print my logo onto the cards. So my total order with tax came to $1.06, I am wondering if they are going to send an Office Depot truck to our house to deliver it. I feel a little guilty, but not that guilty.
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Posted by Katherine on January 19th, 2007
I guess January is a slow time in Blog-land. Perhaps everyone is out going to the gym and cooking healthy organic dinners.
I finished another pillow yesterday, but it doesn’t look quite right. Some of the quilting looks a little pinched. So I am going to try to just take one corner apart to fix it. Hopefully I won’t have to take the whole thing apart.
I have also been working on some cards and matching lined envelopes. That is what I will be working on all weekend so that I can get some into the shop before Valentine’s Day. Seems like I am always running behind on these holidays. Perhaps I should be working on Easter themed stuff now.
Tonight we are going out to dinner with our friends Carol and Kevin. And they are giving us free tickets to see the Hurricanes tomorrow night. Pretty exciting. We have never been to a NHL hockey game before. In high school I used to go to the school games all the time. Our high school was lucky enough to have its own rink. I used to get to skate during gym class. I haven’t been skating in a long time and it will probably be a long time before I get to again. I left my ice skates at my sister, Kim’s house because I figured next time I go skating it will most likely be with her.
Yesterday they were showing kids on the news sledding in the snow. So funny. There was less than an inch of snow. The hills were totally green and kids were pushing themselves down. I guess it was working, since the hills were slippery, so who am I to scoff?
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Posted by Katherine on January 17th, 2007
I finished the sheep baby quilt yesterday and listed it on MosesandZoe.com today. Such a nice feeling of accomplishment to put things into the store. It is definitely the motivation I need to actually finish projects. Starting new projects is the fun part, actually being able to put it into a store makes finishing it quickly much more rewarding.
We got our utility bill today. I did a little dance… well actually I danced all around the house to be honest. We had figured a large $$$ amount into our budget because we had no idea how much utilities would cost. It cost a tenth of what we had budgeted. Yay!
Kat came over today and we worked on a new project. We put paper and fabric in between glass slides and sealed them with copper foil. I am not sure what the finished projects will be, but it was a lot of fun.
Pat is out getting me chinese food right now. He’s so good to me. I am very lucky.
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Posted by Katherine on January 16th, 2007
I locked myself out of our house today. I stepped out the back door to see what the weather was like and I saw Zoe headed for me so I shut the door. And it locked. I pressed my face to the window and Zoe put her paws up on the door and meowed at me. Clearly she would have let me back in if she could have.
I banged on the door and the windows and rang our doorbell a million times and yelled Pat’s name at the window. The men working on the house next door seemed amused. Pat apparently was listening to music on his headphones pretty loudly. Lucky for me it was really nice outside… because I had no shoes on. Eventually Pat heard the knocking and came to check it out.
Cold weather is headed our way so I will have to be more careful!
I have been working on a few baby quilts. I decided to put a satin binding on the edge. It is harder than I thought. I am going to try to finish the first one tomorrow so I can post it on MosesandZoe.com. Here is a pic.
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Posted by Patrick on January 14th, 2007
They’re getting pretty-darn close to completion on the house next door to us. This could be your chance to live next door to us! For just over $140k, you can move into what (we think) is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom house. The lot isn’t gigantic, but it’s a nice neighborhood.
This could be your chance to be our neighbor in the new Rockland Ave. We promise to let you borrow a cup of sugar and/or eggs as needed. There are also a couple of other houses, 2 houses in the other direction, for sale. I think they might have garages, if you’re interested in that kind of thing.
We’re really happy with the neighborhood we’re in. It’s active, but not crazy. You can walk down the street and not get run down, and the neighbors are friendly. It’s certainly made moving far away easier.
In Other News
This is the 400th post we’ve made on Rockland-Ave.com! So go us! We’d like to thank the academy, and our loyal readers and lurkers. Without you, we would have been bored of this long ago. Sometimes it’s hard to think of stuff to write about, but being able to see what we’ve done with ourselves over the past few years has been pretty darn cool.
Social? Yes we are
Yesterday we met up with NC locals Kat and her husband Matt. We went to see the movie Children of Men which was very dark and gloomy, and not the feel-good-movie-of-they-year by any stretch of the imagination. I thought it was great movie and a great story, and a scary vision of the future. It made V for Vendetta seem like a comedy. We all agreed to see something a bit more light hearted the next time we go out together. It was quality sci-fi though, that’s for sure.
We also ate at Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries. Maxium taste and maximum unhealthyness! I had a double-cheeseburger, which in retrosepct was a bit too much, but it was really good. Kate mentioned the fries were very good, reminding her of salt and vineger chips a little. Kat and Matt are fun to hang out with, and know where the good burger joints are.
Tonight
Me planted firmly in front of the tube watching the season premier of this.
MosesandZoe.com
Kate’s been a machine at the sewing machine! Be sure to visit (and re-visit) her Etsy page at MosesandZoe.com to see what she’s been up to!
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