Monday Stitching & Shopping

Yes I am still traveling the distance to my Monday sewing groups, but due to Yesterdays family stitching bee being at Mum's (the real reason I travel the distance on a Monday) I decided not to go today, so sat at home and stitched here is some pictures of my productivity.

Today hubby and I also bit the bullet and committed to the beginning of our Kitchen renovations and purchased our cooktop and Fridge - look at these beauties can't wait to use them.

90cm Bi Energyselect

Choice of gas or electric oven cooking in the one appliance.

Features:

90cm wide - compact with all the features of a large format cooker

Stainless steel construction

5 burner gas cooktop with flame failure valves

Cast iron trivets

Energy Select oven

116 litre oven capacity 670Wx370Hx410D

Electronic ignition



LG - 601 Litre Stainless Steel 4-Door French Door Fridge with In-Door Ice Maker and Tall Water & Ice Dispenser

So excited by these purchases, now i can finish the kitchen plans with complete measurements and order the it all ready to start putting it all in. We also picked up a microwave, and they thru in a glass rangehood as well....happy shoppers, we saved about $2,500 in the super shopping spree today....means more in the coffers for maybe hubbies dream TV once we have finished all that needs to be done!!!

Tonight I head off to my Monday night sewing group...for a little more chatter - It's always nice to stitch in company exchaning some laughter and secrets too.

Family Sewing Bee

This year is the year of creativity for me, working on the home, garden and in items that I can share, sell or give as gifts or donations. And with that came making an effort and time to do this creating, so I organised for my Mum, Sister and a couple of friends to rotate between homes once a month working on smaller projects - the first item was of my choosing and we all worked on our own version of the lovely Christmas hanger that I shared in the last post (picture here). This month is was Mum's pattern and we spent a lovely day sharing tea, coffee and lots of treats whilst working on these lovely cushions...

Not sure if this one is a gift or keeper...I do love it and it is so sweet!!!

Where is the year going???

Has anyone seen February or for that matter January???  I can't believe how quickly the days are flying by. What's worse is that I can't believe the last time I blogged was December. I am so far behind with sharing my life, and I am sorry for my absence, it was not planned or intentional, life just seems to be super busy. So let's see if I can share a rewind of what i have been up too...

 

• Well there has been lots of reno work going on, as we are keen to get the house sorted and mostly finished before the big 21st come April!!

•  I have also been doing a bit of stitching, with some work on all 3 quilts i am working on plus a doll and a Christmas ornament (yes i am going to be more organised come Christmas 2011)

•  We had a holiday to Melbourne and spent time with my adopted family....so love spending time with them all. It was a great family break, and we enjoyed spending time traveling together just the four of us too....enjoying the sites that we love.

•  I started blogging about my 22nd wedding anniversay last week and creating this post with a computer issues caused the rebirth of my laptop and all the work that involved over the next week, there has also been loads of computer work on the re-birthing of the forever always gallery - happy to say that job is complete!!!
• We always say no gifts but always manage to do something for each other, this year the traditional/modern gift for 22years is Copper, so hubby surprised me with a card containing a 1989 (the year we were married) one cent piece....cute and Corney which is why i love him, among with the other 100 reasons... I also received a tube of copper paint...I surprised him with this home made card - first for the year - note the new page counts in the side bar and a lovely old clock.

 There has been heaps more over the past few months, but this blog post is already huge, I hope you have enjoyed the glimpse into my very busy few months. I promise to not take so long between chats ..talk again soon

Hugs Sonia