long time on the road – really glad to be home in my soft bed. ^_^ you’d think the extra fat on these hips would have been enough – not so after 10 days. drive home was long but thankfully ‘uneventful’. now i just have to get into a new groove here. first must clear out the van and then head into office this afternoon. tomorrow i must make sure i have enough kits for the next class on wed. no rest for the weary. 🙂 still, life is good!!
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tomorrow is the day – i leave and will be on the road for nearly 2 weeks. as always, these days, i find myself feeling a little unsure – dare i say a little ‘scared’?? i’m always ok once i’ve begun – or at least fairly quickly after. ^_^ i thought i’d share the pictures i took of the van loaded. so far only the business stuff – no suitcase or rolling ‘office’ or food, etc. i had to find out if it would all fit – the new racks, that is. looks like it will be ok. will be a little tight sleeping in there with everything still loaded – but then, that’s always been the case. i think i actually have more space now – except for where that folding rack butts up against the mattress. ^_^ check it out.
before i leave, i will unroll and inflat the mattress – much easier than doing in the rest area after having driven for 9-10 hours. will put sophie’s bed on top of it while we drive. somehow we both manage to sleep on that very narrow bed. ^_^
i have made better use of the side areas than i did before. was surprised how much i could fit between the rack and the wall – on both sides. no longer have to squeeze the tiny tables into the little space between the platform and the back door. and the new racks have eliminated 2 tubs, which saves some floor space as well.
the directv guy is here right now. sure hope my tv is finally fully functioning by the time he leaves. at that point i must head to the office for a bit, and then run the last of my errands. still have a pattern to take to o.max for copies to complete some kits and the one quilt package. have chosen my dresses and shirts – and i hope enough other clothes to get me thru non-show times. will be visiting ee schenck while in portland – before the show. need to purchase needles. have none at the moment! am doing 2 mini-classes during the show so figure i really need those needles to sell. oh, am looking forward visiting with my grandson, wade, while in portland. he is going to ‘man’ the booth (literally :)) while i teach.
see you in portland. don’t think i’ll be online in walla walla. then again???
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i was just not happy with the way that 3-min-block wallhanging looked. and when i took it to the class in drytown, my ‘fears’ were confirmed – it wasn’t right! so, i pondered on it for a bit – at least a couple weeks. and decided to make some changes. that meant a new picture and a lot of new words in the directions – but it was worth it. fortunately most of what i had already cut for the kits was still ok. i hadn’t cut the main fabric – didn’t have it till after i had shown it and decided to make the changes. good thing!! so, here is the finished product.
i only cut 4 kits to take – this kit doesn’t normally sell all that quickly. if i run out, i will do as always and ship it free if they buy at show.
i also finally made the cover for the last rack. it holds the simply (my) flowers patterns and kits, so traced those onto the cover. used those inks again. sure hope i find those again at a show – would like more colors.
wow, 3 pictures in one post. yea! ^_^ i didn’t trim these, so you can see the ‘mess’ on the shelves behind them. just a lot of stuff. and several other things also pinned to that kind of design board thing – just a piece of flannel hanging in front of the (bamboo/match stick)shades that cover most of the shelves. nothing fancy around here!!
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