SOFA SLIPCOVER - Progress!

i can sew

(have been for years)

but

i have to admit

the only

'slip-cover'

i've ever made 

was done in 2 pieces of fabric.

you know the kind.

(toss & tuck)

it was a nice linen

that i cut 

&

sewed right down the center 

&

thru over the sofa.

i did stencil a pretty leaf & flower design 

along the edge here and there.

then it got cut-up years later.

it's fabric waiting to be up-cycled.

any-way...

here

is 

the beginning 

of the

slip-cover

i have always wanted.

i

can't afford to purchase a slipcover for 

this sofa.

it's H-U-G-E!

so huge that one piece sits on

another wall 

as a 

one-arm chair!

the beginning...

i cut-up one i had from pottery barn

with the buckles in the back

and 

used some of the fabric 

for the area that won't be seen

under the cushions.

(the area mika is lounging on)

so 

i saved a little $$ there.

not perfect

but

it's coming along
:)

long way to go yet

but

I'll post the end result when finished.

Distressed Aquamarine Necklace

she's

 so 
pretty on.

now in my
shop

She **Freaks** me out...

when she does this!

 it's the 3rd time i've caught her up there.

i know she's just being a

'cat'

but we're 3 floors up

and

i think 

"what if she falls!"

i know she knows what she's doing

(i hope)

but ...

i had a cat b4 mika

named 

miss kitty.

one day jamie and i had left the house for a couple hours

and came home to miss kitty

out on the porch.

we thought

"hmmm...

how did she get out there?

we don't let her
out
on the porch"

(because it was close to the road)

but there she was!

then we went upstairs to 

our bedroom

to find that the huge screen in our window 

was pushed out!

she had jumped up to 

what 'wasn't there'

(a sill)

and flew out the window!

to the porch below. 

thank god

she landed on the porch 

and was OK.

lil devil.

My Weekend

Saturday

i got up late

b-cause

i was up until after 3am

the nite b4.

i've been having trouble with anxiety

since

i had the trigger point injections.

and

it seems to be getting worse.

i've been hyperventilating

a lot

which really sucks!

b4 that it was 

now & then

(the hyperventilating)

after the injections.

 yesterday

we headed out 4 dinner

and 

had to turn the truck around

and come back home

so i could get my 

(bedtime only)

anxiety med.

today was better.

i managed to work on the 

sofa slipcover.

cleaned & did laundry.

and

started working on an aquamarine ring.

b4 we went to dinner

i started feeling the anxiety again

so

i took another pill.

we went to our favorite place to eat

got take-out 4 a change

and 

found a picnic table to eat at.

that was real nice.

:)

some days i just feel so alone

in this pain i'm living with.

after-all

i'm the one in this body

so how could anyone else

really understand.

Pics of The House that Built 'Me'

 the 

video below

goes with this post. 

you may want to *play* while reading.

 

we took a 4 hour drive 

on the bike today (Saturday).

it was hot (near 90*)

 when we started out around 3pm.

a couple of hours into it
we took
a drive 2 where i grew up.

 i love coming back here to 

remember...

the 

 "house that built me"

my father built this house

b4 i was even born.

over 55 years ago.

when he passed away

my mom sold the house.

the neighbors next door

bought it.

we used to sit on that
old concrete road-side step
in our pj's @ night
under the street lights
talking and playing up a storm.

the back yard is
HUGE!
we had a beautiful garden
where
Mom & Dad
planted every veggie you can imagine.
 fruit trees & vines here and there
thru-out the yard.

and flowers ~
ohh the flowers!
Mom had the green-est thumb
i'd ever seen.

chickens, rabbits, geese, ducks,
a horse
 a couple dogs
and
many cats
over the years.

it makes me happy

to see how well they still care for 

her.

our house.

the house

my dad built.

mom & dad 

raised

10 of us 

here.
5 girls & 5 boys.

so many good memories.
some, not so good.
but they're mine.

i miss her.

our house.

i am ever-so-thankful

i can take a stroll

on-by

any time

my

heart desires.

 we parked the bike around 

the corner

on the road

 that

we walked

many many times

as kids 

to

the beach.

jamie & i

played around

like children

until we couldn't 

laugh 

anymore.

It was a good day.

:) 

Mom had the chance
to meet this man
b4 she passed.

 and 

understood why

i felt so much love 4 him.
he changed my life.

Dad would have liked him a lot too.
after-all ~ he builds beautiful homes as well. 

so beautiful

we can't afford to live in one.
but that's ok.
:)
  

when i first heard
this song
i new it would be used in 
a blog post.
it's as if i wrote it.
(except we new our neighbors)