Sewing Bliss

warning: picture and smiley heavy post
In the run up to the fairs my sewing room looked like this
and this

Can you spot my breakfast tray?  It had been there for a few breakfasts before I cleared it away, what a PIG!

Those of you who know me will understand that this is very very out of character, It takes me an hour to get to bed every night because I like to tidy up so that things are spick and span for the half an hour in the morning when I am awake before the kids.
The thought of having to empty all the boxes and refold the fabric/ colour coordinate etc had me dragging my heels, so I created a new play list with the new cd’s my mum brought me and away I went.
Which brings me to my next question, do you think I have a problem?

 

No, I didn’t think so either!

Result :-) (oh and by the way, by this time the breakfast tray had become my dinner tray)

Now about that problem……

Maybe it’s just the beginning of one?

Don’t hold back with your opinions ladies ;-)
XXX

Kids Rooms

Remember  back in the summer I promised some before and after pics of the house. Well so far I only have afters of the kids rooms, I’ll get the rest later (another thing to add to my to do list!).

What Originally started out as Noora’s and was then they shared has now reverted back to you guessed it… Noora’s Room

 

And Abdulla’s Room, which was initially his and then the guest room and is now his room again…

  I am really proud of the blind in this room, it only cost me OR1.800 a metre (about USD 5.00) as it was the end of the roll. Just so you know, I loved it before I found out the price ;-)

Pardon the pink bed guard! Abdula wanted a McQueen themed room, but I hate disney inspired bedrooms and so he has mostly animals with a few McQueen stick ons and duvet cover.

Did I mention that my Mum is home, we had lots of fun catching up yesterday and the kids just loved seeing their Nana.

Off to get Abdulla from nursery.

Laila XX

Busy having fun!

I think I mentioned a while back that we would be moving in to my mum's whilst the double glazing was installed in our house. My mornings have been busy driving to the house to check on things, choosing paint, curtains, new sofa set fabric and meeting guys at the house to measure this that and the other. I was there the other day when they started cutting in to the ceilings so that they could install the wiring for the fans, I nearly had an anxiety attack. I had no idea that there would be so much dust, it was like a bomb had gone off. I taped the cupboards up before I left, but the dust was so damn fine that I have no doubt that it will have found it's way into everything. Those of you who know me will understand my anxiety, thank god I will get therapy in the form of cleaning which starts tomorrow!


My mum made up a summer activity box before she left, filled with felt activities, face paints, stickers etc... as you can see the kids have been having a blast.

Auntie Sara's so good at things like this!

We have been swimming most afternoons, the monkeys are actually asking to be taken to bed by about quarter past seven. I'm glad their routine is back to normal because school starts in TEN days. Hurray for me!