Mug rug surprise

Today was a great day!  I have been anxiously awaiting my secret partners mug rug for the past 2 weeks and it finally arrived!!!!  It travelled all the way from Tauranga, New Zealand.  Not only did Toni make two beautiful mug rugs, but she also sent delicious candy, calendar and a postcard from NZ.  The candies are delicious!!  Thank you so much Toni..

If anyone is interested in joining an upcoming secret swap, there is a new one starting soon at Quilting Gallery on Flickr.  We are going to be making a quilted basket... Go check it out and join in the fun!!

Sunday, February 13

It was a birthday week! :)

I hope your weekend was what you wanted it to be. Mine was very busy... My birthday was on Thursday and so we celebrated a birthday bowling party on Friday. It was sooo much fun :) I'm still hurting...Then we went to visit the grandchildren and celebrated again with them :) They loved my number 45 balloons!!! lol

Goals from last week:

1.Exercise 3 times this week
uhmmmm nope... not even one time.. got to get my butt back in gear

2.Complete 2 mug rugs for the Quilting Gallery swap

YES!! and they don't look too bad... i'm looking forward to receiving my own

3.Make a blouse (yes...for real) lol
I did it! I actually made a blouse without a pattern. I used a top that I still wear and tried to replicate it.. It is not "exactly" the same but for a first time attempt I'm ok with that...

Goals for next week:
1.workout to the video "Turbo Jam"
2.start secret swap project
3.work on scrapbook

That's it.. nice and easy week :)
How are you doing? Let me know :) I'd love to hear from anyone out there in "blogland"

Mug Rug

In addition to the donut pincushion I had always wanted to make, a mug rug was another project I wanted to try.  What do you think? It's going to my secret swap partner along with all the other goodies. 

I actually "designed" the mug rug all by my little self, which is a huge accomplishment for me because I usually only follow others' patterns. (note to self: build your confidence) lol

Oh look... there's Cindy on the webcam lol... showing the mug rug because the batteries of her camera were charging at the time (granddaughters coming over tomorrow for the weekend..got to be ready!!).