I'm officially employed!

Well, I started working last week Wednesday.. officially I had a job that Monday. Since I've started working, well life seems pretty hectic, get up in the morning, pack my lunch, eat breakfast as I do so.. and run out the door.. sit at John's parents' for 1/2 hour drink a cup of coffee there and then off to the greenhouse to work.

I got a job working for Sunwest Growers which is John's aunt and uncles greenhouse which is a few houses down from his parents so that works out well for us since we have only one vehicle. John drops me off in the morning and goes to work and then I can wait for him at the end of the day at his parents' place. I end up eating my lunch and stuff there as well since most of their employees are Hispanics and they speak Spanish, the little english they do know is pretty difficult to understand.. so that works for me.. it also give me a chance to relax for a bit! ;)

Most days my job is clipping mint and then replanting the clippings after dipping it into "kelpac" (it is made from kelp and helps the clippings grow roots, btw I have no idea if that is how it is spelled but that is how it sounds!) and then planting it into plug trays.. oh yeah that joys. Not the greatest job but it is a job so I'm not complaining. Today I actually was working in Uncle Bill's field pruning some of his grape plants...

So last week my complaints were.. sore feet, back/neck, and being super tired.. so far this week.. well I've got a really sore hand and got more than enough blisters on it from holding a clipper for 6 hours of the day. Yuppers the joys.. hehe.. other than that well I've started working on my tan.. hehe.. it was gorgeous weather out today.. 15 celcius and so yup my forehead is slightly red..

Someday dream items..

Well it's official I have my first American job.. which means that I will hardly be at home during the day anymore.. but at the same time that is alright I'm not complaining! The fact that I will be earning money has me dreaming.. LOL :) There are certain things that I really want.. and other things that I am going to have to wait to get.. since most of the money is going to go into savings for a someday house, car, etc.

In the mean time I can dream...

Dream #1 is joining Stampin' Up here in the U.S. so I can sell stuff here as well :

http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/10764.asp

Dream #2 is a new zoom lens for my camera, and a flash diffuser.. which is going to happen soon since I'm going to be taking pictures for a wedding

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/381797-GREY/Nikon_2156_55_200mm_f_4_5_6G_ED_AF_S.html#accessories

http://www.amazon.com/Diffuser-Olympus-Camera-Flashes-Cooling/dp/B002XMP7K6/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1266813936&sr=8-15

Dream #3 is having now car payments and student loan payments left.. I have a feeling this could take a while, so before that dream happens I think we are going to be looking for a repossesed house that we can get for a really good price and turn around and sell it again to earn some money to re-invest.. and help pay off some of our loans. Currently we are taking a course from Rich Dad Poor Dad and are learning about Good Debt vs Bad Debt as well as learning what a good investment is, how to go about investing etc etc.

http://www.richdad.com/
http://www.richdadworld.com/
http://www.richdadcoaching.com/

So another part of the course is playing the Cashflow e-game which is actually kinda how things work in real life. It is all about teaching you how to get out of the Rat Race!!

http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-4098375-Cashflow-101/dp/B0002R5IKI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1266869469&sr=8-1

So other than that.. there are more dreams but I'm not going to start listing them all because the list could go on for a long long time!!

Apron Mania!!

So what have I been working on sewing the last while?!? Aprons!! LOL

First of all the one that I made for a friend as a Christmas gift:

Then one for a Bridal Shower gift for one of John's Cousins girlfriend:

.. and then also the one that I'm working on for a fellow Nestie!!

My First Doily!

Well officially I finished my first doily on Tuesday night. Then yesterday afternoon I went to Oma to ask her how to finish it (called starching it and stretching). So below you can see the results of that!

Then, the final result!

n' then last but not least... on my coffee table that I made it for!

So after having worked on if for about 4 months I am pretty happy that I got it done!!

Rock the Dress Pictures

So that is all I've got for now.. more coming.. plus info with it.. rather than writing about it late at night..

Jean's altered into a denim skirt!

Well Katrina and I decided that we needed to buy some super cute jeans that had cute pockets to alter into a cute skirt! LOL :) so here is the end result for mine!

So there you go.. front, side, and back pictures!! :) I'm really happy with the end result.. which means that I may just be doing this more often.. cause you can hardly go wrong when the jeans only costed you $12, thanks to Platos Closet!!

"Love at Home" Quilt/Table runner

Whoot whoot! So finally decided that it was time to get this done :) I started two fridays ago with cutting and worked on it here and there. Actually last week I almost got done, but then kinda got busy with some other little things. Anyway so I decided that today had better be the day that I get the top of it sewn together. It has ended up being slightly bigger than I thought as well as it is square which I didn't think it was going to be either LOL :)

So there it is.. I'll have to post a picture once I'm all done quilting it as well. I'm planning to quilt it myself this time so we will see how that goes..