Today was grocery shopping day since I didn't get it done on Wednesday as usual. I found this fabric at Walmart and liked it because of the combination of red and blue.
The floral and the coordinating paisley:
No idea what I will do with it yet...
Last night we watched Pride & Prejudice which has just come out on video. I loved it--very romantic.
This is my desk-in its organized state- in a corner of the kitchen. The drawer unit I bought at a flea market-it was an industrial gray so I painted the wood box black which better matches the drawers. It keeps pens, scissors, glue, tape, notepads, etc. where they can easily be found. The wire basket, a yard sale find, holds papers and notebooks.
This little glass door cabinet, from a yard sale, holds our nature finds--abandoned bird nest, speckled eggs, silver dollar, pheasant feather, acorns, etc. Someday I will decorate the inside with some interesting paper.
The old chalkboard is great for keeping my shopping list. The desk has a zinc top with an aged patina, and the garden chair was $5. last summer from the flea market. Mike made a seat out of plywood for me and I covered with the $1 garage sale needlepoint which I finished.
It was a busy day today--Ash Wednesday mass, homeschooling, eye dr. apt., library. Here's what I found to read: Hip Handbags by Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader; Vintage Style by Cath Kidston; Stitch and Sizzle Accessories: hot handbags, scarves, wraps & accents; Decorating Junkmarket Style by Sue Whitney & Ki Nassauer; and 3 magazines for 25 cents apiece off the sale cart: March issue McCalls Quick Quilts, January's Clotilde's Sewing, and January's The Quilter magazine. Stopped at Blockbuster and rented the last copy of Pride & Prejudice, but won't get to watch it til tomorrow evening. I haven't fit in any sewing for some days, but this is a cosmetic bag I made awhile back and sent to one of Stephanie's friends for her birthday. I would like to make more of these, but I really need to figure out a way to press them better--the iron is just too big for these little nooks and crannies. I found the tutorial to make this at small hands.
The bathroom project is progressing. Most of the Saturday was spent on it-running to the hardware store, painting baseboard, putting up beaded board, etc. The ceiling and walls are painted and the beaded board is now all up. 
Mike worked on the trim pieces for the beaded board which will form a little ledge along the top. My job today is to at least get the primer on them.
Sunday was a little more relaxed--church, then Panera for tea and a danish, Home Depot-more supplies, more work on the bathroom, a walk with Mike, and a tiny bit of knitting.
