Monday, January 7, 2013

What's That They Say...

...about "keeping it real"?

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This is how I got so much done this weekend. Complete chaos. My dining room table is turned sideways and moved to one end of the room so I could baste quilts. Random fabrics from about 6 projects scattered along the table. Crazy carpets from kids tunneling under them with their flashlights. 

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3 quilts on a chair, finally basted. Kids' games scattered on the floor. Lame design wall decorated with selvage necklaces made by the kids. 

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More crazy rugs. Random stuff left on the mantle so Max won't get it. Obviously a pointless exercise, what  with the chair there and all. And let's not forget the banner from a birthday celebrated a week ago. 

But that's my crazy life and I love it.

P.S. Don't be jealous of the wallpaper. 

21 comments:

  1. haha. Life IS. But you got your bee blocks done & quilts basted!! ;-)

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  2. Now that is keeping it real! LOve it!

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  3. Well played, friend. But I'll see your tunneled carpets and raise you 1000+ Legos scattered on the floor AND Christmas decorations still up...
    I say anything that lets me get to the sewing machine is completely acceptable:)

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  4. Ha! Looks like my sewing space. Thanks for reminding us that we sew in real life, not all undistrubed in fabulous sewing studios!

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  5. Doesn't look too bad considering the little ones running around. A messy desk is a sign of a busy mind :)

    The floors totally make up for the wallpaper. So pretty.

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  6. That wallpaper is, err, delightful...

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  7. Looks like a house where life is enjoyed

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  8. Hee, I was noticing the wallpaper in every picture... :D

    I think your house still looks great! You still have tidy floors -- you should see the piles of toys scattered on mine. >_<

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  9. Thanks for letting us share a small part of your life!

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  10. Don't worry about the wallpaper - who chewed off the end of the skirting board!?

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  11. Toni,

    I love it and looks like my house! My dinning room now is the quilt room and piano. Thanks for sharing!

    Linda

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  12. Toni! Long time no visit! I love the house, your wallpaper looks like the paper in my new sewing room...ha! Way to be real Chica...love it.

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  13. Looks like my house! Nice to see we're all the same. I actually don't hate the wallpaper.

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  14. Tunneling under the rugs with flashlights sounds like great fun! We had our sleeper sofa out today as a fort!

    It reminds me of a refrigerator magnet my mom has that says, "dull women have immaculate houses." I claim that statement because I don't think our house is ever clean. :)

    Our Christmas decorations are still up too... A fort was way more fun than cleaning or packing. :)

    Thanks for reminding us that what we do, we do in real life. Anything to stay sane in the crazy world we live in!

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  15. times like these I am thankful no one can see into my sewing room through the computer! I don't see mess, I see productive and fun! Tunneling under the carpets, how fun is that?!

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  16. Oh yes! Over here the recycling direly needs to go out and someone need to take ownership of sorting through the piles of papers we always seem to be accumulating. ;) If we added kids to the mix that would bring it up a whole 'nother notch!

    P.S. Tunneling under rugs sounds like a blast! You have some creative boys. :)

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  17. Oh I love it! My house gets thoroughly thrashed when I am on a sewing streak! And it's not just the room I'm sewing in. It's also all the other rooms due to my severe neglect, ha ha!

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  18. I feel you. Totally. The bug man came to spray the house today and again I had forgotten he was coming. I started to apologize for the mess, but I realized it is so often the case that he won't believe me anymore when I give a reason for the mess. Apparently, we're just messy. ;)

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