Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Are Hatched

It is a motto I try to live by. We did sign the papers last week for the house. Sadly, the owners decided to, once again, be difficult and renegotiate. I'm willing to bend and bend, but there comes a point when they want you to break and that's not okay. We decided to stand our ground or find a new house. According to our agent, they decided to stop being jerky and we should have the keys tomorrow.
While I'm excited about the move and the new home. We have a great deal of work ahead of us. Combining two households is going to be quite a chore! I suspect we'll need to have a large garage sale in the next couple of months.
On the creative side of things...I can't wait to pick out the paint for the walls of our new home. :)

Excited

We are signing the papers for our new home today. Next, we will do some painting before we start moving in. I wonder how long it will take to get the studio up and running. The quilty bug has definitely been biting me this week. What projects are you all working on? I have so many that have been packed away for the last year, I'm not sure where I want to start. I figure I'll start with the new pattern, followed by bday quilts for my kids and something for my new hubby. And at some point I'll have to get going on those huge piles of UFOs. I'm looking forward to hosting quilt gatherings again. I'm sure they will help me get lots and lots of things accomplished. :)

Rainy days...

they are perfect for quilting. Sadly, I don't have space to do that yet and I'm also at my other job. So, that does put a crimp in things. However, that doesn't mean that I'm not able to take care of a few things. I'm finally adding a logo to my patterns and the back of the cover sheets. I am changing my name on all of them as well. My husband, David, is a photographer. So, I'm toying with the idea of changing all my cover shots. However, he has never photographed quilts and the weather isn't exactly ideal. Whether or not we change the photographs for the current quilts, he probably will be shooting the upcoming ones. Pray that we get settled into our new place soon so that I have space to get going on the next pattern... :)

On a personal note...here are a few pictures of the beginning of my new life.