Free Time

I recently finished another baby quilt for a new baby:

Now I just need to get it in the mail before his arrival.  It’s small and plush and will hopefully be useful for baby lounging.  I always end up with “drop zones” all over the house when I have a newborn.  A blanket with a toy outside the bathroom, a blanket with a toy in the living room, a blanket with a toy on my bed…I set them up as needed throughout the day, pick them all up at night, then start over again the next morning.

And I FINALLY finished the top to one of the boys’ quilts, basted all the layers together while watching one of Trent’s favorite movies, and then –and I almost thought this day would never come- I started quilting.  After changing the design and adding more fabric to make one quilt in progress into two, then finishing the top of one only to realize it was a square instead of a rectangle and having to add more fabric, it was so nice to see that an actual blanket is coming together.  My self-imposed Christmas deadline is starting to seem possible.

And speaking of Christmas, we drew names with both Trent’s family and my own for the handmade gift exchanges.  Everyone has one family member to make a gift for, twenty dollar limit.  It was fun last year with Trent’s family so we started it with my own this year, but all of a sudden I realized that with 6 gifts to make total (adults only on my side), that could bring us to $120 for handmade gifts outside of the realm of regular gift giving.  Which means we will need to find inspiration and supplies here:

Agh!  Time to clean out the craft closet.  What are those wires hanging from the top shelf?  Sometimes when I’m wasting time I like to go to flickr and type in “craft closet.”  Those closets looks nothing like that.

Right across from the craft closet is our treadmill.  I was wondering why I wasn’t losing weight even though I’m working out with a trainer twice a week and no longer having Pop Tarts and beer every day…

Could it be the basket of fabric resting on the treadmill?  That closet has exploded all over that room.  I need to shift my free time priorities for at least the next month until the obstacle run I signed up for in a moment of crazy.  Especially since I haven’t been actually running.  At all.

What.  Was.  I.  Thinking.