Working Is Cramping My Style!

I knew when I went back to work it would change a lot of things but a week without blogging - oh no!  That's not me!  :)  I did manage to work a bit  more in my sewing room this week, continuing with my "remodel".  After all the discussion on the table I wanted to buy - half of you loved it and half of you hated it - I bought it to see if it would work for me because I couldn't find anything I liked any better.  It was important to me that it fold up to get out of the way when I needed it to and it certainly does that.  This is the way that corner ended up.

The table is indeed "wobbly" but today we're making a trip to Lowe's to buy something, I'm not sure what, that my husband and his friend Larry think will stabilize it.  They're going to put two new legs on it that will also fold up.  When you fold the sides up there's only one leg that swings out to support each side.  They're adding an additional one on each side so there's one for each corner.  It's not so wobbly that I can't use it or I would have returned it.  But I'll be more comfortable if it's a bit more stable.  And those cords are an issue for me - I ended up taping them to the baseboard with clear packing tape and it's much better. This is an old house and places to plug things in are few and far between.  

 We also doubled the size of my design wall.  I like to use the 4 x 8 sheets of insulation.  I don't put flannel on it because flannel won't hold a whole quilt top for me so I end up pinning anyway and the flannel ends up covered with threads, which I hate.  This really added lots of room for ongoing projects.  As you can see I'm in the middle of a few!

I thought I pinned this blog post but now I can't find it so my sincere apologies to the writer of the blog who showed this - if someone will remind me I'll gladly add it here.  Edited:  Terry posted about this and it came from here http://thimblemouseandspouse.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-school-days-blog-hop-party.html.  This little cord holder has been my focus the last couple of days.  Well really my Dots on Dots project for the next blog hop has been  my focus but this drew my attention as well.  I've made 19.  :)  What great gifts!  Everyone I know wants one or four!  You roll up your phone or e-reader cord and tuck inside.  What a great way to store them attractively on your desk or to travel with.

And then there's school.  I'm working as a high school guidance counselor this semester.  I'd forgotten a few things...like bulletin boards you have to cover.  Here are a couple in the hall outside my door.

This Time one is my favorite I think.  The clock is set for the time the first bell rings for school.  :)  All the little clocks are set at random times.  My husband stapled every one of those little clocks and each hand individually for me.  

Maybe the stars are my favorite.  :)  These are John Wesley's rules.  If you click on the picture you should be able to read them all.  I'm trying hard to present positive thoughts to the kids.

This is my door.  I'd forgotten that high school kids, no matter how perfect their schedule may appear to you, me and their mother, always want to change it.  I only have about 285 kids but I think 284 wanted a schedule change and sometimes they came back because they changed their minds and wanted it back like it was to begin with.  As I finished a change on the computer and printed it out I taped it to my door for them to pick up.  My door looked like this for days and days!

It's been a long time since I worked with kids this age but I've had lots of fun and the first time one of them said, "Mrs. Bush, I love you!" I remembered everything I enjoyed about them.  Even if it was because I changed her schedule for the third time.