~~ A Celebration of Life-long friendship ~~ Sew Sweet 16 ~~ Now N' Thens 3/11

[Denovagirl]

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I simply can NOT wait to see the bag!!!!!! I swear I am giggling like a school girl over here as I read your update!!

I am glad you are liking your 30 DS now! That certainly has to help get you motivated to want to do it! And level 2, whoop! Kickin butt and takin' names!

 

[ladylyons]

Hehehe... Well, if I lived closer to you, I would be one of those people too. LOL

And I'd be happy to pass him off to you too!!!


Simba!! Love it and the roar fabric is perfect!!

Fun that you made it to MK!! Tink is always fun to meet. She chased James around on our trip to DL because he was dressed as Peter Pan. She kept telling him Come back Peter! Come Back! He'd look behind him and bust up laughing! It was such a fun time!

Great picture at the game. (Minus the PB.) I mean fine I get doing it once but every time. I always try to smile if I know I'm going to be in the background and have no where to go.

A little update: I just got back from being with DD. She had surgery to remove the cancer. The pathology report came back that they got all of it removed. Just to be safe, they implanted “seeds” that give a constant low-dose of radiation. These “seeds” have must less side effects than traditional radiation. This was originally developed for prostate cancer but now they've branched out into other forms of cancer. They will remove these “seeds” in about 4 months. Thank you to everyone who had her in your thoughts.

When I got home from being with DD, my DH had a little package gift wrapped for me sitting on my bed. I opened it, and I found some paper that he had drawn himself that looked like tickets to Disney World. I was confused to say the least because DH lost his job in February and there is no way we could afford to go on a trip without him having a job. Then it dawned on me – he got a job AND we are going to WDW! WOO HOO!!! I am SO excited! We are leaving in one month so I am going to be super busy making our matching outfits, headpieces, purses and jewelry.

Glad you DD is on the mend. Continued prayers that everything is gone and stays that way.

Yeah for job and trip!! Enjoy!

 

[DMGeurts]

That bag is so cute! That lining fabric is so perfect!

THanks! I was super excited when I found it - I just knew it was perfect!

I've gotten behind as usual. Your before and after pictures are amazing. I can really see all your hard work.
Allie's video is so cute. You can hear the excitement in her voice.
Your headbands are really cute. I could never wear them as I don't like how headbands feel on my head.
I love Alex and Ani bracelets. My daughter got me my firs for mother's Day. It's a Minnie one.
The new bad is cute the colors are wonderful and the lining is just what it needed.
I've been busy at work. The good news is that my assistant is going to overnights. We're getting a more experienced assistant. She started as an electronics associate before she went into the training program. She actually knows what we do.
We also got our Magic Bands yesterday.
I hope everyone has a good day.
Liz

Thank you Liz!

Yah - I love her videos - I still wish she would have done more of them. Maybe next time?

Hehehe... They are so much fun to wear! I love the Minnie one - esp. if it's the red dot one - it's so cute! I may end up getting that one some day - I love it when they add a pop of color like that.

Yay for getting your magic bands! Are you planning to decorate them at all?

I hope work goes easier with your new assistant.

Just wanted to say CUTE BAG and you look amazing!! I love Alli's video's soo adorable too bad she thought they were "goofy" where else can you get away with that silly girl.. Oh well I am looking forward to more updates.. Thanks for sharing with us.. Michelle

Thanks!

I know - LOL... I don't think she realizes how adorable she is?

I am looking forward to doing more updates - hopefully today or tomorrow I will have one for you all... It's so hard getting the pictures together from all these cameras though - when it's just the girls and I, we only have pics on my camera and photopass... Now we have bff and her dd too - and it's so hard.

Of course Allison would think her videos were goofy - she's a teenager and hates to see herself as anything but completely cool and in control. I bed if V had done them she'd think they were cute and/or hilarious.

I was going to comment on the bag when I saw it on face book - well, the lining actually. Where on earth did you find it? There would literally be no better fabric for the lining of this bag.

I'm feeling a little better, still have one med to use for the next few days, but then hopefully I'll be much better. Except for the back. I may have done some twisty, stretchy, jumpy, squatty, bendy weird things to my back in the past week as we cleaned the snot (literally sometimes) out of this place.

Looking forward to hearing/seeing more!

Prayers and Pixie dust to all.

Exactly - LOL... But as long as she doesn't know I've shared them.

I found it on Etsy - months ago, before I even knew I was going to do this bag theme, I think I got lucky.

Yikes - I sure hope you are doing better soon, that's one of the most awful pains ever!

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I simply can NOT wait to see the bag!!!!!! I swear I am giggling like a school girl over here as I read your update!!

I am glad you are liking your 30 DS now! That certainly has to help get you motivated to want to do it! And level 2, whoop! Kickin butt and takin' names!

LOL - I am happy you are excited!

Well - I don't love my 30DS, but I like it better now because it's easier to do and I can do more - but it's still hard, if that makes any sense? LOL I actually rotate between all the levels during the week... Monday is Level 1, Wed is level 2 and Fri is level 3. BUt I like to think I am kickin' butt. Tehehehe.

And I'd be happy to pass him off to you too!!!


Simba!! Love it and the roar fabric is perfect!!

Fun that you made it to MK!! Tink is always fun to meet. She chased James around on our trip to DL because he was dressed as Peter Pan. She kept telling him Come back Peter! Come Back! He'd look behind him and bust up laughing! It was such a fun time!

Great picture at the game. (Minus the PB.) I mean fine I get doing it once but every time. I always try to smile if I know I'm going to be in the background and have no where to go.

Glad you DD is on the mend. Continued prayers that everything is gone and stays that way.

Yeah for job and trip!! Enjoy!

LOL - thanks! I'd be happy to hold any and all babies.

Cute story about Tink! LOL

Yah - I would have been OK with one of the pictures - but ALL of them? I was so upset!

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Yesterday was a pretty good day...

I started off with Level 2 of 30DS.

It took me 3 tries to boil eggs... Seriously! Grrr... I was trying a different method, which clearly didn't work well. LOL In the end - it took me an hour to boil 6 eggs. LOL I was not going to lose to the eggs, so I was determined to get them cooked.

I worked most of the remainder of the day in my sewing room. I am almost done with this week's custom order... I have a little over an hour's worth of work yet to do on it.

Oh, and BIG news... I started a blog yesterday! I know what you are thinking... Doesn't she write enough here? LOL Yah -probably... But I've been wanting somewhere to share my weightloss journey that's totally separate from The Dis - as I have a lot of family and friends who are intrested - who I really don't want here (I share a lot of stuff here that I don't necessarily want them to read... I hope you understand). I thought a blog would be a great place to have all that info. It's a pretty sickly blog - with only one post - LOL... But hopefully I can fill it up quickly? And, for the record, because I am sharing the link here on The Dis - there will never be a mention of my business or my bags - other than a very broad mention every now and then... This blog is strictly size loss and healthy eating related... So, if you are interested - any and all of you (even those of you who just read along) are welcome to join me there too. I will still do my once a month updates (and daily replies) here - but the bulk of my food stuff will be done over there... At some point in the near future - I will be sharing this link with my family and friends on FB... But for now - you all are some of the first to know about it.

Just Another Primal Journey

And that's about all.

Today - I'll be finishing up this week's custom order. I hope to get pictures posted today.

Then - I think I need to make a trip to town... I need coffee creamer. Sigh. I'd love it if I could wait until tomorrow, but I think I am meeting Myrthe for lunch and shopping - so if I don't do it today, I'll be out of luck tomorrow.

Oh - and I know this is a weird thing to be excited about... but I am getting a school sweatshirt from the girls' school. They sell the really nice embroidered ones in the school store - and Victoria found out on Monday that she gets two discounts... She gets -10% for being on the honor roll the last semester of school last year, plus she gets -10% military discount! How awesome is that? I am super excited, because most of my sweatshirts are gigantic on me now - so I've been on the hunt for a few new ones lately. I was on the hunt in WDW - but sadly - they screen print almost everything down there, and I refuse to pay $60-$75 for a sweatshirt that isn't even embroidered.

So, that's all. I was hoping to have an update for all of you today, but I will see how it goes... I really hate having all of our trip pictures spread out between 4 different cameras plus photopass - it makes assembling them very difficult - plus when I upload them to Photobucket, they are not uploaded in order - so I have to hunt and peck through them all. Sigh. So, I will see how long it takes me to organize that mess. Thankfully it gets better after our first day - as I pretty much only used my phone as a camera after that (sorry Mo...).

Have a fabulous day everyone! Prayers and good thoughts to all of you!

D~

 

[ljcrochet]

I can't wait to check out your blog. I cut out almost all processed foods in my diet in my house. DH and my girls have cut down the amount of processed food a lot. Yesterday DD2 tried on the dress for my BIL and SIL's wedding next month. I was amazed how much slimmer she is. She went from June only need the shoulders taken in and getting the dress shortened, to last night DH asking me why we didn't get her the smaller size.


I haven't decided if I'm doing a trip report yet, but if I do, I will have the same issue of all the different photos all over the place. I had my phone, DH's phone, DD2 ipod ( luckily they are all on a shared photo stream), camera and photo pass. FIL probably has some as well on his phone.

 

[Terkina]

A blog sounds like a good idea.

I can't wait to see a new bag from you.

 

[Denovagirl]

Possible bag photos today!?!?!?!?!!!?!?!!!!?!?!?!!!

 

[WDW2012]

Joining in. We were there the same time as you! I read some of your PTR and I thought you might be there at the same time and I was definately on the look out for those beautiful bags. Boy was it hot or what??? We had never been in August and while I knew it was going to be super hot and humid, we thought we were going to melt into the ground when we were at the Animal Kingdom

Congratulations on your weight loss and journey to better health. You look terrific! It is certainly inspiring and I thank you for sharing it. Our son (11) was recently diagnosed with Crohn's disease and follows a gluten free/dairy free/corn free diet. Talk about a challenge! Thankfully we were able to comply in Disney even if it meant a lot of signature dinners We have definately tried to change our eating habits because of him but it is so difficult and in Disney it is even harder!

Looking forward to the rest of your report. Maybe I'll see myself in the background ;-)

 

[DMGeurts]

Gosh... Just love how this bag turned out!!! Not to mention - it's for a good friend of mine - so that makes it even more special for me to make! I just love how the applique turned out - and even better - seriously - that interior fabric ~swoon~ I've been hoarding this fabric for well over 2 years - and I knew when this bag was ordered that this is the fabric I would use for it... I am sad to say that I used every morsel I had - and there is no more. But it's going to a great home!

Oh - you wanted to see the bag???

Tehehehe... Sorry - I couldn't resist.

D~

 

[Denovagirl]

OH. MY. PERFECTION!!!!!

I can NOT believe that is MINE!!! Are you SERIOUS!!!!!!!

I could not have envisioned something more perfect! I LOVE it SOOOOO much!!! I cannot wait to proudly wear it EVERYWHERE!!! I really can't wait to show Mickey and Minnie!!!!

So many FEELS!!! You've made my day/week/month/trip with this! I will cherish it!!!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!



PS. I cant believe you made me scroll down in anticipation so much!!! LOL!!

 

[Wood Nymph]

I could not have envisioned something more perfect! I LOVE it SOOOOO much!!! I cannot wait to proudly wear it EVERYWHERE!!! I really can't wait to show Mickey and Minnie!!!!

Is this going to be your new bag? You are one lucky girl.

And it even matches your MagicBand. That is an interesting coincidence.

Dee - this bag is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Pluto0809]

Another perfect bag!!

 

[Denovagirl]

Is this going to be your new bag? You are one lucky girl.

And it even matches your MagicBand. That is an interesting coincidence.

Dee - this bag is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SQUEEEE! YES!!! I can't believe that I get to say YES that is my GORGEOUS and AWESOME bag!!! How lucky am I!!??!?

Haha, yes what a funny coincidence that it indeed matches my magic band... and my shoes... and my shirt... lol

 

[RoyalPrincess]

WELCOME!!! And THANK YOU!!!! (yes, I did yell that!) I was going to try to sit down and accomplish that myself, but there's no way mine would look that good. So, thank you for doing that! You totally made my day!

Absolutely! I'm just glad that I was able to help out!

 

[Clio]

The new bag is beautiful. I'm glad your friend likes it.
Liz

 

[Valgoof]

Love the bag!! The interior fabric is so cute. I love, love, love the classic, pie eyed M&M. That will probably be my theme request when I get a custom spot.

 

[DMGeurts]

I can't wait to check out your blog. I cut out almost all processed foods in my diet in my house. DH and my girls have cut down the amount of processed food a lot. Yesterday DD2 tried on the dress for my BIL and SIL's wedding next month. I was amazed how much slimmer she is. She went from June only need the shoulders taken in and getting the dress shortened, to last night DH asking me why we didn't get her the smaller size.


I haven't decided if I'm doing a trip report yet, but if I do, I will have the same issue of all the different photos all over the place. I had my phone, DH's phone, DD2 ipod ( luckily they are all on a shared photo stream), camera and photo pass. FIL probably has some as well on his phone.

Well, I hope you enjoy reading it - as of now, there's not much to read - but I'll just keep adding to it now and then, and maybe there will be a few people out there who enjoy reading it? If not - that's OK too - I think it will be good for me to talk about this aspect of my life.

It's amazing what a change in diet will do when you eliminate processed foods! That is wonderful!

Yes, I definitely don't like having pictures all over the place - at least we now have our photopass pictures downloaded, so that makes things easier.

A blog sounds like a good idea.

I can't wait to see a new bag from you.

I think so? Eating this way has become such a huge portion of my life these days - I think it will be good for me to write about it.

Possible bag photos today!?!?!?!?!!!?!?!!!!?!?!?!!!

Joining in. We were there the same time as you! I read some of your PTR and I thought you might be there at the same time and I was definately on the look out for those beautiful bags. Boy was it hot or what??? We had never been in August and while I knew it was going to be super hot and humid, we thought we were going to melt into the ground when we were at the Animal Kingdom

Congratulations on your weight loss and journey to better health. You look terrific! It is certainly inspiring and I thank you for sharing it. Our son (11) was recently diagnosed with Crohn's disease and follows a gluten free/dairy free/corn free diet. Talk about a challenge! Thankfully we were able to comply in Disney even if it meant a lot of signature dinners We have definately tried to change our eating habits because of him but it is so difficult and in Disney it is even harder!

Looking forward to the rest of your report. Maybe I'll see myself in the background

That is awesome! It would be totally cool if you were in some of my pictures! You'll have to let me know.

Yes - it was crazy hot... but similar to giving birth - you forget how bad it was almost immediately. My girls say "Never again in August"... but I bet they'd go, if it was their only option. Tehehe...

I like to think that eating gluten free is so much easier now than what it was even 5 years ago... So many (so, so many) people are finding out they have some type of grain allergy, and it's become so common. Which is really sad - as grains are such a huge part of our society, and promoted by Drs and Government no matter which way you turn. I am glad you are able to make it work in Disney... I am thankful that I am able to tolerate grains in small amounts, so I was able to indulge in several items.

OH. MY. PERFECTION!!!!!

I can NOT believe that is MINE!!! Are you SERIOUS!!!!!!!

I could not have envisioned something more perfect! I LOVE it SOOOOO much!!! I cannot wait to proudly wear it EVERYWHERE!!! I really can't wait to show Mickey and Minnie!!!!

So many FEELS!!! You've made my day/week/month/trip with this! I will cherish it!!!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!


PS. I cant believe you made me scroll down in anticipation so much!!! LOL!!

Yay!!! SO happy you love it!!! Cannot wait to see you carrying it in the parks!

Is this going to be your new bag? You are one lucky girl.

And it even matches your MagicBand. That is an interesting coincidence.

Dee - this bag is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much!!!

Another perfect bag!!

Awww... Thank you!

SQUEEEE! YES!!! I can't believe that I get to say YES that is my GORGEOUS and AWESOME bag!!! How lucky am I!!??!?

Haha, yes what a funny coincidence that it indeed matches my magic band... and my shoes... and my shirt... lol)

LOL... I planned that.

Absolutely! I'm just glad that I was able to help out!

Again - thank you so much!

The new bag is beautiful. I'm glad your friend likes it.
Liz

Thank you! I am glad too.

Love the bag!! The interior fabric is so cute. I love, love, love the classic, pie eyed M&M. That will probably be my theme request when I get a custom spot.

Thanks! I am just so happy she loves it!

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Yesterday was a great day for me!

I did my heavy lifting right away in the morning.

Then I was upstairs to finish my custom order... I am very happy with it!

Afterwards, I began working on a custom wallet order for a co-worker... I am really excited about the fabric I am using for it - it's perfect. I hope to finish it this morning.

BFF and I finished editing our PHotopass pictures... Our final count was 2504 after all edits. I am very happy with that. It only took 68 downloads and about 3 hours to get them all done.

I couldn't figure out what to make for dinner last night - and since we had to bring Alli to town anyways - Josh and I ate at Green Mill while we were waiting. I had a tequila lime chicken salad - it was very good.

This morning - I will be doing level 3 of JM's 30 day shred.

I'd also like to sneak upstairs and finish that wallet if time permits.

I am meeting Myrthe at the MOA for lunch and shopping.

So sad that they fly home on Monday - we are going to miss them terrible!!

And that's all. If I don't get an update here today - I will do one tomorrow morning.

I hope you all have a fabulous Friday! Prayers and good thoughts to all!

D~

 

[WDWaddictt]

That bag is so adorable! Love it!!

Great job with getting back on your healthy eating and 30DS when you got back from vacation! You look great, but more importantly I am sure you feel great.

 

[MPWife153]

The Minnie/Mickey Bag is my favorite to date! I've loved so many you have done, this one, WOW!!!

 

[KatMark]

D, please forgive me as I am behind again.

I am determined to get my TR done by Monday since we leave a week from today (I finally was able to do the final plans on my PTR and wrap that up).

I love the video and the pictures with Tink are adorable.

You already know from FB that I love the Lion King bag.

The Mickey/Minnie kissing bag is absolutely priceles...LOVE it.

 

[sewmess]

Firstly - love the bag. Awesome interior.

Secondly - When I read you started a blog I laughed and possibly said aloud "Because she doesn't do enough already." But there is that saying: if you want something done, give it to a busy person.

Finally - If I don't sew this weekend I won't get ANYTHING done for our trip. in a week from today.

Hope everyone has a fun, safe, relaxing or whatever is needed weekend!