Well. I thought we had taken care of the ant problem and last night I moved a hamper in the corner of the room and found it FULL of ants. There is a crack in the wall (no doubt from the sinkhole) and the ants were filing in through it. This was at 12:00 at night at the same exact time that Lily pee'd on my dryclean only bedspread!!! UGH! I vacuumed up what I could of the ants then focused on my pee'd bed. I said I didn't know what to do w/ the laundry basket, I didn't want to move it outside but I didn't want to spread the ants to anywhere else in the house and I had just loaded the washer. He said, well they don't seem to be going anywhere but the laundry basket so just leave it until tomorrow, I'll take the day off and we'll figure it out.
I can't get the bug guys to call me back, B doesn't want to spray chemicals in the house anyway (we don't use any chemical cleaners in the house or our yard) AND we aren't supposed to fix the cracks and stuff from the sinkhole b/c they have to document how much they've changed since we filed the claim and do an estimate for repair. So I can't caulk the cracks that are letting the ants in...I think, but my public adjuster is also not calling me back.
OKay, that said. I meant to tell ya'll that we saw wally on the 4th and it was great. We loved it. JUST loved all of the innuendo's. We also bought Monster's Inc. yesterday. We hadn't seen it since it came out in the theatre. i forgot how good it was. Lily was totally captivated. She was really upset when Boo went back home.
Speaking of my little liliana. You know, she doesn't usually get to surf the dis w/ me but last night we were in bed and scrolling through some pages on her dad's blackberry (can you say addict?

) and she said "Who is that mama?" I said "THAT is Tessa, she sewed that pillow all by herself" She said "I LOVE TELLA! She's my best friend." I said "her name is TeSSa" She said "I know, she's my very favorite friend and I love her" Then she called her Tara.

I'm sure she'll figure it out though.
Okay. I was trying to figure out how I want to make her storybook twirl lastnight. I was considering "appliquéing" The panels onto fabric cut the dimensions I want the skirt. instead of trying to add pieces in between and at the top and bottom. B/C of the "book" format one side doesn't have the 1/4" seam allowance and some of the designs are close to where I'd need to sew it to another panel if I just heat-n-bond them on and zig zag around the edges I could eliminate this problem and they wouldn't be off center like I think they will if I sew the strips together. Does anyone have any reason why they think this will not work? I only have 2 weeks to get her minnie dot dress and the storybook twirl done and I have to finish my big give outfits too ( I cut them out last night

) WHY do I do this to myself.
Also, I found a pair of jean overalls in the boys section of sears. The character stuff was all 50% off so bonus. They are Cars themed and have an appliqué of lightning on the bib. After I got it ( I was in a hurry) I realized that the appliqué is right on the bib, there is no pocket so...I could cut it off and back it w/ another fabric and put my appliqué over it..OR like any other nutcase I could set it aside and get some cars fabric for it and just make her minnie dot bodice and ditch the overall idea until I get the cars fabric?????? I am inclined to do the latter but I already have an outfit planned for every park

Of course we are going to WDW again the second weekend in Aug. SO why should she have to wear a Disney custom twice
See what you've all done to me?
HEATHER, I must've come to this thread in July too...b/c the first thing I made was the cuties dress for Lily's 2nd birthday and she turns 3 in 2 weeks. I still have some of that fabric. Maybe I should make her an anniversary dress too

I remember those minnie dresses you made the girls, my how much they've all grown!
I guess that's all for now, I'm off to the photo bucket to look at the storybook twirls. I can't decide if 3x full is going to make it hard to see the panels. I am now wishing I had a pink or white or blue pettis (HINT

)
...t.