new air

I am a new woman. This morning I got up with the boys and after drinking the last of the coffee walked to the coffee shop on the corner to get James a cup. The boys were sweet and adorable and made me feel like a wonderful mother. Finn asked the barista for some cockroach candy (gummy worms) and when she told him they were all out, looked so horror stricken I worried he might throw a tantrum right there. Instead he asked her if she would put it on the grocery list and then said maybe next time he could have some. I was so proud. And then I got a phone call on my way home explaining that I was actually still in the interview process with Western Culinary Institute and could I come in for an interview later this week. Yes I can, as a matter of fact; Yes I can. And my housemate offered to treat me to a haircut. Yes I would like to have a new haircut.

So I am feeling lovely and empowered. And I have been sewing these last few days, just not taking pictures, which makes me feel like not posting until I have taken the pictures and uploaded them to the computer and by that point, I've avoided posting for three days. But instead I will just tell you about my projects in that thousand words (or less) kind of way. Yesterday I ripped the cover from the arm chair I had found on the side of the road in Astoria and found the most amazing vintage hawaiian fabric underneath that matched both the cream covers on the other chairs and the gray I had just painted them all. I had been searching every fabric store in town to cover everything and now I am so glad I didn't find anything. The vintage mismatched but matching look is so much more what I was going for anyway. I also straightened a couple pairs of jeans that belled out at the bottom, very not Anthropologie this season and I've been wearing both pairs significantly more.

Today I am going to paint the guest room and redistribute the quilts in the house, getting everything ready for the holidays. Later I'm thinking about dying some fabric orange for a new duvet cover. I've never worked with dye before. We'll see. I'm feeling very optimistic.