Note to self - you are seriously OCD.. seek some help!!

Yeah yeah yeah.. I know.. I only have so many hours in a day.. well I will just have to make the most of them.. we are busy with school, and trucking business, and TRYING to get this Pampered Chef thing going, but I have some more stuff for us to do :-)  Not to mention the crazy amount of swaps I sign myself up for.  It's just lucky for me - that I am an EXPERT multitasker :-)

As a part of homeschool curriculum  I have joined us up at Post Crossing.  Basically it works like this - you send out postcard to who the system randomly to another Post Crossing member anywhere in the world, and when it's received your name is given to another random member to send a postcard to you.  At certain increments you even seem to get more than you send out.. I haven't totally figured that part out yet.  But for 98 cents in postage (plus the cost of the postcard - 25 cents at my local truckstop) you can send a postcard anywhere in the world.  Plus I made some to send out on this first round.  As a newbie you can only send out 5 at a time.. so here are my first 5 (notice the zentangle one in the lower left corner):

Here is another zentangle one I am working on to send off to Cali in a day or two when its finished:

I got some new markers the other day - as my pigma micron pens have disappeared or  died on me.  That fabercastle pin was almost $4 all by itself, so I thought I would try it out before I invested a lot of money in them:

Here is a gnome card I made for a swap.  I am by far a novice at cards, but it was fun to do.  The mushrooms and gnome are on double stick tape that lifts them above the surface to sort of "stand out" from the background:

Take a gander at these awesome fabric postcards I got in swaps on swapbot:

I also got these great chunky houses on craftster(first pic is front, second is back):

I also received some wonderful gnomes in a gnome swap on swapbot..lookie at what I got!! And try not to be TOO jealous :-) My partner heatherface was a MOST generous and thoughtful swapper!! Thanks Heather!!

Speaking of generous - Miss Pam and her sweet mom sent me a great box of yarn.  I am wanting to teach Jas to use my knitting looms and crochet to make hats and scarves, and I want to make granny square blankets for the nursing home and veteran's home.  Check out the stash:

In order to make room for the yarn (and just to destash and bless someone else) - look at all the stash I got rid of (it filled up the back of my explorer):

I was also tired of looking at my boys train wreck of a room.. so we did a little "destashng" in there too..look how clean!! I took 5 - yes FIVE lawn garbage bags full of junk, trash, toys, and outgrown clothes out of this room!! You can also see their artwork on the walls.. I am hoping to paint all their walls with chalkboard paint eventually.. and take up the carpet they have destroyed and put down linoleum.

Speaking of cleaning.. the kids went to the dentist and I am sharing the adventure HERE LOL  Check them out!!! The boys didn't cry a bit!! They love this pediatric dentist - there are trains everywhere!! he even has video games for them to play while they wait.. 

I actually have completed several swaps on swapbot, but for whatever reason I forgot to take pics.. but TRUST.. I have been creating.. 

I do have a couple WIPs to share.. both of them are crewel embroidery projects:

This is one from a vintage kit:

This one is from a free pattern by Aimee Ray of "Doodle Stitching".  With this one I am using crewel wool instead of embroidery thread:

In the midst of typing this post - I swap package in the mail!! So why not share it now :-)  I joined Little Messy Missy's bookmark swap.. look at all the wonderful bookmarks I got.. all so different and PRETTY!!

Well, that's about it for today.. I have school to finish up with the kids, penpal letters to write, dinner to prepare, swaps to work on, and the list goes on.. 

So until next time, much love and God bless!!