DIY overload!

I might be on DIY overload this week. I'm still working on my quilt (although I haven't made any more progress). I will also be picking up an ugly dresser tonight so that I can fix it up and use as storage for the girls craft supplies (more on that later in the week!). And to top it all off I agreed to make someone a dress. I haven't done any garment sewing in quite awhile so I may have just dug myself into a VERY deep hole. Mary wants to wear the dress to a wedding next Saturday. Hopefully tonight she can pick up the fabric and pattern so I can get started. This should be an interesting adventure since I haven't done much sewing for other people. {I did make my dad a button down shirt in high school that he still wears for "special occasions" aka "seeing me"}  If it works out maybe I can turn it into something -- side business perhaps? It's going to be a busy, busy week!

Baking with fireworks

After a busy morning at the bike show, A and I decided to make zucchini muffins and bread while J was sleeping. Everything was mixed up and I was just finishing up pouring the rest of the batter into the loaf pan when I heard a strange sound. I turned around to see my oven shooting flames and sparks inside. It looked like someone put a firecracker in my oven and lit it off. Then the smoke started. I got A into the other room and shut off the stove and made sure the breaker was off. The flames and sparks stopped, but needless to say my oven is a goner. When my DH got home he surveyed the damage and figured out that we had an electrical short which caused the coil to burn right through (thus shooting flames and sparks). 

We did manage to get everything baked (with trip to my mom's house!) and A was happy to finally get a taste of her muffins.

All smiles

This is what I came home to after running last night. They always know how to keep me smiling!

A inside the block box with J trying to put the lid on top