Wednesday, August 29, 2007

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I found a stitching group AND I signed up for a stitching retreat!
There is a shop in Mauldin named Panda's Crossing. They have a stitching group the second Friday of every month and a UFO group every fourth Friday. AND they are having a Harvest/Halloween Retreat October 5-6. So I am signed up and excited! It's about a 30 minute drive, but so what!!

I've been working some on my pumpkin, but most evenings this week I have been to tired to do anything! Having my room and office at school SOOO unorganized is driving me crazy. So next Tuesday afternoon, a bunch of my girls are staying and we are going to really tackle getting everything done! I'm going to get material this weekend to cover some benches and chairs - really bright print with bright red, green, blue, and yellow. Red paint to paint the benches' wooden parts and a filing cabinet and gross desk. Some of them will work on filing the music that is sitting around in 125 boxes. I told them I would order pizza and we would just make a party of it. So, that should be fun - bonding and working!

The drum class meets RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME during my planning period, last hour of the day. OH MY GOODNESS!!! I can't even use the telephone. So, I went in there today and very sweetly asked them - after telling them how great they sounded- if it was possible to play softer when practicing. I told them I would bring them cookies or brownies every week if they would just do that for me. They were all about getting cookies and brownies and I could barely hear them after that. It will be so worth it to take them treats!!

Jeni and her hubby are coming in tomorrow. Momma thinks they are coming late Friday, but we are going to surprise her Friday morning at the Senior Citizens Center where she plays the piano everyday. I can't wait to see Jeni pregnant!

School today was...well I guess stressful covers it! But I am trying some new methods that I learned this summer to teach them to read music and even the kids are excited about it. So that is fun.

I think I shall go stitch!
Happy Stitching!
Jane

8 comments:

Kathy said...

What fun a stitch group and a retreat!!! I am blessed with both. I know how excited you must be to have found them. I drive about 20 minutes to get to my stitch group and that is just across town.

Cheryl said...

How great to have found a stitching group and sign up for a retreat! Have fun :)

Cheryl said...

How great to have found a stitching group and sign up for a retreat! Have fun :)

Mindi said...

Hope you have a fantastic time on the retreat! I've never been on one, but I'm promising myself I will next year, as a treat.

Its amazing what bribery and the promise of baked goods will get you.

Anonymous said...

A stitching group - woo-hoo! It sounds like school is starting to come together... Yea for you!

Marie said...

Lucky you, a stitching group and a retreat! Enjoy!

If I stitch very quietly will you send me cookies and brownies? LOL

Have a relaxing long weekend!

crazyhaberdasher said...

I joined a group on the internet, great fun! I would be interested to see some pics of the make-over!!

Hazel said...

Thats really exciting. I have never done one before. xx