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the Craftermath

Amy
Dec 26, 2009
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Christmas was wonderful, my parents adored the quilt, my cousin loved her dolly sized quilt (which I failed to photograph), and everyone loved my hand stamped gift tags and cloth gift bags. I got some great new vintage tins and glassware from my sister. so I'm having fun researching and displaying them. Got the sandwich/grill/ waffle maker from my parents, i'm super excited to try that out.

Now it's time to clean up the studio and move on to my next projects. The amount of blue fuzz that is all over my studio is amazing, it's like it snowed. my poor machine needs a good cleaning and oiling, a new needle, and some general TLC. My JANOME is such a work horse, it trucked through 1000 seams on this quilt without complaint. I wish I could take it out for a drink or something to show my appreciation... lol.

New Year's Resolution #1: Create more, complain less.

Happy Holidays!

Team Vox
Dec 25, 2009
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6acardVOX

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Happy Holidays to you, your family, friends and neighbors from all of us at Vox.
See you in 2010!

Photo Finish!

Amy
Dec 24, 2009
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I finished it just in time! This is my first quilt, done without a pattern. I'm very pleased with the results!! I hope everyone is having a good holiday!

much love,
Amy

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Happy Hollidays!

Amy
Dec 23, 2009
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Sorry I haven't updated in a millennia, i've been working on this quilt for my parents, non-stop for a week. and when I wasn't quilting I was preparing for an INTERVIEW! That's right people, I actually got an Interview, and it went really well! The job is with the school district and I'd be helping mostly at-risk high school kids stay on, or get on track to graduate, and get kids who dropped out back in school. right up my alley right? Last I heard they were checking my references so it sounds good! All I want for Christmas is a job with benefits.

here is the quilt in progress.

80"x80" denim

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It's the 18th of December

Jenn
Dec 19, 2009
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It's the 18th of December, and that means that

Christmas is just ONE WEEK AWAY! I'm starting to explode with excitement. Excitement over what I'll be getting for Christmas, yes, but more importantly, excitement over how excited and thrilled Alyssa and Ryan are going to be! We kicked ASS with present choices this year!
My brothers have been in state custody for exactly fifteen months. Per state law, they're now eligible to be placed for adoption, unless the parents are making progress with doing all that they need to do to get them back. My mom IS doing that... mostly.
I'm exactly one month out from my gastric bypass surgery! A month ago today I wasn't feeling nearly as awesome as I do now!

So, who's ready for Christmas? We're on top of everything this year. Christmas cards were mailed over two weeks ago, I already baked cookies for Dan to take to his co-workers, all of our presents (except gifts for Dan's aunts and uncle, eep!) are wrapped and under the tree, and we even took the kids to see Santa (usually we wait until last minute). I think this year's Santa photo turned out a LOT better than last year's:

My weight dropped to 262.8 yesterday, then up to 263.4 today. I'm assuming my period is just around the corner. I'm four days late, but considering I had major surgery that messed with my calorie intake, nutrition levels and hormones, I'm not surprised that it's MIA (psst... hey period? Feel free to stay MIA for a while!).
I'm still having vomiting issues. There's no rhyme or reason... just trapped air. One day I'll be great and not get sick at all. The next day I'll get sick at least once. The other day -- Tuesday, I think -- I threw up after EVERY SINGLE MEAL I ate that day. I also discovered that while I can easily tolerate very small portions of spaghetti, elbow macaroni and the rounded shells that are in Velveeta, ravioli is absolutely, positively a NO FUCKING WAY DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT JENNIFER. Despite chewing the bit I had into mush I had to throw it up, and it got STUCK. For about 0.02 seconds I was seriously afraid that I'd have to go to the hospital and get it endoscopically removed. Not cool, ravioli, not cool.

I have a bunch of videos from my Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera to go through. I can't wait to get through them, because there are a few adorable ones of Ryan singing Christmas songs at his preschool Christmas party! ♥

I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to do that tomorrow, along with baking cookies (Alyssa wants to do holiday-shaped cookies, and Ryan can't wait to get his hands on sprinkles!) and writing, because we're supposed to get a colossal shit ton of snow dumped on us. Seriously... I'm talking a foot or more. Ugh. :(

The expression says it all

Jenn
Dec 18, 2009
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Dude, what is UP with my child? That grin is positively evil!

Fun!

Jenn
Dec 15, 2009
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Danielle and Matt spent the weekend (and part of Monday) with us, and on Sunday night the four of us met up with Jason at the bar we always go to. Dan's brother was there as well, though he was busy doing bar-related stuff. Anyway, we had a great time! Dan, Jason, Danielle and Matt had shots and a few drinks each, while I had several sips worth of a gummi bear in between several sips of water. Sadly, that's all it took to get a slight buzz going. But hey, for future reference I know that I'm a cheap date! ;)

Fantastic!

Jenn
Dec 15, 2009
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My favorite coat from last year is going to be donated, because it hangs on me like a tent.

I have two 44 bras, and they're both on the tightest row of hooks and are still a bit loose.

Last night Dan pointed out that my underwear is flapping in the breeze (sorry for the mental image).

I'm wearing the same two pairs of pants (and washing them to death) because all of my other ones fall right off of me.

I'm rotating through a collection of six or so tops, because the others hang like tarps, or fall off of my shoulders.

My favorite wool coat (a gift from Dan wayyyyyyyyyy back in 2002) fits perfectly! ♥

In summary, I feel fantastic. No regrets whatsoever!

Win a $50 Eden Fantasys gift card!

Jenn
Dec 13, 2009
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Giveaway Details

Eden Fantasys is giving away a $50 gift card good for any purchase on their website. The giveaway is open to anyone in the United States and Canada.

How to Enter

You must leave a comment on this blog entry that mentions your favorite product from Eden Fantasys.

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Deadline

The $50 Eden Fantasys gift card giveaway begins today, December 13th, 2009, and ends on December 18th, 2009 at 11:59pm EST. At that point a winner will be randomly selected and contacted. I'll announce the winner on jenn.nu on Saturday afternoon.

Good luck to everyone who enters! :)