Punxsutawney Phil Says 6 More Weeks of Winter!

Punxsutawney Phil the official ground hog who lives in Pennsylvania has seen his shadow. So according to him we will have six more weeks of winter.

This is such malarkey. I am so sick of the cold. I am sick of my heating bill, wearing sweatpants, and eating soup. I want sunshine and above 60 degree temps.

I started to wonder if ole Phil was ever right then my senses came back to me. Of course he's right. It's February 2nd. There will definitely be six more weeks of winter. But I'm hoping that those six weeks will have no snow, above 40 degrees temps, and a lower heating bill.

On a side note, my boyfriend, (wishful thinking), won the Superbowl last night. But man, was that a boooring game. Is it just me or did it just seem to drag on until the last quarter. That's when things got exciting. I can't believe they didn't review that last play. It was hard to see if it was a fumble or pass interference on the replay. I can't believe that the refs called it from the field. Plus, coaches can't challenge because it was in the last 2 minutes.

All in all I'm glad the Steelers won. You know what's cool? In my "Playoffs Baby" post that I wrote on January 4, I predicted a Steelers/Cardinals Superbowl. I really need to start placing bets on these games because I am right a hell of a lot more than I am wrong.

Well, I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Now that's it's February it's tax time so my life will be just a little more stressful than normal. Ahh, what can you do? What's that old saying? Something like, " Only two things in life are certain. Death and paying taxes."

Vintage Inspired Toile Tote

My project for today was to make a tote handbag. I had no idea what I was doing so I did a google search to see "how to make a tote?"

There were a million instruction but I opted to look around on eBay and see what other people had done. I do that. I just look at something I like and attempt to imitate it. I never use patterns, unless they are ones that I have made myself, and just go to work. Sometimes it works and others it doesn't. I'm told that my Grandma S. used to do that. Isn't it crazy what gets passed on through genetics?

OK, so I started my project at Joann's. I love it there, they were having so many sales. Anyway, I went to get my fabric. I picked 2 coordinating ones that I thought would work and I got them in 100% cotton canvas so that it would be a little heavier and I wouldn't have to do a lining.

When I got home, I got to work. While the Steelers whooped the Chargers(YAY!), I worked on my tote. The whole project took about 2 hours total. I'm pretty happy with the overall finished product.



I think it's cute. Also, I don't plan on selling it. Tomorrow I'm going to ship it off to my mom. She adores toile fabric and I know that she would love this bag to take to work. So, here you go mom!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and GO STEELERS!

Playoffs Baby!

Last night, Wild Card playoffs started. I'm bummed because the Raiders didn't do anything again this year but was happy that they won their last two games against the Texans and the Buccaneers. Especially the Bucs, they are a hard team to beat. Also, the Broncos are out and they FIRED Mike Shanahan. That was awesome. I hate that guy. He destroys quarterbacks. Look what he did to Griese and Plummer. Just bullshit.

Anywho, last night the Chargers knocked out the Colts in overtime. That grinds my gears because I hate the Chargers almost as much as I hate the Broncos. Their coach, Norv Turner, destroyed the Raiders. The Cardinals won though and that was cool. I really like the Cardinals. I think they deserve to go to the Super Bowl. In their history they have never been to the playoffs so this is a pretty exciting time for them.

My dream Superbowl is the Raiders and the Bucs but that won't happen this year so I will have to settle for the Cardinals and the Steelers. Ah, Ben Roethlisberger. He is super hot. He is my favorite quarterback next to Oakland's second string Andrew Walter. I love that guy! He is such an awesome quarterback and if the Raiders would just give him a chance at first string I know we would kick some ass.

OK, so today we have the Eagles/Vikings(boo hiss) and the Dolphins/Ravens. My picks are the Eagles and the Dolphins. I should really bet someone because I have a good feeling about my picks.

I hope everyone is having a good day. And for your viewing pleasure....