another cute little purse

Here's another purse from the same pattern as this one. But this time it's for me! I have been finding more time to do my sewing lately since our storage room has become my crafting room. A friend gave me a big table that fits the width of the room perfect. It has been so nice to start a project and leave it all laying out until it's done and to be able to sneak in there for a half hour here or there. I've also been tackling my scrapbooking supplies over the past few days and now I can finally see what I all have and will hopefully get some of this caught up too this year. The room has a bunch of shelves that were already there - so they are all filled up now and organized - it's definitely a big motivator to start on new projects when you can see everything.

And an update on Brad: he had his surgery this morning and everything went really well. When I went to pick him up he looked so great - a huge difference from his similar surgery seven years ago! He came home only three hours after surgery, was super hungry since he hadn't eaten yet today and he is now in bed having a nice long nap. I'm starting to get excited now about having him off work for the next 3-4 weeks. It will be so nice to spend quality time with him - he can't run off and play golf or work on anything in the house. It also might give me a chance to run an errand here or there or do groceries without taking all three kids with me. Alyssa will definitely be joined to my hip during the recovery since Brad will NOT be able to pick her up, but I should be able to leave the older two with him here or there.