I Have Not...

fallen off the face of the Earth, I promise!  I have been trying to commit myself to a minimum of one post a week, but as you can see, I haven't been accomplishing that goal very often.

I have had a very busy fall so far, as far as work goes.  Normally, by this point in the school year, I have had maybe two IEP meetings for students....well, I just counted the other day and I have already had 6 meetings!  That does not count the three meetings that I have coming up this week. 

I've also been trying to commit myself to getting some Christmas gifts made each week.  I had started to write out a little schedule of each week/weekend and which gifts I wanted to finish during that time...big fail.  That's not to say that I haven't finished a few small gifts...but nowhere near what I need to get done.

I've also been trying to get back to the watching what I am eating so that I can begin to lose weight again.  I've had a good week the last week on this front.  I managed to eat breakfast at home each morning and to have a somewhat decent (non fast food) lunch each day.  We've also been doing to many dinners out, so I've been trying to get back to cooking dinners at home. 

A couple weeks ago, I went to Goodwill to drop off a couple small boxes of things.  Then, I decided to take a peek inside just in case there was anything cool.  I ended up leaving with quite a bit of stuff.  I found a great piece of vintage fabric:

I think there is a whole yard here...and it is wide fabric, too!  I couldn't pass it up!

Then, I found these cool dishes!  I love oldish, cool dishes.  Of course, I am running out of space so I won't be able to buy too many more. 

I love everything about these dishes!  They make me wish that I have a full set of them.  The bowls are a bit differently shaped...instead of a curved side, the sides go straight up.  I was able find one "bigger" bowl...maybe the size of a smaller dinner plate, three medium bowls, four smaller bowls (saucer size) and three tea cups.  I never drink coffee and almost never drink hot tea or any other hot drink, but I couldn't abandon the tea cups. 

There were some other bowls and saucers that also made their way home with me, but I didn't snap any photos of them today.

I am realizing that this post is getting rather lengthy, so I am going to end it here.  My plan is to work on another post later this evening (since I do have more to share)...and I will schedule that one to pop in the next day or two.