the sweat shop is falling behind. - Maggie Whitley Designs

**UPDATE: The sweat shop is back in action! I just posted a new item on Etsy ;)

naner, naner.

I have had enough. This whole “let’s share your super long desk Maggie and we can have both our Macs side-by-side” thing is about over. Zack, sigh… I’m not so sure we can do this for much longer. It appears he has been borrowing some of my 30% daily sass allotment.

Clearly there is one thing wrong with that:

I’m not sure if there will be enough for me once he’s done.

He’s been using way more than I can handle.

You see, he’s been reading my blog, which I’ve always known, but today has been an exception.

Just as a visual to all of you, he is sitting next to me as I type right now, just laughing, laughing, laughing away as he reads my blog. He must think I’m funny ;)

He was reading my post about my second Etsy sale and then said,

Have you been sewing young lady? I see you have some things you want to make, and I think you better get on that soon, my little sweat shop girl!

Well, if that wouldn’t cause a scrunchy-nose glare to be thrown his way, I’m not sure what would!… ;)

So since my hubbs called me out on the lack of sewing this weekend, I (of course) have two things to share. It is possible one “thing” is funny and the other is super funny. But you can decide for yourself:

Zack was out with some buds last night— he went out of town to celebrate a friend’s college graduation (CONGRATS JORDAN, YOU DID IT!!!), so I spent the evening and this morning doing things I want to do. I was incredibly-edibly busy. Like watching Bridget Jones’s Diary and Little Women on TV last night. And knitting. And then I slept in our bed, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, with a huge smile on my face all night long ;) It was great! Then I woke up and vacuumed, cleaned the bathroom, and did other very tiresome chores ;) The point of this bullet is that he was gone, being one with the boys, I was home doing some very, very, VERY tiring activities. So I’m not sure what he means by sweat shop, I mean, I’m not getting paid or anything for all the work I do ;) I think he really meant: thank you for being super awesome 300% of the time ;)
I found this picture and just about laughed my head off! Go ahead and give yourself a peek. I thought, do I really look like this?!?!?! As if he heard me, Zack said, that is the view of you I see every day. And it made me laugh even harder!!! :) I look like a caricature!!!

So this is me sans-bangs:

Alright. Time to be serious again.

Here is another shot of the chair my MIL gave us. It’s going to really POP when the couch is recovered in January.

THE COUCH:

We’re doing it in this shade:

(Please note, this image is similar to the roll of la fabrica that is on our coat closet, but since I can’t remember the brand of the fabric, and it’s not listed on the box anywhere, this will have to calm your curiosity. I’m sorry if you don’t like it).