Some weekend projects

Happy Sunday Afternoon to everyone. It has been very cold here, and I am just tired of it!
I decided that I needed to finish some things up that I started on. Some of these, I have had for a bit, well, actually, I have had the ideas and the materials, just never got around to tackling them!
You all know, I love the bears. I bought this material over a year ago, and it's just been in my craft room waiting for me, just like many other things. 
I have wanted to try making a bear or two, so I thought, what the heck? I'll give it a shot, so I looked at some of the bears I have here, and drew out the pattern for him. I sewed it all and stuffed with rags and scrap material I had in a bag. Then I added the facial details, and grunged him. It was a bit challenging to grunge him because of the nature of the material. I don't think he looks too bad for my first one out of this type of material. I have made some out of muslin before, but I sold every one of them.
This next piece was a thrift store find. It was painted with some very cutsey stuff on it, and I am not a cutsey kind of gal, so I sanded it, painted it black, then did a top coat of brown, stained it, sealed it, and added this little saying that I thought of awhile back. I will get these little ditties that come to me, and I write them down in a notebook. I hate to even have to say it, but please don't use the sayings I have come up with without asking me. I MAY decide to come up with something for them later on, and they are my thoughts.
I always try and respect other artists, so I appreciate the same courtesy.
I have a few other things to share, but they will have to wait for another post. I am waiting for the one item to dry still, and the other, I am waiting for my husband to grace me with his presence! LOL! When you work third shift, your sleeping patterns aren't normal.
I know this isn't typical to add on here, but I am wondering about what type of garbage disposals do some of you ladies have, and do you like them? You're wondering why I am asking this question~ we are in the market for a new one soon. I have been researching, and then I thought, why not ask you all too!
Ours kicked the bucket awhile ago now, and well, it's a challenge, even if you scrape all the food off, it still manages to get icky fast. I cannot take it much longer.
So I hope you all have a great day, and enjoy what's left of it!
Thanks for visiting me.