To any moms that may read this today. I hope your day was blessed.
This is our first mother's day without a mom. My mother passed away on June 4, last year and Bill's mom died in November, so it's a little strange this year.
Our family celebrated Mother's day last night at our son's house, it was very nice, except that our oldest daughter couldn't be there. We had a nice cake and meal, and celebrated my birthday, which is today as well.
This morning I had the mothers of the 2 and 3 year olds, at church, in for "Muffins with Moms".
The kids seemed pretty excited about it, and one of the little boys, Zachary, had a birthday today, too. So we did a birthday party, too. He and I are birthday twins. We had juice, confetti cupcakes and mini muffins, those kids were wound up when I left them.
Wahoooooooooo. what a day.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Quilt Day
What a great day this is already. My friend Heather posted pictures of her new son's 100 Good Wishes quilt on her blog. and this is my day to go to meet my friends for quilt day.
Heather's quilt, for her son Jake, is just gorgeous, many people, who know the family, sent 9" quilt squares along with a good wish for Jake, the little one they adopted from China. The quilt lady did all the quilting in red to go along with the Chinese proverb about the invisible red thread that joins people who are destined to be in each other's lives. This always makes me think of the red cord that Rahab, in the Old Testament, place in the window of her home in Jericho, so she and her family would be saved. It represents the red cord that has run down through history symbolizing our salvation in Jesus Christ.
I really love that quilt, it's huge and she posted pics of Jake all wrapped up in it. Cute!
Today is my quilt day, several of the women from my church get together to sew/ share and work on their craft projects, but actually Jan and Barbara are teaching most of us to quilt.
I am so excited, that really seems a little silly, doesn't it? But I love working on my little table topper quilt. It's a Christmas theme and very cute. I started by hand piecing, but I quickly realized that if I have to spend that much time doing this little quilt, I will never finish it, because I bore quickly. So I changed the plan after piecing about one row and some trim by hand, I switched to the good old sewing machine. It's moving along much faster now, even though I only work on it on quilt days.
I guess I enjoy the fellowship of the other women, chatting, going to lunch and just seeing what every one else is working on, it's pretty inspiring.
There is a plan for another scrapbooking/ quilting weekend get-away in the fall. Late September or the first weekend in October is the idea. I think that sounds great. 24 hours (for our group only stays one night) of non-stop scrapbooking. Well OK, we do stop and sleep, and of course we eat, but there is no one asking for meals or any of that junk, we just scrapbook our little brains out. Some ladies bring all their quilting stuff and work on that. I love spending the time scrapbooking.
Well, I am off to work on my Christmas table topper. Oh, I think we are going to go to lunch and JoAnn fabrics too, what a great day.
Heather's quilt, for her son Jake, is just gorgeous, many people, who know the family, sent 9" quilt squares along with a good wish for Jake, the little one they adopted from China. The quilt lady did all the quilting in red to go along with the Chinese proverb about the invisible red thread that joins people who are destined to be in each other's lives. This always makes me think of the red cord that Rahab, in the Old Testament, place in the window of her home in Jericho, so she and her family would be saved. It represents the red cord that has run down through history symbolizing our salvation in Jesus Christ.
I really love that quilt, it's huge and she posted pics of Jake all wrapped up in it. Cute!
Today is my quilt day, several of the women from my church get together to sew/ share and work on their craft projects, but actually Jan and Barbara are teaching most of us to quilt.
I am so excited, that really seems a little silly, doesn't it? But I love working on my little table topper quilt. It's a Christmas theme and very cute. I started by hand piecing, but I quickly realized that if I have to spend that much time doing this little quilt, I will never finish it, because I bore quickly. So I changed the plan after piecing about one row and some trim by hand, I switched to the good old sewing machine. It's moving along much faster now, even though I only work on it on quilt days.
I guess I enjoy the fellowship of the other women, chatting, going to lunch and just seeing what every one else is working on, it's pretty inspiring.
There is a plan for another scrapbooking/ quilting weekend get-away in the fall. Late September or the first weekend in October is the idea. I think that sounds great. 24 hours (for our group only stays one night) of non-stop scrapbooking. Well OK, we do stop and sleep, and of course we eat, but there is no one asking for meals or any of that junk, we just scrapbook our little brains out. Some ladies bring all their quilting stuff and work on that. I love spending the time scrapbooking.
Well, I am off to work on my Christmas table topper. Oh, I think we are going to go to lunch and JoAnn fabrics too, what a great day.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Last night
Well it was an interesting night. We had just gotten into bed, when I heard a beeping sound. We looked out side, and there were several police cars in the street. Seems one of our neighbors, made a "run for the border", and on his way home from the taco store ran into a couple of autos on the street, tore up his car, which he continued to drive, and landed in the neighbor's yard.
As you may have guessed, he was pretty drunk. I was told that when the car landed he bailed and was chased down the street by another neighbor. He ran into someone's dark back yard.
Cops were searching the area for him, and other cops were searching his car and the street. I guess he tossed something out the window on his way down the street, maybe a taco.
They called a tow truck and hauled the car away, and the street got quiet again.
It was all over in about an hour, it was a lovely evening outside, very windy, though. Too bad the neighbors only get out to see one another when someone has trouble.
As you may have guessed, he was pretty drunk. I was told that when the car landed he bailed and was chased down the street by another neighbor. He ran into someone's dark back yard.
Cops were searching the area for him, and other cops were searching his car and the street. I guess he tossed something out the window on his way down the street, maybe a taco.
They called a tow truck and hauled the car away, and the street got quiet again.
It was all over in about an hour, it was a lovely evening outside, very windy, though. Too bad the neighbors only get out to see one another when someone has trouble.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Long time, what?
Well I thought some how, I was going to get cracking on this blogging, like some other people I know, but alas, I just have not been at it. I really want to be a writer, but at my age I feel that is just another of those many things I was always going to do.
I have been having a lot of fun getting together with some of the women from my church for the purpose of scrap booking. I love scrap booking and feel a real sense of urgency to get things together and organized. I want my family to know how much I have always loved them and cared about them, and it's easy to see that everyone is growing up and older at an alarming rate. Where has all the time gone?
I miss my friends, my true friends, not just some acquaintances, the girls. We have not had the opportunities for get togethers as much as we would like, but that's life.
I have recently started quilting with some of the gals at church, this has been a life long goal, don't know how it will end, but I'm on my way.
I realize I have been just rambling along here, but I can't get a train of thought to go in one direction.
We are heading to Ankany, Iowa tomorrow for a Camp counselor training weekend. This is going to be interesting, never been a camp counselor before, so why not start at 61?
Not much going on with the kitchen, we ran out of cash, and ideas. The laundry room has been painted, needs to be touched up, and the floor will be laid this weekend, while we're gone. But then (I have been saying this for two months) it may be usable next week. Wahoo, what a great day that will be. I am so ready to get this mess cleaned up and get my life back. I know it sounds like a real great idea, but I am tired of having the microwave and the refrigerator in my living room.
Have a great day.
I have been having a lot of fun getting together with some of the women from my church for the purpose of scrap booking. I love scrap booking and feel a real sense of urgency to get things together and organized. I want my family to know how much I have always loved them and cared about them, and it's easy to see that everyone is growing up and older at an alarming rate. Where has all the time gone?
I miss my friends, my true friends, not just some acquaintances, the girls. We have not had the opportunities for get togethers as much as we would like, but that's life.
I have recently started quilting with some of the gals at church, this has been a life long goal, don't know how it will end, but I'm on my way.
I realize I have been just rambling along here, but I can't get a train of thought to go in one direction.
We are heading to Ankany, Iowa tomorrow for a Camp counselor training weekend. This is going to be interesting, never been a camp counselor before, so why not start at 61?
Not much going on with the kitchen, we ran out of cash, and ideas. The laundry room has been painted, needs to be touched up, and the floor will be laid this weekend, while we're gone. But then (I have been saying this for two months) it may be usable next week. Wahoo, what a great day that will be. I am so ready to get this mess cleaned up and get my life back. I know it sounds like a real great idea, but I am tired of having the microwave and the refrigerator in my living room.
Have a great day.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Good morning
It really is a good morning. Today will be cold and we are sure now that winter is close, the weather shows us this. But our hearts are warm and the message from the Pastor last night fills me with hope that I can do better in my life and grow to be a better person.
He told us of our responsibilities to our LORD and the people of His church. I am going to work hard to incorporate each of these into my life, so that when I see Jesus I won't be ashamed. I long to hear that ' good and faithful servant' pronouncement for myself.
We have a responsibility for stewardship from God to each other.
1. Purity, we as believers are called to maintain a pure countenance. I know I need to work on this.
2. Integrity, is the way the world should see each of those who name the name of Christ. Honesty in our dealings with each other and the world needs to characterize my life.
3. Love for one another. This should be the easiest one, but I find it somewhat of a challenge to enjoy the company of many of my brothers and sisters in Christ. I need a lot of work in this area. I think I will start today trying to live as Jesus did. He accepted people as they were
He told us of our responsibilities to our LORD and the people of His church. I am going to work hard to incorporate each of these into my life, so that when I see Jesus I won't be ashamed. I long to hear that ' good and faithful servant' pronouncement for myself.
We have a responsibility for stewardship from God to each other.
1. Purity, we as believers are called to maintain a pure countenance. I know I need to work on this.
2. Integrity, is the way the world should see each of those who name the name of Christ. Honesty in our dealings with each other and the world needs to characterize my life.
3. Love for one another. This should be the easiest one, but I find it somewhat of a challenge to enjoy the company of many of my brothers and sisters in Christ. I need a lot of work in this area. I think I will start today trying to live as Jesus did. He accepted people as they were
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Remake
Well this blog has just been sitting for a long time, and I thought perhaps I would update.
As you can see I have changed the name since my dear buddies don't post on here any more than I do. So now it's mine all mine.
I finished getting out all of the Christmas decorations for this year, and I decided what is the purpose of putting all this out and doing all this work for only myself and my dear hubby. So this weekend we start to invite people to our house. I don't know who my first victims will be, but we'll see, and I'll report on how it went. We used to do this all the time, but I haven't done it in a long while. I wonder why we just stop doing things we love? I've seen this happen with the older folks in our own family, I guess I have just not got the energy for all the preparation and clean up any more. Well that is my goal for the new year. GET MORE ENERGY.
Maybe they'll put it on sale at Target. :))
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