March 2.2014

FOR TODAY   March 2.2014

Outside my window... bright blue sky and sunshine.

I am thankful...  for good friends and great fellowship.

In the kitchen...chicken is marinating.

I am wearing...a short sleeved shirt and capris.

I am creating... a table runner incorporating a block called "North Star" for a display in a quilt show.

I am going...to sit outside and soak my foot The ingrown toenail is ALMOST a thing of the past!

I am wondering... why we have had to change the way we access out voice mail????

I am reading... The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher. I do not know why I haven't read it before!

I am hoping.... to finish two more Christmas gifts this week!

I am looking forward to... a trip to the panhandle of Florida to visit a military air museum.

I am learning to ... use more of the novelty stitches on my sewing machine.

Around the house... I need to mulch the flower garden.

A favorite quote for today..."Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." Aristotle




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Feeling smug...

I am feeling a tad smug. Isn't that  an interesting way to start a blog post? Yesterday was the second Sunday in the month and I successfully kept my promise to use it productively! Year before last I used an idea from a post on another blog and picked a day each month to work on Christmas gifts. By October I was all done and wrapped. It was a wonderful feeling. Why , oh why, did I not continue that into 2013? As I was scurrying around during this holiday season, I vowed to rectify that.

This year I am once again using the second Sunday of each month to work in my sewing  room. This year I have broadened the focus from Christmas gifts to gifts in general.

The feeling of smugness comes from a successful Sunday. Yesterday I completed an IOU gift from Christmas past,  completed and delivered a table runner for a neighbor and completed a sweet little pillowcase with trucks on it for next Christmas. That will be packaged with a book on trucks and placed in a dumptruck  for a little boy for Christmas coming!  (Insert a smug smile here). Completed is my new favorite word!

Off to stitch. I am on a roll!

Pieceful

FOR TODAY  January 3,2014

Outside my window... it is dark, cloudy, and very cool .

I am thinking... about how nice it was to see Ryan, Lucretta , Andrew and Joseph.

I am thankful...that all of my family is thriving.

In the kitchen... I have a new Kuerig coffee maker!

I am wearing....shorts and a striped top even though it was a very cool day by Florida standards.

I am creating..... leg warmers and a table runner.

I am going... on a bus trip to a quilt show in West Pam Beach next Friday.

I am wondering... how long it will take me to get used to writing "2014"

I am reading... Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlin (a favorite author)...still!

I am hoping...that my ingrown toenail continues to improve. (I know. TMI!)

I am looking forward to... starting the year off right by dedicating the second Sunday of each month towards making  Christmas gifts .

I am learning to ... do some yoga stretches.

Around the house...I have vacuumed and put things away today.

A favorite quote for today..."You can't use up creativity.The more you use, the more you have." Maya Angelou



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