What a beautiful day! We are hitting plus 4C about 38F and so took the Darn Dog (herein after known as THAT DD) for a well deserved long walk. Roscoe is getting older - eleven, but for a Bichon that's not too old. He like me, has arthritis and he suffers from colitis, so today was a Diamond Day and we had fun.... sort of. Roscoe never likes walking in water. If you are older and you ever saw those Peppi-La-Pew cartoons where he walks on his tonails, well Roscoe walks just like that in the water. Of course he just has to give me that woe is me look - what a dog! He is good company these days as I adjust to being a widow.
Strange how that word hits you within days of your mates death. I think it was the first thing that hit me, next was "How will I make it on my own," then I just fell apart for awhile. Now I am back to what my oldest son called the New Normal. I thank God every day for the "New" Truths he is giving me. You know the ones... the words we've known for a long time, but only become reality when we hit a tough spot. I can hardly believe what I've missed in his word. Thank God he is patient and understanding and gives us time to "get it".
I had earlier in the year decided I would do the UFO Challenge that Sue from Blackberry Creek Home Arts is sponsoring. The rules are really lax - gotta love that and now that my life is starting to settle down, and I feel like being creative again I am on a roll. I have completed two items (shown on the side bar) and am now working through my scraps.
I had started about a year ago thinking I would diminish my stash somewhat by using up what I had. To get myself organized, I took out all of my material, sorted it and then decided which ones would go to together. I then bundled them up and they are now ready for whatever project I choose to start. Of course like every other quilter, sticher, knitter etc. out there I did not get very far into the year before I started buying, but that is as always another story. Back to the scraps, I have plastic containers that stack on top if one another and slowly I am cutting all the scraps in the bins into various sizes and when they are all done, they will be sewn into quilts. On the other side of the coin (stitching) I have so many little bits, I have decided to make a bunch of book marks and donate them to either one of my teacher neices or to an inner city school. Up here February is Love to Read month, so I figure maybe I can get 30 to 35 done by next February. I hope to get a list up soon,of what I want to finish this year. THAT DD is calling for dinner dear! So I better go. Enjoy the day!
Jean
Strange how that word hits you within days of your mates death. I think it was the first thing that hit me, next was "How will I make it on my own," then I just fell apart for awhile. Now I am back to what my oldest son called the New Normal. I thank God every day for the "New" Truths he is giving me. You know the ones... the words we've known for a long time, but only become reality when we hit a tough spot. I can hardly believe what I've missed in his word. Thank God he is patient and understanding and gives us time to "get it".
I had earlier in the year decided I would do the UFO Challenge that Sue from Blackberry Creek Home Arts is sponsoring. The rules are really lax - gotta love that and now that my life is starting to settle down, and I feel like being creative again I am on a roll. I have completed two items (shown on the side bar) and am now working through my scraps.
I had started about a year ago thinking I would diminish my stash somewhat by using up what I had. To get myself organized, I took out all of my material, sorted it and then decided which ones would go to together. I then bundled them up and they are now ready for whatever project I choose to start. Of course like every other quilter, sticher, knitter etc. out there I did not get very far into the year before I started buying, but that is as always another story. Back to the scraps, I have plastic containers that stack on top if one another and slowly I am cutting all the scraps in the bins into various sizes and when they are all done, they will be sewn into quilts. On the other side of the coin (stitching) I have so many little bits, I have decided to make a bunch of book marks and donate them to either one of my teacher neices or to an inner city school. Up here February is Love to Read month, so I figure maybe I can get 30 to 35 done by next February. I hope to get a list up soon,of what I want to finish this year. THAT DD is calling for dinner dear! So I better go. Enjoy the day!
Jean
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