Friday December 16, 2011
Busy day but a good day. Christmas is almost here and we played sub for Santa tonight and it was fun. We were dressed in dark clothes, turned off the headlights on our car and quietly opened a gate and put boxes and sacks of food and even a container of money on a doorstep to help make someone else's Christmas better. Then we quietly drove off and went to a pay phone and called, disguised our voice and said to look on their front porch and Merry Christmas. Oh how I wish I had been a little mouse just to see their faces!
It is fun to be able to give to others.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
December 15, 2011
Thursday and that means two things:
hair gets done and then and then....avonex gets shot into my leg. Wow for Thursday. The gal that does my hair has the hardest time hanging onto money...she can spend it faster than I can and that is a real deal to be able to do that. She and her husband are working with a helper at the bank to try to help them manage the money, but it doesn't seem to help..he can think of more reasons to spend than she can and it just seems to be a losing battle.
I'm trying to put together another quilt, but somehow this computer keeps drawing me back to it.
To get to this blog and the connection keeps changing until I'm almost frustrated, but maybe the computer is trying to help my brain stay active and alert..I don't know.
It is foggy in Salt Lake, but clear in other areas of the state. I guess our little valley had more moisture and so the coolness just helped the fog develop.
Well, I bought my first book on Kindle and I will be more careful now as I push buttons. But at least now I have something to read on it.
Thursday and that means two things:
hair gets done and then and then....avonex gets shot into my leg. Wow for Thursday. The gal that does my hair has the hardest time hanging onto money...she can spend it faster than I can and that is a real deal to be able to do that. She and her husband are working with a helper at the bank to try to help them manage the money, but it doesn't seem to help..he can think of more reasons to spend than she can and it just seems to be a losing battle.
I'm trying to put together another quilt, but somehow this computer keeps drawing me back to it.
To get to this blog and the connection keeps changing until I'm almost frustrated, but maybe the computer is trying to help my brain stay active and alert..I don't know.
It is foggy in Salt Lake, but clear in other areas of the state. I guess our little valley had more moisture and so the coolness just helped the fog develop.
Well, I bought my first book on Kindle and I will be more careful now as I push buttons. But at least now I have something to read on it.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
December 14, 2011
It snowed yesterday, just enough to make it look like Christmas for a few minutes. Our neighbors on the south side of the street were blessed to shovel, but we were blessed to have ours melt.
I am quickly putting together one last quilt for a grandchild for Christmas and then throwing together a quilt from the Pic-N-Sew club.
So I am trying to stay busy with my shopping all finished.
I have started writing a Grateful book and it is fun. The challenge is on, though, when our daughter will not return our calls. Oh well this life is for challenges. Right?
It snowed yesterday, just enough to make it look like Christmas for a few minutes. Our neighbors on the south side of the street were blessed to shovel, but we were blessed to have ours melt.
I am quickly putting together one last quilt for a grandchild for Christmas and then throwing together a quilt from the Pic-N-Sew club.
So I am trying to stay busy with my shopping all finished.
I have started writing a Grateful book and it is fun. The challenge is on, though, when our daughter will not return our calls. Oh well this life is for challenges. Right?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
December 6, 2011
Tuesday and it is cold. I'm glad I live where it does warm up, but this is not one of those days. Oh well winter starts officially on the 21st and it is already too cold.
But today I bought a 6 year old a Christmas and so to go along with a story that President Monson told Sunday, I guess I have a few pieces of wood in heaven to build my house there. He told of a man that only thought of himself on earth and when he got to heaven his mansion was a shack because he didn't send any material ahead meaning he had done no service on earth. It was a cute story. He always tells great stories.
Tuesday and it is cold. I'm glad I live where it does warm up, but this is not one of those days. Oh well winter starts officially on the 21st and it is already too cold.
But today I bought a 6 year old a Christmas and so to go along with a story that President Monson told Sunday, I guess I have a few pieces of wood in heaven to build my house there. He told of a man that only thought of himself on earth and when he got to heaven his mansion was a shack because he didn't send any material ahead meaning he had done no service on earth. It was a cute story. He always tells great stories.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
December 3, 2011
Christmas is wrapped up, the tree is decorated, I'm in the middle of two books and now I only have one quilt to finish so I can move the sewing machine off the table. I don't know where I will move it since my back bedroom is filled with stuff...good stuff, but stuff never the less.
We are going to have season tickets at Hale theatre next year and thanks to my good husband we will enjoy great plays. Some of them I even offered to help sing along with if they need me! LOL
Well just to put a little humor here and there and to let you know that life goes on even in my ho-hum world. But it is the best world I can think of . Just read a book that reminded me to become what I would like others to be. Since I can't change others..only me..that is what I will be working on for the next little while.
Christmas is wrapped up, the tree is decorated, I'm in the middle of two books and now I only have one quilt to finish so I can move the sewing machine off the table. I don't know where I will move it since my back bedroom is filled with stuff...good stuff, but stuff never the less.
We are going to have season tickets at Hale theatre next year and thanks to my good husband we will enjoy great plays. Some of them I even offered to help sing along with if they need me! LOL
Well just to put a little humor here and there and to let you know that life goes on even in my ho-hum world. But it is the best world I can think of . Just read a book that reminded me to become what I would like others to be. Since I can't change others..only me..that is what I will be working on for the next little while.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Wednesday....November 30, 2011
Last day of November and I am about finished with my Christmas shopping and wrapping. I wrapped last night until the tape ran out! Not, but it sounded like a good reason to stop. Then I finished a row of a quilt I'm working on--ribbon weaving. I only have one block that doesn't have the ribbon weaving the right way, but I'm not going to point it out to anyone.
Today I'm going to open the rest of a BIG box that came in the mail of Christmas items I ordered for our house. It is like getting Christmas presents early. Most of them are creches and I just wanted to have them...so I guess I am a little spoiled girl who went through the catalog and ordered what I wanted.
We are waiting for the warm before the storm today and just enjoying a lazy day.
Last day of November and I am about finished with my Christmas shopping and wrapping. I wrapped last night until the tape ran out! Not, but it sounded like a good reason to stop. Then I finished a row of a quilt I'm working on--ribbon weaving. I only have one block that doesn't have the ribbon weaving the right way, but I'm not going to point it out to anyone.
Today I'm going to open the rest of a BIG box that came in the mail of Christmas items I ordered for our house. It is like getting Christmas presents early. Most of them are creches and I just wanted to have them...so I guess I am a little spoiled girl who went through the catalog and ordered what I wanted.
We are waiting for the warm before the storm today and just enjoying a lazy day.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Black Friday, November 25, 2011
The day after Thanksgiving and the day the stores are trying to get into the black and out of the red. We even braved going to JoAnns. Oh Wow! The store was open at 6:00 AM, but we didn't even attempt that hour and we showed up at 9:00 AM and that was enough of a crowd for us. It took and hour as it was for two pieces of material and 4 fat quarters and 4 spools of thread. Everything was on sale, or else 1/2 off with the coupons we had and then when we checked out, another coupon for 25% off EVERYTHING we had in our cart! Well we didn't have a cart, so we slid the little basket with our foot as we waited in line. We met many nice ladies who were tired and had been out since 3:00 AM and glad that we only had that much to cut. There were MANY who had 24 to 30 pieces of material have cut because material was really cut back in price. So the sale was genuine.
Glad to only do that sort of a sale ONCE.
The day after Thanksgiving and the day the stores are trying to get into the black and out of the red. We even braved going to JoAnns. Oh Wow! The store was open at 6:00 AM, but we didn't even attempt that hour and we showed up at 9:00 AM and that was enough of a crowd for us. It took and hour as it was for two pieces of material and 4 fat quarters and 4 spools of thread. Everything was on sale, or else 1/2 off with the coupons we had and then when we checked out, another coupon for 25% off EVERYTHING we had in our cart! Well we didn't have a cart, so we slid the little basket with our foot as we waited in line. We met many nice ladies who were tired and had been out since 3:00 AM and glad that we only had that much to cut. There were MANY who had 24 to 30 pieces of material have cut because material was really cut back in price. So the sale was genuine.
Glad to only do that sort of a sale ONCE.
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