Sunday, October 28, 2007

A favorite poem of mine

Attitude(written by Charles Swindoll)
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than the facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company; a church; a home. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...We are in charge of our attitudes.

My heart sings with a patriotic spirit!!


I'm so thankful we live in a free country. I never want to take our freedoms for granted. Things are changing rapidly in our time, and surely not for the better. I pray to God to keep us safe and free from danger. We are so fortunate and full of abundance, thanks be to God. I hope I will always count my blessings, keep a humble heart, and stay strong in my faith and morals. God Bless my friends and family.

The season's change


We went from brilliant color, to this frosty morning, a few days ago. We actually had some very large snowflakes falling furiously this evening for just a short while. I'm not looking foreward to braving the cold, walking our new dog Charly, or driving in the snow and icy roads.

I love Fall!





O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!


Thursday, October 25, 2007

On a Roll....


Today I really moved. I actually flew through the day! I made six tote bags, some kleenex holders, kids purses, and some pin cushions. I'm learning to get more acclomplished in less time with the sewing machine. I am very impatient though and make my share of mistakes. I need to have five stitch rippers within reach at all times, along with a few pairs of magnifying glasses, and scissors scattered all around me. Thats because in my hurry and scurry of getting things done, I'm constantly misplacing things. I'm constantly saying "Oh shoot, where did those scissors go? Oh, way over by the iron board, or on the floor by the cutting board." I really need them right near the machine, but they keep hiding on me.

Anyways, halfway through my projects I ran out of the pellon interfacing. So, I had to run out to Wallmart at 10:30 at night. And thats no short trip. Its almost 30 minutes away. I had to stop at my friend Kathy's house to see where she was with her projects. WOW! She's super woman--way ahead of me. I'm green with envy! She has made boxes and boxes of her broken glass candy, 400 wooden knives, wool table scarves, 100 wood slices of a tree with words--love, hope, dream. Let's see-- what else knitted pot scrapers--dozens, also pillows and a ton of dried weeds and branches. She is such a whiz!

I've still got to work on my popcorn, my kids bake sets and a few other ideas I'll be showing here. Can't wait!

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Charley and John


It's been awhile!!


I've been away so long and have not been able to post on my blog. Life sure is busy!!! The last 4 weeks I've been working between 72 and 76 hours a week. And in that time I'm trying to get ready for our annual home bazaar. I'm hoping to post some pictures soon of the things I'm making for the craft bazaar. Right now I will show of some colorful pictures of our beautiful fall colors and our new dog. His name is Charley and he is a Bichon Frise and I believe part poodle. My daughter Leah brought him up to us from downstate. We love him and he is so smart, cute and no trouble at all. I sure hope to get back to writing here on a regular basis!