SOMETHING NEW – TIE DYE

| July 10, 2011

This weekend I was helping my grandangels tie dye t-shirts (remember the hippie days of yesteryear?  THEY ARE BACK!)  It was messy but ever so liberating.  I like the tie dye that comes in the little bottles in kits (we got ours at JoAnn’s.)   I got inspired to tie dye some muslin – I […]

Quilting is good for you

| July 8, 2011

Doing something that is creative, fun, and social is GOOD FOR YOU! In fact, when I was doing research a few years ago, over and over again we found that social support was one of the NUMBER ONE PREDICTORS of life satisfaction and well-being in older adulthood.  A few other predictors of good assessment of […]

What’s on my Design Wall, July 4, 2011

| July 4, 2011

FIRST – HAPPY 4th of July, 2011! We just got home from the parade – it was WONDERFUL!  Abe Lincoln was in the parade…..:) Grandangel Sarah was in the parade with her swim team….and that is my SIL shooting a water gun at us! We had so much fun decorating ourselves…..love Grandangel Leanna’s hat and […]

DH’s CATS, DOG and TURTLES

| June 26, 2011

My DH loves his furry family and treats them like royalty.  I was looking on the computer tonight and saw some NEW PICTURES that I just had to share. MEET DAISY MAY………who is guarding “HER MOUSE TENT.”  Yes – my DH makes sure that the kitties have LOTS of places to sleep … tents…..bedssssssss……. towers […]

A Whole Lot of Happy Times – Rolled into One BLOG POST

| June 18, 2011

This has been a happy, exciting, busy, wonderful, memorial and special week! THE GRADUATION Sarah graduated from Elementary School!!!  Proud moments for sure!   I cried…..tears of excitement, happiness and nostalgia – all rolled into one! THE SCHOOL PICNIC 5th Grade Picnic       Each 5th grade class had  a different color t-shirt…..that really […]