I guess I didn't get enough rest on the weekend. I have spent the last hour or so, surfing through a variety of blogs. Thought I would tidy my blog up a bit and found out the I have two blogs! I have another one that I have posted on my emails.....no wonder I don't get any comments or traffic to this blog. Now, to figure out how to delete the wrong one!!!!
Wish me luck!!!
Monday, December 21, 2009
best hubby
I have the bestest husband ever!!!! His gift to me this year is to help me make it through the DARK days. I suffer terribly from Season Affective Disorder. I couldn't understand why I HATED Christmas! I was diagnosed over almost 15 years ago and now that we know that I don't really hate Christmas, we have been working at doing things to improve the situation. Every year has gotten better and better. We have my HAPPY LIGHT! When the girls were younger they really encouraged me to spend some time in front of the light every day.....I can honestly say that this was the best thing I have ever done for my mental health.
This year, Jerry has been encouraging me to take it easy. He has allowed me to just sit and do nothing. Sometimes at the end of the day, I can't answer a question straight and asking me what I want for supper is a really dumb question. Now, the questions I get are "are you hungry?". Not what do I want to eat? Food magically appears in front of me and when the plate is empty, it is taken and away and a cup of tea is put in my hand!
I spent the day on Saturday lounging around watching TV and dozing. I had planned to stay in bed and sleep in.......actually I woke up earlier than usual....5am!! Everytime I did curl up on the couch and try to sleep....the phone would ring or the dogs would need to go out!!! Jerry did the running around and trouble shooting at the store on Saturday and I tried to take it easy! Thanks!
We have also decided to take things really easy this year at Christmas. Sorry, Kids....gift cards for everyone!!!! We got each other new glasses and hopefully can do a gym membership in the new year! But we'll do our usual stocking stuffers for Christmas morning and then just spend the day with family! I am looking forward to it.
This year, Jerry has been encouraging me to take it easy. He has allowed me to just sit and do nothing. Sometimes at the end of the day, I can't answer a question straight and asking me what I want for supper is a really dumb question. Now, the questions I get are "are you hungry?". Not what do I want to eat? Food magically appears in front of me and when the plate is empty, it is taken and away and a cup of tea is put in my hand!
I spent the day on Saturday lounging around watching TV and dozing. I had planned to stay in bed and sleep in.......actually I woke up earlier than usual....5am!! Everytime I did curl up on the couch and try to sleep....the phone would ring or the dogs would need to go out!!! Jerry did the running around and trouble shooting at the store on Saturday and I tried to take it easy! Thanks!
We have also decided to take things really easy this year at Christmas. Sorry, Kids....gift cards for everyone!!!! We got each other new glasses and hopefully can do a gym membership in the new year! But we'll do our usual stocking stuffers for Christmas morning and then just spend the day with family! I am looking forward to it.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Christmas Sewing
I have been a busy little sewer...not on my own projects, but for customers. I have a new baby, Susie Q is her name. She is a HandiQuilter 16 Sit and Sew model. So I have a bigger, newer machine to replace my Brother 1500. The brother has been used and abused for almost 15 years. It was time to treat him a bit kinder...so I have semi-permanently lent him to a friend. I'll get him back when she longer wants him.
I have been quilting smaller quilts (not queen size) to get the hang of this new baby. Very smooth stitching, but much noisier than I am used to. I have to turn up my music a fair bit.
The picture quality isn't great because I am using my camer phone. I again, put the batteries in my "new" camera (less than a year old) BACKWARDS and forced the cover closed! I am going to have to smash the camera to get it open again!
I have been quilting smaller quilts (not queen size) to get the hang of this new baby. Very smooth stitching, but much noisier than I am used to. I have to turn up my music a fair bit.
The picture quality isn't great because I am using my camer phone. I again, put the batteries in my "new" camera (less than a year old) BACKWARDS and forced the cover closed! I am going to have to smash the camera to get it open again!The following quilt was quilted using some of the ideas in "Free-Motion Quilting Made Easy" by Eva A. Larkin. There are some really good ideas in this book.
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