My dear and very special friend gave me this little 6 inch square of a beautifully embroidered dragon fly and flowers I have had it bouncing around my sewing room for at least ten years and I finally put it to use in this crazy quilt, I made to remember my dear friend Marilyn.

 Dear friends are really so important in our life walk, they hear our cries, share our laughter and are there when words can not make things better, their hugs makes a difference, yes true friends are treasures worth more than gold.
To have a few true friends one, two, three or more s a blessing they are the frosting on ones cake of life.  Thank you dear ones, you know who you are, and I know who you are and I thank you for being there for me, my life is better for having each of you in my life.  My family and friends have made me a rich woman, rich beyond my dreams.

A Happy Mom

Wow it has been awhile, life has been very busy, with doctor appointments, dentist, and company and to top it off  my old energy level has dropped to almost zero. Tomorrow is another day and it will be better.  My son Steven has been staying with us and what a joy to have him around you know when they grow up and move out life changes, to have him back just for a few weeks is wonderful, he is recovering from a full shoulder replacement and he has three more weeks before he can actually move or do anything with his arm other than lifting it three times a day, physical therapy will start in three weeks and for him that is getting his life back.  For Mom it means I will have to let him go again, being a mother is and always has been my sacred duty my life changed the moment  I first set

eyes on him my first born I was no longer a young woman I was a mother and I always will be, so for me having him here under my roof captive and willing to play cribbage with me is such a Koo.  I might add he is the luckiest cribbage player I have ever seen I win maybe one out of five or is that ten anyway I love the game win or lose, but I would like to win once in awhile.  Now that he is fifty he looks so much like my Dad, that just adds to my pleasure of having another handson man
around the house.  What a lucky lady I am.  Now if I could just figure out a way to get my girls to come stay for awhile, I really can not complain about the girls they love to go to Palm Desert and we do spend some real quality time down in the sun. Steven has never gone to Palm Desert so this visit is a real treat.[

Finally finished

Yes I have been very busy and I am so happy to finally get a few projects finished.....I have so much to do to clean out my sewing room, I want to get my ducks in a row so to speak.  So Here they are, the first one is a challenge,  the quilt has already found a new home at the St Anthony's auction.  Now I have to finish the quilt I am making for my son who will have surgery next month I hope I get it finished before he has to go to the hospital...

Our lives are so Fragil

We hurry through life day after day and hardly take time to stop and look at those around us.  Not just family we always have time for them but I am talking about everybody we meet along the way; the clerk in the store, and the multitude of other people who touch our lives day by day. We hardly look up to see who they are.  I have started a new thing.  I have been actually looking and trying to get eye contact, and I see so many worried, lonely and blank stares.  I am taking a step forward and I tell the lady in the red jacket "you look very nice today" it is amazing how quickly her demeanor changes and a smile comes to her face.  I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER, it is amazing how good it feels to compliment someone and I mean sincere compliments.  "Your hair is so shiny", "you look very nice today", 'I enjoy your waiting on me", "thank you for taking the time to help me" and on and on.  It is so easy to do and it seems to make such a difference in the hour by hour workers day, including mine...

It is so easy and so often forgotten, I have to admit I love it when someone compliments me...I learned a secret a long time ago and that was to just say "thank you" not "oh this old thing"?  Accept the compliment, you are worthy to be praised, I am worthy of a compliment right? of course I am and so are you and everybody else for that matter....The gift of a smile or a compliment is free and it feels so good. It is so easy why do we get so busy that we forget this simple gesture.

Do we really need to be connected every minute?

My first reaction would say no, but let my system go down and I feel deprived, isolated and there is something missing in my day....Actually I get very few emails or comments on my blog so I really do not understand this sudden void in my life when my system is down.
When my husband goes out to the barn everyday and I do not hear from him until lunch or nap time, I am not at a loss, I am not lonely I know he is with me in spirit even if he does not remember my name...He always comes home for dinner and bed.   I also know he loves me, but my computer does not, I know it does not love me...it seems every day lately there is some sort of glitch going on it is a mystery to me how I loose stuff or can not log in or forget my password or my printer is not working; now that really annoys me.  It was down for a week I do not know why, but I did fix it, after a two and a half hour session with a Centurylink tech at three in the morning we completely disconnect my system and re-installed it...Yes I did that, did I learn anything, NO, well maybe a few things but I do not know how to put them to uses;  still I am happy to say my printer is working again, why it stopped I have no idea.  I have to say I have had several late night work sessions with Centurylink's techs and they are helpful and patient with old ladies who can not see where to reconnect the thingamajig. with questions like how do I tell which yellow wire goes where? and which one is which?I was actually on my belly trying to read something believe me it was not easy but I did it and my son-in-law would be proud he did not have to come over to get me out of my jam, but then again, he will miss my pie, I always bake him a pie for his being my knight in shining armour,  he really does love my pies.  Anyway everything is up and running for now I am a happy camper but I fear it is only temporary...
Yesterday I saw a very old lady, much older than I am trying to talk on her cell phone she was in the roundabout no less now that is scary, I am proud to say I will nor use my cell phone while behind the wheel it is dicey enough without any distractions...On that Happy note I say good night and be Happy.

Thank you for the prayers

My Granddaughter's exam went very well, it does not look like she has a tumor, but they are double checking with a special breast cancer Clinic .  She goes next week, the powers that be, with this first exam feel it is nothing but to be sure she will go to the clinic.  So Thank you so very much Delaine

BEING MAGNETIC

I MADE THE MISTAKE OF GOING TO HARBOR QUILTS TO REDEEM MY BIRTHDAY DISCOUNT, WE HAVE TO REDEEM THEM IN THE MONTH OF YOUR BIRTH. I THINK ANYWAY THE SHOP GIVES A DISCOUNT  FOR EVERY YEAR I WAS NOT GOING TO MISS THIS GOOD DEAL, AFTER ALL A DEAL IS A DEAL AND I LOVE A DEAL.  WELL YOU KNOW I HAVE A BIT OF FABRIC, BUT I FOUND SOME WILD FABRIC, I CAN NOT FIND ANY LABEL IN WHAT IS LEFT IF THERE WAS ONE I HAVE CUT IF OFF AND CHUCKED IT, A PICTURE OF A UNFINISHED QUILT WILL HAVE TO DO. I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY MACHINES, SAME OLD STORY TENSION, TENSION SO MY PROGRESS HAS BEEN SLOW, HAVE TO KEEP CHANGING THREAD WHICH MAKES IT VERY SLOW I'M NOT HAPPY WITH MY NEW MACHINE, BUT LUCKY ME BOTH ARE ACTING UP THAT MEANS MY MAGNETIC PERSONALITY IS CAUSING TROUBLE MY COMPUTER IS ALSO IN AND OUT OF FRITZ. SO I KNOW IT IS A OPERATOR PROBLEM.
BEST THING FOR ME IS TO STOP AND GET SOME REST TO DISCHARGE MY MAGNETIC PERSONALITY.  I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY, DID YOU NOT ALREADY KNOW I WAS DIFFERENT.

GREAT WAY TO START A NEW YEAR, LAST YEAR WAS GOOD AND I KNOW THIS NEW YEAR WILL BE ALSO,  PRAY FOR TOMORROW MY GRAND-DAUGHTER ANNA IS HAVING A BIOPSY SHE HAS A LUMP, COUPLE MONTHS AGO SHE HAD DRAINAGE FROM BOTH BREAST AND THE POWERS THAT BE DID NOT THINK IT WAS ANYTHING, WELL NOW IT IS.  THE WAITING IS AWFUL.  MY DAUGHTER DEBRA IS TAKING HER SO WE WAIT. ANNA IS ON THE LEFT. SO FRIENDS AND FMILY PLEASE GO TO PRAYER FOR OUR ANNA AND HER MOTHER DEBRA.