… have not been such good gift giving days. But, I have not forgotten. I’m going to give myself the gift of forgiveness, and carry on tomorrow with my gift-giving. I’ve been really focused on my own thoughts the last few days, and unfortunately, nothing very “thoughtful”.
Wow, I’m exhausted! I spent all day with about 300 children. Every year I judge a Lego-League competition, and today was the day! I was fortunate enough to see the research presentation of a number of teams, on the topic of “smart moves” which involved transportation safety, efficiency and innovation. And so that was my [...]
I’m writing this a day late because I worked until 11pm last night and was awfully tired when I got home. Plus, day’s two gift meant I had to go straight to bed.
My gift for day 2 was doing a double shift for today (day 3). Yes, I got paid for it, but I *certainly* [...]
I’ve realized its hard to give at work, in a sense, because my job (anesthesia) is to take care of others, and I don’t feel its right to call ‘doing my job’ a gift to others, although I’m often so honored to be taking care of people. To be trusted by the patient and the [...]
I don’t remember how, but a little while back I stumbled across the website 29gifts.org. Its whole focus, or purpose, is to encourage people to give to others – anything – from a smile, to a card, to money, clothes, anything to take the focus off of ourselves, and place it on someone else in [...]
These blocks are for Hope, who is hosting our January installment of Block Swap 2. I hope you like, Hope!
At Discover Sewing, where I got my sewing machine, great classes are offered every month. August I signed up for a yoke dress class and had no idea what I was getting into! I started out by picking an adorable lady bug fabric by fabric finders, and then started the cutting. And cutting. And cutting. [...]
I’m in only (ahem) FIVE quilting bees… I don’t know what I’ve done to myself. And, I’m hosting one of them. Wow – busy. I’ve just finished one of the January blocks – and its for the Spider Bee – here are the blocks (triangles) I did for Anna.
Anna requested that we not combine the [...]
I think this was a success. Lainey seemed super happy to receive it; it was probably one of the very rare times I’ve seen her speechless!
The entire quilt is sashed in a 4″ kona white, and I love the way it made the colors pop! The binding was a vibrant orange that was used [...]
