Thank You All!!!

Thank you so very much for your outpouring of well-wishes for the brown boy.  Tag may not understand every word of your comments (though he does have a huge vocabulary), but he hears and responds to the emotion in my voice.  I appreciate every single word you took the time to write.

At this point, nothing has changed with Tag...so there is nothing new to report.  I will update as necessary to keep you abreast of this situation.

I started a journal to track this time with Tag.  Just a place to write random thoughts I have each day.  Not sure what I will ever do with it, but...

I also started a one-a-day photo journal.  That is over on Instagram...#TagEButt.

Just ways to help me get through this, I guess.

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Needless to say, my focus and concentration are at an all time low. More precisely, I guess, is that I have almost none.  The ability to concentrate on any one thing for more than a millisecond has flown out the window.  But, I tell myself that this is okay...that it is temporary.  The result, though, is that I made some changes to the projects I had lined up.  Some of them are put off and some of them are scrapped altogether.  There are some that will be completed, of course...going along with no sewing would be another kind of ordeal, methinks.  Pillow covers, tissue kleenex cozies, hand sewing...things like that which take little thought will be what will keep my hands busy.

On that note, I have a few things to show...

5x6 inch zippy pouches

kleenex cozies for me to give away

another pillow cover with zipper to match Paul and Rachel's quilt

Donna, from over at Brynwood Needleworks organized a charitable project to create and donate dresses to Dress A Girl Around the World .  Here are the two I made...

They are both size 1/2 and were very simple to make.  I had planned to make more, but these two are all I am doing for now.  

I think that's all I have for this morning.  Hope this day is good for you.

   


"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.". Jeremiah 29:11

Gasp!!!

I didn't have a very good start to my day.

It rained and then snowed.

The roads were awful.

It took twice as long to

get to work as it normally does.

As in, 90 minutes instead of 45.

I do not like winter.

Coming home, however...

much better.

The road crews must have

worked really hard.

The roads were all great.

Until I got to the last part.

But, that's okay.

The sun was shining.

And, tomorrow is another day.

Remember the sock story?

(click here & here if you don't

know what I'm talking about)

Well.  Seems there is another person

intent on getting me into trouble.

Again.

Sharon.

Yup, that's right...of 'snow days' fame.

It is her fault that I am doing

that quilt, you know.

She, of course, will say that it is my fault.

That, without me, she wouldn't be doing it.

Don't believe her.

Not for one second.

Anyway.

She told me she would send

yarn and a pattern.

Ya know, for me to knit

a pair of socks.

Oh, okay.

Thank you!

Well.

Next thing she told me was that she

had mailed a package...of stuff.

I had absolutely no clue what 'stuff'

she was talking about.

Until today.

The package arrived.

There are simply no words.

Okay...keep reading...I found words.

But, first, let me just say that with

each piece of 'stuff' that I pulled out,

my 'gasp!' got bigger and bigger.

I about swallowed my tongue!!

Seriously.

You might, too!

Ready?

Here goes...

The sock pattern and yarn.

Please note the 'heart & sole'

on the label...cracked me up.

A journal...I would like to 

use it to keep track of my quilts..

A ruler that I could certainly use!

And, the neatest little gadget!

I thought it was a needle threader.

It's to pull your floss through the

back of stitches when you're doing

stitchery/embroidery...how fun is that!

In the instructions, it reads, 

"great for finishing that one last stitch

when the floss is too short."

I needed this!

Thread!  Now, this is really getting exciting!

Thimbleberries thread for machine quilting.

Six yummy colors!

Two spools of Alex Anderson thread

for hand-piecing & hand-quilting.

One spool of variegated thread for

machine quilting.  

 

Micron tracing pen.

One can always use this!

 

Lotion.

Perfect for my skin in the winter.

Now.

This is the absolute icing on the cake...

this fat quarter bundle of 

Whitewash fabric by

Crabapple Hill Studio.

This fabric came out in the time since

Sharon and I started working on our

'snow days' quilts and

we were drooling in anticipation!

I love this! 

Here it is...all together.

Can you believe all this 'stuff'???

So.  

Did you gasp?

I wrote Sharon a long email 

expressing my pleasure & gratitude.

But, one more time...

thank you so very much, Sharon!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:11