The Slump...........

I've been in a huge slump this summer.

I'm not sure why either. Maybe it was my birthday this year?

I find myself reminiscing a lot lately. It sure doesn't help that there is a facebook page from the city I grew up in full of nostalgia. Memories of my teen years. And highschool.

My mom getting older and needing more help doesn't help either. Then the guilt if I can't help her right away.

The daughter living in a different state is pretty rotten too.

Starting school is scary again. I was pretty confident when I was talking about it but now it's really going to happen. What happens if I do poorly??

I'm taking my trip soon. Just for six days. I know I will enjoy myself. I always get a bit of anxiety about flying though.

Loss of friendships. I know it happens in life and it's certainly happened to me. Sometimes I just wonder why. Did I say or do something. Wracking my brain trying to figure it out sometimes drives me nuts. Trying to get in touch with people again and not succeeding. It's sad to me.

The upside of that is finding long lost friends again through facebook. People that new you back when. It's fun to catch up again.

I have a bunch of crochet work that I need to post. Every time I go to post it, I think, "why bother". I know other crocheters are interested in my crochet stuff, but most of the people I know don't crochet.

I am in a rut. Hopefully I'll get out of it soon.

Happy Birthday!!!

Today is my birthday. And my daughters birthday.

Happy birthday Daughter!!!

Something to think about

1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for. 2.. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way. 3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you. 4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you. 5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep. 6. You mean the world to someone. 7. You are special and unique. 8. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you. 9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it. 10. When you think the world has turned its back on you take another look. 11. Always remember the compliments you received.. Forget about the rude remarks. Good friends are like stars......... You don't always see them, But you know they are always there.. "Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway" I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole truck load when I'm gone. Happiness keeps You Sweet, Trials keep You Strong, Sorrows keep You Human, Failures keeps You Humble, Success keeps You Glowing, But Only God keeps You Going

June Blankets

More baby premmie NICU blanket that I have made with a variety of yarns. Most of the same stuff I've been using.

Pondering...........

One of my Facebook friends posted this on her wall and I copied it to my wall and received some interesting responses.

Something I've pondered over a lot. I wonder what makes some people so supported in everything they do or happens to them? A virtual endless outpouring for some folks. Where as there are some who are no less needing or wanting and yet no matter how much they reach out they are virtually alone. This doesn't relate to anything in particular, just a thought I've had over the years.

I've seen this happen in real life and I've seen it happen on message boards.

Here is one reply:
"Some people don't connect as well to others. Introverts no matter how nice may never have the QUANTITY of supporters, but they may have QUALITY support of a few. Maybe what looks one way to an outsider isn't true at all."

It makes sense to me. But I wonder why the same people receive the outpouring over and over??

And again, perspective is everything. We never know fully what is going on in someone else's life. Sometimes it's hard to not rush to judgement.



It's an interesting topic.

Summer solstice......

It's that time of year again. The Summer Solstice. Yay.

That means summers has officially begun.

Except that is cool and rainy here. Meh......

Leaving on a jet plane....

Sort of. But not until July.

We have a busy summer with some trips coming up.

The hubby has a business trip to St. Louis that he will be going on. We were invited along but I declined for the little guy and myself. Too much involved with all of us going away. Dogs to Kennel etc.

Then later in August the boy and hubby are going to Boy Scout camp. That should be fun for them. It happens just a couple days after I get home from my trip.

I've been going to see my cousin once a year. This is the same cousin that is my Aunts daughter. The Aunt I used to go see ever three months. Well, not just my aunt, but I really went to see my Grandma. But now I go see my cousin. We've always been close and we have fun. The little guy is old enough now to stay home with daddy without mommy, so I am going!! Hubby bought the ticket last night!

Then the little guy and hubby are going on a day fishing trip. Just a daddy and little boy thing, and I'm ok with that!!!

They will also go to hubby's brothers house for some fun. That's just a weekend thing and I will stay home with the dogs!!

So, in between our regular summer stuff, we have the trips. It's really not as busy of a summer as it sounds. My goal was to not be sitting around the house everyday and so far it's been good.

June 14

Not only is it Flag Day today but I have several friends who were born on this day.

So, happy Birthday friends!!

It's also my cousins anniversary. The only reason I remember is that I was taking care of my grandma so my aunt and other cousin could attend her wedding. My one cousin laughs at me because I remember these obscure dates in the family.

The same cousin needed to know when my grandma had started a medicine and I was able to tell her. So, a lot of times she calls me and asks me about family history. Most of the time I remember the date!!

Flag Day 2011

Today is Flag day, here is a link to more info on it. It's an interesting read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day_%28United_States%29

College

I am officially a college student!!

I have a college ID card, and I have registered for my first class.

School starts in August. I am very excited.

Orientation was last night and I was able to register for my class.

I didn't realize how expensive college it, plus I will need to buy books for classes.

It feels funny to say I am a college student.

My little guy is done with school til fall.

There will be some sad changes at his school. One of the teachers left to be a stay at home mom. We all expected that but she will be very much missed in the fall.

The other teacher had been there for twenty-five years. She was also the principal. She will be greatly missed. The only thing I can say about her leaving is that it was handled poorly for the students and parents. It's a small private school and more like family and I know a lot of people are hurt by how it was all handled.

My husband is starting a different position at his job. No more rotating shifts, which will be nice in some ways. I think I will miss him having days off in the middle of the week!!

The hubby and boy went to an amusement park yesterday. Season tickets were purchased and I can't wait to go with them next time.
They played mini golf, rode bumper cars, rode roller coasters and many other rides. There is a water park there too, but they did not participate in that this visit.

That about sums up what I've been up to lately.

May Blankets

This blue blanket and washcloths are for a woman I know having a "surprise" baby!! And it's a boy!

The blanket is made with Bernat Baby's Breath and the washcloths are made with 100% cotton yarn.


These three baby blankets are made with Bernat Baby Coordinates.

They are smaller than I normally make for baby blankets since they are for NICU babies that are generally smaller than full term babies.

Sadly, some of these smaller blankets will be used for memorial blankets too.

Memorial Day

Today is the day we remember our fallen service personnel.

They gave their lives in service to our country, for our freedoms.

Thank you to them all!! And for their families left behind.

May Blankets

This pink blanket and washcloths I made for a woman having her fifth baby. And it's a girl. She has four boys already!!

It's made with Bernat Baby's breath and the washcloths are all made with 100% Cotton yarn. She loved it!!
This pink blanket I made for a friend to give to her friend.
It's made with Bernat baby Coordinates.

These four blankets I made for a friend. Except she only needed three of them.

They are all made with Bernat Baby Coordinates. All the baby blankets I make are approximately the same size and that would be a baby afghan size!! LOL

Meh.....

I'm still here. For some reason I just haven't felt like blogging much.

I have a bunch of blankets to share. I will post them soon.

Happy Mother's Day!!

Today is Mother's day.

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

I have had a great day today. I am fortunate to still have my mom here too.



Two people I am missing today are my dear Aunt and my sweet Grandma. They died about a year apart and I still miss them every day.

I am thankful for my two children that made me a mom. My daughter first, then my little guy.

Moms, aunts and grandma's are very special people.

Ugly Cat Blankets

These are two cat blankets I made for my daughters two cats. They seem to like them she says.

They are made with mostly Red heart leftover yarn. Some people call this a scrap blanket.

The idea (my idea anyway!!) is to make the animal blankets with the leftover yarn and have them be as ugly as possible. These two aren't too bad.

Memorial Blanket

This is a small memorial blanket I made for a woman who recently had a miscarriage.


The blanket is white and it is made with Bernat Babys Breath. It is very similar to the Homespun I use and I like it.

April blankets

This is a baby blanket I made for a friend to give to her friend.

It's made with my new favorite yarn, Bernat Baby Coordinates. I like this yarn because it has a silvery, sparkly strand running through it and it makes a pretty blanket.

I didn't measure it but it's a typical baby sized afghan.

Happenings

It snowed here Friday night!! I couldn't believe it. But it is all melted today. We got about 1-2 inches here.

We got the little guy signed up for soccer this spring. Then he starts baseball in early summer.

He will have swim lessons all summer too.

Plus, we attended the auction and won some fun tickets for fun activities. We will be going to the Childrens Museum here and two different water parks. The little guy loves the water parks.

And, there are the dollar movies on Wednesdays and Thursdays during the summer.

There are also a couple of day camps through the YMCA that he is interested in.

My goal is to keep moderately busy, while not running from activity to activity, which I believe I have achieved. I don't want to sit around inside all summer. I need to stay motivated to do some fun stuff this summer.

The little guy did well in his speech contest. And the school, except for Kindergarten, all had SAT tests. I talked to the kids at school throughout the week and they all sounded positive about the testing. My little guy thought it was easy, as did a lot of the other kids. He especially liked the math portion.

I signed up for college, and sent away for my transcripts, which I received so I am assuming the school received their "official" copy. Now I need to call and get an advisor meeting set up so I can get my classes sorted out. I will be attending part time and starting in Fall. I am excited!!

Been busy crocheting and reading too. I'll post some pics
soon.

We finish up this years Bible study in a couple weeks. It's been a great study and I will make a separate post about that!!

Oh! We won a bagels for a year from Panera at the auction. We receive 13 bagels and 2 cream cheese tubs per month! We were all excited about that win. And we won it at a great price!!

That's about it for now. Thanks for reading.

One last March Blanket

This is another baby blanket. It's made with Lion Brand Baby in Carnation.

I didn't measure the blanket but it is baby sized. LOL

We were cleaning out a closet and I found a bag of this yarn. I was surprised to find it because I thought I had used all of this yarn in this color.

About six years ago we had a nice dollar store in town and they had this Lion Brand baby yarn on sale for a dollar a skein. That was a huge discount and I bought a lot of this yarn.

I have some of that yarn left and even a few skeins of the carnation.

It makes such a nice baby blanket.