full grown woman

Ridin’

Sometimes I get crazy ideas in my head. I decided I would ride my bike to work. Crazy. 14.7 miles of crazy. I haven’t really ridden my bike for over 3 years. Crazy. But, I did it! And, it was pretty great. I’ll write more soon about it.

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Sat, May 28 2011 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment

Gratitude

I’ll readily admit: I’m a complainer. Not my most attractive quality. But, every once in awhile, God will impress upon my heart an attitude of gratefulness and make me keenly aware of how incredibly blessed I am. Here are a few examples of how that went: Exercising today: I was often tempted to feel complain-y [...]

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Thu, May 26 2011 » Spirituality » 2 Comments

Quilt for Julia

I recently became an aunt again, to little Julia Scarlett, my sister-in-law Karen’s first child. Well, of course I had to make her a quilt! I decided to use my Accuquilt Go cutter and use the large tumbler die and then use a variety of prints to give it a scrappy look: Here’s the back: [...]

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Mon, May 23 2011 » Quilting » 1 Comment

Sunglasses Cases!

The Front Range Modern Quilt guild recently had a fun little swap planned for our meeting. Sunglasses cases! I always appreciate that the swaps so far are something small and manageable so that I can participate and learn a new skill without it taking too much time. Here was my submission: And this was the [...]

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Mon, May 23 2011 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Busyness.

Well, once again I find myself too busy to write in my blog doing all the things one would put in a blog. I often find myself wondering how people like Ree do it. Seriously. She posts nearly every day, sometimes multiple posts a day! I can’t even keep up with my laundry! So, I’m [...]

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Thu, May 19 2011 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment