Feb. 2, 2006
February 2, 2006
Posted in Articles-General Homestuff
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My first entry of the year.......33 days after the beginning of the new year! Unfortunately, that is pretty common practice these days unfortunately....I have been just having a tough time keeping up with life these days! At least this week I have a good excuse :) Our friend Neil's dad passed away last week, so Neil and his brother and sister all came into town to make the final arrangements and to bury their dad. D and I were able to help with some of the arrangements, as well as hosting a time of refreshment and fellowship after the graveside service yesterday. Neil stayed with us for several days, and we have spent the past two days with his brother, sister and sister in law, as well as other friends and family members. It has been fun having him here and the girls all got very attached to Uncle Neil.....which was good, I think it may have helped him to not miss his kiddos quite as much. I hope :) As soon as I get some pictures, I'll post them here. Today I ended up sleeping in....I got up at 6:00 and got D off to work, then I layed down on the couch and slept until 8:30 when r came out. We snuggled for a few minutes, and then I was up and moving. Today was a very lazy day! The rest of the kids didn't get up until after 9, which was fine.....but tomorrow we've GOT to get back to our normal schedule and school! A couple of weeks ago, I got 7 scrapbook pages done (YAY ME!!!!!), and it was great, because last night Neil's brother Wes and D were talking about hockey. They were talking about a specific hockey game that D and I went to early in our marriage, and I was able to go to my scrapbooking materials, grab that page, and bring it out to show to them. D was so excited, that it was done :) I love pleasing my man with things like that! Yesterday a friend from church gave me a box of things that she had put on our local freecycle group, and I asked for them. One of the items was a set of blue/green and maroon curtains. I LOVE the fabric, and am looking forward to making some throw pillows, or maybe a couple of floor pillows with the fabric. They will look great in our living room! I can't wait! :) Which leads me to the next thing.....I was blessed a couple of weeks ago with 2 more large boxes of some beautiful yarn, so I'm excited to get started on some crochet projects. All this crafty stuff that's been happening around here has me excited to set up a sewing area in our bedroom. I am looking forward to doing that maybe this weekend, so that I can start sewing soon. My first project will be to get started on the quilt blocks for a quilt block swap that I am doing with some friends from an online community that I've been part of for several years now. Well, dinner's ready........will post more tomorrow. |
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