Well, after my canning adventures, which you can see here, the last thing I had to finish was my cabinet. I still needed to find some material to make some curtains as doors for the shelves. I tired finding some material on Tuesday, but just couldn't find what I was thinking of. I wanted something kitchenish, with hunter green, which is my table color, but it had to have some blue because there is a lot of blue in my kitchen. I couldn't find anything I liked in the first store, so last night the family and I went to another fabric store to look. I finally found something that I liked on Friday. There was another pattern I liked a little better, but there was no blue in it. Paul really liked this one, and it had the colors I needed, so I got it. Now that it's up, I really like it. I bought double what I needed (not on purpose) so now I have extra. I think I'll make a table runner with some of it, and maybe some place mats. Also, a friend of mine suggested that I make cloth jar covers with some of it, so I might try that. Not tonight though, I've done enough sewing for the day.
So without further ado, here is my finished cabinet, with a before shot.
Well, I have gotten tired of trying to create my own graphics. I have the software, I have the computer, I just don't have the vision and talent. I just can't seem to put colors and such together, so I have gone back to linkware graphics. I think they are prettier, and I can put more things together. So now that I'm back to using linkware graphics, watch out, I'll probably start changing my template more often.
We had a great day today. Play time at the park then I went to the church to do some VBS work. I'm feeling tired, but it's a good tired. Tomorrow we have nothing to do, so it will be a nice day to rest.
If you think about it tomorrow, could you say a prayer from my niece Jessi? She has her pre-op day tomorrow, and surgery on Thursday. I'll try to get on here on Thursday to update as soon as I know anything. I don't know the times of the pre-op or surgery (strange hospital), but just keep her in your prayers, thanks.
Well I sort of stopped doing the photography group I was doing. My camera just couldn't handle some of the more 'tough' assignments. But I've joined a photography group on one of my forums and that seems more my pace. They had an assignment of 'color popping'. I'd never heard of it, but when I saw the picture of it, I really liked it. It's when you make a photo of yours black and white, then 'pop' one area with color. These are my two tries with color popping.
I'm still learning how to 'paint' with the mouse, it's harder than it seems. Someday maybe I'll get a graphics pad to help with that, but until then, I'm thankful I have a mouse to use.
I was outside yesterday with the kids and took lots of photos and I thought I would share some of them. I figure it was time to get some before the snow comes this weekend. If we do actually get snow, I'll take some pictures of that to share too.
This looks so neat, Stitchery For Girls. I have downloaded it, though I haven't read it yet. But I've always been interested in hand stitching, so this caught my eye. I will probably try it too, not just for Sarah.
Things have been going good so far this week. All our normal things so I won't bore you with details you already know. We did bring the kids bikes to playgroup at the park today, and they loved it. I can't get them into my Jeep, but we switched vehicles with Paul's pickup (duh, don't know why I never thought of that before). Anyway, it worked great. Except that Paul's pickup has no power steering, talk about needing some upper arm strength. So now every Tuesday, for the rest of the summer while playgroup is at the park, Paul will take the Jeep to work, we'll keep his pickup and take the bikes to the park. The kids are so excited.
I've been reading a book I got from the library, it's been really encouraging. It talks about the lies we believe, which effect how we live, and how to replace them with God's truth. It's funny, as I'm reading it, I know the things they are listing are lies like "I need to be perfect", yet I know I think that in my own life. I don't give myself room for error, or anyone else. It has been so encouraging to see the words and read them myself. For some reason, that has been helping. Truthfully I'm sure it's just the time the Lord wanted to show it to me, and it now is finally making sense. I won't say that I've just dropped all the lies I fall for but it's a start and I'm feeling blessed by it. I'm getting ready to read a Chuck Swindoll book I got at the library next.
So that's about it. It's family movie night here tonight, so I'm keeping this short. I'm going to try to read that E-book on stitchery soon, I hope I like it.
I literally have only about 5 minutes to get this out, but I have received my 1000th comment!!! And who was that commenter you ask? Why it is one of the sweetest bloggers I've ever known and was on of the first people to ever give me a comment when I started blogging a year ago. It's Jenn!!!! Thank you Jenn for always being a regular commenter on my blogs. I look forward to them all the time. I hope you enjoy your bookmark.
This blog is so I can share my journey with the Lord, my journey as a wife and mother, and my journey as a homeschool mom. I pray that you will see the Lord in my life through happy and sad times, and that this blog glorifies the Lord.
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(not on purpose) so now I have extra. I think I'll make a table runner with some of it, and maybe some place mats. Also, a friend of mine suggested that I make cloth jar covers with some of it, so I might try that. Not tonight though, I've done enough sewing for the day. 
I just can't seem to put colors and such together, so I have gone back to linkware graphics. I think they are prettier, and I can put more things together. So now that I'm back to using linkware graphics, watch out, I'll probably start changing my template more often. 
We did bring the kids bikes to playgroup at the park today, and they loved it. I can't get them into my Jeep, but we switched vehicles with Paul's pickup (duh, don't know why I never thought of that before). Anyway, it worked great. Except that Paul's pickup has no power steering, talk about needing some upper arm strength. 
