Heaven

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Tonight we went to my SIL’s for my nephew’s 13 bday. As we left each of the boys was given a balloon filled with helium. J2 (8) was running around and didn’t realize his balloon became untied. It was quickly too high for anyone to reach. Someone told J2 – “You shared your balloon with Josh.” (meaning the balloon was headed to heaven). J2 was not consoled by this thought. J3 (4), ever the peacemaker said “Maybe Josh will send it back.” Oh, were it just that easy!

We gave a quick lesson about heaven – but as it is so hard for us to understand….I’m sure they don’t really understand. I know J3 firmly believes that Josh is playing with a balloon with Jesus….and maybe he is. 🙂

HOW CAN IT BE SATURDAY AGAIN??!?!

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HOW CAN IT BE SATURDAY AGAIN??!?! I’m so frustrated! I have so much to do and that’s not counting what I *want* to do! I want to knit and quilt! But I have to clean and cook and …. all those things that keep our home and family going forward.

And, to make matters worse….I have a tooth ache. I’m going to have to go to the dentist next week. So now I have to find out what our insurance covers and who I can see. Yes, I’m whining….does it come through the type written word too?

I’m going to do my best to get my work done and get some knitting done today – hold me accountable ok? If I don’t then someone needs to come over here and make me knit! Gosh, I hate living in the real world! LOL

Quiet

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Sorry I’ve been quiet again. I started babysitting my nephew this week. I forgot how tiring it is to have a young one around. After Josh died I was sure I wanted another baby….but now I realize that part of that was trying to replace him and that’s simply not possible. I’m ready to move into a new season of life…not sure what that season will be like, but I’m looking forward to it.

On the knitting front, I’m at the part of “The Thing” where I’m adding a cardigan edge (?is that right?) well, it’s just confusing. My socks are still there but I’ve no had time to play with them. I knit a bit more of DHs afghan last night while watching a Rock Hudson movie – yummy! I’d like to finish SOMETHING but life is just too busy to give more than just a few minutes here or there to these projects. Oh well, I enjoy working on them and am not sure what I’d do next anyway! 🙂

I’ve joined a few fun things lately….Fiber RAOK, Secret Pals 4 and February Flowers – I’ll try to post links to all of those things asap. Maybe after church tomorrow!

Happy Knitting!

Quilting again

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I’ve been knitting quite a bit, but now I’m quilting again! Theresa and I started our quilting class this week! The class is more of a philosophy class so far rather than task oriented. The teacher blew me away with her knowledge! Turns out she teaches in Davis too, so I might take another look at their classes.

Today, Saturday, I finally had a chance to consider our homework and realized I didn’t know what I was supposed to do! LOL So, I’m going to just do a wall hanging or a block or two (we’ll see what I actually have time for!) and see what happens.

I went to Walmart today and bought some cheap fabric. I bought two florals, a white with a soft pattern, a soft lilac and a dark burgundy print. Surprisingly, they all go with each other but it’s more a mix and match thing rather than all five together. Maybe I’ll take a picture of them tomorrow.

Well, tomorrow is our first Bible Study (Beth Moore’s “Breaking Free”) so I’d better get offline and get prepared! I’ll post pics as soon as I start sewing!

OH!! Before I forget…I finally found out who made my Kenmore machine! Turns out it is a Necchi Logica – a great machine at the time. Sometimes I think I should invest in a new machine, but this one does everything I need…well, it will once I get the manual I purchased and the walking foot that I’ll be buying this week!