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My feet hurt, but I'm happy!

I know I said that I wasn't going to have anything to post tonight, but my meeting is over and I'm pumped up. (Anyone have any good inexpensive shoe brands for wearing heels all day? Short ones still make me sore after a long day...)

So I just got in, jumped into my sweats, had a bowl of soup, and I WAS enjoying some quiet time on HULU with my youngest child watching our favorite show. But she had to go do something so I'm sneaking here, reading my blogs, and typing, while waiting for her.

Anyway, while we are watching the show I am getting my first chance to pull out all of my fabric pieces that I received from the scrap swap I participated in - it is over now, but you can click the swap button and see how it was run, and also check out the blog of the terrific person who took the time to organize it all!!

Next I'd like to share the blogs of the two sewers with whom I swapped...

The first is Rhonda from:

Quilter in the Gap

Rhonda, Hope you don't mind that I used your picture!
But Rhonda doesn't have a button yet, so there you go.

But I would probably make her happier
by showing you one of her beautiful projects:

Isn't this gorgeous! I just love this one!!

The next sewer I swapped scraps with is Sara from:

Sew Sweetness

For some reason, Sara doesn't have a button either, but I was able to use her header and pop it in here with a link.

And here is something fun that she has got going:

And here is a project that she made, and my awesome
16 year old daughter loves and is begging me to sew
(yes, she is sitting right next to me as I write this, begging me for it, lol)

Look how beautiful this fabric is!!!!!

I am SO grateful to these ladies for the wonderful fabric I received in the swap. I cannot wait to use it! Yesterday I was reading a blog post of a person who wrote about an "I Spy" quilt, but I had a computer problem so out of the many blogs I follow I couldn't locate the poster - but anyway, I searched for "I Spy" quilt and now I know the pattern of the first quilt I am going to make... And I am going to use my awesome fabric scraps from these lovely ladies!!

Oh, wait - Don't hold your breath for the quilt...
I said it would be my first quilt. I didn't say when I would get to it!!

I hope you get the chance to be creative today!!
...from Lori @ Kitchenfunk

Crafting while Traveling (no scissors allowed!)

Flying from Florida to Pennsylvania...

I am getting ready to head home tomorrow. My kids are SO excited to get Mom back! Tonight my husband said they weren't eating until 9pm, because he is trying to finish a construction project in time for me to come back. No wonder they are excited, lol.

I have been at my sister's house for the past six days and I haven't been able to craft. I've been visiting with my family, trying to help a little with the care for our mother, who is just out of the hospital and recently diagnosed with Alzheimer. I've been keeping my mother busy, engaging her in cooking and cleaning. Even in her wheelchair! Today I asked her to sweep and Swisher the floor of the kitchen for me. She was happy to, and I think she felt she was making a difference. Just as with your children, I just didn't tell her when I went back over it myself while she was napping...

My sister asks if I always keep myself so busy at home, and I guess I do.

On the trip down here I took a direct flight, but still I knew I would have to be distracted for the first hour of the trip, and my print books and ipod books would not be enough to contain my antsy feelings. To combat this, I brought along embroidery thread and began to make a friendship bracelet. While I did bring instructions, it was hard to read them on the plane, and I had a little trouble figuring them out. Of course, this meant I didn't get it finished on the flight - I dozed lightly while listening to a book from:

The book was free. I got it, along with a few others, when I signed up for a 30 day free trial of the site (I just have to remember to cancel it next week, unless I decide it was worth it. I'm still not sure, but I certainly have enjoyed using it for this trip).

I am embarrassed to admit what I was listening to. It was a book created from the TV show "Castle". Take a look at Amazon and check out this book (you can click the book to go straight to Amazon).

If you watch the show, it actually has the ACTOR as the real author ! So funny!

The weather on this end is calling for heavy rain, and in fact, we had a tornado warning tonight. It went over the house and blew on by. The weather back at home is calling for snow! So I'm preparing (I was a girl scout - plan ahead!) for a delay while hoping we don't have one. Now what can I bring on a plane if I'm stuck on the tarmac for any amount of time? I wish I had asked this question earlier, so I could have gotten some suggestions...

For now, I guess I'll have to just enjoy knot-tying again, and listening to my book.

Have a great day!