It's Friday already and I've only blogged one day this week. It's hard to come up with something for EVERY day, but I did want to share about my children today. I'll start with my daughter who is thirteen. Earlier this week she surprised me with a show of compassion that I sometimes forget she has. She carried my friends youngest daughter back to her home after she had been hit in the arm with a softball. Kim, I know you'll read this and I'm aware that Sav is not ALWAYS this caring and sweet, but I think she really feels for the injured or underdog and it really touched me that she "took care of" your little one, even stopping to pick a flower for her and waiting on her while you fixed her boo boo. Since I'm on Sav, I'll also share that she finished what could possibly be my favorite painting so far that she has done. In fact, I like it so much, I'm framing it and putting it in the living room. I think the orange colors in it will play off nicely with the light turquoise walls.
Matthew surprised as well on Wednesday after returning from getting his hair cut. Sav and I were walking through the neighborhood and he stopped so I could get a look at his new "do". I noticed a bag on the front seat from a local grocery and he said "I picked up some milk". At which point I believe I heard angels singing?! My son had stopped and bought MILK....with his OWN money.....and doesn't want me to pay him back! Ok, maybe this isn't as important to some of you as it is to me. For those of you who know me well, milk is REALLY big in my life. I can remember getting into a HUGE fight with my mom and sister over milk. I can't start a day well without cold cereal and milk. Yes, I like having coffee, too, but if I wake up and find out that someone drank the last of the milk and didn't leave any for me to have cereal in the morning....well, let's just say I won't be the only one having a bad day.
Seriously, though, compassion is something we try to instill in our children and I think both of them did a fine job of showing it this week. Sav to a younger friend and Matthew to his mother. I'm so looking forward to seeing them grow up! Have a GREAT day and I pray someone shows YOU compassion in the near future.
It's 2011 in Maryville, TN. I haven't blogged in a while and that needs to change. I'm working full time, but still knit quite a bit, so I'll be uploading images of projects I'm working on, soon. This image is of a lovely building downtown. My son took the picture, and I thought I'd share. It's my Dad's birthday today: Happy Birthday, Dad! Make today a glorious day!
Newest craft to do when everything else is packed up: fabric flowers. Hopefully these will adorn the lampshades of the two candlesticks I painted white recently and that you can see slightly in the background. Only have a couple more HUNDRED to make....
They're just Jiffy blueberry muffins; but my son loves them and I like to make him happy. The blackberries are from our canes in the backyard. Gotta love them berries! Have a "berry" nice day.
Well, it looks like we're moving back to Maryville! That's right folks. It's been a GREAT two years here in Nashville, but the house is on the market and we're headed east. We don't officially have to be there until August or September. I trust that the Lord will bring a buyer by then. We really want to build this next go 'round, so we'll see how it goes.
So, here's what I've been up to. I repainted two lamps, (will show off when I finish the shades), embellished a tank top, and worked on a recycled wreath. The wreath is made with those plactic shopping bags we all collect from Wal-Mart, etc. The idea came from HERE . The way they're cut, reminds me of carnations. I'll post what the kiddos have been up to tomorrow. Bye for now. 
Using the yarn pictured above to make the piece pictures below. It will eventually become a soft wraparound ear warmer for my friend. It's hard to see in the picture, but it has a column of cables (my first time doing them) and will be folded over lengthwise upon itself and sewn along the long edge to form a headband. Glad to be knitting again.
I've had this picture FOREVER. It's a print (with corresponding postage stamp) of the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. I've always loved it because it has fish and beautiful blue colors in it, but it's always been in a gold frame. I'm really not into gold, so I decided it needed to be spray painted. I chose a beautiful silver; not too shiny. I think it looks much better now. Yes, I'm aware that the matt on the picture is the same color as my wall. That was an accident, but since I REALLY like turquoise, it works out ok for me. I think I have the spray painting bug. Now I have to find more stuff to paint!
We enjoyed some warm, beautiful weather on Friday and thinking it would be like that on Saturday, we went fishing. Saturday, however, was a different story. The sun never could break out from the clouds, so it didn't warm up until 11 o'clock. It was SO cold, holding the pole was taking effort. Luckily, we wore gloves. Matt caught the first fish, a smallmouth, pictured above. It was a pretty good size, too. We released it after taking several pictures. It was then my turn. I caught a large mouth, but it was only about 10 in. I haven't bothered posting a picture of it since it was so small. Even with the cold, it was an extremely enjoyable day spent with my hubby!
