My newest favorite music video..

I love this song... I wrote a song using his melody but changing the lyrics... for my mom whose been gone now for three years this March 23rd...
Okay, I"ll stop playing with my blog for now and get to my quilting..

A new day...

St. Patrick's day... I'm not Irish, at least I don't think so, so this day does not mean much to me in that regard, BUT this day means a lot to me today cause my son was born on this date 29 years ago...
He and his wife are expecting their first child, hopefully today.. She was due last Monday and we are all a little antsy for little Luke Thomas Martin to arrive so we can welcome him into this family of ours and into this big world...
As I write this, I am sitting on my garden swing in my pj's in my big back porch enjoying the sunshine..... It is warm and sunny and feels great.. As I look out into my back yard (floor to ceiling glass windows lets me see the whole back yard) I sit here contemplating my spring and summer garden plans.. For the first time in over 30 years ( not counting the 2 years I suffered with a bad back in 05/06 ) I will have the summer off from babysitting... And I won't say plan, cause sometimes that backfires, but God willing, I will work on my garden, go for nice long walks, do some reading, and especially do some quilting and maybe get some time in Moncton spent with my three grandchildren...
Come baby Luke, Nanny and Papa are anxiously waiting to see Gods miracle in your birth..
God Bless...

 My son Mitch and his wife Laura and Baby Luke..

Felt encouraged today....

Today I felt encouraged to write in  my blog... and to share my sewing nest..

Because we host a chinese student, my sewing room in being occupied as his bedroom so therefore I am parked with a lot of my sewing gear down in a part of my living room.. Here are a few pictures of my temporary nest..

The first picture shows one half of my living room... 

The second shows my sewing area.. 

And the third picture shows where I store my bins with my fabric and supplies.. which is under my table and sewing machine cabinet...

 In this shot you can see first and foremost my little jar of skittles.. My hubby don't know they are there yet or they would be gone.. lol  Lynda gave me this wooden caddy she won at the retreat cause she already had something for her things.. So this caddy is holding my 1 x 12 in. ruler, my rotary cutters my scissors, my book of needles, ( was a gift from a friend ) my seam ripper, a couple of my marking pencils and pens. and my magnifying glasses that attach to my prescription glasses..

I try to keep it as tidy as I need for my hubby cause he doesn't like to see the mess all over the place... and I don't blame him one bit.. He is very nervous about pins on the floor.. as am I with the babies but they are not allowed in the sewing part of my living room.. My couch divides up the living area and sewing area but I try my best to make sure all the pins are picked up.. It will be nice to have my room back.. 

Also I want to show what I am working on now which is the snow man blocks I won at the guild...I am hand picking it cause I miss doing the picking on a quilt...

Oh and one last thing... I made this cute rag purse or bag this week... I just love it.. Our next cruise, it is coming with me.. 

Thanks to Wendy  ( It Is what It Is! ) for passing on the idea of sharing our nests..

I am not good at this blogger stuff, but I'm learning...

Getting antsy for the quilting retreat weekend.. Still not sure of the projects I want to work on as yet.. Have another day to decide.
Have yet to cut my fabric for the mystery project.. Have yet to write out the recipe I need..
For the sweet table, I will be making rice krispie squares... My favorite..
My two little guys are here for the day, and at 2 this afternoon, I pack them in the buggy to go pick up Colby at school...
I'm thinking I need to organize my time better.... There seems to be so much I want to do but not enough time and sometimes energy to get it all done... For today, if I could get my retreat stuff ready, floors swept, and supper started while having my little men here, I'm doing good..

My Christmas Card Decoration Ball....

I found this craft of the Martha Stewart web site and gave it a try.. they are super easy to make but time consuming if you don't have a circle cutter.. after cutting all the circles out I realized I did have a circle cutter... lol

Anyways the pictures shows how its done..  If you want to make them and are having trouble, leave a comment or check out Martha Stewart's web page.. 

I hung it on the tree next to the light bulb snowman I made...
Thanks for visiting..
God Bless.....