Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Thought for the day

Today marks the eighth anniversary of my sobriety date.
I live by the words "one day at a time" every day, every minute, every second.

I am very proud of myself to have maintained sobriety for eight years especially when you take into account that I am surrounded by people that drink daily.

That said....I leave you with the thought of the day from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day

Wednesday, August 13, 2014


Thought for the Day

"We had but two alternatives; one was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could, and the other was to accept spiritual help. We became willing to maintain a certain simple attitude toward life. What seemed at first a flimsy reed has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us, a design for living that really works. All of us establish in our own individual way our personal relationship with God." Have I established my own relationship with God?

Meditation for the Day

Make it a daily practice to review your character. Take your character in relation to your daily life, to your dear ones, your friends, your acquaintances, and your work. Each day try to see where God wants you to change. Plan how best each fault can be eradicated or each mistake be corrected. Never be satisfied with a comparison with those around you. Strive toward a better life as your ultimate goal. God is your helper through weakness to power, through danger to security, through fear and worry to peace and serenity.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may make real progress toward a better life. I pray that I may never be satisfied with my present state.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Been a while.....

I was looking around Craftsy today and came across these patterns.  I was looking for something to get my crochet mojo back and I think I may have found it.




Monday, May 5, 2014

Latest projects

Cat pillow I was asked to make for a girl that rides the bus with me  

Filet Baby boy butterfly blanket for an adjuster at work.

Close up of small butterfly (one in each corner)

Close up of main butterfly

My first star mandala

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Personalized Baby Blanket done

So I was asked to make a baby blanket on Friday night for a shower that is at the beginning on May. Not just any blanket though....it has to be personalized with the baby's name.....lol

  ok.....so buy the yarn on Saturday afternoon and start the blanket as soon as I get home.

Finished it at 8 pm last night......and I work full time.....not too bad.


Monday, April 7, 2014

Forgot the ears and a new hat

Slouchy hat

With ears.

Pattern Purge

So I have spent the past few weekends organizing and purging my pattern stash.

Like really....how many patterns does one person need?

I think I have it manageable now.  5 binders....LOL

Next step is to get the paper versions onto the external hard drive so I don't have paper everywhere.