My little Rock Stars........

Here are Cooper and Sydney Hennesy. They are my nephew and niece in Indiana...........

If this doesn't make you smile, nothing will!

A night in the Emergency Room...

Well, last night (Saturday night) I was doing songs and prayers with Johnny and he started complaining that his chest hurt. He said that it was hot. He didn't have a fever or anything else and he said that it was hard to breathe. I called the nurse and she said to take him to the ER. This was about 10:00 pm and we all had our pjs on. We all got dressed and drove in the pouring rain to St. Lukes. I have to say that St. Lukes was such a great hospital. We didn't really wait at all. Within 5 minutes after arrival, they were taking his vitals. Within about 10 minutes after that, we were called into an examing room. I went down the hall to call and txt some friends to start praying. The kids didn't know it, but I was scared to death. The doctor didn't have a clue what could be causing these symptoms. She did an EKG and a chest x-ray and found nothing abnormal.....PRAISE GOD!!!! I have to say that during all of this, the kids were cutting up as usual and the ER Technician, Brian was a complete nut, messing with the kids, pretending to pass gas and blame it on the kids and when he hooked up the EKG to Johnny, he pretended like he was giving him a lot of electrical shocks! They of course ate it up! They were laughing at everything. Amy messed with Johnny so much during all of this, that I made her wait out in the hall.........well, then Brian, the ER Tech was throwing things at her!!! Everything came back just fine and there was no need to worry. WHEW!!! I slept in from church and hated missing, but knew that if I didn't get enough sleep, that I would get sick....................the end.

First Place!!!!!

Today, Johnny won a FIRST PLACE Trophy at a Chess tournament at a local high school!

WAY TO GO!!!!

A Day of Quilting!!!

The first quilt is a special memory quilt that I made for my sweet Mom when she turned 75. I used all 1930's replicas fabrics. The second is a baby quilt that I made for a friend.

Today is my first full Friday off! I have started taking Fridays off to quilt! I took myself to Starbucks this morning to start things off........ I have enjoyed myself so much today! I had jazz blaring all through the house while I quilted.....Even at lunch, I sat down with my sandwich and diet coke with lime and watched a quilt show that I tape every day! I love my life! Quilting is so very rewarding for me. It is a way that I express my creativity, but it is also my way of giving....I think of the person that will receive the quilt the whole time I am making it. I am working on a baby quilt now for my niece that had a baby in November. Quilting is my way of passing down a piece of me. I have a huge list of quilts to make this year. I will make another baby quilt for a special friend, finish a Hawaiian quilt, make a memory quilt using pieces of my Father's shirts, a 50's quilt, a denim rag quilt and 2 Christmas quilts and I am thinking of ideas for new quilts all of the time! I collect fabric from quilt stores, but recently, I collect them from e-bay! I can buy the most unique fabric from ebay from people from all over the world. I have quilts in every room of my home. I have some quilts that date back to the early 1920's or so. I learned to sew in high school, but did not learn to quilt until about 8 years ago. I saw a quilting show on HGTV and told myself that I can try that and learned as I went. I have taught Amy to quilt. She made her first quilting project in the 3rd grade. Quilting is a lost art and I don't know that many people that quilt. Whenever I go into a quilt shop or a quilt show, I am usually the youngest person there.

Starbucks, Jazz and Quilting.............does it get any better than this?? I think not!

New Year's Resolutions....

I made a lot of resolutions this year. Of course I want to lose weight and have started back to the gym on my lunch hour. I have taken Fridays off from work to quilt and have some "me" time. I want to get better organized, play more, save more money and do what I do better.........I teach 6th grade girls Sunday School and want to be a better teacher. I want to be a better friend. I want to tell people that I love them more. Each day that God gives us is a gift and I don't want to waste it.

What are some things that you want to do this year? In 2008, when you look back on 2007,.......what do you want to see?

Happy Birthday, Uncle Pete!

Saturday, January 6th, we celebrated the 85th birthday of a very special man.......Mr. Pete Allee. He is my mother's brother. He served in WWII and is a man that I love very dearly.

We met at a restaurant in Crockett, Texas. We enjoyed each other's company so very much. There is never enough time to enjoy family.

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