Happy Sunday Morning!

"Blessed are the children of the piecemakers for they shall inherit the quilts!"
Glad my family feels this way about my quilting pasttime! There has been some mention about the fact that quilting does keep me out of trouble.

Yesterday proved to be a productive day which included some catch-up work on various quilting projects. I actually finished one . . . completely! I'm making two quilts for a couple I know. The fabric and pattern are basically the same but I'm using some feminine touches for the wife's while maintaining the bolder colors and patterns for the husband's. I'm excited that  one of the two Christmas gifts are done and the second one is being worked on already.

Time is just flying by so I am turning my thoughts and ideas towards Christmas. Still need to maintain a small amount of income so am making religious Christmas stockings, again, this year. They sold pretty well, last year. It is humbling to think that something I made is in states across the country.

Tomorrow, my husband, son, and friend are finally filling in an ex-pool hole in the backyard. The estimate is that they will each end up moving 44 barrows of dirt before the task is complete. I will be the encouraging party as the dirt will be dumped on our driveway and will definitely not add to the curb appeal of our home . . . that, and the fact it will block access to the garage! Pictures will soon be forthcoming on this adventure.

Another Sunday morning and it seems like it was just a Sunday morning. The flight of time often scares me a bit so I try and remember to be thankful that I am here to participate in the beginning of another week . . . even if it includes the advent of a dump truck of dirt tomorrow. :-)

This brought a definite smile to my face . . .

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed.

Albert Einstein

Something to relate to . . .

I liked this quote because we have all had a dream trampled on at some point in our lives. It doesn't even have to be a life-changing, huge, important dream . . . just the fact that it was YOUR dream. Especially as a mother, it is something to remember when our children confide their ideas and thoughts so we treat them tenderly.

There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.

Pearl S. Buck

Quotes that live . . .

"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward."
       -- Lewis Carroll

 

"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."
       -- Tom Stoppard

 

"Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all."
       -- William Goldman

 

"The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep."
       -- Alan Patrick Herbert

Quilting, sorting, organizing . . .

 
I made myself organize my fabric stash before letting myself get into any sewing. It has paid off in that I now have more than enough hand sewing to do and lots of inspirations running through my head. My husband figures that my favorite aspects of quilting are the idea and the last stitch.

I keep telling myself to finish everything before starting a new project but what if the idea escapes me by then? Think of the loss to the world? :-) Fortunately, holiday seasons will be here sooner than we think so I'm already planning on making quilted banners and Christmas stockings for selling and gift giving. It will get me off the quilt making . . . for awhile!

Friday NIght Pasta . . .

A favorite around here is vegetable pasta sauce. Ever since I discovered this recipe, that has been the favored stuff the family wants spooned over their plates of spaghetti. It also makes a good soup base for tomato soup. Just because this is a relatively easy recipe to throw together as it just needs to simmer on the stove, I put some bread to rise. After all, one cannot have an Italian meal without some garlic bread on the side, right?

Oh, by the way, the recipe for this sauce was posted a few months ago. It was posted April 19, 2009 under Low-Maintenance Italian Sauce. I always double the recipe so I can freeze a few containers for emergency, last-minute meals.

Television vs. psychiatry . . .

"Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it."
       -- Alfred Hitchcock

 

Besides that, the commercials now advertise just about any medication to take care of those problems in addition to a multitude of others! Sadly, there are probably a lot of people who take the commercials for gospel, want to apply them to their ailments, and convince their doctors to prescribe for them. You have to wonder how many people actually need what they want . . . but, then, that could apply to just abut anything in our lives!