(Q45)

*for the 52Q challenge*

This week's prompt:
Which song do you have on repeat right now?
Answer:
Betcha can't guess.
;)
Anything from the Pride and Prejudice CD
and
Yo Yo Ma's Gabriel's Oboe

What can I say?
I like what I like.

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It's my 57th today.
F I F T Y - S E V E N
???
I am thankful to have reached this age.
If you care to read a couple of previous posts regarding the b-day topic, look here and here.
Proof positive that I wasn't always this old.

Come back next week for a giveaway!

Happy weekend!

ETA:
The hubs is home!
Now we can celebrate the birthday...
Thank you for your prayers for him.
xo

(13/30)

I am thankful for an enjoyable night out this evening with my daughter, Jessica.
We attended a local elementary school production of Alice in Wonderland.
It was adorable!
Lots of glitter.
Loved that.
:)

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The hubs is doing better.
I am hoping he comes home from the hospital tomorrow.

(12/30)

Today I am thankful for the health care that is still available to us.

The hubs is in the hospital again...for a day or two.

(tribute)

We will not forget to be thankful for those who served.
Freedom is never free.

***Please pause my playlist before viewing.

(10/30)

I am thankful for the happy smiles and laughter of the little people in my life.
I ♥ this munchkin face.
She always makes me smile.
:)

(daybook)

For today...
Good Morning!

Outside my window...
sunny and Indian summer-like

I am thinking...
the weather is so different from last year at this time

I am thankful for...
the brave men and women who are serving our country in the military

I am wearing...
jeans
t-shirt
hoodie
sox and slippers
(the usual uniform)
!

I am remembering...
the values on which our country was founded

I am going...
to the gym later today

I am hoping...
to make some headway on some Christmas projects today

Noticing that...
the daylight hours are shorter
Where in the world did the summer go?

Pondering these words...
One man with courage makes a majority.
~Andrew Jackson~

From the kitchen...
hot coffee, of course
!!

Around the house...
the laundry is out on the line

One of my favorite things...
creating collage art!

From my picture journal...

~week 44 tag for the 52Q challenge~
Prompt:
How do you make decisions?

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More daybook entries here.

(8/30)

I am thankful for The Master Designer of all things.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
~John 1:1-4~

(had to try...)

They aren't as gorgeous as Lucy's, but they were an easy project to make up with some leftover yarn.
If you have not visited Attic24, then you are missing some yummy crochet!
Lucy's place makes me yearn to buy colorful yarn and get busy.
!!!

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It's day 7 already!?
~for 30 Days of Thanksgiving~
I am thankful for hands to work.

(crafting...)

...at the Teeny Tiny Cabin today...
More progress was made on a few of the peg dollies.
I need to work on the very looong arms.
:)

ETA for Utah Grammie:
These are the supplies used to make the peg dollies.
The pegs are about $1.79 (pkg of 20), the stands are $1.39 (pkg of 20) and the heads...I forget the cost of those. I snatch them up when I see them. The size I use seems to be popular.
I have done some out of dollar store pegs and they look sweet with their little ballet shoe looking feet. They hang on the tree just fine.
The hubs helps me with fitting the heads to the pegs. Takes a bit of whittling. He also drills the hole through them for the pipe cleaner arms and the little screw eyes into the tops of the heads before I paint.
They are time intensive more than anything.
If you decide to try them, let me know so that I can come by for a peek.

(6/30)

I am thankful for my *heritage of faithfulness passed on through godly lives.
*quote from the Steve Green song, Find Us Faithful

(wips + 5/30)

The first of two matching smocked dress fronts for the littles...

ETA:

@Samantha:

Look at this post for a glimpse of the smocking process.

You could also google the word - smocking- for even more information.

...and some dolly pop ornaments in the making.
Want to see more dolly pops?

You will want to go here if you have an extra minute or two or three.

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5/30
I am so thankful for the generations that follow us...our children and grandchildren.
What a blessing!

(27th)

How about those Yankees???
I have been known to say that watching baseball is rather like watching paint dry.
However, it was a fun celebration to watch last night!
:)