I know I've been away from here for a while. I have so many post ideas floating around in my head, but the time just keeps eluding me. *sigh* Anyway... on to cheerier things!

Here's what I've been up to lately (okay, ONE of the many things I've been up to) - designing and making a pattern for a quilt I'm making for my niece, Alexa:


( Read more... )

I'm tired, man! We're leaving tomorrow EARLY am to drive 3.5 hours to catch a flight to TX. There, I'll be going to the baby shower for my sister that's expecting (Steff) and then heading to the coast for a week's vacation with my other sister who had a baby in December (Sharee). I can't wait, but man, am I tired! Tom and I were up til almost ( Read more... )

Here's a look at a project I'm doing for Sharee, whose little girl, Alexa, was born last December. I meant to have this for her when she was born, but Sharee's been very sweet about no expectations. :)

Here's a picture from the pattern package:


( Read more... )

Hi All!

I've had a busy few weeks! I so appreciate all of your words of support and encouragement. It really does mean so much to me. Thank you!!

*Edit: This got WAY longer than I first intended (dude, am I wordy or what?! :) ), so to find out what I've been up to and what I'll be doing soon, please click to ( read more )

Well... besides that whole job search thing. Blech! I'm still trying to figure out the language of med trans jobs, much less actually finding a position, so that's ongoing. But BESIDES that, I've been organizing my environment and creating pretty stuff. My whole life, my family moved every 6 months or so, and then I repeated that trend as an ( Read more... )

Yes, I am officially back! WooHoo!

My weeks away did EXACTLY what I was hoping they would. ALL I have left to do on my medical transcription program is review for and DO the Final Exam Mail-In Reports. That's right, folks. I mailed in the Lesson 9 Mail-Ins, finished the reading for Lesson 10, finished the Practice Reports for Lesson 10 and ( Read more... )

My sister, Sharee, and my mom and I had a 3-way phone conversation last night about the stuff we're making for Sharee's baby bed (she's due in January). Here's the pattern we're using (though we're improvising on the two blankets):


( Read more... )

I'm just feelin' all kinds of crafty this month! I bought some wooden picture frames with my birthday money (back in May), and did my first set of family pics to put up in the living room. I have a great black n white "moment" shot from my brother's wedding and really adorable pics of their kids playing in the snow at my mom's wedding earlier ( Read more... )

Friday 51. Whine - It's friggin' HOT in my office, in my house, just about everywhere except right DIRECTLY in front of the darn window A/C at the other end of the house in the living room. I have fans strategically placed and closed all the doors but my office, so I have a wind tunnel effect, but damn, it's still hot! Eventually, we're hoping ( Read more... )

Thank you, Everybody, for the b-day wishes! It's so great to have friends like you! :) I had an awesome day of relaxation and fun. The flowers Tom got me are on a tall dvd case in the living room, strategically placed so that I can bend over and waft a sniff as I walk by. Neat. :) It was raining really hard yesterday, so I didn't get to ( Read more... )