Finally I am back at quilting. Not just the big long arm machine, but actually piecing fabric on my 'small' machine. It's really great to be using it again, since I was feeling guilty about neglecting my poor little Janome. I dusted her off, and oiled her and even gave her a new needle. I think she is happy to be used again. LOL What a nut case I am. As if my sewing machine has any idea that she was 'neglected'.

Ok Fellow wives, I have a question for you. Does your husband compete with you? If so, how do you deal with it? Visit the Moms forum here to find out more...
http://cre8buzz.com/574/forums/3251
Let me know what you think!

So just yesterday, I wrote a tribute to my husband OCanaDad, and posted it on the Anthill. It was a top 10 of sorts, the best things I love about him. The very last item in my list was me bragging how he sure can 'knock me up'. What was that? A challenge? Just a few short hours later we got to talking. I mention that I am late. He says maybe you should take a test. Since we buy pregnancy tests by the case load, I jut happen to have one handy. Wouldn't you know it? A positive result just in time to finish off Father's Day!

PS Guess what! I just received notice that I won a contest today! My darling friend Kelby Carr hosted a contest on her site typeamom.net and I am one of the winners. Whoo hoo! What a day.

I am so happy that Spring has finally arrived! Winter did go by quickly, but I love the heat way more than the cold! We've been busy around our house with Spring Break, JR Quilt Guild and trips to the park. I decided to kick my coffee habit and although there were a few days of Advil dependency, I am now feeling great. Spring always inspires me to get in shape, eat better, and get reorganized. I was really happy yesterday to sell some Bear Crafting stuff. These bears waited 2 years in my sewing room to get some attention, but I just enjoy quilting more. They have now moved to their new home and will get more attention, I hope! I have big plans for the house and getting rid of old stuff. With 7 kids we have more clothes to hand down than the average family.

I was really pleased the other day when a Twitter friend asked for advice on some fabric she had bought for her daughter. After a few questions, she decided she would like to make placemats. I offered to whip up some easy instructions for her. Well I started digging through my 'stash' and found 4 Fat Quarters which had been with me a while. They are really pretty and I had not found a use for them yet. Perfect! I had found my fabrics. Even better they are beautiful Springy looking colors. After a little thinking, this is what I came up with...

I am just finishing up the tutorial and then I will put it on my site. I am hoping to finish the other 3 soon. I don't want to leave them sitting to become another UnFinished Object(s). I don't need any more of those. Any ways after that I may list them on etsy or something. There aren't enough for my big family, and they are too pretty for the kids anyways. Unless I laminate them or something. Ha! Well I hope you will let me know what you think of my little placemats!

So the other day I came to check my email and I had like 8 new followers on twitter. Cool. So I go to check out their profiles... you know, am I following this person? Do I want to? So I'm checking them all out and I end up on my own profile page and I notice that I now have 202 followers. I'm totally surprised! Didin't I hust have like 175 the other day? Did they really add up that fast? Then I notice that my updates are at 192. Wow! Have I really made that many little tiny statements on twitter? It makes me think about all the people I have begun to chat with and make friends with. It really exposes you to people you would have never met otherwise. In the beginning I was such a twitter keener, I followed anyone and anybody. Now I am more selective, although I follow anyone here on cre8buzz. It's a little addictive I must say, sometimes I have to force myself to let go of the mouse!

One of the best things about twitter is that I found cre8buzz. I love cre8buzz! But that is another story for another time. Now I am trying to coordinate a chat on twitter with a new friend from ustream while i type this blog. It's too late and I am starting to slip! Off to make post #201....

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