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    Quiet T Tuesday

    September 3, 2013 - By 

    school startsThe buses have come to get my kidlets for the first day of school.This is the last year for each of them in each of their schools. Next year they each move up to new schools. My days as an elementary school library volunteer are numbered.

    The house is extremely quiet.

    Gracie is already napping.

    listI’ve been working on my list.Somethings are must do today and some will stretch out to the rest of the week.

    I haven’t used a list most of the summer. It feels good to get back on track.

    So where is my beverage of choice today since it is T stands for Tuesday after all.coffee's done

    Well, my coffee was gone long ago since I was up at dark:30. My cup has already been washed and returned to the rack.  How’s that for efficient?!

    Wish me luck keeping that pace.

    I’m skipping knitting today in favor of setting the house to right after a week of everyone including Mr. G being home.

    We’ve been busy soaking up the last bits of summer even in the extreme heat of last week.

    skyflyerWe went to the fair that was being dubbed the Great Minnesota “sweat-together” rather than get-together.

    The day we went it was about 95°F with a heat index of 105°F. We came home about 2pm since Little J had school open house that afternoon. Just as I was going to shower to get presentable, our power went out.  Little J and I each had a nice candle lit shower. We went to school with wet heads since a hair dryer wasn’t an option. Oh well.

    Luckily our power was restored in fairly short order so we could enjoy the A/C and fans overnight.skytower

    I’m not really sure what’s going on with our power grid around here but it’s starting to make me nervous.

    This last photo was taken from the Space Tower. You can see the Minneapolis skyline in the background. I had never been on the Space Tower before. I was glad we did it right away in the morning because I’m sure it would get very hot and stuffy towards afternoon.

    Enough blather from me…I need to tackle my list!

    What are you doing today?

     

     

  • Blog - Crafts

    Operation Write Home

    August 30, 2013 - By 

    At craft club, I learned about an organization called Operation Write Home that provides greeting cards to military personnel for them to send home to loved ones.  They are able to provide these by donations from crafters. sketch 187

    What a cool idea!! I’m so in!!

    While browsing the site I saw that they often do challenges in the form of a sketch for cards. You can take the sketch and make any kind of card you so desire.

    The latest was sketch#187.  This is my interpretation.

    thoughts of youthanks

     

    I don’t usually work that way when it comes to cards, so this was quite a challenge for me.

    I’m thinking I’ll try and work through a few more of the sketches from previous challenges to see if I can work on my direction following. 🙂

    In the mean time, I’ll still be creating cards in my own way.

    Going with my instinct…letting it happen naturally.

    Sometimes I love the end result…sometimes not.

    The point is to keep on being creative every day.

     

    And by the way….

    thanks for stopping by.

  • Art - Blog

    Remember to play

    August 29, 2013 - By 

    remember to play

    As summer is winding down, schedules start to fill. Meetings, homework, activities and appointments take up all the free time we’ve been accustomed to for the past 3 months.

    This thought came to me as I was working on this page…