6 Things

Lee tagged me a while ago to list the 6 Things that make me Happy. I was hoping to track down more pictures, but time has gotten away from me. So here they are:

My daughters

My hubby

My friends

The yellow flowers of spring - daffodils, forsythia, etc.

Good chocolate

Crafting - stitching, stamping, etc.

I was going to tag some folks, but given my delinquency, I won't.

Firsts

Borrowed from Geggie.

1. Who was your FIRST prom date?
Dan. Who was also my date to the wedding where I met DH.

2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love?
Nope. (Who?)

3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink?
Beer.

4. What was your FIRST job?
Girl Scout Camp Counselor

5. What was your FIRST car?
1983 Ford Escort

6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today?
Don't text.

7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning?
The babies

8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher?
I had 2 of them: Mrs. McNaboo and Miss Persons.

9. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane?
My first ride was from Buffalo to Atlanta, but I had several more flights until I reached my destination, Rio de Janeiro.

10. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk?
Jen Keller. Yes. She's a godmother to DDA.

11. Where was your FIRST sleep over?
Family: grandparents Friend: Jen

12. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today?
DH

13. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time?
Lisa and Frank's, where I took Dan as my date and met Paul

14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning?
Looked at the clock

15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to?
Sheila E., the Oak Ridge Boys, and Kenny Rogers.

16. FIRST tattoo?
None, thank you.

17. FIRST piercing?
In fourth grade, my ears.

18. FIRST foreign country you visited?
Canada - it was less than an hour away.

19. FIRST movie you remember seeing?
Bambi.

20. When was your FIRST detention?
7th grade. First and only.

21. What was the FIRST state you lived in?
New York.

22. Who was your FIRST roommate?
My sister

23. If you had one wish. What would it be?
To have my grandparents meet their great-granddaughters.

24. What is something you would learn if you had the chance?
To play the piano.

25. Who do you think will be the next person to post this?
Brave Astronaut

Two Finishes

I promised you that when Lee received her package that I would share photos of my February finishes with you. She has, so here they are.

I finally found a teapot design I liked for the Bride's Tree SAL in a pattern book that a friend sent me this fall. When I went looking for a scrap of fabric to stitch on, I found the pre-finished jar cozies in my stash. Perfect, except, of course, that they're not ornaments. Oh well.

I only kept the general shape of the teapot from the original pattern. (It was blue, with a heart motif.) I chose the colors to go with the fabric, and I designed the poinsettia motif myself, based on some other patterns I had.

Here's Lee's gift. I included a chocolate bar, 6 different teas, 6 hand-made cards with envelopes, a card folio, and (not shown) a piece of ~8"x10" archival mat board, as well as the cozy.

In other news, I've started stitching my rose pattern for the SAL. I'm determined to get these done this year. To recap, I finished stitching January through July last year. I've started the November angel. I've now finished the September teapot and am working on the August rose. I have the October pinecone pattern ready to go, which leaves me with figuring out a December Santa. Both the October and November patterns are a bit intricate, so they may take me a while.

Stitchy Fingers

I've been stitching again. I started on two small projects two Sundays ago. They are essentially the same project done twice. One's for me, and the other's for Lee's gift. I knew I had to do them in tandem or I'd never finish the second one. I finished them last night. It's been so good to be stitching again. So good!

I'll post pictures when Lee receives her package.

Winner of the Giveaway

Thanks to the True Random Number Generator Powered by RANDOM.ORG, the Result was 4.

And the giveaway goes to... Lee!

Congratulations.

I'll post a picture of the giveaway once Lee receives her surprise in the mail.

Thanks to all who commented, especially those of you who de-lurked.

Milestone Post and Giveaway

Today marks two milestones for me.

First, and more importantly, it's the 6 month birthday of my girls. It is amazing to me how fast that time has gone by. As someone who was unsure about the whole parenthood thing, it has been an amazing journey. They continue to surprise and delight me. I couldn't have more wonderful babies.

Second, this post is the 100th post on my blog. When I started this blog, I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, and I'm still figuring it out. I plan to continue blogging, so we'll see where it goes.

In honor of these events, I'm doing a little giveaway. I'm not sure what all I'm going to include, but there will at least be a couple of handmade cards and some edible goodies. Leave me a comment by Sunday, February 15, if you'd like to be considered for the giveaway. I'll pick a name randomly.

Post #99

I realized yesterday that I've been neglecting my blog again. I just don't have much to report. I'm not crafting at all these days, although I want to be. Baseball's not in season. The girls are keeping me busy. My spare time is currently devoted to finishing an article I started writing last spring. The drop-dead due date is February 2, so I'm under pressure to get the final revisions done. This is definitely a case where "good enough" will have to prevail, because I don't have the time to do all the recommended revisions. Sigh. I'm also wasting time over on Twitter. Who knew that 140 words could create such a big time drain? Ah, well.

My next post will be #100. I'm thinking about doing something special. Stay tuned.