Updates

SEWING UPDATE: At this time, my sewing has been non existent. Today I pulled out this project. I really want to finish it to use in a bag. It is a pattern from Threadbare Creations by Rose. I love her patterns, especially the new one she is designing, which she showed on her last blog post. The Masterpiece block is getting a few stitches in it as well. Masterpieces take more time than regular projects, or they would not be Masterpieces! My Pink & Brown is getting a little attention in the last day or so also. My reading is taking priority in my free time, but I am almost finished with the 2 books I am reading, so I will concentrate more on my sewing. I joined an apron swap and also want to do a couple of Thanksgiving projects. I will keep you posted on those.

SPIRITUAL UPDATE: I have this print hanging in my home. It is framed and matted in a beautiful blue and gold matting. It has hung in various places in my home. Right now it is on a wall in the upstairs hallway just outside Charlotte's bedroom door and just across from my sewing/classroom. I want to thank all of you for your prayers for my family over the last few days. We ALL had a wonderful day yesterday and all through the evening. The kids both went to bed with no anxiety and everything was peaceful. God is good. I would like to ease the minds of those who are concerned with Charlotte's exposure. It would be difficult to put yourself in her place or even begin to know what she would feel about these posts (even though she does not read them), unless you had experienced what she has. Well I happen to know someone who has. This person feels that if what she had been through had been exposed, she would not have felt so "crazy and suicidal" throughout her early adult years. I also want to make it clear that I will not ever share Charlotte or Zachary's most private horrors, but I will not deny them either. I respect anyone's opinions in regards to these posts and feel you have a right to your opinions. If you wish to share them I will gladly listen, however I will NOT give place to any opinion when it is given with a mean judgemental spirit. This does NOT "get my attention" and in fact will cause me to not even see your valid points. Let's, please, be kind to one another. This is the last I will say on this. Praise God it is NOVEMBER...a season of Thanksgiving. I am Thankful for all of you!

HOMEMAKING UPDATE:I have not baked anything since my "Niki rolls". I think I will throw a batch of bread dough in the bread machine for dinner. Today is laundry, vacuuming, laundry, dusting, laundry, and the kitchen floor. Did I mention laundry? I had a very late night last night. I remembered at 11:00 PM that the dishwasher needed to be unloaded, dinner dishes were waiting, and coffee needed to be made for the morning (my pot has a timer). I went downstairs and decided to pull a trick on myself that I have not done in FOREVER! I ignored the clean dishes, rinsed and stacked the dirty ones in a sink and wiped the counters after I prepared the coffee pot and went to bed. I can not stand a sink full of dishes in the morning, and that is why my kitchen sinks are always shined before I go to bed. So how in the world can I trick myself out of that? Cover them with a towel! The shame of it all!!!! LOLOK, I have a question...we are all taught to make a bed when we are young. Just how were you taught to put the top sheet on? I was taught to put the design UP. For years I did this and then my OWN mother, who taught me in the first place, tells me I am doing it wrong. You are to put the design DOWN so when you pull the sheet back you are "in" the design. That makes sense, because normally a quilt, comforter, or bedspread would cover the top sheet design. How do you do it, and does it even matter to you? Now that I know, it would make me nuts to do it the other way! KID UPDATE: Like I said earlier, the kids are doing great. We have been watching Kid Nation since it started and they both can not wait for Thursday to watch it. I tape it from Wednesday night. They also have music class on Thursday, which gives me 45 GLORIOUS "alone" minutes a week. I am thinking of signing them both up for violin lessons. Charlotte would love the piano, but we sold ours after the boys gave it up. I could rent violins until I see they really want to stick with it. I ordered matching dresses for me and Charlotte to wear on Thanksgiving. They arrived yesterday and are just beautiful. The quality of the fabric AND the workmanship is incredible. I don't think I could find a nicer dress in a high scale department store. Here is Charlotte in hers. The pics are too cute not to share more than one!

My dress is identical and fits just as nice. The colors do not appear as dark in these pictures. The body of the dress is a very pretty yellow/gold and the print is fall leaves. Lilies of the Field is going to get more business from me, that is for sure!

Kyle, Bud, and Rachel are all fine. Kyle got the new Spiderman 3 movie and is thrilled.

I have no new pictures of TJ. The kid will NOT hold still, so I will share a couple of old ones. Grandma's can do that, right? I took him a pair of Disney "Cars" slippers. I am anxious to see if he likes them. When he is here he is always putting Zach and Paw Paw's slippers on and then "skates" on the wood floors, saying "swippers" the whole time. He has wood floors too. Rachel got him a new shirt that says "What happens at Grandma's house, stays at Grandma's house!" That is so true!!