Seems the busier I am (or want to be) the more I attempt to take on :)

Maybe it is just plain restlessness that has hit me this Christmas. Along with the things I have going like making cards and doing some quilling projects I have so many other things I want to do.
 For starters this year it seems I can't give enough.  Like the donating bug has hit me. And it feels fantastic.  Gave to the Humane Society in memory of my cousin and if it helps some animals that is a wonderful thing.  I gave some gift money to Sick Kids hospital because I cannot stand the thoughts of those kids being stuck in the hospital with nothing to open or to do. To do by themselves or to do with their families.  I gave some money to Veterans when getting a poppy, yesterday while shopping I gave to people with disabilities.  Today I will get things ready for a womans shelter. They need gently used (or new) clothes, linens etc. So as my linen closet is packed I went through it to give away sheet sets, comforters, and some clothes too. Am in the process of washing it all before I take it to them. My sister , who just took up knitting a year ago also made some beautiful scarves and went out and bought hats and mitts to go with them. She has a box of that kind of thing ready too.
   I am not writing all this to get any attention or thank yous from anyone.  I am writing about it because there are so many out there that don't have as much as I do.  I always thought I didn't have much but this year I feel I have a great deal in my life and it is high time I gave some back.  Next year at this time I will give to the above again.... and any other time of the year I can too. Because it feels so good to do so.
  Ok other things I am taking on.  I want to start painting rocks or river rocks to be exact.  On pinterest there are so many great ideas to do so. Want to paint wine glasses or old jars or old flower vases. Make more cards. Continue acrylic painting. Between my sister, my niece and I we could likely sell some of this at one of the town festivals during the year. :)
  I just can't fathom how people can just sit and watch tv all day when there is just so much to do out there. So much to experience. So much to enjoy. But then it took me till I got in my 50's to find I had a lot more interests and how large my heart was.

  All that is a wonderful thing.  I hope I am always able to at the very least attempt those crafts, attempt to help those that don't have all I do.  I hope I always realize how truly blessed I am with the family I have, the friends I have and for those people that are no longer here with us. Because they helped make me who I am too.

Thank you for weekends :)

It is finally the weekend. Well I started mine at 9:45 this morning when the line I was working on was shut down.  Though I could use the money I was ready to come home. When I got home I checked what I wanted to make for dinners next week (Yeah I like to get that figured out as soon as I can) , made out my grocery list and got to that shopping. Now it is done and I can get into Christmas shopping tomorrow and football on Sunday (on tv).
  One of the things I will make for dinner next week is Stuffed meatloaf.  Looks very easy to make and delicious too.
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 Now for crafts this weekend.  I have to get to quilling because I need to get it done and posted here before Christmas. So tomorrow night I will work on it and most of Sunday... well when not watching football of course.  This project is coming along wonderfully. Colors coming together very well.  Just have to make the little extras off the canvas and then glue them to it.  There are many many blogs and pinterest postings that are helping me a great deal. Some are in my links at the left hand side .

  Gotta love Pinterest.  I began with two boards about crocheting and knitting. Now I have 80 boards of those and painting, making cards, mexican recipes, bread recipes and on and on. This is such a super way of learning about my interests, finding new techniques , new recipes, new quilling methods.  The list goes on and on.

  Tonight I am going to go look at the blogs I have here on my blog because I know there is a lot to learn from those who know more about this craft than I do.

NEW YEARS resolutions

I know, I know I am not great at keeping new years resolutions. Never have been. But I am hopeful that this time around I can keep at least a few of them .,  So here they are and I may add to them before New Years rolls around

Volunteer- at the SPCA or to read to seniors , something useful

Get more exercise-  I have a pair of urban poles to go walking with and have no excuse not to

Watch more of what I eat-  much less candy and snacks and more vegetables and fruits

Begin cutting out more meats - Have Meatless Mondays all sown up and now need to move to cutting meat out of another day of the week


Ok this is a beginning.  Come on New Years

Back again and no excuse either

Been ages since I have posted here.  Maybe in the New Year I will keep this blog up much better.  I have found some new interests and one I have pursued and plan to do more of in the New Year too. Acrylic painting. My niece talked me into going and I am glad she did. This is the new rage over here in North America and even overseas.  The paint place I go to is called Paint-club.ca but there are many others such as Painting with a Twist, Paint Nite and Paintlounge to name just a few.  You go to usually a bar and you have a drink or two and learn how to paint. The subjects are not really hard to do. They are not really involved but something you can do in a few hours. Well when I went to that first one I immediately came home and found oodles of paintings done by other paint clubs and put them up on my Pinterest in "I can paint this".  I may set up a painting place right here at home to do some of those works.
  Another thing I want to try is painting on glass especially on wine glasses or wine bottles. Something simple yet elegant like flowers but there again I have a board on Pinterest about this too. :)
 Still another thing I will begin to attempt (once the snow is gone in spring and I can get to smoother river rocks) is painting on rocks.  Things like mountains, streams , lighthouses etc etc.,
  There are just so many new crafts to try or new for me anyways.
  My project for my sister , that I am quilling is coming along alright. I have two of the three canvases, the words done. The third one is started and when I get the lettering done I will begin to put flowers, butterflies, bees, hummingbirds and a few other things on the canvases too. Will post them on my blog when I get them done.
  Before I forget I will post a pic of my first acrylic painting. :) I am pretty proud of it. Love this new thing called Social Painting.....