a moment

post 500

can you believe that this is post 500?
yes, i said 500.
5 friggin hundred.

i can not believe
that i have had 500 posts
worth of words.
i can not believe
that you still read.
i can not believe
that you still comment.

when i started this blog
i was in a different space.
i needed a place to put
my words, my grief, my love and my anger.
a place to tell my story.

i did not know if people
would read, would care, or comment.
i did this for me.
but along the way it changed.

it turned into friendships,
connections and a community.
and i like to thing that every once in
a while something i wrote helped someone
in some small way.

i often wondered
how long i would blog.
if i would ever call
myself a blogger.

i am happy to say
that i can not imagine
not writing.
and yes i call myself
a blogger.

thank you for sticking with me.
for supporting me.
for caring enough to read.
and being witness to this crazy journey
called life.

as a thank you.
5 readers will win
one of the following
yarn, fabric, or something handmade.

leave a comment by chace's birthday.
monday february 14th, 2011.
and let me know which giveaway
you would most like to have.

i know there are alot of
"lurkers" out there.
now is a perfect time
to come out of hiding.

xoxoxo

tuesday tidbits

** i got a kindle!!

** i can not tell you how happy this makes me!

**thanks mom and dad.

**today we took more cooper birds to the hospital.

** and donated outgrown baby stuff to the cardiac unit.

** they need stuff like swings, bouncers, car seats.

** i was happy we could help out.

** and it is nice to see the floor of the basement.

** this week is congenital heart defect week.

** did you see the vw/darth vadar ad during the super bowl?

** that little boy has a heart defect.

** he has tetrology of phallot.

** just like cooper.

** there is one more box of cooper birds left.

**it is wicked cold here today.

** ph and i saw the king's speech this weekend.

** excellent film.

**saturday is chace's birthday party.

** i have lots to do before saturday.

** we are 85% well.

** i say that because. i am still on antibiotics.

** and my voice is still horse.

** i am caught up on bee blocks.

** for the moment.

** chace is so close to walking.

** extremely close.

** frighteningly close.

modern baby quilt

i finished this quilt a while ago.

but i just got around to sending it

to christina for the quilting.

she did three others for me too.

i just love it.

this color combo is my favorite 

these days.

the size is perfect for the 

stroller, travel, and just 

good old fashioned cuddling

with your baby.

it is for sale in the shop.

i hope it goes to someone

who loves it as much as i do.

fortune cookie

we had chinese food tonight.
i was craving hot and sour soup.
i thought it might help my cold.
yes, i still have a cold.

this is what my fortune cookie revealed.

"life moves on. whether we act as cowards or heroes."

a moment

tuesday tidbits

** we are slowly starting to feel better around here.

** slowly....

** i am not having a good sewing day.

** this irritates me to no end.

** the weather man says we are going to get alot of snow tonight and tomorrow.

** i wish i was watching the whales in cabo san lucas right about now.

** c and i have been napping alot the last two days.

** he was kind enough to give me his virus.

** thanks, buddy.

** looking  forward to the super bowl.

** but sad football season has come to an end.

** looking for a new book to read.

** suggestions?

** the custom quilt is off to the quilter.

** i love it and can not wait to show you.

** i need to go to joann fabric so i can finish this project that is making me crazy.