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San man originals

It's been awhile..along while, the past two years have been a whirlwind of events. Ups and downs. I've finally found my creative side again from cross stitch to jewelry making to crochet and sewing endeavors , I finally started being creative. I work doing shutdown work at paper mills so I have plenty of time between jobs to do things. It's just a matter of getting in the right frame of mind to actually do them....I hope to continue my blog in a less sporadic way this year...I did away with Facebook and the drama it brought. Going on seven months!I hope to reconnect with some of my creative friends. I hope to hear from some of you!!

Back in the swing of things...I hope

So the past few years have been a whirlwind of events...babies are all grown up. Divorce. Deaths. I lost my stitching mojo and basically quit everything I loved because I was going through so much..I'm back. I'm happy. And I'm stitching again! My babies are now 24 and 21, life is still hectic and crazy but I'm relatively happy and hopefully back on track. 

Back in the swing of things...I hope

So the past few years have been a whirlwind of events...babies are all grown up. Divorce. Deaths. I lost my stitching mojo and basically quit everything I loved because I was going through so much..I'm back. I'm happy. And I'm stitching again! My babies are now 24 and 21, life is still hectic and crazy but I'm relatively happy and hopefully back on track. 

they arent babies anymore

today, my baby took his girlfriend to his senior prom. last Saturday, my baby girl turned 20. its bittersweet, his sister came to see him don his tux and to take sibling pictures. my heart swelled. my eyes welled...he was all smiles, my baby, as he looked at his girlfriend in her beautiful red dress. I got to meet her today, Emily. a sweet young woman. my son used to look at me with love in his eyes. now, now this beautiful girl in the pretty red prom dress, her hand in his, gets that honor. its bittersweet...today, my heart swelled...my eyes welled..

these are the days of our lives...

so this year has been full of insanity. changes. and events. ive taken up yet another hobby...quilting... I spent a month in Texas this past summer with my best friend from high school. best friends since we were 15...pretty amazing considering I grew up a military brat. I got to see tons of things in San Antonio and catch up on years of girl stuff..lol.. I have been stitching quite a bit lately and thanks to Meari, I joined a monthly stitch along. I have enjoyed the little charts and they have come out so pretty...working on getting pictures posted.  I have just recently gotten . use of a laptop...mine is disabled thanks to the dog eating the cord...don't ask...heather has been traveling with her boyfriend and his family and is getting the opportunity to see different places. I'm happy for her. but I miss my baby girl..kyle has been struggling with depression.. it has been very difficult but he is now being treated and doing therapy so hopefully he will be doing better soon. ive turned heathers room into a craft room.. it presently looks like a hurricane went through it...but it was being used as a catch all room so I decided it could catch all of my craft stuff!.  I won an embroidery sewing machine and hope to get it set up and running soon.... spend a lot of time with my dad and stepmom. he has been fighting with his health lately and hasn't been doing so well. finally he is starting to feel better.. thankfully!... my blood pressure is still insane at time but I'm plugging along.... hope everyone is well..dont really know if anyone even reads my blog anymore.....

uh oh a post!

So far its been a crazy year! Been stitching like crazy and hope soon my laptop will be running so I can post pictures!

Happy new year

Hopefully this year will be calm hopefully. I am going to try and be a better person, a better  listener, friend, mother, wife and daughter, I am goimg to try and not worry so much about what other people think or want but concentrate on what my family and what I need. I want to learn new crafts like felting this year. Last year I learned to crochet and how to use a long arm quilt machine, I'd like to learn macrame too. I have already bested myself, I've done four small sanman originals charts so far this year! I pray everyone who might come across my blog, has a wonderful happy safe new year!