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My friend Rebekah and I have decided to be a part of a Valentine's Day Card Swap This is the first time that I've ever done one. BUT I sure am excited to see the cards that everyone is making~!

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My Scrap Quilt Top...I'm glad to get this done and can't wait to start on it's compadre.







Coaster Tops

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So, my friend Rebekah came over for dinner and brought me these handmade cards. I love them, and thankfully she told me how to make them~!Of course, I didn't waste anytime to start experimenting myself. And this is what I came up with.





and another picture:

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This day I finished Frank...He now has a face and I think he's super cute~!

What does "being productive" mean? (5/365)

So tonight as I was walking my dogs, I was thinking "Boy, I was really productive today" Then I got to thinking about it and wondered what does productive mean? What really matters in life, and did I do anything about that today? Sure, I made my hubby breakfast, sewed the top of a lap quilt, made some coasters, made my hubby lunch, went to the Y, stopped by Target to pick up Tim some medicine...as he's sick, made my hubby supper, watched some TV, did my D-vo's, and then at 10:30pm...took my dogs on a walk (this usually happens in the warmer hours of the day, but I was a bit preoccupied) Was that a productive day, not entirely as my one goal that I set on Sunday was to get the oil changed...didn't get that done. No, in all honesty, did anything I do today count for eternity? I did show love to my husband, and read my Bible? WAS THAT A PRODUCTIVE DAY? Could I have done more today? YES, I THINK I COULD HAVE...While, I was able to complete some tasks today, I feel as though I could have done more for my Lord. Not because I have to, but because I love Him. As I sit here, I feel sad that I'm tired, and I didn't spend more time with Him today. I think this is a lesson to be learned today...

"Only 2 choices on the shelf, pleasing God or pleasing self."

Tomorrow, I want to think about my heart and why I am doing things. I want my heart to be engaged in my day to day activities...enjoying the moment and what God is allowing me to do. Things like being able to make meals for my husband...I want to do these things out of love for him and in some way communicate that to him. I want to not just walk my dogs because it's a task that needs to be done...and boy, it sure needs to be done...or else they are bouncing off the walls. I want to walk them just because I enjoy spending time with them. And while walking, I am able to look at the things that God has made for our enjoyment. Tomorrow, while walking, I'm going to attempt to start memorizing Ps 119 verses 1-4. My friend Victoria, has taken the challenge to memorize Ps 199. I was reading that chapter tonight...and thought I need to start memorizing God's word and meditating on it. Start thinking about it while I'm on my walks, while I'm sewing, while I'm cleaning.

Crafts- I have been crafting. My camera card reader broke, the day after my last post...but I have been taking pictures of everything that I've been working on and am looking forward to sharing those pictures with you. Today, I was able to sew that top of one of the lap quilts...and I love it~!!! Can't wait to finish the second one too. And today, I was thinking I could make table place-mats...that matched...and I could make pillows. Today, I also pieced together some coasters. They are so much fun~! Thanks to Rebekah, who introduced me to Heatbond~!

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So I officially started the whole working on a craft every day today. I was planning on working on the mittens for my cousin, but last night I laid out the fabric for a scrap quilt...and it was calling my name all day~!!! So, I gave in and worked on it. I know have strips of all the scraps sewn together, but as I was working on it today ~ another idea came to mind...and I decided that I'm going to make 2 small lap quilts out of the scraps instead of a big quilt. I can't wait to make my idea a reality. It's been so fun working on this quilt, because it makes me think of all the other crafts that I have worked on...with these fabrics in them. Tim informed me that these quilts aren't really his style. He'd prefer that I make a brown quilt. So that may be next on my list of things to do. I'll have my quilts full of color and he can have his brown quilt that he enjoys. He also informed me that Frank, my beloved sock monkey (that I was going to give him) is not his style either. He'd rather have a brown one. I'm gonna have to go find some real sock monkey socks...I think that may be his style. I told him I thought he was being a bit picky, but he just reminded me that he knows what he likes. I'm thankful for that - That's probably why I don't have a style...because I like everything~!!!!

Yesterday, I was listening to a message...and the pastor read Psalm 1, 16, and 103 in a row...and they have been such a blessing to me. The beginning of Ps 103 starts out "Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits - Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's." I feel so full of God's love right now...as though He is giving me a big hug and letting me know He loves me. I am so thankful for the price that Jesus paid for me. His dying on the cross has made it possible for me to have a relationship with the Lord that none other can supply. He has forgiven my sins and made me white as snow. There is nothing that I did to deserve this. Later on in this chapter it says that he has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west...that's almost unthinkable~! Praise the Lord, O my soul~! Thank you Lord for all the blessings you give each and everyone of us. Help us to focus on those things and share them with those around us~! I also know that even though I feel full of God's love today doesn't mean that I have more of it today than other days...I am just more aware of it today. God's love doesn't change and for that I am thankful. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.